At 9 years total it seems like the "time:cards stolen" ratio is quite reasonable. Why do you feel differently? Would you feel differently if your card was involved?
In short: the reason I believe it is an unreasonable sentence stems from the fact that you can get as little as 4 years for manslaughter. Why should someone who commits CC theft get a sentence more than twice that of someone else who killed a person?
That's not to say I don't believe the guy should go to jail. I simply question our society's values when hacking into a system and grabbing a bunch of insured CC numbers is considered in the ballpark of a rape or murder, let alone when it can net you even longer jail time.
But is it really a win for Disney when a big copyright extension is passed and/or upheld in court? After all, Disney made much of its money on the backs of public domain works...
Competition when used in the "competition is good" sentiment refers to competition among products. I don't think competion among standards, particularly incompatible standards, has ever been deemed a "good thing."
Capitalism has done more for improving quality of life for more people than any other system in history by freeing people from arbitrarily imposed class structures designed to maintain the ruling class's monopoly on power (wealth=power), and by efficiently allocating people's creative energy and abilities toward wealth production. These unqualified critiques of capitalism are quite narrow-minded, out of scale with the actual problem, and roughly equivalent to biting your own hand that's feeding you.
Don't forget that the imposed class structures found in Capitalism seem much easier to swallow. Under Capitalism, it's obvious that one's position in life is determined solely by his/her ability, rather than some arbitrary fashion like the wealth of one's family...
Perhaps it's better to say it's frustrating to live among people who wear their christian beliefs as a badge of honor, with the obvious insinuation that a lack of belief is unacceptable. My parents and extended family constantly try to push me towards their catholic faith. Boy, was I glad when I was able to move out and go to college.
Now I get to deal with it at work.
Many people I interact with on a daily basis like to constantly remind everyone of their belief in a christian god. I put up with it, but I can't say I care for the feeling that I have to hide my lack of faith to avoid possibly negative consequences.
At the very least, I know I would be drawn into a long, pointed inquiry about why it is I don't believe. After all, it's only natural for a rational being to assume that there's some omnipotent, invisible man that created and controls everything, demands our total and unending devotion (but conspires against giving us any solid proof of his existence). Clearly something is wrong with me if I don't accept a christian god as a given.
Of course, I get to deal with it in politics as well. I've yet to catch a Presidential speech this administration that doesn't like to wave the "I'm a devout christian" badge around as much as Kerry liked to point out his purple hearts.
Stating that AMD procs perform better clock for clock is no less fair to Intel than stating that comparably-priced Intel chips can and do run at higher clock frequencies is to AMD. Both are statements of fact.
Please explain how something as trivial and mudane as "you will receive a ticket if you run a red light or stop sign" is imposing morality. What set of morals are imposed with a broad-based tax cut? What morals are imposed with a building code that states all doorways must be at least 78" tall?
1) design the printer to use separate cartriges for each color, or
Excepting, of course, the fact that the colors are intentionally put together in one cartridge so that you're forced to buy all three colors when just one runs out (or reaches 30-50% full and the chip decides the color is out).
Before you start your aquatic invasion, you might want to consider that you are more likely to be killed by a vending machine than a shark. If you do start the War on Vending, can I be your Haliburton and take all the caffienated drinks that spill from your fallen prey?
You make a good case for the original intent of copyright. But I still think that the way that society has evolved around it has shown that's not what we want from it.
The way copyright law has evolved is merely an indication that copyright owners are fantastic lobbyists as well, not an indication society likes it that way or that it's more beneficial to society.
The electoral college system is a huge reason why we only have 30-45% voter turnout. In non swing states, your individual vote doesn't really mean anything.
I live in Kansas. With the exception of one presidential election, Kansas has never voted Democrat. As a result, my vote this election meant nothing. Voting for Bush would have just added another raindrop to the flood, and voting for Kerry would have added a raindrop to the desert.
Intelligent design/creationism/etc. may not have been taught in your school, and they may not be taught in schools nearby, but they are taught in some schools.
I live in Kansas, and I had the fortune to go to schools teaching evolutionary theory. However, had I lived further West in my state, I would have gotten combined creationism/evolution studies. Further West (and by that, I still mean in Kansas), I would have gotten nothing but Creationism.
Sure, Kansas is a particularly backward and overly christian conservative state (hell, it took Kansas a good 50 extra years to repeal prohibition within the state), but I find it difficult to believe that it's the only state where you'll find some schools teaching Creationism or ID as science.
You're missing the fact that out of your list, at least Intel, IBM, and AOL tried some of the very same tactics we hate MS, SCO, etc. for. I don't know enough about Sun to comment, however... anyone else care to chime in with the info?
I can assure you that there were easily as many computer science students from India in my college that cheated as there were native cheaters. The frustrating part is how inept colleges are at dealing with cheating.
"but they are also looking out for the rights of the artists as a whole."
Please explain this to me again. How exactly is the RIAA looking out for the rights of the artists? Unless I see something to suggest otherwise, I have a hard time believing any artist has seen any monsy from any of the lawsuits. I also find it difficult to believe that the RIAA would have any problem paying nothing to the artists if they could get away with it.
The only interests being protected are those of the RIAA. Any artist interests being protected as well are merely a side effect... an unexpected bonus.
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At 9 years total it seems like the "time:cards stolen" ratio is quite reasonable. Why do you feel differently? Would you feel differently if your card was involved?
In short: the reason I believe it is an unreasonable sentence stems from the fact that you can get as little as 4 years for manslaughter. Why should someone who commits CC theft get a sentence more than twice that of someone else who killed a person?
That's not to say I don't believe the guy should go to jail. I simply question our society's values when hacking into a system and grabbing a bunch of insured CC numbers is considered in the ballpark of a rape or murder, let alone when it can net you even longer jail time.
But is it really a win for Disney when a big copyright extension is passed and/or upheld in court? After all, Disney made much of its money on the backs of public domain works...
Competition when used in the "competition is good" sentiment refers to competition among products. I don't think competion among standards, particularly incompatible standards, has ever been deemed a "good thing."
Capitalism has done more for improving quality of life for more people than any other system in history by freeing people from arbitrarily imposed class structures designed to maintain the ruling class's monopoly on power (wealth=power), and by efficiently allocating people's creative energy and abilities toward wealth production. These unqualified critiques of capitalism are quite narrow-minded, out of scale with the actual problem, and roughly equivalent to biting your own hand that's feeding you.
Don't forget that the imposed class structures found in Capitalism seem much easier to swallow. Under Capitalism, it's obvious that one's position in life is determined solely by his/her ability, rather than some arbitrary fashion like the wealth of one's family...
Perhaps it's better to say it's frustrating to live among people who wear their christian beliefs as a badge of honor, with the obvious insinuation that a lack of belief is unacceptable. My parents and extended family constantly try to push me towards their catholic faith. Boy, was I glad when I was able to move out and go to college.
Now I get to deal with it at work.
Many people I interact with on a daily basis like to constantly remind everyone of their belief in a christian god. I put up with it, but I can't say I care for the feeling that I have to hide my lack of faith to avoid possibly negative consequences.
At the very least, I know I would be drawn into a long, pointed inquiry about why it is I don't believe. After all, it's only natural for a rational being to assume that there's some omnipotent, invisible man that created and controls everything, demands our total and unending devotion (but conspires against giving us any solid proof of his existence). Clearly something is wrong with me if I don't accept a christian god as a given.
Of course, I get to deal with it in politics as well. I've yet to catch a Presidential speech this administration that doesn't like to wave the "I'm a devout christian" badge around as much as Kerry liked to point out his purple hearts.
Stating that AMD procs perform better clock for clock is no less fair to Intel than stating that comparably-priced Intel chips can and do run at higher clock frequencies is to AMD. Both are statements of fact.
Please explain how something as trivial and mudane as "you will receive a ticket if you run a red light or stop sign" is imposing morality. What set of morals are imposed with a broad-based tax cut? What morals are imposed with a building code that states all doorways must be at least 78" tall?
Government-imposed morality is the hallmark of the Republican party. Perhaps we shouldn't have voted to keep them in power?
1) design the printer to use separate cartriges for each color, or
Excepting, of course, the fact that the colors are intentionally put together in one cartridge so that you're forced to buy all three colors when just one runs out (or reaches 30-50% full and the chip decides the color is out).
Before you start your aquatic invasion, you might want to consider that you are more likely to be killed by a vending machine than a shark. If you do start the War on Vending, can I be your Haliburton and take all the caffienated drinks that spill from your fallen prey?
You make a good case for the original intent of copyright. But I still think that the way that society has evolved around it has shown that's not what we want from it.
The way copyright law has evolved is merely an indication that copyright owners are fantastic lobbyists as well, not an indication society likes it that way or that it's more beneficial to society.
The electoral college system is a huge reason why we only have 30-45% voter turnout. In non swing states, your individual vote doesn't really mean anything.
I live in Kansas. With the exception of one presidential election, Kansas has never voted Democrat. As a result, my vote this election meant nothing. Voting for Bush would have just added another raindrop to the flood, and voting for Kerry would have added a raindrop to the desert.
Intelligent design/creationism/etc. may not have been taught in your school, and they may not be taught in schools nearby, but they are taught in some schools.
I live in Kansas, and I had the fortune to go to schools teaching evolutionary theory. However, had I lived further West in my state, I would have gotten combined creationism/evolution studies. Further West (and by that, I still mean in Kansas), I would have gotten nothing but Creationism.
Sure, Kansas is a particularly backward and overly christian conservative state (hell, it took Kansas a good 50 extra years to repeal prohibition within the state), but I find it difficult to believe that it's the only state where you'll find some schools teaching Creationism or ID as science.
Of course, a quick glance also shows Apache at 29 virii strong, while IIS boasts 744.
In the end, Apache stands at 210 vulerabilities, and IIS stands at 774.
Why switch to GAIM? If you were using the regular MSN client, you'd be up quite a bunch of money - 400+ chinese porn sites times $240
Wouldn't "conformist" be a better word, then?
Why use the femenine gender? Politics is and has always been dominated by men, and the Presidency is no exception to the rule.
Perhaps it's meant to reflect that we'll likely see a female President around the same time we see a third party President?
You're missing the fact that out of your list, at least Intel, IBM, and AOL tried some of the very same tactics we hate MS, SCO, etc. for. I don't know enough about Sun to comment, however... anyone else care to chime in with the info?
If you wanted to quote stinkers or flops there are plenty of examples out there but neither of the films you listed were good ones.
Waterworld. Yes folks, I went there.
I can assure you that there were easily as many computer science students from India in my college that cheated as there were native cheaters. The frustrating part is how inept colleges are at dealing with cheating.
" What did these folks know that kept them working on it?"
I suspect it's the same knowledge that flat earth society members have.
"but they are also looking out for the rights of the artists as a whole."
Please explain this to me again. How exactly is the RIAA looking out for the rights of the artists? Unless I see something to suggest otherwise, I have a hard time believing any artist has seen any monsy from any of the lawsuits. I also find it difficult to believe that the RIAA would have any problem paying nothing to the artists if they could get away with it.
The only interests being protected are those of the RIAA. Any artist interests being protected as well are merely a side effect... an unexpected bonus.
2004 campaign contributions thus far
Note the important:
Microsoft Corp $160,850
Where oh where is my +1 Hero moderation option.
It's terrorists now, remember?