the middle age european cities got a tremendous growth because local farmers could flock in there and once they lived there for a year they were free persons.
Interesting, I've never heard that before. Do you have more info, a website or anything?
But, seriously, your argument against my assertion that governments artificially encourage people to move to cities away from farms, is to provide an example of governments giving legal incentives for farmers to move to cities? And you think my analysis is "stupid"?
Why do we keep building on flood plains and omitting the obvious - that they will flood?
Anyone who has played Empire Earth knows the answer to this.
You build cities on the best agricultural land in order to discourage farming. This forces people to move to cities for work. This makes industrialization easier, makes controlling the population easier, and generally enables a more hierarchical society, what some might call "civilization".
(1) the direct loss-of-income to the patent-holder due to the public knowledge of your successful replication of their patented product
This sounds like something you just made up. As the grandparent noted, that knowledge is out there in the form of the patent itself. It's required; in fact, it's a crucial element of the patent system, sine quae non. If you don't know how to make the patented product, you don't know whether you've violated the patent.
Also, you're misinterpreting Grokster. It isn't the knowledge of how to violate the patent that is the problem. It's the person selling a "patent violator" device. Grokster basically just reaffirmed the notion that selling a machine that makes a patented product is no different from selling the patented product to begin with.
Be sure to do it before you go up to the register and check out. Oh, and take a buddy with you to witness.
By selling it to you, Lexmark's agent (Best Buy) agrees to your modifications.
If Best Buy isn't actually Lexmark's agent (ie has permission to sublicense), then the EULA applies to them, not you. By selling it at all, they have violated Lexmark's patent. In fact, by purporting to sublicense Lexmark patents without actually being an agent of Lexmark, Best Buy is committing fraud.
So who pays for roads, traffic police, pollution control, and other traffic-related costs in your country then, if it's not coming from fuel tax?
It does come from fuel tax, about 40 cents per gallon, half to the Feds and half to the States. We're not exactly sure where the Fed's part goes, probably to pork spending in whatever State's representative controls the transportation committee. The States shoulder most of the burden of maintenance.
Heck, who pays for the stabilisation of the oil-producing middle-east countries, if it doesn't come from fuel tax? Does the government just assume that everyone is interested in funding that?
Bankers. Either they print more money when they can (causing inflation) or they rely on interest from the astounding amount of debt Americans maintain. Lately it's been (you guessed it) debt.
And, yes, since most of that money goes to the military, and since Americans are easily scared, fundie dipshits, politicians can pretty much assume that everybody is interested in paying for it.
We drive about 10x more than you guys. It's not uncommon to work in a completely different city than where you live, driving for an hour on a highway to get to work. I know a guy who commutes every day from another state, at least two hours away. In Europe, that'd be like commuting from another country.
An extra dimension could be analogous to a string of parallel universes.
A dimension is really just a layer of reality. It's an escape. It's another variable in the equation and it's value affects all the other variables.
Think about a multiverse with two universes. Assuming each universe is composed of three spatial dimensions and one time dimension, how many dimensions does the multiverse contain? Eight? Five?
We do not produce food, filter water, or build dikes. We do technology.
But, don't you get it? Those are areas that benefit from technology too! Obviously some of them seem to be lacking!
People need food. They need houses. They need clean water. You may not have a great need for those things at the moment. But if you're sitting in an air conditioned room typing on the internet, you're in the top 10% of the world population. New Orleans has just been reduced to the bottom 10%.
When all is said and done, and a 100-year disaster happens, your technology doesn't mean shit. Electronic gadgets aren't the only technology you can produce, like "I'm just a rocket scientist, I can't filter water." America's greatest minds have always made technology relevant to average people. Einstein consulted on canal projects. Nuclear scientists took time to help people prepare to survive nuclear attack. Please, at least try to make it matter.
I don't know which is worse, that the current denizens of NOLA feel the need to act like animals or that most people think sending in commandos and wi-fi will help them.
There is a ridiculous disconnect here in the US. And it's not between Democrats and Republicans, between black and white, or between labor and management. It's between those with wi-fi and those without homes.
You're right. But Kazaa does a good job of covering their butts. Their EULA makes you agree not to download copyrighted materials.
That line you mention on their website could be completely innocent. There are all sorts of songs, games, programs, images, etc. with licenses that explicitly allow you to download and share them.
Even still, a relative of mine honestly thought that, since he purchased Kazaa, he had paid for the songs he downloaded.
Spot on. And what that means is that for people who don't know what they're doing (which is a surprisingly large portion of IT), there are two scenarios:
1) They choose Windows. They set it up and it works great, for a while. Eventually they get to the point that it is no longer manageable. They either:
a) fake it, buy lots of management software, and tell eveyone how great Windows is.
b) call an expert.
2) They choose Linux/Unix. They are completely lost. They give up and tell everyone that Linux/Unix sucks.
You wouldn't believe how many times I've heard "Windows is great, except for this one thing..." or "We want a system that does X, Y, and Z." (me:)"Windows doesn't do that." "We want Windows." or "We would switch to Linux, but we want to have a graphical interface." Ad nauseum...
In that case, it was ruled that wearing black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War was okay because (1) the students were quiet and passive (2) the students were not being disruptive and (3) the students were not impinging upon others rights.
You haven't yet given an example of clothing that infringes on any of those requirements.
Besides, that's not really what that decision says anyways:
The District Court concluded that the action of the school authorities was reasonable because it was based upon their fear of a disturbance from the wearing of the armbands. But, in our system, undifferentiated fear or apprehension of disturbance is not enough to overcome the right to freedom of expression. Any departure from absolute regimentation may cause trouble. Any variation from the majority's opinion may inspire fear. Any word spoken, in class, in the lunchroom, or on the campus, that deviates from the views of another person may start an argument or cause a disturbance. But our Constitution says we must take this risk
And under the pretense of first amendment protection?
Come, now. The First Amendment has been broadly interpreted, but it's not that broad. There are nine other amendments in the Bill of Rights you know. Some of them even protect expression that isn't speech.
Finally, I am an American. I was born in Arizona, raised in Iowa, went to school in California, and now live in Nevada.
Please accept my apologies, then, for implying that you were of anything less than American stock.
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the middle age european cities got a tremendous growth because local farmers could flock in there and once they lived there for a year they were free persons.
Interesting, I've never heard that before. Do you have more info, a website or anything?
But, seriously, your argument against my assertion that governments artificially encourage people to move to cities away from farms, is to provide an example of governments giving legal incentives for farmers to move to cities? And you think my analysis is "stupid"?
I had the same thought as well. But Red Cross is a non-profit. They probably aren't allowed to keep a stockpile of funds past the current fiscal year.
Why do we keep building on flood plains and omitting the obvious - that they will flood?
Anyone who has played Empire Earth knows the answer to this.
You build cities on the best agricultural land in order to discourage farming. This forces people to move to cities for work. This makes industrialization easier, makes controlling the population easier, and generally enables a more hierarchical society, what some might call "civilization".
(1) the direct loss-of-income to the patent-holder due to the public knowledge of your successful replication of their patented product
This sounds like something you just made up. As the grandparent noted, that knowledge is out there in the form of the patent itself. It's required; in fact, it's a crucial element of the patent system, sine quae non. If you don't know how to make the patented product, you don't know whether you've violated the patent.
Also, you're misinterpreting Grokster. It isn't the knowledge of how to violate the patent that is the problem. It's the person selling a "patent violator" device. Grokster basically just reaffirmed the notion that selling a machine that makes a patented product is no different from selling the patented product to begin with.
Be sure to do it before you go up to the register and check out. Oh, and take a buddy with you to witness.
By selling it to you, Lexmark's agent (Best Buy) agrees to your modifications.
If Best Buy isn't actually Lexmark's agent (ie has permission to sublicense), then the EULA applies to them, not you. By selling it at all, they have violated Lexmark's patent. In fact, by purporting to sublicense Lexmark patents without actually being an agent of Lexmark, Best Buy is committing fraud.
Can't get punative damages without actual damages. Try again...
I don't know how the parent got modded to zero, but the article referenced is quite interesting.
So who pays for roads, traffic police, pollution control, and other traffic-related costs in your country then, if it's not coming from fuel tax?
It does come from fuel tax, about 40 cents per gallon, half to the Feds and half to the States. We're not exactly sure where the Fed's part goes, probably to pork spending in whatever State's representative controls the transportation committee. The States shoulder most of the burden of maintenance.
Heck, who pays for the stabilisation of the oil-producing middle-east countries, if it doesn't come from fuel tax? Does the government just assume that everyone is interested in funding that?
Bankers. Either they print more money when they can (causing inflation) or they rely on interest from the astounding amount of debt Americans maintain. Lately it's been (you guessed it) debt.
And, yes, since most of that money goes to the military, and since Americans are easily scared, fundie dipshits, politicians can pretty much assume that everybody is interested in paying for it.
We drive about 10x more than you guys. It's not uncommon to work in a completely different city than where you live, driving for an hour on a highway to get to work. I know a guy who commutes every day from another state, at least two hours away. In Europe, that'd be like commuting from another country.
Well then you had better get to work creating affordable fuel cells.
and it's value affects all the other variables.
Sorry, but this is bullshit. Should have said it is independent of other variables.
An extra dimension could be analogous to a string of parallel universes.
A dimension is really just a layer of reality. It's an escape. It's another variable in the equation and it's value affects all the other variables.
Think about a multiverse with two universes. Assuming each universe is composed of three spatial dimensions and one time dimension, how many dimensions does the multiverse contain? Eight? Five?
Those particular original intentions have been clearly modified by amendments.
First off, the word "God" is nowhere in the US Constitution.
Secondly, "Creator" is about as religion-neutral a term as is humanly possible.
Third, the US Constitution is most closely related to the constitution of the Iroquois, who were decidedly non-Christian.
people in the far future will need communications to survive.
What future is that? Are you saying we'll have to check in with the government every so often or be terminated?
Seriously, you all are out of touch. Sounds like you drank your own Kool-Aid. Take a camping trip.
We do not produce food, filter water, or build dikes. We do technology.
But, don't you get it? Those are areas that benefit from technology too! Obviously some of them seem to be lacking!
People need food. They need houses. They need clean water. You may not have a great need for those things at the moment. But if you're sitting in an air conditioned room typing on the internet, you're in the top 10% of the world population. New Orleans has just been reduced to the bottom 10%.
When all is said and done, and a 100-year disaster happens, your technology doesn't mean shit. Electronic gadgets aren't the only technology you can produce, like "I'm just a rocket scientist, I can't filter water." America's greatest minds have always made technology relevant to average people. Einstein consulted on canal projects. Nuclear scientists took time to help people prepare to survive nuclear attack. Please, at least try to make it matter.
Evolution is about the survival of the finest, not the luckiest
A Freudian slip, in an argument over evolution. It doesn't get any better...
You're assuming, of course, that intelligence is hereditary.
Given:
1) Evolution is correct, and
2) Humans evolved intelligence,
That would have to be true.
I don't know which is worse, that the current denizens of NOLA feel the need to act like animals or that most people think sending in commandos and wi-fi will help them.
There is a ridiculous disconnect here in the US. And it's not between Democrats and Republicans, between black and white, or between labor and management. It's between those with wi-fi and those without homes.
1) Nationalize State militias.
2) Make entire country dependent on just-in-time everything.
3) Send military (and militias) to fight a needless war.
4) Add layers of bureaucracy to emergency response.
5) Stop spending money on infrastructure.
6) Hurricane
7) ???
8) profit!!!
You're right. But Kazaa does a good job of covering their butts. Their EULA makes you agree not to download copyrighted materials.
That line you mention on their website could be completely innocent. There are all sorts of songs, games, programs, images, etc. with licenses that explicitly allow you to download and share them.
Even still, a relative of mine honestly thought that, since he purchased Kazaa, he had paid for the songs he downloaded.
His noodlieness was not "invented". He was "revealed".
Ramen to that brother.
Spot on. And what that means is that for people who don't know what they're doing (which is a surprisingly large portion of IT), there are two scenarios:
1) They choose Windows. They set it up and it works great, for a while. Eventually they get to the point that it is no longer manageable. They either:
a) fake it, buy lots of management software, and tell eveyone how great Windows is.
b) call an expert.
2) They choose Linux/Unix. They are completely lost. They give up and tell everyone that Linux/Unix sucks.
You wouldn't believe how many times I've heard "Windows is great, except for this one thing..." or "We want a system that does X, Y, and Z." (me:)"Windows doesn't do that." "We want Windows." or "We would switch to Linux, but we want to have a graphical interface." Ad nauseum...
You haven't yet given an example of clothing that infringes on any of those requirements.
Besides, that's not really what that decision says anyways:
And under the pretense of first amendment protection?
Come, now. The First Amendment has been broadly interpreted, but it's not that broad. There are nine other amendments in the Bill of Rights you know. Some of them even protect expression that isn't speech.
Finally, I am an American. I was born in Arizona, raised in Iowa, went to school in California, and now live in Nevada.
Please accept my apologies, then, for implying that you were of anything less than American stock.