Another good one would be Hundred Years War. In it, Catholics fight Protestants, and Protestants fight other Protestants for whose is the official church of the state all across Europe for a century. The Rolling Sones included a line about this in Sympathy For The Devil. It is my favorite part of the whole song:
"I watched in glee while your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the gods they made."
The government staying out of the equation, and letting the market decide did a wonderful job with AM stereo and quadraphonic records. Someone must set standards, and only the FCC, and other such agencies internationally have the authority to do so. Could you imagine haw color TV would have caught on if there had been a format war instead of NTSC? We all need to stop bowin beforew a golden calf called the "free market".
If colleges and universities allow themselves to be drawn into being the RIAA and MPAA's copyright cops, they will have to forget about educating anyone, because there will be no time for being anything but copyright cops. Higher education has always been about the free flow of ideas, not locking them up as property, and locking ideas up as property is what copyright does.
Niether industry is on the side of the public interest, which was after all the purpose of copyright and patent.
The Constitution of the United States provides:
"Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have power . . . To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries."
Locking up ideas as property is a form of censorship, but justified if it promotes progress. Copyright terms are now so long that they stifle progress and defeat their very purpose to make a few greedy businessmen even richer. It is a shame that Congress are a parliament of whores, and they do not care about the public interest either, otherwise we would still have 14 year, renewable once copyrights. When they run out, it is time for the authors to create something new! That is the incentive we as a society should offer them.
Here's the deal. Methane is used by the Zhti Ti Kofft as an energy source in their underground cities. Sometimes, some of it escapes to the surface. They may in fact be running out of methane, because they have shown interest in our power plants.
It's not Kentucky Fried Chicken any more. Now it's Alabama Fried Chicken, or maybe Generically Southern Fried Chicken, but they have disowned Kentucky! Whether it is even chicken is another question.
If they use a rocket, it will be a short-lived fireball. If they use the X-4000 Launch Aparatus, it will be the world's largest paper wad. Maybe they should take it to the top of a hill, and just give it a push.
The Zhti Ti Kofft will crush are puny nanobot army, and then punish is for attempting a large scale invasion. It may be the twilight of humanity! If we want the blue planet to remain ours, we need to respect that the red planet is theirs,
Hasbro owns scrabble, but kids who never shared their toys had no friends. Since Hasbro has decided to be pricks, I hope everyone who loved E-Scrabble boycotts them. Hit them where it hurts: in the wallet.
Hmmm, pimps or johns... The corporations paying our congressmen to turn legislative tricks are definately johns, but the lobbyists who bring corporations and legislators together for a cut of the action, now those are more like pimps. One thing is certain though. Congressmen and Senators are whores!
Our parliament of whores does not care about GPL violators. They only want to help their corporate johns get even richer at our expense. They probably think the GPL is a communist plot.
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Another good one would be Hundred Years War. In it, Catholics fight Protestants, and Protestants fight other Protestants for whose is the official church of the state all across Europe for a century. The Rolling Sones included a line about this in Sympathy For The Devil. It is my favorite part of the whole song:
"I watched in glee while your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the gods they made."
The government staying out of the equation, and letting the market decide did a wonderful job with AM stereo and quadraphonic records. Someone must set standards, and only the FCC, and other such agencies internationally have the authority to do so. Could you imagine haw color TV would have caught on if there had been a format war instead of NTSC? We all need to stop bowin beforew a golden calf called the "free market".
How about badger?
Maybe they got the idea from Microsoft, who sued Pella and Andersen over the use of the term, "windows".
If colleges and universities allow themselves to be drawn into being the RIAA and MPAA's copyright cops, they will have to forget about educating anyone, because there will be no time for being anything but copyright cops. Higher education has always been about the free flow of ideas, not locking them up as property, and locking ideas up as property is what copyright does.
The V-chip is not about protecting the children. It is a surveillance device. This new software version for computers is probably no different.
Common sense is an oxymoron. Sense is not a common thing at all.
True. With overseas outsourcing, a CS degreee might as well include a minor in burger flipping and fry cooking.
The Constitution of the United States provides: "Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have power . . . To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries." Locking up ideas as property is a form of censorship, but justified if it promotes progress. Copyright terms are now so long that they stifle progress and defeat their very purpose to make a few greedy businessmen even richer. It is a shame that Congress are a parliament of whores, and they do not care about the public interest either, otherwise we would still have 14 year, renewable once copyrights. When they run out, it is time for the authors to create something new! That is the incentive we as a society should offer them.
Here's the deal. Methane is used by the Zhti Ti Kofft as an energy source in their underground cities. Sometimes, some of it escapes to the surface. They may in fact be running out of methane, because they have shown interest in our power plants.
What's that? A giant "laserbeam"?
Metric Shmetric! It was the Zhti Ti Kofft. They will shoot down this probe too.
A space elevator would be an even bigger boondoggle than the X-4000 Launch Aparatus.
After all, the next Windows will be a version of BSD, a rip-off of Mac OSX. Claims of BSD's death are greatly exaggerated.
It's not Kentucky Fried Chicken any more. Now it's Alabama Fried Chicken, or maybe Generically Southern Fried Chicken, but they have disowned Kentucky! Whether it is even chicken is another question.
Good idea, but try getting through a metal detector!
If they use a rocket, it will be a short-lived fireball. If they use the X-4000 Launch Aparatus, it will be the world's largest paper wad. Maybe they should take it to the top of a hill, and just give it a push.
Paris Hilton to promote Linux... April Fools!
Tin foil wrapper? Try getting that through a metal detector! Read more.
The Zhti Ti Kofft will crush are puny nanobot army, and then punish is for attempting a large scale invasion. It may be the twilight of humanity! If we want the blue planet to remain ours, we need to respect that the red planet is theirs,
Don't be so quick to dismiss these pop-up ads. Be afraid. Be very afraid!
Hasbro owns scrabble, but kids who never shared their toys had no friends. Since Hasbro has decided to be pricks, I hope everyone who loved E-Scrabble boycotts them. Hit them where it hurts: in the wallet.
Hmmm, pimps or johns... The corporations paying our congressmen to turn legislative tricks are definately johns, but the lobbyists who bring corporations and legislators together for a cut of the action, now those are more like pimps. One thing is certain though. Congressmen and Senators are whores!
Our parliament of whores does not care about GPL violators. They only want to help their corporate johns get even richer at our expense. They probably think the GPL is a communist plot.
Star Wars in 3-D isn't as ridiculous as what Ted Turner wanted to do.