Interestingly, much of what is written on that label is invalid because it is citing patents covering the gramophone and not copyrights covering the recording. That's okay, because the article writer doesn't understand patents or copyrights either:
According to this sticker on the back of the record, "No license is granted to use this record when sold at a less price." So I purchased this record, but I do not have a license to play it. "All rights revert to the undersigned in the event of any violation."
The label doesn't provide any information on what I'm supposed to do with an unlicensed copy of Ave Maria. I could contact the Victor Record Company, but they sold assets to RCA, which was acquired by General Electric, which was sold to BMG, which merged with Sony. So do I contact Sony and inform them I have an unlicensed copy of Ave Maria?
This is absurd. Both the copyrights and the patents expired a long time ago. Patent terms are 17 years now, and may have been even shorter then. Copyrights were something like 25 years at the time, although megacorps have been perpetually lobbying Congress to extend copyright with the result that anything created after 1923 is still under copyright protection.
Being that the 1955 and 1956 Chevys differed from the 1957 only in chrome and tailfin size, I'd say you don't know anything about American cars and just repeated two models you could recall from casual experience. I would expect someone interested in "understated" design to prefer the 1955 over the 1957. What about these cars?
I find any article that calls 6500 pounds "four tons" unreliable. 6500 lbs is already quite large-- why exaggerate? How else are they stretching the facts?
hope everyone enjoys explaining to their children and grandchildren that we slaughtered a whole group of mammals that live in the sea because it was easy money.
They are EATING THE WHALES you fool! They're not selling souvenir blubber and whale-oil lamps.
Not all whales no, but there is argument on whether 50 dead per year out of 7800 known living bowhead whales who have a lifespan of 100+ years is sustainable in the long term.
Their longevity is academic. What matters is their birth rate, and as their numbers are on an upward trend I'd say it's high enough.
If you can explain how using slightly more modern technology has resulted in overhunting, let me know. As for myself, I have read the article so that at least I know that they are limited to 255 whales per year for 10 villages.
Maybe you should be forced to grow your own food using 19th century technology. That should have the nice side benefit of reducing your "carbon footprint".
Burglars that break into your house at night while you're asleep are very much an American thing.
Uhh... this happens incredibly often in the UK and Australia since their draconian gun laws were put into place. With little risk of facing deadly force, why wouldn't a crook raid a house over a business where alarms are nearly ubiquitous and police response more prompt?
Time to time the mandatory assault rifle at home for all service-man policy (with military service mandatory for all males) makes a scandal when some guy goes Rambo but then they hush it with "values of tradition" and other crap and everybody forgets about it. And nobody talks about the use of such rifle involved and way too many suicides. But yeah, lets blame video games and leave the weapons in the hands of the people... Like we need them! It's bloody Switzerland, not Israel.
If it's really that rare, then why are you so concerned about it? I'm sure more people die of cancer or in car accidents in Switzerland than are mowed down by madmen with rifles. And suicide should not be a concern to the average Slashdotter who already supports euthanasia and the free use of narcotics. I suppose the problem is that people think gun violence is easier to solve: just ban all the guns and the problem goes away. Well, we tried to solve the problem of alcohol abuse in the USA with prohibition and the social situation got worse with the rise of organized crime and violence. The same could be and is often argued for the prohibition of narcotics and marijuana. I'm not sure why the average Slashdotter is willing to fight tooth and nail for a high but not for his right to defend his life.
On the other hand, a friend pointed out to me today that you never hear of school-massacres from countries other than the US. Is it because we don't pay attention to world-wide events, or is it because it just doesn't happen as often? Does it not happen because of 'stupid' laws like these?
There have been quite a few , and it seems to be a great problem in Germany.
Equating the brutal murder of citizens in a peaceful protest with some of the recent faux pas of the US government is not going to get you very far in a debate. Neither will your bizarre view of history-- as if the previous thousands of years of moral philosophy before 1 AD didn't exist! Ever hear of the Ten Commandments, Hammurabi's Code, or any Greek philosophers? Start reading!
Thanks to our crappy American school system, everyone thinks that everyone was a hippie in the 1960s and turned into yuppies in the 1980s and 1990s. The hippies and yuppies were just the most visible groups (just like jocks and cheerleaders are the most visible in high schools) while "the rest" became unassuming, mostly productive, somewhat boring, average people.
Same here. I have working Atari carts from 1970-something and VIC-20 carts and tapes from 1982-1985 (haven't checked the tapes in the last five years, though).
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Tell me where you come from so I can make sure I don't end up living among such ignorant, snobbish people.
1955-1957 T-bird
1956 Corvette
1967 Corvette Stingray
1969 Camaro
1969 Dodge Charger Daytona
1966 Mustang
1936-37 Cord
1933 Duesenberg
I find any article that calls 6500 pounds "four tons" unreliable. 6500 lbs is already quite large-- why exaggerate? How else are they stretching the facts?
Try reading some numbers. You, too, can be informed.
If you can explain how using slightly more modern technology has resulted in overhunting, let me know. As for myself, I have read the article so that at least I know that they are limited to 255 whales per year for 10 villages.
Maybe you should be forced to grow your own food using 19th century technology. That should have the nice side benefit of reducing your "carbon footprint".
RTFA. The 10 villages are limited to 255 whales a year.
Try reading the article. The whale wasn't killed by Captain Ahab. Unfortunately, the other people who also didn't read the article have modded you up.
... but not Super Breakout.
That doesn't make any sense. Is the USA in the EU? No, thank goodness. Please troll sensibly... wait, that's a contradiction.
Equating the brutal murder of citizens in a peaceful protest with some of the recent faux pas of the US government is not going to get you very far in a debate. Neither will your bizarre view of history-- as if the previous thousands of years of moral philosophy before 1 AD didn't exist! Ever hear of the Ten Commandments, Hammurabi's Code, or any Greek philosophers? Start reading!
50.7% voted for Bush in 2004 so technically, you're wrong. By the way, more than 50% said no to Clinton in both 1992 and 1996.
Viagra, my friend.
But this one can go up stairs!
Thanks to our crappy American school system, everyone thinks that everyone was a hippie in the 1960s and turned into yuppies in the 1980s and 1990s. The hippies and yuppies were just the most visible groups (just like jocks and cheerleaders are the most visible in high schools) while "the rest" became unassuming, mostly productive, somewhat boring, average people.
Same here. I have working Atari carts from 1970-something and VIC-20 carts and tapes from 1982-1985 (haven't checked the tapes in the last five years, though).
Nah... they would simply have to repurpose the company mission to chair-throwing and sweating.