"The GOVERNMENT can't search. When you search the internet with a search site, you are using a private or publicly owned companies services."
The MOMENT an Artificial Legal Entity begs The People ( via The State ) for PERMISSION to incorporate, and enjoy the benefits thereof, they AGREE to operate in the Public Interest, sacrificing RIGHTS for Priviledges.
Now, since The Gov't Cant Spy On Us, how can the permit THEIR CREATION to do something they can't?
"Because in the US, (and forgive me if you are not a US citizen), the right to privacy is an implied right, and not explicitly stated in the Constitution."
The classic "I Failed Civics" answer.
Things that aren't EXPLICITLY STATED in the Constitution are OFFICIALLY not the Federal Gov'ts Business. ( read the 9th and 10th Amendments )
Therefore, since the Federal Government IS NOT GIVEN AUTHORITY to breach our privacy, they HAVE NO AUTHORITY to breach our privacy.
The assumption that if a Right isn't GRANTED, then it doesn't exist is Slave-think, not what REAL AMERICANS believe.
The stopped being "Private" when they begged The People for permission to Incorporate.
As part of that PERMISSION to Incorporate, they AGREED to act in the Public Interest, otherwise, WHY would The People extend priviledges to Artifical Legal Entites?
How can a Government grant it's CREATION, the Corporation, priviledges the Government doesn't have?
If a company didn't want to OBEY THE PEOPLE, they didn't have the BEG PERMISSION to incorporate, and agree to The People's rules.
Why is that concept SO HARD for the sheeple to get?
Could Americans have LOST the Bravery needed to actually BE free, because it seems that we're at a point where you're not even allowed to own and use PROPERTY without approval.
I wonder when exactly the Airlines forgot they needed to obey the Constitution. A State cannot give an artificial legal entity priviledges it doesn't have, such violating the security of our persons, papers and effects.
When any Artificial Legal Entity BEGS permission from The People to exist, ( By submitting, say Articles of Organization to the Office of the Secretary of State ) they AGREE to abide by The Peoples Regulations as a condition of issuance of Corporate Existance.
PREDICATED UPON The Peoples PERMISSION for a Corporation to EXIST is that it operates in The Public Interest, otherwise, what possible reason could exist for The People extending priviledges to Artificial Legal Entities?
I say the RIAA has violated it's DUTY and RESPONSIBILITIES to The People, shown it cannot be trusted, and should have it's Corporate Existance Ended by the courts.
Seriously. One of my favorites really thinks 192.169.1.0/24 is a valid private ip address.
Since the "Suits" perception of "IT Expert" is a Windows Monkey who is better than they are, needing to actually UNDERSTAND how it all works together isn't a requirement.
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when singers throw your mics around!
While the issues may be different, the idea of taking a PROBLEM and rendering it into an opportunity is the same.
I feel that establishing a fair and positive method of getting reimbursed for damaged gear is both professional and wise.
I just wanted to comment on the attitudes adopted. I have been following the broken gear comments and there seems to be a missing angle.
The angle of embracing the damage as a expense (reimbursable or not) and smiling all the way through, is one that has served us well towards success.
In my opinion, it is quite common for sound vendors to lose perspective of the bigger picture and take an adversarial position against the bands over minor things.
How much is the damage really? $20 mic ball? $30 mic stand when new and now valuable parts to fix the 3 other dead ones? Is it our job to train bands to be 'good' and not break things that are 'valuable'?
Or are we just to get our stuff destroyed with no recourse?
Or is there a positive middle ground to be sought out?
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If anything, we had much trouble affording "non-dented" mics. We had no record company budgets and finally moved after the third robbery.
We did make friends with a few bands, though, that really appreciated us not yelling at them for breaking stuff and loved how we took it as a challenge to build stronger more durable gear.
Around the time of that photo we worked at Fender's, a club in Long Beach, CA. One band not only used to break our gear, and smash mic stands into wedges, but they were less than friendly regarding monitor world as well. And, these guys would get naked and paint themselves with florescent paint and get the paint on everything. Cleaning nightmare!
About 4 years after that photo, an almost unknown band was the opener on a tour we did, our first tour above a club level. Well, the singer broke a mic stand every night and destroyed a mic every third night. Plus he jumped on the wedges, bashed the mic stand into the wedges and climbed all over the gear/PA during the show.
So we worked out a deal with the and ordered a few cases of mic stands and some spare mics and sold them to the band at our cost as they broke and did our best to repair things. We worked to "minimize" the expence to the band so they could perform as they pleased.
Who would have known that Pearl Jam would become so popular? And who would have guessed that they would be openening for the that damn band that painted themselves at Fender's, Chili Peppers.
And they are just as welcome to break our stuff now as they were back when they were poor and unknown and Rat Sound was poorer and unknowner.
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Where WAS George from April 1972, to October 1972?
Yeah, one would figure that clear violations of the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments, 50US1802 and 50USC1805 would be enough...
Welcome to The New America: We have Torture, Secret Prisons, and Domestic Spies the Nazis and Commies would have given their right tit for.
It's really, really scary how many people don't balance their checkbooks.
It's the least you can do.
We DO hold accused criminals accountable, don't we?
Aw, shit.
"Criminal investigation is an excellent reason to terminate the relationship."
Innocent until PROVEN GUILTY ring a bell?
And can an ARTIFICIAL LEGAL ENTITIY created by a Government, be granted by that Government priviledges the Government does not possess?
Can the Creation of a Constitutional Entity LAWFULLY act unconstitutionally?
Being Free means living with the risks.
When you're terrified of Gatorade On A Plane, you're not Free.
I don't think my point is clear.
The CREATION of the MythTV platform IS a recreation activity.
Think of it like pimping a car, but different.
It is if you enjoy it.
$30/hour is peanuts for some people entertainment budget.
"I hope that people will vote"
I hope that people will vote, then take the rest of the day off to STAND IN THEIR POLLING PLACE, and make DAMN SURE their vote is counted correctly...
AND LYNCING anyone who TRIES to tamper with their vote.
ONLY THEN do we have a chance of an honest election.
I'm bumming myself out.
"But they are not like the kid working a register at the gas station."
They will be!
When did The People grant the authority to The Government to create things with more authority than The Government?
So they need to have a system where they swipe the document, and if the light's green, the person's clean.
It'll work just like credit cards, you get an auth from the machine, the operator doesn't bother checking signatures.
"The GOVERNMENT can't search. When you search the internet with a search site, you are using a private or publicly owned companies services."
The MOMENT an Artificial Legal Entity begs The People ( via The State ) for PERMISSION to incorporate, and enjoy the benefits thereof, they AGREE to operate in the Public Interest, sacrificing RIGHTS for Priviledges.
Now, since The Gov't Cant Spy On Us, how can the permit THEIR CREATION to do something they can't?
"Because in the US, (and forgive me if you are not a US citizen), the right to privacy is an implied right, and not explicitly stated in the Constitution."
The classic "I Failed Civics" answer.
Things that aren't EXPLICITLY STATED in the Constitution are OFFICIALLY not the Federal Gov'ts Business. ( read the 9th and 10th Amendments )
Therefore, since the Federal Government IS NOT GIVEN AUTHORITY to breach our privacy, they HAVE NO AUTHORITY to breach our privacy.
The assumption that if a Right isn't GRANTED, then it doesn't exist is Slave-think, not what REAL AMERICANS believe.
The stopped being "Private" when they begged The People for permission to Incorporate.
As part of that PERMISSION to Incorporate, they AGREED to act in the Public Interest, otherwise, WHY would The People extend priviledges to Artifical Legal Entites?
How can a Government grant it's CREATION, the Corporation, priviledges the Government doesn't have?
If a company didn't want to OBEY THE PEOPLE, they didn't have the BEG PERMISSION to incorporate, and agree to The People's rules.
Why is that concept SO HARD for the sheeple to get?
Are companies permitting people to put company laptops into UNSECURED checked luggage?
Could Americans have LOST the Bravery needed to actually BE free, because it seems that we're at a point where you're not even allowed to own and use PROPERTY without approval.
I wonder when exactly the Airlines forgot they needed to obey the Constitution. A State cannot give an artificial legal entity priviledges it doesn't have, such violating the security of our persons, papers and effects.
When any Artificial Legal Entity BEGS permission from The People to exist, ( By submitting, say Articles of Organization to the Office of the Secretary of State ) they AGREE to abide by The Peoples Regulations as a condition of issuance of Corporate Existance.
PREDICATED UPON The Peoples PERMISSION for a Corporation to EXIST is that it operates in The Public Interest, otherwise, what possible reason could exist for The People extending priviledges to Artificial Legal Entities?
I say the RIAA has violated it's DUTY and RESPONSIBILITIES to The People, shown it cannot be trusted, and should have it's Corporate Existance Ended by the courts.
"If you videotape a crime then you are obligated to report it. "
That cuts both ways, but as we've seen, NYPD among others has a habit of providing EDITED TAPES when supoeaed.
IF you want to hold The People to a standard, FIRST hold The Man to it.
Seriously. One of my favorites really thinks 192.169.1.0/24 is a valid private ip address.
Since the "Suits" perception of "IT Expert" is a Windows Monkey who is better than they are, needing to actually UNDERSTAND how it all works together isn't a requirement.
Since I haven't done anything wrong, why are you surveilling my phone and internet traffic?
Another COPYRIGHT issue.
Did they properly attribute Tux's creator Larry Ewing?
"Permission to use and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge me lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP if someone asks."
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Doing the Gig (Moderator: Forum Admin)
when singers throw your mics around!
While the issues may be different, the idea of taking a PROBLEM and rendering it into an opportunity is the same.
Get it measured, and documented by a real audio pro. Then sue him.
Can't argue with objective, professional measurements.