There are always going to be 'haves' and 'have nots' in this world...that's the way of nature.
No, the way of nature is you fight, and the strongest gets the food. If we were to follow the way of nature, we'd just grab a gun and a brick and start robbing our neighbours.
Concepts such as "ownership", "justice" and "rights" are inventions we made to leave nature behind us.
I agree that education (beyond high school) is not as important these days. But having the right contacts and knowing people who can teach you the "get rich" skills at an early age, is.
Nobody has any right to anything. Nobody did anything to deserve being born. The rights to live in a democracy and enjoy protection from crime and violence are just rights we humans have made up.
Does that mean we should just quietly accept everything life throws at us, because it could have been so much worse? Or should we try to make society as good as we can?
You're being sarcastic, but having access to the Internet is very important to be a part of society today. For example, more and more government information is available on the Internet, and it's not practically possible to get it from books. People can't be expected to know their rights and obligations if they have no practical way of finding out, nor can they be expected to make an informed decision when voting.
You also want poor people to be able to find jobs, and giving them Internet access is a lot cheaper than having paid staff matching employers and job-seekers.
I agree that it's not meaningful to compare GDPs, but in the end, it was clear that the Soviet Union (and Eastern Europe) was lagging far behind the West with respect to standard of living. The people living on the east side of the Iron Curtain had worse food, simpler clothes, worse health care, more pollution, and so on. People fled from the East to the West, not the other way around.
For any youngsters and non-Europeans out there, the Soviet Union basically held the whole eastern half of Europe hostage from the end of World War 2 to 1991. The Soviet government in Russia set up and supported the different dictators and one-party systems in Eastern Europe, and intervened militarily if anyone tried to become too westernised (like when they rolled the tanks into Hungary in the late 1960's).
Poor has a well defined floor, though. If you have food, shelter, and clothing security, there's no need to consider you poor.
Not saying you're wrong, but there are people who want to define "poverty" as "not being able to afford to participate in society". I.e, in order not to be poor, you need to afford education, afford basic information technology tools (like a phone and Internet access), afford to travel to where there is work, and so on.
When that happens: 1) Good luck expecting those same voters to vote with their wallets, every day, in the way you want. 2) My guess from the research is that those same voters "wallet votes" count for much less compared to say Barclays's votes.
The average citizen's dollar is not even worth as much as a big corporation's dollar. A corporation with $50 000 000 000 can buy shares in other companies, lobby politicians and have a real effect on decisions, while it's in most cases infeasible for 1 000 000 citizens with $50 000 ech to pool their money and agree on how to "vote" with them.
There's really case law saying that? That's sad, since a Let's Play or a strategy guide doesn't diminish the market for the original product. If anything, it increases awareness of it.
Anyway, some Let's Play's I've seen act as reviews, since the players comment the game in voice overs as they're playing it.
The other way around. Parody means lampooning the original work, which is (often) covered under fair use. Satire means lampooning a third party, which is not covered by fair use.
Let's plays are just people streaming a game. I can't for the life of me see why that's different from people just streaming movies or TV shows. RiffTrax can't post the movies they comment on, why should video games be special?
Because watching someone else play a video game is not a substitute for playing it yourself. It's not like people consider buying a video game, then decide to watch a "Let's Play" video instead to save money. If anything, it increases interest in the game.
Despite what cops (or pompous property owners) say, photography is not a crime. They can neither confiscate your camera nor make you delete the photos.
Of course, that only applies to the US; YMMV but I expect most countries are very similar.
Same thing in Sweden. Moreover, locations like malls and workplaces count as public spaces (even if they're privately owned), and the owner / security guards can't physically force someone to leave once they've let them in. They have to call the police to do it for them. You can, however, physically evict someone from your private home even if you previously invited them.
The "monkeys" were used to generate nine-character-groups, not individual characters, but yes, they didn't really recreate the works of Shakespeare on their own. They only generated nine-character-groups which could be pasted together into the works of Shakespeare by someone who already knew the end result.
Do you know how much Roseanne Barr eats, or are you just assuming she's gluttonous because she's fat?
Why not mock people who's had heart attacks for being lazy and not exercising enough? I exercise a few times per week and has never had any heart problems, so obviously, anyone who has them must only have themselves to blame. (sarcasm)
Yes, that's not any better. I live in a country with universal health care, which means the system is obliged to do something with all patients. For people with mental problems, that "something" usually means sending them home with some pills, because it's the cheapest option.
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There are always going to be 'haves' and 'have nots' in this world...that's the way of nature.
No, the way of nature is you fight, and the strongest gets the food. If we were to follow the way of nature, we'd just grab a gun and a brick and start robbing our neighbours.
Concepts such as "ownership", "justice" and "rights" are inventions we made to leave nature behind us.
I agree that education (beyond high school) is not as important these days. But having the right contacts and knowing people who can teach you the "get rich" skills at an early age, is.
Nobody has any right to anything. Nobody did anything to deserve being born. The rights to live in a democracy and enjoy protection from crime and violence are just rights we humans have made up.
Does that mean we should just quietly accept everything life throws at us, because it could have been so much worse? Or should we try to make society as good as we can?
Who are the lieutenants recruited from?
P.S. May not apply in your jurisdiction.
The European Convention of Human Rights guarantees a minimum, and, to a lesser extent, the non-binding UN Declaration of Human Rights.
You're being sarcastic, but having access to the Internet is very important to be a part of society today. For example, more and more government information is available on the Internet, and it's not practically possible to get it from books. People can't be expected to know their rights and obligations if they have no practical way of finding out, nor can they be expected to make an informed decision when voting.
You also want poor people to be able to find jobs, and giving them Internet access is a lot cheaper than having paid staff matching employers and job-seekers.
I agree that it's not meaningful to compare GDPs, but in the end, it was clear that the Soviet Union (and Eastern Europe) was lagging far behind the West with respect to standard of living. The people living on the east side of the Iron Curtain had worse food, simpler clothes, worse health care, more pollution, and so on. People fled from the East to the West, not the other way around.
For any youngsters and non-Europeans out there, the Soviet Union basically held the whole eastern half of Europe hostage from the end of World War 2 to 1991. The Soviet government in Russia set up and supported the different dictators and one-party systems in Eastern Europe, and intervened militarily if anyone tried to become too westernised (like when they rolled the tanks into Hungary in the late 1960's).
Poor has a well defined floor, though. If you have food, shelter, and clothing security, there's no need to consider you poor.
Not saying you're wrong, but there are people who want to define "poverty" as "not being able to afford to participate in society". I.e, in order not to be poor, you need to afford education, afford basic information technology tools (like a phone and Internet access), afford to travel to where there is work, and so on.
When that happens:
1) Good luck expecting those same voters to vote with their wallets, every day, in the way you want.
2) My guess from the research is that those same voters "wallet votes" count for much less compared to say Barclays's votes.
The average citizen's dollar is not even worth as much as a big corporation's dollar. A corporation with $50 000 000 000 can buy shares in other companies, lobby politicians and have a real effect on decisions, while it's in most cases infeasible for 1 000 000 citizens with $50 000 ech to pool their money and agree on how to "vote" with them.
We could try to start a lot fewer wars, though.
There's really case law saying that? That's sad, since a Let's Play or a strategy guide doesn't diminish the market for the original product. If anything, it increases awareness of it.
Anyway, some Let's Play's I've seen act as reviews, since the players comment the game in voice overs as they're playing it.
The other way around. Parody means lampooning the original work, which is (often) covered under fair use. Satire means lampooning a third party, which is not covered by fair use.
Why do you think Red vs. Blue required permission from Bungie to create their videos?
Because they weren't reviews?
Let's plays are just people streaming a game. I can't for the life of me see why that's different from people just streaming movies or TV shows. RiffTrax can't post the movies they comment on, why should video games be special?
Because watching someone else play a video game is not a substitute for playing it yourself. It's not like people consider buying a video game, then decide to watch a "Let's Play" video instead to save money. If anything, it increases interest in the game.
Despite what cops (or pompous property owners) say, photography is not a crime. They can neither confiscate your camera nor make you delete the photos.
Of course, that only applies to the US; YMMV but I expect most countries are very similar.
Same thing in Sweden. Moreover, locations like malls and workplaces count as public spaces (even if they're privately owned), and the owner / security guards can't physically force someone to leave once they've let them in. They have to call the police to do it for them. You can, however, physically evict someone from your private home even if you previously invited them.
I bet you're one of those people who believe Elvis is dead too.
Obviously, those monkeys hadn't received adequate training. I blame their employer!
The guy who set this up has almost as much intelligence as a monkey but is a whole lot more intellectually dishonest much more of a publicity whore.
*sigh* I miss the old days on Slashdot, when trolls were eloquent.
Or The Bible Code.
The "monkeys" were used to generate nine-character-groups, not individual characters, but yes, they didn't really recreate the works of Shakespeare on their own. They only generated nine-character-groups which could be pasted together into the works of Shakespeare by someone who already knew the end result.
Do you know how much Roseanne Barr eats, or are you just assuming she's gluttonous because she's fat?
Why not mock people who's had heart attacks for being lazy and not exercising enough? I exercise a few times per week and has never had any heart problems, so obviously, anyone who has them must only have themselves to blame. (sarcasm)
Yes, that's not any better. I live in a country with universal health care, which means the system is obliged to do something with all patients. For people with mental problems, that "something" usually means sending them home with some pills, because it's the cheapest option.
The TV still generates an electromagnetic field, although much weaker.
Absolutely. For example, a group of people from that area exhibiting the stereotype might once have been visible a lot in mass media.