While this is absolutely a controversial point that, Godwin be damned, makes you sound like a fucking Nazi, a $12 dollar sterilization per child would go a lot further towards committing an act of genocide.
it takes a lot of freedom and jurisdiction for an organisation to be able to extradite and punish Internet users from any country
Indeed, it takes a great deal of freedom to put someone behind bars... That people find the idea of the UN taking control of the internet comforting disturbs me greatly. Such a transfer would run counter to the intent of the network: decentralized communication. The current US controls should be viewed as an unplesant but necessary bootstraping of the web, not a prototype for global control.
fsck me if i'm wrong, but wouldn't this be similar to suing someone for referencing an old book I wrote, just because I'd released a new one that didn't contain much of the old information?
It's even more ridiculous than that I think. It's like suing someone for pulling out an old book you wrote, of which they own a legitimate copy. When a browser or spider accesses a page, they are given a legitimate copy of it. You don't view the actual files for the page on the web server, the server delivers a copy to your machine.
Just as I may make a backup of a tape or CD that I own under fair use, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to save the copy of a web page you recieved legitimately from the copyright holder's site. So, if you sell (or give) me a copy of your book, I should be able to read it, store it on my bookshelf, and produce it as evidence in court. Similarly, if you give (or sell) me a copy of your web page, I should be able to read it, store it on my harddrive, and produce it as evidence in court.
People who believe in astrology don't do so because of logic. They cling to the hope that the universe is not just a giant machine, that they are somehow made unique among humans by their keen intelligence, inside knowledge, and special placement in it.
The very nature of astrology implies that the universe is a giant machine and that it determines your attributes. The placements of planets A, B, and C indicate that I have attribute X. While the belief is illogical, the motivation for it appears to be a fear of uncertainty (or freedom) and a desire to know one's "place" in the universe as opposed to the desire to be empowered individuals.
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it takes a lot of freedom and jurisdiction for an organisation to be able to extradite and punish Internet users from any country
Indeed, it takes a great deal of freedom to put someone behind bars... That people find the idea of the UN taking control of the internet comforting disturbs me greatly. Such a transfer would run counter to the intent of the network: decentralized communication. The current US controls should be viewed as an unplesant but necessary bootstraping of the web, not a prototype for global control.
fsck me if i'm wrong, but wouldn't this be similar to suing someone for referencing an old book I wrote, just because I'd released a new one that didn't contain much of the old information? It's even more ridiculous than that I think. It's like suing someone for pulling out an old book you wrote, of which they own a legitimate copy. When a browser or spider accesses a page, they are given a legitimate copy of it. You don't view the actual files for the page on the web server, the server delivers a copy to your machine. Just as I may make a backup of a tape or CD that I own under fair use, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to save the copy of a web page you recieved legitimately from the copyright holder's site. So, if you sell (or give) me a copy of your book, I should be able to read it, store it on my bookshelf, and produce it as evidence in court. Similarly, if you give (or sell) me a copy of your web page, I should be able to read it, store it on my harddrive, and produce it as evidence in court.
Not to mention player pianos, which are probably more akin to this machine.
People who believe in astrology don't do so because of logic. They cling to the hope that the universe is not just a giant machine, that they are somehow made unique among humans by their keen intelligence, inside knowledge, and special placement in it.
The very nature of astrology implies that the universe is a giant machine and that it determines your attributes. The placements of planets A, B, and C indicate that I have attribute X. While the belief is illogical, the motivation for it appears to be a fear of uncertainty (or freedom) and a desire to know one's "place" in the universe as opposed to the desire to be empowered individuals.