Japan is constantly trying forget those admissions and begin indoctrinating school children in the glory of the Japanese empire again.
While there are some (minor) political groups in Japan that try to revise history (ironically, some of the worst have been supported by the US, financially and otherwise), to say that is done by "Japan", implying most of the population and the government, is simply not true.
BS. Japan's surrender was not even the most significant part of the motivation to use the bombs. The nukes were meant mostly to show the world who is the new master, and as an experiment on the bomb effects.
You can look over the motivation in the documents of the so-called "target committee" yourself, I suppose. The propaganda value of the bomb is the most important item. The military objectives are qualified as "minor", and "secondary", and a maximization of the civilian casualties is a prominent requirement in the target specifications.
As a sideline, the nukes are the reason why the Japanese war crimes were treated in such a stark contrast with those of the Germans -- Japan gave up claims against potential US war crimes in exchange for a lenient treatment of their own. Which is now a constant source of political problems.
You're obviously unaware of the position of your own government regarding the punishment of war crimes after WWII. Apparently, it wasn't conditional on winning, at least in theory.
The Chinese and the North Korean governments and various groups from Kamchatka to Tasmania are routinely bashing Japan about war crimes for which Japan was punished, and which punishment and settlement has been accepted by all governments in question long time ago.
One of the main reasons for bashing Japan is the perceived (incorrectly IMHO) rejection by Japan of the existence of the said war crimes.
More than enough US war crimes are documented, but were never acknowledged by the US, and the US has never accepted responsibility or settled with anyone (except, perhaps, with Japan).
So, yeah, expect the issue to come up more often in the future, especially if (as many people expect) US loses its sole superpower status.
Especially in the context of the "moral high ground", which US likes to talk about so much.
Apparently, it does, hence the complex international legal treatment of the subject. In general, use of weapons that kill indiscriminately was frowned upon even before the WWII.
During WWII most warring nations used such weapons to an extent. Regretfully, only those who lost were punished additionally for that. Those who won got a free pass, and that is why we may yet see some WMD usage, especially now that MAD is gone for good.
nobody could successfully argue that you willingly bought little disc of plastic for that much
Nobody is arguing about this except you. I'll type it once again, slowly, because I see you cannot read quickly:
when you buy a CD/DVD/etc. you get
a) a shiny plastic disk
b) a license to play the content on disk in certain circumstances
You pay for a) + b). Naturally a) + b) costs more than you'd pay for a), you get the right to replay the content while your license lasts. But paying more doesn't imply anything about a perpetual license, rather
a) is yours
b) lasts until you have the disk and play it according to the license
If you dispose of a) by destroying it, having it stolen from you or selling it, the license is gone too. If the disk is defective, you get a replacement and a new license that goes along with the replacement.
Simple enough?
To change this legal fiction, which is in force now, you'll have to change the copyright laws, in your country, and elsewhere in the world
Your story is an exceptionally good analogy, except for the fact that SCO never developed Unix nor had any relationship with IBM, while the software that is the topic of the FTA was developed and sold to eBay by the very same people who are now revoking the license. And it seems eBay admits to those points in a SEC filing. BTW, this is the main point of the story.
It is an Easter Egg.
To get the bureaucrat, you must buy two complete sets, and combine a monsterpocalypse customs officer, TSA-thug, wetback chaser, drunk coast guard sailor and SS guy into one figure, and equip them with a geiger counter, a 24-hour count-down flashing digital clock and a large, gold-plated badge that says "SAVING LIVES".
Actually, it is the media that is yours. The content on the media isn't. You have the license for the content while the media lasts, and a warranty for the media for some period of time, but that is all the recourse you have.
In the case of downloaded DRM-infected music, where there is no actual exchange of media, you don't "own" shit. You're holding a license, and that license expires when the license of the person/organization you bought the music from (typically a sub-licensee) expires. That license most definitely expires if they go out of business (or lose it otherwise); and so does yours.
Nothing in this setup implies a perpetual right to the content in any shape or form. It is a sorry state of the affairs, but that's what it is.
Ah, that'd explain very well the zero information or intelligent guessing as to the reasons for the holdup in the TFA. The explanation is probably just too plain for the bloggers in question.
Accidents like this (assuming your guess is correct) are one more reason not to create monster ministries and agencies. The size and the complexity of the monster instantly make every minor action (even if very legal and justified) by a department into a tinfoil-hat conspiracy. And the typical ineptitude of them bureaucrats to keep up with negative PR doesn't improve things at all.
"And I don't think we'll have to suspend anyone's rights to fight Hunger"
You lack imagination. War against hunger is a prime vector to attack any land property the government may want. Depending on the government it may be reservations, preserves, oil fields, whatever. Nothing is sacred when you're SAVING LIVES!
That I left them some time ago, and that I always use a throw-away credit card numbers online. The best defense against privacy leaks is the one you design yourself, and it better accounts for the possibility of breach at all services you use.
Too bad it isn't always possible to do that easily and in a manner that helps you avoid all risk.
True, asterisk is powerful and convenient, but you need a whole computer to run it, and a computer in that area is a real magnet for thieves, unless you put it in a wall and cover it with bricks and mortar.
A phone, on the other hand, can be powered by a solar cell and a charger, and takes time to find, especially if hidden well in a big place.
i can receive images, switch lights on and off, open and close blinds and switch water heater on/off in my village home in a less developed part of the world via gsm... from basically anywhere.
all you need is a basic stamp module (or similar card), a second-hand phone, a serial cable, some simple electronic parts and a little patience.
and I am sure someone here can do it with less and make it better than I have.
It is really hard to tell if large US websites have ties with the government.
Especially after that case from a few weeks ago when a government official called to extend the power of the twitter for the benefit of... errr... the people of Iran.
It is like the files of the KGB or the Stasi -- your "friends" write embarrassing things about yourself, and you don't know who's reading them -- except you do it willingly and co-operate, and the level of detail is greater.
Wampus is, of course, sarcastic, but his point about Somalia is well made.
In the UK, US, any other democracy... If you really feel so threatened, why can't you build a compelling case for your cause, gather people who think like you and try to change things instead of running away?
Believe me, you'll have it easier that way, and people will likely be way more prepared to listen to what you have to say than they'd be elsewhere.
Besides, you have all the tools at your fingertips, and, as long as what you do is legal, you'll be relatively safe. It'll be nothing like what you would have to face had you tried the same thing in Eastern Europe some years back, or in China or Iran today.
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A liar, an ignoramus or both. http://www.dannen.com/decision/bardmemo.html
Nope, in fact it wasn't. You're either lying, or ignorant. Either way, it is your problem.
Japan is constantly trying forget those admissions and begin indoctrinating school children in the glory of the Japanese empire again.
While there are some (minor) political groups in Japan that try to revise history (ironically, some of the worst have been supported by the US, financially and otherwise), to say that is done by "Japan", implying most of the population and the government, is simply not true.
BS. Japan's surrender was not even the most significant part of the motivation to use the bombs. The nukes were meant mostly to show the world who is the new master, and as an experiment on the bomb effects.
You can look over the motivation in the documents of the so-called "target committee" yourself, I suppose. The propaganda value of the bomb is the most important item. The military objectives are qualified as "minor", and "secondary", and a maximization of the civilian casualties is a prominent requirement in the target specifications.
As a sideline, the nukes are the reason why the Japanese war crimes were treated in such a stark contrast with those of the Germans -- Japan gave up claims against potential US war crimes in exchange for a lenient treatment of their own. Which is now a constant source of political problems.
You're obviously unaware of the position of your own government regarding the punishment of war crimes after WWII. Apparently, it wasn't conditional on winning, at least in theory.
The Chinese and the North Korean governments and various groups from Kamchatka to Tasmania are routinely bashing Japan about war crimes for which Japan was punished, and which punishment and settlement has been accepted by all governments in question long time ago.
One of the main reasons for bashing Japan is the perceived (incorrectly IMHO) rejection by Japan of the existence of the said war crimes.
More than enough US war crimes are documented, but were never acknowledged by the US, and the US has never accepted responsibility or settled with anyone (except, perhaps, with Japan).
So, yeah, expect the issue to come up more often in the future, especially if (as many people expect) US loses its sole superpower status.
Especially in the context of the "moral high ground", which US likes to talk about so much.
Apparently, it does, hence the complex international legal treatment of the subject. In general, use of weapons that kill indiscriminately was frowned upon even before the WWII.
During WWII most warring nations used such weapons to an extent. Regretfully, only those who lost were punished additionally for that. Those who won got a free pass, and that is why we may yet see some WMD usage, especially now that MAD is gone for good.
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that sense of entitlement ...
And it didn't even take a revolution.
Nobody is arguing about this except you. I'll type it once again, slowly, because I see you cannot read quickly:
when you buy a CD/DVD/etc. you get
You pay for a) + b). Naturally a) + b) costs more than you'd pay for a), you get the right to replay the content while your license lasts. But paying more doesn't imply anything about a perpetual license, rather
If you dispose of a) by destroying it, having it stolen from you or selling it, the license is gone too. If the disk is defective, you get a replacement and a new license that goes along with the replacement.
Simple enough?
To change this legal fiction, which is in force now, you'll have to change the copyright laws, in your country, and elsewhere in the world
Your story is an exceptionally good analogy, except for the fact that SCO never developed Unix nor had any relationship with IBM, while the software that is the topic of the FTA was developed and sold to eBay by the very same people who are now revoking the license. And it seems eBay admits to those points in a SEC filing. BTW, this is the main point of the story.
On topic -- can eBay really be that stupid?
It is an Easter Egg. To get the bureaucrat, you must buy two complete sets, and combine a monsterpocalypse customs officer, TSA-thug, wetback chaser, drunk coast guard sailor and SS guy into one figure, and equip them with a geiger counter, a 24-hour count-down flashing digital clock and a large, gold-plated badge that says "SAVING LIVES".
Actually, it is the media that is yours. The content on the media isn't. You have the license for the content while the media lasts, and a warranty for the media for some period of time, but that is all the recourse you have. In the case of downloaded DRM-infected music, where there is no actual exchange of media, you don't "own" shit. You're holding a license, and that license expires when the license of the person/organization you bought the music from (typically a sub-licensee) expires. That license most definitely expires if they go out of business (or lose it otherwise); and so does yours. Nothing in this setup implies a perpetual right to the content in any shape or form. It is a sorry state of the affairs, but that's what it is.
Ah, that'd explain very well the zero information or intelligent guessing as to the reasons for the holdup in the TFA. The explanation is probably just too plain for the bloggers in question.
Accidents like this (assuming your guess is correct) are one more reason not to create monster ministries and agencies. The size and the complexity of the monster instantly make every minor action (even if very legal and justified) by a department into a tinfoil-hat conspiracy. And the typical ineptitude of them bureaucrats to keep up with negative PR doesn't improve things at all.
came for the djb mention, leaving satisfied.
/ yes, I am.
"And I don't think we'll have to suspend anyone's rights to fight Hunger"
You lack imagination. War against hunger is a prime vector to attack any land property the government may want. Depending on the government it may be reservations, preserves, oil fields, whatever. Nothing is sacred when you're SAVING LIVES!
Just got a lot cooler with a hot gadget like the Kindle.
That I left them some time ago, and that I always use a throw-away credit card numbers online. The best defense against privacy leaks is the one you design yourself, and it better accounts for the possibility of breach at all services you use.
Too bad it isn't always possible to do that easily and in a manner that helps you avoid all risk.
Yeah, if you put it that way, I haven't thought about doing it that way.
Maybe I'll give it a try next time I'm there. Sometimes one is just too fixed on their own setup :)
True, asterisk is powerful and convenient, but you need a whole computer to run it, and a computer in that area is a real magnet for thieves, unless you put it in a wall and cover it with bricks and mortar.
A phone, on the other hand, can be powered by a solar cell and a charger, and takes time to find, especially if hidden well in a big place.
i can receive images, switch lights on and off, open and close blinds and switch water heater on/off in my village home in a less developed part of the world via gsm ... from basically anywhere.
all you need is a basic stamp module (or similar card), a second-hand phone, a serial cable, some simple electronic parts and a little patience.
and I am sure someone here can do it with less and make it better than I have.
It is really hard to tell if large US websites have ties with the government.
Especially after that case from a few weeks ago when a government official called to extend the power of the twitter for the benefit of ... errr ... the people of Iran.
It is like the files of the KGB or the Stasi -- your "friends" write embarrassing things about yourself, and you don't know who's reading them -- except you do it willingly and co-operate, and the level of detail is greater.
Wampus is, of course, sarcastic, but his point about Somalia is well made.
In the UK, US, any other democracy ... If you really feel so threatened, why can't you build a compelling case for your cause, gather people who think like you and try to change things instead of running away?
Believe me, you'll have it easier that way, and people will likely be way more prepared to listen to what you have to say than they'd be elsewhere.
Besides, you have all the tools at your fingertips, and, as long as what you do is legal, you'll be relatively safe. It'll be nothing like what you would have to face had you tried the same thing in Eastern Europe some years back, or in China or Iran today.
shouldn't that mighty concept get its own word, like "clogger" or something?