If you are trading copyrighted material without the copyright holders permission then you are breaking the law and it doesn't matter squat if you disagree with the law.
YES IT DOES. This is a democracy and if enough people disagree with that law then it will be changed or abolished.
"They're destroying our cities". Must have finally got them all
Maybe they should get their priorities straight
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End To Blindness?
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I shudder to think how much the R&D costs for this are.
80% of all blindness is preventable with current techniques. The most common cause, cataracts, can be cured with a relatively simple operation
Trachoma, the second most common cause, can easily be prevented with proper hygiene, and cured with inexpensive antibiotics. The third most common cause, glaucoma, is more difficult to treat, but vision loss can be prevented or minimised if it is discovered early.
The point is, seeing as most of the worlds blindness can be prevented or cured at low cost, maybe resources would be better spent striving for this rather than pursuing newsworthy but extremely limited solutions such as these implants.
-"Oh, THAT power button"
Although everything in me automatically says no to any form of censorship I suppose there is a case for stopping kids viewing hard core porn and the like, even if the methods of doing so aren't very effective. Parents of course have the right to bring up their child any way they see fit. Schools have a duty to protect children from any harm, so their use of blockers is understandable. I suppose they are only doing what they think best.
What is REALLY objectionable is the increasing use of blocking software in public libraries. Even if society decides that it doesn't want people looking at 'objectionable' material in libraries, the amount of pages blocked in error by such software is ridiculous (according to Peacefire, 27% of sites blocked by BESS don't contain any objectionable material by BESS's own standards, and BESS are the best by far on that particular score).
This is depriving people of a wealth of information which they have every right to view.
If anyone doesn't yet know, http://www.peacefire.org tells you how to get around most of the popular filtering software with (relative) ease. Trouble is, just about all filter/surrogate parent software blocks peacefire. You could try viewing it from a friend's house or something though.
-"Oh, THAT power switch"
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If you are trading copyrighted material without the copyright holders permission then you are breaking the law and it doesn't matter squat if you disagree with the law.
YES IT DOES. This is a democracy and if enough people disagree with that law then it will be changed or abolished.
"They're destroying our cities". Must have finally got them all
I shudder to think how much the R&D costs for this are. 80% of all blindness is preventable with current techniques. The most common cause, cataracts, can be cured with a relatively simple operation Trachoma, the second most common cause, can easily be prevented with proper hygiene, and cured with inexpensive antibiotics. The third most common cause, glaucoma, is more difficult to treat, but vision loss can be prevented or minimised if it is discovered early. The point is, seeing as most of the worlds blindness can be prevented or cured at low cost, maybe resources would be better spent striving for this rather than pursuing newsworthy but extremely limited solutions such as these implants. -"Oh, THAT power button"
Although everything in me automatically says no to any form of censorship I suppose there is a case for stopping kids viewing hard core porn and the like, even if the methods of doing so aren't very effective. Parents of course have the right to bring up their child any way they see fit. Schools have a duty to protect children from any harm, so their use of blockers is understandable. I suppose they are only doing what they think best.
What is REALLY objectionable is the increasing use of blocking software in public libraries. Even if society decides that it doesn't want people looking at 'objectionable' material in libraries, the amount of pages blocked in error by such software is ridiculous (according to Peacefire, 27% of sites blocked by BESS don't contain any objectionable material by BESS's own standards, and BESS are the best by far on that particular score).
This is depriving people of a wealth of information which they have every right to view.
If anyone doesn't yet know, http://www.peacefire.org tells you how to get around most of the popular filtering software with (relative) ease. Trouble is, just about all filter/surrogate parent software blocks peacefire. You could try viewing it from a friend's house or something though.
-"Oh, THAT power switch"