How can we assign these rights to corporations? They are neither the authors nor the inventors.
They are, through the power of corruption, considered to have the same rights as real people, and therefore can be named inventors and authors. The AWESOME (*cough*cough*) part is that corporations have longer copyrights than real human beings!
"by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
Read the writings of the authors of that text, and you'll understand that they didn't consider authors to have any sort of inherent rights. The difference is actually visible right in that line, in the choice of the word "securing", rather than "guaranteeing".
In the Preamble to his original draft of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson wrote: "We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these ends, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; "
q.e.d.
One synonym instead of another... it's pointless to think this makes a world of difference. Stop arguing via empty semantics.
noah's family traveled the globe restablishing exact replicas all the cultures of the world and then carried on as if nothing had happened. Presumably noah had at least one black kid, and one asian kid, etc.
Fuck that. I've seen net video ads done right exactly once: On Marvel's site, where they have the old Japanese Spider-Man shows, they played the content, and at the end of it, a string of ads.
THAT is advertising on the web done right, displaying the content I clicked on, and then using that window to display other stuff once I had seen what I went to see.
It is NOT OK to replace what I wanted to see with something else, something unskipable, just like it's not ok to open a pop-up/under window, to have stuff moving over what I'm trying to look at, etc.
suggests that we may be dealing with shills.. But I shudder to think that slashdot is such a high-profile news site for drug companies, that they'd bother.
I once had a job offer to be an "online forum participant", you needed to have already established identities in many popular discussion boards and be willing to create more and maintain them with daily participation.
Astroturfing is apparently done now by hiring a company with shills established where you want to have a say, not by specific companies engaging the forums directly.
Why is being calm equated to being a zombie or being in a herd?
I took antidepressants for a while to treat migraines (WTF, I know), and it turned me into a zombie. My mood was very stable: No highs, no deep lows, just this monotone of uncaring baseline mood.
Those mood altering drugs didn't make me calm, they made me... less.
A summer of hot sun beating down on it would surely break it down.*
* - Writing as someone who thought, "Hey, if using plastic sheeting on the ground for a month to kill weed seeds works, think how well it will work if I leave it on the ground for three months!" Hot sun turns plastic nice and brittle and, ultimately, into little bits of plastic blown all over the place.
Try metalized mylar, sun-resistant via reflecting the sun on the plants. Win-win!
So just where is all this hair coming from, exactly? Are there 3rd world hair factories where children will be surreptitiously filmed hanging from the ceiling with their hair attached to hooks to make it grow faster
an experiment where people off the street were given free chicken and asked how it tastes, etc. Later they were told that the chickens were fed plants grown exclusively from human waste. They didn't eat any more of the chicken after being told this.
People lose their appetite when talked to about poo: Film at 11.
Next up, talking about maggots and then offering rice to people.
This is fundamental misthinking about copyright. Copyright doesn't exist to protect corporate interests. It exists to protect authors...
This is fundamental misthinking about copyright. Copyright (in the United States) doesn't exist to protect authors, it exists to "promote the progress of science and the useful arts." (U.S. Const., Art. I, Sec. 8)
This is fundamental misleading about copyright. You replaced the comma with something to make it seem like that line stopped without mentioning author's rights: "by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
It is about their right, and their right is compatible with the best interest of the nation, hence the preamble.
Using opt-in saves you the cost of marketing to people who don't want your stuff
Those are EXACTLY the people marketers want to reach. The others already want your stuff, there is no point in harassing them, what marketers want is to change your mind, they want those who have no interest in the product to BECOME interested. Those already interested will expend their own energy to find the product.
It might be nice to adopt, say, European-style healthcare systems in theory, but can we afford it at the price of relative technological stagnation because all the profit motive has been removed
What profit motivated the russian doctors who came up with viral bacteriophage therapy? Or with hypothermic cardiac surgery?
throwing out the innovation baby with the bathwater, which strictly socializing US medicine would do by all empirical evidence
You have no such evidence; merely your faith in the invisible hand of the market.
if you see a product that has value, and is not available in some particular market, then it probably wouldn't be hard to set up a business, sign a distribution agreement, and start selling
Probably wouldn't be hard? Fuck, I have to become a gorram businessman and secure startup funding every time I want to buy a book? Have you the brain worms!?
I don't think region-locking has ANY place on the WORLD WIDE web. I would rather take all that business-starting effort and invest it in a DOS attack to kick those stupid companies off my precious internet. Enemies of freedom shouldn't be coddled.
I thought hypertext filled this need years ago... Maybe I'm missing something.
The traditional media doesn't seem able to use hypertext correctly.
They commit atrocious crimes against HTML by doing things like "... in bangladesh. (click here to learn more about bangladesh)" instead of hyperlinking the relevant words like they should.
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How can we assign these rights to corporations? They are neither the authors nor the inventors.
They are, through the power of corruption, considered to have the same rights as real people, and therefore can be named inventors and authors. The AWESOME (*cough*cough*) part is that corporations have longer copyrights than real human beings!
Ta-daa! Government of the rich, for the rich.
"by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
Read the writings of the authors of that text, and you'll understand that they didn't consider authors to have any sort of inherent rights. The difference is actually visible right in that line, in the choice of the word "securing", rather than "guaranteeing".
In the Preamble to his original draft of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson wrote:
"We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these ends, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; "
q.e.d.
One synonym instead of another... it's pointless to think this makes a world of difference. Stop arguing via empty semantics.
History? Who cares what happened centuries ago.
Those of us who don't want to be doomed to relive it.
Sports is a thing you get in shape FOR, not a means to get in shape.
That's just... stupid.
noah's family traveled the globe restablishing exact replicas all the cultures of the world and then carried on as if nothing had happened. Presumably noah had at least one black kid, and one asian kid, etc.
That sounds like a great sitcom!
video is prefaced with a short commercial
Fuck that. I've seen net video ads done right exactly once: On Marvel's site, where they have the old Japanese Spider-Man shows, they played the content, and at the end of it, a string of ads.
THAT is advertising on the web done right, displaying the content I clicked on, and then using that window to display other stuff once I had seen what I went to see.
It is NOT OK to replace what I wanted to see with something else, something unskipable, just like it's not ok to open a pop-up/under window, to have stuff moving over what I'm trying to look at, etc.
The more any industry is regulated, the more it will concentrate into fewer and larger organizations.
Like Ma Bell, Standard Oil, and the media companies of the late 90s?
Oh wait, no, that was un/deregulated. Huh.
suggests that we may be dealing with shills.. But I shudder to think that slashdot is such a high-profile news site for drug companies, that they'd bother.
I once had a job offer to be an "online forum participant", you needed to have already established identities in many popular discussion boards and be willing to create more and maintain them with daily participation.
Astroturfing is apparently done now by hiring a company with shills established where you want to have a say, not by specific companies engaging the forums directly.
Why is being calm equated to being a zombie or being in a herd?
I took antidepressants for a while to treat migraines (WTF, I know), and it turned me into a zombie. My mood was very stable: No highs, no deep lows, just this monotone of uncaring baseline mood.
Those mood altering drugs didn't make me calm, they made me... less.
Just because something is 3d, it doesn't necessarily excite the brain...
I'm staring at my desk in 3d right now, and all I feel is bordom...
Ah, yes, but if you were watching James Cameron's desk, you'd be tripping balls!
deaths occur each year from the plain old flu or its complications... so what is the big deal?
This one has killed a few healthy adults, not just the usual "babies and old folks".
A summer of hot sun beating down on it would surely break it down.*
* - Writing as someone who thought, "Hey, if using plastic sheeting on the ground for a month to kill weed seeds works, think how well it will work if I leave it on the ground for three months!" Hot sun turns plastic nice and brittle and, ultimately, into little bits of plastic blown all over the place.
Try metalized mylar, sun-resistant via reflecting the sun on the plants. Win-win!
Disclaimer: Purely hypothetical :)
So just where is all this hair coming from, exactly? Are there 3rd world hair factories where children will be surreptitiously filmed hanging from the ceiling with their hair attached to hooks to make it grow faster
The peanut butter solution.
an experiment where people off the street were given free chicken and asked how it tastes, etc. Later they were told that the chickens were fed plants grown exclusively from human waste. They didn't eat any more of the chicken after being told this.
People lose their appetite when talked to about poo: Film at 11.
Next up, talking about maggots and then offering rice to people.
This is fundamental misthinking about copyright. Copyright (in the United States) doesn't exist to protect authors, it exists to "promote the progress of science and the useful arts." (U.S. Const., Art. I, Sec. 8)
This is fundamental misleading about copyright. You replaced the comma with something to make it seem like that line stopped without mentioning author's rights: "by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
It is about their right, and their right is compatible with the best interest of the nation, hence the preamble.
when was Democracy redefined to, "What the rich and powerful want?"
Early 60's, I believe.
Using opt-in saves you the cost of marketing to people who don't want your stuff
Those are EXACTLY the people marketers want to reach. The others already want your stuff, there is no point in harassing them, what marketers want is to change your mind, they want those who have no interest in the product to BECOME interested.
Those already interested will expend their own energy to find the product.
That's how my old boss explained it to me.
Trouble is "the flu" isn't really a single entity.
We are The Flu. Resistance is futile.
I am a female lawyer you insensitive clod!
Are you also perchance... a SINGLE female lawyer?
I'm extremely skeptical of the HPV vaccine
Why such extreme skepticism?
I'm not saying they're not marketing it aggressively, but the vaccine seems to do what it's meant to do, so I find your reaction to be, well, extreme.
It might be nice to adopt, say, European-style healthcare systems in theory, but can we afford it at the price of relative technological stagnation because all the profit motive has been removed
What profit motivated the russian doctors who came up with viral bacteriophage therapy? Or with hypothermic cardiac surgery?
throwing out the innovation baby with the bathwater, which strictly socializing US medicine would do by all empirical evidence
You have no such evidence; merely your faith in the invisible hand of the market.
Not citizens, not even residents, just those currently withing those borders and/or in possession of a US-issued credit card.
The /. incorrect titles and summary: Annoying as hell since 1997!
if you see a product that has value, and is not available in some particular market, then it probably wouldn't be hard to set up a business, sign a distribution agreement, and start selling
Probably wouldn't be hard? Fuck, I have to become a gorram businessman and secure startup funding every time I want to buy a book? Have you the brain worms!?
I don't think region-locking has ANY place on the WORLD WIDE web. I would rather take all that business-starting effort and invest it in a DOS attack to kick those stupid companies off my precious internet. Enemies of freedom shouldn't be coddled.
I thought hypertext filled this need years ago... Maybe I'm missing something.
The traditional media doesn't seem able to use hypertext correctly.
They commit atrocious crimes against HTML by doing things like "... in bangladesh. (click here to learn more about bangladesh)" instead of hyperlinking the relevant words like they should.
Old media: We take the hyper out of text!
What are you REALLY worried about then?
False positives with my name on it.
"Stop sending me spam or I will not support your bill" sounds dangerously close to "send me $ or I will not support your bill".
"be polite" is not close to "pay up".
If Thompson's bill was worth supporting before, then his bill should still be worth supporting after annoying e-mails
No, if Thompson's word was believed before, it is not to be believed after he has shown his true colors.