An 'all natural' city? Let's say that I decided to live in this city. Do I have the freedom to purchase and drive a gasoline burning car? I'm just not sure that a municipality can legally be granted the power to regulate choice to that degree.
Microsoft still really thinks that they can kill open standards based web browsing if they can make Longhorn and Vista good enough. Given this world view, they loathe Flash because it is largely platform agnostic. It runs on all systems and within all popular web browsers. Microsoft hates that.
Perhaps Jerry would still be with us if he had not been hooked on heroin for so many years. Imagine what he could have accomplished if some of his best energies were not devoted to getting high. He was an admirable and talented man but he had his flaws.
The perfection comes from the fact that all participation is voluntary. Nobody is forcing anybody to do anything. Producers can opt in or opt out. The same holds true for consumers.
Your little declaration that I am 'excluded from the debate' is like a child screaming 'SHUT UP'. It reveals your insecurity about the validity of your emotionally rooted beliefs.
If you don't like the MPAA or the ideas of DRM and copyright, then you should act on those beliefs. You should finance and produce a great feature film that appeals to a large audience. Then, waive copyright and release the film without any DRM.
The current system of film distribution is voluntary. You, as a film producer, can choose to use it or not. The current situation is perfect.
I'd start by pointing out examples from history where science gradually was accepted as the truthful explanation of something that used to be chalked up to divine intervention. Galileo's explanations of basic astronomy is a good example.
Be the person you want to be. Be yourself.
If this alienates the rest of your church then perhaps its worth forging a clean break now rather than suffering in silent rage for the next twenty years. That level of internal stress is very bad for your health. When you do ask for your church to be a bigger tent then my guess is that a lot of other people in the church will be relieved.
I find that your solutions lack rigor because they lack specificity.
1) What are the corporate tax loopholes that you would close?
2) How much revenue would result from closing those loopholes?
3) How much would expanding medicaid to 40M more Americans cost?
4) How much additional revenue would you create by rolling back the Bush tax cuts?
5) What will you do about Doctors that won't take Medicaid patients?
I agree. Hi Tech jobs are often of a short tenure. Usually 2 to 5 years. If I move to a rural area to take a job, there is a very good chance that in 2 to 5 years I'll be looking for a new job and there won't be any in that rural area. In the mean time, the move to the rural area took me off the fast track of home apprectiation I was on in the expensive metro area that I left. That housing market moved faster than the rural one and I cannot afford to jump back in if I need to move back to the metro area to get a new job.
I may retire or semi-retire to a rural area someday but for now I'm staying in Silly Valley where programming jobs grow on trees.
Let's say that we accept your world view at face value. And, let's say that we give you unlimited power to fix the problem. What are the first three things you would do?
I never accept the assertions that a configuration option lile HyperThreading is always good or always bad. It's never black and white. The answer is always: it depends on the application. In my experience a busy linux java based web serving application that does a lot of context switching and a lot of IO to back end applications uses less CPU when hyperthreading is enabled. Collective wisdom aside, it works for my application so I am leaving it on.
Do you realize how regressive your proposed gasoline taxes are? They are regressive because they will have their greatest impact in the lower end of the income spectrum. What do you say to the gardener who is barely making ends meet when you triple his cost of fuel?
Your proposal will guarantee less traffic for rich people while poor people have reduced chances of improving their lives. That's a pretty sick thing to do.
This example shows that the viewpoint that corporations do not have a moral compass is a fallacy. Public corporations are voluntary collectives of individuals. Those individuals are the shareholders. The great thing is that anyone who can afford a share of stock can become a shareholder and therefore give voice to the collective. Race, gender, and old boy networks mean nothing when anyone can make the free an voluntary choice to invest or divest themselves of the corporation's stock.
In this case, the members of the collective are asserting their rights and taking a moral stand against tyranny even though it may not be in their financial interest to do so. This system of publicly owned corporations is a manifestation of progressive ideals.
Attention all folks who are against copyright protection! There is something I would like you to do.
Please write a book that will become wildly popular. Then publish that book and waive all copyright protections. It might take a year to write that book with no income coming in but that would be a small price to pay to make your point.
You see friends, we already live in a world where copyright is a matter of choice. You don't have to participate in the universe of copyright protection. As a consumer you don't have to consume copyrighted works. As a publisher you are free today to publish something and waive copyright protection.
I understand that this guy wants to live in a world where entertainment data (audio CD, DVD, downloaded audio, etc) is released without DRM. He can create that world today. All he has to do is produce content that everyone wants and release that content with no DRM at all.
The best way to win over the hearts and minds of the people is to live your life as a shining example of the good behavior that you want emulated. That's going to be much more effective world change for DRM than whining in a blog.
This will help disseminators of dissent to stay once step ahead of oppressive censors in countries like Iran and China. Those guys are playing whack-a-mole and this product will just make the moles move faster.
I found I was able to defeat the 100 song limit if I wear my tin foil hat while downloading songs. Apple was not able to control my brain remotely. Hah!
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An 'all natural' city? Let's say that I decided to live in this city. Do I have the freedom to purchase and drive a gasoline burning car? I'm just not sure that a municipality can legally be granted the power to regulate choice to that degree.
Microsoft still really thinks that they can kill open standards based web browsing if they can make Longhorn and Vista good enough. Given this world view, they loathe Flash because it is largely platform agnostic. It runs on all systems and within all popular web browsers. Microsoft hates that.
Perhaps Jerry would still be with us if he had not been hooked on heroin for so many years. Imagine what he could have accomplished if some of his best energies were not devoted to getting high. He was an admirable and talented man but he had his flaws.
I see. In your world you can use that one example to predict the behavior of the entire population.
I once knew a Buick driver who smoked crack. Therefore, if you drive a Buick then you must smoke crack and I can therefore throw you in jail.
That's a nice world you live in.
Judges have no problems coming down on mothers of five because they truthfully don't care.
That's an interesting assertion. What evidence is it based on?
The perfection comes from the fact that all participation is voluntary. Nobody is forcing anybody to do anything. Producers can opt in or opt out. The same holds true for consumers.
Your little declaration that I am 'excluded from the debate' is like a child screaming 'SHUT UP'. It reveals your insecurity about the validity of your emotionally rooted beliefs.
If you don't like the MPAA or the ideas of DRM and copyright, then you should act on those beliefs. You should finance and produce a great feature film that appeals to a large audience. Then, waive copyright and release the film without any DRM.
The current system of film distribution is voluntary. You, as a film producer, can choose to use it or not. The current situation is perfect.
You left out a few things:
You don't have to buy it.
The choice is yours.
Nobody is being compelled to do anything they do not want to do.
Why? What does 'personhood' mean in this context?
I'd start by pointing out examples from history where science gradually was accepted as the truthful explanation of something that used to be chalked up to divine intervention. Galileo's explanations of basic astronomy is a good example.
Be the person you want to be. Be yourself.
If this alienates the rest of your church then perhaps its worth forging a clean break now rather than suffering in silent rage for the next twenty years. That level of internal stress is very bad for your health. When you do ask for your church to be a bigger tent then my guess is that a lot of other people in the church will be relieved.
I find that your solutions lack rigor because they lack specificity. 1) What are the corporate tax loopholes that you would close? 2) How much revenue would result from closing those loopholes? 3) How much would expanding medicaid to 40M more Americans cost? 4) How much additional revenue would you create by rolling back the Bush tax cuts? 5) What will you do about Doctors that won't take Medicaid patients?
I agree. Hi Tech jobs are often of a short tenure. Usually 2 to 5 years. If I move to a rural area to take a job, there is a very good chance that in 2 to 5 years I'll be looking for a new job and there won't be any in that rural area. In the mean time, the move to the rural area took me off the fast track of home apprectiation I was on in the expensive metro area that I left. That housing market moved faster than the rural one and I cannot afford to jump back in if I need to move back to the metro area to get a new job.
I may retire or semi-retire to a rural area someday but for now I'm staying in Silly Valley where programming jobs grow on trees.
Let's say that we accept your world view at face value. And, let's say that we give you unlimited power to fix the problem. What are the first three things you would do?
I never accept the assertions that a configuration option lile HyperThreading is always good or always bad. It's never black and white. The answer is always: it depends on the application. In my experience a busy linux java based web serving application that does a lot of context switching and a lot of IO to back end applications uses less CPU when hyperthreading is enabled. Collective wisdom aside, it works for my application so I am leaving it on.
Do you realize how regressive your proposed gasoline taxes are? They are regressive because they will have their greatest impact in the lower end of the income spectrum. What do you say to the gardener who is barely making ends meet when you triple his cost of fuel?
Your proposal will guarantee less traffic for rich people while poor people have reduced chances of improving their lives. That's a pretty sick thing to do.
This example shows that the viewpoint that corporations do not have a moral compass is a fallacy. Public corporations are voluntary collectives of individuals. Those individuals are the shareholders. The great thing is that anyone who can afford a share of stock can become a shareholder and therefore give voice to the collective. Race, gender, and old boy networks mean nothing when anyone can make the free an voluntary choice to invest or divest themselves of the corporation's stock.
In this case, the members of the collective are asserting their rights and taking a moral stand against tyranny even though it may not be in their financial interest to do so. This system of publicly owned corporations is a manifestation of progressive ideals.
That's my point. Creating popular art is hard. The artist deserves to decide how to be compensated.
Attention all folks who are against copyright protection! There is something I would like you to do.
Please write a book that will become wildly popular. Then publish that book and waive all copyright protections. It might take a year to write that book with no income coming in but that would be a small price to pay to make your point.
You see friends, we already live in a world where copyright is a matter of choice. You don't have to participate in the universe of copyright protection. As a consumer you don't have to consume copyrighted works. As a publisher you are free today to publish something and waive copyright protection.
I understand that this guy wants to live in a world where entertainment data (audio CD, DVD, downloaded audio, etc) is released without DRM. He can create that world today. All he has to do is produce content that everyone wants and release that content with no DRM at all.
The best way to win over the hearts and minds of the people is to live your life as a shining example of the good behavior that you want emulated. That's going to be much more effective world change for DRM than whining in a blog.
This will help disseminators of dissent to stay once step ahead of oppressive censors in countries like Iran and China. Those guys are playing whack-a-mole and this product will just make the moles move faster.
I found I was able to defeat the 100 song limit if I wear my tin foil hat while downloading songs. Apple was not able to control my brain remotely. Hah!