You, to clarify a bit, have stated that the Big Bang theory is incorrect, as it cannot explain everything in the entire *&@#$ universe. This is like stating that the theory of gravity is incorrect because it fails to explain the abscence of unicorns (source: Scott Adams)
Perhaps we should throw out your argument altogether, as it does not explain the 19 separate grammatical errors in your post. (There may be more, specifically if uncapitalizing Big Bang counts as one.)
Let me explain a tenet of science to you for the benefit of the hallucinating squirrels that run your brain. A scientific theory may be proved wrong in ONE aspect, but that does not mean that ALL aspects of the theory are invalid! This happens many times in science, especially with stuff we don't know that much about! Do you want to throw out the 'theory of evolution' as well? Scientific theories must constantly be updated to fit the new data that emerges, in contrast to the case of organized religion. (They can break whatever rules they want, because they have an omnipotent God who can smite the hell out of all of us.) Yes, aspects of the Big Bang theory have been proven false, but as with all theories, amended to fit the new data. Now stop making inane posts and go feed those squirrels before they get cranky.
There's a subtle difference between these two cases. Napster is technically (according to the laws of the US) NOT stealing copyright material. This is because they do not actually rip the stolen music, but only provide a means for users to share their music with each other. As Newsweek put it, they are taking the piano player's argument in the brothel: "Hey, WE don't know what's going on upstairs." However, everyone who runs/uses napster knows that its sole purpose is to provide people with an efficient means to steal music. Offspring, in this case, is legally in the wrong. Selling merchandise with a trademarked or copyrighted logo/name without written consent of the holder of the trademark is illegal. The public, however, sees the parallel, and realizes that Napster is more or less stealing music. Which is why the Offspring did that. Although I don't see why anyone would want to really stop Napster (unless they are a musician.) It provides you with free music that you can get at a moment's notice, unlike the old system of searching fileservers, ftp's, and web sites that would be taken down by the FBI. And I don't feel sorry for Metallica, who already has millions upon millions of dollars. I don't think they really need much more silver lining in their pockets at 15$ a CD. So Napster most likely will finally have to buckle under the lawsuits and provide only indie music, which will do the RIAA no good, because everyone will immediatly switch to GnuTella.
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What the %&#@ hell are you thinking?!?!?!!?!?!
Do squirrels reside in your *&^#^ skull???
You, to clarify a bit, have stated that the Big Bang theory is incorrect, as it cannot explain everything in the entire *&@#$ universe. This is like stating that the theory of gravity is incorrect because it fails to explain the abscence of unicorns (source: Scott Adams)
Perhaps we should throw out your argument altogether, as it does not explain the 19 separate grammatical errors in your post. (There may be more, specifically if uncapitalizing Big Bang counts as one.)
Let me explain a tenet of science to you for the benefit of the hallucinating squirrels that run your brain. A scientific theory may be proved wrong in ONE aspect, but that does not mean that ALL aspects of the theory are invalid! This happens many times in science, especially with stuff we don't know that much about! Do you want to throw out the 'theory of evolution' as well? Scientific theories must constantly be updated to fit the new data that emerges, in contrast to the case of organized religion. (They can break whatever rules they want, because they have an omnipotent God who can smite the hell out of all of us.) Yes, aspects of the Big Bang theory have been proven false, but as with all theories, amended to fit the new data. Now stop making inane posts and go feed those squirrels before they get cranky.
There's a subtle difference between these two cases. Napster is technically (according to the laws of the US) NOT stealing copyright material. This is because they do not actually rip the stolen music, but only provide a means for users to share their music with each other. As Newsweek put it, they are taking the piano player's argument in the brothel: "Hey, WE don't know what's going on upstairs." However, everyone who runs/uses napster knows that its sole purpose is to provide people with an efficient means to steal music. Offspring, in this case, is legally in the wrong. Selling merchandise with a trademarked or copyrighted logo/name without written consent of the holder of the trademark is illegal. The public, however, sees the parallel, and realizes that Napster is more or less stealing music. Which is why the Offspring did that. Although I don't see why anyone would want to really stop Napster (unless they are a musician.) It provides you with free music that you can get at a moment's notice, unlike the old system of searching fileservers, ftp's, and web sites that would be taken down by the FBI. And I don't feel sorry for Metallica, who already has millions upon millions of dollars. I don't think they really need much more silver lining in their pockets at 15$ a CD. So Napster most likely will finally have to buckle under the lawsuits and provide only indie music, which will do the RIAA no good, because everyone will immediatly switch to GnuTella.