Is it fraudulent to not state that a diamond is from a failed engagement? Is it fraudulent to not put up that the ring was worn by a woman who tragically died before her wedding? Those things don't affect the chemical composition, but would most likely affect the resale value. Calling a lab created diamond a diamond is not fradulent.
I'm confused by how it is fradulent. Are all conflict diamonds also somehow not diamonds? If anyone is really worried about getting a diamond from a specific vendor then they should get certificates and papers that prove its origin. Otherwise, they need to be educated consumers and not be stupid.
It sounds like marketing to me. Real Diamond ring. Who is witholding information? It's not even misleading like "Athlon 1900" or however they name their processors so the numbers refer to Intel equivalent clock speeds.
I don't think anyone suggesting making a false impression about the diamond's origin. Maybe you'd like them to sell it as "Flawless Diamond"? Wouldn't that be more accurate?
I don't think it is ok to let "rogue cops loose on the streets." I don't believe i've said that. I'm saying that in the absence of a perfect system our system is extremely good. It can be modified. It has over-sight. It has transparency. Any extreme changes to our current system will introduce other larger problems.
The Brazil example is only there because you act like the person gained nothing by having a police force. I read about this woman who died in a car accident. Cars in our society really served her well. She is dead. Maybe we should eliminate cars to eliminate traffic fatalities?
Oh, we're so much better than Brazil, so it's perfectly ok to kill off a few innocents. Especially if they're non whites.
Well, it did actually work real well for him. He could have found his end a lot earlier in some ghetto (like in brazil) from true corruption or gang violence. Are you trying to compare his opportunity cost against a perfect society or against how bad it really could be?
It's like saying "So and So avoided saturated fat all his life to avoid a heart attack and look what that did for him" after he dies of a heart attack. People sometimes like to disregard random chance when it suits them.
I guess following your line of reasoning we should eliminate the police or not let them carry guns. Maybe only perfect people should get to carry guns.
Absolutely, there is an ethical problem. I just find the OP really arrogant and ignorant concerning the needs of his students.
His copyright being infringed is a different problem. But he is pretending that he has to be a jerk to his student because otherwise he will be infringed. I guess the "king in my little kingdom" attitude really really irritates me.
Podcasting still suffers from the 'use it against them' angle.
What are you talking about? Are you saying you don't want to be held accountable for what you say? You do know that you are accountable even if no one has you down on tape, right?
His words are only his IP if he affixes them to media. Performance alone is not enough for a copyright except in some rare cases involving dance steps, yoga, etc.
A videotape of him is copyrightable and so is a recording. But him speaking live is not covered under copyright.
I can also dub my DVDs using my video camera but why would i want that hassle? Why wouldn't i want to break the DRM and come up with a nice automated way to prepare all of the music I *purchased* for an unsupported platform.
For example, what if i want to have my MythTV box, which is hooked up to my stereo system to be able to play my songs?
Anyway, you just want to be argumentative, since you have no need for breaking the DRM.
Well, we're either all in this together- and should hang together as Americans- or we're all separate states- in which case we're better off disbanding the federal government altogether.
Wow, we only have 2 choices. What happened to all of our other choices? In most cases as soon as someone provides only two solutions to a problem (ie: false dichotomy), i know to disregard everything else they have said too. They obviously haven't thought about the problem very much.
I wouldn't want to impose on a Charity when i can spend money on a SUV and concentrate on the things i'm good at. Besides what would i do with my trailer when there is street cleaning?
I'm not even certain Boston allows me to park a trailer on the street for extended periods of time. I'm not even sure how i'd hook up to the trailer of it gets parked in by people. You know everything. why don't you explain it to me?
Isn't that why people use Vi or Emacs? they are too stupid to use ed to edit their code? And I can't get over the number of people that are too stupid to write their own compiler--some people actually use gcc to compile their code.
Uh, yeah, we definitly need more people trying to back up and manuever with trailers. Trailers are so easy to work with. And it's really easy to park trailers when you have on-street parking. But other then that you are a genius.
Why wouldn't people take into consideration their dogs when buying a car? Are you trying to be stupid? Wouldn't you call them stupid when you see them driving in a little car with 2 large dogs barely fitting?
Well, i guess a glass bottle could be seen as a semi-automatic weapon. Every time you swing it into their head it does damage without you have to manually cock it. Unless you are still using bolt-action bottles over there.
Yes, they could download gentoo or whatever. When I look at cost, I look at the cost to get a sysadmin (windows ones are cheaper), the cost of the hardware (usually same), the cost of the software and the amount of time spent on administration during the life of the system.
Does this include the per head licensing fee in comparison to using Samba?
Yeah, it's terrible you quoted out of context. His point was the article glossed over the rediculous use of the patriot act.
Nice strawman too. This has nothing to do with terrorists and even if it did there are plenty of other ways to gather information non-intrusively before getting to the things the patriot act covers. Otherwise, why not wiretap the kid's cell phone because we don't want terrorists applying as mere interns! Who knows what we might find out!
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Is it fraudulent to not state that a diamond is from a failed engagement? Is it fraudulent to not put up that the ring was worn by a woman who tragically died before her wedding? Those things don't affect the chemical composition, but would most likely affect the resale value. Calling a lab created diamond a diamond is not fradulent.
I'm confused by how it is fradulent. Are all conflict diamonds also somehow not diamonds? If anyone is really worried about getting a diamond from a specific vendor then they should get certificates and papers that prove its origin. Otherwise, they need to be educated consumers and not be stupid.
It sounds like marketing to me. Real Diamond ring. Who is witholding information? It's not even misleading like "Athlon 1900" or however they name their processors so the numbers refer to Intel equivalent clock speeds. I don't think anyone suggesting making a false impression about the diamond's origin. Maybe you'd like them to sell it as "Flawless Diamond"? Wouldn't that be more accurate?
What are they charged with if they are arrested?
Don't they sell books all over vegas about different "systems" to use?
I don't think it is ok to let "rogue cops loose on the streets." I don't believe i've said that. I'm saying that in the absence of a perfect system our system is extremely good. It can be modified. It has over-sight. It has transparency. Any extreme changes to our current system will introduce other larger problems.
The Brazil example is only there because you act like the person gained nothing by having a police force. I read about this woman who died in a car accident. Cars in our society really served her well. She is dead. Maybe we should eliminate cars to eliminate traffic fatalities?
Oh, we're so much better than Brazil, so it's perfectly ok to kill off a few innocents. Especially if they're non whites.
Uh, are you trolling now?
Does it run under Linux like the rest of my core infrastructure?
Well, it did actually work real well for him. He could have found his end a lot earlier in some ghetto (like in brazil) from true corruption or gang violence. Are you trying to compare his opportunity cost against a perfect society or against how bad it really could be?
It's like saying "So and So avoided saturated fat all his life to avoid a heart attack and look what that did for him" after he dies of a heart attack. People sometimes like to disregard random chance when it suits them.
I guess following your line of reasoning we should eliminate the police or not let them carry guns. Maybe only perfect people should get to carry guns.
Absolutely, there is an ethical problem. I just find the OP really arrogant and ignorant concerning the needs of his students.
His copyright being infringed is a different problem. But he is pretending that he has to be a jerk to his student because otherwise he will be infringed. I guess the "king in my little kingdom" attitude really really irritates me.
Btw, how is jesse doing?
The baseball player? http://yalebulldogs.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec- rel/040906aae.html?pic=18
What happened to him?
Podcasting still suffers from the 'use it against them' angle.
What are you talking about? Are you saying you don't want to be held accountable for what you say? You do know that you are accountable even if no one has you down on tape, right?
His words are only his IP if he affixes them to media. Performance alone is not enough for a copyright except in some rare cases involving dance steps, yoga, etc.
A videotape of him is copyrightable and so is a recording. But him speaking live is not covered under copyright.
Yeah, but the OP said "AND what I say in class is my intellectual property. "
I hope he doesn't teach property law, because he doesn't have a clue to what he is saying.
I actually think he is a very well done troll, because i can't see any professor being that draconian, mean-spirited, or ignorant.
What, like MS doesn't provide custom searches for her that alerts her to any mention of open source, linux, gpl, etc in any document that she reads?
Or is the technology being released the same time Vista is?
I can also dub my DVDs using my video camera but why would i want that hassle? Why wouldn't i want to break the DRM and come up with a nice automated way to prepare all of the music I *purchased* for an unsupported platform.
For example, what if i want to have my MythTV box, which is hooked up to my stereo system to be able to play my songs?
Anyway, you just want to be argumentative, since you have no need for breaking the DRM.
Well, we're either all in this together- and should hang together as Americans- or we're all separate states- in which case we're better off disbanding the federal government altogether.
Wow, we only have 2 choices. What happened to all of our other choices? In most cases as soon as someone provides only two solutions to a problem (ie: false dichotomy), i know to disregard everything else they have said too. They obviously haven't thought about the problem very much.
way to repeat yourself...
What are you talking about? Types of coke are things like: coke classic, vanilla coke, cherry coke, etc. Pepsi is the competitor of coke.
I wouldn't want to impose on a Charity when i can spend money on a SUV and concentrate on the things i'm good at. Besides what would i do with my trailer when there is street cleaning?
I'm not even certain Boston allows me to park a trailer on the street for extended periods of time. I'm not even sure how i'd hook up to the trailer of it gets parked in by people. You know everything. why don't you explain it to me?
HA.
Isn't that why people use Vi or Emacs? they are too stupid to use ed to edit their code? And I can't get over the number of people that are too stupid to write their own compiler--some people actually use gcc to compile their code.
Idiots!
Uh, yeah, we definitly need more people trying to back up and manuever with trailers. Trailers are so easy to work with. And it's really easy to park trailers when you have on-street parking. But other then that you are a genius.
Why wouldn't people take into consideration their dogs when buying a car? Are you trying to be stupid? Wouldn't you call them stupid when you see them driving in a little car with 2 large dogs barely fitting?
Well, i guess a glass bottle could be seen as a semi-automatic weapon. Every time you swing it into their head it does damage without you have to manually cock it. Unless you are still using bolt-action bottles over there.
And your point is what? Of course i shouldn't expect much from an AC. On topic?
Does this include the per head licensing fee in comparison to using Samba?
Yeah, it's terrible you quoted out of context. His point was the article glossed over the rediculous use of the patriot act.
Nice strawman too. This has nothing to do with terrorists and even if it did there are plenty of other ways to gather information non-intrusively before getting to the things the patriot act covers. Otherwise, why not wiretap the kid's cell phone because we don't want terrorists applying as mere interns! Who knows what we might find out!
Im sorry, but where in his post does he mention a field trip?
Dude, computers are creative now, look at HAL.