That is a sign of people not having morals. As you say, illegal and immoral are not the same thing. My 6 year old understands this just fine. I is sad how many adults don't.
Not true. In the US, all photos taken are automatically under copyright. It has been well established that there is no need for a work to be involved in a commercial venture to be under copyright. By the letter, copyright is unworkable though. Those family photos you put on facebook are being used in a commercial venture. Facebook uses them as media to draw viewers of advertisements. The people in most of those photos did not sign a model's release. Thus, the use of those photos would technically be an IP violation. Of course regular people don't get protection under copyright, so nothing will be done.
I don't know what state you are in, but here in California, they can scan the barcode on the back to find out if the tickets are winners or not. You don't even have to do any math.
The point of a franchise is to associate your business with all the other businesses with the same name. Of course they have to take the good with the bad.
You posted a link as evidence that you disagree with? Besides the fact that the imaginary difference you claim, would, if anything, create MORE of a central authority in the EU than it would in the US, the mere fact that you posted a link are part of your argument that when called on, you immediatly dismiss as incorrect, makes you extremely dishonest.
Same experience for me. No filtering, not throttling, nothing. I think their crappy residential service was only $10 less expensive a month. If you go Comcast, go Business class.
Apparently, you didn't bother to read your link. The US government was also set up as a 'subsidiarity system'. The link you point to specifically mentions our constitution as specifically spelling that out. The founding principals of the US were designed to have the federal government only having say over the specific issues laid out in the constitution. Everything else was supposed to be decided by the states. This is the exact same founding principals of the EU. Unfortunately, over time, the Federal government increased it's power, as you can be sure the EU will also.
Really, go back and read your own link. Your splitting hairs that simply are not there.
Plants are one shade of gray on the wide range of complexity that is life. You have drawn a arbitrary line and declared it the point of morality. A plant isn't a mammal, a cow isn't a primate. Humans are omnivores. If you want to discuss the natural order of life, it is perfectly natural for us to eat cows. If you want to speak to the our 'enlightened' intellect, then your arbitrary line of what organs the other life has is no better than hand waving. Plants absolutely respond to external stimuli. While the structures for this response is not the same as in animals, it is there all the same. Your argument falls into the common trap of only thinking it though far enough to come up with the answer you want, and then ignoring everything else.
Drawing the line at multi-cellular life makes just as much sense as mammal. So, when you think about how absurd you fell my argument is, you should understand that your argument is just as absurd to anyone who has picked a different arbitrary line to draw in the gray scale of life's complexity.
I paid $189 new for my first generation Acer Revo. I believe it is an Atom N270 processor. That was with a matching keyboard and mouse included. It is plenty powerful enough to act as an XBMC/HULU media center.
Please, then, stick with your steroid-injected, BSE-ridden, hormone-packed, coloured, flavoured, seasoned, salted, vitamin-fortified, water-engorged joints of meat that are currently on the shelf.
The funny part of that statement is that other than BSE-ridden, all the same things could be said about the plant foods we eat as well. Of course, our meat isn't BSE ridden, as that is one disease that is taken VERY seriously. The diseases that taint our plant supplies on the other hand are generally not so closely watched. The fact is that our entire food supply is tainted. This is a direct result of over population. We have all heard the old saying "Don't shit where you eat.". Unfortunately, the worlds population is just too large to avoid it now.
I agree that truth in labeling would be nice. The most comical packaging I have seen was for orange gummy slices. Because they were basically sugar with the common flavoring of vitamin C, the package of candy had blazoned across the front "Low in Fat! High in Vitamin C!". They were literally trying to sell candy as health food.
I want it with MORE fat. My genes require me to eat high quantities of fat. If I don't get enough fat in my diet, I start packing on weight. The problem with fat right now, is that like salt, it adds really good flavor to food, but if you put too much in your food, it becomes over powering. Particularly when it is in a big ball in the middle of your bite. You don't want to bite into a chunk of fat in the same way that you don't want to bite into a chunk of salt. Vat grown meat could in theory allow them to grow meat that had the fat so pervasively marbled that you wouldn't even call it marbling anymore.
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled...
You use emotionally charged language to describe the eating of food that you don't like. Do you use equally charged language to discuss the eating of plants? You don't think that plants naturally line up in those neat little rows on their own do you? No, they are forced to grow in cramped spaces, lined up in strict rows. The ones that stray too far are killed in their youth. Any plant's that don't fit the genetic profile that the farmer is looking for is ripped from it's food source. Often people do these things to plants, just because they like the way it looks. They rip them from their homes and stick them in their yards where they proceed to hack off limbs for their own pleasure.
Cows are food. Oranges are food. Neither is treated like a human. That's OK.
If you don't recognize that organizing 100 people is an entirely different process then organizing 100,000 people, then there isn't much more to discuss on the matter. I would say, yes. A democracy of millions is a different 'type' of democracy than one of several hundred thousand.
Could you please put a spelling error in there so that I can complain about it, as it seems you do have a point in this case, and since I don't want to admit it, I must find some typo, spelling, or grammar error to complain about.
Why, if you want to rise in power in China, you get in and please the party. In the US, there are two parties you can get into and please, but that doesn't make it a whole lot different.
Small democracies are designed to replace the government without overthrowing it. Ours is not that kind of 'democracy'. Plus, over throwing a monarchy or dictatorship is playing by the rules. The is the rule for replacing those kinds of governments.
I have to disagree. It is not uncommon to see people resort to spelling complaints after a fairly lengthy debate. I think we should have a nasty, long, drawn out argument about the motivation of spelling trolls, an if it looks like you are proving your point, I will just complain about your spelling.;)
Yes, yes... I did mean what. I was going to put the monthly kwh usage but decided I didn't want to go through the math considering the times of use changes better computers brought and so forth. I didn't switch back to watts. Lets just chalk it up to Verizon Math, and move forward.;)
Maybe power savings and the costs associated with running high power consuming machines is not a factor for you, but processor/memory upgrades are very often not overrated. It just depends on what you call an upgrade. The last 5 machines I have bought have more than paid for themselves in power savings. They happen to be faster, but the bigget upgrade was in moving from an average power usage of ~180 watts to an average power usage of ~40 watts, as well as improving the machines ability to go into standby.
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That is a sign of people not having morals. As you say, illegal and immoral are not the same thing. My 6 year old understands this just fine. I is sad how many adults don't.
Not true. In the US, all photos taken are automatically under copyright. It has been well established that there is no need for a work to be involved in a commercial venture to be under copyright. By the letter, copyright is unworkable though. Those family photos you put on facebook are being used in a commercial venture. Facebook uses them as media to draw viewers of advertisements. The people in most of those photos did not sign a model's release. Thus, the use of those photos would technically be an IP violation. Of course regular people don't get protection under copyright, so nothing will be done.
Pac-Man...Ms. Pac-Man...Supe Pac-Man, and even Baby Pac Man....
I don't know what state you are in, but here in California, they can scan the barcode on the back to find out if the tickets are winners or not. You don't even have to do any math.
The point of a franchise is to associate your business with all the other businesses with the same name. Of course they have to take the good with the bad.
You posted a link as evidence that you disagree with? Besides the fact that the imaginary difference you claim, would, if anything, create MORE of a central authority in the EU than it would in the US, the mere fact that you posted a link are part of your argument that when called on, you immediatly dismiss as incorrect, makes you extremely dishonest.
Yes, according to comcast http://www.comcast6.net/ they are currently giving out 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 ip addresses to each customer.
Same experience for me. No filtering, not throttling, nothing. I think their crappy residential service was only $10 less expensive a month. If you go Comcast, go Business class.
Apparently, you didn't bother to read your link. The US government was also set up as a 'subsidiarity system'. The link you point to specifically mentions our constitution as specifically spelling that out. The founding principals of the US were designed to have the federal government only having say over the specific issues laid out in the constitution. Everything else was supposed to be decided by the states. This is the exact same founding principals of the EU. Unfortunately, over time, the Federal government increased it's power, as you can be sure the EU will also.
Really, go back and read your own link. Your splitting hairs that simply are not there.
Plants are one shade of gray on the wide range of complexity that is life. You have drawn a arbitrary line and declared it the point of morality. A plant isn't a mammal, a cow isn't a primate. Humans are omnivores. If you want to discuss the natural order of life, it is perfectly natural for us to eat cows. If you want to speak to the our 'enlightened' intellect, then your arbitrary line of what organs the other life has is no better than hand waving. Plants absolutely respond to external stimuli. While the structures for this response is not the same as in animals, it is there all the same. Your argument falls into the common trap of only thinking it though far enough to come up with the answer you want, and then ignoring everything else.
Drawing the line at multi-cellular life makes just as much sense as mammal. So, when you think about how absurd you fell my argument is, you should understand that your argument is just as absurd to anyone who has picked a different arbitrary line to draw in the gray scale of life's complexity.
I paid $189 new for my first generation Acer Revo. I believe it is an Atom N270 processor. That was with a matching keyboard and mouse included. It is plenty powerful enough to act as an XBMC/HULU media center.
Please, then, stick with your steroid-injected, BSE-ridden, hormone-packed, coloured, flavoured, seasoned, salted, vitamin-fortified, water-engorged joints of meat that are currently on the shelf.
The funny part of that statement is that other than BSE-ridden, all the same things could be said about the plant foods we eat as well. Of course, our meat isn't BSE ridden, as that is one disease that is taken VERY seriously. The diseases that taint our plant supplies on the other hand are generally not so closely watched. The fact is that our entire food supply is tainted. This is a direct result of over population. We have all heard the old saying "Don't shit where you eat.". Unfortunately, the worlds population is just too large to avoid it now.
I agree that truth in labeling would be nice. The most comical packaging I have seen was for orange gummy slices. Because they were basically sugar with the common flavoring of vitamin C, the package of candy had blazoned across the front "Low in Fat! High in Vitamin C!". They were literally trying to sell candy as health food.
I want it with MORE fat. My genes require me to eat high quantities of fat. If I don't get enough fat in my diet, I start packing on weight. The problem with fat right now, is that like salt, it adds really good flavor to food, but if you put too much in your food, it becomes over powering. Particularly when it is in a big ball in the middle of your bite. You don't want to bite into a chunk of fat in the same way that you don't want to bite into a chunk of salt. Vat grown meat could in theory allow them to grow meat that had the fat so pervasively marbled that you wouldn't even call it marbling anymore.
Mmmmm......
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ...
The irony in your post is thick.
You use emotionally charged language to describe the eating of food that you don't like. Do you use equally charged language to discuss the eating of plants? You don't think that plants naturally line up in those neat little rows on their own do you? No, they are forced to grow in cramped spaces, lined up in strict rows. The ones that stray too far are killed in their youth. Any plant's that don't fit the genetic profile that the farmer is looking for is ripped from it's food source. Often people do these things to plants, just because they like the way it looks. They rip them from their homes and stick them in their yards where they proceed to hack off limbs for their own pleasure.
Cows are food. Oranges are food. Neither is treated like a human. That's OK.
And yet, no problem with the same behavior to plants?
Yes, I always find it humorous when people talk about how awesome the special effects in Dr. Who are.
If you don't recognize that organizing 100 people is an entirely different process then organizing 100,000 people, then there isn't much more to discuss on the matter. I would say, yes. A democracy of millions is a different 'type' of democracy than one of several hundred thousand.
Could you please put a spelling error in there so that I can complain about it, as it seems you do have a point in this case, and since I don't want to admit it, I must find some typo, spelling, or grammar error to complain about.
Oh! OK is supposed to be capitalized! That's it!
Why, if you want to rise in power in China, you get in and please the party. In the US, there are two parties you can get into and please, but that doesn't make it a whole lot different.
Small democracies are designed to replace the government without overthrowing it. Ours is not that kind of 'democracy'. Plus, over throwing a monarchy or dictatorship is playing by the rules. The is the rule for replacing those kinds of governments.
I have to disagree. It is not uncommon to see people resort to spelling complaints after a fairly lengthy debate. I think we should have a nasty, long, drawn out argument about the motivation of spelling trolls, an if it looks like you are proving your point, I will just complain about your spelling. ;)
Yes, yes... I did mean what. I was going to put the monthly kwh usage but decided I didn't want to go through the math considering the times of use changes better computers brought and so forth. I didn't switch back to watts. Lets just chalk it up to Verizon Math, and move forward. ;)
Maybe power savings and the costs associated with running high power consuming machines is not a factor for you, but processor/memory upgrades are very often not overrated. It just depends on what you call an upgrade. The last 5 machines I have bought have more than paid for themselves in power savings. They happen to be faster, but the bigget upgrade was in moving from an average power usage of ~180 watts to an average power usage of ~40 watts, as well as improving the machines ability to go into standby.