Your analogy is not properly supported by the facts. Based solely on the merits of Brad Pitt being a sexy man with or without the money. It would be more appropriate if you used Steve Buscemi and William H. Macy. They start on a level playing field of both being incredibly unsexy, then the advantage goes to the person with the most money. As currently stated, your analogy would be better served swapping the roles since currently we have big money and bad ideas in politics because that is what makes money for the corporate donors while the good ideas don't get the backing from AT&T and others with deep pockets since they would be more beneficial to everyone instead of just the upper 1%.
Something very similar happened here when they banned smoking. Smoking was banned in public buildings, but not bars or (now this is the kicker) bowling alleys. Now as a smoker at the time I was pleased but a little surprised for the odd exemption. I couldn't smoke at the horse track, but I could at the bowling alley. Why was that? Well one of the city councilmen owned a bowling alley and slipped it in. Eventually that part of the ban was fixed to only be bars exclusively but it took a few years.
Looking at it like this could mean that Tesla is out to eliminate the unctuous feeling of dealing with car salesman, used or otherwise, face to face. This might put a lot of shady scumbags out of a job. There are only so many seats in congress so not all of them will be readily employable again.
Seems to me like you need to educate your wife. My 4 year old has been using netflix since he was 2 1/2 just fine. You don't do anyone any favors by catering to their ignorance.
This issue has been called into account by electronics manufactures in the western world against eastern manufacturers for decades. Basically, they are selling at or below cost to suck up market share. We (N. America) used to complain a lot louder about it until we started making all of our shit there too. However, popularity does not indicate quality. Just look at the millions of shitty pop records on the market now.
When you have one master that punches and kicks you, then you get a master that just punches you, they do seem like a much more benevolent master despite the fact that they are both mistreating you, it's just a matter of degree.
After CenturyLink "partnered" with Qwest they pretty much became a pariah in my book. Qwest was just a terrible terrible mess and apparently CenturyLink is keeping their spirit alive.
Apparently you are not a father, probably not even a parent. This doesn't have shit to do with PC anything, it's all about discounting a parents love and bond for their children at any point in their life. Again, you are part of the problem. Trying to relegate parental bonding to a later in life experience is really demeaning and shortsighted.
Speak for yourself white man, the pinball machine at my favorite local hangout takes in a lot of money, it's pretty profitable. The initial capital outlay might be high, but the returns are pretty high. If someone wants to play Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter they can do that in their house for free, but if you want the visceral feeling of playing a pinball game, you have to leave your basement.
Now does this mean that big corporations can scoop up these so-called "orphaned works" and then place their own copyright on them, or do they stay in public domain in perpetuity? If so that wouldn't be so bad, other than "diligent search" sounds like sending my teenage daughter into the other room to find something sitting behind something else.
I'm not sure many would agree with you on the higher quality animation. While I love Zim I don't think that the animation was as smooth or intricate as that of Futurama. Also I misspoke when I said 2000 premiere, Futurama actually premiered in March 1999 while Zim premiered in March 2001. Futurama initially ran until 2003 where Zim was off and on until 2006. If you look at the advances in CG from 1999 to 2001 the difference is quite astounding. Even when you consider the advances in PC speeds from 1999 to 2001 you could see how a show like Futurama with intricate details in the fore and background would be far more expensive to produce where a show like Zim that often mono-color washes the background in favor of foreground color and detail. Both shows are brilliant, but Futurama has far superior production values, sorry.
Futurama is the type of animation that Viacom execs would have turned their nose up at in favor of a show like Zim simple because of the cost. I could go on, but I think I've made my point.
When Futurama first premiered in 2000, it was the most expensive cartoon on air to produce due to the quality and the mix of CG with hand drawn animation. That is part of the reason it was initially cancelled by Fox. It had more to do with the cost than the actual ratings. I don't think that is the case anymore, but still when you watch the opening sequence, realize that there are over 80 layers of animation in just that few second span.
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represented by teams of paid retainers or bodyguards.
It's called "The Secret Service".
And the government has a right to dismiss any lawsuit against it that it feels is "frivolous." Why we let the gov't decide that is beyond me...
Your analogy is not properly supported by the facts. Based solely on the merits of Brad Pitt being a sexy man with or without the money. It would be more appropriate if you used Steve Buscemi and William H. Macy. They start on a level playing field of both being incredibly unsexy, then the advantage goes to the person with the most money. As currently stated, your analogy would be better served swapping the roles since currently we have big money and bad ideas in politics because that is what makes money for the corporate donors while the good ideas don't get the backing from AT&T and others with deep pockets since they would be more beneficial to everyone instead of just the upper 1%.
Something very similar happened here when they banned smoking. Smoking was banned in public buildings, but not bars or (now this is the kicker) bowling alleys. Now as a smoker at the time I was pleased but a little surprised for the odd exemption. I couldn't smoke at the horse track, but I could at the bowling alley. Why was that? Well one of the city councilmen owned a bowling alley and slipped it in. Eventually that part of the ban was fixed to only be bars exclusively but it took a few years.
This is not necessarily all bad, since rich people may be less corruptible, since they don't need the money.
. Watch this. Your post was so idiotic, it may have given me cancer. You need to preface shit like that with Please Don't Read.
Looking at it like this could mean that Tesla is out to eliminate the unctuous feeling of dealing with car salesman, used or otherwise, face to face. This might put a lot of shady scumbags out of a job. There are only so many seats in congress so not all of them will be readily employable again.
Seems to me like you need to educate your wife. My 4 year old has been using netflix since he was 2 1/2 just fine. You don't do anyone any favors by catering to their ignorance.
If you give a man a gun he can rob a bank, but if you give a man a bank he can rob the world.
This issue has been called into account by electronics manufactures in the western world against eastern manufacturers for decades. Basically, they are selling at or below cost to suck up market share. We (N. America) used to complain a lot louder about it until we started making all of our shit there too. However, popularity does not indicate quality. Just look at the millions of shitty pop records on the market now.
When you have one master that punches and kicks you, then you get a master that just punches you, they do seem like a much more benevolent master despite the fact that they are both mistreating you, it's just a matter of degree.
After CenturyLink "partnered" with Qwest they pretty much became a pariah in my book. Qwest was just a terrible terrible mess and apparently CenturyLink is keeping their spirit alive.
Not "other ideas" just utter bullshit.
Apparently you are not a father, probably not even a parent. This doesn't have shit to do with PC anything, it's all about discounting a parents love and bond for their children at any point in their life. Again, you are part of the problem. Trying to relegate parental bonding to a later in life experience is really demeaning and shortsighted.
If you seriously think that Fathers have less of a bond with their children than mothers, then you, my friend, are part of the fucking problem.
I'm glad you think you're informed, but you're wrong in this case.
Blah blah blah Bitcoin. Let the flame war commence.
Speak for yourself white man, the pinball machine at my favorite local hangout takes in a lot of money, it's pretty profitable. The initial capital outlay might be high, but the returns are pretty high. If someone wants to play Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter they can do that in their house for free, but if you want the visceral feeling of playing a pinball game, you have to leave your basement.
Basically, if you don't know the source then you wouldn't know if it is a corporate work or a private work, that's an orphaned work.
Now does this mean that big corporations can scoop up these so-called "orphaned works" and then place their own copyright on them, or do they stay in public domain in perpetuity? If so that wouldn't be so bad, other than "diligent search" sounds like sending my teenage daughter into the other room to find something sitting behind something else.
The real headline should read
"British PM David Cameron openly admits he has no clue how technology works"
This is what that reminds me of. I think that's why they had to get Barenaked Ladies to do the theme instead of TMBG.
One of my good friends refuses to even consider watching big bang theory, he calls it "black-face for nerds."
That's because the more openly repressed you are, the more twisted your closeted desires become.
I'm not sure many would agree with you on the higher quality animation. While I love Zim I don't think that the animation was as smooth or intricate as that of Futurama. Also I misspoke when I said 2000 premiere, Futurama actually premiered in March 1999 while Zim premiered in March 2001. Futurama initially ran until 2003 where Zim was off and on until 2006. If you look at the advances in CG from 1999 to 2001 the difference is quite astounding. Even when you consider the advances in PC speeds from 1999 to 2001 you could see how a show like Futurama with intricate details in the fore and background would be far more expensive to produce where a show like Zim that often mono-color washes the background in favor of foreground color and detail. Both shows are brilliant, but Futurama has far superior production values, sorry.
Futurama is the type of animation that Viacom execs would have turned their nose up at in favor of a show like Zim simple because of the cost. I could go on, but I think I've made my point.
When Futurama first premiered in 2000, it was the most expensive cartoon on air to produce due to the quality and the mix of CG with hand drawn animation. That is part of the reason it was initially cancelled by Fox. It had more to do with the cost than the actual ratings. I don't think that is the case anymore, but still when you watch the opening sequence, realize that there are over 80 layers of animation in just that few second span.