Seeing as how there are exactly zero maglev trains in public service, I think there is a very, very, very long way to go before we can get a space elevator.
Unless you think you've got a clever idea for making a hyperstrong cable 36,000 km long.
Space elevators are a great idea. They're also science fiction for the next 50 years. Waiting for a space elevator to explore space is like waiting for a steam engine to the Western Atlantic.
Lots of people also died in those old airplanes. They also didn't have to fly in and out of controlled airspaces (like airports).
Should Carmack be able to buy rocket fuel? Sure, if he can store it safely. Should any old yokel be allowed to fly a plane? I don't know about you, but we let any old yokel drive a car, and that seems to me like a pretty bad idea.
If there's a limit even if that limit is calculated dynamically, it's not unlimited.
See how easy that is?
Now, of course, your twisted logic is what enables Congress to interpret constantly-lengthening copyright terms as "limited times". So thanks for nothing.
What's your beef with people not getting flu shots? They're only recommended for people over 50 and under 7, or if you're taking care of one of those people.
Why would I get a flu shot if I don't feel I'm at risk?
That's a straw man. Until you can show me a case of piracy actually DESTROYING a business, there is nothing to talk about.
It just doesn't happen. The problem is being blown way out of proportion.
The money exchanged between the artist and the label is of way less interest to me, than the indenture the record company requires. If the artist was free to take their money, and then go record something else with somebody else (some people call that a free market) then it would be a more equitable system. But, the record company signs you to a multi-album deal, and then they sit on the work you like and will only release work that they tell you they think they can market. And you can't get out, because your royalties (ten percent of the sales, if you're incredibly lucky) were blown away by paying every single expense the record company incurred in the production of their album. You pay those costs to the record company, and their partners. I'm sure they don't inflate their prices at all. I mean, it's not like they have a monopoly. Oh wait, since the artist can't get out of their contract, I guess they do.
The artist might get the biggest single piece, but they also pay every other person associated with the project. Recording artists are indentured servants.
I have exactly two options for broadband at my house. One is a really crappy DSL connection. The other is Comcast cable. If Comcast started messing with my terms of service, I would have no alternatives.
The free market is a great idea. I'd love to see one someday.
Hold on there, citizen! The benefits of free trade are not for you!
If the WTO was actually interested in promoting free trade rather than exploitation of labor, you would be able to bring suit against Miramax (and Harmony Gold, for you Macross fans out there) for restraining free trade of perfectly legitimate goods.
But it's not. So you can't. Sucks to be an Earthling.
OK, yeah, if you seal your computer in a hermetic box, it's going to overheat.
My point is that computers are designed to have airflow. Many are designed to require airflow of a certain velocity to sustain cooling. Unless you stick a big ass fan next to your case, you don't have a high velocity air flow.
So, you run your computer with the case off. Fine. Most of the time, it's not a problem. But I'd recommend against doing it for any well-engineered computer case (which 90% of them are not).
Who do I call to get great Dell support? Because I've had zero luck with those knuckleheads.
They sent the wrong RAM stick to my sister for their own box three times. Why bother having a service tag number if it can't identify the hardware to the support rep?
You understand that just leaving the case off, does not solve cooling problems, right?
Well, your computer hasn't melted yet, so you've been lucky so far. I think it would be a very bad idea to run a carefully engineered small computer with the case off. There's probably some forced convection going on in there that you really need.
Now, you're going to say "Well that's why I buy GREAT BIG COMPUTERS". Fine. Enjoy. This article is obviously of no use to you.
I think the semantic argument is an important one.
There is a bright line between stealing something (which makes that object unavailable for another person to purchase) and copying something (which does not).
But, this is a long, long argument around here. I say that sharing for personal, non-commercial use is protected under my fair use rights. The record companies say it's not. I say nuh uh. They say uh huh! I go to buy CDs from smaller acts instead of buying their crap. If, on broad occasion, there is a single I like, I might download it.
I buy a fair bit of music. I don't like being treated like a criminal because I occasionally download a track here and there.
Is wholesale copyright infringement Wrong? Maybe. Is it anywhere near as wrong as the record companies' treatment of their talent? No way. I don't care to allow them to make a moral argument when their behavior is so blatantly immoral.
As far as the legal question goes, I believe there's a latin phrase that lawyers use that basically means that the law doesn't involve itself with trivialities. This is a trivial matter. The record company might BLAME "piracy" for BILLIONS of dollars of lost sales, but this article makes that line of reasoning suspect.
Maybe they ought to try making a good product for a fair price. Most people who do that do OK.
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Seeing as how there are exactly zero maglev trains in public service, I think there is a very, very, very long way to go before we can get a space elevator.
Unless you think you've got a clever idea for making a hyperstrong cable 36,000 km long.
Space elevators are a great idea. They're also science fiction for the next 50 years. Waiting for a space elevator to explore space is like waiting for a steam engine to the Western Atlantic.
Not available to me. Sorry.
No, no it really wouldn't.
Gosh. I don't remember signing a license agreement when I bought a CD.
I don't get the flu. I don't get flu shots. I don't feel I'm at risk. What's wrong with that? Why is that as foolish as wearing a tinfoil hat?
Considering how there's pretty much one shape that makes any sense for a rocket, that shouldn't surprise you very much.
Lots of people also died in those old airplanes. They also didn't have to fly in and out of controlled airspaces (like airports).
Should Carmack be able to buy rocket fuel? Sure, if he can store it safely. Should any old yokel be allowed to fly a plane? I don't know about you, but we let any old yokel drive a car, and that seems to me like a pretty bad idea.
There were no good old days.
Color me stupid, but wouldn't about half their users be using "more than average" amounts of bandwidth?
Wonder if they mean more than the mean, or more than the median amount.
No.
Unlimited means that there's not a limit.
If there's a limit even if that limit is calculated dynamically, it's not unlimited.
See how easy that is?
Now, of course, your twisted logic is what enables Congress to interpret constantly-lengthening copyright terms as "limited times". So thanks for nothing.
What's your beef with people not getting flu shots? They're only recommended for people over 50 and under 7, or if you're taking care of one of those people.
Why would I get a flu shot if I don't feel I'm at risk?
That's a straw man. Until you can show me a case of piracy actually DESTROYING a business, there is nothing to talk about.
It just doesn't happen. The problem is being blown way out of proportion.
The money exchanged between the artist and the label is of way less interest to me, than the indenture the record company requires. If the artist was free to take their money, and then go record something else with somebody else (some people call that a free market) then it would be a more equitable system. But, the record company signs you to a multi-album deal, and then they sit on the work you like and will only release work that they tell you they think they can market. And you can't get out, because your royalties (ten percent of the sales, if you're incredibly lucky) were blown away by paying every single expense the record company incurred in the production of their album. You pay those costs to the record company, and their partners. I'm sure they don't inflate their prices at all. I mean, it's not like they have a monopoly. Oh wait, since the artist can't get out of their contract, I guess they do.
The artist might get the biggest single piece, but they also pay every other person associated with the project. Recording artists are indentured servants.
That's a very, very pretty thing to think.
I have exactly two options for broadband at my house. One is a really crappy DSL connection. The other is Comcast cable. If Comcast started messing with my terms of service, I would have no alternatives.
The free market is a great idea. I'd love to see one someday.
Ah. That wasn't totally clear. Thanks for fixing my misunderstanding.
I don't know about you, but I keep a pretty impressive missile in my trousers.
: )
Do you have even a vague basis for your supposition that the US would, today, employ chemical weapons? Or are you just being silly?
Hold on there, citizen! The benefits of free trade are not for you!
If the WTO was actually interested in promoting free trade rather than exploitation of labor, you would be able to bring suit against Miramax (and Harmony Gold, for you Macross fans out there) for restraining free trade of perfectly legitimate goods.
But it's not. So you can't. Sucks to be an Earthling.
OK, yeah, if you seal your computer in a hermetic box, it's going to overheat.
My point is that computers are designed to have airflow. Many are designed to require airflow of a certain velocity to sustain cooling. Unless you stick a big ass fan next to your case, you don't have a high velocity air flow.
So, you run your computer with the case off. Fine. Most of the time, it's not a problem. But I'd recommend against doing it for any well-engineered computer case (which 90% of them are not).
Who do I call to get great Dell support? Because I've had zero luck with those knuckleheads.
They sent the wrong RAM stick to my sister for their own box three times. Why bother having a service tag number if it can't identify the hardware to the support rep?
You understand that just leaving the case off, does not solve cooling problems, right?
Well, your computer hasn't melted yet, so you've been lucky so far. I think it would be a very bad idea to run a carefully engineered small computer with the case off. There's probably some forced convection going on in there that you really need.
Now, you're going to say "Well that's why I buy GREAT BIG COMPUTERS". Fine. Enjoy. This article is obviously of no use to you.
...which were designed by an engineer who knows what they're doing.
Hence, difficult.
You are splitting hairs.
Yeah, dammit, this resource that somebody else did and put up on the internet for free is just not enough.
Dude, you could at least offer to help, instead of just bitching. Seems like Giggles is being way more patient and courteous with you than I would be.
I think the semantic argument is an important one.
There is a bright line between stealing something (which makes that object unavailable for another person to purchase) and copying something (which does not).
But, this is a long, long argument around here. I say that sharing for personal, non-commercial use is protected under my fair use rights. The record companies say it's not. I say nuh uh. They say uh huh! I go to buy CDs from smaller acts instead of buying their crap. If, on broad occasion, there is a single I like, I might download it.
I buy a fair bit of music. I don't like being treated like a criminal because I occasionally download a track here and there.
Is wholesale copyright infringement Wrong? Maybe. Is it anywhere near as wrong as the record companies' treatment of their talent? No way. I don't care to allow them to make a moral argument when their behavior is so blatantly immoral.
As far as the legal question goes, I believe there's a latin phrase that lawyers use that basically means that the law doesn't involve itself with trivialities. This is a trivial matter. The record company might BLAME "piracy" for BILLIONS of dollars of lost sales, but this article makes that line of reasoning suspect.
Maybe they ought to try making a good product for a fair price. Most people who do that do OK.
It doesn't justify stealing. It justifies copyright infringement. These two activities are not the same.
Quick, somebody tell the record companies. I know they'll understand right away.
This is called a COUNTEREXAMPLE. The RIAA argues that piracy causes sales to drop. This article contradicts that posit.
Way to get modded to 5 on a really banal sound bite.
That's a pretty thing to think. Let's just try to wean our municipalities off of charging crazy fines for speeding tickets.
Not gonna happen, and anybody who suggests it is going to be labeled as a Godless communist baby-murdering lawbreaker.