We are not living in the future, but in the present. It's not like the freshwater we don't use will stay in reserve, they will flow in the sea eventually even if we don't use it so why not?
If there is less overtime, that in fact creates more jobs, as employers will have to hire additional people to do the same work. And if some companies move out, you just increase the customs on their product so they will have to get back inside if they want to sell.
Actually, if you look at the trends in music sales [cnn.com] since mp3/napster arrived I'd say that on a macro level you have a very good case that piracy decreases sales.
These are only the revenues of the RIAA, as reported by them. Not a trustworthy source, and far from being the full picture. Independent artists are not included, and neither are concert revenues which make up the majority of income for most musicians.
You are oversimplifying it. There are very few radical pirates who don't believe in copyright at all. The problem is not with the idea of copyright, it's how it is implemented. Also, you seem to only view the problem from an ethical/emotional point while mostly disregarding the practical side of it which in an issue as complex as copyright legislation simply doesn't work, this topic is not black and white.
Also, what "attempt" are you speaking of? There are already tons of laws against piracy in America. The fines for copyright infringement are already irrealistically high. DMCA and ACTA are already overly broad. And you say you want even more laws, even worse than them?
It seems to me that you have fallen for the apocalyptic crap of the Big Media. They have been predicting the end of music end movies for ages. The fact is, there isn't much proof of that decline. I'm not saying that piracy doesn't exist, but it is, despite the propaganda, a contained problem. And since you like to draw analogies with theft so much, let me illustrate it to you with the example of theft. Theft is illegal, but that doesn't mean it never happens. You can't prevent crime completely, but you can contain it. Shop owners calculate shoplifting in as a necessary loss, and can still manage. It's the same with piracy: you can't eradicate the problem completely, and you can't hold the whole Internet responsible because of a few pirates. But claiming that the existence of piracy is the end of the world is a huge exaggeration. In fact, in places when there are affordable digital alternative sources, piracy actually decreases. I know that in capitalist America it's standard to view individuals as selfish money-oriented machines, but most people are better than that.
You say that "anti-piracy efforts" are really against piracy? That's what they want you to think! But, as with all similar laws, pirates are just the strawmen here, like terrorists or pedophiles were in the past. The real purpose is to stop all user-generated content. Blogs and social networks created news sources that aren't controlled by parties like TV or papers are, users of sites like Youtube have created content that isn't controlled by the Big Media cartel. Just think about it, there are independent artists sharing their music through torrent sites/netradios/digital stores making a living whithout any publisher ever seeing a dime of it. This is what they really want to stop.
Countries like Hong Kong seem to do OK with very few regulations, because their over-supply of workers induced more businesses to start up inevitably reducing that over-supply of workers.
Do you really try to compare the economy of a city-state to a huge country like Brazil?
America was the same as they used to let anyone in the world come here, and by the millions per year they did. By the end of that period America had the most diverse and powerful economy on the planet.
Being the most powerful economy doesn't do much good when only a few percent of the citizens gets a share of that booming economy due to inequalities.
So if an American soldier does something bad, gets recorded, the thing goes viral and cause an outrage it's transparency's fault for "sharing hatred" ? Holding soldiers to a standard is a bad thing?
Brazil is a leftist country, which means they take workers' rights seriously. You see, as there is a competition in a labour market, without regulations like minimal wage or overtime pay the companies could just require workers to work more for less pay, because there would always be someone else to take the job. By regulating overtime, the state ends the competition between the workers, thus solving the prisoners dilemma scenario and resulting in an environment that's better for everyone.
I guess the problem is that those phones aren't really compatible with other OSes. With Linux, you will only be able to use them as a general purpose computer, not a smartphone.
This holds in spite of evidence to the contrary or the absence of any corroborating data.
A simple denial is far from evidence of the contrary.
Doubly unfortunate is that assertions like this ask the accusee to prove a negative, knowing full well that proving it would necessarily reveal source code and/or trade secrets and/or secret agreements with governments.
We don't assume something just because we can't rule it out completely, we assume something because there are signs indicating it's true. We have pretty good proof that shows that carbon-based life can exist, but there is neither physical nor theoretical proof of other exotic lifeforms. Not being able to rule it out is not enough reason to send another expensive probe when that money could finance far more promising research.
SOPA, if precisely enforced) will eliminate user-generated content from the Internet, reverting it to a dumb tube where you can watch what you are fed.
The majority of students won't become programmers but office biobots in which case this knowledge comes very handy. There is a need to teach the use of office software to people who are not technically-minded enough to figure it out. So I won't say it's useless, it's just not a substitute for an IT course.
As for finding teachers, the payment is a big issue, the industry pays far more than a school will. But I've seen a solution in some schools where informatics teachers were also the sysadmins, thus receiving double pay.
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We are not living in the future, but in the present. It's not like the freshwater we don't use will stay in reserve, they will flow in the sea eventually even if we don't use it so why not?
The same reason you don't burn them: air pollution.
If there is less overtime, that in fact creates more jobs, as employers will have to hire additional people to do the same work. And if some companies move out, you just increase the customs on their product so they will have to get back inside if they want to sell.
Security is one reason, if your work requires it.
Looks like you have fallen for their door in the face tactics.
Actually, if you look at the trends in music sales [cnn.com] since mp3/napster arrived I'd say that on a macro level you have a very good case that piracy decreases sales.
These are only the revenues of the RIAA, as reported by them. Not a trustworthy source, and far from being the full picture. Independent artists are not included, and neither are concert revenues which make up the majority of income for most musicians.
You are oversimplifying it. There are very few radical pirates who don't believe in copyright at all. The problem is not with the idea of copyright, it's how it is implemented. Also, you seem to only view the problem from an ethical/emotional point while mostly disregarding the practical side of it which in an issue as complex as copyright legislation simply doesn't work, this topic is not black and white.
Also, what "attempt" are you speaking of? There are already tons of laws against piracy in America. The fines for copyright infringement are already irrealistically high. DMCA and ACTA are already overly broad. And you say you want even more laws, even worse than them?
It seems to me that you have fallen for the apocalyptic crap of the Big Media. They have been predicting the end of music end movies for ages. The fact is, there isn't much proof of that decline. I'm not saying that piracy doesn't exist, but it is, despite the propaganda, a contained problem. And since you like to draw analogies with theft so much, let me illustrate it to you with the example of theft. Theft is illegal, but that doesn't mean it never happens. You can't prevent crime completely, but you can contain it. Shop owners calculate shoplifting in as a necessary loss, and can still manage. It's the same with piracy: you can't eradicate the problem completely, and you can't hold the whole Internet responsible because of a few pirates. But claiming that the existence of piracy is the end of the world is a huge exaggeration. In fact, in places when there are affordable digital alternative sources, piracy actually decreases. I know that in capitalist America it's standard to view individuals as selfish money-oriented machines, but most people are better than that.
You say that "anti-piracy efforts" are really against piracy? That's what they want you to think! But, as with all similar laws, pirates are just the strawmen here, like terrorists or pedophiles were in the past. The real purpose is to stop all user-generated content. Blogs and social networks created news sources that aren't controlled by parties like TV or papers are, users of sites like Youtube have created content that isn't controlled by the Big Media cartel. Just think about it, there are independent artists sharing their music through torrent sites/netradios/digital stores making a living whithout any publisher ever seeing a dime of it. This is what they really want to stop.
Countries like Hong Kong seem to do OK with very few regulations, because their over-supply of workers induced more businesses to start up inevitably reducing that over-supply of workers.
Do you really try to compare the economy of a city-state to a huge country like Brazil?
America was the same as they used to let anyone in the world come here, and by the millions per year they did. By the end of that period America had the most diverse and powerful economy on the planet.
Being the most powerful economy doesn't do much good when only a few percent of the citizens gets a share of that booming economy due to inequalities.
So if an American soldier does something bad, gets recorded, the thing goes viral and cause an outrage it's transparency's fault for "sharing hatred" ? Holding soldiers to a standard is a bad thing?
Brazil is a leftist country, which means they take workers' rights seriously. You see, as there is a competition in a labour market, without regulations like minimal wage or overtime pay the companies could just require workers to work more for less pay, because there would always be someone else to take the job. By regulating overtime, the state ends the competition between the workers, thus solving the prisoners dilemma scenario and resulting in an environment that's better for everyone.
Not paying overtime by not requiring overtime work is exactly the purpose of this legislation I believe. What is wrong with that?
This exactly. Most bosses just think: "Well he is away and we still manage so I can just fire him and save his salary." .
Find me a solar system with 8 planets and then claim that ours is not special.
I guess the problem is that those phones aren't really compatible with other OSes. With Linux, you will only be able to use them as a general purpose computer, not a smartphone.
America now also uses Russian rockets, this setback in the Russian space program hurts them just as much.
For those functions, I believe it's already possible to hack your phone and put Linux on it.
This holds in spite of evidence to the contrary or the absence of any corroborating data.
A simple denial is far from evidence of the contrary.
Doubly unfortunate is that assertions like this ask the accusee to prove a negative, knowing full well that proving it would necessarily reveal source code and/or trade secrets and/or secret agreements with governments.
And why exactly revealing those is unfortunate?
They are suing them for allegedly not implementing EU copyright laws correctly. Sadly, they have a chance to win this one.
We don't assume something just because we can't rule it out completely, we assume something because there are signs indicating it's true. We have pretty good proof that shows that carbon-based life can exist, but there is neither physical nor theoretical proof of other exotic lifeforms. Not being able to rule it out is not enough reason to send another expensive probe when that money could finance far more promising research.
SOPA, if precisely enforced) will eliminate user-generated content from the Internet, reverting it to a dumb tube where you can watch what you are fed.
Still, it's a system where the accused are treated as guilty until proven their innocence.
The Pirate Bay does not violate the copyrights of anyone. Some of their users are posting torrents on it that point to files that violate copyright.
The majority of students won't become programmers but office biobots in which case this knowledge comes very handy. There is a need to teach the use of office software to people who are not technically-minded enough to figure it out. So I won't say it's useless, it's just not a substitute for an IT course.
As for finding teachers, the payment is a big issue, the industry pays far more than a school will. But I've seen a solution in some schools where informatics teachers were also the sysadmins, thus receiving double pay.
Which is exactly not the behaviour you would expect from a clock. The metaphor is flawed.
But that satellite didn't flew, it freefell.