You can use the logical extreme argument however. What is marriage based on? Love for another? Or simply a dictionary definition of a man and a women. If you follow that marriage is based upon love, then why couldn't I love more than one person, and if I can love more than one person, why can't I love more than one gender. If I love people so much, why can't I love my dog, who is practically a member of my family anyway. I love my dog (hypothetical, I own 2 cats), Some guys love other men, some women love other women. What is the major difference between our love?
Even the article, if you read it, points out the problems they had about reception and such. This article will cause people to think that VoIP is some wonderous new thing, when it still has flaws they may not know about.
The problem with VoIP is that whenever the power goes out, your phone cannot work. If you have a regular phone (as in anything not cordless or doesn't need charging) then the phone company powers the phone through the line. If you get solar power... then it might be a very interesting idea indeed.
Let me qualify that, you cannot use DEADLY force to defend property. Whenever you fire a gun, no matter the location you aim, it is considered deadly force.
Filter != End of Child Porn
The only thing this filter does is stop OTHERS from viewing the child porn which means it is not a solution to the problem, as the people can still commit the crime, regardless of who sees it. If I blocked people from going to a wesbite that shows suicide pictures, it doesn't stop people from commiting suicide, and the same could be said about any website, such as a site where people kill each other. If it blocked a site that allowed little children and such to hook up with older people, that is different.
The problem comes when they CAN identify who you are, when it CAN track where you go and where you have been. Remember the whole "Baby Steps" thing, small things lead to big things. All big things start small. Look at microsoft, it wasn't a sudden, *Poof* We are Microsoft! The richest! They started small, as did Windows.
The problem is, the price comes from SHRINKING the components down to make it work at a smaller size. That is why laptops are more expensive than desktops.
I have to disagree with those saying we are just being pessimistic. Thinking about the dangers of flying an aircar, such as drunk drivers that happen all the time, is more realistic than saying "nothing can go wrong, computers will protect us," which as we know, can also fail. If the software in the computers turns out to have some sort of bug, or even a virus, that requires the car to be put under manual control, could the pilot handle it? The only way that the cars could become remotely possible would be if the pilots were highly trained, to the quality of regular aircraft pilots. The potential damage one of these cars could do is astounding, crashing straight into a house.
And someone mentioned that an aircar could run on Alcohol, which makes me wonder why cars today don't run on it. Either car companies are being stupid and forcing us to pay for the gas, which wouldn't surprise me so much, or the person is full of it. We should be focusing on alternate power sources, more so to protect the environment and our wallets, than cars we don't have the technology, or the maturity for, at the moment.
Of course it is a privelege, but that doesn't mean that a company shouldn't adhere to their privacy policy. The industry does not run us, we run it. I'm sure the "Well its my buisiness so go screw yourself, you don't need to buy my products" approach would give you a LOT of money Grass.
It seems that you, as a representative of the music industry, feel a sense of entitlement.
Unfortunately this isn't a new thing, many people feel entitled to things. There was a bill trying to get passed (if I remember correctly) which wanted to give money to African Americans due to slavery practiced before the 13th Ammendment. (1865) Of course, wellfare is another one of these programs, that although it IS a good program, it often helps scanners to simply make more money.
You accuse the parent of "sticking it to" and "shafting it to" "the rest of the world" as if he is some sick, depraved individual whose actions exist with the sole intent of causing harm to everyone else. "How dare you not purchase my product!" you seem to say.
In one sense, your argument is true, he does make that person out as a sick person who is trying to hurt everyone, but you must agree, filesharing (of the copyrighted material kind) is most DEFINATELY against the law, no matter how you try to justify it or say that the law is idiotic.
And lets pretend for a moment that you are the musician who recorded an album. You decide that it will be pretty cool to have a song out on the market, perhaps even make some money too. You start selling your album, when someone decided to take your album and put it online, without your consent and decided to change some of it. Another person gets the song from that person, and starts charging his computer-illiterate friends from it. Your "intellectual" property (whether it sucks or not) is your own creation, and there MUST be something to protect it or else it could become twisted and benefit nobody.
Pros for P2P:
RIAA is charging WAY too much
It helps to spread Indie bands
Music should be made to be heard, not bought
The techniques they use invade privacy
The subpoenas are not gained from courts(Iffy)
They do not have a warrent to search your computer
The music atm is low quality anyway
Cons against P2P:
It's still illegal
It IS stealing someone's music
Feel free to add something I probably missed, its good to learn from mistakes.
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Hey! We are perfectly capable of voting on our own thank you! The Diebold company assures me of that.
You can use the logical extreme argument however. What is marriage based on? Love for another? Or simply a dictionary definition of a man and a women. If you follow that marriage is based upon love, then why couldn't I love more than one person, and if I can love more than one person, why can't I love more than one gender. If I love people so much, why can't I love my dog, who is practically a member of my family anyway. I love my dog (hypothetical, I own 2 cats), Some guys love other men, some women love other women. What is the major difference between our love?
Except you can do this in public!
Even the article, if you read it, points out the problems they had about reception and such. This article will cause people to think that VoIP is some wonderous new thing, when it still has flaws they may not know about.
The problem with VoIP is that whenever the power goes out, your phone cannot work. If you have a regular phone (as in anything not cordless or doesn't need charging) then the phone company powers the phone through the line. If you get solar power... then it might be a very interesting idea indeed.
How to hack Windows: Step 1) Get a Bic pen....
Let me qualify that, you cannot use DEADLY force to defend property. Whenever you fire a gun, no matter the location you aim, it is considered deadly force.
The law of self defense does NOT allow the use of force to defend PROPERTY.
Whoever decided "Informative" was the way to go for the parent post about Vaults must not have read the site... It is an RPG item.
Filter != End of Child Porn The only thing this filter does is stop OTHERS from viewing the child porn which means it is not a solution to the problem, as the people can still commit the crime, regardless of who sees it. If I blocked people from going to a wesbite that shows suicide pictures, it doesn't stop people from commiting suicide, and the same could be said about any website, such as a site where people kill each other. If it blocked a site that allowed little children and such to hook up with older people, that is different.
The problem comes when they CAN identify who you are, when it CAN track where you go and where you have been. Remember the whole "Baby Steps" thing, small things lead to big things. All big things start small. Look at microsoft, it wasn't a sudden, *Poof* We are Microsoft! The richest! They started small, as did Windows.
The problem is, the price comes from SHRINKING the components down to make it work at a smaller size. That is why laptops are more expensive than desktops.
Darn, I was hoping for super mice soldiers to invade the RIAA headquaters, now I'll just settle for Plan B, my Ralph Nader blow-up doll.
The chances couldn't get any lower...
And someone mentioned that an aircar could run on Alcohol, which makes me wonder why cars today don't run on it. Either car companies are being stupid and forcing us to pay for the gas, which wouldn't surprise me so much, or the person is full of it. We should be focusing on alternate power sources, more so to protect the environment and our wallets, than cars we don't have the technology, or the maturity for, at the moment.
Of course it is a privelege, but that doesn't mean that a company shouldn't adhere to their privacy policy. The industry does not run us, we run it. I'm sure the "Well its my buisiness so go screw yourself, you don't need to buy my products" approach would give you a LOT of money Grass.
Unfortunately this isn't a new thing, many people feel entitled to things. There was a bill trying to get passed (if I remember correctly) which wanted to give money to African Americans due to slavery practiced before the 13th Ammendment. (1865) Of course, wellfare is another one of these programs, that although it IS a good program, it often helps scanners to simply make more money.
You accuse the parent of "sticking it to" and "shafting it to" "the rest of the world" as if he is some sick, depraved individual whose actions exist with the sole intent of causing harm to everyone else. "How dare you not purchase my product!" you seem to say.
In one sense, your argument is true, he does make that person out as a sick person who is trying to hurt everyone, but you must agree, filesharing (of the copyrighted material kind) is most DEFINATELY against the law, no matter how you try to justify it or say that the law is idiotic.
And lets pretend for a moment that you are the musician who recorded an album. You decide that it will be pretty cool to have a song out on the market, perhaps even make some money too. You start selling your album, when someone decided to take your album and put it online, without your consent and decided to change some of it. Another person gets the song from that person, and starts charging his computer-illiterate friends from it. Your "intellectual" property (whether it sucks or not) is your own creation, and there MUST be something to protect it or else it could become twisted and benefit nobody.
Pros for P2P:
RIAA is charging WAY too much
It helps to spread Indie bands
Music should be made to be heard, not bought
The techniques they use invade privacy
The subpoenas are not gained from courts(Iffy)
They do not have a warrent to search your computer
The music atm is low quality anyway
Cons against P2P:
It's still illegal
It IS stealing someone's music
Feel free to add something I probably missed, its good to learn from mistakes.