Simply put, LIFE isn't fair, quit trying to make it fair
Or in other words, you're well off and don't want to feel guilty about it.
The point is there are lots of people who KNOW that life is unfair, and telling them it's so doesn't make it any easier.
Some people are born tall, is that "fair" to people who are short? I'm 6'5" tall, is that fair? Should I be able to be a jockey on a race horse?
Don't put stupid arguments in my mouth. I don't want to work as jockey. But jobs I am perfectly capable of doing well are closed to me because I don't have the right social connections. And there is no way to break through. I'm not about to beat anyone up or set bombs. But I reserve the right to brood over it occasionally.
If you have something to offer someone in the lines of goods and services, and, they want those, they will pay you. It is truly that simple. You earn what you are worth.
If you define "worth" as "what people will pay you".
If I have goods, or can do work, as good as another who gets paid 10 times as much, because of the way he dresses, his accent, who he went to school with, then because of that I'm "worth" 1/10th as much as him. And thus you see the point of TFA, people who see no chance to climb up the greasy pole no matter how hard they work sometimes think they mught as well chop it down.
No, probably not. It does seem unfair that the platform's owner should get so much money while the people who own the intellectual property get none
The platform owner is not going to get 500M pounds. The Pirate Bay will be lucky to raise 500 pounds. Meanwhile "the people who own intellectual property", like Bill Gates, for instance, are making billions. They'd like more, of course.
Amateurs. Dr. Who got it right. But of course he had a plot device to facilitate that.
It was an ad hoc device though. William Hartnell's health was giving out so he had to be replaced.
Anyway, how many actors have played Superman, Batman, Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood, Wyatt Earp..... And of course, there was an old Indy as well as the boy Indy in Young Indiana Jones.
If a reasonable person were to view the CGI character and identify it as Harrison Ford, and the filmmaker had not secured prior permission from Ford for the use of his likeness, then Ford would have grounds for a right-of-publicity action against the filmmakers.
But if they used a look-alike, or CGI, and did not use Ford's name, I don't see what claim he'd have. Though he might be due some residual payment depending on his contracts for the earlier movies.
I think there have been some cases where look-alikes were used in billboard ads and they were sued, but ads are different from movies.
What is this, Sesame Street? The submitter, and the editors, thought the msot interesting paragraph to excerpt was the one explaining that it takes light one year to travel one light year?
In other news, a 300 Watt power supply uses as much power as three 100W light bulbs (I think that line was actually used here a few months ago.)
Because the USA is one of the few countries (other than Canada) that (a) industrialized before about 1950 and (b) didn't have most of its existing industrial base wiped out in a world war or two.
What? It's not industrial inertia, it's social. If it has anything to do with WWII, it's the sense of being a victor and thumbing your nose at the rest of the world.
It is a problem of law, like others have said, the age of consent laws are mutated and horrible.
The interpretation of law will always be controversaial. The post I responded to suggested there was no law to enforce even for the most obvious "kiddie porn". In fact, I think the plethora of "barely legal" porn sites is a result of these laws. No matter where you draw the line, some will try to get as close to it as they can.
It's simply not practicable for the US gov't to say "you must all do it this way" for something so trivial
Whats' the point of having a National Institute of Standards then? When Australia converted back in the 70s, after a couple of years of soft conversions, the Bureau of Weights and Measures simply mandated that scales for measuring goods had to be metric only. You couldn't buy a government certified scale in pounds and use it in a shop (you could get a ktchen scale, of course, if you really wanted). And shops have to have certified scales. Once you take away the crutch of having the imperial units you soon adapt.
Why on earth would I care how many inches are in a mile?
I learnt that in primary school (40 years ago in Australia). It actually had a practical use, using 1 inch to 1 mile (1:63,360) survey maps. Of course, since metrication these are made in 1:50:000 or 100,000.
That's funny last time I looked your money is defined relative to the USD. So you going to switch?
Hong Kong is about the only place in the world whose currency is defined in terms of USD. (7.8 HKD to the USD since 1984 when there was a bank run and the authorities pegged the currency to stop speculation.) The USD rate for most currencies is defined by the market.
can't believe we don't have a global law on child porn to prevent people from creating more of it
A "global law"? Well, while we're waiting for a global government to evolve, it's already illegal in just about every country. It's not a problem of law, it's of detection and enforcement.
..reprogramming vast amounts of software that makes use of these conversions. The short-term chaos probably would not be worth it.
Exactly, which is why America hasn't adopted the metric system wholesale.
Seems to make sense, until you wonder why it didn't stop every other country in the world from converting to metric decades ago. Also, it causes untold grief for everyone else when their American software always defaults to Imperial units ("PC LOAD LETTER" is a familiar message to many who have an A4 size paper tray). And while you're at it, change the date notation to DMY or YMD, MDY is another continuous irritation. After you've done that, we can discuss your spelling.
Why the hell do people pay for *any* porn, and especially why would you pay for porn that's *already illegal*?!
Presumably convenience. Illegal porn is harder to find, and being illegal, it isn't shared as indiscriminately as the usual softcore stuff. But personally I would hesitate to give my credit card number to someone selling illegal porn for many reasons, this story being one of them.
The flaw with all these searches is that it assumes that any nearby civilizations are exactly at the same level of development as humanity. Isn't high-power broadcast radio actually declining on Earth right now in favor of cable, fiber, and low power systems like the small satellite DBS dishes?
TFA mentions not just communications radiation, but things like radar. It's hard to imagine radar not being used for a long time into the future. Though as a general rule, as any technology develops, it should become more efficient and thus less will be wasted by flying off into space.
Consider that the drive I bought at Costco 10 years ago (500MB) costs on the order of 500 to 1000 times more (that's almost two magnitudes) than storage today, and that Microsoft continues to charge at the same rate -- they even seem to adjust for inflation.
But the size of MS's OS has increased from a few hundred k; DOS 3, runnable from a 360k floppy, to a few GB, installed from a DVD, for Vista. Probably at least three orders of magnitude. So actually you are getting more OS for your dollar now.
I would rather see a democratic way of making things easier for parents or people that just dont want to be exposed to it to have a way to avoid it if possible. So if a TLD isnt the answer than what is?
Install one of the many net nanny applications on your computer. Set its restrictions as strict as you like. Even make it whitelist only: Disney.com, etc. Your problem is solved, you don't bother anyone else.
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Since it's three times what I earn, yes.
Or in other words, you're well off and don't want to feel guilty about it.
The point is there are lots of people who KNOW that life is unfair, and telling them it's so doesn't make it any easier.
Some people are born tall, is that "fair" to people who are short? I'm 6'5" tall, is that fair? Should I be able to be a jockey on a race horse?
Don't put stupid arguments in my mouth. I don't want to work as jockey. But jobs I am perfectly capable of doing well are closed to me because I don't have the right social connections. And there is no way to break through. I'm not about to beat anyone up or set bombs. But I reserve the right to brood over it occasionally.
If you define "worth" as "what people will pay you".
If I have goods, or can do work, as good as another who gets paid 10 times as much, because of the way he dresses, his accent, who he went to school with, then because of that I'm "worth" 1/10th as much as him. And thus you see the point of TFA, people who see no chance to climb up the greasy pole no matter how hard they work sometimes think they mught as well chop it down.
Yes. RTFA.
The platform owner is not going to get 500M pounds. The Pirate Bay will be lucky to raise 500 pounds. Meanwhile "the people who own intellectual property", like Bill Gates, for instance, are making billions. They'd like more, of course.
It was an ad hoc device though. William Hartnell's health was giving out so he had to be replaced.
Anyway, how many actors have played Superman, Batman, Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood, Wyatt Earp..... And of course, there was an old Indy as well as the boy Indy in Young Indiana Jones.
But if they used a look-alike, or CGI, and did not use Ford's name, I don't see what claim he'd have. Though he might be due some residual payment depending on his contracts for the earlier movies.
I think there have been some cases where look-alikes were used in billboard ads and they were sued, but ads are different from movies.
PC LOAD LETTER
Most irritating in a country where standard paper is A4, and your printer doesn't even have a "Letter" tray.
And the best fictional treatment of this is Poul Anderson's Tau Zero.
In other news, a 300 Watt power supply uses as much power as three 100W light bulbs (I think that line was actually used here a few months ago.)
Who wants to spell it "meet-ra"?
Yeah, that's really logical.
What? It's not industrial inertia, it's social. If it has anything to do with WWII, it's the sense of being a victor and thumbing your nose at the rest of the world.
The interpretation of law will always be controversaial. The post I responded to suggested there was no law to enforce even for the most obvious "kiddie porn". In fact, I think the plethora of "barely legal" porn sites is a result of these laws. No matter where you draw the line, some will try to get as close to it as they can.
Whats' the point of having a National Institute of Standards then? When Australia converted back in the 70s, after a couple of years of soft conversions, the Bureau of Weights and Measures simply mandated that scales for measuring goods had to be metric only. You couldn't buy a government certified scale in pounds and use it in a shop (you could get a ktchen scale, of course, if you really wanted). And shops have to have certified scales. Once you take away the crutch of having the imperial units you soon adapt.
2 x 185 = 370
Am I missing something?
I learnt that in primary school (40 years ago in Australia). It actually had a practical use, using 1 inch to 1 mile (1:63,360) survey maps. Of course, since metrication these are made in 1:50:000 or 100,000.
Hong Kong is about the only place in the world whose currency is defined in terms of USD. (7.8 HKD to the USD since 1984 when there was a bank run and the authorities pegged the currency to stop speculation.) The USD rate for most currencies is defined by the market.
A "global law"? Well, while we're waiting for a global government to evolve, it's already illegal in just about every country. It's not a problem of law, it's of detection and enforcement.
Exactly, which is why America hasn't adopted the metric system wholesale.
Seems to make sense, until you wonder why it didn't stop every other country in the world from converting to metric decades ago. Also, it causes untold grief for everyone else when their American software always defaults to Imperial units ("PC LOAD LETTER" is a familiar message to many who have an A4 size paper tray). And while you're at it, change the date notation to DMY or YMD, MDY is another continuous irritation. After you've done that, we can discuss your spelling.
Presumably convenience. Illegal porn is harder to find, and being illegal, it isn't shared as indiscriminately as the usual softcore stuff. But personally I would hesitate to give my credit card number to someone selling illegal porn for many reasons, this story being one of them.
TFA mentions not just communications radiation, but things like radar. It's hard to imagine radar not being used for a long time into the future. Though as a general rule, as any technology develops, it should become more efficient and thus less will be wasted by flying off into space.
But the size of MS's OS has increased from a few hundred k; DOS 3, runnable from a 360k floppy, to a few GB, installed from a DVD, for Vista. Probably at least three orders of magnitude. So actually you are getting more OS for your dollar now.
Install one of the many net nanny applications on your computer. Set its restrictions as strict as you like. Even make it whitelist only: Disney.com, etc. Your problem is solved, you don't bother anyone else.
So the fisting sites which "actively try to lure in people" will give up their sites to move to a domain that will be blocked by many.
And you can solve drug addiction if people would "just say no".