It's surprising to Kennedy on the dissent side. He's a libertarian who should be opposed to the very idea of copyright, much less strong copyrights. Ginsburg on the dissent is also a surprise. Scalia is not.
Alito is a surprise on the majority. I've always found him more pro-corporate than the others, and would have expected him to be the first to strike down the first sale doctrine. Both he and Kagan are open to it being removed by legislation however, which means we may see some bills being pushed to eliminate first sale very soon.
Kagan's stance is particularly alarming. It also means that the DMCA probably wouldn't be struck down. Alito and Kagan would've swung to the other side if this had been a case about the DMCA.
Better yet, instead of driving everywhere, walk or ride a bike to those same places. That's usually sufficient exercise to stay in shape and be healthy. Don't have sidewalks or bike lanes? Time to go petition the local applicable government to get some put in.
Pi Day only can exist in one calendar format. And that is precisely why it's international. If it could exist in multiple formats, everybody else would have their own Pi Day. But since there's only one, everbody gets to either celebrate it on the same day, or not have a Pi Day at all.
The thing about persistent-online game (including MMO) reviews is that you can't really review the most important aspect of the game until after the game ships and people begin playing. Any review of such games is really just a preview, and mostly a graphics, game mechanics one at that.
Reviews need to stop calling such previews "reviews" and call them by what they are. Once the game is launched, they then should go back to do an actual review of the game. That's how things should be done anyway. Getting a preview mislabeled as a "review" out of the door faster than everybody else seems to trump the disservice they are doing to their readership.
Actually, that's the lesson most countries learned from both Pakistan (a country with nukes) and Iraq and Desert Storm I and II (a country without nukes). It's why both Iran and North Korea are so desperate for nukes. They know they've got crosshairs aimed in their direction, and they want something to discourage the U.S. from pulling the trigger.
Yahoo lacks talent because they fire everybody once every few years and hires kids straight out of college to replace them. That's a corporate culture thing.
Don't forget that governments, especially the U.S. government, are actively trying to bring down Google. They can't control Google, because Google doesn't really do too many things wrong, so they're trying to make the little infractions they occasionally do sound very, very bad.
I don't like Google very much, but they are a wildcard in the entrenched interests' game of governance, and hence they are counted as a threat.
The fact that innocent people will get murdered in their zeal of officer-safety-at-all-costs doesn't even enter their thought process.
That's because the consequence of killing a harmless innocent is nil. It is non-existent. Even when the action is targeted, the police get off scott free. It's part of the job, they say, a job hazard. They can't do their jobs if they're busy figuring out who's shooting at them and who's running away. Best thing to do is shoot first and ask questions later.
Then the sociopath walks in and starts spinning well meshed lies right to the security gaurds face, and the scanner picks up no emotional stress, because he isn't really under any. But thats ok, he's the CEO of the company who owns the building.
Pathway just indicates it's a contributing factor. To present it as the cause of a disease is like the ban DHMO campaign's bullet point that it is the leading cause of drowning.
There's been a good reason that I haven't played any EA games for a long time.
FTFY. It's not enough to not purchase. By spending what little gaming time I have on games more deserving of it, I promote those games in an indirect manner, e.g. socially.
That's also part of the online-only allure. By moving more functional game code online, they restrict players to using their online services only, rather than a 3rd party.
It's a start. With 100K+ signatures, it might even turn some representatives' and senators' heads.
And that's the point of the system. It hasn't fulfilled its ultimate purpose yet, but it's headed there. We'll see how far this gets in 4 years, and if anything significant and meaningful comes out of it.
(You may recall that it was Saddam Hussain's conquest of Kuwait and direct threat to Saudi Arabia which resulted in the first big step towards his downfall.)
Drinking the kool aid much?
Let me paint a better picture for you: Iraq had just finished fighting a bloody, decade-long war with Iran. The U.S., in fact, was a huge supporter of Saddam Hussein, as Iran was (and is still) considered an enemy. Saddam Hussein returns from the war with Iran to find Kuwait had turned their drill bits horizontal and drilled into Iraq's oil fields.
Saddam Hussein complained, and quite loudly too, but there was really no response from the rest of the world. Nobody really cared. He thought he had full U.S. backing (which he did right up to that moment), so he could send an army into Kuwait to take back his oil and shut down the drills that were drilling into his fields.
The betrayal by the U.S. when they brought in troops to defend Kuwait came as a complete shock to him. And it's a lesson that every other country takes to heart.
That's the difference between stability and instability. Right now, the region is going through a period of instability. Once it stabilizes, things will be better. But there's a big question as to whether it will eventually stabilize at all.
It should happen if left to their own devices. However, there are forces working against this. Al Qaeda is just one of those forces. "Western" governments are yet another. There may be others. Whether the local population can overcome these challenges, well, some yes, some perhaps not.
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It's surprising to Kennedy on the dissent side. He's a libertarian who should be opposed to the very idea of copyright, much less strong copyrights. Ginsburg on the dissent is also a surprise. Scalia is not.
Alito is a surprise on the majority. I've always found him more pro-corporate than the others, and would have expected him to be the first to strike down the first sale doctrine. Both he and Kagan are open to it being removed by legislation however, which means we may see some bills being pushed to eliminate first sale very soon.
Kagan's stance is particularly alarming. It also means that the DMCA probably wouldn't be struck down. Alito and Kagan would've swung to the other side if this had been a case about the DMCA.
It sounds like they just want people to upgrade to me.
Going to Windows ME would be a serious downgrade, IMHO.
Maybe they ran. I'd run too if I saw two entities of pure evil gunning my way, even if they're trying to buy something from me.
Better yet, instead of driving everywhere, walk or ride a bike to those same places. That's usually sufficient exercise to stay in shape and be healthy. Don't have sidewalks or bike lanes? Time to go petition the local applicable government to get some put in.
And just like that, he goes from being Japanese to Western European.
People have short memories. People like shiny things.
Look how long it's taking Sony to die, and they've screwed over their customers in far worse ways.
Pi Day only can exist in one calendar format. And that is precisely why it's international. If it could exist in multiple formats, everybody else would have their own Pi Day. But since there's only one, everbody gets to either celebrate it on the same day, or not have a Pi Day at all.
The thing about persistent-online game (including MMO) reviews is that you can't really review the most important aspect of the game until after the game ships and people begin playing. Any review of such games is really just a preview, and mostly a graphics, game mechanics one at that.
Reviews need to stop calling such previews "reviews" and call them by what they are. Once the game is launched, they then should go back to do an actual review of the game. That's how things should be done anyway. Getting a preview mislabeled as a "review" out of the door faster than everybody else seems to trump the disservice they are doing to their readership.
Actually, that's the lesson most countries learned from both Pakistan (a country with nukes) and Iraq and Desert Storm I and II (a country without nukes). It's why both Iran and North Korea are so desperate for nukes. They know they've got crosshairs aimed in their direction, and they want something to discourage the U.S. from pulling the trigger.
Yahoo lacks talent because they fire everybody once every few years and hires kids straight out of college to replace them. That's a corporate culture thing.
Don't forget that governments, especially the U.S. government, are actively trying to bring down Google. They can't control Google, because Google doesn't really do too many things wrong, so they're trying to make the little infractions they occasionally do sound very, very bad.
I don't like Google very much, but they are a wildcard in the entrenched interests' game of governance, and hence they are counted as a threat.
The fact that innocent people will get murdered in their zeal of officer-safety-at-all-costs doesn't even enter their thought process.
That's because the consequence of killing a harmless innocent is nil. It is non-existent. Even when the action is targeted, the police get off scott free. It's part of the job, they say, a job hazard. They can't do their jobs if they're busy figuring out who's shooting at them and who's running away. Best thing to do is shoot first and ask questions later.
Try walking down a bad part of Newark or Chicago some time.
Are you advocating suicide?
It's more like, "Good morning, Mr. Bond. And what kinds of trouble will you look to be getting into today?"
Then the sociopath walks in and starts spinning well meshed lies right to the security gaurds face, and the scanner picks up no emotional stress, because he isn't really under any. But thats ok, he's the CEO of the company who owns the building.
FTFY.
Oh, by the way, his company is too big to fail.
Pathway just indicates it's a contributing factor. To present it as the cause of a disease is like the ban DHMO campaign's bullet point that it is the leading cause of drowning.
There's been a good reason that I haven't played any EA games for a long time.
FTFY. It's not enough to not purchase. By spending what little gaming time I have on games more deserving of it, I promote those games in an indirect manner, e.g. socially.
I see D3 is not yet supported.
That's also part of the online-only allure. By moving more functional game code online, they restrict players to using their online services only, rather than a 3rd party.
The funny mod of parent is sadly indicative of how little experience mods here have with women.
It's a start. With 100K+ signatures, it might even turn some representatives' and senators' heads.
And that's the point of the system. It hasn't fulfilled its ultimate purpose yet, but it's headed there. We'll see how far this gets in 4 years, and if anything significant and meaningful comes out of it.
Yes, but Facebook parents have (an illusion of at least) control over. This database, well, you couldn't take your child off even if you tried.
(You may recall that it was Saddam Hussain's conquest of Kuwait and direct threat to Saudi Arabia which resulted in the first big step towards his downfall.)
Drinking the kool aid much?
Let me paint a better picture for you: Iraq had just finished fighting a bloody, decade-long war with Iran. The U.S., in fact, was a huge supporter of Saddam Hussein, as Iran was (and is still) considered an enemy. Saddam Hussein returns from the war with Iran to find Kuwait had turned their drill bits horizontal and drilled into Iraq's oil fields.
Saddam Hussein complained, and quite loudly too, but there was really no response from the rest of the world. Nobody really cared. He thought he had full U.S. backing (which he did right up to that moment), so he could send an army into Kuwait to take back his oil and shut down the drills that were drilling into his fields.
The betrayal by the U.S. when they brought in troops to defend Kuwait came as a complete shock to him. And it's a lesson that every other country takes to heart.
That's the difference between stability and instability. Right now, the region is going through a period of instability. Once it stabilizes, things will be better. But there's a big question as to whether it will eventually stabilize at all.
It should happen if left to their own devices. However, there are forces working against this. Al Qaeda is just one of those forces. "Western" governments are yet another. There may be others. Whether the local population can overcome these challenges, well, some yes, some perhaps not.
Cats certainly play fetch. They just don't like to fetch things that aren't moving. They fetch all sorts of birds, rabbits, mice, etc.
He's not a city boy. If he were a city boy, he'd have said pigeon. He's probably from the suburbs.