Those rules exist because many people feel they are reasonable. you should read some history; governments have changed numerous times because the people demand it. When enough people decide the government is too repressive a new one is formed. It only took approx. 1/3 of the american colonial population to get rid of ol' king george. If enough people decided the us government was bullshit it would be replaced. Its sad that people do not realize the power that they actually have and that they believe our constitution is some holy of holies given to us by all seeing all powerful fore fathers. It is a malliable document as every other contract is. Not so long ago only crooks drank alcohol, why do you think that bullshit ended; because the people decided it was fucking dumb. I notice that you say the executive branch must enforce the 'law'. well many people have decided to use 'illicit' drugs and the executive branch is pretty bad at enforcing that one hence not a law. Id love to see copyright enforced on every single violator, not going to happen, hence not a law. You truely live in slavery if you think that laws come down onto you from on high. Im glad minorities had the sense to see they were not slaves (though i know some assholes think they still are), Im glad our fore fathers had the sense to see they were not slaves (and many of the english, it just took a little longer to make the monarchy a figurehead), Im glad moonshiners had the sense to see they were not slaves (I love a good beer every once in a while). hopefully someday everyone will realize that they control their destiny, not some windbag in washington.
Again not everyone here thinks that GPL is worth anything. I dont. it is more meaningless gibberish in my mind. I could care less if GPL is 'violated'. In my mind who is hurt? no one so I dont care.
sorry guess I didnt read your fucking post well enough. If the grader didnt know my fucking writing style and accepted anonymous submissions then what the fuck is that class worth.
I stand corrected. Term limits etc. would only serve as a check and not really do anything about it. I guess the people get the government they deserve.
I am prepared to face the consequences of my actions. IP has no market economy value because there is an infinite supply. copyright does not exist, sorry thanks for playing but the world will change without you.
When smoking pot is illegal only criminals will smoke it. When owning a gun is illegal only criminals will own guns. When being anonymous is illegal only criminals will go to any means to be anonymous.
Legallity is what we as a people agree on, not some shitty fucking laws.
If you lived in a country where free speach wasnt protected anonymous mirrors would be necessary. They were necessary in the american revolution (anonymous distrabution of anti-England propoganda).
Hmmmm, that would really fuck the courts up. maybe someone should do that and then the courts would decide that enforcing copyright is impossible and give up. I like the idea.
no it just nullifies the contract. not really illegal in a criminal sort of way. Of course napster cant enforce that contract so it is meaningless in every sense of the word anyway
in a free market there is a supply and demand curve. well, information is really infinite in supply now that the internet is here. anyone can copy it as many times as they like with no effort. Information has no market value anymore.
if they cant enforce it, the policy does not exist. the US legal system is unable to enforce this without massive violations of peoples privacy or assuming that people are guilty until they prove their innocence.
Copyright is an unenforceable set of laws. they do not exist for the average person anymore. It is not theft because it is not actually anything anymore. I do not believe in intellectual property at all anymore. Copyright does not protect the creative process. I think a large body of examles of that exist in scientific research. No one charges for that information, it is freely available for all others to criticize, tear apart, uphold, etc. Information is free, deal with it.
laptop clipped to random phone line, 500 hours of free aol. the hard part is making sure the phone line you pick is random if you do this more than once.
Term limits and drastic campaign finance reform would at least start to change some things. Of course nothing will change if regular citizens without 'political power' dont do anything like they do now.:(
Didnt an employee of a nuclear power plant have his life threatened when he did some whistle blowing on safety issues. I think that was back in the mid 80s, but I was just a kid then (still am:) so I dont remember too well.
Hmmm. I always thought that Dune was one of the most well thought out scifi books written. I dont think the previous poster is displeased with costuming but with 'technical' details of how stillsuits and stuff are supposed to work. I dont think giving Chani calluses (sp?) would work though. I wouldnt want to see the leading lady with a big warty thing on her face. Other than that I think the technical details should at least be accurate, and not only in spirit.
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Those rules exist because many people feel they are reasonable. you should read some history; governments have changed numerous times because the people demand it. When enough people decide the government is too repressive a new one is formed. It only took approx. 1/3 of the american colonial population to get rid of ol' king george. If enough people decided the us government was bullshit it would be replaced. Its sad that people do not realize the power that they actually have and that they believe our constitution is some holy of holies given to us by all seeing all powerful fore fathers. It is a malliable document as every other contract is. Not so long ago only crooks drank alcohol, why do you think that bullshit ended; because the people decided it was fucking dumb. I notice that you say the executive branch must enforce the 'law'. well many people have decided to use 'illicit' drugs and the executive branch is pretty bad at enforcing that one hence not a law. Id love to see copyright enforced on every single violator, not going to happen, hence not a law. You truely live in slavery if you think that laws come down onto you from on high. Im glad minorities had the sense to see they were not slaves (though i know some assholes think they still are), Im glad our fore fathers had the sense to see they were not slaves (and many of the english, it just took a little longer to make the monarchy a figurehead), Im glad moonshiners had the sense to see they were not slaves (I love a good beer every once in a while). hopefully someday everyone will realize that they control their destiny, not some windbag in washington.
Again not everyone here thinks that GPL is worth anything. I dont. it is more meaningless gibberish in my mind. I could care less if GPL is 'violated'. In my mind who is hurt? no one so I dont care.
that was who I was thinking about.
sorry guess I didnt read your fucking post well enough. If the grader didnt know my fucking writing style and accepted anonymous submissions then what the fuck is that class worth.
I stand corrected. Term limits etc. would only serve as a check and not really do anything about it. I guess the people get the government they deserve.
eat me asshole
You get a zero because the grader cannot evaluate your knowledge. fuck you too buddy
I am prepared to face the consequences of my actions. IP has no market economy value because there is an infinite supply. copyright does not exist, sorry thanks for playing but the world will change without you.
When smoking pot is illegal only criminals will smoke it.
When owning a gun is illegal only criminals will own guns.
When being anonymous is illegal only criminals will go to any means to be anonymous.
Legallity is what we as a people agree on, not some shitty fucking laws.
If you lived in a country where free speach wasnt protected anonymous mirrors would be necessary. They were necessary in the american revolution (anonymous distrabution of anti-England propoganda).
Hmmmm, that would really fuck the courts up. maybe someone should do that and then the courts would decide that enforcing copyright is impossible and give up. I like the idea.
no it just nullifies the contract. not really illegal in a criminal sort of way. Of course napster cant enforce that contract so it is meaningless in every sense of the word anyway
You should file a lawsuit just for the hell of it.
in a free market there is a supply and demand curve. well, information is really infinite in supply now that the internet is here. anyone can copy it as many times as they like with no effort. Information has no market value anymore.
if they cant enforce it, the policy does not exist. the US legal system is unable to enforce this without massive violations of peoples privacy or assuming that people are guilty until they prove their innocence.
Copyright is an unenforceable set of laws. they do not exist for the average person anymore. It is not theft because it is not actually anything anymore. I do not believe in intellectual property at all anymore. Copyright does not protect the creative process. I think a large body of examles of that exist in scientific research. No one charges for that information, it is freely available for all others to criticize, tear apart, uphold, etc. Information is free, deal with it.
what about innocent until proven guilty. Napster is evil, they sold out. Freenet all the way.
I personally dont believe in copyright. does that make me immoral. fuck you sir, fuck you very much.
It is not cost effective to hire someone to listen to every song to actually verify it.
laptop clipped to random phone line, 500 hours of free aol. the hard part is making sure the phone line you pick is random if you do this more than once.
Term limits and drastic campaign finance reform would at least start to change some things. Of course nothing will change if regular citizens without 'political power' dont do anything like they do now. :(
I agree. If I could mod you up I would. It seems there are few people who understand what government is.
clip into a random phone line at the neighborhood switch box and use 500 free AOL hours if you really have something that needs to be private done.
Didnt an employee of a nuclear power plant have his life threatened when he did some whistle blowing on safety issues. I think that was back in the mid 80s, but I was just a kid then (still am :) so I dont remember too well.
Hmmm. I always thought that Dune was one of the most well thought out scifi books written. I dont think the previous poster is displeased with costuming but with 'technical' details of how stillsuits and stuff are supposed to work. I dont think giving Chani calluses (sp?) would work though. I wouldnt want to see the leading lady with a big warty thing on her face. Other than that I think the technical details should at least be accurate, and not only in spirit.