Not only is Google trying to rewrite copyright law, it is also crushing creativity
As opposed to what lobbyists have done, rewriting copyright laws (extending them infinitely) and crushing creativity (you so much as write something similar to us and we release the lawyers)?
...Google envisions a world in which all content is free;
We can only hope, for the good of all society, that this day comes soon.
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From the grandparent post, "Yahweh does have a "wife": Israel. And via his "wife" he had a single child: Yehoshua (Jesus)."
Without any other context to go on i have to presume that this is refering to the entity i've usually heard refered to as "Mary."
No, not Mary. Without any other context to go on? I specifically said who the "wife" is. You even quoted it!
BTW, what are all these "historical documents" you keep referring to but never actually quote or properly reference? It sounds like you're just pulling all of this stuff out of your arse.
What does that do to 'Made In God's Image'? What becomes of the Fall...and hence of the need for Christ's salvation?
Nothing. These three concepts are absolutely not mutually exclusive with the idea that evolution was the process God used to create Man.
Which is exactly the problem. Evolution allows people to be atheists. It undermines the power of the religious establishments and they hate that.
You're 100% correct about this. However 'religious establishments' oftentimes have little to do with what they supposedly represent. Too often they are only interested in shoring up their numbers instead of practicing what they preach.
Having something in place that 'allows people to be atheists', as you put it, is a good thing. God doesn't want people who want nothing to do with him. Better to have people as being outright atheists than fake Christians. Lord knows there's enough of those running around...
There's a decent amount of evidence that Yahweh had a wife at one point but she got edited out later.
Yahweh does have a "wife": Israel. And via his "wife" he had a single child: Yehoshua (Jesus). The theme of Israel being the bride/wife of Yahweh is a consistent one throughout the Jewish holy writings, with the theme of "adultery" meaning the people chasing after other gods.
I think your prof may have been confused by the various jaunts into polytheism that the ancient Hebrews so frequently took (He probably thought "Asherah" was supposed to be Yahweh's wife, eh?).
...a new game called Bully in which players use their on-screen persona to kick and punch other schoolchildren?
Coming soon, from Rockstar Games: Rapist.
Whatever happened to the good old days when the most popular video games were mostly about taking on the persona of a hero, rescuing people or saving the world and such? Don't people want to be good guys any more?
Looking it up on the web the whole story has a tragic end for the pirate involved.
What the hell is with that goofy pirate cartoon beside the article text? The article talks about the guy dying. Is there no decency in online journalism? This guy deserves a dancing clown beside his obituary.
I found that there was nothing wrong with the article.
Very informative
I found it pretty informative as to the nature of WoW farmers.
Good article flow
It flowed very well.
Prodigious use of headers improved readibility
The use of so many headers within the text really improved the readibility. It notified you when the writer was about to start talking about a new subject.
The problem with EA that this article reveals to me is that EA has mixed goals. EA wants to make the highest quality games and they want to make a substantial profit. So to make the high quality games they hire and purchase the top level talent in the industry. However after they have this talent they don't give them any creative freedom and put them on projects that they have no interest in because it makes business sense. One goal is standing in the way of the other.
You'd think it would be intuitively obvious that the creation of games requires a 'playful' (for lack of a better word) environment rather than a business one (and vice versa). I guess this kind of explains the stereotype that the 'suits' ruin anything that's enjoyable.;-)
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Why are you posting your prayers to Jesus on Slashdot?
As opposed to what lobbyists have done, rewriting copyright laws (extending them infinitely) and crushing creativity (you so much as write something similar to us and we release the lawyers)?
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It was a joke. Only after I posted it did I realize how nasty it sounded. My apologies.
Because you're an idiot. Next question?
No, not Mary. Without any other context to go on? I specifically said who the "wife" is. You even quoted it!
BTW, what are all these "historical documents" you keep referring to but never actually quote or properly reference? It sounds like you're just pulling all of this stuff out of your arse.
Nothing. These three concepts are absolutely not mutually exclusive with the idea that evolution was the process God used to create Man.
Which is exactly the problem. Evolution allows people to be atheists. It undermines the power of the religious establishments and they hate that.
You're 100% correct about this. However 'religious establishments' oftentimes have little to do with what they supposedly represent. Too often they are only interested in shoring up their numbers instead of practicing what they preach.
Having something in place that 'allows people to be atheists', as you put it, is a good thing. God doesn't want people who want nothing to do with him. Better to have people as being outright atheists than fake Christians. Lord knows there's enough of those running around...
Yahweh does have a "wife": Israel. And via his "wife" he had a single child: Yehoshua (Jesus). The theme of Israel being the bride/wife of Yahweh is a consistent one throughout the Jewish holy writings, with the theme of "adultery" meaning the people chasing after other gods.
I think your prof may have been confused by the various jaunts into polytheism that the ancient Hebrews so frequently took (He probably thought "Asherah" was supposed to be Yahweh's wife, eh?).
Coming soon, from Rockstar Games: Rapist.
Whatever happened to the good old days when the most popular video games were mostly about taking on the persona of a hero, rescuing people or saving the world and such? Don't people want to be good guys any more?
I guess I'm just a crotchety old gamer. :-P
We can finally cut through the Borg's shields now!
What the hell is with that goofy pirate cartoon beside the article text? The article talks about the guy dying. Is there no decency in online journalism? This guy deserves a dancing clown beside his obituary.
You're right! Gas prices are too high!
OMG! I must have one of these!!
This Gizmondo thing is a joke, right? They're not actually going to sell this handheld thing for $400, right? Right?
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Internet Media DataBase?
I found that there was nothing wrong with the article.
Very informative
I found it pretty informative as to the nature of WoW farmers.
Good article flow
It flowed very well.
Prodigious use of headers improved readibility
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As if. That would never happen. Corporations rolling out profit sharing plans to their employees when their profits increase? Get real.
You'd think it would be intuitively obvious that the creation of games requires a 'playful' (for lack of a better word) environment rather than a business one (and vice versa). I guess this kind of explains the stereotype that the 'suits' ruin anything that's enjoyable. ;-)
I can finally leverage my business paradigms with open-source solution stacks!
As long as we don't have to pay extra for the expansion, I'm okay with it.
Damn that Diana Ross!!
An online office suite? This is going to be bigger than Microsoft Bob!
That's one harsh console.
Did you not know that there is was an option to turn of the "wait at end of turn" feature?
One game made twenty years ago counts as a franchise?