It makes him look guilty of the "not wearing a condom" charge. He should just go face the trial, especially since there's no way they can prove he's guilty (it's just her word vs. his).
>>> anyone who administers a public website can tell you that SC's original figures are complete crap. IE most certainly is the most popular browser right now. And Chome is third place.
Music sales are HIGHER now than ever before, thanks to teh convenience of iTunes. I don't know how anyone can say "artists are getting less" with a straight face when single sales are setting records.
>>>no different than the legal fiction of home ownership, stock ownership
It's not a legal fiction that I sold my body (40-45 hours/week) in exchange for money. The money has become my property because it is the end-result of what my body created. My labor is "mixed in" with the paper and becomes a part of me. (To paraphase John Locke.)
>>>The only moral exception to this is for survival.
The other moral exception is the 100+ year copyright. Before the invention of copyright culture was a shared commodity. Artists created and the people enjoyed. Copyright was invented as a way for the artist to recoup his labor with money, but nobody should be paid 100 years after they create something (or after they are dead).
10 years should be enough for the artist to earn money from sales to repay his labor. Anything beyond that? He should make new music, statues, books, whatever instead of sitting on his laurels. The rest of us don't get to collect money for work performed 20, 30, 100 years earlier.
>>>Invest heavily in the arts in primary grades, and cross-teach the arts/sciences. Bring connections between drawing and engineering, math and music
If we had a system, like Europe, where parents could actually CHOOSE which school to attend, then we'd have schools just like you describe, competing against the other schools to attract the kids. BUT no. Instead we have a monopoly school system that parents are forced to choose because they all the spare money has been sucked from their wallets..... leaving behind nothing for alternative choices (or methods) like you describe.
The whole purpose of copyright is to make sure artists get paid for their labor. Of course if they were smart they would ask to be paid wages, like we engineers and programmers do. Get paid Upfront rather than off the backend through sales.
I hate that I had to "register" just to post a reply to these 2 blogs. Why can't we just post as guests and supply our email as verification? I don't feel like setting-up a permanent account that I will never use again.
I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. She wants to be able to access any song she wishes at any time. Basically something like youtube, but for music instead of videos.
Where's the harm in that? Just so long as I don't have to pay some rental fee. (Ownership is cheaper than renting, over the long term.)
>>>confidence interval of 0.05 meant you were 95% sure. On the exam, the question asked about a confidence interval of 0.5, which I answered as 50% sure. The professor marked it wrong, and said that since we'd only covered 0.05 in class, it was a typo >>> So she expected you to answer 0.5 == 95% sure, even though it was clearly wrong?!?!? What a dumb bitch. Was this really a professor or a TA?
>>>This from someone who's daughter asked the hard questions in school about drug policy. Thus he was visited by the police to discuss it in detail.
COP: "We've come to talk to you about your daughter." CITIZEN: "About what?" COP: "Do either you or her do drugs?" CITIZEN: "I've decided to exercise my 1st, 5th amendment and Miranda rights. I am remaining silent. Good day to you sir." (shut door)
NEVER talk to cops. They will use whatever you say *against* you. They are trying to put you IN jail, not keep you out of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
Maybe these 4th graders would perform better if someone simply SHOWED them how to determine which of 6 fertilizers is better. Maybe a class called "Lab" would be appropriate to fix this deficiency.
"Sir, there are two passions which have a powerful influence in the affairs of men. These are ambition and avarice; the love of power and the love of money. Separately, each of these has great force in prompting men to action; but, when united in view of the same object, they have, in many minds, the most violent effects." Benjamin Franklin
I've looked into services like that, but being inherently lazy never bother to download anything. Instead I just stream my 3 favorite FM stations from iheartradio.com - One is Hot adult contemporary, the other is Alternative, and the third is Dance/club music. It's require no pre-planning; just turn on the radio & there it is.
I also stream podcasts (or audiobooks) occassionally while working.
>>>Not being familiar with the Amiga OS at all, could you explain what made it so good? Is there anything about it that is better than what we have today?
It had the same power as Windows98 or MacOs 10.0, but back in 1985. It had preemptive tasking, near-photographic level images/videos, and near-CD quality sound. So in other words in 1985 it was over a decade ahead in technology (and now it's about a decade behind). There's really no reason to use AmigaOS today, except to experiment with a different system..... same reason I downloaded Puppy Linux. Just for fun.
>>>the music being produced today, just isn't worth keeping, and owning to replay over and over again in the coming years.
Really? Every year I download Billboard's Top 100 of the year. From time-to-time I'll listen to the older charts from the 80s or 90s or 2000s (previous decade) purely for nostalgia. Or because I genuinely like the sound.
As for YOUR music... I'm sure you think "The Wall" or "Dark Side" is fantastic but I've never liked it. Thought it was boring. You (and others) please don't put down my music choices as "trash" and I won't do it to you either.
As for owning music? Yes I do but more-and-more I find myself listening to youtube than CDs or AACs. It's easier to find the song instantly on youtube, then to go dig through my stuff and find the song on CD.
>>>>>IF you believe that your sky daddy will give ETERNAL LIFE --- >>> >>>I'm an agnostic. > >That just proves that, in order to be a homophobic reactionary bigot it's not absolutely essential to be a Christian too
6 of my friends are gay or lesbian. About 10 of them are black and 30 are asian. You keep striking-out with your name-calling, and I find that VERY amusing.
>>>If good national health care is unconstitutional then obviously you need to ammend your constitution.
This is the first time this year I've agreed with a Democrat. (Though I'd oppose such an amendment, just as my grandparents opposed the Prohibition amendment, but this IS the proper procedure to give Congress new powers.) As the law stands now, the power to provide healthcare is reserved to the Member States of the Union, according to the Constitution.
When Benedict Arnold committed treason, General Washington did not order his execution. He ordered his ARREST, so he could be brought to trial. Even traitors have a right to trial to defend themselves in case (1) they really are innocent of the claim crime or (2) the wrong man was captured. We wouldn't the President to be guilty of executing the wrong man, as has happened twice in Texas courts (oops).
>>>other countries have the right to launch missiles into US territory to kill US citizens if they decide they are beyond the reach of those countries' domestic legal systems?
If we are at war? Yes. It's happened several times already, such as the War of 1812, the War with Mexico, the Spanish-American War, WW1, WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War, the Iraq War, the Libyan War, and of course the current war(s).
>>>First, the government has to determine that the individual being targeted "poses an imminent threat of violent attack against the U.S."
Fail. Anwar al-Alaki was equivalent to a guy who made youtube videos. Furthermore even if he was a threat, he's still a U.S. citizen and has a right to be captured, and then face his accusers to defend his innocence in a court of law. And finally: What threat was a 16 year old kid? Obama should be impeached on that last one.
>>>I can understand your feelings in a country where you have to look out for you and yours with no safety net sure puts you at a disadvantage and defenceless if you don't have a gun (but the criminals still have guns).
Yeah it would like living in the UK where the criminals routinely rob citizens without fear of getting shot. (No thanks.) As for the "safety net"..... we have tons of them. SSI for old people, Medicare for old people, Medicaid for poor people, SCHIP for kids, welfare for the poor/kids, food stamps for the poor, housing assistance for the poor, and unemployment for those who lose their jobs.
>>>I've never understood this concept, that moral rights only apply to American citizens.
While I agree human rights are universal, the Constitution is not. The president swore an oath to uphold constitutional law, and that only applies to U.S. territory and U.S. citizens. The law which grants a "right to jury trial" does not extend to Canada or Mexico or any other non-U.S. land.
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It makes him look guilty of the "not wearing a condom" charge. He should just go face the trial, especially since there's no way they can prove he's guilty (it's just her word vs. his).
>>> anyone who administers a public website can tell you that SC's original figures are complete crap. IE most certainly is the most popular browser right now. And Chome is third place.
Citation please. Your sample size is what? 1?
Music sales are HIGHER now than ever before, thanks to teh convenience of iTunes. I don't know how anyone can say "artists are getting less" with a straight face when single sales are setting records.
>>>no different than the legal fiction of home ownership, stock ownership
It's not a legal fiction that I sold my body (40-45 hours/week) in exchange for money. The money has become my property because it is the end-result of what my body created. My labor is "mixed in" with the paper and becomes a part of me. (To paraphase John Locke.)
>>>The only moral exception to this is for survival.
The other moral exception is the 100+ year copyright. Before the invention of copyright culture was a shared commodity. Artists created and the people enjoyed. Copyright was invented as a way for the artist to recoup his labor with money, but nobody should be paid 100 years after they create something (or after they are dead).
10 years should be enough for the artist to earn money from sales to repay his labor. Anything beyond that? He should make new music, statues, books, whatever instead of sitting on his laurels. The rest of us don't get to collect money for work performed 20, 30, 100 years earlier.
>>>Invest heavily in the arts in primary grades, and cross-teach the arts/sciences. Bring connections between drawing and engineering, math and music
If we had a system, like Europe, where parents could actually CHOOSE which school to attend, then we'd have schools just like you describe, competing against the other schools to attract the kids. BUT no. Instead we have a monopoly school system that parents are forced to choose because they all the spare money has been sucked from their wallets..... leaving behind nothing for alternative choices (or methods) like you describe.
The whole purpose of copyright is to make sure artists get paid for their labor. Of course if they were smart they would ask to be paid wages, like we engineers and programmers do. Get paid Upfront rather than off the backend through sales.
I hate that I had to "register" just to post a reply to these 2 blogs. Why can't we just post as guests and supply our email as verification? I don't feel like setting-up a permanent account that I will never use again.
I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. She wants to be able to access any song she wishes at any time. Basically something like youtube, but for music instead of videos.
Where's the harm in that? Just so long as I don't have to pay some rental fee. (Ownership is cheaper than renting, over the long term.)
>>>confidence interval of 0.05 meant you were 95% sure. On the exam, the question asked about a confidence interval of 0.5, which I answered as 50% sure. The professor marked it wrong, and said that since we'd only covered 0.05 in class, it was a typo
>>>
So she expected you to answer 0.5 == 95% sure, even though it was clearly wrong?!?!?
What a dumb bitch.
Was this really a professor or a TA?
>>>This from someone who's daughter asked the hard questions in school about drug policy. Thus he was visited by the police to discuss it in detail.
COP: "We've come to talk to you about your daughter."
CITIZEN: "About what?"
COP: "Do either you or her do drugs?"
CITIZEN: "I've decided to exercise my 1st, 5th amendment and Miranda rights. I am remaining silent. Good day to you sir." (shut door)
NEVER talk to cops. They will use whatever you say *against* you. They are trying to put you IN jail, not keep you out of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
Maybe these 4th graders would perform better if someone simply SHOWED them how to determine which of 6 fertilizers is better. Maybe a class called "Lab" would be appropriate to fix this deficiency.
:"Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy," 1787
"Sir, there are two passions which have a powerful influence in the affairs of men. These are ambition and avarice; the love of power and the love of money. Separately, each of these has great force in prompting men to action; but, when united in view of the same object, they have, in many minds, the most violent effects."
Benjamin Franklin
>>>As a libertarian-leaning Democrat (yes, we exist),
Really???
Tell me more.
Or give me a website link.
>>>Because it is already an mp3 stream
Usually it's an MPEG4 codec, like AAC or AACplusSBR. Converting to mp3 is a downgrade.
I've looked into services like that, but being inherently lazy never bother to download anything. Instead I just stream my 3 favorite FM stations from iheartradio.com - One is Hot adult contemporary, the other is Alternative, and the third is Dance/club music. It's require no pre-planning; just turn on the radio & there it is.
I also stream podcasts (or audiobooks) occassionally while working.
>>>Not being familiar with the Amiga OS at all, could you explain what made it so good? Is there anything about it that is better than what we have today?
It had the same power as Windows98 or MacOs 10.0, but back in 1985. It had preemptive tasking, near-photographic level images/videos, and near-CD quality sound. So in other words in 1985 it was over a decade ahead in technology (and now it's about a decade behind). There's really no reason to use AmigaOS today, except to experiment with a different system..... same reason I downloaded Puppy Linux. Just for fun.
>>>the music being produced today, just isn't worth keeping, and owning to replay over and over again in the coming years.
Really? Every year I download Billboard's Top 100 of the year. From time-to-time I'll listen to the older charts from the 80s or 90s or 2000s (previous decade) purely for nostalgia. Or because I genuinely like the sound.
As for YOUR music... I'm sure you think "The Wall" or "Dark Side" is fantastic but I've never liked it. Thought it was boring. You (and others) please don't put down my music choices as "trash" and I won't do it to you either.
As for owning music? Yes I do but more-and-more I find myself listening to youtube than CDs or AACs. It's easier to find the song instantly on youtube, then to go dig through my stuff and find the song on CD.
>>>>>IF you believe that your sky daddy will give ETERNAL LIFE ---
>>>
>>>I'm an agnostic.
>
>That just proves that, in order to be a homophobic reactionary bigot it's not absolutely essential to be a Christian too
6 of my friends are gay or lesbian. About 10 of them are black and 30 are asian. You keep striking-out with your name-calling, and I find that VERY amusing.
>>>If good national health care is unconstitutional then obviously you need to ammend your constitution.
This is the first time this year I've agreed with a Democrat. (Though I'd oppose such an amendment, just as my grandparents opposed the Prohibition amendment, but this IS the proper procedure to give Congress new powers.) As the law stands now, the power to provide healthcare is reserved to the Member States of the Union, according to the Constitution.
When Benedict Arnold committed treason, General Washington did not order his execution. He ordered his ARREST, so he could be brought to trial. Even traitors have a right to trial to defend themselves in case (1) they really are innocent of the claim crime or (2) the wrong man was captured. We wouldn't the President to be guilty of executing the wrong man, as has happened twice in Texas courts (oops).
>>>other countries have the right to launch missiles into US territory to kill US citizens if they decide they are beyond the reach of those countries' domestic legal systems?
If we are at war? Yes. It's happened several times already, such as the War of 1812, the War with Mexico, the Spanish-American War, WW1, WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War, the Iraq War, the Libyan War, and of course the current war(s).
>>>First, the government has to determine that the individual being targeted "poses an imminent threat of violent attack against the U.S."
Fail. Anwar al-Alaki was equivalent to a guy who made youtube videos. Furthermore even if he was a threat, he's still a U.S. citizen and has a right to be captured, and then face his accusers to defend his innocence in a court of law. And finally: What threat was a 16 year old kid? Obama should be impeached on that last one.
>>>I can understand your feelings in a country where you have to look out for you and yours with no safety net sure puts you at a disadvantage and defenceless if you don't have a gun (but the criminals still have guns).
Yeah it would like living in the UK where the criminals routinely rob citizens without fear of getting shot. (No thanks.) As for the "safety net"..... we have tons of them. SSI for old people, Medicare for old people, Medicaid for poor people, SCHIP for kids, welfare for the poor/kids, food stamps for the poor, housing assistance for the poor, and unemployment for those who lose their jobs.
>>>I've never understood this concept, that moral rights only apply to American citizens.
While I agree human rights are universal, the Constitution is not. The president swore an oath to uphold constitutional law, and that only applies to U.S. territory and U.S. citizens. The law which grants a "right to jury trial" does not extend to Canada or Mexico or any other non-U.S. land.