Read The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn, and you too will not trust science (or to be more accurate: the flawed human beings that backstab, lie, cheat, and censor new ideas in order to protect their old scientific research & theories).
It's an eye-opening piece of literature that liberals, such as yourself, should read. Blind faith in scientists is as illogical as blind faith in priests.
"If hacks are outlawed, then only criminals will have hacks." --- I'll guess we'll have to rely upon Microsoft to investigate and fix any holes in the software. (In other words like calling the police on 911; no defense at all.)
>>>since when did the European parliament get the authority to impose mandatory minimum prison sentences in its member nations?
Since when did the American congress get the authority to impose mandatory minimum prison sentences on its member states' courts? ANSWER: When both the parliament and congress usurped the power through decree. This is the natural progession from a union of independent states into a central authority that tries to control everything down to the smallest level (even your home).
At least in the U.S. we have a 10th amendment and a Supreme Court which forbids congress from exercising powers never granted to it (such as nullifying the mandate forcing individuals to buy insurance). I am unware of a similar mechanism to check the power of the EU parliament, so their power will continually grow and grow. An "ever-closer union" until all laws come from Brussels.
Oh noes! Whatever will I do? (yawn). You guys remind me of Iranian muslims. Are you going to declare a "fatwa" like the muslims did against cartoonists who drew a satire about Mohammed? "Stone the baastard who said something bad about Apple! Cut off his head!" Ooo. I'm scared.
RTamerica has more about WHY they did this. The reasons ALMOT make sense..... if you want children to grow-up with no ability to deal with stressful words/ideas.
"Dinosaurs were thrown out, for example, as they call to mind evolution, which might upset fundamentalists. Birthdays shouldnâ(TM)t be mentioned because they arenâ(TM)t celebrated by Jehovahâ(TM)s Witnesses. Halloween appeared on the black list as it suggests paganism. Dancing is taboo, because some sects object..... Terrorism was considered too scary. Poverty is on the forbidden list as well as words that suggest wealth because they could make kids jealous. Divorces, as well as diseases, are also set to be forbidden in order to not traumatize kids having relatives who split from spouses or are ill.
Well this person (and several other persons) is not willing. If I'm going to pay the same as the paperback, then I'll buy the paperback. Something I can hold, keep forever without fear of amazon erasing it from my kindle, and eventually selling it for cash (if I get bored with it).
You don't really believe OS X is impervious to viruses do you? If they can hack Android linux and Apple iOS to install malware, then they can do the same to their big brothers on the desktop.
I guess I could mimic the Apple fans and proclaim, "My Commodore Amiga's OS 4 is awesome. It has no viruses!" Of course that's only because nobody wants to target such a small userbase. Ditto linux. Ditto OS X.
One thing Obama/democrats never mention is that Solyndra and other receivers of solar/Electric car taxpayer cash outsourced their factories to the EU, to India, and to (surprise) China.
So they created "green jobs" alright..... in other countries. And by adding these tariffs they are hurting any of the U.S. manufacturers who located their solar/EV factories overseas. Hand-out cash with one hand, and then 3 years later take it back via protective tariffs.
It's a shame we've had 2 lousy presidents in a row. (Soon to be three if Romney wins.)
False. If Chinese solar companies started raping us with price, then a new company (located in EU, US, India, Korea, or even China itself) will rise-up and sell the panels for less. No monopoly has ever set arbitrarily high prices and lasted more than 2 decades max.
But I thought the water company was owned by the government? How can you blame greedy private executives for the "high prices" of the government-owned water company? Hmmmm.
Corn receives subsidies. But oil? That has subsidies?
The interstates were Eisenhower's idea, after he tried to travel cross country on 1920-era roads (a near impossible task), and decided to copy Germany's autobahns. I don't know why you place the credit on Democrats.
>>>when Dumbya's administration outlawed MTBE
Yeah. Outlawing poison. What a horrible thing to do. President Idiot deserves a lot of blame for stupid stuff, but this is not one of them.
I don't really consider that a flaw. Most things are derivative from something earlier. It was an enjoyable read just like watching Stargate SG1 was enjoyable even though it was nothing new.
An Ebook version of Potter has ZERO shipping cost and ZERO printing cost. There's no logical reason why the last 3 ebooks should cost 2 dollars more than the print books. In fact they should be about 2 dollars cheaper.
I always contact the Ebay seller first, but the truth is that 99% of them ignore the email because they KNOW they misdescribed a damaged/scratched disc as "like new" when it was nothing of the kind. i.e. They have no intent of refunding any money.
So then I go to paypal, who advise me to send an envelope with tracking.
And finally the credit card (if paypal can't recover the money because the scam artist emptied his account). The bottom line is that if a seller is going to screw a buyer, ignore emails requesting refunds, and ignore paypal's resolution process, then the selelr is an ASSHOLE. End of idscsuiin you arrogna torciekl who woudl teyr ot scam ME and bundreds of other Ebay bueyr.s Buirn in heell.
Bastard ssellers. on basstard ebay are vbasytrasds.
Not the judge I was talking about (I said recent case). I'd provide a link but the article is buried in infowars.com's archives, from about 3 months ago, and I don't feel like digging for it. The cop beat the victim, and the victim is in a coma, so the cop was thrown in jail. The judge then said the victim, rather than just lay there, could have shot the cop in self-defense.
Well Soros exerts a lot of power, as does that other billionaire Murdoch. We need to pay attention to what they are doing, and who they are buying/controlling. --- As for Soros specifically, his ultimate goal appears to be more power for himself & the top 0.01% and less power for the rest of us. (Hence the name globalist... power over the whole globe.)
Yeah good solution. Personally I downloaded all 7 books four years ago! I didn't feel like waiting for the movies to be released, or the ebooks, and just went straight to the scanned copies off isohunt, in order to learn how the story ended
The point is electronic versions don't have snail-mail shipping costs, and should be cheaper. Take Fantasy&Science Fiction magazine for example:
$36 for the print version but only $12 for the electronic version. They save money by not printing the magazine & adding postage, and those savings are passed to their e-mag readers.
They call it watermarking, but it's tracking by any other name. "The Pottermore Shop personalises eBooks with a combination of watermarking techniques that relate to the book, to the purchaser and the purchase time. This allows us to track and respond to possible copyright misuse."
So don't copy the floppy..... er, book to your friends.
One case is not a pattern. Or even a line. It's just one person. (And you provided no connection from him to the Koch Brothers..... but there are tons of link from Occupy to the globalist Soros. He started the movement.)
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>>>Reality has a well known liberal bias
Read The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn, and you too will not trust science (or to be more accurate: the flawed human beings that backstab, lie, cheat, and censor new ideas in order to protect their old scientific research & theories).
It's an eye-opening piece of literature that liberals, such as yourself, should read. Blind faith in scientists is as illogical as blind faith in priests.
"If hacks are outlawed, then only criminals will have hacks." --- I'll guess we'll have to rely upon Microsoft to investigate and fix any holes in the software. (In other words like calling the police on 911; no defense at all.)
>>>since when did the European parliament get the authority to impose mandatory minimum prison sentences in its member nations?
Since when did the American congress get the authority to impose mandatory minimum prison sentences on its member states' courts? ANSWER: When both the parliament and congress usurped the power through decree. This is the natural progession from a union of independent states into a central authority that tries to control everything down to the smallest level (even your home).
At least in the U.S. we have a 10th amendment and a Supreme Court which forbids congress from exercising powers never granted to it (such as nullifying the mandate forcing individuals to buy insurance). I am unware of a similar mechanism to check the power of the EU parliament, so their power will continually grow and grow. An "ever-closer union" until all laws come from Brussels.
"-1 Troll"
Oh noes! Whatever will I do? (yawn). You guys remind me of Iranian muslims. Are you going to declare a "fatwa" like the muslims did against cartoonists who drew a satire about Mohammed? "Stone the baastard who said something bad about Apple! Cut off his head!" Ooo. I'm scared.
RTamerica has more about WHY they did this. The reasons ALMOT make sense..... if you want children to grow-up with no ability to deal with stressful words/ideas.
"Dinosaurs were thrown out, for example, as they call to mind evolution, which might upset fundamentalists. Birthdays shouldnâ(TM)t be mentioned because they arenâ(TM)t celebrated by Jehovahâ(TM)s Witnesses. Halloween appeared on the black list as it suggests paganism. Dancing is taboo, because some sects object..... Terrorism was considered too scary. Poverty is on the forbidden list as well as words that suggest wealth because they could make kids jealous. Divorces, as well as diseases, are also set to be forbidden in order to not traumatize kids having relatives who split from spouses or are ill.
"Officials say they are simply trying to avoid topics that "could evoke unpleasant emotions in the students.' " - http://rt.com/usa/news/school-test-list-ban-656/
Well this person (and several other persons) is not willing. If I'm going to pay the same as the paperback, then I'll buy the paperback. Something I can hold, keep forever without fear of amazon erasing it from my kindle, and eventually selling it for cash (if I get bored with it).
You don't really believe OS X is impervious to viruses do you? If they can hack Android linux and Apple iOS to install malware, then they can do the same to their big brothers on the desktop.
I guess I could mimic the Apple fans and proclaim, "My Commodore Amiga's OS 4 is awesome. It has no viruses!" Of course that's only because nobody wants to target such a small userbase. Ditto linux. Ditto OS X.
One thing Obama/democrats never mention is that Solyndra and other receivers of solar/Electric car taxpayer cash outsourced their factories to the EU, to India, and to (surprise) China.
So they created "green jobs" alright..... in other countries. And by adding these tariffs they are hurting any of the U.S. manufacturers who located their solar/EV factories overseas. Hand-out cash with one hand, and then 3 years later take it back via protective tariffs.
It's a shame we've had 2 lousy presidents in a row. (Soon to be three if Romney wins.)
False. If Chinese solar companies started raping us with price, then a new company (located in EU, US, India, Korea, or even China itself) will rise-up and sell the panels for less. No monopoly has ever set arbitrarily high prices and lasted more than 2 decades max.
But I thought the water company was owned by the government? How can you blame greedy private executives for the "high prices" of the government-owned water company? Hmmmm.
Corn receives subsidies. But oil? That has subsidies?
The interstates were Eisenhower's idea, after he tried to travel cross country on 1920-era roads (a near impossible task), and decided to copy Germany's autobahns. I don't know why you place the credit on Democrats.
>>>when Dumbya's administration outlawed MTBE
Yeah. Outlawing poison. What a horrible thing to do. President Idiot deserves a lot of blame for stupid stuff, but this is not one of them.
>>> then the price is jacked up to make up for the losses.
Please cite some companies that did this "dumping" and then raising of prices.
Derivative from what?
I don't really consider that a flaw. Most things are derivative from something earlier. It was an enjoyable read just like watching Stargate SG1 was enjoyable even though it was nothing new.
An Ebook version of Potter has ZERO shipping cost and ZERO printing cost. There's no logical reason why the last 3 ebooks should cost 2 dollars more than the print books. In fact they should be about 2 dollars cheaper.
>>>without even trying to work things out with me
I always contact the Ebay seller first, but the truth is that 99% of them ignore the email because they KNOW they misdescribed a damaged/scratched disc as "like new" when it was nothing of the kind. i.e. They have no intent of refunding any money.
So then I go to paypal, who advise me to send an envelope with tracking.
And finally the credit card (if paypal can't recover the money because the scam artist emptied his account). The bottom line is that if a seller is going to screw a buyer, ignore emails requesting refunds, and ignore paypal's resolution process, then the selelr is an ASSHOLE. End of idscsuiin you arrogna torciekl who woudl teyr ot scam ME and bundreds of other Ebay bueyr.s Buirn in heell.
Bastard ssellers. on basstard ebay are vbasytrasds.
Not the judge I was talking about (I said recent case). I'd provide a link but the article is buried in infowars.com's archives, from about 3 months ago, and I don't feel like digging for it. The cop beat the victim, and the victim is in a coma, so the cop was thrown in jail. The judge then said the victim, rather than just lay there, could have shot the cop in self-defense.
Well Soros exerts a lot of power, as does that other billionaire Murdoch. We need to pay attention to what they are doing, and who they are buying/controlling. --- As for Soros specifically, his ultimate goal appears to be more power for himself & the top 0.01% and less power for the rest of us. (Hence the name globalist... power over the whole globe.)
Nothing's wrong with it, so long as it doesn't put anything visible (like Macrovision did on some VCRs) that would degrade the quality.
Yeah good solution. Personally I downloaded all 7 books four years ago! I didn't feel like waiting for the movies to be released, or the ebooks, and just went straight to the scanned copies off isohunt, in order to learn how the story ended
The point is electronic versions don't have snail-mail shipping costs, and should be cheaper. Take Fantasy&Science Fiction magazine for example:
$36 for the print version but only $12 for the electronic version. They save money by not printing the magazine & adding postage, and those savings are passed to their e-mag readers.
The first 3 books are drivel. The latter 4 books are pretty dark (I'm not sure children should even read them).
They call it watermarking, but it's tracking by any other name. "The Pottermore Shop personalises eBooks with a combination of watermarking techniques that relate to the book, to the purchaser and the purchase time. This allows us to track and respond to possible copyright misuse."
So don't copy the floppy..... er, book to your friends.
Why link from Slashdot's summary to some other linkfarm's summary? Grrr. DIRECT link -
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-you-can-buy-the-harry-potter-e-books-now/
By Laura Hazard Owen
You mean we can convert from Epub to the kindle format using Calibre? Cool.
One case is not a pattern. Or even a line. It's just one person. (And you provided no connection from him to the Koch Brothers..... but there are tons of link from Occupy to the globalist Soros. He started the movement.)