Why not conceive of some weird scheme - I am sure those that are lawyers here would refine it - that would legally screw them back? Like this:
No agreement I've seen prohibits you from owning a corporation or a part of it (duh!). Sign up your grandmother to work for the corp, giving full rights to her work to the corp, make yourself the sole shareholder, bingo!
...or is it Herr Ashcroft?
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DOJ targeting legalization advocates, that is, just another group of people lobbying to change their country's laws peacefully. I see, Comrade Ashcroft...
We once had a James Bond naming theme, with the servers being villains, workstations - Bond girls, etc. All done just for the pleasure of naming the printer Q.
No, read the whole Lord of the Rings first.
This is how you should read it. Labor for it,
don't recline in a comfy chair while the
characters toil and fight.
I agree, the drug companies' greed is out
of control, and while people are dying left and right of curable diseases in the third world... no, wait... these guys
added ANOTHER commercial for my not-giving-a-flying-fuck-about-anything-beyond-my- TV ass to watch? Now this is personal!
This reminds me of a woman I have heard of; she has an IQ of around 75 and a PHD.
First, IQ is a load of crap. High IQ is largely a measure of how good you are at taking IQ tests - and I've seen a fair number of them where you can just see the answer they want, but don't want you to be too "smart". Other answers may do just as well, but you have to think in a pattern the test designers wanted you to.
Second, how many PhDs are granted in a year? Are all of these people really smart? Please...
If you are easily replaceable, that's your own damn fault. The fact that there are those willing to replace you means that the job, however foul to you, is desirable to others.
If you put in two weeks of work and don't get the check in time it's your own damn fault.
If your manager bullshits to you about the check until you're kicked out by your landlord for not paying the rent it's your damn fault.
The company's goal is to make a profit. It is not to honor a contract - with some drone who can't afford a lawyer.
My little libertarian friends, tie your feet to the chair legs and spare the knee-jerk responses.
The goal of the company is to make a profit. Not to make the world a better place.
So is the goal of an armed robber. So what?
It's amazing how all this "tough shit" talk completely ignores the things even a laissez-faire person should find abhorrent. Delayed checks? That is not capitalism, that is fraud. People have done work for you, you are refusing to pay them - what the hell is that?
We didn't "let" him in, he weaseled his way in due to a bug in an archaic election system
Well, for starters, who the fuck stopped you (us, I should say) from FIXING the bug in the archaic voting system?
And furthermore, it is not like he got 5% of the
popular vote. The support for him was significant. Given the choice, of course, I'd go with the dope-smoker and skirt-chaser over a coke-snorting fratboy, but that dope smoker just goes out of his way so much to prove that he's smarter than me that it gets annoying. At least the Shrub never pretended to be a philosopher.
How much are you paid to perform this service? How does it contribute to the economic welfare of your household? In broader terms, while it may be quite satisfying to you as an individual, how does it increase the welfare or economic wealth of whatever society in which you participate?
See here, if I am paid for my book or CD, then
I have contributed something of value to society? The fact is that the person who bought it considered it of value, on par with material goods. Now if I am simply giving the same thing away, does it not mean that all these people are getting more value?
The stereotype of the 'hungry artist', moreover,
is not necessarily something that must persist even through the latest progress wave. Why?
Finally, cultural values DO contribute to society, translating into quite material value.
Consider the much-touted principles of self-reliance and work-ethic. Are these material goods? No. Do they contribute to the economic development of a society? Sure.
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On the other hand, feel free to create
a very controversial work that your employer
will have the rights to. A porn movie,
perhaps.
IANAL, but...
Why not conceive of some weird scheme - I am sure
those that are lawyers here would refine it -
that would legally screw them back? Like this:
No agreement I've seen prohibits you from
owning a corporation or a part of it (duh!).
Sign up your grandmother to work for the corp,
giving full rights to her work to the corp,
make yourself the sole shareholder, bingo!
DOJ targeting legalization advocates, that is,
just another group of people lobbying to change
their country's laws peacefully. I see, Comrade
Ashcroft...
We once had a James Bond naming theme,
with the servers being villains,
workstations - Bond girls, etc.
All done just for the pleasure
of naming the printer Q.
If these people are breaking the laws of te nations they reside in
When will people like you croak already?
a 1 quarter out of the year Gun Respect class
Why don't we extend our respects to other inanimate objects. Why do you only teach respect for guns, and dis mops and toilet seats?
much important storytelling involves violence and lust.
The Holy Bible containing copious amounts of both. Put a rating on *that* first.
No, read the whole Lord of the Rings first.
This is how you should read it. Labor for it,
don't recline in a comfy chair while the
characters toil and fight.
Declaration of Independence, Part Deux.
2076?
Really, how will this ever happen?
Absolutely right. Maybe getting the legislation
passed that 2nd amendment covers tanks and
military helicopters will swing it somewhat in your favor.
However, what do people think about cryptography
classified as munition in the context of
2nd amendment?
Grow up an accept that there are things that are illegal under our current laws.
Grow up and accept that people have opinions about existing laws that are different from your own.
keep in mind that while you do you should go out of your way not to break the same laws
Why?
I might be willing to concede that musicians enhance our life but I would hardly consider them productive members of the community.
Honestly, sir, nobody fucking cares if you consider them productive or not.
Those aren't anti-terrorist commercials! They're anti-drug/anti-personal-freedom commercials!
Sock puppet for president!!!
What kind of soulless, greed-driven monster...
I agree, the drug companies' greed is out
of control, and while people are dying left and right of curable diseases in the third world... no, wait... these guys
added ANOTHER commercial for my not-giving-a-flying-fuck-about-anything-beyond-my
wow. you totally missed the point. Bettering yourself is more about dedication than smarts.
You agree on IQ with me, yet you say that I miss the point. But if IQ is not much of a measure, why do you mention the "mental gifts of genius"?
This reminds me of a woman I have heard of; she has an IQ of around 75 and a PHD.
First, IQ is a load of crap. High IQ is largely a measure of how good you are at taking IQ tests - and I've seen a fair number of them where you can just see the answer they want, but don't want you to be too "smart". Other answers may do just as well, but you have to think in a pattern the test designers wanted you to.
Second, how many PhDs are granted in a year? Are all of these people really smart? Please...
What's the alternative?
For starters, how about paying them on time?
If you are easily replaceable, that's your own damn fault. The fact that there are those willing to replace you means that the job, however foul to you, is desirable to others.
If you put in two weeks of work and don't get the check in time it's your own damn fault.
If your manager bullshits to you about the check until you're kicked out by your landlord for not paying the rent it's your damn fault.
The company's goal is to make a profit. It is not to honor a contract - with some drone who can't afford a lawyer.
My little libertarian friends, tie your feet to the chair legs and spare the knee-jerk responses.
The goal of the company is to make a profit. Not to make the world a better place.
So is the goal of an armed robber. So what?
It's amazing how all this "tough shit" talk completely ignores the things even a laissez-faire person should find abhorrent. Delayed checks? That is not capitalism, that is fraud. People have done work for you, you are refusing to pay them - what the hell is that?
We didn't "let" him in, he weaseled his way in due to a bug in an archaic election system
Well, for starters, who the fuck stopped you (us, I should say) from FIXING the bug in the archaic voting system?
And furthermore, it is not like he got 5% of the
popular vote. The support for him was significant. Given the choice, of course, I'd go with the dope-smoker and skirt-chaser over a coke-snorting fratboy, but that dope smoker just goes out of his way so much to prove that he's smarter than me that it gets annoying. At least the Shrub never pretended to be a philosopher.
31 flavors of ice cream to choose from? Do I need this kind of pressure? For an ice cream cone??
You know, there are open-mike nights at your local comedy club. Check it out.
Hopefully you won't make it out alive.
Insightful my foot, this is such BS...
How much are you paid to perform this service? How does it contribute to the economic welfare of your household? In broader terms, while it may be quite satisfying to you as an individual, how does it increase the welfare or economic wealth of whatever society in which you participate?
See here, if I am paid for my book or CD, then
I have contributed something of value to society? The fact is that the person who bought it considered it of value, on par with material goods. Now if I am simply giving the same thing away, does it not mean that all these people are getting more value?
The stereotype of the 'hungry artist', moreover,
is not necessarily something that must persist even through the latest progress wave. Why?
Finally, cultural values DO contribute to society, translating into quite material value.
Consider the much-touted principles of self-reliance and work-ethic. Are these material goods? No. Do they contribute to the economic development of a society? Sure.
What we need are a few highly reliable information sources, not thousands of unrealiable ones.
That is to say, down with literature, up with
self-help books by MD PhD's.
There is no hard basis for any of it, folks.
There is no hard basis for denouncing it as
a myth either
believe that creativity itself ultimately reduces to "mere" logic (possibly combined with interesting stimuli).
Are those AI researchers living before or after Godel?