I look at it the same way that I look at IP on human genes. If some poor schmuck has a genetic disease, and they use him as a guinea pig to figure out exactly what gene causes the disease, why should he be the only person in the chain that doesn't get compensated? The scientists get their wage, possibly much more, the company gets patents, and the potential revenue from the implementation of them, and this guy might get the chance to pay big coin for a treatment that he was instrumental in delivering. No, look at it from the perspective of a poor country whose only real value is their natural, indigenous, resources. Why should they give them up for a medication that they probably won't be able to afford? Then, to add insult to injury, we try to get them to not destroy these resources for little things like farmland to feed their people.
So, yeah, good for them. If these scientists/companies want to take samples on the chance that something miraculous will come of it, they should start taking risks a little earlier, and paying these countries for the resources they are stewards of. Or, give them a stake in any patents that come out of it (with the royalties and profits to match). And if they don't like that, them leave that plant there and go home.
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The moon (thanks to an astronomical quirk) has permanent day and night.
Have you ever noticed that quirky little thing where pieces of the moon disappear in an odd little arc? It almost looks like a sphere with the light hitting it from a significant angle relative to your position. Could it be that, since there is a fixed side of the moon facing us, and it revolves around earth, that in fact different sides face the sun? Could this be how lunar pahses occur?
You can now go beyond wearing the tinfoil cap and build bunkers out of this (you want to be physically secure, too, don't you?) where you can run about naked telepathically communing with the trusted few you allow to enter, as well as your 26 cats of course.
Of course, remember, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...
You know what they say. "If you keep doing that, you'll go blind..."
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Industrious, but not too bright, fortunately. Do a search for "scientology negative". You think they would put that in their meta list and filter them out, too. Of course, none of them owuld be here, would they? As always, the more accurate you are, the likelier you are to find what you're looking for - which dooms the majority of the internet users...
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I look at it the same way that I look at IP on human genes. If some poor schmuck has a genetic disease, and they use him as a guinea pig to figure out exactly what gene causes the disease, why should he be the only person in the chain that doesn't get compensated? The scientists get their wage, possibly much more, the company gets patents, and the potential revenue from the implementation of them, and this guy might get the chance to pay big coin for a treatment that he was instrumental in delivering.
No, look at it from the perspective of a poor country whose only real value is their natural, indigenous, resources. Why should they give them up for a medication that they probably won't be able to afford? Then, to add insult to injury, we try to get them to not destroy these resources for little things like farmland to feed their people.
So, yeah, good for them. If these scientists/companies want to take samples on the chance that something miraculous will come of it, they should start taking risks a little earlier, and paying these countries for the resources they are stewards of. Or, give them a stake in any patents that come out of it (with the royalties and profits to match). And if they don't like that, them leave that plant there and go home.
The moon (thanks to an astronomical quirk) has permanent day and night.
Have you ever noticed that quirky little thing where pieces of the moon disappear in an odd little arc? It almost looks like a sphere with the light hitting it from a significant angle relative to your position. Could it be that, since there is a fixed side of the moon facing us, and it revolves around earth, that in fact different sides face the sun? Could this be how lunar pahses occur?
You can now go beyond wearing the tinfoil cap and build bunkers out of this (you want to be physically secure, too, don't you?) where you can run about naked telepathically communing with the trusted few you allow to enter, as well as your 26 cats of course.
Of course, remember, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...
You know what they say. "If you keep doing that, you'll go blind..."
Industrious, but not too bright, fortunately. Do a search for "scientology negative". You think they would put that in their meta list and filter them out, too. Of course, none of them owuld be here, would they?
As always, the more accurate you are, the likelier you are to find what you're looking for - which dooms the majority of the internet users...
First post.
Planes aren't cheap bombs, they are just convenient ones...
What's the point of a standard if you cant have more than one.