Well, let's see...There's DMCA, anti-P2P sentiment to the point of attempting to have it outlawed along with all uploading by the general public, the attempt to restrict blogging by requiring registration, IP law in general, etc. I'm sure the patriot act fits in there somewhere with its various gag orders and stuff. That's just for starters. These are all things to protect business from the consumer. There's lots more, but you can look it up yourself.
These publishers haven't grasped the power of the new media. For them, online articles simply mean that it's faster, easier, and cheaper to publish stories.
For them, it's about entertainment and distraction, not about providing information. Entertainment is much more profitable and less labor intensive. Personally, I wish those who submit articles would link to the very original source, instead of a fluff piece from CNN.
Would this be the same Saddam that we propped up for twenty years plus? Even while he was gassing Iranians and Kurds? Noooo, couldn't be. We would never support a man like that. A great analogy posted a long time ago: If you lock somebody up in a room with an insane man for twenty years, do you expect him to be grateful when you finally let him out? I suspect you're just having fun with a little bit of trolling. If you actually believe what you posted, then you are delusional, or evil.
We're supposed to be boycotting these weasels, and besides, UltraSuperHiDef means nothing on my 5 inch black & white. How many BITS will these things hold? How long will the disks last before they rot? Can you spin them any faster on the dremel before they explode? Do they fly better than a CD? Do they taste like chicken?
I doubt that he's shilling seeing as that he considered that fancy one to be junk also. Anyway, I can't see where the phosphors can cover up the perceptible "chill" in the color temp of a fluorescent bulb. And I've tried plenty of them. Even a plant needs a balance, and many growers will tell you that a combination of incandescent and CFL bulbs are the only way to get close to a full spectrum from artificial lighting. Maybe all those years on the night shift made me as sensitive as a plant. I do crave natural light, and fluorescents don't come close. It's like air conditioning, it doesn't feel right. Totally subjective, of course, but I don't think I'm too far off base. And a fluorescent can't keep my hands warm when working outside, and it won't keep the oil in your engine from congealing. Not a real big problem in Australia, I suppose.
If I could remove bad law from the books with the snap of my fingers, I would. For now I need to depend on others to see through the fog, and try to create the mystical, magical majority. You may see it as simple whining. That's ok. That could be because you see nothing wrong, but there is, and it's causing a major slowdown in human advancement. And again, you seem to ignore the fact that it totally depends on who you ask the question of whether life is better now than it was. For white Northern European and American and some Asian males, life has never been better. Of that there never was any doubt. So actually the question is absurd, because of the variables you fail to acknowledge.
If that's what you want to believe, so be it. I can't argue with anybody over their faith. There is a preponderance of evidence showing that the real intent of IP law, since the very beginning, is as I described it, but here I am, arguing against a religion, built on the propaganda from mystics, not based in any particular fact.
From the fear of competetion, starting with Gutenberg's invention, came copyright. The snowflake that started today's avalanche of IP laws and silly licensing.
Yeah I feel so bad about checking who enters my house.
Hmmm. That looks like one of those things...whaadya call 'em?...Oh, yeah, A non sequitur? Yeah, that's it. Maybe some embellishment might help, so I could possibly understand what in the world you meant.
Phillips was mentioned in the summary. I don't know what role they played. We'll just have to wait how it pans out and see if anybody but Phillips or an appropriately local subsidiary is selling bulbs in Australia.
It was my conclusion that the massive increase in communication technology recently has turned "Intellectual Property" [sic] into a hindrance of progress today rather than what A1S8C8 was intended for.
The only quibble I have here is that the intent of IP was always to restrict access to available tech since the very beginning. Most notably the printing press. The "innovation" spin was entirely made up by the interests that had the most to lose. In that case the writers guild. The old wagon makers in the US didn't care too much for the automobile and made a feeble effort to slow down that bit of progress. What finally happened? Most went out of business. Except, for example, where you see "body by fisher" on certain automobiles of the past. Who's Fisher, you say? Why a wagon maker of course. I'm sure the same thing happened with many from the old writers guild, and here they are still trying to keep people out of their new business, using 300 year old law that never intended to do anything other than protect the interests of business. They can't stand to see anything so easy to access that they can't sell. So what do they do? Try to cut off access so you have to buy from them.
It's not the same kind of yellow. Fluorescents are more mucus colored. And besides I know that they emit high voltages at high fequencies that transmit signals from the CIA into my head. They also screw with the radio (remember those?). Especially the short wave.
Who's going to be the first one to get caught smuggling light bulbs? Then there will be the underground incandescent labs. This will only give rise to murderous incandescent light bulb cartels. Who will be the first politician caught up in that little affair?
May I assume you can apply that to any potential? We remain in "place" because there is an equal opposing force. Where does that energy come from? And how can we redirect it? The energy is "free" in that it's always there. Creating the differential to move a body out of place is the key.
Radiation pressure requires expenditure of energy to maintain.
But not from us. Not directly anyway. Let nature do all the work. I liken it to the waste of energy used to desalinate seawater. When all we have to do is catch and pipe rainwater wherever it's needed, just like oil and gas. The fresh water itself is free. I'm sure we could use natural forces to do most of the pumping also.
So you're saying that the average man's quality of life is the same today as it was in 1800 and 800 AD and 1800 BC?
Totally depends where you are, and who you are. Ask a typical Somalian. Not one of the pirates running the show. It's not a matter of me doing it. It's a matter of permitting people access to available resources. In case you haven't noticed, the vast majority of our efforts is spent denying people access, not providing it. That's why we put up borders and such. It's to create scarcity.
...we'll have solid-state laptops in another year or so.
I was wondering when they were take those new-fangled transistors out of the radio and put them into something useful. I'm getting quite a hunched back from lugging this vacuum tube model around all day.
Cool toys do not progress make. And only certain segments of the population are able afford and enjoy them anyway. Progress gives everybody access. Progress means no holding back to protect an advantage. We will progress when everybody can. Progress doesn't come once every model year.
We're still looking for them. Just becuase we haven't found it, doesn't mean it isn't there. And we have "anti-gravity". It's called radiation. Both contentrate towards a center. Gravity pulls (attracts), and the radiation pushes (repels).
Pffft, should be obvious. IP law. By the way, it's abolishment is idea number 13 that actually will transform tech, and virtually everything else relating to progress. We might actually see some.
You know, this is how the Vietnam war started. First we send in "advisors". Then we make up a story about being attacked off the coast of Gotland, and the rest is history.
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Well, let's see...There's DMCA, anti-P2P sentiment to the point of attempting to have it outlawed along with all uploading by the general public, the attempt to restrict blogging by requiring registration, IP law in general, etc. I'm sure the patriot act fits in there somewhere with its various gag orders and stuff. That's just for starters. These are all things to protect business from the consumer. There's lots more, but you can look it up yourself.
These publishers haven't grasped the power of the new media. For them, online articles simply mean that it's faster, easier, and cheaper to publish stories.
For them, it's about entertainment and distraction, not about providing information. Entertainment is much more profitable and less labor intensive. Personally, I wish those who submit articles would link to the very original source, instead of a fluff piece from CNN.
Would this be the same Saddam that we propped up for twenty years plus? Even while he was gassing Iranians and Kurds? Noooo, couldn't be. We would never support a man like that. A great analogy posted a long time ago: If you lock somebody up in a room with an insane man for twenty years, do you expect him to be grateful when you finally let him out? I suspect you're just having fun with a little bit of trolling. If you actually believe what you posted, then you are delusional, or evil.
Yeah, one on the back...for when you're dancing.
You read virgins, and you think mod points?? You are an old timer.
We're supposed to be boycotting these weasels, and besides, UltraSuperHiDef means nothing on my 5 inch black & white. How many BITS will these things hold? How long will the disks last before they rot? Can you spin them any faster on the dremel before they explode? Do they fly better than a CD? Do they taste like chicken?
I doubt that he's shilling seeing as that he considered that fancy one to be junk also. Anyway, I can't see where the phosphors can cover up the perceptible "chill" in the color temp of a fluorescent bulb. And I've tried plenty of them. Even a plant needs a balance, and many growers will tell you that a combination of incandescent and CFL bulbs are the only way to get close to a full spectrum from artificial lighting. Maybe all those years on the night shift made me as sensitive as a plant. I do crave natural light, and fluorescents don't come close. It's like air conditioning, it doesn't feel right. Totally subjective, of course, but I don't think I'm too far off base. And a fluorescent can't keep my hands warm when working outside, and it won't keep the oil in your engine from congealing. Not a real big problem in Australia, I suppose.
If I could remove bad law from the books with the snap of my fingers, I would. For now I need to depend on others to see through the fog, and try to create the mystical, magical majority. You may see it as simple whining. That's ok. That could be because you see nothing wrong, but there is, and it's causing a major slowdown in human advancement. And again, you seem to ignore the fact that it totally depends on who you ask the question of whether life is better now than it was. For white Northern European and American and some Asian males, life has never been better. Of that there never was any doubt. So actually the question is absurd, because of the variables you fail to acknowledge.
If that's what you want to believe, so be it. I can't argue with anybody over their faith. There is a preponderance of evidence showing that the real intent of IP law, since the very beginning, is as I described it, but here I am, arguing against a religion, built on the propaganda from mystics, not based in any particular fact.
From the fear of competetion, starting with Gutenberg's invention, came copyright. The snowflake that started today's avalanche of IP laws and silly licensing.
I just know if it wasn't for the printing press, none of this would be happening.
Note: Tune your sarcasm detectors appropriately.
Yeah I feel so bad about checking who enters my house.
Hmmm. That looks like one of those things...whaadya call 'em?...Oh, yeah, A non sequitur? Yeah, that's it. Maybe some embellishment might help, so I could possibly understand what in the world you meant.
Is there a lamp monopoly or something going on?
Phillips was mentioned in the summary. I don't know what role they played. We'll just have to wait how it pans out and see if anybody but Phillips or an appropriately local subsidiary is selling bulbs in Australia.
It was my conclusion that the massive increase in communication technology recently has turned "Intellectual Property" [sic] into a hindrance of progress today rather than what A1S8C8 was intended for.
The only quibble I have here is that the intent of IP was always to restrict access to available tech since the very beginning. Most notably the printing press. The "innovation" spin was entirely made up by the interests that had the most to lose. In that case the writers guild. The old wagon makers in the US didn't care too much for the automobile and made a feeble effort to slow down that bit of progress. What finally happened? Most went out of business. Except, for example, where you see "body by fisher" on certain automobiles of the past. Who's Fisher, you say? Why a wagon maker of course. I'm sure the same thing happened with many from the old writers guild, and here they are still trying to keep people out of their new business, using 300 year old law that never intended to do anything other than protect the interests of business. They can't stand to see anything so easy to access that they can't sell. So what do they do? Try to cut off access so you have to buy from them.
It's not the same kind of yellow. Fluorescents are more mucus colored. And besides I know that they emit high voltages at high fequencies that transmit signals from the CIA into my head. They also screw with the radio (remember those?). Especially the short wave.
Who's going to be the first one to get caught smuggling light bulbs? Then there will be the underground incandescent labs. This will only give rise to murderous incandescent light bulb cartels. Who will be the first politician caught up in that little affair?
Phillips? Oh. Okay. Now I understand.
No, gravity does no work if you remain in place.
May I assume you can apply that to any potential? We remain in "place" because there is an equal opposing force. Where does that energy come from? And how can we redirect it? The energy is "free" in that it's always there. Creating the differential to move a body out of place is the key.
Radiation pressure requires expenditure of energy to maintain.
But not from us. Not directly anyway. Let nature do all the work. I liken it to the waste of energy used to desalinate seawater. When all we have to do is catch and pipe rainwater wherever it's needed, just like oil and gas. The fresh water itself is free. I'm sure we could use natural forces to do most of the pumping also.
So you're saying that the average man's quality of life is the same today as it was in 1800 and 800 AD and 1800 BC?
Totally depends where you are, and who you are. Ask a typical Somalian. Not one of the pirates running the show. It's not a matter of me doing it. It's a matter of permitting people access to available resources. In case you haven't noticed, the vast majority of our efforts is spent denying people access, not providing it. That's why we put up borders and such. It's to create scarcity.
...since users can't upload content themselves.
Of course. Only big content providers should be allowed to upload anything at all. Don't give these people a dime, please. "Don't feed the bears".
...we'll have solid-state laptops in another year or so.
I was wondering when they were take those new-fangled transistors out of the radio and put them into something useful. I'm getting quite a hunched back from lugging this vacuum tube model around all day.
Cool toys do not progress make. And only certain segments of the population are able afford and enjoy them anyway. Progress gives everybody access. Progress means no holding back to protect an advantage. We will progress when everybody can. Progress doesn't come once every model year.
Where's the anti-gravity, and free-energy?
We're still looking for them. Just becuase we haven't found it, doesn't mean it isn't there. And we have "anti-gravity". It's called radiation. Both contentrate towards a center. Gravity pulls (attracts), and the radiation pushes (repels).
Pffft, should be obvious. IP law. By the way, it's abolishment is idea number 13 that actually will transform tech, and virtually everything else relating to progress. We might actually see some.
You know, this is how the Vietnam war started. First we send in "advisors". Then we make up a story about being attacked off the coast of Gotland, and the rest is history.