I'm just talking about modern life. Not specific current American politics. This should have been obvious when I said that I don't have to worry about it. I don't know what you think has happend in history, but throughout human history, there has been a whole lot of raping, pillaging, and plundering...
Bravo. I'm just happy that I don't have to worry about the invading horde comming over the hills to rape our women, kill our men and steal our food because the crops are in season. Hurray for modern life!
Of course code not being free hasn't stopped MS from taking it and selling it in the past. Break out that old copy of DOS 6.0 from the garage. Do a hex search for "STACKER". That's right. Right there in MS's code is a Stacker Inc. copyright notice. They didn't even bother to remove the original authors copyright notice before they illegally used it.
My kid is going to learn about economics early. Given that I find this kind of service harmful to kids, you can guess who's kid is going to be making a killing offering forwarding services.
You make a good point, but the Latch Key Kid part is what always strikes me. I was what they called a 'Latch Key Kid'. It was one of the better parts of my childhood. It is both healthy and enjoyable for a kid to come home, poor a glass of milk, and spend a hour or two alone. I fear for the day that we have 18 year olds who have never drank alchole, driven a car, held a job, had sex or even been alone for more than a few minutes, getting a bag on the doorstep for their birthday.
Reminds me of the kid that recently got lost in the woods. He nearly starved to death. Why? Because his parents made him so paranoid of strangers that he was hiding from the rescuers. What did his parents tell the press after the kid was found "I'm proud" that he was hiding from the strangers.
Even more amazing is that an x86 emulator sold by Microsoft is capable of running Vista, an x86 operating system written by Microsoft. Sweet! Dude! Sweet! Dude! Sweet!
If you have something the size of a hard drive, why does the computing have to be done in the paper. You have that huge box to do the computing in. Of course what you really want is the paper to have a tranciever, and a sensor so that you can tell it when to change the display, even if the computing is done over on the bookshelf.
On the other hand, any kid can go and rent the PG movie Shrek 2. The movie where the Princes walk in on another character giving himself a blow job in public. This was a movie that was targeted directly at children.
I am running 3 copies of WinXP, and own 5 legal licenses. I still don't want MS invading my privacy. If the only thing your worried about is whether it annoys you or not, you shouldn't mind your neighbor putting a web cam in your shower as long as he covers the little red light.
I don't know about DTV, but the recievers that Dish is shipping now have two tuners, and come with one IR and one RF remote. I think it is safe to say that a huge number of people send their signals between rooms. And the numbers are only likely to grow.
Given that the Constitution specifically states that Copyright is for a limited time, we are quickly approaching the 70 years after death as being unlimited.
I don't think that MOST people no longer prefer something other than a CD. I know that I, and most people I know, DO want CDs. That is the prefered method of archiving. They also want the higher quality recording that is on the CD. Yes we all immediatly rip the music to our PCs, but I still want the CD. I have always thought that the best method of distribution would be to sell albums by first allowing the entire disk to be downloaded in a compressed format, with the physical CD to follow in the mail. This way I could have my cake and eat it too. All the while paying for the music.
Of course getting CDs down below $10 would also be the right thing to do.
The law does not require you to finish high school. Check the drop out rates.
As for the college degree. I may also show that the person is a severe procrastinator and took the opportunity to put off getting a real job for another four years.
Don't get me wrong. Learning is cool, and colleges have vast reasources to learn from, but getting a college degree does not show competence, and certainly does not show that a person is will to stick to things.
1) The vaccine will either prevent the child from getting chicken pox, or WILL REDUCE THE SEVERITY. That's right, a large portion of the kids get a 1/2 case of the pox anyway.
2) You will save money by not having to take time off of work to care for the child, or will take off less time due the reduced severity of the pox. That's right. The pamphlet my kids doctor gave me actually used that as one of the only two selling points on this. It's crazy!
While the chicken pox vaccine is not a misunderstood, it seems we are trading a major childhood inconvenience for the possibility of a deadly disease as an adult. Don't get me wrong, some small scale testing would be in order, but they are recommending that every 2 year old get the vaccine. They don't know how long it will last, and they are hoping that if a booster is needed in adulthood that A) adults will go and get the booster, and B) Adults (or the elderly) can get the booster without contracting a now deadly disease.
Even the literature that the doctors hand out give 'saving money by not missing work' to care for a sick child as a primary reason to give the vaccine to children.
This is what I'm talking about. The "IP" nutcases throw accusations and threats at anyone who isn't also a nutcase. They see 'Pirates' and 'Theives' behind every tree. I simply point out that AllOfMP3.com (to the best of my knowledge) is a legal business, and that calling them theives is liable. What happens? I get accused of commiting a crime, and a threat that I will end up in jail is made.
Given that I have never purchased anything from AllOfMP3.com, I certainly have not broken any copyright, and I certainly will not go to jail for it. (Well... given the current political climate, the lack of commiting a crime is no guarantee of not going to jail for copyright violation.) But, somehow the "IP" zelots seem to think that recognizing Russia as a soveriegn nation makes you a criminal.
Seriously, until the "IP" folks can start to carry on conversations without seeing the boogie man around every corner, they cannot be taken seriously.
The problem is that as far as I understand it, AllOfMP3.com is NOT commiting copyright infringment. copyright is a law. It is not an inherent human right. Thus, if Russia does not have a law outlawing what AllOfMP3.com is doing, it is not only legal, but the real question is... If AllOfMP3.com is legal, why have they not started a mass lawsuit campaign in the US to sue everybody that calls them theifs. It is clearly liable, and should be prosecuted.
But why should they have to spend $.30 on a pair of earplugs to allow them and everyone else to get what they want, when they can just demand that everybody modify their behavior for their convinence. After all, the assholes demanding silence in public places are more important than everyone else, right?
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I'm just talking about modern life. Not specific current American politics. This should have been obvious when I said that I don't have to worry about it. I don't know what you think has happend in history, but throughout human history, there has been a whole lot of raping, pillaging, and plundering...
Bravo. I'm just happy that I don't have to worry about the invading horde comming over the hills to rape our women, kill our men and steal our food because the crops are in season. Hurray for modern life!
Of course code not being free hasn't stopped MS from taking it and selling it in the past. Break out that old copy of DOS 6.0 from the garage. Do a hex search for "STACKER". That's right. Right there in MS's code is a Stacker Inc. copyright notice. They didn't even bother to remove the original authors copyright notice before they illegally used it.
Given that the tool has no other purpose, it is totally different than having a chef's knife. Hence it is a threat.
Signing up for this service IS making the threat.
Wrong. The threat (perticularly when you have the means) of tracking a person is just as controlling as actually tracking them.
My kid is going to learn about economics early. Given that I find this kind of service harmful to kids, you can guess who's kid is going to be making a killing offering forwarding services.
You make a good point, but the Latch Key Kid part is what always strikes me. I was what they called a 'Latch Key Kid'. It was one of the better parts of my childhood. It is both healthy and enjoyable for a kid to come home, poor a glass of milk, and spend a hour or two alone. I fear for the day that we have 18 year olds who have never drank alchole, driven a car, held a job, had sex or even been alone for more than a few minutes, getting a bag on the doorstep for their birthday.
Talk about a recipie for disaster!
Reminds me of the kid that recently got lost in the woods. He nearly starved to death. Why? Because his parents made him so paranoid of strangers that he was hiding from the rescuers. What did his parents tell the press after the kid was found "I'm proud" that he was hiding from the strangers.
Even more amazing is that an x86 emulator sold by Microsoft is capable of running Vista, an x86 operating system written by Microsoft. Sweet! Dude! Sweet! Dude! Sweet!
Who said anything about a "computer screen"? We were talking about a display that was the dimensions of a sheet of paper.
If you have something the size of a hard drive, why does the computing have to be done in the paper. You have that huge box to do the computing in. Of course what you really want is the paper to have a tranciever, and a sensor so that you can tell it when to change the display, even if the computing is done over on the bookshelf.
On the other hand, any kid can go and rent the PG movie Shrek 2. The movie where the Princes walk in on another character giving himself a blow job in public. This was a movie that was targeted directly at children.
I am running 3 copies of WinXP, and own 5 legal licenses. I still don't want MS invading my privacy. If the only thing your worried about is whether it annoys you or not, you shouldn't mind your neighbor putting a web cam in your shower as long as he covers the little red light.
I don't know about DTV, but the recievers that Dish is shipping now have two tuners, and come with one IR and one RF remote. I think it is safe to say that a huge number of people send their signals between rooms. And the numbers are only likely to grow.
"At least you know you'd never die."
Given that the Constitution specifically states that Copyright is for a limited time, we are quickly approaching the 70 years after death as being unlimited.
I don't think that MOST people no longer prefer something other than a CD. I know that I, and most people I know, DO want CDs. That is the prefered method of archiving. They also want the higher quality recording that is on the CD. Yes we all immediatly rip the music to our PCs, but I still want the CD. I have always thought that the best method of distribution would be to sell albums by first allowing the entire disk to be downloaded in a compressed format, with the physical CD to follow in the mail. This way I could have my cake and eat it too. All the while paying for the music.
Of course getting CDs down below $10 would also be the right thing to do.
The law does not require you to finish high school. Check the drop out rates.
As for the college degree. I may also show that the person is a severe procrastinator and took the opportunity to put off getting a real job for another four years.
Don't get me wrong. Learning is cool, and colleges have vast reasources to learn from, but getting a college degree does not show competence, and certainly does not show that a person is will to stick to things.
Justifications:
1) The vaccine will either prevent the child from getting chicken pox, or WILL REDUCE THE SEVERITY. That's right, a large portion of the kids get a 1/2 case of the pox anyway.
2) You will save money by not having to take time off of work to care for the child, or will take off less time due the reduced severity of the pox. That's right. The pamphlet my kids doctor gave me actually used that as one of the only two selling points on this. It's crazy!
While the chicken pox vaccine is not a misunderstood, it seems we are trading a major childhood inconvenience for the possibility of a deadly disease as an adult. Don't get me wrong, some small scale testing would be in order, but they are recommending that every 2 year old get the vaccine. They don't know how long it will last, and they are hoping that if a booster is needed in adulthood that A) adults will go and get the booster, and B) Adults (or the elderly) can get the booster without contracting a now deadly disease.
Even the literature that the doctors hand out give 'saving money by not missing work' to care for a sick child as a primary reason to give the vaccine to children.
From a nerd in California, I have to say that you are absolutly correct. Once I hit $50k a year, life was pretty easy.
This is what I'm talking about. The "IP" nutcases throw accusations and threats at anyone who isn't also a nutcase. They see 'Pirates' and 'Theives' behind every tree. I simply point out that AllOfMP3.com (to the best of my knowledge) is a legal business, and that calling them theives is liable. What happens? I get accused of commiting a crime, and a threat that I will end up in jail is made.
Given that I have never purchased anything from AllOfMP3.com, I certainly have not broken any copyright, and I certainly will not go to jail for it. (Well... given the current political climate, the lack of commiting a crime is no guarantee of not going to jail for copyright violation.) But, somehow the "IP" zelots seem to think that recognizing Russia as a soveriegn nation makes you a criminal.
Seriously, until the "IP" folks can start to carry on conversations without seeing the boogie man around every corner, they cannot be taken seriously.
The problem is that as far as I understand it, AllOfMP3.com is NOT commiting copyright infringment. copyright is a law. It is not an inherent human right. Thus, if Russia does not have a law outlawing what AllOfMP3.com is doing, it is not only legal, but the real question is... If AllOfMP3.com is legal, why have they not started a mass lawsuit campaign in the US to sue everybody that calls them theifs. It is clearly liable, and should be prosecuted.
But why should they have to spend $.30 on a pair of earplugs to allow them and everyone else to get what they want, when they can just demand that everybody modify their behavior for their convinence. After all, the assholes demanding silence in public places are more important than everyone else, right?
Ooops. You are correct.