Your sig contradicts itself. Breathing is not forbidden, and holding your breath is also not forbidden, however you cannot breathe while holding your breath. Therefore, since both things are preclusive of each other your mandate is impossible to follow.
You are also not taking into account that current internal combustion engines operate at about 25-50 percent efficiency when converting the stored energy in gasoline into kinetic energy in the pistons.
This is where the limited gains in mpg have come from in the last 50 years. They have improved the conversion efficiency. Who's to say that they couldn't improve it more?
Actually, when I first took up against software patents, I had no problem with regular patents. My initial objection was that software is an algorithm, much like a mathematical function, which is expressly NOT patentable.
I have since changed my mind and believe that all patents and copyrights do more harm than good and should be abolished. But initially that was not so, and my objection was logical and had nothing to do with terms or excessive protections.
#3 is not entirely correct -- gaining land possession through squatters rights is a parallel to "authors and inventors" (you build on the land and live there and it becomes yours). Besides, the IP rights are transferrable.
Then by this logic, in order to appropriate your copyright/patent, all I have to do is build on your book/program/invention, and through my expanding of the work/invention I become owner of the copyright. Which says to me that we shouldn't have copyrights/patents at all since this is one of the scenarios that copyright/patent attempts to combat.
Yes, I've only bought 2 albums in the past 6 or 7 years, and both of them have been direct from the artist. One was a CD I picked up at a local concert, and the other was when Harvey Danger was linked on slashdot for offering their album for free in mp3 and ogg. I liked it well enough to buy the cd from their website.
you are misusing the concept of Ockham's Razor. Ockham's Razor states that the simplest solution that fits the facts is usually the correct one. Until we have a simpler solution that answers the question as well as or better than M Theory, Ockham's Razor does not automatically discount it.
Foolish Manchild, Everybody knows that zombies don't eat brains. That's a false assumption propagated by the anti-zombie coalitions seeking to limit their rights in modern society.
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I'm also not famous, but would like to share my famous person story.
I was at a Star Wars Con in Plano, Texas a few days after the release of Attack of the Clones. My friend and I were wandering around the signature room, when my friend decided that he wanted Peter Mayhew's autograph. We got to his table, and Peter Mayhew was out of change, so he asked my friend to go to one of the convention guys and ask for some change, which my friend was more than happy to oblige.
In the meantime, I got to stand there for 10 minutes and listen to Peter Mayhew spew vitriol about the prequel movies and how much better the ones he was in were. He was pretty angry and bitter about it too. Didn't stop him from accepting a cameo in Revenge of the Sith though, did it?
DRM Free Music is a step in the right direction, but while the RIAA member companies continue to sue their paying customers, I cannot in good conscience purchase any music that will further line their filty pockets. As such, I will not become a patron of the Amazon Music Store.
You say the left is for restricting freedom, but I'm afraid the facts are against you. It wasn't until we had a right wing congress sitting pretty next to a right wing president that we became a police state.
not having studied in the field of law, my best guess would be that two conflicting arguments might hurt their case. Either the GPL is a contract, or it isn't a contract. You can't have your cake and eat it too. However, assuming that the copywrite infringement claim fails, then they could probably refile at a later date on the basis of breach of contract.
Thanks for clearing that up for me. Net neutrality is one of those things where it's hard to find the truth of the matter because both sides are saying different things.
Actually, I thought that was the whole point of the Net Neutrality Stink. The Telecoms wanted congress to enact legislation to allow them to create a tiered internet. As a response opponents decided to lobby for the opposite: a law that explicitly forbids such a thing.
You aren't required to sign your copyright over to the FSF if you use the GPL. The FSF does require you to sign over your copyright to have your code incorporated into any of the GNU tools, but if you are writing for say... the Linux kernel, or your own project, then you retain your copyright on the code you write.
granted, I could've been more diplomatic, however, it really hits a nerve with me when people trash Linux and say it's "Not ready for the desktop" just because it doesn't have a feature that also does not exist on their pet OS. I'll be the first one to admit that Linux has issues in certain regards, but people that throw up straw men about Windows being easier to install despite the fact that the windows installer doesn't even have the functionality they're complaining about really bother me.
So Yes, if the OP is genuinely looking to try linux and is willing to take some time to figure out what went wrong, then I'll be the first in line to welcome him and answer his questions. If instead, as it seems from his post, he would rather bitch and moan because it didn't work the first time without doing any troubleshooting, then he gets no sympathy from me.
The problem with your suggestions is that SoundExchange, while being a subsidiary of the RIAA is still authorized to collect all compulsory royalties due whether or not they are due to RIAA members. So your suggestion holds no water.
Sure it will. Let me share my reasoning. Oil is less dense than water, ergo it floats on the top of it. However, Oil is highly combustible. It is quite happy to burn in a layer on top of the water. Humans are also less dense than water, ergo, they must be made of oil.
Hey! I just solved our energy crisis. Instead of drilling for more oil in the ground, let's just grind up our dead and extract the oil from them. People die every day. In numbers large enough that we should have an oil surplus in no time.
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just out of curiosity, what about the iPhone prevents you from purchasing 3rd party styluses(styli?) for use with your iPhone?
Your sig contradicts itself. Breathing is not forbidden, and holding your breath is also not forbidden, however you cannot breathe while holding your breath. Therefore, since both things are preclusive of each other your mandate is impossible to follow.
You are also not taking into account that current internal combustion engines operate at about 25-50 percent efficiency when converting the stored energy in gasoline into kinetic energy in the pistons. This is where the limited gains in mpg have come from in the last 50 years. They have improved the conversion efficiency. Who's to say that they couldn't improve it more?
I have since changed my mind and believe that all patents and copyrights do more harm than good and should be abolished. But initially that was not so, and my objection was logical and had nothing to do with terms or excessive protections.
What you don't realize is that in windows you also have to shut down the graphical shell to update your video drivers. They just call it "reboot."
Yes, I've only bought 2 albums in the past 6 or 7 years, and both of them have been direct from the artist. One was a CD I picked up at a local concert, and the other was when Harvey Danger was linked on slashdot for offering their album for free in mp3 and ogg. I liked it well enough to buy the cd from their website.
Where I live, they allow you to donate about every 2 months. And they call and pester you every two months to please come and donate.
you are misusing the concept of Ockham's Razor. Ockham's Razor states that the simplest solution that fits the facts is usually the correct one. Until we have a simpler solution that answers the question as well as or better than M Theory, Ockham's Razor does not automatically discount it.
If this is a ploy by Google to destroy USPTO, then it can't possibly be evil. The USPTO needs destroying.
Foolish Manchild, Everybody knows that zombies don't eat brains. That's a false assumption propagated by the anti-zombie coalitions seeking to limit their rights in modern society.
I was at a Star Wars Con in Plano, Texas a few days after the release of Attack of the Clones. My friend and I were wandering around the signature room, when my friend decided that he wanted Peter Mayhew's autograph. We got to his table, and Peter Mayhew was out of change, so he asked my friend to go to one of the convention guys and ask for some change, which my friend was more than happy to oblige.
In the meantime, I got to stand there for 10 minutes and listen to Peter Mayhew spew vitriol about the prequel movies and how much better the ones he was in were. He was pretty angry and bitter about it too. Didn't stop him from accepting a cameo in Revenge of the Sith though, did it?
Maby if the context was football I would have understood, but outside of a context typically associated with college it becomes confusing.
You mean, like a sorority?
DRM Free Music is a step in the right direction, but while the RIAA member companies continue to sue their paying customers, I cannot in good conscience purchase any music that will further line their filty pockets. As such, I will not become a patron of the Amazon Music Store.
You say the left is for restricting freedom, but I'm afraid the facts are against you. It wasn't until we had a right wing congress sitting pretty next to a right wing president that we became a police state.
You know the old saying... no publicity is bad publicity.
This suit is getting Virgin plastered all over the news.
I wouldn't be surprised if the guy responsible got a promotion
not having studied in the field of law, my best guess would be that two conflicting arguments might hurt their case. Either the GPL is a contract, or it isn't a contract. You can't have your cake and eat it too. However, assuming that the copywrite infringement claim fails, then they could probably refile at a later date on the basis of breach of contract.
Thanks for clearing that up for me. Net neutrality is one of those things where it's hard to find the truth of the matter because both sides are saying different things.
Actually, I thought that was the whole point of the Net Neutrality Stink. The Telecoms wanted congress to enact legislation to allow them to create a tiered internet. As a response opponents decided to lobby for the opposite: a law that explicitly forbids such a thing.
You aren't required to sign your copyright over to the FSF if you use the GPL. The FSF does require you to sign over your copyright to have your code incorporated into any of the GNU tools, but if you are writing for say... the Linux kernel, or your own project, then you retain your copyright on the code you write.
fair enough. I'm sorry for overreacting then.
granted, I could've been more diplomatic, however, it really hits a nerve with me when people trash Linux and say it's "Not ready for the desktop" just because it doesn't have a feature that also does not exist on their pet OS. I'll be the first one to admit that Linux has issues in certain regards, but people that throw up straw men about Windows being easier to install despite the fact that the windows installer doesn't even have the functionality they're complaining about really bother me.
So Yes, if the OP is genuinely looking to try linux and is willing to take some time to figure out what went wrong, then I'll be the first in line to welcome him and answer his questions. If instead, as it seems from his post, he would rather bitch and moan because it didn't work the first time without doing any troubleshooting, then he gets no sympathy from me.
call me when Windows gives you the option to resize an existing partition automatically. Until then your comparison is flawed.
However, a suggestion if you wish to try again. Did you defragment your drive before trying the resizing operation?
The problem with your suggestions is that SoundExchange, while being a subsidiary of the RIAA is still authorized to collect all compulsory royalties due whether or not they are due to RIAA members. So your suggestion holds no water.
Sure it will. Let me share my reasoning. Oil is less dense than water, ergo it floats on the top of it. However, Oil is highly combustible. It is quite happy to burn in a layer on top of the water. Humans are also less dense than water, ergo, they must be made of oil.
Hey! I just solved our energy crisis. Instead of drilling for more oil in the ground, let's just grind up our dead and extract the oil from them. People die every day. In numbers large enough that we should have an oil surplus in no time.