Backwash can be a son of a bitch Backlash. Backwash is when you chug a mouthful of (drink) and allow a portion of the mouthful to flow back into the drinking vessel.
Slashdot has ads? One of these days I need to disable Privoxy, Adblock, and my Hosts file and browse the web like a normal person. For the last few weeks I thought there was a bug of some sort in Slashdot's fancy "New Discussion System". I'd expand an abbreviated post and there'd be this funny white space inserted between it and the next post, like there was an additional nested reply that wasn't getting displayed. It wasn't until I checked out something on Slashdot from a friend's computer that I realized that the blank space is supposed to contain a banner ad! Now I'm thinking I don't like their New Discussion System so much.
"...the licensing under the GPL for both
packages has been revoked by the author." What a fucking rube. He can't de-license a GPL'd piece of software any more than he can un-screw his pregnant sister! If such a thing were possible, you'd have seen Microsoft repeatedly paying off key individuals in the Linux "source chain" to render the OS largely undistributable.
"...it is in your
best interest..." What, is that supposed to be some sort of threat? My best interest?! How can you know what's MY best interest is? How can you say what MY best interest is? I think my best interest is posting your fucking software source wherever I can. Screw off! All I wanted was a Pepsi!
The ghost of Elisha Gray would like to haunt you now. Elisha Gray didn't actually care that much at that point. He sold his share in Gray & Barton to Western Union and spent the rest of his life happily inventing stuff for them. It was Western Union which had the fight with Bell. Even at that, they didn't care so much afterward, as Gray & Barton (renamed Western Electric) became the sole manufacturer and supplier of telephone equipment for Bell Telephone.
As opposed to your perfectly lucid sense of entitlement to what they work to create. Your answer assumes that copyright is in any way natural. It's not. It's a government granted monopoly. It could just as easily be argued that it is they who have the sense of entitlement, with nebulous claims of "ownership" of images they have chosen to share with the world. It could be argued that if they wish to retain complete control of their work, they need to not give it to anyone. Of course that would rule out selling it to anyone.
You can whine and snivel all you want, but the law is the law. You don't like the law? Then form a group, a coalition, raise money to hire the best K's streeters you can afford to lobby congress to get it changed, That is how the system works, use it.
Ah yes, the old "if it's law it must be obeyed" fallacy. Tell me, what do you do when the law is backed by a multi-million dollar industry lobby that can out-spend you 200-to-1? Give up and just obey the law? Surely you agree that at the opposite end of the spectrum, where it's an issue of basic human rights, that justice must sometimes come before obeying the law. You wouldn't have said to Rosa Parks "whine and snivel all you want about having to sit at the back of the bus, but the law is the law", right? Well, I ask you then, at what point does it change? Where is the "moral line" beyond which the law should be disregarded on principle? You seem to think the travesty of perpetual copyright is not morally repugnant enough to warrant civil disobedience, but I say you're an idiot who blindly thinks "law makes right".
I don't see where it's illegal to OBTAIN unlicenced intellectual property, only to PROVIDE it. On the other hand, receiving stolen goods IS a crime. Copyright infringement is not theft. There are no goods involved, stolen or otherwise. That second sentence should read: On a completely unrelated and irrelevant tangent, receiving stolen goods is a crime.
If your dad had been forced to pay your full tuition in grade school, middle school and high school, would you now be going to college? I gotta say, i think it's less likely. One of my coworkers has six kids. Two are in college, and the other four are in private K-12 school. We make only slightly more than letter carriers. Yes, private K-12 education can be done without taking out loans. You gotta eat a lot of peanut butter sandwiches, but it can be done.
I think that as a culture we're too hung up on the whole "they didn't give an explanation to everything" syndrome. You think that's endemic only to our culture? You don't no squat about human psychology, then. The drive to seek out stories is a trait common to all humanity. It's a survival instinct. We crave explanations for things because they just might give us that critical edge in a survival situation. A story that doesn't adequately explain things is unsatisfying because it does not meet that criteria. Like it or not, failing to adequately explain what's going on is simply bad writing.
Any deceleration event violent enough to kill the crew in the front of a helicopter is going to seriously fuck up any of the passengers in back. Having experienced a minor helicopter crash (UH-60, Afghanistan), I can tell you that the pilot and copilot are in the best place to avoid injury. Between the impact absorbing seats, the five point restraints, the helmets, and the strong fuselage structure around the cockpit, they walk away without a scratch when everyone in back has sprains, contusions, and even a few broken bones. A crash that conveniently kills the crew and leaves the passengers intact like that is a sign if sloppy writing, of putting adherence to basic common sense logic second, because getting the story out of the corner you've painted it into has to come first.
JJ Abrams stated that he wants to make "America's Monster", like Japan has Godzilla.
Well there's your problem right there! JJ Abrams is a moron. He's C- grade talent that's been given repeated chances to throw shit at the wall and see if it sticks only because his father is an established name in the industry. Seriously, how many unknowns would have been given a second, a third, a fourth, or a freakin' fifth chance to make another movie after such steaming turds as Regarding Henry, Forever Young, Gone Fishin', and Armageddon? But hey! He's Gerry's kid! Let's let the little twit try again! And people wonder why the entertainment industry turns out so much tripe. Half the people in it are there because they're "nephews and sons" rather than because they have a talent for the business.
Indeed, the most important traits of porno cams are:
1) lightweight
2) light attached
3) handle on top so you can grab it and stick it in places where the "action" is most visible
"You burn my nuts with that light one more time and I'm kicking your ass!"
In pre-WoW days, you were probably one of those D&D fags we used to beat on at lunch. Clearly it left an "impression" on you! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111 Bwahahaha! And you're that former high school football player driving a forklift at the WalMart distribution warehouse for $12/hr at age 40, while I'm working for Google! Who's laughing NOW?
Ob: None of you guys are parents, are you? I have a 2-year old son, and yeah, kids are expensive, and you lose sleep. but I wouldn't trade him for anything in the world Bah! That's just your biological programming telling you to protect the next iteration of your genes. The rest of us can see that the little monster is just a stinky, screaming terror that that you think the rest of us should go out of our way to protect!
I think it got "offtopic" because it's a whole lot of barely coherent rambling. He needs to learn to present ideas in a calm rational manner. Seriously, his post reads a bit like the Time Cube guy's web site.
I mean drugging someone as the sleep then having them wake up into some sort of hyper-realistic virtual reality could be a great way of convincing them of something like that. Aye, for that reason I'd only consider the possibility. I'd naturally have to consider it in light of other, more plausible explanations. My first thought, of course, would be that it's a trick. In a VR-capable future, I reckon that's the first thing I'd suspect.
...the God ate their homework. "Der Gott hat meine heimarbeit gegessen" just doesn't have the same humorous ring as "Der hund hat meine heimarbeit gefressen".
Seriously, try the latter on some Germans. They will either be confused, or laugh hysterically. They've never heard that one because in Germany, apparently kids don't make excuses, they just do their homework!
Really? I always thought that to be considered Creationist one simply had to believe that God engineered all that is, regardless of how. When people talk about "creationists", they generally mean the ones that believe the world is a few thousand years old, that man and monkey are not related (why, the very idea!), and/or any of the many scientifically laughable fairy tales found in old religious fairy tale texts. Those kinds are bad not because they believe in some Skydaddy, but because they actively refuse to acknowledge scientific fact. It's an issue of willful ignorance. I consider myself fairly rational. If I personally witness Jesus his bad ol' self coming down right in front of me, walking on water, and then hanging out with me all day to explain why Born-Again Christianity is the TRUTH, I'd very much be forced to consider the possibility that such might be the case. Conversely, the Creationist Nutter faction refuses to see what's before their very eyes, instead clinging to some internal definition of TRUTH that increasingly conflicts with observable reality.
For the "creationists" who believe God coded up the source for the universe in one marathon 6-day hacking spree and then typed "root#make universe" which set off the Big Bang, well, where's the point of argument? The lesser "why" of the mechanics is pure science, and the greater "Why" of the motivation for making it that way is pure abstract philosophy. The two never conflict, or even really overlap.
ID is about HOW Evolution Occurs. It occurs Intelligently. ID says Evolution's theory that it is entirely nature's luck is incorrect. No, "Intelligent Design" is a way of claiming the development of the species is/was directed by God without invoking the 'G' word. It still ascribes the development to an external intelligence which designed the system from scratch. Organisms self-selecting beneficial genes is not what they're talking about when they say "Intelligent Design".
Because "free shipping" is always a lie. TANSTAAFL. They are not selling a book for $7.99. They are selling a book+shipping bundle for $7.99. The problem is, by that same reasoning "free parking" at your local Barnes & Noble is also a lie because the lot is paid for out of B&N's profit on book sales as part of their lease--- often it's even explicitly spelled out in the lease. You can split technical hairs all the way down the line like that, but it doesn't make it any less absurd. By that loose definition, B&M French book sellers are over-discounting the books THEY sell by not charging for heat, light, and annoying pop music over the store loudspeakers. Regardless of the bogosity of the law, the judge is engaging in selective application. Clearly, he's pursuing the his own idea of the unwritten intent of the law, which is one of protectionism for small, inefficient businesses.
60% faster growth of their economy compared to the US in the last 5 years Growth rate is an empty comparative metric frequently trumpeted by idiots. A man with 1 euro in his pocket who begs five euros has a 20% faster "pocket money" growth rate than a man with 20 euros who begs eighty. That "50%" says nothing about the real relative economic situation of the two parties.
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"...it is in your best interest..." What, is that supposed to be some sort of threat? My best interest?! How can you know what's MY best interest is? How can you say what MY best interest is? I think my best interest is posting your fucking software source wherever I can. Screw off! All I wanted was a Pepsi!
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So fucking stupid, it's no wonder you post as AC.
You can whine and snivel all you want, but the law is the law. You don't like the law? Then form a group, a coalition, raise money to hire the best K's streeters you can afford to lobby congress to get it changed, That is how the system works, use it.
Ah yes, the old "if it's law it must be obeyed" fallacy. Tell me, what do you do when the law is backed by a multi-million dollar industry lobby that can out-spend you 200-to-1? Give up and just obey the law? Surely you agree that at the opposite end of the spectrum, where it's an issue of basic human rights, that justice must sometimes come before obeying the law. You wouldn't have said to Rosa Parks "whine and snivel all you want about having to sit at the back of the bus, but the law is the law", right? Well, I ask you then, at what point does it change? Where is the "moral line" beyond which the law should be disregarded on principle? You seem to think the travesty of perpetual copyright is not morally repugnant enough to warrant civil disobedience, but I say you're an idiot who blindly thinks "law makes right".On a completely unrelated and irrelevant tangent, receiving stolen goods is a crime.
Any deceleration event violent enough to kill the crew in the front of a helicopter is going to seriously fuck up any of the passengers in back. Having experienced a minor helicopter crash (UH-60, Afghanistan), I can tell you that the pilot and copilot are in the best place to avoid injury. Between the impact absorbing seats, the five point restraints, the helmets, and the strong fuselage structure around the cockpit, they walk away without a scratch when everyone in back has sprains, contusions, and even a few broken bones. A crash that conveniently kills the crew and leaves the passengers intact like that is a sign if sloppy writing, of putting adherence to basic common sense logic second, because getting the story out of the corner you've painted it into has to come first.
Well there's your problem right there! JJ Abrams is a moron. He's C- grade talent that's been given repeated chances to throw shit at the wall and see if it sticks only because his father is an established name in the industry. Seriously, how many unknowns would have been given a second, a third, a fourth, or a freakin' fifth chance to make another movie after such steaming turds as Regarding Henry, Forever Young, Gone Fishin', and Armageddon? But hey! He's Gerry's kid! Let's let the little twit try again! And people wonder why the entertainment industry turns out so much tripe. Half the people in it are there because they're "nephews and sons" rather than because they have a talent for the business.
Indeed, the most important traits of porno cams are:
1) lightweight
2) light attached
3) handle on top so you can grab it and stick it in places where the "action" is most visible
"You burn my nuts with that light one more time and I'm kicking your ass!"
Thanks for the news flash, Captain Obvious. We all know that. It's been the subject of several /. articles. That was not what he was asking.
Now, my precious little spawn, she's important...
I think it got "offtopic" because it's a whole lot of barely coherent rambling. He needs to learn to present ideas in a calm rational manner. Seriously, his post reads a bit like the Time Cube guy's web site.
...the God ate their homework. "Der Gott hat meine heimarbeit gegessen" just doesn't have the same humorous ring as "Der hund hat meine heimarbeit gefressen".Seriously, try the latter on some Germans. They will either be confused, or laugh hysterically. They've never heard that one because in Germany, apparently kids don't make excuses, they just do their homework!
For the "creationists" who believe God coded up the source for the universe in one marathon 6-day hacking spree and then typed "root#make universe" which set off the Big Bang, well, where's the point of argument? The lesser "why" of the mechanics is pure science, and the greater "Why" of the motivation for making it that way is pure abstract philosophy. The two never conflict, or even really overlap.
The Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, a French Optimist, and a Lawyer are standing before an envelope with $10,000 in it when the light go out...