rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
Wow, let's count the weasel words: reasonable, demonstrably, justified, free and democratic. And some of those even modify/qualify the others!
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs said he’ll never come back to Japan after officials at an airport barred him from taking Ninja throwing stars aboard his private plane, SPA! magazine reported in its latest issue.
The more permanent freedom is a matter of time. At some point, lawmakers will be from the generation that also posts on forums, that downloaded mp3's when they were younger (or still do), and that watched 2 or 3 movies illegally when they were students.
Let's run through that last phrase a couple more times: "watched 2 or 3 movies illegally... watched 2 or 3 movies illegally".
It sounds strangely archaic (or dystopian) when said with a straight face like that.
Sure, abolishing both would be best, but for now, hopefully criminalizing profiteering with copyrights and patents should stop at least some of the abuse.
I say let all the absurdities play out until things us so untenable that both patent and copyright get repealed.
Or understand the concept of duty better than you seem to.
As in the phrase "jury duty"
Oh I understand what the state's concept of "duty" is: conscription. You know, like the draft, and the "Voluntary" National Service. If you feel you gotta, go for it!
You're right. It's for the people you know who live in Brazil who aren't on Facebook. (In my case that's an empty set -- my Brazilians are on Facebook or LinkedIn as appropriate.)
Nah. It's not killing Facebook. It's just a further fragmenting of the social networking world.
You've got Facebook for social networking with most of the people you know.
You've got MySpace for networking with the teenagers you know that are still living in 2005.
You've got Twitter for the people you know who think you'd like a play by play of every meaningless event of their day, or who like to regurgitate political talking points in 140 character form.
You've got LinkedIn for people you know professionally.
Now you'll have Ping for the hipster douchebags you know. Since some people are or know a lot of douchebags, it could be a big success, but I still don't see it overtaking Facebook at this point.
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From the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
Wow, let's count the weasel words: reasonable, demonstrably, justified, free and democratic. And some of those even modify/qualify the others!
plus its for the iphone = fail
translation: my shift key is broken and i can't afford an iphone
translation: my apostrophe key is broken and i can't afford an iphone FTFY
...and then curse again. Let the recursion begin!
who watches the watchers?
meta-voyeurs?
with children, it takes a village, etc etc. in today's world, the village includes activists and law makers.
ya, before there used to be only one idiot per village... good times!
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs said he’ll never come back to Japan after officials at an airport barred him from taking Ninja throwing stars aboard his private plane, SPA! magazine reported in its latest issue.
"SPA!" means "The Onion" in Japanese.
Apparently, they heard the Beatles lyrics as "Lucy in the sky's a diamond".
The more permanent freedom is a matter of time. At some point, lawmakers will be from the generation that also posts on forums, that downloaded mp3's when they were younger (or still do), and that watched 2 or 3 movies illegally when they were students.
Let's run through that last phrase a couple more times: "watched 2 or 3 movies illegally... watched 2 or 3 movies illegally".
It sounds strangely archaic (or dystopian) when said with a straight face like that.
---Statement: There is a perfect Victorian china tea set orbiting the sun in an orbit about half way between the sun and the earth.
My position: I'm willing to say that I know this statement is false.
There are no perfect Victorian china tea sets, orbiting or not.
Davy Crocket didn't have > 2 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 tons of bullets either.
Apparently, Wilt Chamberlain did. This is like finding one of his kids.
Tuvalu is fucked for the same reason Easter Island was fucked, the islanders themselves destroyed it.
Not true. Tuvalu's greatest resource is the .tv TLD. It is unsinkable.
for not one, not two, but THREE pilots on the plane?
Sure, abolishing both would be best, but for now, hopefully criminalizing profiteering with copyrights and patents should stop at least some of the abuse.
I say let all the absurdities play out until things us so untenable that both patent and copyright get repealed.
Or understand the concept of duty better than you seem to. As in the phrase "jury duty"
Oh I understand what the state's concept of "duty" is: conscription. You know, like the draft, and the "Voluntary" National Service. If you feel you gotta, go for it!
Those that get picked, in many cases, were not smart enough to get themselves dismissed during jury selection.
It's the bloody Arc de Triomphe!
Stephen Hawking begging the question.
Monsanto micro-etches its patent numbers on each seed.
I'm organizing a network of individuals with backbone access who will provid.... $&/%/())==(/&/8(NO CARRIER)
and her co-author Matthias Hastall
Heck, I feel better already! They should do this study in South Korea!
You forgot Orkut.
You're right. It's for the people you know who live in Brazil who aren't on Facebook. (In my case that's an empty set -- my Brazilians are on Facebook or LinkedIn as appropriate.)
You forgot Gisele.
I suppose. For me -- and I'm really invested in Apple hardware, both for myself and my family (5 mac users) -- there's nothing here of interest.
[...rant...]
Honestly, I think they're losing it. I have money, I like the gear, and it doesn't even seem like they are *trying* to get me to hand it to them.
Sell or do not sell... there is no try.
Nah. It's not killing Facebook. It's just a further fragmenting of the social networking world.
You've got Facebook for social networking with most of the people you know.
You've got MySpace for networking with the teenagers you know that are still living in 2005.
You've got Twitter for the people you know who think you'd like a play by play of every meaningless event of their day, or who like to regurgitate political talking points in 140 character form.
You've got LinkedIn for people you know professionally.
Now you'll have Ping for the hipster douchebags you know. Since some people are or know a lot of douchebags, it could be a big success, but I still don't see it overtaking Facebook at this point.
You forgot Orkut.
It's yet another case of Windows taking a "don't tell the user anything, it might scare them" approach.
Are you sure?
Freud would be so proud.
Which Freud do you mean? Psycho therapist?