So you would advocate the molestation of willing children and the giving up of the criminals to the law in order to commit civil disobediance?
Oh, and the difference with the speakeasies, is Rosa Parks was willing to be jailed. I doubt the majority of those who entered the speakeasies were willing.
But the most important part, they don't allow criminals to vote. So those who have been charged with unjust crimes aren't allowed to use their power that in a free society, every citizen needs, to vote for someone who will undo the unjust law.
Irrelevant if it's already been done. Under the new (proposed? or has it been put in place?) system Microsoft gets to patent whatever they want, and then get to sue anyone who already had the system before Microsoft even thought of it.
I take it you don't know how you'd consider a molester to be rehabilitated.
I take it you don't know how you'd consider a [insert criminal type here] is rehabilitated?
No, I don't know. But my point is, we have a corrections system. Not a punishment system. As such the system should strive to correct people's behaviour. If it doesn't, it's broken and should be fixed. Sex offenders lists aren't fixing the system. It isn't even close. In fact it causes harm as people become complacent and no longer care if people are rehabilitated as they feel they have enough safety from the criminals.
I don't know about America. But Australia in recent times has been striving to convert the jails from punishment to rehabilitation. Is it a long way off? Of course. But it's a much better solution.
How would you determine a molester to be rehabilitated?
How would you determine if [insert criminal here] is rehabilitated?
I hope you dodn't have children if you'd leave your child alone with a molester.
I hope you don't have children if you'd leave your children alone with a [insert criminal type here].
I know, using the logic of sex offender lists. Let's have lists for all criminal types. And let's abridge the rights and freedoms of every single citizen who dares to commit any crime.
Tell me this. Would you let a "rehabilitated" molester babysit your young daughter?
If they were rehabilitated, yes. However at the moment child molesters are let out on the street every day before they're rehabilitated, so I don't trust the criminal system at the moment. Obviously the answer is to only release them once they're rehabilitated. They can't be rehabilitated? Don't release them. Not enough room in jails? Kick out some of the less serious criminals. I ask you this. Who would you rather out on the streets. An un-rehabilitated pedophile/rapist or an un-rehabilitated drug user. I know what I'd want.
America doesn't take sex crimes serious enough (in some states I believe there is a statute of limitations). However sex offender lists aren't the answer.
Obviously the justice system failed in placing a non-rehabilitated criminal back on the street. Rather then creating unconstitutional laws, why not actually seek to address the criminal system that is clearly not working at a sufficient level.
Unless the prison term is for life (and I'm talking real life here, not 25 years), there should be NO loss of priviledge whatsoever once the time has been served.
Yes Fictionwise does use DRM for some of it's products. But the books I linked to are not DRMd and are miraculously still published. In my parent's world no-one would buy any of those DRM-less books from fictionwise but would instead pirate them. This is in fact not how the real world works, which is what I was trying to show.
No problem:) I've read the first paperback and half of the second before I willingly stopped reading it for free and ordered all of the books on Amazon (I'm waiting to read the rest in book format). Yup. Providing DRM-less content sure hurt the people working on Girl Genius.
You assume DRM is necessary, but in actuality, it isn't. These people somehow make a profit without DRM (otherwise they wouldn't bother releasing the e-books). As does these people as well as these people.
Perhaps multi-million dollar movies aren't capable without DRM or Britney Spears being profitable without DRM, but the truth is that the big media cartels aren't the only people in town no matter how much they want you to think they are. And DRM isn't necessary for artists to not only make a profit, but to make a living. Not all artists will be able to make a profit or a living, but then again not all artists deserve a profit or a living. DRM isn't a necessary evil, it's just an evil.
And I just provided Google Desktop for two conflictory things. What I meant was that Google Desktop does run locally, unless you use advanced features. However even those advanced features wouldn't need Google's help if they released the necessary code.
A lot of those fears could simply be allayed by Google offering a downloadable, easy to install program that placed all of the necessary code on the server of their choice (ala Google Desktop). However they don't appear willing to go down this route (as they could have with Google Desktop), I imagine because it would cut into their revenue far too much.
I would have been very surprised if they had released Google Spreadsheet for business use as it just isn't anywhere near Excell's functionality yet. If they want to compete with such a heavily entrenched program, then they're going to need to make it at least as useable before it will be accepted (which Google seems to realise).
Also it's pretty slow, so that's a big downside as well.
I agree. And another thing, bus companies should be allowed to say where people sit on their bus. And if a bus company wants the black people sitting at the black while the clean people sit at the front, well it's their bus so it's their god given right to do what they want. Damn them liberals for making bus companies allow blacks to sit wherever they want in buses. All those liberals should be burnt at the stake.
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So you would advocate the molestation of willing children and the giving up of the criminals to the law in order to commit civil disobediance?
Oh, and the difference with the speakeasies, is Rosa Parks was willing to be jailed. I doubt the majority of those who entered the speakeasies were willing.
But the most important part, they don't allow criminals to vote. So those who have been charged with unjust crimes aren't allowed to use their power that in a free society, every citizen needs, to vote for someone who will undo the unjust law.
They really shouldn't be publsihing stuff a writer didn't want published after they're dead
Why not? They're beyond caring anymore.
Irrelevant if it's already been done. Under the new (proposed? or has it been put in place?) system Microsoft gets to patent whatever they want, and then get to sue anyone who already had the system before Microsoft even thought of it.
Nope, didn't happen to me.
Can you provide some links to the websites you went to?
I take it you don't know how you'd consider a molester to be rehabilitated.
I take it you don't know how you'd consider a [insert criminal type here] is rehabilitated?
No, I don't know. But my point is, we have a corrections system. Not a punishment system. As such the system should strive to correct people's behaviour. If it doesn't, it's broken and should be fixed. Sex offenders lists aren't fixing the system. It isn't even close. In fact it causes harm as people become complacent and no longer care if people are rehabilitated as they feel they have enough safety from the criminals.
I don't know about America. But Australia in recent times has been striving to convert the jails from punishment to rehabilitation. Is it a long way off? Of course. But it's a much better solution.
How would you determine a molester to be rehabilitated?
How would you determine if [insert criminal here] is rehabilitated?
I hope you dodn't have children if you'd leave your child alone with a molester.
I hope you don't have children if you'd leave your children alone with a [insert criminal type here].
I know, using the logic of sex offender lists. Let's have lists for all criminal types. And let's abridge the rights and freedoms of every single citizen who dares to commit any crime.
Tell me this. Would you let a "rehabilitated" molester babysit your young daughter?
If they were rehabilitated, yes. However at the moment child molesters are let out on the street every day before they're rehabilitated, so I don't trust the criminal system at the moment. Obviously the answer is to only release them once they're rehabilitated. They can't be rehabilitated? Don't release them. Not enough room in jails? Kick out some of the less serious criminals. I ask you this. Who would you rather out on the streets. An un-rehabilitated pedophile/rapist or an un-rehabilitated drug user. I know what I'd want.
America doesn't take sex crimes serious enough (in some states I believe there is a statute of limitations). However sex offender lists aren't the answer.
At least the people that were a part of 9/11 weren't cold during it happening.
:)
I think all citizens of the world should get 9/11 victim compensation because everyone has been a victim thanks to George W Bush as a result of 9/11.
Thanks for that inspiration
Obviously the justice system failed in placing a non-rehabilitated criminal back on the street. Rather then creating unconstitutional laws, why not actually seek to address the criminal system that is clearly not working at a sufficient level.
Unless the prison term is for life (and I'm talking real life here, not 25 years), there should be NO loss of priviledge whatsoever once the time has been served.
By that definition isn't Sony an upstart?
Yes Fictionwise does use DRM for some of it's products. But the books I linked to are not DRMd and are miraculously still published. In my parent's world no-one would buy any of those DRM-less books from fictionwise but would instead pirate them. This is in fact not how the real world works, which is what I was trying to show.
No problem :) I've read the first paperback and half of the second before I willingly stopped reading it for free and ordered all of the books on Amazon (I'm waiting to read the rest in book format). Yup. Providing DRM-less content sure hurt the people working on Girl Genius.
Since those that want to publish without DRM are always free to do so, it is useless to bring them into this conversation.
Someone said that it is impossible to make money without DRMing our culture. I proved otherwise. That's all my post was intended to do.
but the way they work sales would not really be hampered much by them not doing
And yet if asked to stop, they would refuse to. Funny how that works.
There are no players that refuse to play non-DRM content.
Yet. Wait a while, and it will be illegal to produce players that can play non-DRM content.
You assume DRM is necessary, but in actuality, it isn't. These people somehow make a profit without DRM (otherwise they wouldn't bother releasing the e-books). As does these people as well as these people.
Perhaps multi-million dollar movies aren't capable without DRM or Britney Spears being profitable without DRM, but the truth is that the big media cartels aren't the only people in town no matter how much they want you to think they are. And DRM isn't necessary for artists to not only make a profit, but to make a living. Not all artists will be able to make a profit or a living, but then again not all artists deserve a profit or a living. DRM isn't a necessary evil, it's just an evil.
What's the point to accessing and sharing something you don't want to use though?
Well as long as you aren't too interested in securing then Google Spreadsheets is the place for you.
And I just provided Google Desktop for two conflictory things. What I meant was that Google Desktop does run locally, unless you use advanced features. However even those advanced features wouldn't need Google's help if they released the necessary code.
Perhaps next time I'll use Preview.
A lot of those fears could simply be allayed by Google offering a downloadable, easy to install program that placed all of the necessary code on the server of their choice (ala Google Desktop). However they don't appear willing to go down this route (as they could have with Google Desktop), I imagine because it would cut into their revenue far too much.
I would have been very surprised if they had released Google Spreadsheet for business use as it just isn't anywhere near Excell's functionality yet. If they want to compete with such a heavily entrenched program, then they're going to need to make it at least as useable before it will be accepted (which Google seems to realise).
Also it's pretty slow, so that's a big downside as well.
I agree. And another thing, bus companies should be allowed to say where people sit on their bus. And if a bus company wants the black people sitting at the black while the clean people sit at the front, well it's their bus so it's their god given right to do what they want. Damn them liberals for making bus companies allow blacks to sit wherever they want in buses. All those liberals should be burnt at the stake.