To tell you the truth, I don't expect it to happen within a hundred thousand years at least, but I can hope, can't I? And yes, I have seen pigs fly...in helicopters with the letters LAPD on them...It's a joke dammit...laugh.
Never bombed, invaded other countries because they don't like your politics? Never installed friendly, but murderous dictators in said countries? Never set up South American drug cartels, because we lost control of the Southeast Asian ones? Never arrested anyone for "driving while black"? Never sold illegal arms? If you pay taxes, you're doing this and much more.
That's completely backwards. Copyright created the elite, so that only the elite can publish. This desire for recognition says little more than "I'm better than you. I created something." You get all the chicks. Sounds quite natural(animal) to me. Giving something away without looking for recompensation(?) is much more "advanced"(human). When we start to act like real humans, capitalism, marketing, etc. will die swiftly and painlessly. We will take care of each other because that's what's best for all, not just a few.
"Exactly... except without the guns and death and disease and robbery and pain and anguish and destruction of human lives part."
That's caused by prohibition, not the drugs themselves. The real analogy should be that drug dealers just operate like many big successful companies, not the other way around.
"The irony is that patents were supposed to protect the little guy from exploitation."
That the way it's stated in the law, I don't blieve for a second that was the real intention. If there were no patents your company would simply be doing someting else. We would all find other ways to make money. Or maybe we would become truly human and just give.
What...Nobody invented anything before patent law?? That is a myth. I absolutely believe that patent and copyright stifle innovation because of reasons you stated above. If the Wright Bros. had won their patent war against Glenn Curtiss we would still be warping the wing to roll the plane. The story has been discussed on slashdot before. That's just one of many examples. Sometimes I think patents were create by lawyers only to feed lawyers. They're the real beneficiaries(sp) of all this.
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Let's just hope that the Americans don't start using their military to enforce patents worldwide. If they think it's profitable enough, they will. Right now they are just using the IMF, WTO, World Bank, etc. to do their dirty work for them.
Until the BSA(?) raids the place and decides you're using somebodys patent in your homebrewed software. It could happen. "Patents promate innovation" is a lie, a hoax to get you to believe that without it we would all die.
Maybe, someday we're going to realize that the real purpose of patents, copyrights, etc. is not to promote new ideas, inventions, etc. after all. Just the opposite is true. Too many people think that if we didn't have patents, we would all feel better to suppress our ideas and remain in the stone age. Under the current system only greedy karma whores will be able to create anything at all. Some people just like to create for the hell of it(open source,anyone?) and they're usually the ones who create the best, because they're thinking only of their creation, not the money(greed) or attribution(karma whore) it will bring. If the caveman had invented patents before the discovery of fire or the invention of the wheel, We would be living in a pretty cold world, and all of our cars would always be on cinder blocks
Lucky you. On my Intel 815 board the sound wouldn't work at all. Any attempt to play a sound would lock it up tighter than a virgin's pu...ahem...well, you get the idea. Took a hard reset to get it going again. Something about a wait state? No idea. I think my favorite distro was Redhat 5.1. Worked flawlessly out of the box on my laptop. Seems like the best thing to do it is to wait for a distro that's at least a year newer than your hardware.
Believe it or not, corporations control the internet, or rather your access to it. You know what that means...right?? Until we can go truly wireless, hopping from one machine to the next, we are the ones that are screwed.
On the contrary...Control+W is for Windows. Windows does not have a Command(Apple) key. With the mac they may say Appple key now, but everybody I knew used to call it "Command". For me "Command" sounds better, but maybe that's politically incorrect nowadays.
It's frowned upon and I don't understand why. It makes no diference to me whether I pass or am passed on either side. If you're in one lane and I'm in the other, just pass. It makes no difference. It's more dangerous to have to look back to see if it's safe to change lanes only to rear end some ass that suddenly stops in front of you.
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To tell you the truth, I don't expect it to happen within a hundred thousand years at least, but I can hope, can't I?
And yes, I have seen pigs fly...in helicopters with the letters LAPD on them...It's a joke dammit...laugh.
Hell that thing won't even run system 6.0.5
Naw...It probably just got wet
And here I was thinking it was just one of those cheap taiwanese(sp) capacitors that keep popping up(so to speak).
a brain???...you hadda....aaawww, nevermind
If Claudia Shiffer married The Brain, could we call her Claudia Shiffer-Brains?
Never bombed, invaded other countries because they don't like your politics? Never installed friendly, but murderous dictators in said countries? Never set up South American drug cartels, because we lost control of the Southeast Asian ones? Never arrested anyone for "driving while black"? Never sold illegal arms? If you pay taxes, you're doing this and much more.
That's completely backwards. Copyright created the elite, so that only the elite can publish. This desire for recognition says little more than "I'm better than you. I created something." You get all the chicks. Sounds quite natural(animal) to me. Giving something away without looking for recompensation(?) is much more "advanced"(human). When we start to act like real humans, capitalism, marketing, etc. will die swiftly and painlessly. We will take care of each other because that's what's best for all, not just a few.
Except the IRS uses guns to take peoples money. Nobody is being forced to buy RIAA tripe.
...the killer whale
or at least leave an auditable paper trail so we can verify it.
The Illuminati did it. "It's good that UnitedLinux is fading, Illuminata analyst Gordon Haff said...
"That will not only generate the clicks that you guys want to see,..."
Heh...I thought you said chicks...
"Exactly... except without the guns and death and disease and robbery and pain and anguish and destruction of human lives part."
That's caused by prohibition, not the drugs themselves. The real analogy should be that drug dealers just operate like many big successful companies, not the other way around.
"The irony is that patents were supposed to protect the little guy from exploitation."
That the way it's stated in the law, I don't blieve for a second that was the real intention. If there were no patents your company would simply be doing someting else. We would all find other ways to make money. Or maybe we would become truly human and just give.
What...Nobody invented anything before patent law?? That is a myth. I absolutely believe that patent and copyright stifle innovation because of reasons you stated above. If the Wright Bros. had won their patent war against Glenn Curtiss we would still be warping the wing to roll the plane. The story has been discussed on slashdot before. That's just one of many examples. Sometimes I think patents were create by lawyers only to feed lawyers. They're the real beneficiaries(sp) of all this.
Let's just hope that the Americans don't start using their military to enforce patents worldwide. If they think it's profitable enough, they will. Right now they are just using the IMF, WTO, World Bank, etc. to do their dirty work for them.
"So we're safe... "under the radar", perhaps."
Until the BSA(?) raids the place and decides you're using somebodys patent in your homebrewed software. It could happen. "Patents promate innovation" is a lie, a hoax to get you to believe that without it we would all die.
Maybe, someday we're going to realize that the real purpose of patents, copyrights, etc. is not to promote new ideas, inventions, etc. after all. Just the opposite is true. Too many people think that if we didn't have patents, we would all feel better to suppress our ideas and remain in the stone age. Under the current system only greedy karma whores will be able to create anything at all. Some people just like to create for the hell of it(open source,anyone?) and they're usually the ones who create the best, because they're thinking only of their creation, not the money(greed) or attribution(karma whore) it will bring. If the caveman had invented patents before the discovery of fire or the invention of the wheel, We would be living in a pretty cold world, and all of our cars would always be on cinder blocks
...or are broke?
"...and didn't jack around with my sound..."
Lucky you. On my Intel 815 board the sound wouldn't work at all. Any attempt to play a sound would lock it up tighter than a virgin's pu...ahem...well, you get the idea. Took a hard reset to get it going again. Something about a wait state? No idea. I think my favorite distro was Redhat 5.1. Worked flawlessly out of the box on my laptop. Seems like the best thing to do it is to wait for a distro that's at least a year newer than your hardware.
"Corporates are screwed on the Internet."
Believe it or not, corporations control the internet, or rather your access to it. You know what that means...right?? Until we can go truly wireless, hopping from one machine to the next, we are the ones that are screwed.
And since they control access, they can cut yours off(so to speak)
Ok...from the comments... "What is OSAIA?"
On the contrary...Control+W is for Windows. Windows does not have a Command(Apple) key. With the mac they may say Appple key now, but everybody I knew used to call it "Command". For me "Command" sounds better, but maybe that's politically incorrect nowadays.
"I know you are aloud to undertake in the US..."
It's frowned upon and I don't understand why. It makes no diference to me whether I pass or am passed on either side. If you're in one lane and I'm in the other, just pass. It makes no difference. It's more dangerous to have to look back to see if it's safe to change lanes only to rear end some ass that suddenly stops in front of you.