your problem is that it's not the juries job to calculate the conceivable losses, but the actual losses. the reasoning being that it's conceivable that the RIAA lost NOTHING due to her pirating.
$9000+ per song is nonsense, the music industry would do far better if they took a more generous stance in these matters
you shoot your own argument down by using the tabacco industry as an example. The facts show that legalised drugs are NOT less abused, the 2 drugs that the most people are addicted to and abuse on a regular basis are - duh da duh - alcohol and tabacco which are LEGAL.
Sure the so called war on drugs is a massive failure, sure there's a thriving black market for drugs. there isn't an easy answer. But legalised free for all of any drug you want is bullshit, imagine a night out when the person beside you can snort some cocain or smoke some ice? if you've ever seen an emergancy ward full of crack addicts you wouldn't be so for the idea of legalisation.
oh and the idea that it's ok to legalise something addictive, so you can tax people to fund their treatment is some of the worst logic i could imagine.
3. failure to administer said drugs by a qualified person, and administering drugs in an unsafe manner eg. pills up the asshole.
If that's too complex for you, let me use a real world example: If you choose to inject yourself with street purchased heroin, you have no idea what's really in it or how big the dose of pure drug is, you will be self administering it without training in which case you risk puncturing an artery or getting the wound infected. In addition to all that if you have an adverse reaction to the drug, there isn't anyone on hand to give immediate medical attention.
narcotics are powerful drugs that don't belong in the hands of the general population nor should they be used for fun. end of story.
"harm reduction" is something liberals like to spout when they don't have the backbone to deal with the problem. there is no harm reduction when dealing with illegal drugs - it's just plain dangerous.
yeah wow so creative at cable box makers/companys have been trying the same nonsense for the better part of 10 years and look how well it's worked for them - it's spawned a legion of hackers all trying to out do each other at the speed they can create hacked cable cards.
and given the speed at which the iphone was unlocked, it doesn't seem like a good example of successful security.
the old mantra of something you are something you know combined with strong crypto and solid protocols is where true security lays, not with stupid gimmic's.
you miss the point. that is happening is that the councilors he is attacking online want to sue him personally for lible. it's not the council itself, as government departments aren't able to bring civil suits. hell if someone was attacking me very publicly online i'd probably sue them as well if it wasn't true.
example. what if someone on a local forum accused you of being a pedo and it got picked up in the local news? it could ruin your life, and the internet is NOT a platform to get up and ruin other peoples lives.
The problem the blogging community fails to understand, is that you are perfectly free to say what you want, but you NOT free to do it without accountability. If you jump on a website and say things that aren't true and could ruin a person's career then you can damn well can't hide behind the banner of anonymous free speech.
news isn't the only thing search engines provide, 99% of the internets content would go unoticed if it wasn't for them, hence why google ads is a billion dollar revenue stream. If news sites cut themself off from google, they will be the ones to lose traffic and customers. clue yourself in a bit please.
good thing i don't spend hours on slashdot.org then.
A lot of people are really stupid to you know, like this guy calling for virtual worlds to involve bank security and liability. only from bloggers i swear...
"of course, we have to do something about the theft of that technology by countries like China"
pfft. face it, while you may invent the toys, it's the chinese that make them affordable.you NEED them to steal your idea's so that your own populace can actually afford them.
no noob, the flaw in your logic is that google don't HAVE to list malware sites if they don't want to. it's their service, if what you are searching for (malware) isn't listed how is that a liability for them? Are you one of these people that think the internets is google?
and the MIT girl was arrested because she's a social handycap who can't answer a simple question. honestly what tard doesn't realise that walking into an airport with an unknown object glued to your chest doesn't warrant questions? if she had of just said "Oh this is just some funky thing on my shirt, here see?" she'd had no problems.
If you want a degree that is even going to be looked at by employers, it's going to cost more then $4500 unless you want to work at burger king with that associate diploma of arts.
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$9000+ per song is nonsense, the music industry would do far better if they took a more generous stance in these matters
I've encountered asshat's like this before, they never learn and never go away until you hit THEM with the ban hammer
Sure the so called war on drugs is a massive failure, sure there's a thriving black market for drugs. there isn't an easy answer. But legalised free for all of any drug you want is bullshit, imagine a night out when the person beside you can snort some cocain or smoke some ice? if you've ever seen an emergancy ward full of crack addicts you wouldn't be so for the idea of legalisation.
oh and the idea that it's ok to legalise something addictive, so you can tax people to fund their treatment is some of the worst logic i could imagine.
2. lack of dosage control
3. failure to administer said drugs by a qualified person, and administering drugs in an unsafe manner eg. pills up the asshole.
If that's too complex for you, let me use a real world example: If you choose to inject yourself with street purchased heroin, you have no idea what's really in it or how big the dose of pure drug is, you will be self administering it without training in which case you risk puncturing an artery or getting the wound infected. In addition to all that if you have an adverse reaction to the drug, there isn't anyone on hand to give immediate medical attention.
narcotics are powerful drugs that don't belong in the hands of the general population nor should they be used for fun. end of story.
"harm reduction" is something liberals like to spout when they don't have the backbone to deal with the problem. there is no harm reduction when dealing with illegal drugs - it's just plain dangerous.
3 of the 5 people i know with cable have cracked cards.
i think my point is valid though, that bricking devices has been tried and failed long before the ipod.
and given the speed at which the iphone was unlocked, it doesn't seem like a good example of successful security.
the old mantra of something you are something you know combined with strong crypto and solid protocols is where true security lays, not with stupid gimmic's.
example. what if someone on a local forum accused you of being a pedo and it got picked up in the local news? it could ruin your life, and the internet is NOT a platform to get up and ruin other peoples lives.
Well fuck why didn't he say so sooner!? I'll file it on his behalf for a small upfront fee....
....expect odd charges apearing in 3,2,1...
news isn't the only thing search engines provide, 99% of the internets content would go unoticed if it wasn't for them, hence why google ads is a billion dollar revenue stream. If news sites cut themself off from google, they will be the ones to lose traffic and customers. clue yourself in a bit please.
lies make baby jesus cry.
A lot of people are really stupid to you know, like this guy calling for virtual worlds to involve bank security and liability. only from bloggers i swear...
It's not real people. look after your actual life for a change....
pfft. face it, while you may invent the toys, it's the chinese that make them affordable.you NEED them to steal your idea's so that your own populace can actually afford them.
he will be taking 100's of measurements and compiling a list of them, nothing exciting about it. I'll keep my comfortable chair and aircon thanks.
"in the event of nuclear war, the bolivian salt flats will be designated nuclear whipping boy and have test nukes fired for calibration"
no noob, the flaw in your logic is that google don't HAVE to list malware sites if they don't want to. it's their service, if what you are searching for (malware) isn't listed how is that a liability for them? Are you one of these people that think the internets is google?
The whole legal liability of search results has been done to death already, google are totally in the right here.
but but global warming...?
and the MIT girl was arrested because she's a social handycap who can't answer a simple question. honestly what tard doesn't realise that walking into an airport with an unknown object glued to your chest doesn't warrant questions? if she had of just said "Oh this is just some funky thing on my shirt, here see?" she'd had no problems.
google is not a replacment for proper research. idle curiosity maybe
If you want a degree that is even going to be looked at by employers, it's going to cost more then $4500 unless you want to work at burger king with that associate diploma of arts.