Check the first link. It's that monkey picture the court ruled wasn't copyright to the photog.
There are other examples too. Try posting a picture of a famous landmark and you might get a DMCA takedown notice.
Or just go watch an NFL game and listen to the ridiculous warning about how even thinking about the game is copyright the NFL.
Copyright is very hard to explain these days. In some places there's broad over reach, and it's quite hard to determine what you can and can't take pictures of, and what you can legally do with those pictures.
Not completely true. There's a reason if you do a photo shoot with a model you ask them for a model release (right to use their image). Not every image is copyright to the photographer. And I havequite a fewcitations.
Of course, whether or not you need a release is a complex issue, but if you don't want lawyers sorting it out the best is to err on the side of caution.
"Finnish Sauna" is often used as a label for a particular type of Sauna at a good bath house. Hot, dry heat (and very hot at that -- often in excess of 100F), often with a roaring fire in the center. You'll also have other types of saunas (steam saunas, infared saunas, etc.), some of which are also associated with a country (Russian Sauna, Turkish Sauna, etc.). And if you pick the right country, the sauna will both be co ed, and naked. (Remember those shirts from the 90s?)
I recommend Spa Zuiver in Amsterdam. Everyone will be naked, you can go into naked jacuzzis together, and it's a wonderfully relaxing experience.
Of course, before you book your ticket with thoughts of a hedon's paradise, you should know a few things.
1. The sauna is not a pick up place. The chances of meeting a hot woman there and turning it into something are quite small. 2. For every hot woman who you will be happy to see naked, there will be four old women or men 3. Staring is not something to be done. However, if you happen to be sitting in a place where you see everything, and someone comes in, well that's OK. 4. You will be naked too. And your beauty will be judging you as well. 5. There will be a bar. And food service. While you can't drink in the pools, where else can you drink around a bunch of naked people?
But, if you'd never been, I'd highly recommend it. A day at the sauna makes you feel incredible. Really. And muscle soreness will just disappear. It's quite amazing (try a sauna after your work outs sometime)
I find this article funny because my experience with T-Mobile has been completely different.
I'll admit, I only consider them good because the competition is so bad (and I've had a number of cell carriers), but so far I'm very happy with them:
I get an unlimited data plan for the cost of a limited data plan on Verizon
I get LTE in all major metro areas, and it's FAST
Unlimited really seems to be unlimited. I abuse it (streaming movies for instance) and haven't once seen a slow down. And I check periodically with a speed test app
Due to a large european network, roaming abroad can be cheaper than other carriers
While other carriers like Verizon and AT&T have a lot of bad press for tracking of users / selling users data, there's been none from T-Mobile. A cynical person might say this is because they're just better at it, but I feel it's important to reward companies who do the right thing.
The only complaint I have is they disable the personal hotspot on my phone after 5 GB of usage each month. After that I have to pay.
In short: they might not have everything I want, but they are awesome compared to everyone else out there.
May be you've never had a good cigar then as the aroma of a good cigar is nothing short of heavenly.
The funny thing about cigar smoking is a lot of people try something cheap, because they don't want to spend a lot of money on something they're not going to enjoy.
But as the high end cigars are more likely to be tasty (it's hard to find anything tasty for less than $10 a stick), you may have a better experience with a better stick.
They're only illegal in the US. Drive North to Canada, or South to Mexico, and you can buy them.
Getting them back is the tricky part. While anyone who has been through a border crossing can tell you it's pretty unlikely you get searched, the penalty is quite severe (something like $50k per incident). And while customs generally won't throw the book at you for a box of cigars, to make it worth while to drive to mexico you'd need to buy an awful lot of boxes.
Smoking Cigarettes and Smoking Cigars are not equivalent.
Cigarettes are highly addictive and yes the lower class and poor do seem to be disproportionately affected.
Cigars are something enjoyed by the upper class, and generally people don't smoke a pack a day. You have one or two for a special occasion.
It's two completely different things. If you don't believe me try bringing back a box of expensive Cuban cigars and handing them out. Plenty of people who don't smoke will take one because they enjoy experiencing something new.
You've got it wrong. Even in Europe where they're legal, a good cuban cigar can go for upwards of $10 a stick.[1]
Good cigars take years to manufacture (mainly due to the fact that you have to cure the tobacco for years). Even though the cuban government might (and has been known to) rush out cigars that have not properly cured, people who smoke cigars will generally still want ones that are properly aged (unless you're aging them yourself). And I should add that cigars that have not been cured long enough taste like cleaning products, and are very unpleasant because the chemicals you are getting rid of by the curing process are what make them a joy to smoke.
So, all of a sudden, people who would never before dream of buying cuban cigars will start buying them[2]. And the increased demand without an increase in supply will cause a RISE to the price of cigars.[3]
[1] Don't tell me about the cheap stick you smoked that someone told you was made. Brands like Montecristo, Punch, Trinidad, Hoyo de Monterray are the quality ones I'm talking about
[2] Yes many smokers who are wise to the ways of the world know how to get smuggled cigars, but there are plenty of people who won't smuggle -- either out of fear or principles.
[3] If you live in somewhere cubans are legal, this might be a good time to start stockpiling boxes. If cigar prices do go through the roof you can make a tidy profit. And if they don't, well, you have a humidor full of delicious cigars. Win Win
You're missing the point. $2 is worthless to me. I can't buy a coffee (one I would drink) with $2, someplaces you won't even get a soda with it, and maybe would get me breakfast if I ate a donut but if I'm honest I have trouble thinking of a single restaurant I'd actually eat at with something on the menu for $2 or less.
$200 million is worth a lot to me, there's so much I can do with it.
Therefore, it's worth my trading $2 for the prospect of $200 million because I give away something I don't value ($2) for the chance of having something I do value ($200 million)
The fact that you are trying to value dollars with, well, dollars is the problem.
Of course, if I only made minimum wage I might really care about those $2, but I don't
So can you explain how an RFID chip is "...the name of the beast or the number of its name."?
Each RFID chip would be unique to identify the buyer and seller. Which means they'd all be different. And unless the beast has one name per person, the RFID cannot be the name of the beast. And not the mark of the beast.
QED.
Thanks for playing. I love how people who insist on a "literal interpretation" allow their mind to wander. If you believe that revelation is fact, and will come to pass, you should look for a "mark of the beast" that is the same across every person, and is the name of "the beast." Maybe if Hitler had everyone tattooed with his name I'd agree it could be the mark, for instance.
And what if the duct tape package was filled with a nerve agent that could be dispersed by the explosion genius?
Blowing it up is just reckless. Either they didn't evaluate it correctly, or they realized it wasn't a bomb and just wanted to see a boom (which is irresponsible)
This is the reason why there's a bomb squad, and we don't just issue cops C-4 to take out anything that they decide is dangerous. Before actual detonation you should verify a) the device is explosive b) it needs to be detonated because it can't be safely dismantled c) detonation won't cause any bad effects like dispersing a nerve agent and probably a thousand other things I don't know because I'm not in a bomb squad.
During the presidential race next year you'll hear something like "Republican Candidate Jones was against closing tax loopholes that allow the super rich to avoid paying taxes"
It's not just cost, it's also how far home theaters have come.
20 - 30 years ago, a really nice sounds system and really nice TV couldn't match the quality of a movie. I'm talking about big ass projection TVs that cost thousands of dollars for crappy picture quality, when movie theaters showed movies on actual FILM.
Now, with flat screen HD Tvs under a grand, and amazing surround system also for relatively cheap, we've changed the formula.
Before, I was paying for an experience I couldn't duplicate. Amazing sound, amazing picture quality, on a really big screen.
Now, I can duplicate the experience at home for cheaper. And there are a ton of incentives.
Besides cost:
1. I can drink whatever I want (including beer, wine, and scotch) with unlimited refills. 2. There's never an obnoxious pair of people who won't shut up next to me. 3. If the movie is really thought provoking, and as a group we discuss it, we won't be annoying anyone else. 4. Movies show whenever I want -- I can decide to sit down for a Matrix Marathon at 3am if I want. 5. Every movie I buy, I keep forever. I won't rewatch every movie I buy, but some I find myself going back to time and again. And in the off chance someone ends up stuck at my place (I've had friends need a place to crash because there was construction in their place, or maybe their block lost power in a storm), I can just give them my Apple TV remote and tell them to entertain themselves.
Theaters need to sell a unique experience if they want to get people. (Just look at how many people go for IMAX releases of things like Avatar). But recently there's been no innovation, just a constant increasing of costs for consumers: ticket prices, cost of food, etc.
Says who? Let me repeat, I've done this a couple of times with a couple of software titles.
And if steam decided to take away your account and all your games you would have a similar right to issue a chargeback for ALL THE GAMES.
The key is to be polite, explain that the reason you are returning the game or issuing a charge back is because it's defective and does not work AND YOU'VE TALKED TO SUPPORT. Make sure you're speaking to a manager (or someone with decision making power), document everything, and if there's any push back mention your states attorney general.
You'll get your money back, and they'll say "right away sir"
If you buy with a credit card (which you are if you're using steam), you can call your credit card company and get them to issue a charge back.
I've done this with a couple software titles where I was told to "sod off" and nothing bad happens, and you get your money back.
The thing that makes me sad is most people don't ask for a refund, so they are creating an incentive for video game companies to create bad titles.
It's almost like the Producers, in video game form. Hype up a game, get a ton of preorders, make it absolute steaming shit, say "Sorry no refunds" and haul in the cash
If we want to see a change of heart from the publishers, people should start actually returning defective games.
Despite what the EULA may say, lemon laws make it illegal to sell something that doesn't work, and even if a store says they don't take returns of software, if you tell them the return is because it's defective they'll take it anyways.
I can guarantee you if all the people who gave cash to Ubisoft turned around and asked for their money back because the game is defective (doesn't even play on a console), Ubi would think twice about pulling similar shenanigans in the future.
That's not how statistics works. If their sample size is large enough then, yes, it may be possible to determine that a good internet connection gives your house an increase in value of 2%.
And why shouldn't it? Small improvements like putting in a nice jacuzzi tub to make the bathroom nicer can also be shown to have single-digit-of-a-percent increase in value.
Additionally, I think it's more believable because it's such a small percent. If people were willing to spend 25% more, that'd be pretty crazy, right? 2% is something someone might not care about over a 30 year mortgage.
Well, stating the obvious here, but my tongue in cheek remark was meant to highlight the fact that Emacs is wonderful if you happened to have spent the 70s in an AI lab, but if you are illisperate, the usefulness goes down significantly.
This was not a suggestion that you actually go out and learn lisp so you can make your text editor work.
(Although, as an emacs user, if you invest in learning some basics of the language it pays off big dividends, fast)
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Check the first link. It's that monkey picture the court ruled wasn't copyright to the photog.
There are other examples too. Try posting a picture of a famous landmark and you might get a DMCA takedown notice.
Or just go watch an NFL game and listen to the ridiculous warning about how even thinking about the game is copyright the NFL.
Copyright is very hard to explain these days. In some places there's broad over reach, and it's quite hard to determine what you can and can't take pictures of, and what you can legally do with those pictures.
Yup. I went to convert it to F and forgot to change it. Mea Culpa
Not completely true. There's a reason if you do a photo shoot with a model you ask them for a model release (right to use their image). Not every image is copyright to the photographer. And I have quite a few citations.
Of course, whether or not you need a release is a complex issue, but if you don't want lawyers sorting it out the best is to err on the side of caution.
"Finnish Sauna" is often used as a label for a particular type of Sauna at a good bath house. Hot, dry heat (and very hot at that -- often in excess of 100F), often with a roaring fire in the center. You'll also have other types of saunas (steam saunas, infared saunas, etc.), some of which are also associated with a country (Russian Sauna, Turkish Sauna, etc.). And if you pick the right country, the sauna will both be co ed, and naked. (Remember those shirts from the 90s?)
I recommend Spa Zuiver in Amsterdam. Everyone will be naked, you can go into naked jacuzzis together, and it's a wonderfully relaxing experience.
Of course, before you book your ticket with thoughts of a hedon's paradise, you should know a few things.
1. The sauna is not a pick up place. The chances of meeting a hot woman there and turning it into something are quite small.
2. For every hot woman who you will be happy to see naked, there will be four old women or men
3. Staring is not something to be done. However, if you happen to be sitting in a place where you see everything, and someone comes in, well that's OK.
4. You will be naked too. And your beauty will be judging you as well.
5. There will be a bar. And food service. While you can't drink in the pools, where else can you drink around a bunch of naked people?
But, if you'd never been, I'd highly recommend it. A day at the sauna makes you feel incredible. Really. And muscle soreness will just disappear. It's quite amazing (try a sauna after your work outs sometime)
I find this article funny because my experience with T-Mobile has been completely different.
I'll admit, I only consider them good because the competition is so bad (and I've had a number of cell carriers), but so far I'm very happy with them:
The only complaint I have is they disable the personal hotspot on my phone after 5 GB of usage each month. After that I have to pay.
In short: they might not have everything I want, but they are awesome compared to everyone else out there.
I feel sorry for you that you'll never get to experience one of the great pleasures in life.
May be you've never had a good cigar then as the aroma of a good cigar is nothing short of heavenly.
The funny thing about cigar smoking is a lot of people try something cheap, because they don't want to spend a lot of money on something they're not going to enjoy.
But as the high end cigars are more likely to be tasty (it's hard to find anything tasty for less than $10 a stick), you may have a better experience with a better stick.
They're only illegal in the US. Drive North to Canada, or South to Mexico, and you can buy them.
Getting them back is the tricky part. While anyone who has been through a border crossing can tell you it's pretty unlikely you get searched, the penalty is quite severe (something like $50k per incident). And while customs generally won't throw the book at you for a box of cigars, to make it worth while to drive to mexico you'd need to buy an awful lot of boxes.
Yeah it may very well be that long term (like over 10 years) cigar manufacturing goes bonkers and prices go down.
But short term supply is inelastic (because cigars take so long to make) and prices will go up with an increase in demand.
Smoking Cigarettes and Smoking Cigars are not equivalent.
Cigarettes are highly addictive and yes the lower class and poor do seem to be disproportionately affected.
Cigars are something enjoyed by the upper class, and generally people don't smoke a pack a day. You have one or two for a special occasion.
It's two completely different things. If you don't believe me try bringing back a box of expensive Cuban cigars and handing them out. Plenty of people who don't smoke will take one because they enjoy experiencing something new.
You've got it wrong. Even in Europe where they're legal, a good cuban cigar can go for upwards of $10 a stick.[1]
Good cigars take years to manufacture (mainly due to the fact that you have to cure the tobacco for years). Even though the cuban government might (and has been known to) rush out cigars that have not properly cured, people who smoke cigars will generally still want ones that are properly aged (unless you're aging them yourself). And I should add that cigars that have not been cured long enough taste like cleaning products, and are very unpleasant because the chemicals you are getting rid of by the curing process are what make them a joy to smoke.
So, all of a sudden, people who would never before dream of buying cuban cigars will start buying them[2]. And the increased demand without an increase in supply will cause a RISE to the price of cigars.[3]
[1] Don't tell me about the cheap stick you smoked that someone told you was made. Brands like Montecristo, Punch, Trinidad, Hoyo de Monterray are the quality ones I'm talking about
[2] Yes many smokers who are wise to the ways of the world know how to get smuggled cigars, but there are plenty of people who won't smuggle -- either out of fear or principles.
[3] If you live in somewhere cubans are legal, this might be a good time to start stockpiling boxes. If cigar prices do go through the roof you can make a tidy profit. And if they don't, well, you have a humidor full of delicious cigars. Win Win
You're missing the point. $2 is worthless to me. I can't buy a coffee (one I would drink) with $2, someplaces you won't even get a soda with it, and maybe would get me breakfast if I ate a donut but if I'm honest I have trouble thinking of a single restaurant I'd actually eat at with something on the menu for $2 or less.
$200 million is worth a lot to me, there's so much I can do with it.
Therefore, it's worth my trading $2 for the prospect of $200 million because I give away something I don't value ($2) for the chance of having something I do value ($200 million)
The fact that you are trying to value dollars with, well, dollars is the problem.
Of course, if I only made minimum wage I might really care about those $2, but I don't
So can you explain how an RFID chip is "...the name of the beast or the number of its name."?
Each RFID chip would be unique to identify the buyer and seller. Which means they'd all be different. And unless the beast has one name per person, the RFID cannot be the name of the beast. And not the mark of the beast.
QED.
Thanks for playing. I love how people who insist on a "literal interpretation" allow their mind to wander. If you believe that revelation is fact, and will come to pass, you should look for a "mark of the beast" that is the same across every person, and is the name of "the beast." Maybe if Hitler had everyone tattooed with his name I'd agree it could be the mark, for instance.
And what if the duct tape package was filled with a nerve agent that could be dispersed by the explosion genius?
Blowing it up is just reckless. Either they didn't evaluate it correctly, or they realized it wasn't a bomb and just wanted to see a boom (which is irresponsible)
This is the reason why there's a bomb squad, and we don't just issue cops C-4 to take out anything that they decide is dangerous. Before actual detonation you should verify a) the device is explosive b) it needs to be detonated because it can't be safely dismantled c) detonation won't cause any bad effects like dispersing a nerve agent and probably a thousand other things I don't know because I'm not in a bomb squad.
Try again. Money pays for stuff. If you have it and you want services like police, a fire department, a military, etc. than you've got to pay up.
THIS!
During the presidential race next year you'll hear something like "Republican Candidate Jones was against closing tax loopholes that allow the super rich to avoid paying taxes"
There's a great ted talk by a real astronaut on the risks. 1 in 40 chance of dying, and why he still makes the flight:
Ted Talks
It's not just cost, it's also how far home theaters have come.
20 - 30 years ago, a really nice sounds system and really nice TV couldn't match the quality of a movie. I'm talking about big ass projection TVs that cost thousands of dollars for crappy picture quality, when movie theaters showed movies on actual FILM.
Now, with flat screen HD Tvs under a grand, and amazing surround system also for relatively cheap, we've changed the formula.
Before, I was paying for an experience I couldn't duplicate. Amazing sound, amazing picture quality, on a really big screen.
Now, I can duplicate the experience at home for cheaper. And there are a ton of incentives.
Besides cost:
1. I can drink whatever I want (including beer, wine, and scotch) with unlimited refills.
2. There's never an obnoxious pair of people who won't shut up next to me.
3. If the movie is really thought provoking, and as a group we discuss it, we won't be annoying anyone else.
4. Movies show whenever I want -- I can decide to sit down for a Matrix Marathon at 3am if I want.
5. Every movie I buy, I keep forever. I won't rewatch every movie I buy, but some I find myself going back to time and again. And in the off chance someone ends up stuck at my place (I've had friends need a place to crash because there was construction in their place, or maybe their block lost power in a storm), I can just give them my Apple TV remote and tell them to entertain themselves.
Theaters need to sell a unique experience if they want to get people. (Just look at how many people go for IMAX releases of things like Avatar). But recently there's been no innovation, just a constant increasing of costs for consumers: ticket prices, cost of food, etc.
Says who? Let me repeat, I've done this a couple of times with a couple of software titles.
And if steam decided to take away your account and all your games you would have a similar right to issue a chargeback for ALL THE GAMES.
The key is to be polite, explain that the reason you are returning the game or issuing a charge back is because it's defective and does not work AND YOU'VE TALKED TO SUPPORT. Make sure you're speaking to a manager (or someone with decision making power), document everything, and if there's any push back mention your states attorney general.
You'll get your money back, and they'll say "right away sir"
If you buy with a credit card (which you are if you're using steam), you can call your credit card company and get them to issue a charge back.
I've done this with a couple software titles where I was told to "sod off" and nothing bad happens, and you get your money back.
The thing that makes me sad is most people don't ask for a refund, so they are creating an incentive for video game companies to create bad titles.
It's almost like the Producers, in video game form. Hype up a game, get a ton of preorders, make it absolute steaming shit, say "Sorry no refunds" and haul in the cash
If we want to see a change of heart from the publishers, people should start actually returning defective games.
Despite what the EULA may say, lemon laws make it illegal to sell something that doesn't work, and even if a store says they don't take returns of software, if you tell them the return is because it's defective they'll take it anyways.
I can guarantee you if all the people who gave cash to Ubisoft turned around and asked for their money back because the game is defective (doesn't even play on a console), Ubi would think twice about pulling similar shenanigans in the future.
I'd still rather have a strip club nearby. Also ready access to marijuana.
Fortunately for you, the supply and demand curves will provide you with much cheaper housing.
That's not how statistics works. If their sample size is large enough then, yes, it may be possible to determine that a good internet connection gives your house an increase in value of 2%.
And why shouldn't it? Small improvements like putting in a nice jacuzzi tub to make the bathroom nicer can also be shown to have single-digit-of-a-percent increase in value.
Additionally, I think it's more believable because it's such a small percent. If people were willing to spend 25% more, that'd be pretty crazy, right? 2% is something someone might not care about over a 30 year mortgage.
Well, stating the obvious here, but my tongue in cheek remark was meant to highlight the fact that Emacs is wonderful if you happened to have spent the 70s in an AI lab, but if you are illisperate, the usefulness goes down significantly.
This was not a suggestion that you actually go out and learn lisp so you can make your text editor work.
(Although, as an emacs user, if you invest in learning some basics of the language it pays off big dividends, fast)
Like so many things in emacs, this is probably easy to fix if only you spoke lisp ;)