Not really. In fact, it's exactly the same question pondered by parents who think about buying a GPS tracking device for their kids. Nobody keeps you from writing down the entire list of benefits and downsides.
I know very well that kids change things. I also know that this change sometimes results in irrational knee-jerk reactions which cause a lot of harm to the kids for no benefit at all. Sadly, the phrase "think of the children" works as an off switch for higher brain functions of many otherwise rational people.
Let's see where you stand. GPS tracking device for kids. Good or bad?
I see where you're going with that question. If I answer "no", you'll say that when I have my own children, I'll react to any alleged threat with the same hysteria you've shown in this discussion regardless of whether the threat is real or a fictional bogeyman. If I answer "yes", you'll say that I don't love them enough or something like that because I don't show enough hysteria over protecting them. (The space between "over" and "protecting" is optional.) Did I get that right?
With all due respect, sir, the best way you can protect your grandchildren right now is by telling people to get off your lawn. As far as the Internet is concerned, you don't seem to have any clue whatsoever what is an actual threat to children and what is not, much less how to protect anyone who needs it.
Pictures are of abused children, a child cannot give permission. They have been groomed and also just plain raped. How is that not harmful?
How is it harmful to have naked pictures of MYSELF from when I was 4 years old? How is it harmful when a 17 year old girl takes naked pictures of herself and sends them to her boyfriend?
Seriously, in most developed countries around the world, 15-year-olds can have sex and it's perfectly legal. But if they take a picture or record a video of doing this perfectly legal thing, they've commited a crime which will be probably considered worse than murder by anyone who sees their criminal record. Where's the logic in that?
I see no reason for fake ones as it takes a sick individual to even think about sexually abusing a child in any manner fake or otherwise.
Careful there. A lot of the greatest artist in history qualify as "sick individuals". Does the book Naked Lunch by William S. Borroughs ring any bells? How about H. R. Giger and his designs for the Alien movie franchise? What about Edgar Allan Poe? Or what about the Decadent movement of the late 19th and early 20th century?
If television has rating/games have rating/music has rating why not the Internet?
There's plenty of software which let's you do just that on your own computer even without the government outlawing everything inappropriate for three-year-olds on the Internet.
And Child pornography is illegal
Many things which are illegal are also wrong but not all of them. Child abuse has to be punished as any violent sex crime, even harder. But outlawing pictures, especially fake ones, does more harm than good.
Because the "few Images" you talk about are of abused children They didn't have a choice of being photographed Or being sexually abused for someones amusement.
1) I used the word "animated" for a reason
2) Violent crimes must be punished, not swept under the carpet.
Well, if you think that making pedophiles go out in the streets hunting for real live children to molest instead of letting them jerk off over animated pr0n protects your children...
Part of that boning is that under copyright law, phonorecords are automatically "works for hire" -- the label holds copyright.
Wrong. Big labels wish they were and they've tried several times to remove the huge legislative block which prevents them from making recordings works-for-hire but they've failed. Recordings are owned by the artist who usually assigns the copyright to the label. It's close to the recording being work-for-hire but the main difference is that the artists can change their minds 35 years after they've assigned their copyright and get their recordings back. Sit back and watch the hillarity ensue in 2013 when the 35-year term comes into effect for the first time.
Plus, most movies take a couple of years to shoot, by the time it hits the theaters your five year limit is halfway gone. IIRC, Star Wreck - In The Pirkinning took over five years to "film" because it was all volunteer part timers making it. With a five year copyright, it would have been in the public domain before shooting was finished.
The copyright monopoly clock starts ticking AFTER you've finished.
What makes me sad for being a member of human race is how many people confuse opposition against copyright monopoly with just wanting to download movies and music without paying. Pirate Parties around the world are built around the same values and ideals of sharing that have driven scientific progress for over 300 years. Isn't it peculiar that those parts of our economy most responsible for past progress and most important for future progress also have the least protection of "intellectual property"?
So? Czech republic has "Balbin's Poetic Party" led by "Hereditary Genius Governor". When they organize a political gathering, it's 5 guys in old-fashioned black suits and bowler hats reciting poetry.
Not really, I personally have the same idea about what my home connection should look like. 10 megs of upstream and full IPv6 support is what I need the most right now. The days when upstream speed on consumer connection didn't matter are long gone. When it takes you the whole freaking day to upload 15 minute video in decent HD quality to YouTube...
So, the cloud contains only hydrogen and hydrogen but they refer to hydrogen as multiple elements?;)
I'm assuming they meant to say "The cloud contains nothing but two isotopes (hydrogen-1 and deuterium) of a single element, hydrogen.
You know, there's a reason the word "assume" starts with "ass". If you actually read TFA instead of assuming, you'd have found out that those multiple elements are hydrogen, helium and lithium.
I'd suggest spamming their office, this time with paper ads (a few metric tons of them). Contact as many affected people as possible and tell them to gather paper ads for a few months. Wait until you have a few thousand people each with a few kilos of paper spam and then do a coordinated drop-and-run delivery on their front yard.
All it takes is one huge Pirate supporter in the sales team with enough freedom to sign the deal without anyone noticing until the ink has dried. And that guy probably figured that if higher-ups try to overrule him afterwards, it'll hit the news. Either way, it's a win for the Pirate Party.
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Valgrind and Git. I rest my case on software development tools.
28 petabytes only if you save each file separately. If you store multiple files in one archive, it'll be much smaller.
There's no U in "Master Control Program".
Even if nobody created anything new, the ability to keep the original ID games up to date with modern systems is more than enough.
Not really. In fact, it's exactly the same question pondered by parents who think about buying a GPS tracking device for their kids. Nobody keeps you from writing down the entire list of benefits and downsides.
In its origins, Linux was simply a fork of Minix.
Oh come on. How many people still believe this Ken Brown nonsense? Even Tanenbaum himself said this is complete nonsense.
I know very well that kids change things. I also know that this change sometimes results in irrational knee-jerk reactions which cause a lot of harm to the kids for no benefit at all. Sadly, the phrase "think of the children" works as an off switch for higher brain functions of many otherwise rational people.
Let's see where you stand. GPS tracking device for kids. Good or bad?
I see where you're going with that question. If I answer "no", you'll say that when I have my own children, I'll react to any alleged threat with the same hysteria you've shown in this discussion regardless of whether the threat is real or a fictional bogeyman. If I answer "yes", you'll say that I don't love them enough or something like that because I don't show enough hysteria over protecting them. (The space between "over" and "protecting" is optional.) Did I get that right?
With all due respect, sir, the best way you can protect your grandchildren right now is by telling people to get off your lawn. As far as the Internet is concerned, you don't seem to have any clue whatsoever what is an actual threat to children and what is not, much less how to protect anyone who needs it.
Pictures are of abused children, a child cannot give permission. They have been groomed and also just plain raped. How is that not harmful?
How is it harmful to have naked pictures of MYSELF from when I was 4 years old? How is it harmful when a 17 year old girl takes naked pictures of herself and sends them to her boyfriend?
Seriously, in most developed countries around the world, 15-year-olds can have sex and it's perfectly legal. But if they take a picture or record a video of doing this perfectly legal thing, they've commited a crime which will be probably considered worse than murder by anyone who sees their criminal record. Where's the logic in that?
I see no reason for fake ones as it takes a sick individual to even think about sexually abusing a child in any manner fake or otherwise.
Careful there. A lot of the greatest artist in history qualify as "sick individuals". Does the book Naked Lunch by William S. Borroughs ring any bells? How about H. R. Giger and his designs for the Alien movie franchise? What about Edgar Allan Poe? Or what about the Decadent movement of the late 19th and early 20th century?
If television has rating/games have rating/music has rating why not the Internet?
There's plenty of software which let's you do just that on your own computer even without the government outlawing everything inappropriate for three-year-olds on the Internet.
And Child pornography is illegal
Many things which are illegal are also wrong but not all of them. Child abuse has to be punished as any violent sex crime, even harder. But outlawing pictures, especially fake ones, does more harm than good.
Because the "few Images" you talk about are of abused children They didn't have a choice of being photographed Or being sexually abused for someones amusement.
1) I used the word "animated" for a reason
2) Violent crimes must be punished, not swept under the carpet.
Well, if you think that making pedophiles go out in the streets hunting for real live children to molest instead of letting them jerk off over animated pr0n protects your children...
In all fairness the US is essentially policing the world right now. It is not exactly an even comparison.
They're policing the world in the same sense a bully "polices" his classroom. In either case, nobody asked them to and nobody wants them to.
Not that often. And generally the country that the people are being extradited from is glad for the US taking the case.
Orly? Who will be glad for the US taking the case when Julian Assange gets extradited?
Part of that boning is that under copyright law, phonorecords are automatically "works for hire" -- the label holds copyright.
Wrong. Big labels wish they were and they've tried several times to remove the huge legislative block which prevents them from making recordings works-for-hire but they've failed. Recordings are owned by the artist who usually assigns the copyright to the label. It's close to the recording being work-for-hire but the main difference is that the artists can change their minds 35 years after they've assigned their copyright and get their recordings back. Sit back and watch the hillarity ensue in 2013 when the 35-year term comes into effect for the first time.
Plus, most movies take a couple of years to shoot, by the time it hits the theaters your five year limit is halfway gone. IIRC, Star Wreck - In The Pirkinning took over five years to "film" because it was all volunteer part timers making it. With a five year copyright, it would have been in the public domain before shooting was finished.
The copyright monopoly clock starts ticking AFTER you've finished.
What makes me sad for being a member of human race is how many people confuse opposition against copyright monopoly with just wanting to download movies and music without paying. Pirate Parties around the world are built around the same values and ideals of sharing that have driven scientific progress for over 300 years. Isn't it peculiar that those parts of our economy most responsible for past progress and most important for future progress also have the least protection of "intellectual property"?
So? Czech republic has "Balbin's Poetic Party" led by "Hereditary Genius Governor". When they organize a political gathering, it's 5 guys in old-fashioned black suits and bowler hats reciting poetry.
When you're in actual Hell, even North Korea looks good to you.
Not really, I personally have the same idea about what my home connection should look like. 10 megs of upstream and full IPv6 support is what I need the most right now. The days when upstream speed on consumer connection didn't matter are long gone. When it takes you the whole freaking day to upload 15 minute video in decent HD quality to YouTube...
So, the cloud contains only hydrogen and hydrogen but they refer to hydrogen as multiple elements? ;)
I'm assuming they meant to say "The cloud contains nothing but two isotopes (hydrogen-1 and deuterium) of a single element, hydrogen.
You know, there's a reason the word "assume" starts with "ass". If you actually read TFA instead of assuming, you'd have found out that those multiple elements are hydrogen, helium and lithium.
I'd suggest spamming their office, this time with paper ads (a few metric tons of them). Contact as many affected people as possible and tell them to gather paper ads for a few months. Wait until you have a few thousand people each with a few kilos of paper spam and then do a coordinated drop-and-run delivery on their front yard.
All it takes is one huge Pirate supporter in the sales team with enough freedom to sign the deal without anyone noticing until the ink has dried. And that guy probably figured that if higher-ups try to overrule him afterwards, it'll hit the news. Either way, it's a win for the Pirate Party.
You mean the mountain of evidence as big as Mount McKinley that has been piling up since early 1950s which the deniers so conveniently fail to notice?
You're hoping for too much from deniers. Their selective memory will take care of the issue and they won't admit to being wrong anyway.