that even a republican congress would want to spend money on this program. I realize that they are just going to run up the deficit to pay for it because, after all, taxes are evil, but paying for things with borrowed money is OK.
I guess when you get your money by taxing people for it, you tend to spend the money irresponsibly. When you get the money by taxing people who aren't even born yet, then you get to be insanely irresponsible with it.
God, I wish they would just close NASA. This money will just end up in some corrupt person's pocket and they have disney fake up another "moon landing".
I don't know about that. When Napster first came out, the thing I liked about it was that I could search for things without really knowing the name of the artist or the name of the song. If I just new the lyrics from the main hook or something I could probably find it. Then armed with the name of the artist, I could probably find the record on Amazon or CD Now.
I'm almost embarrassed to say it*, but I didn't know exactly who Nick Drake was at that time (circa 1998) and I was able to find the song I was looking for, find his music, and then buy CDs from Amazon and eventually iTMS.
*(Embarrassed that my musical education hadn't included him up to that point in my life.)
As a society, do we really want to pass a bunch of unenforceable laws?
Do we really want to cripple the consumer electronics industry that is huge and employs lots of people to specifically benefit the entertainment industry that is tiny and employs only a very small number of people at (mostly) very low wage jobs?
The entertainment industry is telling us that we have to choose between the two. If this is really true, I would choose to protect fair use rights and the consumer electronics/computer/software industries. If no more hollywood movies or bubblegum rock records get made, then I guess that really isn't that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. The sun will rise whether we're being force fed hollywood crap or not.
In case after case, the criminal justice system doesn't care at all about finding the truth, they only care about finding someone they can put in jail. Who wants to be put in jail for something they didn't do? No one.
So, why even get involved in a criminal case when it is far better to protect your rights and say, "no you can't search my car without a warrant" or "No, I will not answer any questions without my attorney present."?
The police don't care whether you did it - they already believe you did do it or else you wouldn't be talking to them. They are just looking for some way to frame you.
That would be fine except for a little thing called "elections". Specifically for the local school board where they want to vote in candidates who will forbid the teaching of evolution.
The important thing is that the media company is able to maintain its hold on its intellectual property. Anyone who wants to do anything with it will be sued. Eventually your customers realize their patronage is not wanted and that everything doesn't have to be a one way street where the media company always wins and the consumer always looses and they go elsewhere.
Sorry, I wasn't aware that popular opinion was that it came "from nowhere". I always thought that popular opinion was that the Coke company had developed a new formula for Coke that tested better in focus groups, but had failed to ask the question as to how people would feel if the new coke were to replace the old Coke. There were many people who liked the old Coke and when they were told it was going away, it caused a public backlash.
I prefer this one: "So, , you got back together with ? It's been almost 2 weeks since you called! Well, give me a call if things don't work out after all"
Great. We will have companies that make cheap "safety" equipment that doesn't work but meets the legal requirement so that they can't be sued. Sounds like a republican dream. Whoopie!
My uncle was murdered on a construction site and the person who did it deliberately disabled the backup bell and then tried to re-enable it before the police could get there. I don't think the murderer would have done that if the backup bell was useless.
Obviously it would be nonsensical to say that no one in the world would have heard of something that did in fact exist and was built by humans. By stating that "you would never have heard of the damn thing" in the context of "bringing up Alto to zing Apple in some Mac vs. PC discussion thread", I was making an implied claim that people who were familiar with Alto either because they worked on it or in a manner similar to what you describe would not be trying to use the existance of the Alto to zing Apple. I should have been more clear about that.
This is not always the case, I used to work in Oregon and live in Washington. Since Washington does not have an income tax, I got to pay Oregon's income tax (whoopie!), but I still had to pay Washington's sales tax.
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that even a republican congress would want to spend money on this program. I realize that they are just going to run up the deficit to pay for it because, after all, taxes are evil, but paying for things with borrowed money is OK.
I guess when you get your money by taxing people for it, you tend to spend the money irresponsibly. When you get the money by taxing people who aren't even born yet, then you get to be insanely irresponsible with it.
God, I wish they would just close NASA. This money will just end up in some corrupt person's pocket and they have disney fake up another "moon landing".
There are kids that can do that too, dude.
It was his son.
I don't know about that. When Napster first came out, the thing I liked about it was that I could search for things without really knowing the name of the artist or the name of the song. If I just new the lyrics from the main hook or something I could probably find it. Then armed with the name of the artist, I could probably find the record on Amazon or CD Now.
I'm almost embarrassed to say it*, but I didn't know exactly who Nick Drake was at that time (circa 1998) and I was able to find the song I was looking for, find his music, and then buy CDs from Amazon and eventually iTMS.
*(Embarrassed that my musical education hadn't included him up to that point in my life.)
As a society, do we really want to pass a bunch of unenforceable laws?
Do we really want to cripple the consumer electronics industry that is huge and employs lots of people to specifically benefit the entertainment industry that is tiny and employs only a very small number of people at (mostly) very low wage jobs?
The entertainment industry is telling us that we have to choose between the two. If this is really true, I would choose to protect fair use rights and the consumer electronics/computer/software industries. If no more hollywood movies or bubblegum rock records get made, then I guess that really isn't that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. The sun will rise whether we're being force fed hollywood crap or not.
If you think Americans don't disobey laws they do not like/agree with/etc. then you have not visited the US.
What most people - even Americans - don't know is that in fact the Senate was not originally elected at all.
Oh, please. Everyone knows this already. We are all very tired of constantly hearing about the 17th amendment. We had civics in 8th grade.
In case after case, the criminal justice system doesn't care at all about finding the truth, they only care about finding someone they can put in jail. Who wants to be put in jail for something they didn't do? No one.
So, why even get involved in a criminal case when it is far better to protect your rights and say, "no you can't search my car without a warrant" or "No, I will not answer any questions without my attorney present."?
The police don't care whether you did it - they already believe you did do it or else you wouldn't be talking to them. They are just looking for some way to frame you.
There have been a lot of laws passed, especially in California, to protect child actors.
Most people don't mind being child actors, but many mind their parents robbing them blind.
OK, but then why were so many useful things invented in the US?
(Airplanes, electric lights, cotton gin, microprocessor, etc.)
That would be fine except for a little thing called "elections". Specifically for the local school board where they want to vote in candidates who will forbid the teaching of evolution.
If someone ported the Sims2 to the Macintosh, how can it still run on Windows?
Has everyone on Slashdot taken stupid pills today????
I've said this like three times: Dude, it is for developers.
Dude, it is for developers, not end users.
I don't think anyone will mock you for being born this year - we don't mock babies on Slashdot.
The important thing is that the media company is able to maintain its hold on its intellectual property. Anyone who wants to do anything with it will be sued. Eventually your customers realize their patronage is not wanted and that everything doesn't have to be a one way street where the media company always wins and the consumer always looses and they go elsewhere.
Sorry, I wasn't aware that popular opinion was that it came "from nowhere". I always thought that popular opinion was that the Coke company had developed a new formula for Coke that tested better in focus groups, but had failed to ask the question as to how people would feel if the new coke were to replace the old Coke. There were many people who liked the old Coke and when they were told it was going away, it caused a public backlash.
I prefer this one: "So, , you got back together with ? It's been almost 2 weeks since you called! Well, give me a call if things don't work out after all"
Great. We will have companies that make cheap "safety" equipment that doesn't work but meets the legal requirement so that they can't be sued. Sounds like a republican dream. Whoopie!
My uncle was murdered on a construction site and the person who did it deliberately disabled the backup bell and then tried to re-enable it before the police could get there. I don't think the murderer would have done that if the backup bell was useless.
Obviously it would be nonsensical to say that no one in the world would have heard of something that did in fact exist and was built by humans. By stating that "you would never have heard of the damn thing" in the context of "bringing up Alto to zing Apple in some Mac vs. PC discussion thread", I was making an implied claim that people who were familiar with Alto either because they worked on it or in a manner similar to what you describe would not be trying to use the existance of the Alto to zing Apple. I should have been more clear about that.
2% of 8% is 0.16%. That is a very, very small market segment.
He sounds pretty great to me.
You might be able to pass such a law through a ballot initiative. Too bad more states (and the Feds!) don't have this.
This is not always the case, I used to work in Oregon and live in Washington. Since Washington does not have an income tax, I got to pay Oregon's income tax (whoopie!), but I still had to pay Washington's sales tax.