If that 32-bit number is derived from copyrighted material, then yes, it's also copyrighted. It all depends on where that number came from. That's the legal test. You can write all the fancy, obscure programs you want. If the data you transmit comes from a copyrighted source, directly or indirectly, and regardless if it's been modified in any way by any algorithm, it is subject to copyright law.
What's so immoral about gay sex? I'm not gay, but I don't see how gay sex is any less moral than straight sex. Murder and pedophilia are immoral because they have victims. With gay sex, there are no victims.
The problem with replacing "gay" with "black" or "asian" or "interracial" or "handicapped" or "midget" is that none of the items in your list are moral issues. Gender, nationality, wealth, physical fitness, and race are amoral things and as such shouldn't have a bearing on availability of education, housing, rights, etc.
You can't possibly be that stupid. Are you honestly suggesting that preventing a black person and a white person from marrying each other is not a morality issue?!?!?!? That's exactly what the law used to say back in the 50's.
I honestly believe that gay marriage is the civil rights issue of our generation. Twenty years from now, kids are going to be asking their parents, "Were you one of the homophobes that opposed gay marriage?"
If there is no evidence of a link between Iraq and Saddam Hussein
Huh?
Re:Why are Nader voters and his party so cluess?
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Here's why voting for Nader, or any other third party candidate, is not a wasted vote.
First, voting for a Republican or Democrat candidate when you're not in a swing state is really a wasted vote, because your vote won't change anything. Any Texan who votes for Bush or Kerry won't make any difference in the world, because Bush will carry Texas. There just aren't enough Democrats in Texas to make a difference.
However, a vote for a third-party candidate in Texas (or any state) will increase the visibility of that candidate.
Second, third-party candidates that are tied to one of the two major parties can affect things. Let's take Nader. His point has been that the Democrat party isn't liberal enough, so his presence will force the Democrat party to really evaluate their positions. If there are enough liberals who don't think the Democrat party isn't liberal enough, they will vote for Nader, possibly forcing the Democrats to lose. That's what happened in Florida in 2000. In theory, the Democrats will then be forced to become more liberal, i.e., "truer" to their party platform.
The question is, have the Democrats learned their lesson? Have they realized that if they don't really cater to their liberal elements, they will lose swing states to Nader again? I believe the answer is no.
For the record, I'm in Texas and I'm voting Libertarian. The Libertarian party is to the Republican party what Nader is to the Democrat party. In theory, the Libertarian party could swing Texas to Kerry. Imagine if the Libertarian party got 15% of the vote. If that happened, then it's unlikely that the Republicans will get more than 40%. That would leave 45% of the vote for the Democrats. If the Republicans lost Texas because of the Libertarians, then it would send a message to the Republican party that need to pay less attention to their Jesus-freak constituents and more attention to their supposed support for personal responsibility.
A Libertarian candidate may never become president in my lifetime, but if he scares the crap out of the Republicans, then he will still make a real difference.
Oh come on, there may be 10 versions of RSS, but at least it's a fixed number. There is no standard whatsoever for sending such data via email, because email is free-form text. I would need to write a separate parser for each email source I get. At least with RSS, I know that if I support all 10 versions, I will support everything.
RSS is more standard than email, so I can parse the data in a common format. This allows me, for instance, to put multiple RSS feeds on my home page. This allows me to get headline updates for multiple web sites in one shot, rather than have to deal with email (which needs to be manually deleted).
So why not just eliminate the no-liability clauses in credit card agreements to reflect that if you (the cardholder, accountholder, whatever) give away information that leads to a loss, you are solely liable for that loss without limitation?
That's unenforceable because it's impossible to prove that any particular illegal use of my credit card number was the (direct or indirect) result of my giving the number to the wrong person. Besides, that liability clause is a selling point for credit cards. No one would choose a card that held them liable for unauthorized charges.
While true it is also sad. Back when people wrote letters you used to take some time and put thought into it.
IM is the electronic equivalent of a spoken conversation, not a written letter. Do you record everything you say? Of course not, so why should IM be different?
It seems like this is a pretty pointless offer from microsoft. If you think about it, in order to play these games, you need to make the original hardware investment of $150, then you need to have Xbox Live, another $50/year (I think), and you have to pay for each game?
Obviously, this is for people who already have an Xbox and Xbox Live, and want to play these games as well, without having to use their PC or purchase another console.
I would buy this. I have an Xbox with a Live account, and my wife is eagerly looking forward to Xbox Live Arcade, so that I'm not the only one playing Xbox games.
They have no interest in Firefox or Mozilla, nor should they.
Not true at all. They have their own development team working on Mozilla, primarily the OS/2 version, but they do work on the cross-platform stuff as well.
First of all, lots of young boys dream of being president, so Clinton's admission means nothing. Even so, it should be obvious that you need to be very ambitious to want the most powerful job in the world. After all, that's the definition of ambition!
Second, it was Lord Aston, not Frank Herbert, who said, "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Political scientists are rarely also politicians. A political scientist would be someone working for the Economist or some political think-tank.
This world would be a wonderful place if all politicians were also political scientists. They would then be more concerned with the political process and its effects on their citizens, and less concerned with amassing more power.
Yes, it can! Brakes are WAY more powerful than engines.
I don't think that's true at all. I've heard countless stories of stupid people who drive their car with the parking brake on, and all they notice is that the car is a "little sluggish". In my experience, the engine is WAY more powerful than the brakes.
Microsoft has expressly forbidden the downloading of any content such as patches, game updates, and expasion modules on the XBox Live network.
That's just plain false. A big factor of Xbox Live is downloading new content and getting updates (including bug fixes) to games. Most content is free, but everything else is (so far) reasonably priced.
Although I'm a big fan of proportional voting, your analysis is meaningless. It fails to take into consideration people who voted the way they did specifically because they live in a winner-take-all state and they know who will carry it. For instance, I live in Texas, so I know my vote will go to Bush no matter what. This gives me the freedom to vote for whomever I want, rather than just the "lesser of two evils".
How many people voted for Nader in 2000 knowing that their state would go to Bush anyway?
Give a person a cookie jar with a thousand cookies, let them keep the cookie jar forever, tell them to take only one cookie. It's flat out stupid to browbeat the person for taking more than one cookie.
I don't agree at all. It's self discipline, and if you don't have it, then you have to pay the price. I have no sympathy for people who infringe on copyrights. They should be sued.
He should have asked his voters in swing states to vote for Gore, and Gore voters in non-swing states to vote for him.
Absolutely not. People should vote for whomever they want as president, regardless as to whether they think that person will win or whether they are in a swing state. To suggest anything less is undemocratic.
Although I agree with your sentiment, your example is somewhat flawed. Our economy is heavily based on having a growing population. Laws that promote growth in population (i.e. having babies) are generally considered a good thing, at least economically. Not only that, but children who raised by their parents rather than daycare turn out to be mentally healthier, and therefore better and more productive citizens. So the Canadian plan may actually be a good investment, whereas your sportscar purchases are most certainly not. The car depreciates rapidly, produces excessive polution, consumes too much gas, and is more likely to get into an accident.
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If that 32-bit number is derived from copyrighted material, then yes, it's also copyrighted. It all depends on where that number came from. That's the legal test. You can write all the fancy, obscure programs you want. If the data you transmit comes from a copyrighted source, directly or indirectly, and regardless if it's been modified in any way by any algorithm, it is subject to copyright law.
What's so immoral about gay sex? I'm not gay, but I don't see how gay sex is any less moral than straight sex. Murder and pedophilia are immoral because they have victims. With gay sex, there are no victims.
Yes. Any other questions?
You can't possibly be that stupid. Are you honestly suggesting that preventing a black person and a white person from marrying each other is not a morality issue?!?!?!? That's exactly what the law used to say back in the 50's.
I honestly believe that gay marriage is the civil rights issue of our generation. Twenty years from now, kids are going to be asking their parents, "Were you one of the homophobes that opposed gay marriage?"
Huh?
First, voting for a Republican or Democrat candidate when you're not in a swing state is really a wasted vote, because your vote won't change anything. Any Texan who votes for Bush or Kerry won't make any difference in the world, because Bush will carry Texas. There just aren't enough Democrats in Texas to make a difference.
However, a vote for a third-party candidate in Texas (or any state) will increase the visibility of that candidate.
Second, third-party candidates that are tied to one of the two major parties can affect things. Let's take Nader. His point has been that the Democrat party isn't liberal enough, so his presence will force the Democrat party to really evaluate their positions. If there are enough liberals who don't think the Democrat party isn't liberal enough, they will vote for Nader, possibly forcing the Democrats to lose. That's what happened in Florida in 2000. In theory, the Democrats will then be forced to become more liberal, i.e., "truer" to their party platform.
The question is, have the Democrats learned their lesson? Have they realized that if they don't really cater to their liberal elements, they will lose swing states to Nader again? I believe the answer is no.
For the record, I'm in Texas and I'm voting Libertarian. The Libertarian party is to the Republican party what Nader is to the Democrat party. In theory, the Libertarian party could swing Texas to Kerry. Imagine if the Libertarian party got 15% of the vote. If that happened, then it's unlikely that the Republicans will get more than 40%. That would leave 45% of the vote for the Democrats. If the Republicans lost Texas because of the Libertarians, then it would send a message to the Republican party that need to pay less attention to their Jesus-freak constituents and more attention to their supposed support for personal responsibility.
A Libertarian candidate may never become president in my lifetime, but if he scares the crap out of the Republicans, then he will still make a real difference.
Oh come on, there may be 10 versions of RSS, but at least it's a fixed number. There is no standard whatsoever for sending such data via email, because email is free-form text. I would need to write a separate parser for each email source I get. At least with RSS, I know that if I support all 10 versions, I will support everything.
RSS is more standard than email, so I can parse the data in a common format. This allows me, for instance, to put multiple RSS feeds on my home page. This allows me to get headline updates for multiple web sites in one shot, rather than have to deal with email (which needs to be manually deleted).
That's unenforceable because it's impossible to prove that any particular illegal use of my credit card number was the (direct or indirect) result of my giving the number to the wrong person. Besides, that liability clause is a selling point for credit cards. No one would choose a card that held them liable for unauthorized charges.
IM is the electronic equivalent of a spoken conversation, not a written letter. Do you record everything you say? Of course not, so why should IM be different?
Obviously, this is for people who already have an Xbox and Xbox Live, and want to play these games as well, without having to use their PC or purchase another console.
I would buy this. I have an Xbox with a Live account, and my wife is eagerly looking forward to Xbox Live Arcade, so that I'm not the only one playing Xbox games.
Now that was witty. Kudos!
The 19-inch monitor on my computer doesn't compare at all.
Sticking out your middle finger is also an unnatural hand posture, unless you're from New York.
(From NY and loves the Xbox controller)
Not true at all. They have their own development team working on Mozilla, primarily the OS/2 version, but they do work on the cross-platform stuff as well.
Second, it was Lord Aston, not Frank Herbert, who said, "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
This world would be a wonderful place if all politicians were also political scientists. They would then be more concerned with the political process and its effects on their citizens, and less concerned with amassing more power.
I don't think that's true at all. I've heard countless stories of stupid people who drive their car with the parking brake on, and all they notice is that the car is a "little sluggish". In my experience, the engine is WAY more powerful than the brakes.
That's just plain false. A big factor of Xbox Live is downloading new content and getting updates (including bug fixes) to games. Most content is free, but everything else is (so far) reasonably priced.
As a New Yorker, I have some great ideas for the profile that is accessed with my middle finger.
How many people voted for Nader in 2000 knowing that their state would go to Bush anyway?
I don't agree at all. It's self discipline, and if you don't have it, then you have to pay the price. I have no sympathy for people who infringe on copyrights. They should be sued.
Absolutely not. People should vote for whomever they want as president, regardless as to whether they think that person will win or whether they are in a swing state. To suggest anything less is undemocratic.
No.
Although I agree with your sentiment, your example is somewhat flawed. Our economy is heavily based on having a growing population. Laws that promote growth in population (i.e. having babies) are generally considered a good thing, at least economically. Not only that, but children who raised by their parents rather than daycare turn out to be mentally healthier, and therefore better and more productive citizens. So the Canadian plan may actually be a good investment, whereas your sportscar purchases are most certainly not. The car depreciates rapidly, produces excessive polution, consumes too much gas, and is more likely to get into an accident.