Getting eyesight in extra body areas could become like getting tattoes today - some people might get covered, some stay 'clean'. I expect there would be common areas to get done, and some a bit more saucy..
Hind-sight could become a type of vision best avoided.
I have been told by several female aquaintances, and a couple of (corrected) female friends that they can multi-task better than me because I am male, not female.
I have found that I am actually better at multi-tasking than them when we do the same things at the same time, but I hate the sloppy effort that goes into each task, whereas they all seem much more happy with it.
I have found that concentration improves as you work in a more focussed manner, and that this does rub off when multi-tasking, so you end up performing several tasks well. It is also more draining to do several tasks well than to do one task very well, or several tasks to only near-acceptable standards, hence I dont like multi-tasking.
Driving is a case in point: I know several females who put the actual task of commanding the vehicle to number 3 or 4 on their priorities list in order to 'multi-task'. Personally, I find this just too potentially dangerous to do myself, and will not be a passenger to those who think it is OK. It doesn't mean I cant talk and drive, I just wont text and drive, as I keep my eyes (and focus my mind) on the road as a priority.
It made us laugh out loud when we were there: English is a funny language.
Humour does not require a zero sum game; just because something is gained from the moment, it does not have to be at the expense of anyone (or anything). Cheap jokes are often digs, but good humour is easy and sweet, and all the richer if it is in the face of horror.
It is the difference between sitcom repartie and wit, and I expect they literally appeal to different parts of the brain: the very old (in evolutionary terms) 'Reptilian' brain (at the top of the brain stem) vs. the relatively modern, abstract, 'thinking cap' (or neo-cortex). While the one deals with instincts such as 'fight or flight', the other deals with complex processing like language and sequencing. Stuck in the middle is our limbic system, with various areas for processing emotion, 'truth' and so on, adding value to some perceptions and filtering out others.
Really good humour appeals to both instinct and abstract, and puts us in 'two minds' about it - so Itchy and Scratchy can be both funny in their own right, and as a parody or satire within a larger context. They can also be boring, ritualistic, formulaic and depressing. Funny doesn't mean sadism to me: I prefer to be good-humoured...
In summary: There are 10 types of person: Those who know binary...
Co-op all the way (as someone else mentioned) means that you can really test yourself, but always have support. It's even set up so that the penalty for dying in the co-op game is returning to the start of that map: That's annoying, but forgiving enough that you won't stop trying.
The only issue is that there are no girlie puzzles. That said, the enemy isn't human, nice or pretty, so it makes for a great 'family' game to bond with mates, sons or brothers: The worst stick you can expect to get is "Silly boys! Harrumph" instead of abject moral horror. It might not appeal real-world Quakers though..
"Most of the 11 claims in the lawsuit, which also included racketeering, negligence, abuse of process and civil conspiracy, were dismissed for failure to state a claim."
Forgetting to put out the rubbish or feed the cat I can sympathise with: This is just ridiculous. Did he get anxious when shopping? "I was going to sue some some big brand company... no, not Coke... not Kellogs... it's always the last place your search.. "
Does this make me a Red Hat, for being constantly annoyed by M$ products? (There are other reasons, of course, but I thought I'd stick with their analagy).
I would have said the Matrix trilogy makes a go.. (I can't say good, because the trilogy as whole just bloody wasn't).
I think they become a modern remake of Tron, due to the climactic end(s), which parallel the MCP by that old AI architect chap, and Sark by Agent Smith.
N.B.: To those of you who haven't seen the sequels, still, don't bother. Just take it from me there are some more obvious parallels than in the first Matrix.
I see your point about thin clients, but I still hanker after my own cybercafe-style gaming network.
My mates just won't join a LAN party unless it is a cosy affair (involving beer and sofas), and I am the only one with the kit and the know-how to set it up for them / us / myself.
Maybe I should give up on that ghost considering the electric bill..
I am collecting old PC's as I constantly upgradethem, repair them, and replace their components.
Currently we have a shared laptop, 1x 486 (unused, and stored to become a networked storage area), 2x K6-2 500's (testing various linux configs), 1x Duron 1.1 (for business), 2x Athlon (K7) 3000+ machines (for myself and gf), and a K8 3000+ which is about to go live. At any one time we have 2 machines in use: sometimes 4.
I only got my first computer about 6-7 years ago: Since then I haven't got rid of anything that works, although I have passed on hand-me-downs to friends.
My question is: Is this practice of of constant hardware expansion typical? Some other techies have posted comments about how much computer hardware they own, and even my computer-illiterate friends are starting to get 2nd and 3rd sytems, but is that just the circles we run in, or would you expect 'market saturation' of computers in the home to be above 100%, as with mobile 'phones?
That's very much along the same lines to what I was trying to get at (badly, apparently).
I was just hoping to use the bank of materials 'approved as being used fairly' as a yardstick. The idea is that, should an artist worry about copyright, they could use material I had already used; EMI, Sony and others would have a much harder time demanding clearance fees and claiming copyright on material already deemed as 'fair use', albeit only in the UK. I would have already refused to pay any royalties or clearance fees, and the copyright owners would have had a reasonable time to do something about it, should they want to.
I was thinking it might work a bit like the 'prior art' clause in patents: Prior 'fair use' of snippets of copyrighted material.
Even if somone were to be asked to pay a clearance fee on something, say 3 seconds of Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday (Mr President)", they would feel much more comfortable opposing it in court if there was a different 3 seconds used in another work (in the resource bank) they could cite as having had no fees involved..
I'm writing these two posts as a favor to you. No you're not - you are being a troll, and pretending to justify it.
Evidence from "Re: troll":
1) 1 insult: Flamebait. Score 0 your grasp of English is apparently feeble See my reply to "Re: troll", an apt title.
2) Failure by own standards: Funny. Score +1 I assume you just have typing difficulties sometimes. I refer you to "impreseed".
Evidence from "And another thing!"
3) Sniping flamebait. Score -2 I would just as soon assume that English wasn't your first language. As soon as what? And for what reason - for the hell of it?
4) 1 opinion, 3 insults: clear flamebait. Score -3 I would call [your first post] "crap", "worthless", "pointless", and "stupid" Now you are just ranting.
5) Failure by own standards: Funny. Score +1 "Mindmap" doesn't mean anything to anybody except yourself. Assuming that your point about the comic spreading information nicely around the page made any sense in the first place, it is completely unnecessary to restate that using an obscure non-word like "mindmap". You have re-stated yourself.
6) Failure by own standards: Funny. Score +2 It is far better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
I hope you get my drift. My doubts are gone!
7) Double standards: Off-topic. Score -1 I did not notice "the point" at the end of each of your sentences. Not unless you meant the period. No, I meant the point, not the point symbol. Period means 'space' to me: I had not picked you up on using Americanisms, don't be so petty.
8) Failure by own standards: Funny. Score +1 Maybe you suffer from a mental handicap like autism as well. Are you asking a question or making a statement? Did you mean to say "It may be that..." or "Maybe... as well?"
Total score -1: You are a troll.
Perhaps you did not notice you were being a troll. Maybe you suffer from a mental handicap like Multiple Personality Disorder? If you do want to tell me, I will be happy to read both rants and constructive criticism, but not in the same posts. They are mutually exclusive: So which is it? Should I pity you for your mental handicap, mock you for your low intelligence or discuss with you?
Doing as a comic is clearly wrong. I omitted the second word, 'it'. Nor did I catch it when proof-reading - a valid point.
I like run-on sentences... but I prefer.. 2 dots. It looks better. It is very bad grammar and now I remember why I do it. I hope it becomes a new fad. I also think "etc.. and" looks better than "etc.... and" or "etc.... and". You have a valid point, but I prefer 2 dots..
As a run-on sentence they are the images, songs etc.. referenced to as both critique & parody in the expression "etc.. and references them".. I would like to point out that ellipses and the dot-dot-dot used usually at the end of sentences do not infer the same thing... I like using dot-dot-dot (or now, "..") to infer pause for thought. From the context it clearly does not infer omissions in a quotation.
"Parody" is misspelled. Spelt badly, actually. However, I recognise that many Americanisms tend to drop the hyphen, so I wont argue the spelling of "misspelled". I would ask, though, is there such a word as "misspelt"? Are "mis-spelled" or even "mis-spelt" considered acceptable?
Its...its Clearly you mean "It's" Half a valid point. I meant "It's so good it has got me thinking..". It would be wrong to say "It's so good it is got me thinking"..
You are impreseed by the comic I am not! I am impressed by it..
It"? The comic? Again, you have half a valid point. "It" was the comic form which covers the publication against trivial trials, but since I actually said "Doing as a comic" instead of "doing it as a comic" at the start, I will agree there some ambiguity. That said, even you noticed that "the comic covers the publication" may be a true phrase, but is pointless. I am not sure why you chose that interpretation.
It doesn't "cover the publication against... law suits (sic)." The authors have made quite clear throughout the comic that are both highlighting a problem, (convoluted copyright laws), and using copyright materials under the terms of 'fair use' to do so. By not mentioning the latter point, I don't think you've understood the comic at all..
"Lawsuit" is one word. Lawsuit is an Americanism, but is quicker than "legal proceedings". I remain unsure as to whether a UK dictionary would accept one word or two, but since you know I am from the UK you are just nit-picking. There may still be a case in the US for using seperate words, since "sue" still pertains to "suit", and "lawsue" is not a verb.
"Furthermore", on top of what the comic doesn't do (I suppose) No - further to what the comic does do: critique and parody.
The copyright mire feels overwhelmed? You might think that: It is a valid post-modern point. I wrote that the copyright mire feels overwhelming - hence there being an "overwhelming feeling of the copyright mire". English is a funny language.
close enough to standard English usage that you get a pass. Which mountain? Or did you mean I am passed by? Or, maybe I get a passing grade? I am nit-picking here because I meant "doing a documentary", which would involve different media, and may end up as printed word, images, movies (distributed as DVD, IPTV, or perhaps on VHS film) or even audio media. Both "making" and "doing" are equally applicable when talking of modern multi-media, regardless of standard English usage. In hindsight, "making" sounds better. So does "a passing grade".
mindmap It is modern jargon, but there is no better way of putting it. If you don't know what a mindmap is, speculate, research it, or ignore it. The jargon adds meaning to my sentence about the layout of the comic.
"Fair use" describes a manner of usage permitted by copyright law. It is not an adjective to describe different types of material. Yet. Building a bank of material already used fa
You clearly don't read much. Call it flowery prose if you want, but dumb was a poor choice of words: I am not silent.
You will notice the point at the end of each sentence, and the point of the post in the final sentence. Quote one incorrect spelling. Quote any use of jargon (with a suitable replacement).
Please - I don't mind being corrected, even harshly, but it get right.
Doing as a comic is a really straightforward way of introducing fair-use copyright material including images, songs etc.. and references to them as both critique and parady - it really covers the publication against trivial law suits.
Furthermore, it adds nicely to the overwhelming feeling of the copright mire, while actually spreading the information around the page nicely (like a mindmap).
Its so good its got me thinking of doing a documentary here in the UK.
If I use lots of 'fair use' material, I can send the product (prior to public release) with notices like 'if you dont complain / sue I will release this as fair use after 40 days' literally begging the major corporate owners to sue: If I win or they don't complain I would use the data protection act to prove they had received the works and the warning notices, and include the whole documentary under some form of GPL - as such I would be the only point of contact needed to go through trials of fair use on that material, and anyone could use the original footage, or my new creation, simply by referencing it (or me)..
Do that to enough material, or highlight it to enough of the public, and we could change the culture back from oppressive rights to expressive rights. Right on!
A group of 3 art students in the UK in the early 1990's got a grant for 'Live Art' and 'blew it' on a holiday. The press released the pictures, and the media hype over the scandal of paying 'lazy students' went to the national TV news.
Once the story went national, the students showed that they had actually spent the grant faking the pictures, phone calls - in fact the whole holiday (they had never left the country), to bait the country into a discussion over the perception of students, and the (at the time, just starting) change from free grants and subsidies to 'Student Loans', which have replaced them (although Uni tuition fees are still free).
It's the timing which made it such good 'Live Art' - and I would go as far as saying it became Fine Art (in hindsight, having racked up £10,000 = $17,500 in loans).
Given the furore over this 1 man (on/. at least), and the atmosphere now google are complying with Chinese State censorship, I would say this stunt has a good chance of becoming fine art in hindsight too.
You have said "Communism has been responsible for more pain and suffering than any other form of government in the history of men" and "The mere mathematics of the number of people living and affected by Communism in the 20th century makes it true"
I've heard this last arguement about population (growth) before, and I used to believe it. Nowadays, I am skeptical, and would like to know more; Ancient Rome had a huge population over the course of at least 2 centuries: The Mongol horde took over the known world by outright brutality: Imperialism and Colonialism from Western Europe has meant the invasion and conquest huge land masses & populations - so I think we need a more accurate handle on this.
Doing a quick and admittedly 'snapshot' estimate of the deaths involved in the Chinese and Russian civil wars, Stalins regime, post-war expulsions from the East, and deaths under Mao Tsedung, I arrive at an estimate of 73 million deaths (see this website on major 20th century death tolls) and injuries. This does not account for the suffering in general at the time, this moment or in other countries.
Unfortunately, I dont have the figures to do an estimate of the communist (miltary dictatorships') populations over time, but I found some and estimated the Ancient Roman (Era) population in just Rome over time (from your favourite source, wikipedia, using a trapezium rule ) at 330,000,000. Since this rose from 2 to at least 1.6 million at it's height, by occupation, war, slavery and military rule I would reckon it is reasonable to say that the Ancient Roman Empire, in its various forms, has caused more pain and suffering than the combined Communist dictatorships up until present day.
It now really comes down to: a) Can you estime the communist population from say, Stalin's rise to present day? b) Can you do the same for the Ancient Roman Empire's dominion? c) Are you going to argue over Republic, Monarchy etc.., or accept the Ancient Roman Empire as an entity in the same way I did Communist dictatorships? d) How do you rate 'suffering' of large masses of people? (ie by population, a percentage of population, deathtolls (per capita), war, working hours, life expectancy.. etc?
"Communism has been responsible for more pain and suffering than any other form of government in the history of men"
That feudalsim lark was just zealous banter between different families / clans / tribes / regions / countries / continents then? Those colonial conquests were only mildly awkward? Those crusades into the holy land were just a passing fad, then; no harm, no foul?
I am not denying that fascism and despotism have grown under the cloak of communism since the days of Marx, but let's be clear: At the time it was clearly better to fight and die for freedom and equality (recognise those ideals?) than subsist and starve a Tsarist peasant slave, because that is what droves of people chose, when fighting armed, paid soldiers.
Labelling the idea of Communism as a failure because some military dictatorships call themselves 'Communist Countries' is like labelling Socialism as aggressive because of the 1920's+ German 'National Socialist Workers Party'.
I might also point out, quoting wikipedia: Many..."worried that the revolution came too early in Russia's economic development as Marxism requires capitalism to have exhausted its mechanisms of growth before attaining socialism. Consequently, the major Socialist Party in the UK decried the revolution as anti-Marxist within twenty-four hours"
Some people beleive that they can be of service to goverments which have the right to tell them (and you) what to do.
Some people treat their government as a public service, which is told what to do by the people.
Guess which type of people the Swedes are?
Saying what you have about the draconian backlash is like saying that there would be a backlash of bull-fighting and bear-baiting in the UK after banning fox-hunting, or a backlash of 'gun-control' in all the other US states if one was more permissive than the rest about automatics. It is possible, but it's not in the nature of that culture.
As an example, 10 or so years after the abolition of free public transport in Amsterdam, it is still culturally acceptable to ignore buying a ticket, and ride for free. Most choose to comply with the imposed laws, but that doesn't mean they will stop you, and they would think you a better person for doing what you believe, even if they personally dissagree with it.
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Getting eyesight in extra body areas could become like getting tattoes today - some people might get covered, some stay 'clean'. I expect there would be common areas to get done, and some a bit more saucy..
Hind-sight could become a type of vision best avoided.
Think of the hat sizes on a bright day: Sunglasses and sun-block would be out of the question.
Don't flame peope if you can't be funny, and don't give advice if you can't be smart.
I think therefore I am, but you just fuck off and die, shit-kicker.
I have been told by several female aquaintances, and a couple of (corrected) female friends that they can multi-task better than me because I am male, not female.
I have found that I am actually better at multi-tasking than them when we do the same things at the same time, but I hate the sloppy effort that goes into each task, whereas they all seem much more happy with it.
I have found that concentration improves as you work in a more focussed manner, and that this does rub off when multi-tasking, so you end up performing several tasks well. It is also more draining to do several tasks well than to do one task very well, or several tasks to only near-acceptable standards, hence I dont like multi-tasking.
Driving is a case in point: I know several females who put the actual task of commanding the vehicle to number 3 or 4 on their priorities list in order to 'multi-task'. Personally, I find this just too potentially dangerous to do myself, and will not be a passenger to those who think it is OK. It doesn't mean I cant talk and drive, I just wont text and drive, as I keep my eyes (and focus my mind) on the road as a priority.
It made us laugh out loud when we were there: English is a funny language.
Humour does not require a zero sum game; just because something is gained from the moment, it does not have to be at the expense of anyone (or anything). Cheap jokes are often digs, but good humour is easy and sweet, and all the richer if it is in the face of horror.
It is the difference between sitcom repartie and wit, and I expect they literally appeal to different parts of the brain: the very old (in evolutionary terms) 'Reptilian' brain (at the top of the brain stem) vs. the relatively modern, abstract, 'thinking cap' (or neo-cortex). While the one deals with instincts such as 'fight or flight', the other deals with complex processing like language and sequencing.
Stuck in the middle is our limbic system, with various areas for processing emotion, 'truth' and so on, adding value to some perceptions and filtering out others.
Really good humour appeals to both instinct and abstract, and puts us in 'two minds' about it - so Itchy and Scratchy can be both funny in their own right, and as a parody or satire within a larger context. They can also be boring, ritualistic, formulaic and depressing. Funny doesn't mean sadism to me: I prefer to be good-humoured...
In summary:
There are 10 types of person: Those who know binary...
"Hey" they said, passing the farm truck..
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Martian4: Proper Noun Police; Put the gun down and step away from the sentence!
/Edges toward Martian3 with a capital M held out, still aiming
It's an oldie, but still looks OK due to OpenGL.
Co-op all the way (as someone else mentioned) means that you can really test yourself, but always have support. It's even set up so that the penalty for dying in the co-op game is returning to the start of that map: That's annoying, but forgiving enough that you won't stop trying.
The only issue is that there are no girlie puzzles. That said, the enemy isn't human, nice or pretty, so it makes for a great 'family' game to bond with mates, sons or brothers: The worst stick you can expect to get is "Silly boys! Harrumph" instead of abject moral horror.
It might not appeal real-world Quakers though..
What was this guy thinking?
... no, not Coke ... not Kellogs ... it's always the last place your search .. "
"Most of the 11 claims in the lawsuit, which also included racketeering, negligence, abuse of process and civil conspiracy, were dismissed for failure to state a claim."
Forgetting to put out the rubbish or feed the cat I can sympathise with: This is just ridiculous. Did he get anxious when shopping?
"I was going to sue some some big brand company
Does this make me a Red Hat, for being constantly annoyed by M$ products?
(There are other reasons, of course, but I thought I'd stick with their analagy).
3 - 8 Huh-something peppers. Is it true for all hot peppers?
How much is that in Korma, Jalfeizi or Vindaloo?
(We don't have a Mexican place nearby; spicy --> Indian in the UK).
I would have said the Matrix trilogy makes a go.. (I can't say good, because the trilogy as whole just bloody wasn't).
I think they become a modern remake of Tron, due to the climactic end(s), which parallel the MCP by that old AI architect chap, and Sark by Agent Smith.
N.B.: To those of you who haven't seen the sequels, still, don't bother. Just take it from me there are some more obvious parallels than in the first Matrix.
I see your point about thin clients, but I still hanker after my own cybercafe-style gaming network.
My mates just won't join a LAN party unless it is a cosy affair (involving beer and sofas), and I am the only one with the kit and the know-how to set it up for them / us / myself.
Maybe I should give up on that ghost considering the electric bill..
I am collecting old PC's as I constantly upgradethem, repair them, and replace their components.
Currently we have a shared laptop, 1x 486 (unused, and stored to become a networked storage area), 2x K6-2 500's (testing various linux configs), 1x Duron 1.1 (for business), 2x Athlon (K7) 3000+ machines (for myself and gf), and a K8 3000+ which is about to go live. At any one time we have 2 machines in use: sometimes 4.
I only got my first computer about 6-7 years ago: Since then I haven't got rid of anything that works, although I have passed on hand-me-downs to friends.
My question is: Is this practice of of constant hardware expansion typical?
Some other techies have posted comments about how much computer hardware they own, and even my computer-illiterate friends are starting to get 2nd and 3rd sytems, but is that just the circles we run in, or would you expect 'market saturation' of computers in the home to be above 100%, as with mobile 'phones?
That's very much along the same lines to what I was trying to get at (badly, apparently).
I was just hoping to use the bank of materials 'approved as being used fairly' as a yardstick. The idea is that, should an artist worry about copyright, they could use material I had already used; EMI, Sony and others would have a much harder time demanding clearance fees and claiming copyright on material already deemed as 'fair use', albeit only in the UK. I would have already refused to pay any royalties or clearance fees, and the copyright owners would have had a reasonable time to do something about it, should they want to.
I was thinking it might work a bit like the 'prior art' clause in patents: Prior 'fair use' of snippets of copyrighted material.
Even if somone were to be asked to pay a clearance fee on something, say 3 seconds of Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday (Mr President)", they would feel much more comfortable opposing it in court if there was a different 3 seconds used in another work (in the resource bank) they could cite as having had no fees involved..
I'm writing these two posts as a favor to you.
... as well?"
No you're not - you are being a troll, and pretending to justify it.
Evidence from "Re: troll":
1) 1 insult: Flamebait. Score 0
your grasp of English is apparently feeble
See my reply to "Re: troll", an apt title.
2) Failure by own standards: Funny. Score +1
I assume you just have typing difficulties sometimes.
I refer you to "impreseed".
Evidence from "And another thing!"
3) Sniping flamebait. Score -2
I would just as soon assume that English wasn't your first language.
As soon as what? And for what reason - for the hell of it?
4) 1 opinion, 3 insults: clear flamebait. Score -3
I would call [your first post] "crap", "worthless", "pointless", and "stupid"
Now you are just ranting.
5) Failure by own standards: Funny. Score +1
"Mindmap" doesn't mean anything to anybody except yourself. Assuming that your point about the comic spreading information nicely around the page made any sense in the first place, it is completely unnecessary to restate that using an obscure non-word like "mindmap".
You have re-stated yourself.
6) Failure by own standards: Funny. Score +2
It is far better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
I hope you get my drift.
My doubts are gone!
7) Double standards: Off-topic. Score -1
I did not notice "the point" at the end of each of your sentences. Not unless you meant the period.
No, I meant the point, not the point symbol. Period means 'space' to me: I had not picked you up on using Americanisms, don't be so petty.
8) Failure by own standards: Funny. Score +1
Maybe you suffer from a mental handicap like autism as well.
Are you asking a question or making a statement? Did you mean to say "It may be that..." or "Maybe
Total score -1: You are a troll.
Perhaps you did not notice you were being a troll. Maybe you suffer from a mental handicap like Multiple Personality Disorder?
If you do want to tell me, I will be happy to read both rants and constructive criticism, but not in the same posts. They are mutually exclusive: So which is it? Should I pity you for your mental handicap, mock you for your low intelligence or discuss with you?
Some valid, concrete points - good for you.
.. 2 dots. It looks better. It is very bad grammar and now I remember why I do it. I hope it becomes a new fad. I also think "etc.. and" looks better than "etc.... and" or "etc. ... and". You have a valid point, but I prefer 2 dots..
... law suits (sic)."
Doing as a comic is clearly wrong. I omitted the second word, 'it'. Nor did I catch it when proof-reading - a valid point.
I like run-on sentences... but I prefer
As a run-on sentence they are the images, songs etc.. referenced to as both critique & parody in the expression "etc.. and references them"..
I would like to point out that ellipses and the dot-dot-dot used usually at the end of sentences do not infer the same thing... I like using dot-dot-dot (or now, "..") to infer pause for thought. From the context it clearly does not infer omissions in a quotation.
"Parody" is misspelled.
Spelt badly, actually. However, I recognise that many Americanisms tend to drop the hyphen, so I wont argue the spelling of "misspelled". I would ask, though, is there such a word as "misspelt"? Are "mis-spelled" or even "mis-spelt" considered acceptable?
Its...its
Clearly you mean "It's"
Half a valid point. I meant "It's so good it has got me thinking..". It would be wrong to say "It's so good it is got me thinking"..
You are impreseed by the comic
I am not! I am impressed by it..
It"? The comic?
Again, you have half a valid point. "It" was the comic form which covers the publication against trivial trials, but since I actually said "Doing as a comic" instead of "doing it as a comic" at the start, I will agree there some ambiguity. That said, even you noticed that "the comic covers the publication" may be a true phrase, but is pointless. I am not sure why you chose that interpretation.
It doesn't "cover the publication against
The authors have made quite clear throughout the comic that are both highlighting a problem, (convoluted copyright laws), and using copyright materials under the terms of 'fair use' to do so.
By not mentioning the latter point, I don't think you've understood the comic at all..
"Lawsuit" is one word.
Lawsuit is an Americanism, but is quicker than "legal proceedings". I remain unsure as to whether a UK dictionary would accept one word or two, but since you know I am from the UK you are just nit-picking. There may still be a case in the US for using seperate words, since "sue" still pertains to "suit", and "lawsue" is not a verb.
"Furthermore", on top of what the comic doesn't do (I suppose)
No - further to what the comic does do: critique and parody.
The copyright mire feels overwhelmed?
You might think that: It is a valid post-modern point.
I wrote that the copyright mire feels overwhelming - hence there being an "overwhelming feeling of the copyright mire". English is a funny language.
close enough to standard English usage that you get a pass.
Which mountain? Or did you mean I am passed by? Or, maybe I get a passing grade? I am nit-picking here because I meant "doing a documentary", which would involve different media, and may end up as printed word, images, movies (distributed as DVD, IPTV, or perhaps on VHS film) or even audio media. Both "making" and "doing" are equally applicable when talking of modern multi-media, regardless of standard English usage. In hindsight, "making" sounds better. So does "a passing grade".
mindmap
It is modern jargon, but there is no better way of putting it. If you don't know what a mindmap is, speculate, research it, or ignore it. The jargon adds meaning to my sentence about the layout of the comic.
"Fair use" describes a manner of usage permitted by copyright law. It is not an adjective to describe different types of material.
Yet. Building a bank of material already used fa
You clearly don't read much. Call it flowery prose if you want, but dumb was a poor choice of words: I am not silent.
You will notice the point at the end of each sentence, and the point of the post in the final sentence.
Quote one incorrect spelling.
Quote any use of jargon (with a suitable replacement).
Please - I don't mind being corrected, even harshly, but it get right.
Doing as a comic is a really straightforward way of introducing fair-use copyright material including images, songs etc.. and references to them as both critique and parady - it really covers the publication against trivial law suits.
Furthermore, it adds nicely to the overwhelming feeling of the copright mire, while actually spreading the information around the page nicely (like a mindmap).
Its so good its got me thinking of doing a documentary here in the UK.
If I use lots of 'fair use' material, I can send the product (prior to public release) with notices like 'if you dont complain / sue I will release this as fair use after 40 days' literally begging the major corporate owners to sue: If I win or they don't complain I would use the data protection act to prove they had received the works and the warning notices, and include the whole documentary under some form of GPL - as such I would be the only point of contact needed to go through trials of fair use on that material, and anyone could use the original footage, or my new creation, simply by referencing it (or me)..
Do that to enough material, or highlight it to enough of the public, and we could change the culture back from oppressive rights to expressive rights. Right on!
I was told to shut up and eat my greens.
A group of 3 art students in the UK in the early 1990's got a grant for 'Live Art' and 'blew it' on a holiday. The press released the pictures, and the media hype over the scandal of paying 'lazy students' went to the national TV news.
/. at least), and the atmosphere now google are complying with Chinese State censorship, I would say this stunt has a good chance of becoming fine art in hindsight too.
Once the story went national, the students showed that they had actually spent the grant faking the pictures, phone calls - in fact the whole holiday (they had never left the country), to bait the country into a discussion over the perception of students, and the (at the time, just starting) change from free grants and subsidies to 'Student Loans', which have replaced them (although Uni tuition fees are still free).
It's the timing which made it such good 'Live Art' - and I would go as far as saying it became Fine Art (in hindsight, having racked up £10,000 = $17,500 in loans).
Given the furore over this 1 man (on
You have said "Communism has been responsible for more pain and suffering than any other form of government in the history of men" and "The mere mathematics of the number of people living and affected by Communism in the 20th century makes it true"
I've heard this last arguement about population (growth) before, and I used to believe it. Nowadays, I am skeptical, and would like to know more; Ancient Rome had a huge population over the course of at least 2 centuries: The Mongol horde took over the known world by outright brutality: Imperialism and Colonialism from Western Europe has meant the invasion and conquest huge land masses & populations - so I think we need a more accurate handle on this.
Doing a quick and admittedly 'snapshot' estimate of the deaths involved in the Chinese and Russian civil wars, Stalins regime, post-war expulsions from the East, and deaths under Mao Tsedung, I arrive at an estimate of 73 million deaths (see this website on major 20th century death tolls) and injuries. This does not account for the suffering in general at the time, this moment or in other countries.
Unfortunately, I dont have the figures to do an estimate of the communist (miltary dictatorships') populations over time, but I found some and estimated the Ancient Roman (Era) population in just Rome over time (from your favourite source, wikipedia, using a trapezium rule ) at 330,000,000.
Since this rose from 2 to at least 1.6 million at it's height, by occupation, war, slavery and military rule I would reckon it is reasonable to say that the Ancient Roman Empire, in its various forms, has caused more pain and suffering than the combined Communist dictatorships up until present day.
It now really comes down to:
a) Can you estime the communist population from say, Stalin's rise to present day?
b) Can you do the same for the Ancient Roman Empire's dominion?
c) Are you going to argue over Republic, Monarchy etc.., or accept the Ancient Roman Empire as an entity in the same way I did Communist dictatorships?
d) How do you rate 'suffering' of large masses of people? (ie by population, a percentage of population, deathtolls (per capita), war, working hours, life expectancy.. etc?
"Communism has been responsible for more pain and suffering than any other form of government in the history of men"
..."worried that the revolution came too early in Russia's economic development as Marxism requires capitalism to have exhausted its mechanisms of growth before attaining socialism. Consequently, the major Socialist Party in the UK decried the revolution as anti-Marxist within twenty-four hours"
That feudalsim lark was just zealous banter between different families / clans / tribes / regions / countries / continents then?
Those colonial conquests were only mildly awkward?
Those crusades into the holy land were just a passing fad, then; no harm, no foul?
I am not denying that fascism and despotism have grown under the cloak of communism since the days of Marx, but let's be clear: At the time it was clearly better to fight and die for freedom and equality (recognise those ideals?) than subsist and starve a Tsarist peasant slave, because that is what droves of people chose, when fighting armed, paid soldiers.
Labelling the idea of Communism as a failure because some military dictatorships call themselves 'Communist Countries' is like labelling Socialism as aggressive because of the 1920's+ German 'National Socialist Workers Party'.
I might also point out, quoting wikipedia:
Many
Some people beleive that they can be of service to goverments which have the right to tell them (and you) what to do.
Some people treat their government as a public service, which is told what to do by the people.
Guess which type of people the Swedes are?
Saying what you have about the draconian backlash is like saying that there would be a backlash of bull-fighting and bear-baiting in the UK after banning fox-hunting, or a backlash of 'gun-control' in all the other US states if one was more permissive than the rest about automatics. It is possible, but it's not in the nature of that culture.
As an example, 10 or so years after the abolition of free public transport in Amsterdam, it is still culturally acceptable to ignore buying a ticket, and ride for free. Most choose to comply with the imposed laws, but that doesn't mean they will stop you, and they would think you a better person for doing what you believe, even if they personally dissagree with it.