The US government was designed to be horribly inefficient and to have so much momentum that it was virtually impossible to pass anything unless a lot of MONEY really, really believed it was necessary to do so. And still we have millions of laws and more all the time. I'd say it is working as designed.
In breaking news, security experts around the world are calling for governments to BAN THE UNREGULATED USE OF SUNLIGHT as a defense against potential terrorist threats.
Remember folks, these are the einsteins you voted for.
In this modern day and age, lawyers exist solely to abuse the legal system by screwing as much money as possible out of somebody.
Sometimes it's the defendant, sometimes its their own client, sometimes it's just JimBob-Taxpayer-via-the-government.
I'm not saying that lawyers/soliciters/etc do not understand the meaning of hings like honesty, integrity, common decency and justice - but all they *care about* is how to use those terms to their own benefit.
"Lawyering" as a business is the practice of justice-for-hire. He who has the deepest pockets wins (almost always).
Their job is to work with their client and defend their IP. They are not required to be passionate nor they have to personalty believe in it, their job is to defend their clients.
Let Me tell You A Story, Children: Once upon a time, "the law" and "lawyering" was all about a mysterious thing known as "justice".
Whoring themselves out to this kinda of organized crime.
NONE Of the *big* service providers, who run a large, successful, and well managed network are jumping on this bandwaagon.
This ias *nothing* to do with "catching criminals" or 'stopping piracy', it's a trivial manner for them to legitimize disconnecting the heavy users so they can continue to run a network without having it implode.
Failure to run your business properly is not a good reason to pound your customers in the ass.
You assume the complaints are illegimate. But where is the proof your assumption is right?
No, the problem is that you ASSUME that *each and every single complaint* is *always* legitimate.
They've already had cases thrown out of court because they got their basic facts wrong. So there's *at least* one case of proven failure to be 100% correct - therefore the ASSUMPTION that they're always correct is INVALID.
it's really not that bad of a deal. Basically, if the RIAA/MPAA sees your IP address, instead of trying to extort you for money, they just tell TWC, who redirects you to an angry-sounding webpage next time you try to use the Internet. You click "Accept" or whatever, and then the problem goes away. No subpoenas, no lawsuits. You can do this twice. It's not until the third time that something actually bad happens, and if you're incompetent enough to get caught three times, you shouldn't be on the Internet.
You sir are a complete idiot.
I've had noticed issued against IP addresses on my network that *have never been active*, not ever.
It is literally not physically possible for said IP address to have *ever* issued a packet. Their reporting mechanisms are *broken*, it is not just possible, but *likely* that you will be "issued with a notice" even though you have never violated copyright ever.
Some people will have their only possible internet connection dropped with extreme prejudice for at least six months even though they have not done anything wrong.
Absolutely, I push it and push it and keep pushing it until my internet speeds accelerate sufficiently.
Your question is an exercise in how greedy and selfish we humans can be, and the answer is very (seriously folks, step outside and have a good look at "the environment" these days).
Would be *much* more relevant if it disconnected somebody you DO know.
But can an Eternal universe be abject of a Creator?
You're so full of assumptions these days. Currently most scientists are leaning towards declaring "this universe" (ie "the universe") to in actual fact NOT be "eternal" in anything more than a purely romantic and/or poetic sense.
The only reasonable answer to the question is "I don't know".
NO! The only reasonable answer to the question is "I don't know,but I wish I did. I'll try and find out myself, or at least help fund research into the problem."
erm, aside from mentioning some specific religious artefact of a bibliographic nature - I'd say the above comment applies equally to (perhaps not *absolutely all* but certainly) the vast overwhelming majority of modern religious.
Religions (these days, at least) almost always boil down to "faith ie something you believe" and (also) almost always "some at least semi-formal heirarchy to keep the faithful faithful".
The fact that said heirarchy is almost always seated in the lap of both luxury and power is purely coincidental, I'm sure.
The proposal is to CENSOR THE NET IN AUSTRALIA , bugger the victims of child pornography everywhere else (pun intended) WE DO NOT CARE about dealing with the problem, only sweeping it under the carpet.
Senator Conroy is a religious fanatic, according to any modern definition of the term. This is POLITICS BY FAITH, and if that's what I want well there are OTHER countries for that.
This policy is ABSOLUTE INSANITY, and if I wanted a country run by a religious NUTBAG then there are also other countries for that.
His policy of deliberate insanity *almost* lost his party THE ENTIRE ELECTION, and now we have a government balanced on a knife-edge (ie more than likely, crippled beyond your worst nightmares).
This kind of rampant lunacy only succeeds in countries where only the criminals (and fed gov police enforcement) have guns.
That the current patent system stifles innovation is staring you all in the face.
There exist companies today who do NOTHING other than buy IP (ie patents) and then use them to bludgeon other companies out of existence.
There exist patents today where the company has stated that they never intend to turn this into a product, the only reason they applied for the patent is because having a large patent-war-chest is a valuable asset.
How does that work - isn't the POINT of Patents so that "the inventor" can be guaranteed to make a reasonable return from his invention (or words to that effect)?
The Current Patent System exists to serve itself, and the army of lawyers who have built an entire industry (Patent Lawyering) around it.
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The US government was designed to be horribly inefficient and to have so much momentum that it was virtually impossible to pass anything unless a lot of MONEY really, really believed it was necessary to do so. And still we have millions of laws and more all the time. I'd say it is working as designed.
There I fixed it for you.
The sun is an aid to terrorists
In breaking news, security experts around the world are calling for governments to BAN THE UNREGULATED USE OF SUNLIGHT as a defense against potential terrorist threats.
Remember folks, these are the einsteins you voted for.
In this modern day and age, lawyers exist solely to abuse the legal system by screwing as much money as possible out of somebody.
Sometimes it's the defendant, sometimes its their own client, sometimes it's just JimBob-Taxpayer-via-the-government.
I'm not saying that lawyers/soliciters/etc do not understand the meaning of hings like honesty, integrity, common decency and justice - but all they *care about* is how to use those terms to their own benefit.
"Lawyering" as a business is the practice of justice-for-hire. He who has the deepest pockets wins (almost always).
Their job is to work with their client and defend their IP. They are not required to be passionate nor they have to personalty believe in it, their job is to defend their clients.
Let Me tell You A Story, Children: Once upon a time, "the law" and "lawyering" was all about a mysterious thing known as "justice".
Of course the worst part is that this is a TEMPORARY SOLUTION.
This looks *wonderful* until 2018 rolls around and all those new-sign-makers-and-fitters suddenly become unemployed (and unemployable?) again.
How about spending 27MILLION DOLLARS on something that provides *real* long-term benefits.
Whoring themselves out to this kinda of organized crime.
NONE Of the *big* service providers, who run a large, successful, and well managed network are jumping on this bandwaagon.
This ias *nothing* to do with "catching criminals" or 'stopping piracy', it's a trivial manner for them to legitimize disconnecting the heavy users so they can continue to run a network without having it implode.
Failure to run your business properly is not a good reason to pound your customers in the ass.
You assume the complaints are illegimate. But where is the proof your assumption is right?
No, the problem is that you ASSUME that *each and every single complaint* is *always* legitimate.
They've already had cases thrown out of court because they got their basic facts wrong. So there's *at least* one case of proven failure to be 100% correct - therefore the ASSUMPTION that they're always correct is INVALID.
it's really not that bad of a deal. Basically, if the RIAA/MPAA sees your IP address, instead of trying to extort you for money, they just tell TWC, who redirects you to an angry-sounding webpage next time you try to use the Internet. You click "Accept" or whatever, and then the problem goes away. No subpoenas, no lawsuits. You can do this twice. It's not until the third time that something actually bad happens, and if you're incompetent enough to get caught three times, you shouldn't be on the Internet.
You sir are a complete idiot.
I've had noticed issued against IP addresses on my network that *have never been active*, not ever.
It is literally not physically possible for said IP address to have *ever* issued a packet. Their reporting mechanisms are *broken*, it is not just possible, but *likely* that you will be "issued with a notice" even though you have never violated copyright ever.
Some people will have their only possible internet connection dropped with extreme prejudice for at least six months even though they have not done anything wrong.
Absolutely, I push it and push it and keep pushing it until my internet speeds accelerate sufficiently.
Your question is an exercise in how greedy and selfish we humans can be, and the answer is very (seriously folks, step outside and have a good look at "the environment" these days).
Would be *much* more relevant if it disconnected somebody you DO know.
So you're suggesting we should be eating the local glow-in-the-dark ferrets instead?
The flesh may be weak, but the spirit is indomitable.
Long Day Creationism is just a way of retroactively the-princess-bride-ing a statement after you've been clearly proven conclusively wrong.
Loudly Shouting "I don't think that word means what you thought I meant" does not lead to "nyah nyah I wuz rite an you wuz wrong".
You declared certain "facts" absolute truth, and as it turns out you were definitively and absolutely wrong.
Both you and The Pope need to grow up and get over it.
But can an Eternal universe be abject of a Creator?
You're so full of assumptions these days. Currently most scientists are leaning towards declaring "this universe" (ie "the universe") to in actual fact NOT be "eternal" in anything more than a purely romantic and/or poetic sense.
Why hang on to the belief there is NO FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER if there is no way to judge the probability of there NOT being one?
There, I fixed that for you.
The only reasonable answer to the question is "I don't know".
NO! The only reasonable answer to the question is "I don't know,but I wish I did. I'll try and find out myself, or at least help fund research into the problem."
Yet humans create things like "High Fructose Corn Syrup" and it's not considered natural.
And humans create things like "plastics" and they're not considered "natural" either.
Of course, the toxins/venom from a cobra *are* perfectly natural.
Please do not mistake "natural" with "good" (for any know or even assumed values of "good").
erm, aside from mentioning some specific religious artefact of a bibliographic nature - I'd say the above comment applies equally to (perhaps not *absolutely all* but certainly) the vast overwhelming majority of modern religious.
Religions (these days, at least) almost always boil down to "faith ie something you believe" and (also) almost always "some at least semi-formal heirarchy to keep the faithful faithful".
The fact that said heirarchy is almost always seated in the lap of both luxury and power is purely coincidental, I'm sure.
cue Gary Larson spinning in his grave.
Adapt or die.
Is anyone from the RIAA/MPAA listening?
Even the shrubbery in Russia know that much.
Snaaaaake!
The issue is that they advertise "unlimited" then promptly throttle (ie LIMIT your throughput) if you pass the allowed usage.
The issue is that you cannot say UN-limited,then promptly deliberately apply a limit.
mongabay.com: Have Kiribati's reefs experienced coral bleaching?
President Anote Tong: I have certainly seen bleaching. Whether it is the product of climate change, I do not know.
A straightforward, honest answer from a politician?
Impressive!
Sounds like this man has a clue, and integrity. He's prepared to do what needs to be done, even if it's hard.
Sadly, that makes him a very dangerous man in the minds of "some countries".
Totally Retarded!
If you censor the entire net
Yes, but that is NOT THE PROPOSAL.
The proposal is to CENSOR THE NET IN AUSTRALIA , bugger the victims of child pornography everywhere else (pun intended) WE DO NOT CARE about dealing with the problem, only sweeping it under the carpet.
Senator Conroy is a religious fanatic, according to any modern definition of the term. This is POLITICS BY FAITH, and if that's what I want well there are OTHER countries for that.
This policy is ABSOLUTE INSANITY, and if I wanted a country run by a religious NUTBAG then there are also other countries for that.
His policy of deliberate insanity *almost* lost his party THE ENTIRE ELECTION, and now we have a government balanced on a knife-edge (ie more than likely, crippled beyond your worst nightmares).
This kind of rampant lunacy only succeeds in countries where only the criminals (and fed gov police enforcement) have guns.
How does that work - isn't the POINT of Patents so that "the inventor" can be guaranteed to make a reasonable return from his invention (or words to that effect)?
The Current Patent System exists to serve itself, and the army of lawyers who have built an entire industry (Patent Lawyering) around it.
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