You would have been better off creating something under copyright. Patents are only good for 20 years.Copyrights last a lifetime (and the lifetime of your offspring).
Actually, your statement should be "Photocopying my car is the same as me photocopying your art and selling it. Hurrrr.". The whole point of the OP's statement was that the IP wasn't being stolen. But then I guess the ignorant Right don't see the difference between copying and stealing (see I can sling meaningless political insults too).
So just because Shakespeare plays are still for sale his heirs should get a royalty for those sales? Yes I realize this is an extreme example but Nintendo isn't a person so will not die and could conceivably be in business in 200 years. Would it be ok at that time to post ROMs of 1980's games online?
Copyrights, patents, etc. aren't to show that you have an inherent right to the item covered. It is society (via our government) stating that we are allowing you to capitalize on those items for a limited period of time. After that period of capitalization your item is returned to public domain. That covenant has kind of been broken though since the end goal when those items enter the public domain keeps being pushed further and further out.
Or which party insists that non-citizen voting isn't an issue (even though it provably is) and demands to allow anyone to register simply on their word, and to vote without proving they are actually the person who is registered to vote.
Since you claim that this is all provably so would you care to actually provide the proof?
My understanding is that this is just a list of those that sent in absentee ballots. The list doesn't show how those individuals voted. What I kind of have an objection to is that if this list of absentee voters is being released where is the list of those individuals that voted in person (does this list even exist)? If you are going to publish a list of people that voted then release the complete list.
This may all have been avoided if Brian Kemp would have stepped down as Secretary of State for Georgia when he decided to run for Governor. Having one of the candidates in an election in charge of the election seems a bit suspicious (whether there is actually any fishy behaviour or not).
I don't want to call your statement a lie but I tried to look up this "fact" that "We literally had thousands and thousands of Canadians sneak into Newfoundland, and vote to join". All I could find was this https://www.cbncompass.ca/opin... which doesn't really sound like much proof that the Newfoundland vote was "stolen".
I was unable to find any story about parliamentary records to support your claim (not saying they aren't out there just couldn't find them).
Is it really that hard to stay under the 15Gb limit if all you do for the month is stream Spotify? If so their reasoning that anyone using over 15Gb per month must be streaming is highly flawed. Of course it is already flawed since it is very easy to use more than 15Gb per month without streaming one bit of content that these "artists" contribute to.
To be fair all software is at the discretion of the programmers for most people. Even free open-source software. The software can be taken away any time they want and even if the source code is available the average user isn't going to have the skill/knowledge to update it anyway. As well, just because a closed source project is abandoned doesn't mean the last version of the program you were using will suddenly become useless.
It is good to experiment to find out how much of something is harmful. Until you do those experiments though I think it is prudent to assume "that even one bazillionth has to be harmful".
Did Obama deny he did cocaine and drank a 6 pack before class? I didn't it was wrong of Kavanaugh to have partied as a teenager/young adult I just want him to own up to it and say that was then but now he is more responsible..
It's hard for you to say I'm being hypocritical when you haven't actually heard me say any of the things you mentioned above.
If Trump can put tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel, aluminum and cars under the guise of national security I can't see this being labelled as a "case() like public safety or national security" being all that hard.
Why change Roe vs Wade when you can just use your power as a judge to delay an abortion to the point where the pregnancy is far enough along that an abortion isn't advisable? http://time.com/5390960/brett-...
For fairness here is an explanation of Kavanaugh's decision in the case:
I want a SCOTUS justice that can own up to the fact that they may have had a misspent youth and are sorry for some of their previous behaviour. Kavanaugh wouldn't even say how much he drank in high school/ college (just kept repeating that he liked beer).
I found all the indignation from the right (about how unethical the left was being) rather funny. Weren't they the ones that refused to even have a hearing for President Obama's appointment to SCOTUS?
Actually I don't think Kavanagh lied about his legal drinking.I admittedly didn't see the whole hearing but the clips that I saw he never actually said that he was of legal age just the the drinking age was 18 (I have no idea if this is true or not) and that many seniors would have been 18 therefore of legal drinking age. I don't remember seeing him actually state that he was 18 at the time and of legal drinking age. Much like the rest of his testimony he managed to skirt around the issue enough to not technically lie.
He sounded more like a defense lawyer than a judge.
So by your logic it wouldn't be right to tell the states that they can't have anti-slavery laws? If it is so terrible that "the Feds are saying you have to let the trannies in the girl's locker room" then it must also be bad for the Feds to say that slavery is a bad thing.
Fair enough maybe "small cog" wasn't the best choice of wording but can you name any of the other 4 commissioners (without looking them up)? The chairman of the FCC is the main person that sets the policy (at the behest of the President). The other 4 commissioners do need to agree on the policies for them to be implemented (well at least 2 of them do) but they don't actually come up with any of the policies. So Pai may have been appointed by Obama but his role was rather limited at the time.
I won't get into the whole fact that there needs to be at least 2 commissioners from each party and that those commissioners have to be confirmed by the senate before they are officially commissioners.
Actually Pai was appointed to the chairman of the FCC by trump. It doesn't really matter if he was initially appointed to the FCC by Obama. When Obama appointed him he was one small cog in the machine. Now he runs the machine. I think that kind of makes a difference.
One way to fix the problem is to make it a policy that all bills have to be read out loud in the assembly before they are voted on. It would not only remove the excuse that they didn't know what was in the bill but it may also make the bills significantly less wordy. 8^)
Just make the damn phone thicker, which will allow a real increase in battery size, and also make it easier to hold. And make it a user replaceable battery instead of designed in obsolescence. Finally, no one outside of your marketing department gives a shit about edge-to-edge screens. Notches must die. Bezels make phones easier to hold. Smartphones all basically look the same, with only minor differences. Stop pretending there's any "style" involved, and stop doing stupid stuff like removing functionality so you can pretend there is.
But if they make the phone thicker they can't brag about how thin and light it is. 8^)
Also, corporations don't pay taxes, the people who buy their products do. Arguing that corporate tax rates should increased is a proxy argument for increasing individual rates that is cloaked by cowardice.
This is only slightly true. People who buy products do effectively pay for corporations taxes. The problem with your statement is that just because taxes increase doesn't mean that that increase will be passed on to the purchasers. If the product is in enough of a demand then the increase may be passed on but if the market can't absorb that increase the increased taxes come out of the profit of the corporation.
Slashdot Mirror
You would have been better off creating something under copyright. Patents are only good for 20 years.Copyrights last a lifetime (and the lifetime of your offspring).
Actually, your statement should be "Photocopying my car is the same as me photocopying your art and selling it. Hurrrr.". The whole point of the OP's statement was that the IP wasn't being stolen. But then I guess the ignorant Right don't see the difference between copying and stealing (see I can sling meaningless political insults too).
So just because Shakespeare plays are still for sale his heirs should get a royalty for those sales? Yes I realize this is an extreme example but Nintendo isn't a person so will not die and could conceivably be in business in 200 years. Would it be ok at that time to post ROMs of 1980's games online?
Copyrights, patents, etc. aren't to show that you have an inherent right to the item covered. It is society (via our government) stating that we are allowing you to capitalize on those items for a limited period of time. After that period of capitalization your item is returned to public domain. That covenant has kind of been broken though since the end goal when those items enter the public domain keeps being pushed further and further out.
Or which party insists that non-citizen voting isn't an issue (even though it provably is) and demands to allow anyone to register simply on their word, and to vote without proving they are actually the person who is registered to vote.
Since you claim that this is all provably so would you care to actually provide the proof?
My understanding is that this is just a list of those that sent in absentee ballots. The list doesn't show how those individuals voted. What I kind of have an objection to is that if this list of absentee voters is being released where is the list of those individuals that voted in person (does this list even exist)? If you are going to publish a list of people that voted then release the complete list.
This may all have been avoided if Brian Kemp would have stepped down as Secretary of State for Georgia when he decided to run for Governor. Having one of the candidates in an election in charge of the election seems a bit suspicious (whether there is actually any fishy behaviour or not).
I don't want to call your statement a lie but I tried to look up this "fact" that "We literally had thousands and thousands of Canadians sneak into Newfoundland, and vote to join". All I could find was this https://www.cbncompass.ca/opin... which doesn't really sound like much proof that the Newfoundland vote was "stolen".
I was unable to find any story about parliamentary records to support your claim (not saying they aren't out there just couldn't find them).
Too bad they didn't release a report that showed the methodology used to come up with their findings.
Its rather difficult to repeal something before it exists.
Is it really that hard to stay under the 15Gb limit if all you do for the month is stream Spotify? If so their reasoning that anyone using over 15Gb per month must be streaming is highly flawed.
Of course it is already flawed since it is very easy to use more than 15Gb per month without streaming one bit of content that these "artists" contribute to.
To be fair all software is at the discretion of the programmers for most people. Even free open-source software. The software can be taken away any time they want and even if the source code is available the average user isn't going to have the skill/knowledge to update it anyway. As well, just because a closed source project is abandoned doesn't mean the last version of the program you were using will suddenly become useless.
It is good to experiment to find out how much of something is harmful. Until you do those experiments though I think it is prudent to assume "that even one bazillionth has to be harmful".
Did Obama deny he did cocaine and drank a 6 pack before class? I didn't it was wrong of Kavanaugh to have partied as a teenager/young adult I just want him to own up to it and say that was then but now he is more responsible..
It's hard for you to say I'm being hypocritical when you haven't actually heard me say any of the things you mentioned above.
If Trump can put tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel, aluminum and cars under the guise of national security I can't see this being labelled as a "case() like public safety or national security" being all that hard.
Why change Roe vs Wade when you can just use your power as a judge to delay an abortion to the point where the pregnancy is far enough along that an abortion isn't advisable?
http://time.com/5390960/brett-...
For fairness here is an explanation of Kavanaugh's decision in the case:
https://www.bustle.com/p/kavan...
I want a SCOTUS justice that can own up to the fact that they may have had a misspent youth and are sorry for some of their previous behaviour. Kavanaugh wouldn't even say how much he drank in high school/ college (just kept repeating that he liked beer).
I found all the indignation from the right (about how unethical the left was being) rather funny. Weren't they the ones that refused to even have a hearing for President Obama's appointment to SCOTUS?
Actually I don't think Kavanagh lied about his legal drinking.I admittedly didn't see the whole hearing but the clips that I saw he never actually said that he was of legal age just the the drinking age was 18 (I have no idea if this is true or not) and that many seniors would have been 18 therefore of legal drinking age. I don't remember seeing him actually state that he was 18 at the time and of legal drinking age. Much like the rest of his testimony he managed to skirt around the issue enough to not technically lie.
He sounded more like a defense lawyer than a judge.
So by your logic it wouldn't be right to tell the states that they can't have anti-slavery laws? If it is so terrible that "the Feds are saying you have to let the trannies in the girl's locker room" then it must also be bad for the Feds to say that slavery is a bad thing.
Me? Well, I'm learning the Canadian national anthem. I just hope they'll allow someone from a shit hole country like the USA to emigrate there.
Be sure you are learning the new words (they were just changes so if you look up an old reference you will be learning the wrong lyrics).
Fair enough maybe "small cog" wasn't the best choice of wording but can you name any of the other 4 commissioners (without looking them up)? The chairman of the FCC is the main person that sets the policy (at the behest of the President). The other 4 commissioners do need to agree on the policies for them to be implemented (well at least 2 of them do) but they don't actually come up with any of the policies. So Pai may have been appointed by Obama but his role was rather limited at the time.
I won't get into the whole fact that there needs to be at least 2 commissioners from each party and that those commissioners have to be confirmed by the senate before they are officially commissioners.
Didn't realize Hawaii seceded from the US. When did that happen?
Actually Pai was appointed to the chairman of the FCC by trump. It doesn't really matter if he was initially appointed to the FCC by Obama. When Obama appointed him he was one small cog in the machine. Now he runs the machine. I think that kind of makes a difference.
One way to fix the problem is to make it a policy that all bills have to be read out loud in the assembly before they are voted on. It would not only remove the excuse that they didn't know what was in the bill but it may also make the bills significantly less wordy. 8^)
Just make the damn phone thicker, which will allow a real increase in battery size, and also make it easier to hold. And make it a user replaceable battery instead of designed in obsolescence. Finally, no one outside of your marketing department gives a shit about edge-to-edge screens. Notches must die. Bezels make phones easier to hold. Smartphones all basically look the same, with only minor differences. Stop pretending there's any "style" involved, and stop doing stupid stuff like removing functionality so you can pretend there is.
But if they make the phone thicker they can't brag about how thin and light it is. 8^)
Also, corporations don't pay taxes, the people who buy their products do. Arguing that corporate tax rates should increased is a proxy argument for increasing individual rates that is cloaked by cowardice.
This is only slightly true. People who buy products do effectively pay for corporations taxes. The problem with your statement is that just because taxes increase doesn't mean that that increase will be passed on to the purchasers. If the product is in enough of a demand then the increase may be passed on but if the market can't absorb that increase the increased taxes come out of the profit of the corporation.