It is a good point, however, it is very difficult in US to even discipline children. The only discipline that I know will ensure that children listen is a good beating (not to the point they're half dead, but enough to hurt). All those liberal hippies who believe that you should discipline children with love and affection is on crack. I know someone, who despite their parents best effort, couldn't get him to go to school because he's addicted to video game or something. The following are some of the thing they did. 1. Take the game away
- Said kid start tearing the house apart. 2. Limit game play
- Said kid tears the house apart and ignore the parents. 3. Beat the kid...
- Not in US, kids should not be hit, period.
We should do away with this kind of child abuse non-sense. Yes, there are real child abuses, but the law REALLY need to distinguish between disciplining an unruly child and simply abuse them.
Wow, thanks! I've been trying to find that article. (since I don't know the author... typing A Modest Proposal into a search engine gave me a lot of different results).
What a sick, sick old man. And somebody like him is allowed to write articles in a major newspaper? He does nothing than quoting an equally sick study about the monetary value of killing people and whining about his stupid habit of formating his harddisk every other day. That's just sad.
I think he was being sarcastic, there's a similar article called "A Humble Proposal", but its a really old one and I can't find it on the internet.
I propose that the following groups of individuals should be executed for costing society billions due to their existence in extension to the ones stated in the article.
1. Cripples. 2. Elderlies. 3. Mentally retarded. 4. Blind. 5. Deaf. 6. Those on life support. 7. Welfare mothers. 8. Children of welfare mothers. 9. Homeless. 10. Smokers. 11. Drug addicts. 12. Fundamentalists. 13. AIDS/HIV carriers. 14. Veterans with disabilities and PTSD. 15. Unwanted orphans. 16. The very poor.
And for the sake of advancing the general societal welfare for the contributing member, the following solutions should be used to maximize the benefit to the general society. 1. For Menial labors in dangerous industries, to reduce the risk on those contributors of society. 2. To be converted to food for either human consumptions or food for pets. 3. For general purpose recreation. 4. Various other purpose where expendable individuals are preferable.
While most idiotic comments are posted by Anonymous Cowards...
Why do we have insightful people posting Anonymous! I want to have some targets for my adoration for making me feeling less pessimistic about my existence. That someone out there can at least see the light and dare to say it!
P.S. Okay... a bit overdramatic, but that got the point across.
Yeah. But unfortunately, there just isn't any other good authors that grab my brother's attention. And frankly, I prefer him addicted on HP books then on WoW or GTA.
Oddly enough, I know quite a few people who're a bit outside said 10-12 age range who reads HP. Come to think about it, there's this one family friend of mine (30+ or something), who enjoy reading it.
yet another fuckin' awful Harry "shameless Tim Hunter rip-off dumbed down for kiddies" Potter book
So... how does it became one of the most popular book WORLDWIDE! And who on earth is Tim Hunter? And how do you compare a book to a video game? The writing style in both medium is completely different! (In book, you don't get pretty pictures all over. In videogame... you pretty much got a crapload of leeways in providing a good setting). Sure it's not the best, but it's considered a better book then other by most people (from what I see, you're a mere, insignificant minority who posts anonymously, hence enhancing you insignificance negative view on the book).
Um... this is a joke right? I hope it is, because P2P is probably the least of book writer's worry (as long as they don't release an electronic version).
For One, while it doesn't require much technical prowness, it does require a crap load of passion transcribing/scanning a book into a digital format for p2p. Second, some people simply like having a physical book (for some reason, I want to own a physical book, regardless whether they have an electronic one).
You're aware that in court of law, referring someone Jane or John Doe is considered a valid legal document that applied to ANYONE that satisfied the applicable conditions on the injunction, regardless of their name.
In modern society, any activity that doesn't involve holding a footlong ball while smacking your body against another, or lying through your teeth, or lobbying government to enrich yourself, is considered nerdy.
Book reader are all nerds. Except those who read sex stories, they're normal.
The long time window is to give all the stores wanting to distrubute the book a chance to evaluate their inventory (to see how much they need to order) to prevent some store being swamped by an angry mod because there isn't enough book to sell.
One: That's a spoiler, and you should be hanged because of that. Two: Never confirmed until we all get book. Three: Will be blissfully ignorant of parent comment before reading the book. Four: Mod parent down in any way possible due to his spoiler comments.
They can't. But the injunction is valid. Some customers now own the book, fine, the publishers don't care about that fact that much at this point. They're trying to prevent those people who have the book from RELEASING informations regarding the book.
Um... they're not trying to forcefully recover the book. They're just asking those "lucky" few who managed to acquire the book (which they done so legally by buying them from the store) to return the book (with refunds + some nice stuffs for incentives), or at least not to disclose anything until after their official launch date (which is where the injunction come in).
... wtf... okay, for one, they want to control the releases date, that's perfectly fine in ANY society with businesses (Its their book!). Second, THEY'RE NOT cracking down on people for OWNING the book. Just telling them not to disclose them before releases (which, by the way, will ruin the book for most people). Third... if capitalism won't work... and communism won't work... what's left?
I think they did a few... don't remember since I don't think they got publicized... I think they just gave up on the whole crap and go for something easier, like teens to computers.
Go after drug cartel with guns V.S. warez group with computers... guns... computers... tough choice...
... no one is rationalizing said activity, we're stating that it is impossible to stop this kind of things. And having prices at the range where a large portion of the population don't want to pay doesn't help either...
It's more like a defeatist speech then rationalizing.
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It is a good point, however, it is very difficult in US to even discipline children. The only discipline that I know will ensure that children listen is a good beating (not to the point they're half dead, but enough to hurt). All those liberal hippies who believe that you should discipline children with love and affection is on crack. I know someone, who despite their parents best effort, couldn't get him to go to school because he's addicted to video game or something. The following are some of the thing they did.
1. Take the game away
- Said kid start tearing the house apart.
2. Limit game play
- Said kid tears the house apart and ignore the parents.
3. Beat the kid...
- Not in US, kids should not be hit, period.
We should do away with this kind of child abuse non-sense. Yes, there are real child abuses, but the law REALLY need to distinguish between disciplining an unruly child and simply abuse them.
Wow, thanks! I've been trying to find that article. (since I don't know the author... typing A Modest Proposal into a search engine gave me a lot of different results).
I'm saying. If you're law enforcer, which one would you rather do?
1. Take down a drug cartel who has gun that would happily make new holes on you.
OR
2. Take down a warez group who has computer.
I think he was being sarcastic, there's a similar article called "A Humble Proposal", but its a really old one and I can't find it on the internet.
I propose that the following groups of individuals should be executed for costing society billions due to their existence in extension to the ones stated in the article.
1. Cripples.
2. Elderlies.
3. Mentally retarded.
4. Blind.
5. Deaf.
6. Those on life support.
7. Welfare mothers.
8. Children of welfare mothers.
9. Homeless.
10. Smokers.
11. Drug addicts.
12. Fundamentalists.
13. AIDS/HIV carriers.
14. Veterans with disabilities and PTSD.
15. Unwanted orphans.
16. The very poor.
And for the sake of advancing the general societal welfare for the contributing member, the following solutions should be used to maximize the benefit to the general society.
1. For Menial labors in dangerous industries, to reduce the risk on those contributors of society.
2. To be converted to food for either human consumptions or food for pets.
3. For general purpose recreation.
4. Various other purpose where expendable individuals are preferable.
While most idiotic comments are posted by Anonymous Cowards...
Why do we have insightful people posting Anonymous! I want to have some targets for my adoration for making me feeling less pessimistic about my existence. That someone out there can at least see the light and dare to say it!
P.S. Okay... a bit overdramatic, but that got the point across.
I'm not saying there's only two. I just don't know of any alternatives (other then socialism, but that's just a hybrid between the two).
Yeah. But unfortunately, there just isn't any other good authors that grab my brother's attention. And frankly, I prefer him addicted on HP books then on WoW or GTA.
Oddly enough, I know quite a few people who're a bit outside said 10-12 age range who reads HP. Come to think about it, there's this one family friend of mine (30+ or something), who enjoy reading it.
So... how does it became one of the most popular book WORLDWIDE! And who on earth is Tim Hunter? And how do you compare a book to a video game? The writing style in both medium is completely different! (In book, you don't get pretty pictures all over. In videogame... you pretty much got a crapload of leeways in providing a good setting). Sure it's not the best, but it's considered a better book then other by most people (from what I see, you're a mere, insignificant minority who posts anonymously, hence enhancing you insignificance negative view on the book).
Um... this is a joke right? I hope it is, because P2P is probably the least of book writer's worry (as long as they don't release an electronic version).
For One, while it doesn't require much technical prowness, it does require a crap load of passion transcribing/scanning a book into a digital format for p2p. Second, some people simply like having a physical book (for some reason, I want to own a physical book, regardless whether they have an electronic one).
You're aware that in court of law, referring someone Jane or John Doe is considered a valid legal document that applied to ANYONE that satisfied the applicable conditions on the injunction, regardless of their name.
Note the axiom on Slashdot.
"News for the Nerds. Stuff that matters."
In modern society, any activity that doesn't involve holding a footlong ball while smacking your body against another, or lying through your teeth, or lobbying government to enrich yourself, is considered nerdy.
Book reader are all nerds. Except those who read sex stories, they're normal.
I have a whole tent set ready to wait in front of B&N two days before release, you insensitive COD!
... wait, I got nothing else to say...
... ... why am I doing this...
P.S. But seriously, I ordered book online. Currently making a bet with my brother whether Amazon.com will deliver the book on July 16th as promised.
P.P.S. That sounded something Star War fans would do... HP and SW seems to have a lot in common... I hope Jo won't do a prequel.
P.P.P.S.
P.P.P.P.S.
The long time window is to give all the stores wanting to distrubute the book a chance to evaluate their inventory (to see how much they need to order) to prevent some store being swamped by an angry mod because there isn't enough book to sell.
Oh the prophet, the great reincarnation of the great architect Milo Rambaldi. We're not worthy. This forum is not worthy of your presence.
Hm... never though of it like that. Good argument.
... Now that's funny, HP spoof based on Star War... ... OMG! MY HEAD HURTS!
Or was it the other way around?
One: That's a spoiler, and you should be hanged because of that.
Two: Never confirmed until we all get book.
Three: Will be blissfully ignorant of parent comment before reading the book.
Four: Mod parent down in any way possible due to his spoiler comments.
They can't. But the injunction is valid. Some customers now own the book, fine, the publishers don't care about that fact that much at this point. They're trying to prevent those people who have the book from RELEASING informations regarding the book.
Um... they're not trying to forcefully recover the book. They're just asking those "lucky" few who managed to acquire the book (which they done so legally by buying them from the store) to return the book (with refunds + some nice stuffs for incentives), or at least not to disclose anything until after their official launch date (which is where the injunction come in).
... wtf... okay, for one, they want to control the releases date, that's perfectly fine in ANY society with businesses (Its their book!). Second, THEY'RE NOT cracking down on people for OWNING the book. Just telling them not to disclose them before releases (which, by the way, will ruin the book for most people). Third... if capitalism won't work... and communism won't work... what's left?
... wow, never knew someone would actually do a psycho analysis (maybe not that indepth) into a fantasy book (........). Let me reiterate...
IT'S A FUKING BOOK!
Just read it as is! And be nice to your sister.
I think they did a few... don't remember since I don't think they got publicized... I think they just gave up on the whole crap and go for something easier, like teens to computers.
Go after drug cartel with guns V.S. warez group with computers...
guns... computers... tough choice...
... no one is rationalizing said activity, we're stating that it is impossible to stop this kind of things. And having prices at the range where a large portion of the population don't want to pay doesn't help either...
It's more like a defeatist speech then rationalizing.