Using your logic, I assume that when you wash your daughter in a bath tub, you throw her out with the bath water.
The rights of people cannot be trampled because the speech they chose to focus their time on is offensive to other people. To summarily block the viewing of information regarding human sexuality or nudity in order to prevent minors from seeing it not only smells of fascism but screams absurdity. If you are so concerned over your childs accessing of pornography you need not bring your child to a library. If you wish to keep information regarding the sexual world which she lives in, you have right to lock her up in your dwelling and not let her access that information until she turns the magical age of 18. However, don't expect me or anyone else to be silenced because you want her to see a sanitized (read naive) view of the world.
Furthermore, the "unit" does not need to be treated like a hard-core porn rag. It is to be treated like a pen and paper. I can draw a really gratuitous scene of a childing getting raped a rabid dog with a pen and paper just as easily as I can download an image of one on to a computer screen. My ability to draw that image does not ban pens or papers from libraries. Nor is it illegal for me to sit in a library and draw such a raunchy kinky image.
With regards to your statement, "YOUR exercise of a right MUST NOT impede MY ability to NOT exercise that same right," is non-sense. My speech can not be silenced because you don't wish to observe it. No one is forcing you or your daughter to look at anyone else's computer screen. In fact, in some circle, it might even be considered rude to look over someone's shoulder. But if you seem something you don't like to look at, the simple answer is to look away, not to inhibit the other observers ability to observe it.
Finally, your tax dollars are used to provide the public with information. It's not used to provide the public with only the information that you personally feel the public should be allowed to see. Other people may have desires to know or observe information that you or I may not be interested, but that's part of what makes them "other people." Because you aren't the only one who wish to suck or fellate information from the library. Having myself never been a 3-year-old girl, I may not wish to have my tax dollars spent on providing access to information that your 3-year-old daughter is interested in, however, since she is a member of the public she has just as much right to seek out and access that information at a library as I do if I want to go into the library and pull up an image of a guy taking it up the ass while eating his wife out.
I recommend writing the following persons to voice your complete disgust at AGFA Monotype for their lawyers using such tactics against Mr. Tom Murphy.
Robert Givens President of Agfa Monotype robert.givens@agfamonotype.com
Ira Mirochnick Senior Vice-President ira.mirochnick@agfamonotype.com
Steve Kuhlman VP Sales & Marketing steve.kuhlman@agfamonotype.com
Mark Larson Marketing and Public Relations Agfa Monotype Corporation 985 Busse Road Elk Grove, IL 60007-2400 847-718-0400 mark.larson@agfamonotype .com
Vikki Quick OEM Product Marketing Manager Agfa Monotype Corporation 200 Ballardvale Street Wilmington, MA 01887-1069 978.284.5926 vikki.quick@agfamonotype .com
This report makes the spurious assumption that the belief in "ESP" "psychic power" or "alien abduction" automatically means the believer is at odds with the understanding of science. Belief and scientific understanding are quite seperate ideas, and shouldn't be seen as two polar opposites.
Just because one "believes" in paranormal activity or "believes in astrological predicitions" does not mean the person is incapable or ignorant of rational scientific thought. For example, although I am a daily reader of my horoscope, because I find the idea of fortunes fun and intriguing, I'm not incapable of understanding how I and my collegues as scientists are capable of scientifically testing hypotheses.
Likewise although I do believe that extraterrestrial life has abducted people for whatever reason, I am not saying that I can scientifically prove that it has occured.
The report should be more critical of the publics understanding of science, and not its acceptance of paranormal activity as real. Science can be a wonderful provider of truth, but it's not the end all to truth. Something still may be true even though it has not yet been proven scientifically, eg. the graviton, the tachyon. The term is a hypothesis. Most scientist believe their hypotheses are true, and science is their proof. However, if they didn't have their belief that is was true, they wouldn't even have a will to want to prove it.
Science is a process that provides proof to ideas. The public's understanding of that idea should be what the survey is testing. And not saying hogwash such as X% of the respondance believe astrology is a science.
Its just n'apostrophe. Its not like you couldnt understand what he meant. Like I could see you're frustration if it was confusing as to whose toolset it was, but come on. Its not like your missing out on something from his decision to throw one in. Because for real, they're are a lot of other mistake's he could have made their.
It is my understanding that if you do that, they will go before a federal court and request that the court issue a warrant to search the premises for pirated software. The court usually grants the request, and the auditing team returns with federal marshalls, and proceeds with the audit.
Since this is a school district, I'm not sure if Microsoft would be so forward.
The most effective strategy I can think of to fight such legalese is to amend the GPL to allow for a special MS-GPL, which would essentially allow you to release an otherwised GPL'd software that interacts with a Microsoft patent, as a special MS-GPL which would require you to still make the source code available, as well as all changes, but would also *require* you to charge $0.01 per copy of the binary code that the software developer releases, thereby negating the free-of-charge stipulation under Microsoft's IPR clause.
Microsoft will most likely amend their agreement to forbid releasing the software under the MS-GPL code, as well. However I would think it would be more legally difficult to distinguish an MS-GPL from a regular software license.
Customizing your own home entertainment center PC can save you a bundle of money as well versus buying standalone units. You just have to research your parts.
I recently built an AMD Athlon based system with an ATI All-in-Wonder Card, with a DVD player (Region free firmware of course), CD Burner, and surround sound stero system. All for about $600 (excluding the TV, speaker system, and amp, I already had), which when you consider all the components it includes you really are saving a bundle and getting a lot of extra value.
For starters, it replaces the need for a CD player with the CD-Burner and DVD Player. Secondly, the MP3 Library that can be held on the 60 GB hard obfuscates the need to switch CD's.
Then the DVD drive gets rid of the stand alone DVD player. Plus, when it's firmware fixerd, to get rid of the annoying region playing problem, you can play DVD's from any where in the world. Plus, the NTSC PAL TV problem is solved by virtue of the fact that the Video Card can do the signal processing.
The ATI All-in-Wonder card also gives the DVR capability similar to Tivo. What's more, the DVR is better because the shows can later be archived as DivX with some automated scripting using FLashMPEG and VirtualDUB, and burnt off to CD, for later viewing. Not to mention, comercial editing if you are any good at use VirtualDub.
On top of that, linking old school analog system such as Audio Cassette Decks, Turntables, 8 Tracks, or VCR, is relatively easy, making a rather universal media player.
The only thing you need really is a decent amplifier and speakers, and either a Monitor or Television. Granted if you have a big PC monitor (19" or bigger), definitely go for the monitor because then your DVD's play as progressive scan, instead of interlaced through a regular Television.
And with a wireless keyboard with built in mouse, you can sit on the couch and be the spud you've always known that you could be.:)
Also the upgradability factor is also good, considering that when projectors get and HDTV TV Tuner cards get cheaper, you can have a real projection home entertainment center for less than half as much as it would cost to create with stand alone components.
My concern would be over local control of content which is allowed in. No doubt some local communities would try to filter out "bad" speach
and writings just as they do with libraries and some cable networks. Also, what about privacy?
Good point. Although the idea of having a municipal governemt provide broadband sounds like an effective way to get high-speed internet to people who can't otherwise get it. I would be very troubled if the government monitored those things that you do on-line. Do we really want to give local governemnts an easy way to monitor our activities? Furthermore, what happens when the RIAA uses the DMCA to accuse people who are using municpal access to share copyrighted material, and then prosecuted for copyright violations? Wouldn't the local governments find themselves in very serious legal problems?
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Using your logic, I assume that when you wash your daughter in a bath tub, you throw her out with the bath water.
The rights of people cannot be trampled because the speech they chose to focus their time on is offensive to other people. To summarily block the viewing of information regarding human sexuality or nudity in order to prevent minors from seeing it not only smells of fascism but screams absurdity. If you are so concerned over your childs accessing of pornography you need not bring your child to a library. If you wish to keep information regarding the sexual world which she lives in, you have right to lock her up in your dwelling and not let her access that information until she turns the magical age of 18. However, don't expect me or anyone else to be silenced because you want her to see a sanitized (read naive) view of the world.
Furthermore, the "unit" does not need to be treated like a hard-core porn rag. It is to be treated like a pen and paper. I can draw a really gratuitous scene of a childing getting raped a rabid dog with a pen and paper just as easily as I can download an image of one on to a computer screen. My ability to draw that image does not ban pens or papers from libraries. Nor is it illegal for me to sit in a library and draw such a raunchy kinky image.
With regards to your statement, "YOUR exercise of a right MUST NOT impede MY ability to NOT exercise that same right," is non-sense. My speech can not be silenced because you don't wish to observe it. No one is forcing you or your daughter to look at anyone else's computer screen. In fact, in some circle, it might even be considered rude to look over someone's shoulder. But if you seem something you don't like to look at, the simple answer is to look away, not to inhibit the other observers ability to observe it.
Finally, your tax dollars are used to provide the public with information. It's not used to provide the public with only the information that you personally feel the public should be allowed to see. Other people may have desires to know or observe information that you or I may not be interested, but that's part of what makes them "other people." Because you aren't the only one who wish to suck or fellate information from the library. Having myself never been a 3-year-old girl, I may not wish to have my tax dollars spent on providing access to information that your 3-year-old daughter is interested in, however, since she is a member of the public she has just as much right to seek out and access that information at a library as I do if I want to go into the library and pull up an image of a guy taking it up the ass while eating his wife out.
I recommend writing the following persons to voice your complete disgust at AGFA Monotype for their lawyers using such tactics against Mr. Tom Murphy.
e .com
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Robert Givens
President of Agfa Monotype
robert.givens@agfamonotype.com
Ira Mirochnick
Senior Vice-President
ira.mirochnick@agfamonotype.com
Steve Kuhlman
VP Sales & Marketing
steve.kuhlman@agfamonotype.com
Mark Larson
Marketing and Public Relations
Agfa Monotype Corporation
985 Busse Road
Elk Grove, IL 60007-2400
847-718-0400
mark.larson@agfamonotyp
Vikki Quick
OEM Product Marketing Manager
Agfa Monotype Corporation
200 Ballardvale Street
Wilmington, MA 01887-1069
978.284.5926
vikki.quick@agfamonotyp
This report makes the spurious assumption that the belief in "ESP" "psychic power" or "alien abduction" automatically means the believer is at odds with the understanding of science. Belief and scientific understanding are quite seperate ideas, and shouldn't be seen as two polar opposites.
Just because one "believes" in paranormal activity or "believes in astrological predicitions" does not mean the person is incapable or ignorant of rational scientific thought. For example, although I am a daily reader of my horoscope, because I find the idea of fortunes fun and intriguing, I'm not incapable of understanding how I and my collegues as scientists are capable of scientifically testing hypotheses.
Likewise although I do believe that extraterrestrial life has abducted people for whatever reason, I am not saying that I can scientifically prove that it has occured.
The report should be more critical of the publics understanding of science, and not its acceptance of paranormal activity as real. Science can be a wonderful provider of truth, but it's not the end all to truth. Something still may be true even though it has not yet been proven scientifically, eg. the graviton, the tachyon. The term is a hypothesis. Most scientist believe their hypotheses are true, and science is their proof. However, if they didn't have their belief that is was true, they wouldn't even have a will to want to prove it.
Science is a process that provides proof to ideas. The public's understanding of that idea should be what the survey is testing. And not saying hogwash such as X% of the respondance believe astrology is a science.
Dude!
Its just n'apostrophe. Its not like you couldnt understand what he meant. Like I could see you're frustration if it was confusing as to whose toolset it was, but come on. Its not like your missing out on something from his decision to throw one in. Because for real, they're are a lot of other mistake's he could have made their.
:)
It is my understanding that if you do that, they will go before a federal court and request that the court issue a warrant to search the premises for pirated software. The court usually grants the request, and the auditing team returns with federal marshalls, and proceeds with the audit.
Since this is a school district, I'm not sure if Microsoft would be so forward.
The most effective strategy I can think of to fight such legalese is to amend the GPL to allow for a special MS-GPL, which would essentially allow you to release an otherwised GPL'd software that interacts with a Microsoft patent, as a special MS-GPL which would require you to still make the source code available, as well as all changes, but would also *require* you to charge $0.01 per copy of the binary code that the software developer releases, thereby negating the free-of-charge stipulation under Microsoft's IPR clause.
Microsoft will most likely amend their agreement to forbid releasing the software under the MS-GPL code, as well. However I would think it would be more legally difficult to distinguish an MS-GPL from a regular software license.
Customizing your own home entertainment center PC can save you a bundle of money as well versus buying standalone units. You just have to research your parts.
:)
I recently built an AMD Athlon based system with an ATI All-in-Wonder Card, with a DVD player (Region free firmware of course), CD Burner, and surround sound stero system. All for about $600 (excluding the TV, speaker system, and amp, I already had), which when you consider all the components it includes you really are saving a bundle and getting a lot of extra value.
For starters, it replaces the need for a CD player with the CD-Burner and DVD Player. Secondly, the MP3 Library that can be held on the 60 GB hard obfuscates the need to switch CD's.
Then the DVD drive gets rid of the stand alone DVD player. Plus, when it's firmware fixerd, to get rid of the annoying region playing problem, you can play DVD's from any where in the world. Plus, the NTSC PAL TV problem is solved by virtue of the fact that the Video Card can do the signal processing.
The ATI All-in-Wonder card also gives the DVR capability similar to Tivo. What's more, the DVR is better because the shows can later be archived as DivX with some automated scripting using FLashMPEG and VirtualDUB, and burnt off to CD, for later viewing. Not to mention, comercial editing if you are any good at use VirtualDub.
On top of that, linking old school analog system such as Audio Cassette Decks, Turntables, 8 Tracks, or VCR, is relatively easy, making a rather universal media player.
The only thing you need really is a decent amplifier and speakers, and either a Monitor or Television. Granted if you have a big PC monitor (19" or bigger), definitely go for the monitor because then your DVD's play as progressive scan, instead of interlaced through a regular Television.
And with a wireless keyboard with built in mouse, you can sit on the couch and be the spud you've always known that you could be.
Also the upgradability factor is also good, considering that when projectors get and HDTV TV Tuner cards get cheaper, you can have a real projection home entertainment center for less than half as much as it would cost to create with stand alone components.
Just my two cents.
My concern would be over local control of content which is allowed in. No doubt some local communities would try to filter out "bad" speach
and writings just as they do with libraries and some cable networks. Also, what about privacy?
Good point. Although the idea of having a municipal governemt provide broadband sounds like an effective way to get high-speed internet to people who can't otherwise get it. I would be very troubled if the government monitored those things that you do on-line. Do we really want to give local governemnts an easy way to monitor our activities? Furthermore, what happens when the RIAA uses the DMCA to accuse people who are using municpal access to share copyrighted material, and then prosecuted for copyright violations? Wouldn't the local governments find themselves in very serious legal problems?