"And if he feels so creative, he is free to use that huge pile of money to create something new of his own."
I'm not privy to his contract, but my guess is that he actually is contractually barred from making any movies remotely similar to Star Wars. That's a typical clause in buyouts. Another typical clause is that you can't run around badmouthing the thing you sold, which I figure is why the next day after this interview he reversed himself and said how happy he was and how much he liked the movie. He probably got an angry call from Disney's lawyers threatening to invoke the clawback clause for disparaging public remarks. But, I don't know, that's all speculation.
I think the Supreme Court really miffed that question. In my opinion, a "limited term" cannot be extended, ever; because if it can then it can be extended forever -- which of course is the situation today. Moreover, in my opinion a "limited term" should be understood in terms of human experience, meaning the limit should allow that a human who lives a normal human lifetime will experience the end of the term. Thus copyrights should be limited by the typical human lifetime (75 years, maybe 100 years if you are generous) and should be fixed by the law at the time of the copyright assignment.
Yeah, we can't "grow forever", but the universe is vast, we can grow for a long, long time -- a trillion years, at least, probably. So let's not worry about it quite yet.
Preparing the site then installing, maintaining, replacing, and eventually removing the panels. Managing accounts for buying and selling the electricity. Making business decisions for the operation.
I don't know, it sounded to me like the internet got all the facts right. The response from the town officials was stupid: they complained that there were already some solar panels nearby (sounds good, let's have more) and said that the solar panels might be near homes (yeah, bro, people put solar panels directly on homes). If those are the best excuses he has, then he has no good excuses.
“How would you and your family like to live in the middle of a solar farm, surrounded on all four sides?” said Lane
Um, a heck of a lot?
Solar farms are silent, nonpolluting, and provide jobs. It's hard to think of a better neighbor than that. Maybe I could work there and walk to work. Sounds awesome. Please build one next to my house, then another one other side.
Ultimately, he said, the Strata Solar project was not doomed by irrational fears. The photovoltaic panels were proposed just 50 feet from residential homes
Oh noes! FIFTY FEET! That's super close! He'd better do something, or else pretty soon people might start attaching solar cells directly to their homes!
If you are a supporter of "small government", congratulations, you helped end the space program.
And I'm not being facetious. There are a lot of people who thought it was a waste of money and they successfully destroyed the space program using "small government" as the talking point. I'm not on their political team, but I congratulate their success.
How the hell do we continue to write legislation (and agreements) without using git?
git blame Paris_Accord.txt
This would tell you everything you need to know about who changed that word.
Can someone please tell lawmakers that this is a solved problem? I keep seeing stories that like "someone slipped in a rider to this bill, but we don't know who did it". Don't know!? What the hell are you talking about? How can you possibly not know?
Um... typically "good guy with a gun" doesn't include "authority figures highly trained and authorized to carry small weapons". But if that's what it means to you then yeah, armed authorities respond to crimes, thanks for making sure I knew that. I did.
By doing what, going and trying to shoot up a crowd, and seeing if I can get away from the scene before someone shoots me? I don't need to do that test, hundreds of others have already done it for me this year alone.
Look at that list. It has 10 events on it and it covers 19 years. Meanwhile, we've had 355 mass shootings this year. Case closed, the incidence of people protecting themselves with guns is practically zero. It's a fantasy.
Your position is exactly my position. I think we should lower the threshold on which guns we allow. We already ban a lot of guns, I'd like to just bad some more. In fact I don't even think we need to ban them, it would be good enough to keep them locked in armories (shooting ranges, militia headquarters, hunting clubs).
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What are the odds that the "new young Jedi" gets her hand cut off in the next movie?
"And if he feels so creative, he is free to use that huge pile of money to create something new of his own."
I'm not privy to his contract, but my guess is that he actually is contractually barred from making any movies remotely similar to Star Wars. That's a typical clause in buyouts. Another typical clause is that you can't run around badmouthing the thing you sold, which I figure is why the next day after this interview he reversed himself and said how happy he was and how much he liked the movie. He probably got an angry call from Disney's lawyers threatening to invoke the clawback clause for disparaging public remarks. But, I don't know, that's all speculation.
I think the Supreme Court really miffed that question. In my opinion, a "limited term" cannot be extended, ever; because if it can then it can be extended forever -- which of course is the situation today. Moreover, in my opinion a "limited term" should be understood in terms of human experience, meaning the limit should allow that a human who lives a normal human lifetime will experience the end of the term. Thus copyrights should be limited by the typical human lifetime (75 years, maybe 100 years if you are generous) and should be fixed by the law at the time of the copyright assignment.
We don't use them very often, but we do still make stone tablets in the form of headstones and the occasional monument.
The Archos 5 has a radio which is disabled unless you send them some extra money.
Yeah, we can't "grow forever", but the universe is vast, we can grow for a long, long time -- a trillion years, at least, probably. So let's not worry about it quite yet.
^^ this is asinine. It's the kind of bullshit argument that oligarchs made against democracy at the outset of the American Revolution.
Stolen? Why don't the Chinese and Indians deserve jobs? Can't you compete?
Preparing the site then installing, maintaining, replacing, and eventually removing the panels. Managing accounts for buying and selling the electricity. Making business decisions for the operation.
Photovoltaics wouldn't work if they reflected sunlight. That's the opposite of what they do.
The town gave its reasons, and they are bad reasons. "We already have solar, and the solar is near homes". Those are terrible reasons.
Worst detail: that was a SCIENCE TEACHER. Holy shit.
Story: Town Rejects Thing For Bad Reason
Truth: Town Explains Its Bad Reasons For Rejecting Thing
The town's reasons are bad reasons. The internet got this one right.
I don't know, it sounded to me like the internet got all the facts right. The response from the town officials was stupid: they complained that there were already some solar panels nearby (sounds good, let's have more) and said that the solar panels might be near homes (yeah, bro, people put solar panels directly on homes). If those are the best excuses he has, then he has no good excuses.
“How would you and your family like to live in the middle of a solar farm, surrounded on all four sides?” said Lane
Um, a heck of a lot?
Solar farms are silent, nonpolluting, and provide jobs. It's hard to think of a better neighbor than that. Maybe I could work there and walk to work. Sounds awesome. Please build one next to my house, then another one other side.
Ultimately, he said, the Strata Solar project was not doomed by irrational fears. The photovoltaic panels were proposed just 50 feet from residential homes
Oh noes! FIFTY FEET! That's super close! He'd better do something, or else pretty soon people might start attaching solar cells directly to their homes!
I think the internet got this one right.
If you are a supporter of "small government", congratulations, you helped end the space program.
And I'm not being facetious. There are a lot of people who thought it was a waste of money and they successfully destroyed the space program using "small government" as the talking point. I'm not on their political team, but I congratulate their success.
How the hell do we continue to write legislation (and agreements) without using git?
git blame Paris_Accord.txt
This would tell you everything you need to know about who changed that word.
Can someone please tell lawmakers that this is a solved problem? I keep seeing stories that like "someone slipped in a rider to this bill, but we don't know who did it". Don't know!? What the hell are you talking about? How can you possibly not know?
Um... typically "good guy with a gun" doesn't include "authority figures highly trained and authorized to carry small weapons". But if that's what it means to you then yeah, armed authorities respond to crimes, thanks for making sure I knew that. I did.
Whoa golly! Too bad someone didn't prevent that gangmember from having a gun! Someone should do something about that!
By doing what, going and trying to shoot up a crowd, and seeing if I can get away from the scene before someone shoots me? I don't need to do that test, hundreds of others have already done it for me this year alone.
"Armed civilians stop would-be mass shooters all the time"
No, they don't do that all the times, they do that in incredibly rare circumstances which could be mostly prevented in other ways.
And did you seriously cite with a screed from Monster Hunter Nation? Uh, okay...
Oh, I see you read the Washington Post. Good for you!
Look at that list. It has 10 events on it and it covers 19 years. Meanwhile, we've had 355 mass shootings this year. Case closed, the incidence of people protecting themselves with guns is practically zero. It's a fantasy.
"You won't hear about it in the national media because there is a [conspiracy against me]"
Uh huh. Yeah, the whole world is trying to keep you down, AC.
"Wanna know why"
Yeah, it's because police stations and shooting ranges and gun stores are 0.05% of places. Less, in fact.
Your position is exactly my position. I think we should lower the threshold on which guns we allow. We already ban a lot of guns, I'd like to just bad some more. In fact I don't even think we need to ban them, it would be good enough to keep them locked in armories (shooting ranges, militia headquarters, hunting clubs).