This is a great excuse, better then the one "the dog ate it" if this law is passed.
Teacher - "Why didn't you do your book report?" Student - "Because the law banned my computer, because it 'induces' copyright infringement by allowing me to copy music and games and movie and electronic books and..." Teacher - "... why didn't you write it by pen or pencil?" Student - "You said it need to be typed... wait, you're inducing us to infringe on copyright law, you're illegal."
Two MAJOR differences between United Nations and the League of Nations. The former is "UNITED" and the latter is just a "LEAGUE". And the former have US in it, the latter don't............ wait, that doesn't make a difference...
List of people to blame: Politicians... People who paid politicians... People who don't vote... Dumbasses who vote without knowing what the hell they're voting for...
I hereby, solemning and officially, lift my nameless finger against them, for they do not deserve the honorable bird that I give to those worthy.
"Um... votes..." - Homer, who scewed the election by eating the ballot box.
Then we won't have this problem... what am I kidding? Let's have capitalism, but lets change our government to true democracy, not a stupid republic. Even better, let us have anarchy!
RIAA - "... and guns INDUCES copyright infringement, since it promotes the download of our bad western movies." NRA - "Oh really? Smith, Wesson, give them our rebuttal." Smith & Wesoon - "Alright." *BOOM!* NRA - "That is the best rebuttal I have ever heard in my life."
"The great new United Corporation of America shall bring forth its collective wrath of bad music, pointless movies and dumb propaganda against the puny nation of Canada for depriving the of their money, power and monopoly." - RIAA, the new overlord of the UCA.
"The humble people of the former USA implores the fortunate Canadians to stand up to this great evil, and help us reclaim our country from the bad music, pointless movies and dumb propaganda." - Former US citizen, from the Nevada correction facility for domestic insurgents.
I for one welcome the great honorable revolution against pirates and new ideas, and hereby for the Bastardized Republic of America. With the coming of BRA, we must extend the Bill of Rights to include provisions to protect the American publics and corporations.
1. The freedom of speech, expression, press, and assembly shall not be abridged unless said speech, expression, press, and assembly threatens the welfare of the great American corporation.
2. The right of individual, in the service of the great American corporation, shall not be abridged..
3. No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the great American corporation, and in the manner to be prescribed by the great American corporation.
4. The right of people to their property shall not be abrdged, unless said property is beneficial to the great American corporation.
5. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases unfavorable to the great American corporation. Nor shall private property be taken for public use, unless the property is taken for the good of the great American corporation.
6. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the privilege to a speedy and secret trial, by members of the great American corporation;to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in favor of the great American corporation, and to have the assistance of counsel for the great American corporation.
7. In suits at common laws, made by the great American corporation, the right of trial by jury shall be waved, and no fact tried by a jury or the great American corporation, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the Bastardized Republic, than according to the rules of the great American corporation.
8. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted, unless such punishment is perscribed by the great American corporation.
9. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the great American corporation.
10. The powers not delegated to the Bastardized Republic by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the great American corporation.
11. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the Bastardized Republic, unless such slavery and servitude are for the benefit of the great American corporation.
12. The right of citizens of the Bastardized Republic to vote shall be denied by the Bastardized Republic or by any state on account of unfavorable acts against the great American corporation.
I for one welcome our new Bastardized Republic of America. And urges the nations of the world cast away the misconceived notion of the evil democracy and embrace the great republic ruled by the honorable people with riches and wealth.
"I have seen the promise land! Where the nation of thieves are tossed into the burning wrath, and in its place rose the great nation of corporation, with their glorious wealth and strength and influence, and enslaved the evil public in the name of great profit and wealth for the deservingly rich." - O.H.
... not saying why we should "flock" to a Euro standard, nor is it any better... But shouldn't we adopt a better standard if it appears? Doesn't matter who created the standard in the first place?
No one voted in IEEE (except for US and a selected few organization), but their standards on numbers, integer, ASCII, and various file formats plus wireless communication and TCP/IP are adopted by all as a necessity, why?
Because it's necessary, internet cannot possibly have form without a standard. No, European standards are not anymore global that US standard, but European standards are much widely adopted then the US standard. And having one standard allows everyone to do things more efficiently. Heck, having one standard language would be nice, we could invent one and call it the Common (French... too complicated. English... too ambiguous. Chinese... again, too complicated. Japanese... same problem with Chinese since they use some Chinese characters.). Hm... Tolkien's Elvish...
I say US is still one. But Japan and Taiwan is catching up, while China is doing an all out spring (but not too kind on their environment...) India... don't know that country well enough to make an assessment.
Wait a second... it seems the "number of his name" is already there... credit card numbers/drvier license/social security number anyone? As for the name of the beast... oh crap, our dollars bills got presidents name on them, not sure if it counts as beast... but it's just a little disturbing. A mark in their right hand or in their foreheads... implanted RFID tags? OMFG! DOOMSDAY IS ALMOST UPON US! REPENT NOW!
The combined cost won't be as bad as said losing several more probe because the contracted company (Lockheed Martin) interprets the spec with the metrics-system while the contracting government agency (NASA) wrote the spec in US-system of units. Result? A probe that crash itself to mars because it couldn't figure out whether it 100 meters from the surface or 100 feet.
Note: He said as a tool, meaning the Big Brother might decide to pass a law requiring barcode to be tatooed on everyone's face. Including new born child.
Don't worry, note it's used only for inventory (meaning, there's a chance you migh need to move it out of the country, as in importing and exporting). Your "cat" would be fine, since the CueCat merely points to a website. No harms done.
Not sure what 1 is and why its important... 3, I could live without, but yeah, better standardize that... 4 would be nice... but 2 is a must have!!! The US system is FAR TOO CONFUSING to use in the scientific world.
I have a professor who actually think the base-unit in US for mass AND weight is the pound (he coined the word, pound-mass and pound-weight). Just for those who don't know. The base-unit for mass in US-unit is a slug, the weight is a pound. And 32 slug = a pound because the acceleration due to gravity in US unit is 32 feet/second squared.
It better, since all "smart" fields (physics, chemistry, biology, and such) uses metric, it's time to be rid of the old British system... EVEN BRITAIN DON'T USE THEM ANY MORE!!!
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This is a great excuse, better then the one "the dog ate it" if this law is passed.
Teacher - "Why didn't you do your book report?"
Student - "Because the law banned my computer, because it 'induces' copyright infringement by allowing me to copy music and games and movie and electronic books and..."
Teacher - "... why didn't you write it by pen or pencil?"
Student - "You said it need to be typed... wait, you're inducing us to infringe on copyright law, you're illegal."
And you shall burn in eternal flame of hell for violating the commandment "Thou shall not steal..." ... but we'll forgive you...
Your definition of the slug is actually the definition of the lound-mass.
Um... that's what I said, slug is the base-unit of mass in US.
I'm not saying USA brought on World War 2, I'm just saying that having US in the lead doesn't help avert WW2... US didn't help start it either...
Sooner or later, we shall have the great nuclear war, and then the geek shall inherit the earth.
Two MAJOR differences between United Nations and the League of Nations. The former is "UNITED" and the latter is just a "LEAGUE". And the former have US in it, the latter don't... ... ... ... wait, that doesn't make a difference...
List of people to blame:
Politicians...
People who paid politicians...
People who don't vote...
Dumbasses who vote without knowing what the hell they're voting for...
I hereby, solemning and officially, lift my nameless finger against them, for they do not deserve the honorable bird that I give to those worthy.
"Um... votes..." - Homer, who scewed the election by eating the ballot box.
Then we won't have this problem... what am I kidding? Let's have capitalism, but lets change our government to true democracy, not a stupid republic. Even better, let us have anarchy!
RIAA - "... and guns INDUCES copyright infringement, since it promotes the download of our bad western movies."
NRA - "Oh really? Smith, Wesson, give them our rebuttal."
Smith & Wesoon - "Alright."
*BOOM!*
NRA - "That is the best rebuttal I have ever heard in my life."
"The great new United Corporation of America shall bring forth its collective wrath of bad music, pointless movies and dumb propaganda against the puny nation of Canada for depriving the of their money, power and monopoly." - RIAA, the new overlord of the UCA.
"The humble people of the former USA implores the fortunate Canadians to stand up to this great evil, and help us reclaim our country from the bad music, pointless movies and dumb propaganda." - Former US citizen, from the Nevada correction facility for domestic insurgents.
I for one welcome the great honorable revolution against pirates and new ideas, and hereby for the Bastardized Republic of America. With the coming of BRA, we must extend the Bill of Rights to include provisions to protect the American publics and corporations.
1. The freedom of speech, expression, press, and assembly shall not be abridged unless said speech, expression, press, and assembly threatens the welfare of the great American corporation.
2. The right of individual, in the service of the great American corporation, shall not be abridged..
3. No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the great American corporation, and in the manner to be prescribed by the great American corporation.
4. The right of people to their property shall not be abrdged, unless said property is beneficial to the great American corporation.
5. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases unfavorable to the great American corporation. Nor shall private property be taken for public use, unless the property is taken for the good of the great American corporation.
6. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the privilege to a speedy and secret trial, by members of the great American corporation;to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in favor of the great American corporation, and to have the assistance of counsel for the great American corporation.
7. In suits at common laws, made by the great American corporation, the right of trial by jury shall be waved, and no fact tried by a jury or the great American corporation, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the Bastardized Republic, than according to the rules of the great American corporation.
8. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted, unless such punishment is perscribed by the great American corporation.
9. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the great American corporation.
10. The powers not delegated to the Bastardized Republic by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the great American corporation.
11. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the Bastardized Republic, unless such slavery and servitude are for the benefit of the great American corporation.
12. The right of citizens of the Bastardized Republic to vote shall be denied by the Bastardized Republic or by any state on account of unfavorable acts against the great American corporation.
I for one welcome our new Bastardized Republic of America. And urges the nations of the world cast away the misconceived notion of the evil democracy and embrace the great republic ruled by the honorable people with riches and wealth.
"I have seen the promise land! Where the nation of thieves are tossed into the burning wrath, and in its place rose the great nation of corporation, with their glorious wealth and strength and influence, and enslaved the evil public in the name of great profit and wealth for the deservingly rich." - O.H.
It's not your fault, blame the politicians, and those people who don't vote.
Do you think if Linux turnout to be a derivative wrok of SCO, anyone else in the world that use Linux would care?
OpenOffice?
Here's would be a funny one.
Windows SFU -> WINE -> Unreal Tournament for Windows.
Trust some idiot actually trying to do that.
Try the League of Nation.
US lead, Europe follow... then US back out, leaving Europse high and dry. Cue WW2.
... not saying why we should "flock" to a Euro standard, nor is it any better...
But shouldn't we adopt a better standard if it appears? Doesn't matter who created the standard in the first place?
...and they shall receive a mark on their right hand, or on their forehead...
Just kidding, but no, this is far from common practice. We don't even have barcodes on our library books (honor system).
No one voted in IEEE (except for US and a selected few organization), but their standards on numbers, integer, ASCII, and various file formats plus wireless communication and TCP/IP are adopted by all as a necessity, why?
Because it's necessary, internet cannot possibly have form without a standard. No, European standards are not anymore global that US standard, but European standards are much widely adopted then the US standard. And having one standard allows everyone to do things more efficiently. Heck, having one standard language would be nice, we could invent one and call it the Common (French... too complicated. English... too ambiguous. Chinese... again, too complicated. Japanese... same problem with Chinese since they use some Chinese characters.). Hm... Tolkien's Elvish...
I say US is still one. But Japan and Taiwan is catching up, while China is doing an all out spring (but not too kind on their environment...) India... don't know that country well enough to make an assessment.
Because our politicians are a bunch of stubborn and money hungry pigs... DAMN THOSE INCHES AND FEETS AND MILES! I like my units in multiples of 10s.
I for one welcome our long-overdued overlord of tens.
Wait a second... it seems the "number of his name" is already there... credit card numbers/drvier license/social security number anyone? As for the name of the beast... oh crap, our dollars bills got presidents name on them, not sure if it counts as beast... but it's just a little disturbing. A mark in their right hand or in their foreheads... implanted RFID tags? OMFG! DOOMSDAY IS ALMOST UPON US! REPENT NOW!
The combined cost won't be as bad as said losing several more probe because the contracted company (Lockheed Martin) interprets the spec with the metrics-system while the contracting government agency (NASA) wrote the spec in US-system of units. Result? A probe that crash itself to mars because it couldn't figure out whether it 100 meters from the surface or 100 feet.
Note: He said as a tool, meaning the Big Brother might decide to pass a law requiring barcode to be tatooed on everyone's face. Including new born child.
Who cares about spellings? All I need to know are the m and the kg.
Don't worry, note it's used only for inventory (meaning, there's a chance you migh need to move it out of the country, as in importing and exporting). Your "cat" would be fine, since the CueCat merely points to a website. No harms done.
Not sure what 1 is and why its important... 3, I could live without, but yeah, better standardize that... 4 would be nice... but 2 is a must have!!! The US system is FAR TOO CONFUSING to use in the scientific world.
I have a professor who actually think the base-unit in US for mass AND weight is the pound (he coined the word, pound-mass and pound-weight).
Just for those who don't know. The base-unit for mass in US-unit is a slug, the weight is a pound. And 32 slug = a pound because the acceleration due to gravity in US unit is 32 feet/second squared.
It better, since all "smart" fields (physics, chemistry, biology, and such) uses metric, it's time to be rid of the old British system... EVEN BRITAIN DON'T USE THEM ANY MORE!!!