Terrorists could have access to such information anyway via the hard copies of such journals. Riyadh, Tehran, Jerusalem, and numerous other Arabic cities have large universities that hold subscriptions to such journals whether they are Japanese, American, European, etc. Going to the library may take a little more time but data like how to build nuclear weapons etc. was published even 20 years ago, so if they want the knowledge they can easily get it anyway.
One of the greatest impediments to independent research is inaccessibility to current journals. Unless tied to a major university or a wealthy backer, it is very expensive tp keep up with current research since most of the technical journals are private and rather expensive. The Library of Congress should be used to facilitate a digital archive of current research (maybe allowing a few weeks for publishers to make money first?) in order to promote more independent scientific research. I work in a cancer research lab over the summers and have personally experienced the frustration of tracking papers only to find that my employer does not have a hard copy and does not subscribe to the electronic edition. Does anyone else have similar stories that they care to share?
Sounds like breach of contract on the part of RIAA. After all, the store owner purchased the music without intent to distribute and is using it for private purposes. Tell him to ask the BBB in his area if anyone else got similar letters, if so organize and fight. The same logic used here by the corporate so-and-sos means about anything copyrighted played through a speaker to more than one person could be banned under this law. Theoretically it also means anything not played in headphones becomes suspect, maybe in our litigious society your store owner happens to be of a non-WASP backgroun and could cry discrimination, especially if other BBB members are not having to pay to use music. What state did this take place in?
The conversion of Brin's "Postman" from book to movie was so putrid as to make Crichton's book "Jurassic Park" look like a literal translation. Brin's book is excellent, anyone into post-apocalyptic stuff should look at it.
In terms of (secret) military technology, the US remains dominant after over 50 years as top dog. We farm out lots of subsidy contracts to foreign companies, like those in Japan, who can then turn the technology towards other products. In terms of tech available to the general public, I'd say S Korea or Taiwan is #1 with Japan close behind and the US about 2-3 years delayed. This has to do as much with domestic corporations and cartels (like the RIPAA) interfereing with products that may hurt their business (DVD-Rom RW drives/Blu-light CDs) as anything else. But in terms of military applications and overall tech level, I'd say the US is 10-15 years ahead of anyone else. Hence the level of tech is 25 years ahead of that available to the civilian populace. Does anyone disagree?
My brother's boss is toying with the idea of having his staff working on Xmas day. He doesn't celebrate the holiday but they don't get off the holidays he celebrates either.
Please remember that our nation started as a handful of colonies with little in the way of regular militia to defend their towns and farms. It was mandatory to carry firearms in several colonies prior to the Revolution. The Bacon rebellion in response to indentured servitude of whites (read: slavery) firmly set much of that region into pro-firearms stances. Indeed, preserving liberty and property remains a core tenant of why owning firearms in the rural areas of our country away from police enforecement should be permitted with minimal regulation.
Oddly enough, I think the first gun control laws came from Kentucky and concerned prohibition of concealed weaponry of certain types. Gun control since then has evolved into bizarre attempts that even include the banning of all handguns in some towns. These laws usually do not reduce crime in any significant way. Criminals are defined as those who break the law, thus criminals will have firearms regardless of what laws are passed. Law-abiding citizens are the only ones who will heed the lawsm but if enough feel unsafe they can agitate for serious legislation favoring security even if it violates privacy and freedom. Recent events shoulddisplay part of the latter point. Many of the people claimed under "gun homicides" are in fact suicides, self-homicide. This leaves a minority of all murders as being committed with firearms, and many of those are by police officers, people defending their homes, or genuine murders. There is no reason why certain weapons should be available to the public at large, such as fully automatic AK-47s or M-16s. Perhaps special licenses should be available for owners who wish to acquire more powerful weapons.
Our nation already has more guns than people, banning the guns to solve crime would be like curing alcoholism with Prohibition. Please look up more on google.com or dogpile.com, especially since this issue proves divisive and little truly objective information is available.
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Terrorists could have access to such information anyway via the hard copies of such journals. Riyadh, Tehran, Jerusalem, and numerous other Arabic cities have large universities that hold subscriptions to such journals whether they are Japanese, American, European, etc. Going to the library may take a little more time but data like how to build nuclear weapons etc. was published even 20 years ago, so if they want the knowledge they can easily get it anyway.
One of the greatest impediments to independent research is inaccessibility to current journals. Unless tied to a major university or a wealthy backer, it is very expensive tp keep up with current research since most of the technical journals are private and rather expensive. The Library of Congress should be used to facilitate a digital archive of current research (maybe allowing a few weeks for publishers to make money first?) in order to promote more independent scientific research. I work in a cancer research lab over the summers and have personally experienced the frustration of tracking papers only to find that my employer does not have a hard copy and does not subscribe to the electronic edition. Does anyone else have similar stories that they care to share?
Sounds like breach of contract on the part of RIAA. After all, the store owner purchased the music without intent to distribute and is using it for private purposes. Tell him to ask the BBB in his area if anyone else got similar letters, if so organize and fight. The same logic used here by the corporate so-and-sos means about anything copyrighted played through a speaker to more than one person could be banned under this law. Theoretically it also means anything not played in headphones becomes suspect, maybe in our litigious society your store owner happens to be of a non-WASP backgroun and could cry discrimination, especially if other BBB members are not having to pay to use music. What state did this take place in?
Really Ignorant Anti-tech Assholes
The conversion of Brin's "Postman" from book to movie was so putrid as to make Crichton's book "Jurassic Park" look like a literal translation. Brin's book is excellent, anyone into post-apocalyptic stuff should look at it.
Do you mean "fair" country?
In terms of (secret) military technology, the US remains dominant after over 50 years as top dog. We farm out lots of subsidy contracts to foreign companies, like those in Japan, who can then turn the technology towards other products. In terms of tech available to the general public, I'd say S Korea or Taiwan is #1 with Japan close behind and the US about 2-3 years delayed. This has to do as much with domestic corporations and cartels (like the RIPAA) interfereing with products that may hurt their business (DVD-Rom RW drives/Blu-light CDs) as anything else. But in terms of military applications and overall tech level, I'd say the US is 10-15 years ahead of anyone else. Hence the level of tech is 25 years ahead of that available to the civilian populace. Does anyone disagree?
My brother's boss is toying with the idea of having his staff working on Xmas day. He doesn't celebrate the holiday but they don't get off the holidays he celebrates either.
Please remember that our nation started as a handful of colonies with little in the way of regular militia to defend their towns and farms. It was mandatory to carry firearms in several colonies prior to the Revolution. The Bacon rebellion in response to indentured servitude of whites (read: slavery) firmly set much of that region into pro-firearms stances. Indeed, preserving liberty and property remains a core tenant of why owning firearms in the rural areas of our country away from police enforecement should be permitted with minimal regulation. Oddly enough, I think the first gun control laws came from Kentucky and concerned prohibition of concealed weaponry of certain types. Gun control since then has evolved into bizarre attempts that even include the banning of all handguns in some towns. These laws usually do not reduce crime in any significant way. Criminals are defined as those who break the law, thus criminals will have firearms regardless of what laws are passed. Law-abiding citizens are the only ones who will heed the lawsm but if enough feel unsafe they can agitate for serious legislation favoring security even if it violates privacy and freedom. Recent events shoulddisplay part of the latter point. Many of the people claimed under "gun homicides" are in fact suicides, self-homicide. This leaves a minority of all murders as being committed with firearms, and many of those are by police officers, people defending their homes, or genuine murders. There is no reason why certain weapons should be available to the public at large, such as fully automatic AK-47s or M-16s. Perhaps special licenses should be available for owners who wish to acquire more powerful weapons. Our nation already has more guns than people, banning the guns to solve crime would be like curing alcoholism with Prohibition. Please look up more on google.com or dogpile.com, especially since this issue proves divisive and little truly objective information is available.