What we need is an Amendment that specifically states that our "free" activities can't be limited by the government regardless of the equipment that we use to carry them out. We need to find a way to prevent them from cancelling all the freedoms whenever a new technology comes along that improves our ability to carry out the protected activities. And we need a phrasing that covers new technologies in such a way that the more authoritarian members of the Supreme Court will understand that the freedoms still apply.
Uh, is not the "Do Not Call" list at the national level? (And of course gives a pass to "political speech"; just as politician cannot break insider trading laws.)
I was about to say that it would be more amusing to say "IANAL, and I disagree" because of the non sequitur before the comma. But then I thought further, and realized that the word after the comma makes it even funnier. Yes, I am one of those who will always advocate for that acronym to be changed to "IMNAL", for only the reason of the last four letters of said acronym.
My "Math and Science Party" would disagree: legalizing a definition using "bullhorn" means that the law is about speech in public using auditory phenomena, not speech using photon phenomena. But yeah, my party will lose. Then again:
All government will work towards limiting freedoms, it's in the governments best interests to limit freedom or else they may be overthrown.
I wouldn't say all; I'd say the ones that don't have logic on their side use this tactic. Those governments which govern by logic will not need to repress, as it will take... oh.
Agreed, except: smoking pot/snorting coke/shooting heroin(e) is not mentioned in the Constitution either. (Well, I suppose the (e) is, under the gun laws...)
I'm happy to remember a central tenet of the Internet as invented by DARPA: "the Internet interprets censorship as damage, and routes around it." Sure, they may think they can censor.
It's amusing that I was just thinking these thoughts driving home this evening, but slightly differently: I want full data logging of my car, as it currently exists, with me driving it. That way I can defend myself against cops who turn off their video as well as motorists who lie. (Self-driving cars are the next step, surely; but we should all be able to defend ourselves to the best of our abilities, today.)
Humans debating existence of deities is like your cells debating the existence of you. Might get some possible insights out of it; but it generally wastes resources.
Have a Canadian friend who introduced me to poutine a while ago. French fries, chicken gravy, and shredded mozzarella; great snack, almost a meal. Parent should be Insightful, Interesting, or Informative -- not Funny. (Funny would have been saying Bryan Adams was one of the best things to come out of Quebec!:)
That's great; however, I use Ubuntu 11.10 and Chrome, and I am having issues. Note, I'm not having issues accessing the site; I'm having issues creating an account and getting an admin to listen.
Unfortunately, that petition only has 17,535 signatures, and needs 7,465 more before November 27 (8 days) or it will, like all the other feedback they've received, be ignored.
When I first heard of that petition, about a month ago, I tried to sign up for an account so that I could sign it. Their sign-up process is broken. I clicked the contact link and wrote something up asking for help, and have yet to hear back from them. Agreed, I do not think they're really listening, nor do they really care to put any more than a token effort into this listening post.
(Yeah, yeah, I get it, they are really just trying to say that "time-ordered phenomena apparently exist so the wavefunction must be real", but why bother?. Did any physicist for the last sixty years or so ever doubt this? Should they have, any more than they doubt that reality itself is real and we aren't really all power units in The Matrix?)
Or, apparently, holograms on the edge of an event horizon?
Now, how can you KNOW about prior art, unless you have seen it at least once? The other choice is to go through search engines, but that takes time to figure out variations on it. Well, if you have limited time and you have not seen it, then you have no choice but to not worry about it.
Reading this I started the comment, then saw that you basically got to the same point I reached, in your final paragraph: Watson will be the next (and soon, only) US Patent employee.
One may have many criticisms of Jobs and Apple, but every customer of Job's Apple or Pixar made a choice to buy the product because it appealed to them.
And I am no longer an Apple customer, because they acted like Microsoft. I had an iPhone 3G. They allowed the IOS 4 to install on it, and it slowed it down to molasses. I refuse to let action by Apple convince me to upgrade. Well, almost; I upgraded to an Android and will never look back.
Send more so we can either invalidate or code around those too.
You had me at "Send more": remember that old horror zombie movie where the zombies spoke on the cop radio, "send more cops!" Then the paramedics came and they ate them too, and said on that radio, "send more paramedics!" So your post screamed at my alcohol-ridden brain, "SEND MORE PATENTS!"
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What we need is an Amendment that specifically states that our "free" activities can't be limited by the government regardless of the equipment that we use to carry them out. We need to find a way to prevent them from cancelling all the freedoms whenever a new technology comes along that improves our ability to carry out the protected activities. And we need a phrasing that covers new technologies in such a way that the more authoritarian members of the Supreme Court will understand that the freedoms still apply.
Nuclear cell phones FTW!
Uh, is not the "Do Not Call" list at the national level? (And of course gives a pass to "political speech"; just as politician cannot break insider trading laws.)
IANAL, but I disagree.
I was about to say that it would be more amusing to say "IANAL, and I disagree" because of the non sequitur before the comma. But then I thought further, and realized that the word after the comma makes it even funnier. Yes, I am one of those who will always advocate for that acronym to be changed to "IMNAL", for only the reason of the last four letters of said acronym.
My "Math and Science Party" would disagree: legalizing a definition using "bullhorn" means that the law is about speech in public using auditory phenomena, not speech using photon phenomena. But yeah, my party will lose. Then again:
All government will work towards limiting freedoms, it's in the governments best interests to limit freedom or else they may be overthrown.
I wouldn't say all; I'd say the ones that don't have logic on their side use this tactic. Those governments which govern by logic will not need to repress, as it will take ... oh.
Agreed, except: smoking pot/snorting coke/shooting heroin(e) is not mentioned in the Constitution either. (Well, I suppose the (e) is, under the gun laws...)
I'm happy to remember a central tenet of the Internet as invented by DARPA: "the Internet interprets censorship as damage, and routes around it." Sure, they may think they can censor.
Hmm. Keep planting strategic trees, and keep watering?
From the whining sounds embedded in your signature, it is self-evident that you do not come from a great country.
It's amusing that I was just thinking these thoughts driving home this evening, but slightly differently: I want full data logging of my car, as it currently exists, with me driving it. That way I can defend myself against cops who turn off their video as well as motorists who lie. (Self-driving cars are the next step, surely; but we should all be able to defend ourselves to the best of our abilities, today.)
Certainly they do! You're using them right now. (Similarly, God's friend (the FSM) might say "humans don't think", and be just as wrong.)
Humans debating existence of deities is like your cells debating the existence of you. Might get some possible insights out of it; but it generally wastes resources.
Exactly: the gorillas will freeze to death. Problem solved.
Additionally, enough disposals and interstellar travel becomes dangerous. (Perhaps we also need uranium et al scoops?)
You're telling someone else not to speak of their opinions? What, bad day or something?
Have a Canadian friend who introduced me to poutine a while ago. French fries, chicken gravy, and shredded mozzarella; great snack, almost a meal. Parent should be Insightful, Interesting, or Informative -- not Funny. (Funny would have been saying Bryan Adams was one of the best things to come out of Quebec! :)
That's great; however, I use Ubuntu 11.10 and Chrome, and I am having issues. Note, I'm not having issues accessing the site; I'm having issues creating an account and getting an admin to listen.
Unfortunately, that petition only has 17,535 signatures, and needs 7,465 more before November 27 (8 days) or it will, like all the other feedback they've received, be ignored.
When I first heard of that petition, about a month ago, I tried to sign up for an account so that I could sign it. Their sign-up process is broken. I clicked the contact link and wrote something up asking for help, and have yet to hear back from them. Agreed, I do not think they're really listening, nor do they really care to put any more than a token effort into this listening post.
I'm sorry I don't follow your logic. What's stopping these from becoming nuclear armed?
Nothing?
Absolutely nothing.
"Amongst our weaponry are such elements as fear, surpr-- I'll come in again."
You can also put on your robe and wizard hat.
(Yeah, yeah, I get it, they are really just trying to say that "time-ordered phenomena apparently exist so the wavefunction must be real", but why bother?. Did any physicist for the last sixty years or so ever doubt this? Should they have, any more than they doubt that reality itself is real and we aren't really all power units in The Matrix?)
Or, apparently, holograms on the edge of an event horizon?
Now, how can you KNOW about prior art, unless you have seen it at least once? The other choice is to go through search engines, but that takes time to figure out variations on it. Well, if you have limited time and you have not seen it, then you have no choice but to not worry about it.
Reading this I started the comment, then saw that you basically got to the same point I reached, in your final paragraph: Watson will be the next (and soon, only) US Patent employee.
One may have many criticisms of Jobs and Apple, but every customer of Job's Apple or Pixar made a choice to buy the product because it appealed to them.
And I am no longer an Apple customer, because they acted like Microsoft. I had an iPhone 3G. They allowed the IOS 4 to install on it, and it slowed it down to molasses. I refuse to let action by Apple convince me to upgrade. Well, almost; I upgraded to an Android and will never look back.
Send more so we can either invalidate or code around those too.
You had me at "Send more": remember that old horror zombie movie where the zombies spoke on the cop radio, "send more cops!" Then the paramedics came and they ate them too, and said on that radio, "send more paramedics!" So your post screamed at my alcohol-ridden brain, "SEND MORE PATENTS!"
I'm considering starting the "Math and Science Party".