Exactly. I can't believe how incredibly un-helpful most of the answers here are so far. "You're not irreplaceable", "you missed your chance", "get off your high horse".
The guy would've even found better advice in Youtube comments, given the current level here.
It's not Bin Laden per se, he was just the occasional enemy. A war-driven super power as USA needs enemies, always, as the military-industrial complex controls the political system.
Commies yesterday, "terrorists" today... who's coming tomorrow? No one knows, no one really cares. But there WILL be an enemy to fight and spend money on.
If a blog takes a newspaper story and rewrites it as their own, it's fair use, but if a newspaper does it....
No it's not, it's still plagiarizing and mediocrity. Only that "professional" is expected to display much more professionalism than amateur bloggers. And if that's not the case, the deserve to be exposed as what they are: mediocres.
It's more important to me that it can Skype via WiFi. It's more important to me that it can check my email, run a Web browser, check my bank accounts, post to my blog, view what's in my Dropbox on the go, take notes, and manage my calendar and to-do lists.
You might want to check one of these devices... "personal computer" they call them.
Why for God's sake have children become so stupid that they cannot comprehend that making threats on the Internet is no different then making them in a mall? (...)
That's what everybody answers, but I've been reading more and more stories about crews that fight back and repel the pirate attacks.
It seems they're hiring security companies already... but I don't know how they handle the problem of "not weapons allowed in port" policies. Perhaps the guards get on board and leave the boats on international waters only?
The point remains that by setting up shop in a country, and attempting to follow the 'laws' of every country, Google has placed itself in the position where countries (like Italy) attempt to treat them like they have an actual business in that country.
Erm... they DO have and actual business in those countries: they sell ads. And being able to keep selling ads is what makes Google obey local laws.
That was the first version of the story. Amazon later stated what the GP said, namely, that the seller never had the rights to sell the electronic version in USA:
"A publisher specializing in bringing public domain books into print put its whole catalog on Amazon, who then got a copyright notice from the people who control the Orwell literary estate. Amazon decided to resolve the dispute by taking the Orwellian step of un-selling the books from its customers' devices, sending them down the memory hole."
Yeah, the hereditary guilt doesn't really make sense... on a personal level. But isn't there a legal principle of "continuity of the state" for which the (government of) England that harassed and prosecuted Alan Turing is the very same that still exists today?
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"The suit, which has not been given class action status..."
Doesn't even the poster read TFA anymore?
Exactly. I can't believe how incredibly un-helpful most of the answers here are so far. "You're not irreplaceable", "you missed your chance", "get off your high horse".
The guy would've even found better advice in Youtube comments, given the current level here.
It's not Bin Laden per se, he was just the occasional enemy. A war-driven super power as USA needs enemies, always, as the military-industrial complex controls the political system.
Commies yesterday, "terrorists" today... who's coming tomorrow? No one knows, no one really cares. But there WILL be an enemy to fight and spend money on.
Of course it's a failure. Everyone I know went from using Rojadirecta.com to Rojadirecta.es to watch soccer games online. Not a problem at all.
What's wrong with the editors in this place? Too much work?
If a blog takes a newspaper story and rewrites it as their own, it's fair use, but if a newspaper does it....
No it's not, it's still plagiarizing and mediocrity. Only that "professional" is expected to display much more professionalism than amateur bloggers. And if that's not the case, the deserve to be exposed as what they are: mediocres.
Could anyone please remind me what benefits for the users are there in the merge/buyout, exactly?
Been to TFA, then to its source, and I couldn't find the exact quote of Gaddafi's words.
Do we really need to comment on unfounded rumors?
Iran (nor they crazy governments) hasn't started any single war in the last decades.
USA, on the other hand, has. Many.
Now, I must ask: who's crazier?
Actually, over 200 civilizations have the same flood myth with similar details...
[citation needed]
How am I supposed to be off-topic then? Oh, I know...
How ugly could things turn to Mark Zuckerberg and fb? Will we witness facebook's untergang?
Dr. Teller? Is that you???
It's not "net neutrality", but the people of US of A who will suffer the consequences for this kind of setbacks.
It seems so.
Then again, I fail to see the problem with it. Most countries have a national id card... what's so terrible about it?
It's more important to me that it can Skype via WiFi. It's more important to me that it can check my email, run a Web browser, check my bank accounts, post to my blog, view what's in my Dropbox on the go, take notes, and manage my calendar and to-do lists.
You might want to check one of these devices... "personal computer" they call them.
US$ 500k? You've got to outsource that ASAP!
1) The recession is partly DUE to this practice.
Could you elaborate on that?
Why for God's sake have children become so stupid that they cannot comprehend that making threats on the Internet is no different then making them in a mall? (...)
How is a 29 yr old a "child"?
That's what everybody answers, but I've been reading more and more stories about crews that fight back and repel the pirate attacks.
It seems they're hiring security companies already... but I don't know how they handle the problem of "not weapons allowed in port" policies. Perhaps the guards get on board and leave the boats on international waters only?
The point remains that by setting up shop in a country, and attempting to follow the 'laws' of every country, Google has placed itself in the position where countries (like Italy) attempt to treat them like they have an actual business in that country.
Erm... they DO have and actual business in those countries: they sell ads. And being able to keep selling ads is what makes Google obey local laws.
The book is "in stock" in Amazon, and Invisible Hand showed me links to at least 4 other sites where they're selling it... So WTF?
Actually, you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave ;-)
"A publisher specializing in bringing public domain books into print put its whole catalog on Amazon, who then got a copyright notice from the people who control the Orwell literary estate. Amazon decided to resolve the dispute by taking the Orwellian step of un-selling the books from its customers' devices, sending them down the memory hole."
Yeah, the hereditary guilt doesn't really make sense... on a personal level. But isn't there a legal principle of "continuity of the state" for which the (government of) England that harassed and prosecuted Alan Turing is the very same that still exists today?