But if only the rich people are able to watch TV, then the poor people won't have the stupidifying effect. They will advance through society through pure ability, until they become wealthy. Then they will buy HDTV's, and become ensnared, making room for the next wave of smart poor people.
This new encoding scheme breaks that plan completely! ___
A V-Chip is a way to enforce what a parent tells a kid. Trust me, if a kid wants to watch a blocked show (and cant find a workaround), that parent will find themselves embroiled in a detailed discussion of why that show should be allowed. ___
While I agree that this will give them more ammo, it will be quite hilarious in the mean time. Imagine a court brief stating that: "The file name scrambling technique known to be used by AIMster in renaming copyright protected songs for use on the Napster file sharing service is known to use Pig Latin as it's name scrambling technique. This language has been around for decades and cannot be construed as a valid file name encryption scheme..." I mean, how funny is that?!
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If challenging problems are solved, it could be let loose in theme parks to roam on its own.
If it is supposed to give people the right of way (probably a good idea), how will one of these things get anywhere in a Disney theme park? Those places are generally packed shoulder to shoulder. ___
You wanna copy stuff I wrote or recorded, hand out copies to your neighbors? Fine. (Though I would get pissed if you failed to credit me as the creator.)
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That's the idea behind the progressive income tax, but tax law is far too complicated to state that something like the poster stated couldn't ever happen. ___
You seem to be pretty disappointed in how the current system works, yet you think it's the best possible. Isn't that a bit odd when you think about it?
Ever hear the phrase "Our system of government is the worst one possible, except for all the others." Pithy, but not unusual. Sometimes the best solution stinks, too. Also, I think that in both cases, we could replace 'possible' with 'so far.' (BTW, the quote is a paraphrase, and it may be from Mark Twain or Ambrose Bierce, I'm not sure.) ___
That's the basis of monopoly law. When you become an 800 lb gorilla, you are no longer allowed to do some of the stuff that smaller gorillas do. You may reap the monetary benefits that come from your great weight, but you can't beat up smaller gorillas anymore. ___
Funny... The TV rights are restricted to an action-adventure fantasy (as seems appropriate), but the movie rights seem to have no such restriction. It seems to me that as long as the movie doesn't have the fantasy element, there really is no confusion. And there are a lot of movies with the same title, but different subjects (or even the same subject)... ___
Seems like a simple addition to slashcode, I dunno why they don't do it.
Because then there would be more posts saying just *plonk* than there ever were Natalie Portman or ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US posts.
What nobody refuses to explore is how humans evolved so rapidly in comparison with all other species.
Did we? Once we reached our current form, we certainly spread quickly, but that's just evidence of a good evolutionary change, not a quick one. I haven't heard before that we had an especially quick evolution. ___
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Maybe just cut a groove, and fill it in with something transparent?
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This new encoding scheme breaks that plan completely!
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A V-Chip is a way to enforce what a parent tells a kid. Trust me, if a kid wants to watch a blocked show (and cant find a workaround), that parent will find themselves embroiled in a detailed discussion of why that show should be allowed.
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Lawyers are quite adept at making ridiculous arguments with a perfecly straight face and not a touch of irony. You can't embarrass a trial lawyer.
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It's always the first time for someone.
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If it is supposed to give people the right of way (probably a good idea), how will one of these things get anywhere in a Disney theme park? Those places are generally packed shoulder to shoulder.
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Plus, if the leg movement is based on corrective movement, a faster processor will minimize the vibration caused by minute changes in position.
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I think the phrase "potential for abuse" generally signals a troll or wry humor in any tech article here.
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However, since online music trading can't be ended, that tapering of the boom will be blamed on the trading that hasn't been shut down.
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Of course, that's what filename filtering will encourage.
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You can choose to give $3 to the election campaign fund. What more do you want?
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That's the idea behind the progressive income tax, but tax law is far too complicated to state that something like the poster stated couldn't ever happen.
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Ever hear the phrase "Our system of government is the worst one possible, except for all the others." Pithy, but not unusual. Sometimes the best solution stinks, too. Also, I think that in both cases, we could replace 'possible' with 'so far.' (BTW, the quote is a paraphrase, and it may be from Mark Twain or Ambrose Bierce, I'm not sure.)
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Really. This is strangely satisfying.
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There are lamer jokes than that about the name "secsh"...
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I'm guessing it would be a lock that a laser sight could be added.
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That's the basis of monopoly law. When you become an 800 lb gorilla, you are no longer allowed to do some of the stuff that smaller gorillas do. You may reap the monetary benefits that come from your great weight, but you can't beat up smaller gorillas anymore.
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There's never too much research.
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Upload your own ads
Would they have to be ads? Could we just upload art?
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Note that it is television shows with an action-adventure fantasy element, but all movies. I thought that was peculiar.
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Funny... The TV rights are restricted to an action-adventure fantasy (as seems appropriate), but the movie rights seem to have no such restriction. It seems to me that as long as the movie doesn't have the fantasy element, there really is no confusion. And there are a lot of movies with the same title, but different subjects (or even the same subject)...
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btw, ALL YOUR PLONK ARE BELONG TO US!
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Well, I went to DC public schools, if that counts.
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I've yet to meet anyone who was offended by the use of the word 'Honky."* It is simply too goofy a word to be an effective insult.
* This does not mean those people don't exist. These days, being offended has become a major industry.
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Did we? Once we reached our current form, we certainly spread quickly, but that's just evidence of a good evolutionary change, not a quick one. I haven't heard before that we had an especially quick evolution.
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