At last, a serendipitous discovery that moves medicine forward. And to think, it was discovered by accident during during one of those Saturday night brawls in the kitchen at the "Red Lobster" in Hackensack.
At last, we have a fairly reliable way to zero in and find life on Mars. Just find where these funnel-clouds congregate, and you are sure to find Martian trailer parks. Granted, I'm not sure that discovering "green trash" is the type of close encounter everyone's been expecting, but it is better than nothing.
"Okay then, how about we say democracy is an atrocious system because it led to the holocaust?"
Assuming that Nazi Germany was democratic (which is debatable), the answer is yes. Democracy can be fascistic (which includes socialistic). Yes, you can have a horrific oppressive government that is supported by the majority of the people. The power of the "mob" must be checked by having something rock-solid to protect inviduals from government oppression (such as a constitution).
By the way, I noticed your the other message about how Stalin corrupted things. Are you aware of how Lenin overthrew a democratic government and slaughtered hundreds of thousands, while invading and crushing many nations? Stalin is hardly worse than Lenin. He just ran with what Lenin set up for him. Lenin was a great inspiration to Mussolini, Mao, and Stalin and other men of that ilk.
Even though I was quoting the Who song from "Tommy", I thought your Twisted Sister lyrics were an appropriate expression of how we are fed up with this crap. Imagine a classic Twisted Sister music video with the Neidermeyer guy wearing Gates'-style messy blond hair and glasses, screaming at the kid "you want to listen to your music whenever and where you want to !!!!"
"Just because it's called socialism doesn't mean it's socialism"
So, it is only socialism if it is socialism you like? And, if it is a tool of bad guys, you don't like it and it is not socialism? Actually, it all does fit in with socialism, as it is a system where ruling elites own everything and the people own nothing.
"the original quote was regarding mass murder and genocide. to compare that to DRM trivializes it."
First they came for the moderators, and I did not speak out because I was not a moderator.
Then they came for the Trolls
and I did not speak out because I was not a Troll (although there are many in my foes list who will tell you different).
Then they came for the humorless Anonymous Cowards, and I did not speak up because I was not a humorless Anonymous Coward.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to post.
"If you've bought the sheet music then, yes, you have paid for a license to play it... if you've just photocopied it, then no..."
What if you are a pretty good musician with a pretty good ear, and are now playing the song, alone, on your piano because you pretty much memorized it from hearing it elsewhere? You've not paid a license...
"The assistant secretary... will he have to do jobs like answer the phone and take messages?"
American government department bosses are called secretaries, which leads many non-Americans to wonder if all they do is sit and answer the phone. Non-American government department bosses are called ministers, which leads many Americans to wonder why foreign governments seem to all be run by clergy.
"I understand you want to be in charge of cyber security. This interview will be short. There is just one question. Which OS do you have on your home computer?"
This almost goes without saying. It is like the parent troll is unfamiliar with television. Either that, or the only show he ever saw was one episode of "Darmha and Greg", and he based his judgment on this. I could see where he is coming from if this is the case.
"Marxism is long dead. Socialism is alive and well"
Socialism was a rather regressive idea cooked up by the imagination of Marx. If socialism lives, then Marxism lives. As long as you have greedy power-made elites robbing everyone while saying "I am doing this for the poor", socialism will live.
You talk as if it is a wonderful thing. Maybe it is more like listening to Ray Charles talk about the Goatse jpg than about a beautiful rainbow.
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We do, however, have large numbers of citizens who have fled to the United States because socialism made their home countries into hellholes. They've seen it, and have had plenty to say about it.
"No matter which pipe delivers it, TV is still the intellectual
equivalent of raw sewage"
The same is true of books and everything else. Television is subject to Sturgeon's Law no more and no less than everything else. The "smash your television!" mentality is dangerous close to the book-burner's mentality.
" To circumvent capitalism by pretending that only physical property can be valued or owned is disingenuous"
The problem with the value non-physical "property" (such as ideas, which is what IP boils down to) relates to scarcity.
Under capitalism, where things settle at their real value, physical objects can get expensive as a function of their scarcity and the demand for them. You can overcome scarcity through great effort, and that only works some of the time.
When it comes to ideas, you have a demand, but you don't have scarcity. Ideas naturally propagate much faster than rabbits. The real value of these ideas exists, but it is negligible compared to the value physical property. You can only get a substantial value on ideas by introducing some heavy artificial regulations that attempt to create scarcity: that's not very capitalist, is it? Regulations that artifically inflate the value of something way beyond its real value is what "circumvents capitalism".
"To circumvent capitalism by pretending that only physical property can be valued or owned is disingenuous"
You can own your idea, but once it gets in someone else's mind, someone else has their own copy.
Actually, it does. Which is why in a similar survey, Betamax might have won over VHS... and, similarly, the survey results would have nothing to do with whether or not either format ended up winning in the end.
It will eventually evolve into "consumer-side" DRM protection. Instead of having to deal with DRM for each media file/disk/etc or on each machine, the DRM screening is done with hardware worn by the consumer to filter anything going in or out. Looks something like this
Why don't they just cut to the chase and produce DRM-enabled eyeglasses for us to wear? They just turn opaque if we are viewing content we are not licensed to see. Package these with earplugs that keep out illegal MP3 sounds and the mouth-cork that prevents us from repeating privileged information. I, for one, welcome our "Tommy's Holiday Camp" overlords. It will give us time to hone our pinball skills.
"we're not gonna take it. da da da da da-da da. we're not gonna take it da da da da da-da da"
It's nothing more than the idea that ruling elites should have control over personal matters which should be left to the people. Stalinism? That's just a rather pure form of socialism.
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PETA will have the cow: as footwear. Next time they gather, look to see how many of those waco's are wearing leather shoes.
At last, a serendipitous discovery that moves medicine forward. And to think, it was discovered by accident during during one of those Saturday night brawls in the kitchen at the "Red Lobster" in Hackensack.
At last, we have a fairly reliable way to zero in and find life on Mars. Just find where these funnel-clouds congregate, and you are sure to find Martian trailer parks. Granted, I'm not sure that discovering "green trash" is the type of close encounter everyone's been expecting, but it is better than nothing.
Assuming that Nazi Germany was democratic (which is debatable), the answer is yes. Democracy can be fascistic (which includes socialistic). Yes, you can have a horrific oppressive government that is supported by the majority of the people. The power of the "mob" must be checked by having something rock-solid to protect inviduals from government oppression (such as a constitution).
By the way, I noticed your the other message about how Stalin corrupted things. Are you aware of how Lenin overthrew a democratic government and slaughtered hundreds of thousands, while invading and crushing many nations? Stalin is hardly worse than Lenin. He just ran with what Lenin set up for him. Lenin was a great inspiration to Mussolini, Mao, and Stalin and other men of that ilk.
Even though I was quoting the Who song from "Tommy", I thought your Twisted Sister lyrics were an appropriate expression of how we are fed up with this crap. Imagine a classic Twisted Sister music video with the Neidermeyer guy wearing Gates'-style messy blond hair and glasses, screaming at the kid "you want to listen to your music whenever and where you want to !!!!"
So, it is only socialism if it is socialism you like? And, if it is a tool of bad guys, you don't like it and it is not socialism? Actually, it all does fit in with socialism, as it is a system where ruling elites own everything and the people own nothing.
Did Google present some nice associated ad-links for James Bond cameras, trenchcoats, and Le Carre books while you were doing these searches?
First they came for the moderators, and I did not speak out because I was not a moderator.
Then they came for the Trolls and I did not speak out because I was not a Troll (although there are many in my foes list who will tell you different).
Then they came for the humorless Anonymous Cowards, and I did not speak up because I was not a humorless Anonymous Coward.
Then they came for me and there was no one left to post.
What if you are a pretty good musician with a pretty good ear, and are now playing the song, alone, on your piano because you pretty much memorized it from hearing it elsewhere? You've not paid a license...
Curses! There go my plans for Captain Amerimagnet and his mighty magnetic shield!
American government department bosses are called secretaries, which leads many non-Americans to wonder if all they do is sit and answer the phone. Non-American government department bosses are called ministers, which leads many Americans to wonder why foreign governments seem to all be run by clergy.
"I understand you want to be in charge of cyber security. This interview will be short. There is just one question. Which OS do you have on your home computer?"
This almost goes without saying. It is like the parent troll is unfamiliar with television. Either that, or the only show he ever saw was one episode of "Darmha and Greg", and he based his judgment on this. I could see where he is coming from if this is the case.
How, are the bullets faster and more lethal?
"Marxism is long dead. Socialism is alive and well"
Socialism was a rather regressive idea cooked up by the imagination of Marx. If socialism lives, then Marxism lives. As long as you have greedy power-made elites robbing everyone while saying "I am doing this for the poor", socialism will live.
You talk as if it is a wonderful thing. Maybe it is more like listening to Ray Charles talk about the Goatse jpg than about a beautiful rainbow. P We do, however, have large numbers of citizens who have fled to the United States because socialism made their home countries into hellholes. They've seen it, and have had plenty to say about it.
The same is true of books and everything else. Television is subject to Sturgeon's Law no more and no less than everything else. The "smash your television!" mentality is dangerous close to the book-burner's mentality.
The problem with the value non-physical "property" (such as ideas, which is what IP boils down to) relates to scarcity.
Under capitalism, where things settle at their real value, physical objects can get expensive as a function of their scarcity and the demand for them. You can overcome scarcity through great effort, and that only works some of the time.
When it comes to ideas, you have a demand, but you don't have scarcity. Ideas naturally propagate much faster than rabbits. The real value of these ideas exists, but it is negligible compared to the value physical property. You can only get a substantial value on ideas by introducing some heavy artificial regulations that attempt to create scarcity: that's not very capitalist, is it? Regulations that artifically inflate the value of something way beyond its real value is what "circumvents capitalism".
"To circumvent capitalism by pretending that only physical property can be valued or owned is disingenuous" You can own your idea, but once it gets in someone else's mind, someone else has their own copy.
I read this the other way.
Actually, it does. Which is why in a similar survey, Betamax might have won over VHS... and, similarly, the survey results would have nothing to do with whether or not either format ended up winning in the end.
It will eventually evolve into "consumer-side" DRM protection. Instead of having to deal with DRM for each media file/disk/etc or on each machine, the DRM screening is done with hardware worn by the consumer to filter anything going in or out. Looks something like this
But as soon as you turn the monitor off, you get a phone call from a federal department demanding you to turn it back on.
We're not gonna follow you any of those ways, although you think we must.
"we're not gonna take it. da da da da da-da da. we're not gonna take it da da da da da-da da"
Is that James Carville's new nickname?
It's nothing more than the idea that ruling elites should have control over personal matters which should be left to the people. Stalinism? That's just a rather pure form of socialism.