First, you as an accomplished artist, draw, paint or otherwise render in a physical medium an illustration of a public square. Since it is a public place, you have no rights to your work? That would disappoint quite a lot of people.
You're an illiterate. His argument is that the maps were commissioned by a public agency, using the people's funds , likely as a work-for-hire, and should therefore be released to the public domain.
The claim that downloading causes shoplifting is not the same as the claim that "downloaders == shoplifters." It is just as possible that shoplifting causes downloading, or that the relation is just coincidence.
The claim that "downloaders == more-music-buyers" is not the same as the claim that downloading causes more music buying. It is just as possible that more-music-buying causes downloading, or that the relation is just coincidence.
If one wants to claim that A causes B, one has to first show that there is a statistical correlation between A and B, propose a mechanism to explain causation, and then experimentally verify that the mechanism works as proposed.
This study does not identify downloaders as shoplifters. It claims that the same age group is responsible for most downloading and shoplifting.
The study does not propose a mechanism for causation, nor does it test one.
Therefore,
It is not legitimate to conclude that downloading causes shoplifting, nor is it legitimate to conclude that downloaders == shoplifters.
Yes, you can. If you're going to cite all the studies to back a flawed premise, they can all be written off. Correlation does not imply causation is a basic logical tenet to avoid chasing false conclusions that aren't true.
Yeah, this logical premise has been around since 1935 when the Department of Redundancy Department issued it in 1935.
Thank you for summarizing the blurb and what everyone already knew about the case. We appreciate it, since the blurb only included new information from which the rest could be inferred.
When you're trying to be funny, you need to think about your cadence. If it reads like a run-on sentence, your punchline loses effect. And don't use exclamation points.
For those wondering what the troll is about, the link redirects to lemonparty.org. And for those who are lucky enough to not know what that is but curious, it is a site that contains a picture of three older Jewish guys performing homosexual acts on each other. NSFW and quite disgusting.
It's pretty easy to show that most cops, on average, are sons of bitches. There was a recent UK study showing that black people are eight times more likely to be searched than white people. Similar studies exist for communities in the US, showing that, depending on the community, black people are between 2 and 10 times more likely to be searched than white people. Now, for the sake of argument, suppose that in a particular community, black people are z times more likely to be searched. Suppose the police force has n members. Then, if m of them act like racist children, they are responsible for zn/m times as many illegitimate searches as the good cops. Notice that this blows up as m decreases. If m were a small minority, they would be responsible for orders of magnitude more descrimination than the rest. One must ask why they haven't been fired.
A more likely scenario is that most cops are pricks to varying degrees.
Or you could just make the voting machine print out a reciept for the voter to read and verify while denying physical access. And have "Approve" and "Disapprove" buttons that determine if the receipt is placed in a sealed box and the vote is cast, or if the receipt is destroyed and the voter has another chance.
This is where open source could shine: since the voter can verify that the vote was cast and the receipt is secured, the only issue to take care of is to make sure that the program implementing this algorithm is bug free. If the code is open source, the voter can have nearly complete confidence that the vote registers.
That's a good analogy, and by abstracting from it and the original case, we come to the central ethical question in this debate: Is it a moral obligation to reject the product of an action we find objectionable?
I suspect the answer is "No," but I could easily cook up examples that make it seem really counter-intuitive.
That's actually good news, sort of. Encryption algorithm implementations can remain secure. It won't do the FBI much good if your ISP hands them 30 gigabytes of data encrypted with AES.
You know, the headline is wrong. If you read Dunst's actual quote, she said that Thomas Hayden Church (who looks like a blonde ex-con) was to play Venom, and Topher Grace was to play this guy. The casting makes much more sense that way too, since Topher Grace looks so sickly.
Interesting. Perhaps I will initiate use of an instant messaging client and protocol pair with my colleagues to prepare for the upcoming Galois theory of groups of m-differentiable manifolds of the Cantor space examination.
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You're an illiterate. His argument is that the maps were commissioned by a public agency, using the people's funds , likely as a work-for-hire , and should therefore be released to the public domain.
Therefore,
Yeah, this logical premise has been around since 1935 when the Department of Redundancy Department issued it in 1935.
Oh, really ? Communism works just fine in small communities, where the needs of the people can be accurately accounted for.
Thank you for summarizing the blurb and what everyone already knew about the case. We appreciate it, since the blurb only included new information from which the rest could be inferred.
When you're trying to be funny, you need to think about your cadence. If it reads like a run-on sentence, your punchline loses effect. And don't use exclamation points.
That's good. Who needs more than 640k?
Don't feel bad just because you're over there. Europeans are Americans too, ya know.
Call it a troll to stick "Jewish" in there, but you know he was thinking it.
What are you, some kind of anti-Semite homophobe?
A more likely scenario is that most cops are pricks to varying degrees.
I'm sure the joke he sensed was with reference to activist judges, with whom the Republicans attempt to slander the Democrats.
This is where open source could shine: since the voter can verify that the vote was cast and the receipt is secured, the only issue to take care of is to make sure that the program implementing this algorithm is bug free. If the code is open source, the voter can have nearly complete confidence that the vote registers.
Drop Rand like the plague. Read Sartre. Camus too.
That's a good analogy, and by abstracting from it and the original case, we come to the central ethical question in this debate: Is it a moral obligation to reject the product of an action we find objectionable? I suspect the answer is "No," but I could easily cook up examples that make it seem really counter-intuitive.
That's actually good news, sort of. Encryption algorithm implementations can remain secure. It won't do the FBI much good if your ISP hands them 30 gigabytes of data encrypted with AES.
The "Testing" version of apt-get does gpg checksums automatically (as long as gpg is installed).
I hope you don't start with 31415926...
Indeed. Disregard my post. I had no idea there were two distinct sand men. Seems like trademark law would apply or something.
You know, the headline is wrong. If you read Dunst's actual quote, she said that Thomas Hayden Church (who looks like a blonde ex-con) was to play Venom, and Topher Grace was to play this guy. The casting makes much more sense that way too, since Topher Grace looks so sickly.
Would I be expected to learn Swedish?
Is there a bandwidth cap? What country is this? Do they accept foreigners?
What are you referring to with regards to opiates?
Interesting. Perhaps I will initiate use of an instant messaging client and protocol pair with my colleagues to prepare for the upcoming Galois theory of groups of m-differentiable manifolds of the Cantor space examination.
OMG i wish I had teh mod points. You'd get a +1 Inciteful. :-)