How is this insightful?
You propose that an artist be paid based on performance, thereby only compensating him or her for the time on stage.
Well, there is a lot of work, sometimes years, that go into creating a single record. What about being paid for that time?
People do not want to work for free, and if what you propose is implemented, there will be far fewer works of art to enjoy for everyone.
I have been through a mold contamination myself, and having made some bad choices, let me assure you. Better safe than sorry. If you leave moldy stuff in your house, it will spread through the whole house via A/C. Just toss it.
Where the European analogy breaks down is that the difference in military strength between the major nations there was not so great. Yes, some nations had stronger armies, but it would still have been difficult for one European nation to entirely wipe out another and take all its resources, especially if the defending nation called upon aid from a friend. Furthermore, genocide was not really acceptable, because we are all human after all, so the best you could really hope for is to be able to continue to enforce will through military strength.
Historically, you can see how things worked out differently in the New World, where the Europeans had substantial military advantages, such as steel weapons and firearms, coupled with the fact that the natives were of a different race. I think the Native Americans would have done better under isolationism.
The point is that aliens may well regard us as equivalent to animals and treat us and our planet accordingly.
That's great. You take one negative aspect to humanity and paint our entire species with it. I could do the same in reverse, by pointing out that we also unselfishly feed our pets and unconditionally love our parents and children. But anyway, that is beside the point. The point is that we would surely be interesting to alien species, simply because we are alien to them and they would want to what we were like, similar to how we examine other species on earth, regardless of their morality and temperament.
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The Fermi paradox has an answer to your thought expirement. The universe is also mind-boggingly old. Furthermore, the Earth is a relatively new planet, meaning there have been billions of years for intelligences to develop before Earth was even around. The Milky Way, on the other hand, is relatively old, meaning that even within the confines of our own galaxy, there should have been plenty of older civilizations.
Now, think of it in a new way. Suppose you were a civilization that just developed space travel, much like where we are now. You have a galaxy around you with 400 billion stars, and that's a lot. It takes you 100,000 years at light speed to cross the galaxy, and that's a long time. However, you have 2 billion years to explore. I have no good grasp on where humans will be 2 billion years from now, but I am sure we will be pretty advanced. Now add to the mix that there are maybe 1000 or 10,000 or 100,000 other advanced civilizations alongside with you, and you can see why we are wondering where everyone is. Oh, and there are a trillion or so other galaxies out there, so if you start to consider the possibility of intergalactice travel, you can even go futher with this.
Really the best answer to the Fermi paradox is that Earth-like conditions are rare. However, I think we just discovered a planet 20 light years away that has 0-40 degreee celsius temperature, water, and is a rocky planet, so maybe that is not the answer either.
Your post would be valid if Microsoft actually gave free technical support with their OSes. However, this is not the case - usually a for-fee trouble ticket is required for anything beyond activation key issues.
Your original statement was that you could not think of a reason run Windows native or virtualized. You have just given a reason why you would want to run Windows native - GTA and Civ 2. Now kindly please shut up.
You should post that on wowdetox.com instead of here - it is a better audience for it. As it is, without at least an obligatory reference to gold farming, you are completely off topic.
I think you just did not read. The shop sells the gold for $3 while paying the employee $1. So, in theory, the boss not only makes 3x of each employee, he makes as much as three times of ALL the employees' salaries put together. However, out of the $3 per 100 gold, he must deduct expenses. These expenses are at least $1 (which he pays to the worker). In addition, he must pay for overhead.
First off, the article you cited is better evidence that taking pictures is NOT illegal. Yes, the cops arrested a guy for snapping a photo, but they knew they could not make the charges stick, so they released him.
Second, videotaping or photography has nothing to do with this case. The issue is audio recording.
Third, you are the officer's employer in a very indirect sense at best. You have no actual power over him or her. You have handed that over to your government, and you can only effect a change through your government.
Fourth, employers do not have an unqualified right to videotape their employees.
Fifth, you bring up public domain? This is not a copyright case. I do know what you mean though, and while it is true that you have no expectation of privacy in public with regard to the way you are viewed (since you can be seen from far away), the same cannot be said about what you say. Sound only carries so far, and it is not unreasonable to expect privacy with regard to what you say.
To be clear, I do not believe the officer had an expectation of privacy with regard to what he said, but the PA legislature has deemed the wiretapping law to be a good one, so they are the ones to blame.
That is an interesting story but has nothing to do with this case. Your case revolves around whether or not police are allowed to place a particular wiretap, which is a completely different matter. Bear in mind, when police tap a phone, neither party to the conversation is aware of the recording. A warrant is required for this, and the government must meet a certain burden of proof to get such a warrant.
The present case involves civilian wiretapping, which is probably completely legal in PA if all parties consent to the recording, but illegal if one or more parties is unaware or does not consent.
You cannot get to the conclusion you want to get to, because illegal search and seizure has nothing to do with wiretapping laws. There may be a constitutional argument for being able to record someone's voice in a public place, but what you are citing does not get you there. I am not sure you can even make a constitutional argument for being able to record someone's voice in a public place. I agree you should be able to do it, but I do not think the Constitution protects it.
I realize you are very well-intentioned, but Dell is a business, not an open source community. As a business, Dell must honor all promises it makes, or risk lawsuits and bad press. For Dell to hold out a warranty now, as you ask, Dell must have a way to diagnose hardware issues right now. Not later, when maybe someone can get around to writing some code, but right now. At this point, Dell is not prepared to do this. Later, when it gets some better support tools, this may change. Your proposal is akin to "Hey guys, let's all be cool to each other. You give us a little warranty and we try to write some code and it will all be groovy." That's not how business works.
I realize you are joking, but from a survival perspective, it is very useful to be able to detect gradual changes in temperature, so you are not surprised when you freeze to death.
They talk about relieving the condition of experiencing cold pains when it is not really that cold. I know someone who may have had that, but I think she just had it because she was really skinny, borderline anorexic, and had no fat to insulate her.
You have a point - if someone is really really poor and not very knowledgeable about the legal system, they are likely to plead guilty in this situation. (If they are just really poor but smart, they will just shut up, and the prosecutor may not be able to make the case, no matter the quality of the public defender.)
Still, I think you take an overly pessimistic view of the likely outcome. We are talking white collar crime here, so there is a good chance the defendant is not destitute. I have no studies, but the average middle class american can probably come up with the 10 to 50K or so to defend himself once in his life. Yes, he may not have it on hand, but he can borrow from all his family, second mortgage his house, get personal loans, cash advances, or whatever to pay to stay out of prison.
How can they force you to give up the passwords? This is a criminal proceeding. You cannot be compelled to answer any questions. The only way around this is if they grant you immunity, at which point they cannot go after you.
I also read the article about Kevin Ham. The funniest part was how deeply religious Kevin Ham is. He apparently got his start working on a web page for his church.
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How is this insightful? You propose that an artist be paid based on performance, thereby only compensating him or her for the time on stage. Well, there is a lot of work, sometimes years, that go into creating a single record. What about being paid for that time? People do not want to work for free, and if what you propose is implemented, there will be far fewer works of art to enjoy for everyone.
I have been through a mold contamination myself, and having made some bad choices, let me assure you. Better safe than sorry. If you leave moldy stuff in your house, it will spread through the whole house via A/C. Just toss it.
I do not know why, but I am somehow reminded of this: http://www.avdf.com/aug96/hum_ibm.html/
Will they demand to be paid via Western Union?
I, for one, welcome our new Japanese overlords. Well, they'll be able to take back Sakhalin from the Russians, anyway.
Historically, you can see how things worked out differently in the New World, where the Europeans had substantial military advantages, such as steel weapons and firearms, coupled with the fact that the natives were of a different race. I think the Native Americans would have done better under isolationism.
The point is that aliens may well regard us as equivalent to animals and treat us and our planet accordingly.
That's great. You take one negative aspect to humanity and paint our entire species with it. I could do the same in reverse, by pointing out that we also unselfishly feed our pets and unconditionally love our parents and children. But anyway, that is beside the point. The point is that we would surely be interesting to alien species, simply because we are alien to them and they would want to what we were like, similar to how we examine other species on earth, regardless of their morality and temperament.
Now, think of it in a new way. Suppose you were a civilization that just developed space travel, much like where we are now. You have a galaxy around you with 400 billion stars, and that's a lot. It takes you 100,000 years at light speed to cross the galaxy, and that's a long time. However, you have 2 billion years to explore. I have no good grasp on where humans will be 2 billion years from now, but I am sure we will be pretty advanced. Now add to the mix that there are maybe 1000 or 10,000 or 100,000 other advanced civilizations alongside with you, and you can see why we are wondering where everyone is. Oh, and there are a trillion or so other galaxies out there, so if you start to consider the possibility of intergalactice travel, you can even go futher with this.
Really the best answer to the Fermi paradox is that Earth-like conditions are rare. However, I think we just discovered a planet 20 light years away that has 0-40 degreee celsius temperature, water, and is a rocky planet, so maybe that is not the answer either.
OK, mister grouchy-pants.
I take it you will not enjoy my list of 50 ways to leave the lover you found on a social networking site.
Is this the PC for Vista/XP pirates? I mean, why pay an extra $50 when you don't have to?
Your post would be valid if Microsoft actually gave free technical support with their OSes. However, this is not the case - usually a for-fee trouble ticket is required for anything beyond activation key issues.
Your original statement was that you could not think of a reason run Windows native or virtualized. You have just given a reason why you would want to run Windows native - GTA and Civ 2. Now kindly please shut up.
You should post that on wowdetox.com instead of here - it is a better audience for it. As it is, without at least an obligatory reference to gold farming, you are completely off topic.
No, he has played so much that his only practice is typing in chat, which does not allow paragraph marks (hitting Enter submits the message).
I think you just did not read. The shop sells the gold for $3 while paying the employee $1. So, in theory, the boss not only makes 3x of each employee, he makes as much as three times of ALL the employees' salaries put together. However, out of the $3 per 100 gold, he must deduct expenses. These expenses are at least $1 (which he pays to the worker). In addition, he must pay for overhead.
Second, videotaping or photography has nothing to do with this case. The issue is audio recording.
Third, you are the officer's employer in a very indirect sense at best. You have no actual power over him or her. You have handed that over to your government, and you can only effect a change through your government. Fourth, employers do not have an unqualified right to videotape their employees. Fifth, you bring up public domain? This is not a copyright case. I do know what you mean though, and while it is true that you have no expectation of privacy in public with regard to the way you are viewed (since you can be seen from far away), the same cannot be said about what you say. Sound only carries so far, and it is not unreasonable to expect privacy with regard to what you say.
To be clear, I do not believe the officer had an expectation of privacy with regard to what he said, but the PA legislature has deemed the wiretapping law to be a good one, so they are the ones to blame.
The present case involves civilian wiretapping, which is probably completely legal in PA if all parties consent to the recording, but illegal if one or more parties is unaware or does not consent.
You cannot get to the conclusion you want to get to, because illegal search and seizure has nothing to do with wiretapping laws. There may be a constitutional argument for being able to record someone's voice in a public place, but what you are citing does not get you there. I am not sure you can even make a constitutional argument for being able to record someone's voice in a public place. I agree you should be able to do it, but I do not think the Constitution protects it.
I realize you are very well-intentioned, but Dell is a business, not an open source community. As a business, Dell must honor all promises it makes, or risk lawsuits and bad press. For Dell to hold out a warranty now, as you ask, Dell must have a way to diagnose hardware issues right now. Not later, when maybe someone can get around to writing some code, but right now. At this point, Dell is not prepared to do this. Later, when it gets some better support tools, this may change. Your proposal is akin to "Hey guys, let's all be cool to each other. You give us a little warranty and we try to write some code and it will all be groovy." That's not how business works.
I realize you are joking, but from a survival perspective, it is very useful to be able to detect gradual changes in temperature, so you are not surprised when you freeze to death.
They talk about relieving the condition of experiencing cold pains when it is not really that cold. I know someone who may have had that, but I think she just had it because she was really skinny, borderline anorexic, and had no fat to insulate her.
Still, I think you take an overly pessimistic view of the likely outcome. We are talking white collar crime here, so there is a good chance the defendant is not destitute. I have no studies, but the average middle class american can probably come up with the 10 to 50K or so to defend himself once in his life. Yes, he may not have it on hand, but he can borrow from all his family, second mortgage his house, get personal loans, cash advances, or whatever to pay to stay out of prison.
How can they force you to give up the passwords? This is a criminal proceeding. You cannot be compelled to answer any questions. The only way around this is if they grant you immunity, at which point they cannot go after you.
I also read the article about Kevin Ham. The funniest part was how deeply religious Kevin Ham is. He apparently got his start working on a web page for his church.