I don't think that the motive for developing tractors was to give oxen and horses a rest - it was to deal with a greater area of land, faster. Unfortunately, this bot doesn't do that. Maybe they should have made a robot with nice big wheels and very knobbly tires?
Who would dare to predict what a "computer" will look like in 10 years time?
Me! - I predict that many of them will look like beige boxes under or near sort of tv-sets, crossed with a typewriter.
Did anyone understand what the writer meant when she said we would all be living in caves were it not for Darwinism?
It was an annoyance to see that tired old irrelevance about eyeballs dragged back from the grave yet again too.
So do you think it was right for certain companies operating in Germany before and during WW2 to use Jews (and other disfavoured groups) as slave-labour?
It has long puzzled me that the music and film industries argue that they could be ruined by p2p without DRM, but that despite massive quantities of free porn being available all over the net, the porn industry seems to be thriving. I doubt this will change.
I think everyone understands that a child-murderer is excercising his free-will. - But what about the child being murdered? - How does their free-will come into it? If they don't chose to be murdered, then why does God not protect them? Why do Christians feel that any omnipotent being that would fail to protect the innocent is worthy of worship? I have to say, that if it were scientifically proven tomorrow that there is a God - I would be hoping that it would also be possible to destroy it, and free mankind.
Sorry dude, but you are conveniently ignoring a *very* established Christian principle. Check out the Catholic encyclopedia: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12792a.htm The Vatican *emphatically* promotes the belief that the resurrected will (and did) inhabit their own physical bodies. Otherwise, why would the tomb of Jesus have been empty? (amongst other arguments). I wonder about cannibals who later turn to Christ? Who gets the atoms in their bodies? -They, or their food?
Print it all out using stable inks on acid-free paper. - This will give the librarians something to do, and will be immune to technology going obsolete;-)
You wouldn't be knowingly doing so though, would you? - At least, not with specific infringing items. Otherwise, why aren't ISPs and backbone providers prosecuted for allowing infringement?
I can't block TV ads, so I watch the BBC, or use Bitorrent for TV.
I can partially block telephone spam, so I do that, and I attempt to waste the time of phone-spammers who get through my phone-blocks. Then I report them.
I can fully block email spam using a challenge-response system so I do that.
I can partially block web-advertising using Firefox extensions, so I do that wherever possible.
I can't block advertising hoardings and posters, brandnames on clothes and products or the Goodyear blimp, so I just put up with those. (although I never wear any item of clothing with a visible brand-name myself).
See any theme here? - If I want a product, I will look for it.
Not only that , but downloading is infringment too.
- The only reason they go after uploaders in 'traditional' p2p systems is that downloaders are much harder to detect, and would need honeypots to catch.
With BT if you are in the torrent, you are detectable as a downloader, as well as being an uploader by default.
Nearly every country has regions which are larger than some countries - there are some very small countries!
It would be entirely possible to live your life in most countries and never need to travel outside. However, people often travel because they want to...
I read somewhere (no source handy, sorry), that the USA has the lowest number of passports per head of population of any democracy. Does that worry you at all?
(And, no, the USA isn't the biggest democracy by either area or population).
Read what he said: "If you don't like digital media, don't publish in that format."
OTOH, I tend to the view that digital versions are better, precisely because they lend themselves to duplication at low prices.
Do you believe that all the world's messenger-boys had a right to continue in employment despite the invention of the telephone?
Not to fully exploit technology for the good or all mankind is simply wrong. - DRM is all about protection of minority interests. What about the rest of us? - Can we not share fully in the fruits of the digital revolution?
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I don't think that the motive for developing tractors was to give oxen and horses a rest - it was to deal with a greater area of land, faster. Unfortunately, this bot doesn't do that.
Maybe they should have made a robot with nice big wheels and very knobbly tires?
Who would dare to predict what a "computer" will look like in 10 years time? Me! - I predict that many of them will look like beige boxes under or near sort of tv-sets, crossed with a typewriter.
Did anyone understand what the writer meant when she said we would all be living in caves were it not for Darwinism? It was an annoyance to see that tired old irrelevance about eyeballs dragged back from the grave yet again too.
...or does it come with micro-chips?
Sorry....
So do you think it was right for certain companies operating in Germany before and during WW2 to use Jews (and other disfavoured groups) as slave-labour?
It has long puzzled me that the music and film industries argue that they could be ruined by p2p without DRM, but that despite massive quantities of free porn being available all over the net, the porn industry seems to be thriving.
I doubt this will change.
I think everyone understands that a child-murderer is excercising his free-will. - But what about the child being murdered? - How does their free-will come into it?
If they don't chose to be murdered, then why does God not protect them?
Why do Christians feel that any omnipotent being that would fail to protect the innocent is worthy of worship?
I have to say, that if it were scientifically proven tomorrow that there is a God - I would be hoping that it would also be possible to destroy it, and free mankind.
Sorry dude, but you are conveniently ignoring a *very* established Christian principle.
Check out the Catholic encyclopedia:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12792a.htm
The Vatican *emphatically* promotes the belief that the resurrected will (and did) inhabit their own physical bodies. Otherwise, why would the tomb of Jesus have been empty? (amongst other arguments).
I wonder about cannibals who later turn to Christ?
Who gets the atoms in their bodies? -They, or their food?
If we accept this, are we not morally compelled to stop predators killing prey in the wild?
Wont decapitation reduce the oxygen circulating in the body?
My sister has a 22-year old VCR which is still working, although it did need its tuner fixing about 18 years ago. Its a Hitachi VHS model.
Print it all out using stable inks on acid-free paper. ;-)
- This will give the librarians something to do, and will be immune to technology going obsolete
How so? - Anything can get away with old people?
You wouldn't be knowingly doing so though, would you? - At least, not with specific infringing items.
Otherwise, why aren't ISPs and backbone providers prosecuted for allowing infringement?
I can't block TV ads, so I watch the BBC, or use Bitorrent for TV.
I can partially block telephone spam, so I do that, and I attempt to waste the time of phone-spammers who get through my phone-blocks. Then I report them.
I can fully block email spam using a challenge-response system so I do that.
I can partially block web-advertising using Firefox extensions, so I do that wherever possible.
I can't block advertising hoardings and posters, brandnames on clothes and products or the Goodyear blimp, so I just put up with those. (although I never wear any item of clothing with a visible brand-name myself).
See any theme here? - If I want a product, I will look for it.
hmm, well I would pay a premium to feel some g-force.
I realise that I could in the minority though...
Hang on. - Distributing a broken file is illegal? - It shouldn't be, if it is, as it is broken, it cannot be said to be the copyrighted item.
Not only that , but downloading is infringment too. - The only reason they go after uploaders in 'traditional' p2p systems is that downloaders are much harder to detect, and would need honeypots to catch. With BT if you are in the torrent, you are detectable as a downloader, as well as being an uploader by default.
Nope - that isn't a 'performance'.
At least the music isn't, the dump might be.
Don't worry - it will be fine.
Eh? - All the Americans I know play the banjo!
The license isn't to own a TV. It is to receive TV broadcasts (whether BBC or not).
If you use your TV only for DVD watching, and you don't have it installed and set up to receive broadcasts, then you don't need a license.
Nearly every country has regions which are larger than some countries - there are some very small countries!
;-)
It would be entirely possible to live your life in most countries and never need to travel outside. However, people often travel because they want to...
I read somewhere (no source handy, sorry), that the USA has the lowest number of passports per head of population of any democracy. Does that worry you at all?
(And, no, the USA isn't the biggest democracy by either area or population).
You should get out more
Read what he said: "If you don't like digital media, don't publish in that format."
OTOH, I tend to the view that digital versions are better, precisely because they lend themselves to duplication at low prices.
Do you believe that all the world's messenger-boys had a right to continue in employment despite the invention of the telephone?
Not to fully exploit technology for the good or all mankind is simply wrong. - DRM is all about protection of minority interests. What about the rest of us? - Can we not share fully in the fruits of the digital revolution?
http://www.bluesecurity.com/
Personally, I am all for it.