1. You need to turn off your heuristics equating "consumer advocacy" with "government controlled market". It's simplistic and plain obtuse.
2. If you think requiring CD labels is anti-freemarket, then you should be SHITTING YOUR PANTS about the DMCA (The Horrible law this new law is trying to fix)
Why you ask?
The DMCA currently makes it a criminal offense (5 years, $250,000 fine) to create, distribute, or sell any technology that might get around a copyprotection mechanism.
Let me further explain...
Say Sony comes out with a new CD format that's encrypted and can only be played on sony equipment, which doesn't allow you to burn copies, convert to MP3, etc.
Let's say, Phillips engineers figured out how to decrypt this new CD format, and they wanted to a sell player for this CD format.
Before the DMCA, this would have been ok.
Now, It's a criminal offense...
That's what happened when some 16 year old Norwegian kid wrote a program to play DVDs on Linux.
According to the courts, THIS is illegal. If you give a copy of this program to your friend, or sell it, you *COULD* be jailed 5 year and fined up to $250,000 in fines...
So far, the MPAA and the courts haven't enforced this part of the DMCA. They've taking a shit load of people to court, even got a lot of injunctions barring people from spreading the Linux DVD player, but no criminal convictions to date. There was a close call with a Russian programmer who wrote a program allowing eBook users to convert thier eBooks to other formats, but the DOJ dropped it.
I don't know about you, but making legitimate technology illegal is about as anti-freemarket as it gets.
Which do you consider more statist, forcing some silly label, or outlawing an entire legitimate technology sub-sector?
BTW, As a libertarian, I'm about as free-market as it gets.
Let's post the names of Abortion Doctors too! Yay!
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Your post was bad form... (Smack Nose) BAD FORM!
I didn't think I deserved to be modded up, but modded DOWN??? Are we modding down comments just because we don't agree with them?
PS, Go ahead, Mod me down. You're waisting your points, I'll just post it again.
Let's post the names of Abortion Docters too!!!
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First, I do have to agree with you on one point. Intellectual Property balanced with Fair Use and Unregulated Use is very promising...
I'm not just be a semantic prick here, you are being obtuse equating two very different things. Equating copyright infringment with theft is like equating manslaughter with murder. In both examples, the similarities make you want to equate them, but there is that one semantic difference that changes everything.
Is it theft when there are no copyright laws?
Is it theft (copyright infringement) when a teacher photo copies an newspaper article for the class to read?
Is it theft (copyright infringement) when copyright law allows for non-commercial copying (selling unauthorized copies)?
Is it theft (copyright infringement) when you videotape a party with copyrighted music in the background, and send copies to your friends? (Assume the quality is near perfect)
If copyright is theft, why don't you enlighten us, when situations ARE and ARE NOT theft?
It's funny when people counter each others exaggerated conclusions with their own exaggerated conclusions, when a little skepticism and a good standard of evidence will keep those kooky ideas from going overboard.
Here's where you went wrong:
1. You're trying to explain complicated phenomenon with a simplistic rule 2. Because bad influence makes a mind inhibited and stupid, you concluded ALL influence makes a mind inhibited. 3. Posing a simple counter example would have helped you see the flaw in your argument.
I'm really dissapointed that you failed to catch Science, Skepticism, and Critical Thinking's influence on a mind, and how it's integral in dispelling myths, falacies, and unmasking manipulation from those who aim to control you.
Seriously, I've never purchased many CD's in my lifetime (10-20), but if CD's were only $3-4, I would be buying them impulsively with little regard as to whether I would even listen to it.
Re:Underestimating the complexity of SQL?
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>>>that many problems that are easy in procedural languages that take a lot of work with SQL
>>Right, that's why I use C++ or Java to solve those problems.
...and you usually trade off in performance (many calls to database vs. one), or writing a lot more code to handle indexing, sorting, etc.
I'm not advocating awkward SQL implementations. All I'm saying is: I understand that many times, the awkward SQL implementation is the best choice.
Underestimating the complexity of SQL?
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First of all, you do have a point. SQL isn't a big language with a lot of features, but if you had really spent a lot of time working with SQL, you would know that SQL is a language usually implemented with A LOT of nuances, and that many problems that are easy in procedural languages that take a lot of work with SQL.
SQL is a powerful tool, but solving many problems with SQL can be very daunting at times, especially when you're dealing with vendor specific nuances.
If you had any convictions, you wouldn't have made it to the ", or a", even if the other option boils down to being a troll. It's superfluous and just plain silly!
Kind of like your first message? I dunno, I thought mine was original, in a sort of blatant stereotypical knock off brand of original. If both conclusions lead to the same thing, what does that tell you? Wouldn't that be sort of a clue? Perhaps a little too subtle...
Q: What do you call a troll who's perfectly capable in exploiting irony, but unable to detect it? A: A figment of his target's imagination, and a pretty good clue...
(Excerpt)
SOME GUY: Jail! I don't give a damn about jail! You can take me to jail! POSSE: Take me to jail! SOME GUY: Lock me up! POSSE: Lock me up! SOME GUY: Throw away the key! POSSE: Throw away the key! SOME GUY: I ain't afraid of fucking a man's ass!!!
(turn table scratches, music stops, people stop dancing) POSSE: Whoah... SOME GIRL: He trippin'...
SOME GUY: Ain't you ever been in the shower, and the suds go down the crack of a man's ass and......
You shouldn't have had to asked if I was troll in the first place. I made it about as blatently fucking obvious the first time. You sir, need to develop some convictions.
I bet when you were in high school or college (if you're not still in school) you didn't clue in that a lack of eye contact really meant she didn't want to dance with you. She's not shy, she's trying to ignore you in as polite a way as she can.
I can understand one wanting to hedge thier bets, but this is silly. I was obviously troll and NOT an 11 year old girl, but I said nothing, knowing you were playing it safe (despite blatent clues)
This time, you have no other option, but to conclude that I'm a very blatent troll.
So, you're either a troll, or a... Which is still a troll
If you had any convictions, you wouldn't have made it to the ", or a", even if the other option boils down to being a troll. It's superfluous and just plain silly!
It's not lame! I got four responses... I thought it was original, in a sort of blatant stereotypical knock off brand of original.
PS, Try going to FAO Schwartz sometime (if you haven't) to see some of the most amazing Barbies. They have Irish Princess Barbie, Asian Goddess Barbie, Marilyn and James Dean Barbie, to name just a few of the FAO Schwartz exclusive collection of Barbies. (Seriously, It's an amazing toy store)
If you've ever worked with UNIX then you might know that stupid mainframe programmers don't program for it. Unix programmers are smarter than everybody else and would never use 2 digits for a date (That's stupid!)
You slashdot "geeks" think you're pretty smart, but your just jeleous of N-Sync because you know you couldn't dance and sing because everybody would hate you!
Lance Bass was supposed to go in space, but the stupid people with the money were too stupid not to pay the Russians. Didn't they know if Lance went to space, everybody would love Nsync and stop buy BSB records because they suck ass and are stupid!
Is it me, or is anybody else imagining Homer on Slashdot getting caught up the frenzy of +5 funny posts?
Homer: Ooooh!!! Look at me!!! I'm funny!!! Make my message funny too!!! (reloads page) Homer: (screams) Ahh!!! (-1 Troll)??? But I was funny... I'll get you Taco!!!! Mmm.... Tacos...
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1. You need to turn off your heuristics equating "consumer advocacy" with "government controlled market". It's simplistic and plain obtuse.
2. If you think requiring CD labels is anti-freemarket, then you should be SHITTING YOUR PANTS about the DMCA (The Horrible law this new law is trying to fix)
Why you ask?
The DMCA currently makes it a criminal offense (5 years, $250,000 fine) to create, distribute, or sell any technology that might get around a copyprotection mechanism.
Let me further explain...
Say Sony comes out with a new CD format that's encrypted and can only be played on sony equipment, which doesn't allow you to burn copies, convert to MP3, etc.
Let's say, Phillips engineers figured out how to decrypt this new CD format, and they wanted to a sell player for this CD format.
Before the DMCA, this would have been ok.
Now, It's a criminal offense...
That's what happened when some 16 year old Norwegian kid wrote a program to play DVDs on Linux.
According to the courts, THIS is illegal. If you give a copy of this program to your friend, or sell it, you *COULD* be jailed 5 year and fined up to $250,000 in fines...
So far, the MPAA and the courts haven't enforced this part of the DMCA. They've taking a shit load of people to court, even got a lot of injunctions barring people from spreading the Linux DVD player, but no criminal convictions to date. There was a close call with a Russian programmer who wrote a program allowing eBook users to convert thier eBooks to other formats, but the DOJ dropped it.
I don't know about you, but making legitimate technology illegal is about as anti-freemarket as it gets.
Which do you consider more statist, forcing some silly label, or outlawing an entire legitimate technology sub-sector?
BTW, As a libertarian, I'm about as free-market as it gets.
Your post was bad form... (Smack Nose) BAD FORM!
I didn't think I deserved to be modded up, but modded DOWN???
Are we modding down comments just because we don't agree with them?
PS, Go ahead, Mod me down. You're waisting your points, I'll just post it again.
Your post was bad form... BAD FORM!
First, I do have to agree with you on one point. Intellectual Property balanced with Fair Use and Unregulated Use is very promising...
I'm not just be a semantic prick here, you are being obtuse equating two very different things.
Equating copyright infringment with theft is like equating manslaughter with murder. In both examples, the similarities make you want to equate them, but there is that one semantic difference that changes everything.
Is it theft when there are no copyright laws?
Is it theft (copyright infringement) when a teacher photo copies an newspaper article for the class to read?
Is it theft (copyright infringement) when copyright law allows for non-commercial copying (selling unauthorized copies)?
Is it theft (copyright infringement) when you videotape a party with copyrighted music in the background, and send copies to your friends? (Assume the quality is near perfect)
If copyright is theft, why don't you enlighten us, when situations ARE and ARE NOT theft?
It's funny when people counter each others exaggerated conclusions with their own exaggerated conclusions, when a little skepticism and a good standard of evidence will keep those kooky ideas from going overboard.
Here's where you went wrong:
1. You're trying to explain complicated phenomenon with a simplistic rule
2. Because bad influence makes a mind inhibited and stupid, you concluded ALL influence makes a mind inhibited.
3. Posing a simple counter example would have helped you see the flaw in your argument.
I'm really dissapointed that you failed to catch Science, Skepticism, and Critical Thinking's influence on a mind, and how it's integral in dispelling myths, falacies, and unmasking manipulation from those who aim to control you.
Same settings:
It works with his other foot too...
Push on the right foot (his left) with 1 power and the following:
Heading: 180.48
Pitch: -50.37
A lot of the Indian Reserves will ship to you...
What are you doing, throwing undefined variables at the prompt function?
I have no idea what you're doing to the poor prompt function on IE6, but it's works just fine on all our machines, our customers machines, etc.
Seriously, Maybe you should post the offending snippet of code so we can tell you what you're doing wrong.
Seriously, I've never purchased many CD's in my lifetime (10-20), but if CD's were only $3-4, I would be buying them impulsively with little regard as to whether I would even listen to it.
>>>that many problems that are easy in procedural languages that take a lot of work with SQL
...and you usually trade off in performance (many calls to database vs. one), or writing a lot more code to handle indexing, sorting, etc.
>>Right, that's why I use C++ or Java to solve those problems.
I'm not advocating awkward SQL implementations. All I'm saying is: I understand that many times, the awkward SQL implementation is the best choice.
First of all, you do have a point. SQL isn't a big language with a lot of features, but if you had really spent a lot of time working with SQL, you would know that SQL is a language usually implemented with A LOT of nuances, and that many problems that are easy in procedural languages that take a lot of work with SQL.
SQL is a powerful tool, but solving many problems with SQL can be very daunting at times, especially when you're dealing with vendor specific nuances.
Do you usually feed the trolls until they puke? This isn't fun anymore. I don't like it, so I give up.
You're too clever and persistant for me, especially with your German poetry, which I had to translate with Babelfish.
I tired of trying to be evil. You sir/madame are truly wise as a snake and as harmless as a dove.
I was going to go into some pointless rant on how truely insightful trolls have a cause, but I don't care anymore. I just want to go back to work.
Thanks for sucking the joy out of trolling for me...
Instead of spreading you're trademark joylessness.
I'll be looking forward to your meaningless lack of insight.
Next time you can just reply with...
...and you'll have the same effect! :O)
Not!
Yum Garrg Garrg Garrg Garrg
If you had any convictions, you wouldn't have made it to the ", or a", even if the other option boils down to being a troll. It's superfluous and just plain silly!
:O)
Kind of like your first message? I dunno, I thought mine was original, in a sort of blatant stereotypical knock off brand of original. If both conclusions lead to the same thing, what does that tell you? Wouldn't that be sort of a clue? Perhaps a little too subtle...
Q: What do you call a troll who's perfectly capable in exploiting irony, but unable to detect it?
A: A figment of his target's imagination, and a pretty good clue...
(Excerpt)
SOME GUY: Jail! I don't give a damn about jail!
You can take me to jail!
POSSE: Take me to jail!
SOME GUY: Lock me up!
POSSE: Lock me up!
SOME GUY: Throw away the key!
POSSE: Throw away the key!
SOME GUY: I ain't afraid of fucking a man's ass!!!
(turn table scratches, music stops, people stop dancing)
POSSE: Whoah...
SOME GIRL: He trippin'...
SOME GUY: Ain't you ever been in the shower, and the suds go down the crack of a man's ass and......
HA! I was fooling ya'll! Those were jokes!
Don't feed the trolls...
So, you're either a troll, or a...
... Which is still a troll
You shouldn't have had to asked if I was troll in the first place. I made it about as blatently fucking obvious the first time. You sir, need to develop some convictions.
I bet when you were in high school or college (if you're not still in school) you didn't clue in that a lack of eye contact really meant she didn't want to dance with you. She's not shy, she's trying to ignore you in as polite a way as she can.
I can understand one wanting to hedge thier bets, but this is silly. I was obviously troll and NOT an 11 year old girl, but I said nothing, knowing you were playing it safe (despite blatent clues)
This time, you have no other option, but to conclude that I'm a very blatent troll.
So, you're either a troll, or a
If you had any convictions, you wouldn't have made it to the ", or a", even if the other option boils down to being a troll. It's superfluous and just plain silly!
Earth and Justice to You, Fucko!
It's not lame! I got four responses... I thought it was original, in a sort of blatant stereotypical knock off brand of original.
PS, Try going to FAO Schwartz sometime (if you haven't) to see some of the most amazing Barbies. They have Irish Princess Barbie, Asian Goddess Barbie, Marilyn and James Dean Barbie, to name just a few of the FAO Schwartz exclusive collection of Barbies. (Seriously, It's an amazing toy store)
TTFN (Ta-Ta-For-Now)
My troll was much more obvious than you're troll!
Oh wait, your not trolling...
(Psst... I know your trolling. I love you're method. Now you write back, but don't let everybody else know...)
If you've ever worked with UNIX then you might know that stupid mainframe programmers don't program for it. Unix programmers are smarter than everybody else and would never use 2 digits for a date (That's stupid!)
Besides, Y2K is over!!! Earth to McFly!!!!
Did you bother to think, "How can you store data in 3D laser pictures?"
No you didn't!!!!
Next time, think before you post!!!
Why don't you just say what you want to say to my face instead of using secret codes like NAMBLA?
) sses
I'll tell you what NAMBLA stands for...
(N)-Sync
(A)nd
(M)e
(B)eating
(L)oosers
(A
You're stupid and everybody hates you!
You slashdot "geeks" think you're pretty smart, but your just jeleous of N-Sync because you know you couldn't dance and sing because everybody would hate you!
Lance Bass was supposed to go in space, but the stupid people with the money were too stupid not to pay the Russians. Didn't they know if Lance went to space, everybody would love Nsync and stop buy BSB records because they suck ass and are stupid!
Your so stupid because your just jeleous.
I hate you!!!
Hey, I want some of that karma too!
Me too??? (Reloads page (Score:-1 Getting lame)...) Shit...
Is it me, or is anybody else imagining Homer on Slashdot getting caught up the frenzy of +5 funny posts?
Homer: Ooooh!!! Look at me!!! I'm funny!!! Make my message funny too!!!
(reloads page)
Homer: (screams) Ahh!!! (-1 Troll)??? But I was funny... I'll get you Taco!!!! Mmm.... Tacos...