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More of us would be sympathetic with that sentiment if copyright laws/terms were not so out of whack.
The original terms of 14 years, with an extension to double that was spot on. Now days, 28 years can be an eternity with software, among other digital forms of media. Add to that the always connected trend in recent years, social networking, youtube(and similar), etc., and you begin to see that 95+years can seem excessive.(especially when it seems to Joe Sixpack that most rights to stuff is owned by big corporations.)
Puffin Man, what does your costume look like? I think your crime fighting would devolve into gathering up those criminals that would collapse into laughter at your costume.
Wow! And I thought I was nuts for loving HALO[High Altitude, Low Opening] jumps! [With full equipment/kit load+body wt. @ around 275 lb./125 Kg] I was told that the max. velocity was around 130 mph/209 kph...compared to 714 mph, I guess I was a piker!
Offtopic side note:The highest we ever jumped from was around 17,000 feet altitude; I found my minimum altitude for releasing my chute was approximately 385 feet, but it hurt! (we were advised that the minimum altitude was 500 feet...I had to test this) [using the US Army version of the Ram Air-square type 'chute] That was also where I got over my fear of heights, once I was thrown out of a perfectly good airplane!
For those not familiar, the show basically has random people that have invented something come and show it to a panel, and they decide on a winner each week. It's pretty cool, you get anything from automatic sheep tilters(yes, that) to stuff that automatically re-sheaths pneumatic hoses. Riveting stuff:).
Thanks for the tip...looks like an interesting show, and unlike hulu, it's available to out of country viewers!!
*start pedant mode* Old news, new technology. Watch some reruns of 'Wild, Wild West'{mid 1960's TV series}...The main character frequently uses a modified card sharp's mechanical device strapped to his inner wrists/forearms to deliver into his palm some tool to extricate himself[usually a Derringer], in lieu of a playing card.(the devise was based on a late 1800's device) */end pedant mode*
So it may have already been patented...and expired.
The hijackings wouldn't get very far today, however, in spite of the TSA's ineptitude, because the conventional wisdom for what to do in a hijacking has changed. It used to be thought that it was best to wait it out, and in the end everyone goes home. Today we know we need to act immediately, and while a few may get hurt, there is no scenario where an entire plane full of passengers is defeated by a hijacker.
*standing ovation! wins '+n Most Insightful' Award, due to me not currently having mod points* Well said, good sir! Too bad our own gov't. has not wised up to this proof of an attitude change in it's own citizens. Hopefully they will get a clue before 'we' get fed up with all of this nonsense, and turn on ourselves. And [as a 'tip of the hat' to our non-USA denizens of/.] before we are turned isolationists....by choice, or not.
4th note to self: find old fashioned sprig-type clothespin for nose...llamas STINK!
They are also vile, evil-tempered beasts that will readily show their displeasure by regurgitating their rumen contents on you. (think camels 'spitting' on you-llamas are just small, hairy camels) The smell sticks to you for days, despite baths and showers...just like being sprayed by a skunk.
Stick with proven standby (stand-in?) sheep and over-sized rubber boots...or, so I've heard...
Try it yourself, you can't crush an egg in your hand no matter how hard you squeeze.
Have you ever tried? It's easy to do, and with practice you can let out only the egg from your fist, leaving all the broken shell in your hand to be discarded. It's quicker than the traditional way of breaking eggs to make am omelet. Since you should wash your hands after handling eggs anyhow, no time is lost there.
Carrying off the $6 million procedure required jets to spray silver iodide into coming clouds, ensuring that all precipitation fell before it reached the capital.
Cloud seeding is EXACTLY what they are doing. And it's not for a region, just Moscow...the 'capital' quoted from TFS above.
*disclaimer-all of my home network consists of *nix machines* I'm guessing an added step won't be too painful. Instead of just partioning and formatting to install the respective OSs, you'll have to apply the HDD mfg supplied conversion tool to the intended XP partition before formatting it. I could be wrong, but it seems a sensible scenario to expect.:-)
Hah! My Janitor-fu is better than you! I sneer in the direction of your flame thrower...I have a loaded mop bucket, and I am not afraid to use it. Oh, and a wet mop too...Haa! A feather duster! *sly smile* Say, you wouldn't be ticklish by any chance?;-)
...flamethrower. Its both subtle and Akidio proof.
I would question the first part, but agree with the second part.
Subtle? Hmm..I guess it would depend on the circumstances.
That was a well crafted and presented argument, Sycraft-fu. I happen to agree, but that is not my point of replying. It was this:
If you don't tow the party line,...
For the sake of sounding less like an un-educated yokel, you might want to use 'toe the line' in the future. You make it sound like the party line needs tied to your bumper and towed down the road. I'll admit some party lines would benefit from being towed down the interstate at 70 m.p.h., but that's a different argument!:-) Yes, I know what you meant, and no I was not implying you're an un-educated yokel...just saying...
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Oh, I think you accidentally your comment...
More of us would be sympathetic with that sentiment if copyright laws/terms were not so out of whack.
The original terms of 14 years, with an extension to double that was spot on. Now days, 28 years can be an eternity with software, among other digital forms of media.
Add to that the always connected trend in recent years, social networking, youtube(and similar), etc., and you begin to see that 95+years can seem excessive.(especially when it seems to Joe Sixpack that most rights to stuff is owned by big corporations.)
Puffin Man, what does your costume look like?
I think your crime fighting would devolve into gathering up those criminals that would collapse into laughter at your costume.
polar red [citation needed]
You have not heard of google, or wikipedia? Where have you been for the past few years, you lazy, incompetent fscker?
By your /. UID, I suspect you have been frequenting digg or 4chan for the past few years instead of /....get with the program, you lazy fsck!
Wow! And I thought I was nuts for loving HALO[High Altitude, Low Opening] jumps!
[With full equipment/kit load+body wt. @ around 275 lb./125 Kg] I was told that the max. velocity was around 130 mph/209 kph...compared to 714 mph, I guess I was a piker!
Offtopic side note:The highest we ever jumped from was around 17,000 feet altitude; I found my minimum altitude for releasing my chute was approximately 385 feet, but it hurt!
(we were advised that the minimum altitude was 500 feet...I had to test this)
[using the US Army version of the Ram Air-square type 'chute]
That was also where I got over my fear of heights, once I was thrown out of a perfectly good airplane!
For those not familiar, the show basically has random people that have invented something come and show it to a panel, and they decide on a winner each week. It's pretty cool, you get anything from automatic sheep tilters(yes, that) to stuff that automatically re-sheaths pneumatic hoses. Riveting stuff :) .
Thanks for the tip...looks like an interesting show, and unlike hulu, it's available to out of country viewers!!
Going for broke:
Sheep tilter:Featherbee Shearer's Trolley
Helicopter:Co-axial Rotor Helicopter
Did I get the correct videos you referenced in your comment?
Similar to what I was thinking...
Concrete truck full of explosives
Shuttle engine
Abandoned mine/quarry
Mythbusters
Epic!
I think you just gave your age away, old-timer! :-)
In addition, you probably confused most of the kids hanging out on your lawn as a bonus.
For those of you that wondering:
Briquette Bardot==Brigitte Bardot
Now, get off his lawn...and quit drooling!
BTW, thanks for the trip down Memory Lane, and the excuse to look up B.B. again!
"Mind if I sit down?" Retief pulled out a chair, seated himself, and took out a cigar.
signed,
Another Keith Laumer fan.
Not only talking the talk, but actually walking the walk.
Expect a donation after tax time, since I don't have useful skills to contribute.
Admirable, truly admirable!
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one.
Combine that with WGA, and I shudder....
Any hope of a youtube link? Or more specific info to search?
I'm serious, that sounds awesome.
Hmmm...the possibilities now days....
*start pedant mode*
Old news, new technology.
Watch some reruns of 'Wild, Wild West'{mid 1960's TV series}...The main character frequently uses a modified card sharp's mechanical device strapped to his inner wrists/forearms to deliver into his palm some tool to extricate himself[usually a Derringer], in lieu of a playing card.(the devise was based on a late 1800's device)
*/end pedant mode*
So it may have already been patented...and expired.
It all depends on the angle of the dangle, and the heat of the meat.
*standing ovation! wins '+n Most Insightful' Award, due to me not currently having mod points* /.] before we are turned isolationists....by choice, or not.
Well said, good sir!
Too bad our own gov't. has not wised up to this proof of an attitude change in it's own citizens.
Hopefully they will get a clue before 'we' get fed up with all of this nonsense, and turn on ourselves.
And [as a 'tip of the hat' to our non-USA denizens of
Must think of the children and the terrorists. And the children terrorists.
As a parent, I'd guess you don't have kids.
Newsflash!: Children ARE terrorists!!
Your quoted comment is both repetitive and redundant. ;-)
4th note to self: find old fashioned sprig-type clothespin for nose...llamas STINK!
They are also vile, evil-tempered beasts that will readily show their displeasure by regurgitating their rumen contents on you. (think camels 'spitting' on you-llamas are just small, hairy camels) The smell sticks to you for days, despite baths and showers...just like being sprayed by a skunk.
Stick with proven standby (stand-in?) sheep and over-sized rubber boots...or, so I've heard...
Try it yourself, you can't crush an egg in your hand no matter how hard you squeeze.
Have you ever tried?
It's easy to do, and with practice you can let out only the egg from your fist, leaving all the broken shell in your hand to be discarded. It's quicker than the traditional way of breaking eggs to make am omelet. Since you should wash your hands after handling eggs anyhow, no time is lost there.
Go back and at least read the summary.
(Hint: a quote from TFS)
Carrying off the $6 million procedure required jets to spray silver iodide into coming clouds, ensuring that all precipitation fell before it reached the capital.
Cloud seeding is EXACTLY what they are doing. And it's not for a region, just Moscow...the 'capital' quoted from TFS above.
Those tricky Russians! Reversing the polarity of Borscht like that...
*disclaimer-all of my home network consists of *nix machines* :-)
I'm guessing an added step won't be too painful.
Instead of just partioning and formatting to install the respective OSs, you'll have to apply the HDD mfg supplied conversion tool to the intended XP partition before formatting it.
I could be wrong, but it seems a sensible scenario to expect.
Now I am sorry I used my mod points before I went to work, came home, and read your comment.
One thing bothers me though...I can't decide if I would have used +1 funny, or +1 insightful...Hhmmmm.
Blank faces, calm as Hindu cows.
Priceless!
He did not mention coke.
Nyborg...not coke...that's what's up, man.
Did i mention 'whooosh!!' ?
Hint: "Heavy Metal", circa 1982
Zombie Food TV at it's finest!
Hah! ;-)
My Janitor-fu is better than you!
I sneer in the direction of your flame thrower...I have a loaded mop bucket, and I am not afraid to use it. Oh, and a wet mop too...Haa! A feather duster! *sly smile* Say, you wouldn't be ticklish by any chance?
...flamethrower. Its both subtle and Akidio proof.
I would question the first part, but agree with the second part.
Subtle? Hmm..I guess it would depend on the circumstances.
That was a well crafted and presented argument, Sycraft-fu. I happen to agree, but that is not my point of replying.
It was this:
If you don't tow the party line,...
For the sake of sounding less like an un-educated yokel, you might want to use 'toe the line' in the future. You make it sound like the party line needs tied to your bumper and towed down the road. :-)
I'll admit some party lines would benefit from being towed down the interstate at 70 m.p.h., but that's a different argument!
Yes, I know what you meant, and no I was not implying you're an un-educated yokel...just saying...