What kind of fucked up thinking is this? Someone should be forced to give away their creation because it can be easily copied? Bullshit. The price is what creates the scarcity in the case of non-physical "goods", and there's nothing wrong with that.
It is entirely irrelevant how much the actual artists make. The law is the law, and if you want it changed, lobby for it. If you're not doing that, then you're really just after getting content for free, and couldn't give a rats ass about the artists.
I didn't back-pedal at all. I said that it's all about getting stuff without paying. Then the next guy said that it's because of what people think copyright law should be. Then I said if that was the case, people who pirate stuff would respect copyright for the time period he mentioned. But they don't, which goes back to my initial statement that it's all about getting stuff without paying.
"Ah, back to the accusations. Provide evidence that he's downloading material less than 14 years old, please?"
Go to a torrent site like the Pirate Bay or Mininova. 99% of the stuff on that site that has anyone seeding was published within the last couple years. I bet you'd be hard pressed to find much content that's older than just a few years.
Are you kidding me? Most of the stuff being "shared" on p2p networks IS NOT 14 years old...it's movies, music, and software that just came out. If it was about some ideal of what copyright law *should* be, you and people like you would still be respecting copyright within the timeframe that you think it should be. But you don't, and it's hilarious to see you try to justify it as something noble when it's really slightly less than theft.
God this is hilarious. "Crazy copyright law" is law that says only the copyright holder has the legal right to produce and distribute copies of his/her work? Do you realize how ridiculous you're being? This is all about people who don't have enough money to buy something, but still think that they should have it anyway.
What's even funnier about watching all this is that I don't have to worry about it because I get my media from the myriad of legal, decently priced sources like Steam, Hulu, Amazon, iTunes, Zune, Napster, Pandora, etc.
Google Reader is an RSS feed reader that reads XML files. If he doesn't want his whole articles on Google Reader, he shouldn't be putting them in in his RSS feed. That said, I don't think it does show up like that, as I have CNN and the BBC in Google reader and all I see are summaries.
Maybe I'm just a masochist, but I like Verizon and I like my Windows Mobile phones. Yeah, people bitch about WM all the time, but I've not had too many issues with it, and I like the wide availability of applications. I generally just use my phone as a phone, calendar, and time piece...and occasionally to check email, the internet, and gaming when I don't have my laptop. I wouldn't want to do much more on it because a 3 inch screen just isn't that fun to look at.
Your math is good, but your thinking is flawed. They don't need to blanket the entire US. They need to cover areas where most of the people live, which they have already done. What they need to improve is the capacity of those coverage areas. (Adding a few towers here and there to improve signal strength wouldn't be a bad idea either.)
>But what's so innovative about intermittent wipers?
Apparently a lot, because no one else thought of them. And they were innovative enough for the design to be stolen from the inventor. You only think it's not innovative because you don't understand the technology of the time and how difficult it was to come up with a timed mechanism.
I know you're probably an automotive engineer and all that, but there's a reason that we let the PO and the courts decide whether or not it's a valid patent.
Ah, but only a great fool would fall for such an attack, and I am no great fool, so clearly I cannot click the link. But you must know that I am no great fool and thus I cannot not click the link....
I don't know if you ever applied for a scholarship or a school that wanted an essay, but let me tell you how it works:
Every one who's writing KNOWS exactly what the person reading it is looking for, and embellishes their life experience to fit that, thus making themselves look as good as possible. So you end up with the best bullshitters winning.
I don't think one's story telling ability is relevant at all when it comes to determining potential at a tech school. Besides, any asshole can make up a heart warming story about how they spent their spare time rescuing babies from fires and teaching English to migrant children, but test scores are more difficult to fake.
If the scores are all the same, then it really doesn't matter who gets in. An essay is a shitty way to select engineering students and doesn't gauge anything other than their ability to make up 500 words of bullshit.
That said, a first come, first served system would be appropriate when determine who gets accepted when scores are identical.
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when you consider that there are no girls on the internet.
What kind of fucked up thinking is this? Someone should be forced to give away their creation because it can be easily copied? Bullshit. The price is what creates the scarcity in the case of non-physical "goods", and there's nothing wrong with that.
Who's stealing from you?
It is entirely irrelevant how much the actual artists make. The law is the law, and if you want it changed, lobby for it. If you're not doing that, then you're really just after getting content for free, and couldn't give a rats ass about the artists.
I didn't back-pedal at all. I said that it's all about getting stuff without paying. Then the next guy said that it's because of what people think copyright law should be. Then I said if that was the case, people who pirate stuff would respect copyright for the time period he mentioned. But they don't, which goes back to my initial statement that it's all about getting stuff without paying.
"Ah, back to the accusations. Provide evidence that he's downloading material less than 14 years old, please?"
Go to a torrent site like the Pirate Bay or Mininova. 99% of the stuff on that site that has anyone seeding was published within the last couple years. I bet you'd be hard pressed to find much content that's older than just a few years.
Are you kidding me? Most of the stuff being "shared" on p2p networks IS NOT 14 years old...it's movies, music, and software that just came out. If it was about some ideal of what copyright law *should* be, you and people like you would still be respecting copyright within the timeframe that you think it should be. But you don't, and it's hilarious to see you try to justify it as something noble when it's really slightly less than theft.
God this is hilarious. "Crazy copyright law" is law that says only the copyright holder has the legal right to produce and distribute copies of his/her work? Do you realize how ridiculous you're being? This is all about people who don't have enough money to buy something, but still think that they should have it anyway.
What's even funnier about watching all this is that I don't have to worry about it because I get my media from the myriad of legal, decently priced sources like Steam, Hulu, Amazon, iTunes, Zune, Napster, Pandora, etc.
Google Reader is an RSS feed reader that reads XML files. If he doesn't want his whole articles on Google Reader, he shouldn't be putting them in in his RSS feed. That said, I don't think it does show up like that, as I have CNN and the BBC in Google reader and all I see are summaries.
That person probably shouldn't be working around sick people anyway.
Maybe I'm just a masochist, but I like Verizon and I like my Windows Mobile phones. Yeah, people bitch about WM all the time, but I've not had too many issues with it, and I like the wide availability of applications. I generally just use my phone as a phone, calendar, and time piece...and occasionally to check email, the internet, and gaming when I don't have my laptop. I wouldn't want to do much more on it because a 3 inch screen just isn't that fun to look at.
Your math is good, but your thinking is flawed. They don't need to blanket the entire US. They need to cover areas where most of the people live, which they have already done. What they need to improve is the capacity of those coverage areas. (Adding a few towers here and there to improve signal strength wouldn't be a bad idea either.)
"That kind of ability comes about a couple of times in a generation."
Maybe...but they're not talking, so who knows?
>But what's so innovative about intermittent wipers?
Apparently a lot, because no one else thought of them. And they were innovative enough for the design to be stolen from the inventor. You only think it's not innovative because you don't understand the technology of the time and how difficult it was to come up with a timed mechanism.
In their patent they say that DC motors don't provide enough torque at higher speeds.
>It is a basic building blocks continuation of existing technology.
Which is patentable.
I know you're probably an automotive engineer and all that, but there's a reason that we let the PO and the courts decide whether or not it's a valid patent.
Well, both of those can be opened by OOo too.
Because nothing reads doc and xls files, right?
Because PC makers will bundle it with their computers, like they do with MS Works. Microsoft won't be bundling it with Windows.
A one sentence summary is vague. Their patent filing is not.
Ah, but only a great fool would fall for such an attack, and I am no great fool, so clearly I cannot click the link. But you must know that I am no great fool and thus I cannot not click the link....
I don't know if you ever applied for a scholarship or a school that wanted an essay, but let me tell you how it works:
Every one who's writing KNOWS exactly what the person reading it is looking for, and embellishes their life experience to fit that, thus making themselves look as good as possible. So you end up with the best bullshitters winning.
I don't think one's story telling ability is relevant at all when it comes to determining potential at a tech school. Besides, any asshole can make up a heart warming story about how they spent their spare time rescuing babies from fires and teaching English to migrant children, but test scores are more difficult to fake.
If the scores are all the same, then it really doesn't matter who gets in. An essay is a shitty way to select engineering students and doesn't gauge anything other than their ability to make up 500 words of bullshit.
That said, a first come, first served system would be appropriate when determine who gets accepted when scores are identical.
"You can't blame people for making money within the boundaries of the law. "
Yes, I can and I do.