I don't disagree with any of what you're saying here, obviously you know your history. It's just that I really didn't see the comparisons as valid in any way.
Also, it seems that you are specifically excluding and disclaiming away discrepancies in your own argument. This looks a lot like shoehorning.. i.e. you're selectively picking and excluding evidence to fit your world view. Of course, since we're just talking about the 'feel of cities', this is entirely valid.. but then so is my criticism.
Of course, calling Brisbane a racist city will get the ire of Brisbanites (even if it is at least partially true).. Also, you compared this to a small British country town, and that just seemed a bit silly, honestly.
As i got one of these takedown notices sent to my home isp last weekend.. for apparently downloading and sharing a torrent of a game that i actually own in hardcopy.
While my ISP did what they needed to do to indemnify themselves, and then gave me my access back (the process felt automated and took about 5 minutes), i was pretty pissed off that someone could just assert that my ip was associated with a torrent and have my access removed like that.. Don't get me wrong, i'd still be annoyed if i was actually doing it and they removed my access, but the fact that i hadn't actually shared the torrent in question made consider switching isp on the spot, even though i know it's not really their fault.
Sorry sir, As a native Australian, i must inform you that you are off your rocker.
While both of our cultures have European roots, they've both been equally influenced by the US. Saying that NZ is more "European" just shows that you hold it (and Europe) in higher regard than the US and Australia. Your comparisons, from what i can see, aren't even remotely accurate..
Please note that I actually think New Zealand is a lovely place, i just think you're romanticising a bit.
The 'nutcase' was named Lamarck.. it turns out that yes, his theory does have some merit, though certainly not in the way you describe. It also predates Darwin's by a few years.
That said, i'm going to leave explaining it to someone more familiar with it.
The US is possibly the only country in the world where the poor are worked to the bone and still hate poor people on principle.
People on welfare and food stamps complain that Obama is a socialist..
Nowhere else in the developed world could Bill O'Reilly claim there was an overreaching leftist media conspiracy (while still being part of that same media machine) and be taken seriously by the majority, even for a second.
It's also the only western country where religious fundamentalism is actually growing, and certainly the only one where young earth intelligent design has recently been considered as a replacement for evolutionary theory.
Sorry, that's just not the case for one very important reason.
The creature creator trial isn't time limited at all. It contains less creature parts than the creature creator in the retail version, but has no restrictions on time, number of installs, etc. The trial could be unlocked to use the full assortment of creature parts, but the rights for this were associated with a Spore.com account, and thus installing SecuROM with it is completely unnecessary, as there's nothing to protect.
This is completely irrelevant to the case, as the Spore trial was not time limited and The Sims 2: Bon Voyage was an expansion pack for a pre-existing game.
You're probably correct, but only because of local mirroring. Anecdotally, most Australians don't even consider 'Australia' when using the internet, instead they consider it a global resource.
it's a modus ponens thing.. That is, laws come from morals, not the other way around. You can't just make a law, say that it's the right way to do things, and then expect the other half of the equation to fall into line...
Well said about doing your/our jobs as Christians.. while i'm not really one myself, i still wish more people (regardless of religion) would follow ol' J.C's golden rule.
If only things were so clear cut, you could just round them all up and have a big heckling party, and they'd fall in a heap and bemoan their bad haircuts and lack of proper breeding.
Sadly, some leftists aren't like you describe, the world really isn't black and white, and you're actually doing what you're accusing the leftists of doing.. though i guess it's alright, because you never claimed that you (or 'the right', whatever that is.. ) didn't, and i guess the leftists (whoever they are) did. Or maybe that was Jesus.
Please, i also don't pretend to be tolerating what you're saying (since i'm posting and all) but propagating the hate doesn't help anything.
As much as i like to wish for world peace on my birthday and the like, people, please stop being horrible to each other just because you want to play your side of the game a different way. It's just immature, regardless of which irrelevant wing of the political spectrum you think you subscribe to.
No need to stand on the strength of the tech if you can just convince someone to pay au$84million for a software package that doesn't actually work and wouldn't be used even if it was (i'm looking at you, NetAlert and the Howard government).
My point was, however, that most of what we hear regarding this kind of tech (from adults) has amounted to little more than hyperbole. At the present time, with notable examples included (e.g. China and Britain), i'd still say this system is unimplementable with the given resources..
NB. sooner or later we'll need a soccer mom who is also a computer scientist.
Of course. I was commenting on the other part: The information is still admissible if it was legally sourced.
I don't disagree that what the kid did was morally wrong. I don't think it invalidates the use of the email box as evidence, as he was not involved in the (other, legal) acquisition of its contents.
This is true iff the 'hacker' was the only person to do this. That is.. if the email accounts were accessed in a legal way (via court order to Yahoo, for example) then this evidence is freely admissible.
Since they were actually requested by the Alaskan courts, the point is now moot. So to speak.
The OP isn't completely off.. It's a misappropriated term. Games hardware vendors use it to describe whatever software they can cram onto the device to convince suckers to be early adopters, and they've been doing that for a few years now. Expect the term to jump tech barriers soon, for more meaningless lulz.
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I don't disagree with any of what you're saying here, obviously you know your history. It's just that I really didn't see the comparisons as valid in any way.
Also, it seems that you are specifically excluding and disclaiming away discrepancies in your own argument. This looks a lot like shoehorning.. i.e. you're selectively picking and excluding evidence to fit your world view. Of course, since we're just talking about the 'feel of cities', this is entirely valid.. but then so is my criticism.
Of course, calling Brisbane a racist city will get the ire of Brisbanites (even if it is at least partially true)..
Also, you compared this to a small British country town, and that just seemed a bit silly, honestly.
As i got one of these takedown notices sent to my home isp last weekend.. for apparently downloading and sharing a torrent of a game that i actually own in hardcopy.
While my ISP did what they needed to do to indemnify themselves, and then gave me my access back (the process felt automated and took about 5 minutes), i was pretty pissed off that someone could just assert that my ip was associated with a torrent and have my access removed like that.. Don't get me wrong, i'd still be annoyed if i was actually doing it and they removed my access, but the fact that i hadn't actually shared the torrent in question made consider switching isp on the spot, even though i know it's not really their fault.
It'd have to be more like "all intellectual holdings of the holding company become public domain if the company is liquidated".
It's pretty unlikely that they'd include this in their own contracts, and i'm not sure how it could actually be enforced.
Sorry sir, As a native Australian, i must inform you that you are off your rocker.
While both of our cultures have European roots, they've both been equally influenced by the US. Saying that NZ is more "European" just shows that you hold it (and Europe) in higher regard than the US and Australia. Your comparisons, from what i can see, aren't even remotely accurate..
Please note that I actually think New Zealand is a lovely place, i just think you're romanticising a bit.
Iocaine Powder. It's the only solution.
We have an EFA instead. The .au brand of the US based group.
Their site is exactly where you'd expect it.
I for one welcome our cloned 500 year old Jurassic overlords.
PS. I suggest you ask him what Dinosaur DNA looks like, and when his first test subject is due to hatch.
That is the point of science, ya know. When data doesn't support theory, theory is revised and everyone cheers.
;)
Btw: you missed the "in before Creationists jump to invalid conclusions."
The 'nutcase' was named Lamarck.. it turns out that yes, his theory does have some merit, though certainly not in the way you describe. It also predates Darwin's by a few years.
That said, i'm going to leave explaining it to someone more familiar with it.
There is a workaround, but it involves throwing your computer out the window.
The US is possibly the only country in the world where the poor are worked to the bone and still hate poor people on principle.
People on welfare and food stamps complain that Obama is a socialist..
Nowhere else in the developed world could Bill O'Reilly claim there was an overreaching leftist media conspiracy (while still being part of that same media machine) and be taken seriously by the majority, even for a second.
It's also the only western country where religious fundamentalism is actually growing, and certainly the only one where young earth intelligent design has recently been considered as a replacement for evolutionary theory.
Sorry, that's just not the case for one very important reason.
The creature creator trial isn't time limited at all. It contains less creature parts than the creature creator in the retail version, but has no restrictions on time, number of installs, etc. The trial could be unlocked to use the full assortment of creature parts, but the rights for this were associated with a Spore.com account, and thus installing SecuROM with it is completely unnecessary, as there's nothing to protect.
This is completely irrelevant to the case, as the Spore trial was not time limited and The Sims 2: Bon Voyage was an expansion pack for a pre-existing game.
You're probably correct, but only because of local mirroring. Anecdotally, most Australians don't even consider 'Australia' when using the internet, instead they consider it a global resource.
it's a modus ponens thing.. That is, laws come from morals, not the other way around. You can't just make a law, say that it's the right way to do things, and then expect the other half of the equation to fall into line...
Well said about doing your/our jobs as Christians.. while i'm not really one myself, i still wish more people (regardless of religion) would follow ol' J.C's golden rule.
If only things were so clear cut, you could just round them all up and have a big heckling party, and they'd fall in a heap and bemoan their bad haircuts and lack of proper breeding.
Sadly, some leftists aren't like you describe, the world really isn't black and white, and you're actually doing what you're accusing the leftists of doing.. though i guess it's alright, because you never claimed that you (or 'the right', whatever that is.. ) didn't, and i guess the leftists (whoever they are) did. Or maybe that was Jesus.
Please, i also don't pretend to be tolerating what you're saying (since i'm posting and all) but propagating the hate doesn't help anything.
Can you please explain to me how this constitutes either a straw man or a logical fallacy?
I see no logical flaw in the argument itself.. perhaps you're talking about some assumed/unstated premise?
Well said sir.
As much as i like to wish for world peace on my birthday and the like, people, please stop being horrible to each other just because you want to play your side of the game a different way. It's just immature, regardless of which irrelevant wing of the political spectrum you think you subscribe to.
Point taken.
No need to stand on the strength of the tech if you can just convince someone to pay au$84million for a software package that doesn't actually work and wouldn't be used even if it was (i'm looking at you, NetAlert and the Howard government).
My point was, however, that most of what we hear regarding this kind of tech (from adults) has amounted to little more than hyperbole. At the present time, with notable examples included (e.g. China and Britain), i'd still say this system is unimplementable with the given resources..
NB. sooner or later we'll need a soccer mom who is also a computer scientist.
So we're safe to assume there's not more to it then?
Of course. I was commenting on the other part: The information is still admissible if it was legally sourced.
I don't disagree that what the kid did was morally wrong. I don't think it invalidates the use of the email box as evidence, as he was not involved in the (other, legal) acquisition of its contents.
This is true iff the 'hacker' was the only person to do this. That is.. if the email accounts were accessed in a legal way (via court order to Yahoo, for example) then this evidence is freely admissible.
Since they were actually requested by the Alaskan courts, the point is now moot. So to speak.
I for one welcome our new Undead Australian Overlords.
The OP isn't completely off.. It's a misappropriated term. Games hardware vendors use it to describe whatever software they can cram onto the device to convince suckers to be early adopters, and they've been doing that for a few years now. Expect the term to jump tech barriers soon, for more meaningless lulz.
I actually think your original wording was fine, but i don't speak American English ;)