Unfortunately, voting for a candidate who is opposed to "shooting kids in the head" will only quell one's conscience, nothing more. Unless there's even a remote possibility of such a law being repealed, all you've done is elected someone who may have other disastrous policies. Suppose they support more tightening of the noose around freedom and liberty (as many conservative politicians do, and , unfortunately, apparently democrats also - witness Obama and NDAA signing)..
All you end up with is a situation worse than before..As long as the 'one issue' campaigned against has no chance of being changed. it's an irresponsible way to vote.
Ah yes, agreed.. unfortunately there appears to be an inverse relationship between the size of the soapbox and the importance of the message.. that is to say, *my* soapbox is pretty tiny, alas..
Anybody who in any way shape or form supports or defends this, is part of the problem. Period. End of argument. It looks to me like people are *still* tripping over themselves, as they have been for the last 10 years, to dismantle every right and freedom ever won by their forefathers. Allowing a global information medium to apply censorship country by country , so that citizens are not permitted to know the truth in their own country, is REPREHENSIBLE. Was NDAA not fucking enough? What the hell is WRONG with everybody?
I hope what you say is true, but the problem is that: 1) things will progress so subtly that before you know it, it will *be* a police state everyone is under, and as the military are also citizens, will be constrained by the same tyrannical rules as everybody else, subsequently having little or no opportunity to 2) confront the new *internal* military (perhaps an outgrowth of DHS), whose *JOB* it will be to fire on their own citizens if ordered..including, i might add, citizens in the military, in the name of "security".. and didn't the Soviets justify their actions against their citizens, on these same grounds? What about the Stazi? The SS? Did any of the regular army have any power against these either? Any student of history, of which there are, apparently, few in the US congress, would recognize the disturbing parallels between those regimes' beginnings and the current situation.. I must have missed when history became an optional course, for our countries' leaders, at least, at our nobel halls of learning..
Good point. America has turned into an extremely scary place to live.
And a scary place to visit , I might add.. the minute i cross the border I feel a palpable fear gripping everyone I meet.. I've never felt that anywhere else except communist eastern europe when the cold war was at it's most intense..
We're in trouble, because traditionally, public outcry has never gotten any unpopular legislation changed here. It simply does not happen. Our representatives do not represent their constituencies, when in the governing party, but rather their party.. A vote of conscience , against the party line, will get you booted out of the party, and probably the cabinet. We all know who our current government works for, and here's a hint.. it's not the poor guy on the street corner, or the old pensioner in a dilapidated one room suite, for 900$ a month.
I'd suggest checking in with Michel Geist's page, as he may have the most up to date info on how to keep draconian laws from being implemented.. We do not have an effective bill of rights to be worked around,.. the most oppressive legislation can easily be passed here.. Unless, of course,, all of you fellow Canadians *want* a SOPA like bill, passed here...
You doubt you will see 3$ a gallon gas? we pay 7$ a gallon in Canada..and electric vehicles are so legally bogged down in power and speed restrictions that make them almost useless.. I don't want to get int o all of it, but an electric bike, for instance, cannot have more than 500 watts power, or a top speed of 20 miles an hour.. I asked if I could increase the power to the 750 watts allowed minimum in the rest of the world.. I was told not without licencing and insuring the bike.. and i was told I couldn't insure or licence an electric bike..
Electric cars (as low speed vehicles)aren't allowed to have enough power to go on the highway.. So we pay 7$ a gallon to drive gas powered vehicles..After all, we supply the gas to a third of the world, so naturally, we pay more than they do for our gas (HUH?)
But don't all these local operators, nationwide,still lease their lines from the big two? (whichever big two may be present).
So how is that any different..Did you know if you owe, say, Shaw a bill, , you can't sign up with a 'local' provider because they (the small providers) have to get permission from Shaw to start a contract with new customer, which Shaw will not give if you owe them money.
Many more have pulled the plug..Since I only just got sent the summary by/. i would have thought the fact that a dozen other sites have since also called it quits, would have rated a mention..
I was DL'ing a rare world beat LP, of the kind that would have *never* got exposure before these services appeared..
So, of course no, it's not for linux and freeware..and nobody ever really believed it was.. but a line has to be drawn between people sharing (c) rap artists that sell millions, and really aren't hard to get legally, and regiional albums that would *never* get world distribution..
Fact is , THAT was one of the most common uses for this, and the main benefit of all this. it was , actually, the best hope for many of these artists, in order to get exposure. Most real musicians aren't going to make any money from their recordings *anyways*.. not with the glut on the market now.. And that world beat album, that I no longer can download? It happens to be my old drummer's.. who had a gold record in South America. Now I'll never hear it.. as *he* (Charlie, my old drummer, who was playing then with with Lord Rhaburn) certainly doesn't have a copy..
Well, just like , because of the fact that Fort Knox is empty, they stuffed it full of wooden ingots with gold paint and then went off the gold standard, in order to mine all the copper and nickel in circulation, in my country, they're going to make all our coins out of steel from now on.
That means our coins will now have the same government certified backing as our new rubber money;-)
Just calculate the level of flotation needed to float each square foot..ie let's say that a square foot has100 feet of steel bulkhead above it.. how much air would need to be under it to float it? Then build enough flotation devices to place under the entire ship, pump 'em full of air and float it away.. could easily be done in a year. Simple in theory, difficult, but not impossible in practice. Done.
Well, it occurs to me that there's a lot of folks storing *legal* private files there too, ( like a locker service) due to the fact that MU never deleted user's files, as well as all their bootleg collections, and probably personal important archives too, etc etc.. So does this mean that these folks have also been screwed up the rear by this action? Remember there was no notice given to the users of the service either.. legitimate or otherwise, as though they're (all millions of 'em) not deservibg of basic human decency via association?
How long before they're knocking down your door without notice and seizing your comp, next? Will we all be living in fear of the secret police soon?
After the informed AC and Huxley.. above, NOW i understand the cancer threat.. and if it's this intense, it's not only likely, but probable.
How can this be legal? Or is it that any method is justified according to the stated ends.. and to hell with the rights of the populace?
Yeah it absolutely amazes me what a nazi mentality applies to media rights in the UK.. I first noticed something was wrong over here in N. America when all my albums had the skull and crossbones 'killing music' tape logo.. then i heard about 'TV Licences'.. i mean Wudafkizdat?.. i mean you have to get a licence to watch a TV or listen to a radio?.. apparently now you also need one to watch a clip in a browser too . Holy shit.And if you're a musician doing a gig.. every cover you do has to be listed IN ADVANCE and approved in order to pay the 'Royalty'? Man that's harsh.. what if you improvise? So it's no wonder to me that the country that has TV cameras on every city block, in every bathroom, and in every public mall, would have such restrictive Media rights.. I mean where were y'all when this was being implemented? Or is it like Canada, where you aren't able to change any proposed legislation even with dissent?
I was one of those happy BeOS users back when.. before they got frozen out.. This seems all to familiar..
Just when I was starting to trust M$ and think that everything they did was based on a fuzzy warm altruistic love of their 'patrons'.....Right...
In fact, it worked astonishingly well in the area I live in.. by creating a bogeyman for all the economic problems (the poor) it allowed all the money to be cut back to inhumane degrees (no eligibility for any social services including rent medical or even food 3 years out of every 5).. and allowed the funds to instead be directed to the 2 week "host to the world" international event..
Unfortunately that event is now over, crime in the last 10 years has skyrocketed from almost the lowest in our country to the very highest, and we lead the country in unprovoked violent assaults and murders of homeless people..
If you want to know where I'm referring to, just check that last statidstic and it will lead you here..
So does creating a "them" work? Sure does! IMHO, but only for the political instigators, to curry votes.. but the damage to the rest of society lasts long after they're out of office..
Well.. all's fair in War and Politics, they say, after all, collateral damage is inevitable.. it's only human lives..
Yeah, I wish we had him up here..but honestly, these days anybody straight up and honest *is* considered a 'kook'.. it's 'soundbites', is the only thing (the majority of) the voting population pays any attention to.. sad but true.. just like in the arts.. it's the lowest common denominator, delivered in easy to swallow bits and pieces..
Truth doesn't enter into it.. it's all about "the game'.. I'm so depressed suddenly;-)
That is what your politicians are called, I believe.. however, it's become very clear to me now what they 'represent'..
Very sad... and frankly, here north of 49, it's no better.. except we've had plenty of time to become acclimatized to the lack of true representation..
It's pretty clear that destroying the item is only an option, if the seller *forgoes* the option of having the item returned before refunding the money..
If i bought something and claimed a refund , and destroyed the item first, do you really think the seller would cheerfully refund it?
Also, If I claimed it was a counterfeit, destroying the evidence would kind of nix my claim.. I'd think..
Lastly, 2500 is *not* excessive for even a newer violin.. it could have been a 20 year old budget model passed off as 70 years old though..
And remember.. even fake stradivarii, if they're old enough are valuable.. My folks sold one that belonged to my great great great great grandfather in the early 1800s for 300 $ after the guy said it was junk, - they believed everybody who wore a suit;-(, and he promptly turned it over for at least a 2000% profit.
Because selling potty paper to potential "terrists" could be construed as supporting them..
Or groceries.. letting them buy food encourages "acts of terrer"..
or...... is there anything else i need add?
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Unfortunately, voting for a candidate who is opposed to "shooting kids in the head" will only quell one's conscience, nothing more. Unless there's even a remote possibility of such a law being repealed, all you've done is elected someone who may have other disastrous policies. Suppose they support more tightening of the noose around freedom and liberty (as many conservative politicians do, and , unfortunately, apparently democrats also - witness Obama and NDAA signing).. All you end up with is a situation worse than before..As long as the 'one issue' campaigned against has no chance of being changed. it's an irresponsible way to vote.
Ah yes, agreed.. unfortunately there appears to be an inverse relationship between the size of the soapbox and the importance of the message.. that is to say, *my* soapbox is pretty tiny, alas..
Anybody who in any way shape or form supports or defends this, is part of the problem. Period. End of argument. It looks to me like people are *still* tripping over themselves, as they have been for the last 10 years, to dismantle every right and freedom ever won by their forefathers. Allowing a global information medium to apply censorship country by country , so that citizens are not permitted to know the truth in their own country, is REPREHENSIBLE. Was NDAA not fucking enough? What the hell is WRONG with everybody?
I hope what you say is true, but the problem is that: 1) things will progress so subtly that before you know it, it will *be* a police state everyone is under, and as the military are also citizens, will be constrained by the same tyrannical rules as everybody else, subsequently having little or no opportunity to 2) confront the new *internal* military (perhaps an outgrowth of DHS), whose *JOB* it will be to fire on their own citizens if ordered..including, i might add, citizens in the military, in the name of "security".. and didn't the Soviets justify their actions against their citizens, on these same grounds? What about the Stazi? The SS? Did any of the regular army have any power against these either? Any student of history, of which there are, apparently, few in the US congress, would recognize the disturbing parallels between those regimes' beginnings and the current situation.. I must have missed when history became an optional course, for our countries' leaders, at least, at our nobel halls of learning..
I never give advice, as somebody might just take it..
Good point. America has turned into an extremely scary place to live.
And a scary place to visit , I might add.. the minute i cross the border I feel a palpable fear gripping everyone I meet.. I've never felt that anywhere else except communist eastern europe when the cold war was at it's most intense..
We're in trouble, because traditionally, public outcry has never gotten any unpopular legislation changed here. It simply does not happen. Our representatives do not represent their constituencies, when in the governing party, but rather their party.. A vote of conscience , against the party line, will get you booted out of the party, and probably the cabinet. We all know who our current government works for, and here's a hint.. it's not the poor guy on the street corner, or the old pensioner in a dilapidated one room suite, for 900$ a month. I'd suggest checking in with Michel Geist's page, as he may have the most up to date info on how to keep draconian laws from being implemented.. We do not have an effective bill of rights to be worked around,.. the most oppressive legislation can easily be passed here.. Unless, of course,, all of you fellow Canadians *want* a SOPA like bill, passed here...
You doubt you will see 3$ a gallon gas? we pay 7$ a gallon in Canada..and electric vehicles are so legally bogged down in power and speed restrictions that make them almost useless.. I don't want to get int o all of it, but an electric bike, for instance, cannot have more than 500 watts power, or a top speed of 20 miles an hour.. I asked if I could increase the power to the 750 watts allowed minimum in the rest of the world.. I was told not without licencing and insuring the bike.. and i was told I couldn't insure or licence an electric bike.. Electric cars (as low speed vehicles)aren't allowed to have enough power to go on the highway.. So we pay 7$ a gallon to drive gas powered vehicles..After all, we supply the gas to a third of the world, so naturally, we pay more than they do for our gas (HUH?)
But don't all these local operators, nationwide,still lease their lines from the big two? (whichever big two may be present). So how is that any different..Did you know if you owe, say, Shaw a bill, , you can't sign up with a 'local' provider because they (the small providers) have to get permission from Shaw to start a contract with new customer, which Shaw will not give if you owe them money.
Many more have pulled the plug..Since I only just got sent the summary by /. i would have thought the fact that a dozen other sites have since also called it quits, would have rated a mention..
I was DL'ing a rare world beat LP, of the kind that would have *never* got exposure before these services appeared..
So, of course no, it's not for linux and freeware..and nobody ever really believed it was.. but a line has to be drawn between people sharing (c) rap artists that sell millions, and really aren't hard to get legally, and regiional albums that would *never* get world distribution..
Fact is , THAT was one of the most common uses for this, and the main benefit of all this. it was , actually, the best hope for many of these artists, in order to get exposure. Most real musicians aren't going to make any money from their recordings *anyways*.. not with the glut on the market now.. And that world beat album, that I no longer can download? It happens to be my old drummer's.. who had a gold record in South America. Now I'll never hear it.. as *he* (Charlie, my old drummer, who was playing then with with Lord Rhaburn) certainly doesn't have a copy..
Well, just like , because of the fact that Fort Knox is empty, they stuffed it full of wooden ingots with gold paint and then went off the gold standard, in order to mine all the copper and nickel in circulation, in my country, they're going to make all our coins out of steel from now on. That means our coins will now have the same government certified backing as our new rubber money ;-)
Just calculate the level of flotation needed to float each square foot..ie let's say that a square foot has100 feet of steel bulkhead above it.. how much air would need to be under it to float it? Then build enough flotation devices to place under the entire ship, pump 'em full of air and float it away.. could easily be done in a year. Simple in theory, difficult, but not impossible in practice. Done.
Well, it occurs to me that there's a lot of folks storing *legal* private files there too, ( like a locker service) due to the fact that MU never deleted user's files, as well as all their bootleg collections, and probably personal important archives too, etc etc.. So does this mean that these folks have also been screwed up the rear by this action? Remember there was no notice given to the users of the service either.. legitimate or otherwise, as though they're (all millions of 'em) not deservibg of basic human decency via association? How long before they're knocking down your door without notice and seizing your comp, next? Will we all be living in fear of the secret police soon?
After the informed AC and Huxley.. above, NOW i understand the cancer threat .. and if it's this intense, it's not only likely, but probable.
How can this be legal? Or is it that any method is justified according to the stated ends.. and to hell with the rights of the populace?
Yeah it absolutely amazes me what a nazi mentality applies to media rights in the UK.. I first noticed something was wrong over here in N. America when all my albums had the skull and crossbones 'killing music' tape logo.. then i heard about 'TV Licences'.. i mean Wudafkizdat?.. i mean you have to get a licence to watch a TV or listen to a radio?.. apparently now you also need one to watch a clip in a browser too . Holy shit.And if you're a musician doing a gig.. every cover you do has to be listed IN ADVANCE and approved in order to pay the 'Royalty'? Man that's harsh.. what if you improvise? So it's no wonder to me that the country that has TV cameras on every city block, in every bathroom, and in every public mall, would have such restrictive Media rights.. I mean where were y'all when this was being implemented? Or is it like Canada, where you aren't able to change any proposed legislation even with dissent?
Don't forget some people can't pay if they want to... . (refer to sanctions). from somewhere in the middle east...
Not just the middle east.. try Canada...
I was one of those happy BeOS users back when.. before they got frozen out.. This seems all to familiar.. Just when I was starting to trust M$ and think that everything they did was based on a fuzzy warm altruistic love of their 'patrons'.....Right...
Unfortunately that event is now over, crime in the last 10 years has skyrocketed from almost the lowest in our country to the very highest, and we lead the country in unprovoked violent assaults and murders of homeless people ..
If you want to know where I'm referring to, just check that last statidstic and it will lead you here..
So does creating a "them" work? Sure does! IMHO, but only for the political instigators, to curry votes.. but the damage to the rest of society lasts long after they're out of office..
Well.. all's fair in War and Politics, they say, after all, collateral damage is inevitable.. it's only human lives..
Oh.. *that's* the "foreign relations" experience she was referring to.. not simply by living next to Russia, but waving at the passing "probenik" ..
Fruit shaped logo.? Surely you refer to "Banana Junior".. correct?
Yeah, I wish we had him up here..but honestly, these days anybody straight up and honest *is* considered a 'kook'.. it's 'soundbites', is the only thing (the majority of) the voting population pays any attention to.. sad but true.. just like in the arts.. it's the lowest common denominator, delivered in easy to swallow bits and pieces.. Truth doesn't enter into it.. it's all about "the game'.. I'm so depressed suddenly ;-)
That is what your politicians are called, I believe.. however, it's become very clear to me now what they 'represent'.. Very sad... and frankly, here north of 49, it's no better.. except we've had plenty of time to become acclimatized to the lack of true representation..
Fuck the wanna-be dictators in the US. They do NOT own the world, much as it pisses them off.
Be serious .Of course they own the world.. why do you think it's so screwed..
It's pretty clear that destroying the item is only an option, if the seller *forgoes* the option of having the item returned before refunding the money.. If i bought something and claimed a refund , and destroyed the item first, do you really think the seller would cheerfully refund it? Also, If I claimed it was a counterfeit, destroying the evidence would kind of nix my claim.. I'd think.. Lastly, 2500 is *not* excessive for even a newer violin.. it could have been a 20 year old budget model passed off as 70 years old though.. And remember.. even fake stradivarii, if they're old enough are valuable.. My folks sold one that belonged to my great great great great grandfather in the early 1800s for 300 $ after the guy said it was junk, - they believed everybody who wore a suit ;-(, and he promptly turned it over for at least a 2000% profit.
Because selling potty paper to potential "terrists" could be construed as supporting them.. Or groceries.. letting them buy food encourages "acts of terrer".. or.. .. .. is there anything else i need add?