They also released an amazing DND game (Temple of the Elemental Evil), but Atari screwed them by cutting a bunch of sweet content (i.e., the whore house) to get the Teen rating, and rushing them, so when the game hit the shelves it wan't close to done.
Honestly, had it not been buggy, TOEE would have been the best DND game since BG2
"Lawyers are right less than 50% of the time"!
Crap! I tell you--assuming that there is a "right" and a "wrong" before the case comes down. Most of these suits that we actually here about are undecided and ambiguous, so no one knows, not even the judge until the night he sits down to draft the oppinion. Even then, he very well might be overruled by a higher court.
Until you right a program to query god, or figure out how to pluck contract law from the fabric of reality, lawyers, judges, the legislature, and the public are just going to have to make it up as they go along.
The prison system that we have makes reform all but impossible.
Prisons are like factories--send in a small time crook or druggie, and get out a big time crook with connections.
interesting statistic: in Connecticut, there are more murders in prison than in the state
They are probably just drafting the contract large in the hope that they might get something.
However, if anyone challanged it, It would probably be shot down b/c I doubt and offer for a contract can presuppose an acceptance (because from the language, you would have to accept the contract before you even knew about it). Violates the "manifestation of acceptance" principle
hmmm...
I don't even think that this is a binding contract. If you are already in a contractual relationship with them (which I think purchase of a domain name gives you), they can't modify the contract without additional consideration.
That is, unless they are trying to claim that allowing you to use what is already yours is added consideration (which IMO is crap)
Here is a few moral problems (some of them pure speculation, some of them currently at issue).
Do you own a copyright in your DNA? 1)for the purposes of cloning? 2)For the purpose of creating drugs and gene therapy (say you go in for a check up, and doctors notice you have a genome immune to x, so they take samples, create a drug or a gene therapy off of it, and make millions. Should you get a cut?) 3)For the purposes of designer surgery (say you want Tom Cruise's nose, or Anginela Joli's lips--could the plastic surgeon grow you a duplicate from the original genetic template?)
Virtual sex machines 1)A suit or whatever that simulates sex with your favorite celebrity--would it be cheating? 2)What if that celebrity doesn't want their likeness to be having sex with you? Virtual rape? 3)What if it is with children?
Predictions of corruptions 1)before you go to law school/medschool/work for the government/military/police, you have to take a quiz to determine whether you will be likely to abuse your power, can you be denied access? 2)What if you haven't done anything wrong yet? What if you might not do anything wrong? 3)What if the test finds it likely that you will commit a violent crime--can you be incarcerated? Placed into therapy?
"It's very much a case of the lawyers building a wall around their own industry to keep the common person out."
if you really believe this, let me ask you a question:
If legal contracts were to include a plain language section -- which would be legally enforcable? The legalese, or the plain language?
If it is the plain language, why even include the legalese?
If it is the legalese, then the plain language would be superfluous at best, and misleading at worst.
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They also released an amazing DND game (Temple of the Elemental Evil), but Atari screwed them by cutting a bunch of sweet content (i.e., the whore house) to get the Teen rating, and rushing them, so when the game hit the shelves it wan't close to done. Honestly, had it not been buggy, TOEE would have been the best DND game since BG2
"Lawyers are right less than 50% of the time"! Crap! I tell you--assuming that there is a "right" and a "wrong" before the case comes down. Most of these suits that we actually here about are undecided and ambiguous, so no one knows, not even the judge until the night he sits down to draft the oppinion. Even then, he very well might be overruled by a higher court. Until you right a program to query god, or figure out how to pluck contract law from the fabric of reality, lawyers, judges, the legislature, and the public are just going to have to make it up as they go along.
The prison system that we have makes reform all but impossible. Prisons are like factories--send in a small time crook or druggie, and get out a big time crook with connections. interesting statistic: in Connecticut, there are more murders in prison than in the state
They are probably just drafting the contract large in the hope that they might get something. However, if anyone challanged it, It would probably be shot down b/c I doubt and offer for a contract can presuppose an acceptance (because from the language, you would have to accept the contract before you even knew about it). Violates the "manifestation of acceptance" principle
hmmm... I don't even think that this is a binding contract. If you are already in a contractual relationship with them (which I think purchase of a domain name gives you), they can't modify the contract without additional consideration. That is, unless they are trying to claim that allowing you to use what is already yours is added consideration (which IMO is crap)
If you get convicted, and thrown into jail, there is always federal habius corpus, upon which the act can be struck down
Here is a few moral problems (some of them pure speculation, some of them currently at issue).
Do you own a copyright in your DNA?
1)for the purposes of cloning?
2)For the purpose of creating drugs and gene therapy (say you go in for a check up, and doctors notice you have a genome immune to x, so they take samples, create a drug or a gene therapy off of it, and make millions. Should you get a cut?)
3)For the purposes of designer surgery (say you want Tom Cruise's nose, or Anginela Joli's lips--could the plastic surgeon grow you a duplicate from the original genetic template?)
Virtual sex machines
1)A suit or whatever that simulates sex with your favorite celebrity--would it be cheating?
2)What if that celebrity doesn't want their likeness to be having sex with you? Virtual rape?
3)What if it is with children?
Predictions of corruptions
1)before you go to law school/medschool/work for the government/military/police, you have to take a quiz to determine whether you will be likely to abuse your power, can you be denied access?
2)What if you haven't done anything wrong yet? What if you might not do anything wrong?
3)What if the test finds it likely that you will commit a violent crime--can you be incarcerated? Placed into therapy?
"It's very much a case of the lawyers building a wall around their own industry to keep the common person out." if you really believe this, let me ask you a question: If legal contracts were to include a plain language section -- which would be legally enforcable? The legalese, or the plain language? If it is the plain language, why even include the legalese? If it is the legalese, then the plain language would be superfluous at best, and misleading at worst.