I don't think this is flamebait. Every person I knew in college with an art history degree realized they were going to have a hard time finding a job and a few switched majors due to that. I know lots of people who picked education paths because of the prospect of a job out the other end. High school is where you're supposed to grow up and become an adult. Not college. You're supposed to be an adult when you go to college.
If I made a dollar 3 years ago and had it stolen this year how much did I have stolen this year? $0 because I didn't make that dollar this year?
I don't believe the $500 billion estimate either but refuting it based upon how much money was made in the US in 2010 doesn't sound right to me.
Like say Google's source code for their search index was stolen how much is that valued at? Does the value only count for parts that were developed in the past year or could it have just been made MORE valuable in the last year.
So a total rewrite of laws whenever a new technology causes some societal change instead of understanding when the writers wrote something like "Making copies of copyrighted works and distributing them is illegal" they meant the copyright holder should be able to control distribution?
And how about words that are no longer common parlance? Should we write all our laws in Latin so that the meaning doesn't change over time with respect to language evolution?
A lot of the questions about how laws are intended to be interpreted are decided by the courts and that was part of the system of checks and balances originally thought of by the founders
I don't think you would want to live in a country where libel and harassment were legal. It leads to things like lies being accepted as truth and you have to defend yourself from being fired because someone says you told company secrets and you have no legal recourse to go through. Harassment has often led too suicide. Maybe you are completely well balanced and can handle mob harassment or someone constantly being derogatory to you because of some small thing they don't like, but that's not everyone.
not to mention you know... how many lives have been saved because someone on the road witnessed an accident and called for an ambulance without having to look for a rest stop.
Maybe the higher price point is because Xerox had to you know actually research these ideas and Apple just said ooo gimme and pay me some money for this paper. I don't have all the details but if the story is as I'm reading here, I don't see how it would be possible for Xerox to have competed with apple on price.
NetZero launched as a free to use service that derived revenue from ads. Now when they dropped that, they definitely should have changed the misleading name.
The problem with this is determining if the device is jailbroken or real. It is possible to jailbreak something and still emulate the original to the point that the system doesn't know it is jailbroken but allowing you to have custom access to the messages so you could you know have a script that automatically locks on anytime a head is within sniper range and automatically fire a shot.
Let's put it another way. A system is rated at a thermal level of X. Someone has found out you can usually safely run at 110% - 130% of X. You install firmware that advertises "BEST SPEEDS POSSIBLE!" that runs at a thermal level of 130% (best speeds possible). But your system is actually only ok at 108% of X because you got subpar system but you are still over the speced rating.
Also just to throw it out there, why should I support code I don't know anything about. If your system isn't running in a known configuration, I can't guarantee you have compete success with it.
This is netflicks streaming exactly. They have the entire star treks series all of them on demand any time. It also has suggestions based upon what you have watched.
Not saying that. But I am trying to point out the truly poor... they don't even have the option of having your job. Most people live better than they realize. I realize it because I have moved really far up the socio-economic ladder in my life. I see where I came from and where I am now. There's so much disparity in perception it amazes me.
I grew up in areas below poverty line and have lived in projects. Housing was never free; we always had rent and when I worked a part time job for some spending cash there was more than one time I had to help pay it. And I don't know anyone there that drove a Cadillac. Mostly we had shitty 5 - 10 year old cars and prayed nothing broke on them (like the tires).
You have it hard not saying you don't. But seriously you have a car. I knew a lot of people who couldn't afford that. And college would have been impossible without financial aide.
You're taking it further than the parent poster and making it harder for me to support your proposal because of the additional things you've tacked on like not exempting charitable donations or education expenses which are exemptions I have used even when my income was at or below poverty line. Education expenses are usually allowed beyond the standard deduction as long as your income is below a certain level.
I don't get by with as much breathing room as I should but it is a lifestyle I chose and honestly I could easily get by with a HELL of alot more breathing room by just commuting into work from Brooklyn or NJ. I do not kid myself into thinking I am not well off just because my monthly spending allowance doesn't allow me to buy everything I could possibly want to buy in a month. I know I am wealthy. I live in Manhattan. By myself. That alone beside anything else makes me wealthy. And the government knows it and I pay higher income tax just for where I live and I'm perfectly ok with that. If my taxes were raised a bit again I would also be ok with it. (A bit as being defined as a couple percentage points, not 10%)
Back when I was buying gaming magazines there wasn't much choice if you wanted something spanning multiple platforms. GamePro was one of the highest quality magazine during that era. I don't know how it performed over time as I stopped paying attention. They have had periods of much success over time including a show on TV at one time.
True there is a potential slope but I don't think the slope is as slippery as you believe. As I said in my post I don't agree with a law censoring text in support of terrorist groups (with the exception of text that is intent on inciting violence which is covered on existing laws). But I don't agree every line of speech should be free or that there should be no laws against terrorism. I would be against expanding the definition of terrorism. Therefore for me the slope stops there. Viewing the world in black and white does not allow for a healthy society.
There is grey or I can slander you at your job with complete fabrications and get you fired and just claim free speech. Also many other things that are censored would be considered legal given 100% free speech, like inciting a riot.
I'm actually happy the law recognizes and tries to better define the grey area that makes for a better society as a whole. Now I also err on the side of free speech and don't consider Islamic extremist rants to be something worthy of censorship unless they are trying to incite murder or rioting. But there are other laws to get that taken down instead of the "terrorism" label.
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I don't think this is flamebait. Every person I knew in college with an art history degree realized they were going to have a hard time finding a job and a few switched majors due to that. I know lots of people who picked education paths because of the prospect of a job out the other end. High school is where you're supposed to grow up and become an adult. Not college. You're supposed to be an adult when you go to college.
If I made a dollar 3 years ago and had it stolen this year how much did I have stolen this year? $0 because I didn't make that dollar this year?
I don't believe the $500 billion estimate either but refuting it based upon how much money was made in the US in 2010 doesn't sound right to me.
Like say Google's source code for their search index was stolen how much is that valued at? Does the value only count for parts that were developed in the past year or could it have just been made MORE valuable in the last year.
This is one of the most insightful posts I have ever read.
So a total rewrite of laws whenever a new technology causes some societal change instead of understanding when the writers wrote something like "Making copies of copyrighted works and distributing them is illegal" they meant the copyright holder should be able to control distribution?
And how about words that are no longer common parlance? Should we write all our laws in Latin so that the meaning doesn't change over time with respect to language evolution?
A lot of the questions about how laws are intended to be interpreted are decided by the courts and that was part of the system of checks and balances originally thought of by the founders
I don't think you would want to live in a country where libel and harassment were legal. It leads to things like lies being accepted as truth and you have to defend yourself from being fired because someone says you told company secrets and you have no legal recourse to go through. Harassment has often led too suicide. Maybe you are completely well balanced and can handle mob harassment or someone constantly being derogatory to you because of some small thing they don't like, but that's not everyone.
NO I completely disagree! All cars should just always remain in first gear. That way we all drive at much more reasonable speeds too!
not to mention you know... how many lives have been saved because someone on the road witnessed an accident and called for an ambulance without having to look for a rest stop.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaay
Maybe the higher price point is because Xerox had to you know actually research these ideas and Apple just said ooo gimme and pay me some money for this paper. I don't have all the details but if the story is as I'm reading here, I don't see how it would be possible for Xerox to have competed with apple on price.
NetZero launched as a free to use service that derived revenue from ads. Now when they dropped that, they definitely should have changed the misleading name.
The problem with this is determining if the device is jailbroken or real. It is possible to jailbreak something and still emulate the original to the point that the system doesn't know it is jailbroken but allowing you to have custom access to the messages so you could you know have a script that automatically locks on anytime a head is within sniper range and automatically fire a shot.
Let's put it another way. A system is rated at a thermal level of X. Someone has found out you can usually safely run at 110% - 130% of X. You install firmware that advertises "BEST SPEEDS POSSIBLE!" that runs at a thermal level of 130% (best speeds possible). But your system is actually only ok at 108% of X because you got subpar system but you are still over the speced rating.
Also just to throw it out there, why should I support code I don't know anything about. If your system isn't running in a known configuration, I can't guarantee you have compete success with it.
Posts like this make browsing at 0 worth it... except for all the other posts that are crap.
This is my thinking :D
This is netflicks streaming exactly. They have the entire star treks series all of them on demand any time. It also has suggestions based upon what you have watched.
yeah I just wish it wasn't so damn expensive for the amount of enjoyment I get out of it.
Not saying that. But I am trying to point out the truly poor... they don't even have the option of having your job. Most people live better than they realize. I realize it because I have moved really far up the socio-economic ladder in my life. I see where I came from and where I am now. There's so much disparity in perception it amazes me.
In general. The timing was bad and caused a couple bounced checks, I'm reimbursed for the stolen funds, but not the fees.
I grew up in areas below poverty line and have lived in projects. Housing was never free; we always had rent and when I worked a part time job for some spending cash there was more than one time I had to help pay it. And I don't know anyone there that drove a Cadillac. Mostly we had shitty 5 - 10 year old cars and prayed nothing broke on them (like the tires).
You have it hard not saying you don't. But seriously you have a car. I knew a lot of people who couldn't afford that. And college would have been impossible without financial aide.
You're taking it further than the parent poster and making it harder for me to support your proposal because of the additional things you've tacked on like not exempting charitable donations or education expenses which are exemptions I have used even when my income was at or below poverty line. Education expenses are usually allowed beyond the standard deduction as long as your income is below a certain level.
Disclaimers:
1. I make over $100k
2. I live in Manhatten.
I don't get by with as much breathing room as I should but it is a lifestyle I chose and honestly I could easily get by with a HELL of alot more breathing room by just commuting into work from Brooklyn or NJ. I do not kid myself into thinking I am not well off just because my monthly spending allowance doesn't allow me to buy everything I could possibly want to buy in a month. I know I am wealthy. I live in Manhattan. By myself. That alone beside anything else makes me wealthy. And the government knows it and I pay higher income tax just for where I live and I'm perfectly ok with that. If my taxes were raised a bit again I would also be ok with it. (A bit as being defined as a couple percentage points, not 10%)
its fucked me over for christmas presents this year. still dealing with a bit of the stuff that got canceled because of it.
Back when I was buying gaming magazines there wasn't much choice if you wanted something spanning multiple platforms. GamePro was one of the highest quality magazine during that era. I don't know how it performed over time as I stopped paying attention. They have had periods of much success over time including a show on TV at one time.
True there is a potential slope but I don't think the slope is as slippery as you believe. As I said in my post I don't agree with a law censoring text in support of terrorist groups (with the exception of text that is intent on inciting violence which is covered on existing laws). But I don't agree every line of speech should be free or that there should be no laws against terrorism. I would be against expanding the definition of terrorism. Therefore for me the slope stops there. Viewing the world in black and white does not allow for a healthy society.
There is grey or I can slander you at your job with complete fabrications and get you fired and just claim free speech. Also many other things that are censored would be considered legal given 100% free speech, like inciting a riot.
I'm actually happy the law recognizes and tries to better define the grey area that makes for a better society as a whole. Now I also err on the side of free speech and don't consider Islamic extremist rants to be something worthy of censorship unless they are trying to incite murder or rioting. But there are other laws to get that taken down instead of the "terrorism" label.