The 'point' of all the horrible gore in "The Passion" was to elicit pity and horror in the viewer, and to make them understand the sacrifice that was being made for Humanity's benefit.
Surely the 'point' had absolutely nothing to do with making a controversial movie even more controversial in an attempt to get more people to see it (read: make more money).
And surely a militant antisemite like Mel Gibson would never, ever, make this movie gory specifically to incite anger/hate against Jews, who are blamed for the crucifixion.
I should applaud you then, for being such a staunch supporter of slave labour.
I should also commend you on your willingness to see other people's rights being violated, and your support for universities that are willing to disallow students from graduating if they try to protect their rights.
I value hard work, but at the same time, I don't value the violation of these students' rights.
So is an education. Unfortunately, classes are being cancelled so students can be illegally forced to work in an assembly plant.
But then again, if work experience is so valuable, maybe we should shut down Harvard and MIT for a week each semester so the students can get some highly valuable work experience at a world class establishment like McDonalds or Walmart. What do you think?
All evidence is going to be anecdotal.
The TSA isn't going to issue a press release stating that they missed a gun/bomb/knife/etc. In order to do that, they'd need to know that they missed it, which means that they "missed" it intentionally.
And yes, they do need a 100% success rate.
What if it was a bomb they missed?
If they make a mistake, it could kill 200 people. The cost of failure is huge, so they need to be perfect.
Remember the underwear bomber? They missed him, and the only reason the people on that flight survived was because of his own incompetence.
* Green on the chest piece
* Green at the elbows
* Green around the crotch
* Green around the hands
* Bubble dome
It's just missing the decals and wings.
"19,171 terrorist attacks since 9/11"
[[Citation Needed]]
Also, Christianity, which seems to have a history of torturing or forcefully converting people (ie: the inquisitions) is frequently referred to as the religion of love. If you're going to mock the fact that Islam is called the religion of peace, at least be unbiased enough to mock Christianity on the same basis.
Remember, Christianity is the religion that says it's better to contract AIDS and die an excruciating death than to use a condom. The religion of love strikes again.
I don't defend people claiming that this is Islam telling them to kill "heretics", but you have no right to tell me that Islam is inherently evil.
Although, I do wonder how many Muslims are convicted of murder each year, compared to the number of Christians who are....
Because the company that owns Blizzard bought Activision and thought it was a good idea to merge them?
It's not like Blizzard had much of a choice in the matter.
Considering how often they seem to be extending copyright, you can probably expect to see that in the next few years when we find ourselves dealing with perpetual copyrights.
Although, given that Congress can copyright works in the public domain, we might not need to wait that long before things like Project Gutenberg become a thing of the past.
But you need to concede that there is a very big difference between stealing a physical object and stealing a virtual one.
Let's look at the car analogy.
Let's say that pirating something is similar to keying a car.
When something is pirated, a potential sale is lost. The owner/distributor of that product loses the potential to make money, but there is no real damage caused.
When a car is damaged, you have the quite real cost of repairing it.
So you're equating the actual cost of repairing the damage caused by someone keying your car (which is something you pay to repair) to the loss of potential income (which you probably never would have received, based on the reasons why people pirate).
Want to compare piracy to someone joyriding in your car?
First, let's just assume that whoever takes it replaces whatever gas they use, just so we don't end up quibbling over details like that.
Cars wear out with use. The more you use your car, the more maintenance it needs.
By using your car, there is the actual cost of repairing it, whereas by pirating software, there is no maintenance that must be done, and no damage caused to it.
And of course, this wear on the car is something that I need to pay for in order to keep using it, but if your software is being pirated, there are no costs involved. You do not need to maintain it better or repair it in order to keep selling it. So again, we come down to the issue of comparing an actual cost to a potential profit, which cannot readily be compared. I can just as easily blame negative reviews for a lack of sales, but we would hardly call that theft or vandalism, even though it indirectly causes a loss of sales.
Let's turn the question around though. What if I could "steal" your car the same way that I can pirate something?
What if I had a magic box that could create an exact duplicate of your car, but without causing any damage to it, and without causing any direct loss to you. Would that still be theft? Better yet, who would I be stealing from if it was? Would I be stealing from you, the owner of the car I copied, or would I be stealing from the company who sold you the car? Would the $30,000 that I did not pay the company for a car I never bought be considered damage? What if I never had any intention of buying that car, and only copied it because it was free?
I'm not trying to suggest that one is better or worse than the other, but trying to explain copyright infringement with "Would you steal a car?" is naive and absurd.
Not happy with the result?
Why not do something about it instead of sitting on your ass and bitching about it.
Here's a place to start: https://tips.fbi.gov/
I wish I was so lucky.
Here in Canada, the only time I can find a magazine worth reading (ie: not the celebrity gossip crap) is when I go a bookstore with the intention of buying a specific magazine. And, needless to say, it's not usually worth the effort (~20 minutes each way plus ~10 minutes to find it, considering I can find the same content online instantly for free).
The antisemitism and antizionism (which, for the most part, is really just disguised antisemitism) here is sickening.
If it was any other country in the world (except N. Korea or China perhaps) who did this, the response would be to laugh at them and move on.
I hardly think you would be so harsh on Britain if they told twitter it was violating American laws for letting the IRA plan attacks on civilians.
But because it's Israel doing this, you need to vilify them for it.
> no budget to purchase one
> all but guaranteed that I will see no compensation
If they didn't have the money to do it, and you were told that you wouldn't be paid for it, why would you expect to be paid for it?
Sure, BPA is "toxic" (if you eat stupid amounts of it, and you're under 6 months old...)
Seriously though, I'd hardly classify Playmobil as "dangerous"...
Dear concerned citizens,
We appreciate you taking the time and effort to file a petition,
but we don't care what you think, so kindly go fuck yourselves.
Regards,
Slashdot Mirror
The 'point' of all the horrible gore in "The Passion" was to elicit pity and horror in the viewer, and to make them understand the sacrifice that was being made for Humanity's benefit.
Surely the 'point' had absolutely nothing to do with making a controversial movie even more controversial in an attempt to get more people to see it (read: make more money).
And surely a militant antisemite like Mel Gibson would never, ever, make this movie gory specifically to incite anger/hate against Jews, who are blamed for the crucifixion.
And in most people, it's 404.
Also, http://xkcd.com/927/
I think the phrase you're looking for is "How do you like them apples?"
They're hooks used in a device called a tenter.
I should applaud you then, for being such a staunch supporter of slave labour.
I should also commend you on your willingness to see other people's rights being violated, and your support for universities that are willing to disallow students from graduating if they try to protect their rights.
I value hard work, but at the same time, I don't value the violation of these students' rights.
So is an education. Unfortunately, classes are being cancelled so students can be illegally forced to work in an assembly plant.
But then again, if work experience is so valuable, maybe we should shut down Harvard and MIT for a week each semester so the students can get some highly valuable work experience at a world class establishment like McDonalds or Walmart. What do you think?
All evidence is going to be anecdotal.
The TSA isn't going to issue a press release stating that they missed a gun/bomb/knife/etc. In order to do that, they'd need to know that they missed it, which means that they "missed" it intentionally.
And yes, they do need a 100% success rate.
What if it was a bomb they missed?
If they make a mistake, it could kill 200 people. The cost of failure is huge, so they need to be perfect.
Remember the underwear bomber? They missed him, and the only reason the people on that flight survived was because of his own incompetence.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/loaded-gun-slips-past-tsa-screeners/story?id=12412458#.UCVfNZ1lREM
Who needs things like laws and due process when the government can just shut down your business without them?
It's almost identical to Buzz's suit.
* Green on the chest piece
* Green at the elbows
* Green around the crotch
* Green around the hands
* Bubble dome
It's just missing the decals and wings.
Just for comparison:
NASA
Pixar
"19,171 terrorist attacks since 9/11"
[[Citation Needed]]
Also, Christianity, which seems to have a history of torturing or forcefully converting people (ie: the inquisitions) is frequently referred to as the religion of love. If you're going to mock the fact that Islam is called the religion of peace, at least be unbiased enough to mock Christianity on the same basis.
Remember, Christianity is the religion that says it's better to contract AIDS and die an excruciating death than to use a condom. The religion of love strikes again.
I don't defend people claiming that this is Islam telling them to kill "heretics", but you have no right to tell me that Islam is inherently evil.
Although, I do wonder how many Muslims are convicted of murder each year, compared to the number of Christians who are....
Because the company that owns Blizzard bought Activision and thought it was a good idea to merge them?
It's not like Blizzard had much of a choice in the matter.
Just $8000?
I'm paying close to $11000 a year for Comp Sci.
Considering how often they seem to be extending copyright, you can probably expect to see that in the next few years when we find ourselves dealing with perpetual copyrights.
Although, given that Congress can copyright works in the public domain, we might not need to wait that long before things like Project Gutenberg become a thing of the past.
But you need to concede that there is a very big difference between stealing a physical object and stealing a virtual one.
Let's look at the car analogy.
Let's say that pirating something is similar to keying a car.
When something is pirated, a potential sale is lost. The owner/distributor of that product loses the potential to make money, but there is no real damage caused.
When a car is damaged, you have the quite real cost of repairing it.
So you're equating the actual cost of repairing the damage caused by someone keying your car (which is something you pay to repair) to the loss of potential income (which you probably never would have received, based on the reasons why people pirate).
Want to compare piracy to someone joyriding in your car?
First, let's just assume that whoever takes it replaces whatever gas they use, just so we don't end up quibbling over details like that.
Cars wear out with use. The more you use your car, the more maintenance it needs.
By using your car, there is the actual cost of repairing it, whereas by pirating software, there is no maintenance that must be done, and no damage caused to it.
And of course, this wear on the car is something that I need to pay for in order to keep using it, but if your software is being pirated, there are no costs involved.
You do not need to maintain it better or repair it in order to keep selling it.
So again, we come down to the issue of comparing an actual cost to a potential profit, which cannot readily be compared. I can just as easily blame negative reviews for a lack of sales, but we would hardly call that theft or vandalism, even though it indirectly causes a loss of sales.
Let's turn the question around though. What if I could "steal" your car the same way that I can pirate something?
What if I had a magic box that could create an exact duplicate of your car, but without causing any damage to it, and without causing any direct loss to you.
Would that still be theft?
Better yet, who would I be stealing from if it was? Would I be stealing from you, the owner of the car I copied, or would I be stealing from the company who sold you the car?
Would the $30,000 that I did not pay the company for a car I never bought be considered damage? What if I never had any intention of buying that car, and only copied it because it was free?
I'm not trying to suggest that one is better or worse than the other, but trying to explain copyright infringement with "Would you steal a car?" is naive and absurd.
Not happy with the result?
Why not do something about it instead of sitting on your ass and bitching about it.
Here's a place to start:
https://tips.fbi.gov/
I wish I was so lucky.
Here in Canada, the only time I can find a magazine worth reading (ie: not the celebrity gossip crap) is when I go a bookstore with the intention of buying a specific magazine. And, needless to say, it's not usually worth the effort (~20 minutes each way plus ~10 minutes to find it, considering I can find the same content online instantly for free).
That includes searches like "crook Lyonnaise de Garantie" and "is Lyonnaise de Garantie a crook?".
I'm rather curious to see what Google does.
The antisemitism and antizionism (which, for the most part, is really just disguised antisemitism) here is sickening.
If it was any other country in the world (except N. Korea or China perhaps) who did this, the response would be to laugh at them and move on.
I hardly think you would be so harsh on Britain if they told twitter it was violating American laws for letting the IRA plan attacks on civilians.
But because it's Israel doing this, you need to vilify them for it.
Grow the fuck up.
> no budget to purchase one
> all but guaranteed that I will see no compensation
If they didn't have the money to do it, and you were told that you wouldn't be paid for it, why would you expect to be paid for it?
Sure, BPA is "toxic" (if you eat stupid amounts of it, and you're under 6 months old...)
Seriously though, I'd hardly classify Playmobil as "dangerous"...
I'll save you the effort.
Here's their reply:
Dear concerned citizens,
We appreciate you taking the time and effort to file a petition,
but we don't care what you think, so kindly go fuck yourselves.
Regards,
"They're f*cked eh?"
It's a little sad that the only way to find out what the law is is to sue the government.