any camera can take a good picture, given the right conditions, and a sufficiently skilled photographer.
The more expensive ones make it a hell of a lot easier (yes slrs are harder to use at first, but their speed and ease of configuration counts as ease of use to me) and increase the range of conditions in which photography is possible.
As people have said, time and time and time again, 'observation' is NOT the human action of looking and comprehension. It simply means any form of interaction with another entity. Even bits of your brother will be 'observing' other bits of your brother.
thanks for the clarification.
Really, the only thing Amazon can do, is send an email to the people in question, and politely request that they honour the spirit of the original transaction. Most people would.
Of course if they were clever, they'd just admit their mistake, and let it go gaining a huge amoung of word of mouth goodwill.
Amazon aren't the police. They can't raid your house in order to get their stuff back: that is also a felony.
Yes, it is wrong for people to refuse to pay Amazon what is due them, a clerical error of this sort should not be taken advantage of. If a customer were to accidentally add a zero to a payment, there would be uproar if Amazon refused to refund it. However, that doesn't mean they can just start making unauthorised withdrawals from other people's bank accounts.
But in britain we have the BBC. We like radio, it's actually good. I got given an ipod mini, and it's great but it will be replaced by an iriver as soon as I can purely because I need a radio.
UMMM. Look at Slashdot, I mean look carefully at Slashdot. Now if you want that extended to the governing of the real world you are a a far braver person than I.
But, seriously, the only person suggesting that the linux community should match this amount of money is the moron who wrote the article. Most other people can agree that Bill Gates is doing a good thing and probably couldn't care less whether you approve of it or not.
Microsoft and bill gates may be irritating but they're not evil.
Yeah and in those days the majority of children would die before adulthood. The average life expectancy could be as low as 35 and the vast majority of the population lived in poverty.
>Most people that have lived (read: thrived) >throughout history, did it without social security
and most people who lived did not thrive.
the problem is that the victim isn't the one with the weapon. if both had knives then the end result would be messy and if both had guns I admit it might be a fairer fight(bear in mind that it's a lot easier to kill someone, anyone, family, friends, kids with a gun) but in reality if the attacker has the gun you have no chance.
That is a problem that has far more to do with changes in culture than lack of guns. In fact illegal gun sales in britain are increasing and more criminals are getting hold of them.
I admit that. However it's still a lot better than the USA.
However I'd far rather take my chances against a maniac with a knife than one with a gun.
Gun control laws don't work so there's no point discussing them.
Have you been to any other countries?
I'll admit that Britain isn't entirely gun free. Some people do owwn guns. If you mean that gun control laws won't definitely prevent anyone from owning a gun but they DO significantly reduce the incidence of gun crimes.
I'm not necessarily in favour of a complete ban on guns but to say that gun control laws don't work is a lie.
Apple doesn't have a monopolistic hold you stupid whining shit.
I don't even like Apple. Apart from their powerbooks most of their computers are overpriced or slow BUT I actually stopped to think before posting so I realised that in this case all the Apple zealots were actually correct.
Yeah I really hope that one day someone will prove to me that I have free will. In the meantime I have to say that I don't 'believe' in it because it does not fit into what we know about the world(Please don't post about quantum effects: they only make the system unpredictable, in the true sense, but that doesn't automaticxally allow free will.
However I still continue to believe that I have free will on a day to day basis as to do anything less would be very depressing.
I don't like 'monopoly slave wages'. I am disgusted by the idea that bits of our culture will be lost because some moron who owns the right to it is overprotective. My 'fly to britain thing' was an example not a suggestion. However I think, and this may be old fashioned and stupidly moralistic, that if someone creates a work of art it is theirs. If they then decide that it is crap and destroy it or think that only their mother should be allowed to buy a copy then that is their right. I never said that people couldn't export I simply said that they couldn't copy.
Copying is a lesser crime than theft(you do not directly deprive anyone else of an object) but it is still a crime and even if legalised copying a work of art without the artist's consent would still be unethical. You talk about it being unfair that art isn't free. Create your own free art and give it to the world if you want and if anyone is interested. Just recognise the fact that making a living by selling your art is not evil. And recognise the act that you are just trying to get something for nothing.
For fuck's sake. Yes the Publishers are in many cases charging too much for the products. Yes publication costs go down and prices remain static. Yes that's very bad. However when I write a book or create an album it is MINE. I should have the right to distribute it where and when I please. If I choose to charge 500 pounds for it then you can choose not to buy it. If don't supply it to some countries then I can understand people in those countries thinking it their 'right' to copy it and personally I sympathise. But if I didn't sympathise it would still be my right to say no, you can't copy my work even if there is no other easy way for you to get. Fly to britain if you want it that much. I'm not saying it's reasaonable or sane business practice but it is my RIGHT as the CREATOR of the work. And that right far outweighs the right of some random person who doesn't want it enough to pay for it.
I do agree that the damge that piracy causes is hugely exaggerated by the various huge corporations and that DRM is restrictive and unfair, but piracy is still wrong.
Well the joke can be split into Three constituent elements.
First the idea of removing DNA in order to become undetectable is funny. (I hope it is anyway)
Second Douglas Adam's initials are DNA.
Third Douglas adams made a similar joke regarding someone "dying" for a year fortax reasons.
Fourth my sig comments on my deep understandinf of the man and his work which is (accidentally) borne out in the above post.
Fifth there is a similar joke in this post, which all you rabid DNA lovers will get.
Was that a joke? We don't have huge untapped reservoirs of hydrogen. the hydrogen will be created from water. Hydrogen fuel will hopefully be used to store all the energy we get from clean sources(wave, wind etc). The hydrogen itself is just a clean, non polluting battery. We don't create extra water.
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any camera can take a good picture, given the right conditions, and a sufficiently skilled photographer. The more expensive ones make it a hell of a lot easier (yes slrs are harder to use at first, but their speed and ease of configuration counts as ease of use to me) and increase the range of conditions in which photography is possible.
As people have said, time and time and time again, 'observation' is NOT the human action of looking and comprehension. It simply means any form of interaction with another entity. Even bits of your brother will be 'observing' other bits of your brother.
thanks for the clarification. Really, the only thing Amazon can do, is send an email to the people in question, and politely request that they honour the spirit of the original transaction. Most people would. Of course if they were clever, they'd just admit their mistake, and let it go gaining a huge amoung of word of mouth goodwill.
Amazon aren't the police. They can't raid your house in order to get their stuff back: that is also a felony. Yes, it is wrong for people to refuse to pay Amazon what is due them, a clerical error of this sort should not be taken advantage of. If a customer were to accidentally add a zero to a payment, there would be uproar if Amazon refused to refund it. However, that doesn't mean they can just start making unauthorised withdrawals from other people's bank accounts.
But in britain we have the BBC. We like radio, it's actually good. I got given an ipod mini, and it's great but it will be replaced by an iriver as soon as I can purely because I need a radio.
Portable music players are useful for backing up data. Especially photos.
Y2K was a walk in the park.
Perhaps. But then I might have to hunt you down and kill you.
UMMM. Look at Slashdot, I mean look carefully at Slashdot. Now if you want that extended to the governing of the real world you are a a far braver person than I.
Actually I had to.
But, seriously, the only person suggesting that the linux community should match this amount of money is the moron who wrote the article. Most other people can agree that Bill Gates is doing a good thing and probably couldn't care less whether you approve of it or not.
Microsoft and bill gates may be irritating but they're not evil.
Yeah and in those days the majority of children would die before adulthood. The average life expectancy could be as low as 35 and the vast majority of the population lived in poverty. >Most people that have lived (read: thrived) >throughout history, did it without social security and most people who lived did not thrive.
the problem is that the victim isn't the one with the weapon. if both had knives then the end result would be messy and if both had guns I admit it might be a fairer fight(bear in mind that it's a lot easier to kill someone, anyone, family, friends, kids with a gun) but in reality if the attacker has the gun you have no chance.
God that sounded clumsy. I apologise to all those who had to read that excrement. I'll go to sleep now.
That is a problem that has far more to do with changes in culture than lack of guns. In fact illegal gun sales in britain are increasing and more criminals are getting hold of them. I admit that. However it's still a lot better than the USA. However I'd far rather take my chances against a maniac with a knife than one with a gun.
You could jjust make it so that you had to hold down a small button or toggle a switch to activate or reset the detection system
But yeah it does seem to be a bit of a crap idea.
Gun control laws don't work so there's no point discussing them.
Have you been to any other countries?
I'll admit that Britain isn't entirely gun free. Some people do owwn guns. If you mean that gun control laws won't definitely prevent anyone from owning a gun but they DO significantly reduce the incidence of gun crimes.
I'm not necessarily in favour of a complete ban on guns but to say that gun control laws don't work is a lie.
you don't have the BBC where you live do you poor child?
Apple doesn't have a monopolistic hold you stupid whining shit. I don't even like Apple. Apart from their powerbooks most of their computers are overpriced or slow BUT I actually stopped to think before posting so I realised that in this case all the Apple zealots were actually correct.
Yeah I really hope that one day someone will prove to me that I have free will. In the meantime I have to say that I don't 'believe' in it because it does not fit into what we know about the world(Please don't post about quantum effects: they only make the system unpredictable, in the true sense, but that doesn't automaticxally allow free will. However I still continue to believe that I have free will on a day to day basis as to do anything less would be very depressing.
I don't like 'monopoly slave wages'. I am disgusted by the idea that bits of our culture will be lost because some moron who owns the right to it is overprotective. My 'fly to britain thing' was an example not a suggestion. However I think, and this may be old fashioned and stupidly moralistic, that if someone creates a work of art it is theirs. If they then decide that it is crap and destroy it or think that only their mother should be allowed to buy a copy then that is their right. I never said that people couldn't export I simply said that they couldn't copy. Copying is a lesser crime than theft(you do not directly deprive anyone else of an object) but it is still a crime and even if legalised copying a work of art without the artist's consent would still be unethical. You talk about it being unfair that art isn't free. Create your own free art and give it to the world if you want and if anyone is interested. Just recognise the fact that making a living by selling your art is not evil. And recognise the act that you are just trying to get something for nothing.
For fuck's sake. Yes the Publishers are in many cases charging too much for the products. Yes publication costs go down and prices remain static. Yes that's very bad. However when I write a book or create an album it is MINE. I should have the right to distribute it where and when I please. If I choose to charge 500 pounds for it then you can choose not to buy it. If don't supply it to some countries then I can understand people in those countries thinking it their 'right' to copy it and personally I sympathise. But if I didn't sympathise it would still be my right to say no, you can't copy my work even if there is no other easy way for you to get. Fly to britain if you want it that much. I'm not saying it's reasaonable or sane business practice but it is my RIGHT as the CREATOR of the work. And that right far outweighs the right of some random person who doesn't want it enough to pay for it. I do agree that the damge that piracy causes is hugely exaggerated by the various huge corporations and that DRM is restrictive and unfair, but piracy is still wrong.
Well the joke can be split into Three constituent elements. First the idea of removing DNA in order to become undetectable is funny. (I hope it is anyway) Second Douglas Adam's initials are DNA. Third Douglas adams made a similar joke regarding someone "dying" for a year fortax reasons. Fourth my sig comments on my deep understandinf of the man and his work which is (accidentally) borne out in the above post. Fifth there is a similar joke in this post, which all you rabid DNA lovers will get.
Was that a joke? We don't have huge untapped reservoirs of hydrogen. the hydrogen will be created from water. Hydrogen fuel will hopefully be used to store all the energy we get from clean sources(wave, wind etc). The hydrogen itself is just a clean, non polluting battery. We don't create extra water.
I don't have DNA anymore. It cost a lot but my right to privacy remains intact.
Are you new here or something?