So the German government has created an additional fee for practicing fair use of already purchased content? If that's the case, then WTF do they think fair use means, then? I thought it meant that 'because you have paid for it, you have the rights to this good for your personal use'?
They should have a similar fee on all printers, copiers and scanners, since using one of those may also be practicing fair use. Not to mention CD and DVD players, televisions, and radios. Thos machines are also essential elements in fair use of purchased media.
I've got it, the eyeball and earlobe fee, that way they can get everybody. Doesn't matter if your deaf and blind, because I'm sure those people don't get out of paying the 'fair use fee' on their computers.
One of the big issues is that most cities in America are low-density, and the only way to get around within them is by car. There simply isn't suitable public transportation once you get there on your high-speed train, unless you live in one of a very few cities. And none of them are in Texas, by the way.
Japan has high-speed rail between the cities, but the only reason that it works is that there is a network of subways within the high-density cities that it connects, as well as effective bus and taxi transportation. When I've gone there, I've never wished I had a car.
Umm...You may think that math precludes gambling, but I believe that you'll find many of the more 'serious' gamblers are people well-versed in math, who beleive that their deep ability to quickly calculate their momentary odds provides them an advantage. One of my friends has a masters in mathematics from a highly prestigious university, and is the most dedicated gambler I personally know.
If you don't have an intuitive knowledge of odds calculations, you will likely do poorly at poker, because 'knowing' what your opponents could have, and luring them into betting when *you* know they have a much lower chance of winning than you is the best path to winning.
It is not illegal to count cards in your mind. However, the casinos have the right to refuse to allow you to play for any reason (and being a successful card counter is one that they think is a good reason). All they can do is escort you from the property, and if you resist or refuse, they can charge you with tresspass.
The Nevada state courts ordered a casino to pay a card counter who won a small pile of cash there, which the casino had refused to pay. That pretty much sums up the legality, I believe.
Actually, the simple flu is a serious killer here on earth...and although the percentage of the population killed isn't as high, it has certainly killed more people over time than the black death has.
The most infamous pandemic was "Spanish Flu" which affected large parts of the world population and is thought to have killed at least 40 million people in 1918-1919.
There is some controversy surrounding the actual deadliness of the flu (most 'flu deaths' are actually flu+pneumonia, and it's the pneumonia that kills), but the handful of flu pandemics are well known killers.
The point is: we have plenty at home to worry about that people tend to ignore, so why bother inventing exotic worries?
Question: So then why doesn't this indivdual go to a more 'enlightened' nation to sell his wares? Perhaps one which has no interest in the oil economy, other than being dependent on energy imports, such as Japan? I'm sure that they would be happy to rid themselves of the need to import all of their energy.
That is exactly the issue...who is exempt, and who is not. Salaried != Exempt, although that is a misconception that most corporations want to allow to persist.
If you look at the laws (in the link I provided), to be exempt in California, you must be making over $41/hr (as of 2000, it has been increased since then), and there are jobs which are explicitly laid out as not being exempt, regardless of how much you make...Computer Graphic Artist is one of them.
IANAL, but I did a little research on this when I left my short unpleasant stint as a 'manager' at EA, so I could pass it along to the people I refused to victimize. I don't believe that any of them followed through, however.
According to California state employment law, the MANAGERS can be fined for requiring unpaid overtime in violation of the California employment laws.
558. (a) Any employer or other person acting on behalf of an employer who violates, or causes to be violated, a section of this chapter or any provision regulating hours and days of work in any order of the Industrial Welfare Commission shall be subject to a civil penalty as follows:
(1) For any initial violation, fifty dollars ($50) for each underpaid employee for each pay period for which the employee was underpaid in addition to an amount sufficient to recover underpaid wages.
I live in San Francisco, and the public schools here turn people away. Parents have to apply to the public school(s) that they want to send their child to, and then the district decides which school the student's actually assigned to.
It could be on the other side of the city, or in the worst slum in the city. If you don't like it, you can opt to withdraw from the public school system. I even know somebody whose application was lost by the city, and the city said "too bad, the schools are full this year, try again next year"
The private schools can cost as little as $5000 a year if you want to go to some of the lower-rent Catholic schools and spend an hour a day studying the Bible, and getting the official church views in science and society, or $18,000 or more for the prestigious and/or strongly academic schools.
Under this light, how is it any worse if you include private schools in the voucher system? They're only going to be worth $2-3000, so most people won't be willing or able to pay the rest of the difference. It just makes it so that the portion of the property taxes that I'm paying FOR SCHOOL can go to the actual school that my child is attending.
Yeah, nothing that was ever funded by military research has ever come to any good for society.
Well, except for computers and the internet. Everything else was crap. And I guess those satellites that let us talk all over the world and get sports and softcore porn beamed into our house are pretty neat too, except for the lite beer ads. And did I mention the GPS I've got on my cell phone?
I've got a room at home that smells like unholy hell, so I keep a bottle of Febreeze handy.
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I don't know what's scarier, the person who posted this, or the people who modded it "Insightful". Confederates Defined Perhaps the poster is from Quebec?
One is the form you mention...where the originator of a particular *piece* of communication chooses to edit it. This, I do not believe, people will generall declare wrong, unless it is the government who is editing their communication to the public. The other is much more sinister, where a govnerning entity does not allow anybody to make non-approved information available. I'll call this Censoring with a capital C.
In the first case above, if the information is useful, it will become public, because making facts available will not send you to jail (or worse). In the second case, however...
Compare this to the word discrimination. You and I commit discrimination every day when we wake up and choose which socks (or whether) to wear. However, the more commonly used meaning of this word is the sinister variety. Because these words are loaded, somebody using the words must be aware of this and their effect on their communication, particularly when the word is used in an attempt to gain sympathy by association with being a victim of an oppressor.
Yes, they are fools. Between this and the other mistakes they are making, I have serious questions about their ability to run a business legally. I wonder when they're going to come out and say something like "Ooops, you mean revenue and proft are different?"
And regarding your sig:
------ What part of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" do you not understand ----
The part I do not understand is the part you conveniently left out.
From constitution.org: In a report on the legal basis for firearms controls, a committee of the American Bar Association observed:
There is probably less agreement, more misinformation, and less understanding of the right of citizens to keep and bear arms than on any other current controversial constitutional issue. The crux of the controversy is the construction of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which reads: "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Few would disagree that the crux of this controversy is the construction of the Second Amendment, but, as those writing on the subject have demonstrated, that single sentence is capable of an extraordinary number of interpretations. The main source of confusion has been the meaning and purpose of the initial clause. Was it a qualifying or an amplifying clause? That is, was the right to arms guaranteed only to members of "a well-regulated militia" or was the militia merely the most pressing reason for maintenance of an armed community? The meaning of "militia" itself is by no means clear. It has been argued that only a small, highly trained citizen army was intended, and, alternatively, that all able-bodied men constituted the militia. Finally, emphasis on the militia has been proffered as evidence that the right to arms was only a "collective right" to defend the state, not an individual right to defend oneself. Our pressing need to understand the Second Amendment has served to define areas of disagreement but has brought us no closer to a consensus on its original meaning.
Mind you, I am an onwer of 'arms', but I still agree that there is a stark lack of clarity on the meaning here.
I live in SF, where our normal monthly electricity bill, including heating (no cooling needed, thank you) is the $52 minimum charge, despite having multiple computers on most of the time. So we don't need double-paned glass to reduce the cooling costs, but my apartment building has it to reduce the sound of the firetrucks that come racing past several times a day.
I'm not sure how my statement that a large corrupt union in league with corrupt government is a bad thing makes you think that I am somehow in favor of communism, especially the soviet variety...
The job requirements for a prison guard are a high-school diploma and a 6 week training course. The problem is that by handing out political support, the union has gotten unreasonable levels of control over hiring and administration of the prisons...it is no longer under the control of the prison "ownership", the state of California. They even successfully 'fired' a state investigator who was looking into and had found evidence of corruption and bribery in the prisons, because the investigation was done without union permission...
Attempts to change this are met with "We'll vote you out of office" and "We'll contribute millions to your opponent in the next election", so the pansies in the government just keep licking the boots of the guard union, for their own personal good, rather than the good of the people of the state.
The point is that politicians and unions can be just as corrupt, if not moreso, than a corporation in protecting their individual interests at the expense of the public good.
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I would say that the problem isn't a rapid decline of popularity, since you can't lose what you don't have.
The Old Ultraviolence is where it's at.
So the German government has created an additional fee for practicing fair use of already purchased content? If that's the case, then WTF do they think fair use means, then? I thought it meant that 'because you have paid for it, you have the rights to this good for your personal use'?
They should have a similar fee on all printers, copiers and scanners, since using one of those may also be practicing fair use. Not to mention CD and DVD players, televisions, and radios. Thos machines are also essential elements in fair use of purchased media.
I've got it, the eyeball and earlobe fee, that way they can get everybody. Doesn't matter if your deaf and blind, because I'm sure those people don't get out of paying the 'fair use fee' on their computers.
One of the big issues is that most cities in America are low-density, and the only way to get around within them is by car. There simply isn't suitable public transportation once you get there on your high-speed train, unless you live in one of a very few cities. And none of them are in Texas, by the way.
Japan has high-speed rail between the cities, but the only reason that it works is that there is a network of subways within the high-density cities that it connects, as well as effective bus and taxi transportation. When I've gone there, I've never wished I had a car.
Umm...You may think that math precludes gambling, but I believe that you'll find many of the more 'serious' gamblers are people well-versed in math, who beleive that their deep ability to quickly calculate their momentary odds provides them an advantage. One of my friends has a masters in mathematics from a highly prestigious university, and is the most dedicated gambler I personally know.
If you don't have an intuitive knowledge of odds calculations, you will likely do poorly at poker, because 'knowing' what your opponents could have, and luring them into betting when *you* know they have a much lower chance of winning than you is the best path to winning.
It is not illegal to count cards in your mind. However, the casinos have the right to refuse to allow you to play for any reason (and being a successful card counter is one that they think is a good reason). All they can do is escort you from the property, and if you resist or refuse, they can charge you with tresspass.
The Nevada state courts ordered a casino to pay a card counter who won a small pile of cash there, which the casino had refused to pay. That pretty much sums up the legality, I believe.
Actually, the simple flu is a serious killer here on earth...and although the percentage of the population killed isn't as high, it has certainly killed more people over time than the black death has.
From the WHO:
The most infamous pandemic was "Spanish Flu" which affected large parts of the world population and is thought to have killed at least 40 million people in 1918-1919.
There is some controversy surrounding the actual deadliness of the flu (most 'flu deaths' are actually flu+pneumonia, and it's the pneumonia that kills), but the handful of flu pandemics are well known killers.
The point is: we have plenty at home to worry about that people tend to ignore, so why bother inventing exotic worries?
Since you asked:
www.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/
Question: So then why doesn't this indivdual go to a more 'enlightened' nation to sell his wares? Perhaps one which has no interest in the oil economy, other than being dependent on energy imports, such as Japan? I'm sure that they would be happy to rid themselves of the need to import all of their energy.
Answer: Perhaps because the invention is crap?
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That is exactly the issue...who is exempt, and who is not. Salaried != Exempt, although that is a misconception that most corporations want to allow to persist.
If you look at the laws (in the link I provided), to be exempt in California, you must be making over $41/hr (as of 2000, it has been increased since then), and there are jobs which are explicitly laid out as not being exempt, regardless of how much you make...Computer Graphic Artist is one of them.
IANAL, but I did a little research on this when I left my short unpleasant stint as a 'manager' at EA, so I could pass it along to the people I refused to victimize. I don't believe that any of them followed through, however.
According to California state employment law, the MANAGERS can be fined for requiring unpaid overtime in violation of the California employment laws.
California Labor Code
558. (a) Any employer or other person acting on behalf of an employer who violates, or causes to be violated, a section of this chapter or any provision regulating hours and days of work in any order of the Industrial Welfare Commission shall be subject to a civil penalty as follows:
(1) For any initial violation, fifty dollars ($50) for each underpaid employee for each pay period for which the employee was underpaid in addition to an amount sufficient to recover underpaid wages.
I live in San Francisco, and the public schools here turn people away. Parents have to apply to the public school(s) that they want to send their child to, and then the district decides which school the student's actually assigned to.
It could be on the other side of the city, or in the worst slum in the city. If you don't like it, you can opt to withdraw from the public school system. I even know somebody whose application was lost by the city, and the city said "too bad, the schools are full this year, try again next year"
The private schools can cost as little as $5000 a year if you want to go to some of the lower-rent Catholic schools and spend an hour a day studying the Bible, and getting the official church views in science and society, or $18,000 or more for the prestigious and/or strongly academic schools.
Under this light, how is it any worse if you include private schools in the voucher system? They're only going to be worth $2-3000, so most people won't be willing or able to pay the rest of the difference. It just makes it so that the portion of the property taxes that I'm paying FOR SCHOOL can go to the actual school that my child is attending.
Are you on the Atkins diet? Isn't Sugar an organic chemical (hydrogen-carbon bond)?
Yeah, nothing that was ever funded by military research has ever come to any good for society.
Well, except for computers and the internet. Everything else was crap. And I guess those satellites that let us talk all over the world and get sports and softcore porn beamed into our house are pretty neat too, except for the lite beer ads. And did I mention the GPS I've got on my cell phone?
Yeah, military research is a total dead end.
Acually, based on what a theme park experience tends to be, this would be "Your Rights In Line"
Ever seen scarface?
I've got a room at home that smells like unholy hell, so I keep a bottle of Febreeze handy.
I don't know what's scarier, the person who posted this, or the people who modded it "Insightful". Confederates Defined Perhaps the poster is from Quebec?
There are two broad meanings of censoring...
One is the form you mention...where the originator of a particular *piece* of communication chooses to edit it. This, I do not believe, people will generall declare wrong, unless it is the government who is editing their communication to the public. The other is much more sinister, where a govnerning entity does not allow anybody to make non-approved information available. I'll call this Censoring with a capital C.
In the first case above, if the information is useful, it will become public, because making facts available will not send you to jail (or worse). In the second case, however...
Compare this to the word discrimination. You and I commit discrimination every day when we wake up and choose which socks (or whether) to wear. However, the more commonly used meaning of this word is the sinister variety. Because these words are loaded, somebody using the words must be aware of this and their effect on their communication, particularly when the word is used in an attempt to gain sympathy by association with being a victim of an oppressor.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Fascism
Yes, they are fools. Between this and the other mistakes they are making, I have serious questions about their ability to run a business legally. I wonder when they're going to come out and say something like "Ooops, you mean revenue and proft are different?"
And regarding your sig:
------ What part of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" do you not understand ----
The part I do not understand is the part you conveniently left out.
From constitution.org:
In a report on the legal basis for firearms controls, a committee of the American Bar Association observed:
There is probably less agreement, more misinformation, and less understanding of the right of citizens to keep and bear arms than on any other current controversial constitutional issue. The crux of the controversy is the construction of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which reads: "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Few would disagree that the crux of this controversy is the construction of the Second Amendment, but, as those writing on the subject have demonstrated, that single sentence is capable of an extraordinary number of interpretations. The main source of confusion has been the meaning and purpose of the initial clause. Was it a qualifying or an amplifying clause? That is, was the right to arms guaranteed only to members of "a well-regulated militia" or was the militia merely the most pressing reason for maintenance of an armed community? The meaning of "militia" itself is by no means clear. It has been argued that only a small, highly trained citizen army was intended, and, alternatively, that all able-bodied men constituted the militia. Finally, emphasis on the militia has been proffered as evidence that the right to arms was only a "collective right" to defend the state, not an individual right to defend oneself. Our pressing need to understand the Second Amendment has served to define areas of disagreement but has brought us no closer to a consensus on its original meaning.
Mind you, I am an onwer of 'arms', but I still agree that there is a stark lack of clarity on the meaning here.
I agree wholeheartedly...I thought the term was "Pwn3d".
Yay, Godwin's law is proven yet again!
Or where sound insulation is a good thing.
I live in SF, where our normal monthly electricity bill, including heating (no cooling needed, thank you) is the $52 minimum charge, despite having multiple computers on most of the time. So we don't need double-paned glass to reduce the cooling costs, but my apartment building has it to reduce the sound of the firetrucks that come racing past several times a day.
I'm not sure how my statement that a large corrupt union in league with corrupt government is a bad thing makes you think that I am somehow in favor of communism, especially the soviet variety...
The job requirements for a prison guard are a high-school diploma and a 6 week training course. The problem is that by handing out political support, the union has gotten unreasonable levels of control over hiring and administration of the prisons...it is no longer under the control of the prison "ownership", the state of California. They even successfully 'fired' a state investigator who was looking into and had found evidence of corruption and bribery in the prisons, because the investigation was done without union permission...
Attempts to change this are met with "We'll vote you out of office" and "We'll contribute millions to your opponent in the next election", so the pansies in the government just keep licking the boots of the guard union, for their own personal good, rather than the good of the people of the state.
The point is that politicians and unions can be just as corrupt, if not moreso, than a corporation in protecting their individual interests at the expense of the public good.
Some links for your pleasure:
Contra Costa Times
Sacramento Bee
SFGate