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  1. Re:Graphic design on European Court Finds Copyright Doesn't Automatically Trump Freedom Of Expression · · Score: 1

    Can you do a logo for promoting spam as legitimate advertising?

  2. Re:Is copyright obsolete? on European Court Finds Copyright Doesn't Automatically Trump Freedom Of Expression · · Score: 1

    My concern is making sure we can continue to fund quality books, movies, etc. We can find people to do it for free, but people who get paid to do it can do it full time and may do a better job.

    Fret not. People will still write, will still sing, and will still make movies. It's not the end of the world if Chris Brown can no longer buy a private jet.

  3. Re:The theory of gravity is under review :) on Texas School Board Searching For Alternatives To Evolutionary Theory · · Score: 1

    It's not to determine if that's how we got there, but it proves that natural selection (thus evolution) will take place.

    If you have these things:
    1. An item that is able to reproduce itself
    2. Imperfection in that reproduction, so the item will not always be an exact copy
    3. Changes to the item can affect its survival and reproduction
    4. A finite amount of resources

    You will always have natural selection. How could it not happen under this circumstance?

    That's completely different from saying "the sun rises, I feel still, the sun must be moving". I'm sorry if I didn't make myself clearer. You can't use logic to prove that birds evolved from reptiles, but you can use it to prove natural selection.

  4. Re:Saw an ad on ABC last night with my wife on MS Targets Google With Another Smear Campaign · · Score: 1

    Thanks. Just having a look at Portugal on Wikipedia. I know you're probably sick of tourists (and probably get heaps of whinging poms), but I might look at adding it to my itinerary for a trip I'm doing in August/Sep.

    Stop calling yourself European! Be proud of your country!

  5. Re:The theory of gravity is under review :) on Texas School Board Searching For Alternatives To Evolutionary Theory · · Score: 1

    Wow. You've proved to me that God exists. Great work.

  6. Re:The theory of gravity is under review :) on Texas School Board Searching For Alternatives To Evolutionary Theory · · Score: 1

    It doesn't even need experiment. It's logic.

    If you have a varied population that can survive and reproduce, there will be more of the ones who can survive and reproduce better.

  7. Re:The theory of gravity is under review :) on Texas School Board Searching For Alternatives To Evolutionary Theory · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not really. He is basing them on their actions.

    You have to be quite stupid to believe the things they do.

  8. Re:semantic analysis in the future on MS Targets Google With Another Smear Campaign · · Score: 1

    In ten year semantic analysis of text will be approaching human comprehension.

    People said that ten years ago. Then tens years before that. They'll be saying it in ten years' time.

    Weird paranoia about "humans reading emails"! Why would Google ever make this a policy?! That is the stupidest suggestion I've ever heard.

  9. Re:Saw an ad on ABC last night with my wife on MS Targets Google With Another Smear Campaign · · Score: 1

    What is your country? Why don't you name it? Are you embarrassed? Is it Belgium?

  10. Re:Explains a lot on European Court Finds Copyright Doesn't Automatically Trump Freedom Of Expression · · Score: 1

    I'm not American.

    "Which perfectly explains why most corporations exhibit neo-fascist right wing behavior"
    But the government that they bribe/lobby/threaten is behaving in a left-wing way when they bow down to the corporations. See Obama and the RIAA/MPAA.

  11. Re:Explains a lot on European Court Finds Copyright Doesn't Automatically Trump Freedom Of Expression · · Score: 1

    I think cannabis should be legal. I think abortion should be legal.

    Those wanting it banned might call themselves "right-wing", but their philosophy is leftist.

  12. Re:Explains a lot on European Court Finds Copyright Doesn't Automatically Trump Freedom Of Expression · · Score: 1

    That's not true at all. Right-wing is about civil liberties and personal freedoms and responsibilities. Left-wing is about granting control to the government for them to act in the best interest of everyone. (e.g. "The left" will increase taxes, because the government thinks they should be able to take someone's money and give it to who they think deserves it. Lefties also make laws that might restrict freedom for the "greater good" - an example is the ban on rare-earth magnet toys in many countries.)

    Corporatism is a left-wing trait. Basically the government grants power to an organisation (e.g. MPAA) to override the rights of citizens, because "it's the right thing".

    People don't like the EU because it tends to restrict freedoms. It also is full of many many corrupt politicians, and has little accountability to the people. Corrupt politicians come in all colours, but the left have definitely had their fair share.

  13. Re:Interesting idea on Discourse: Next-Generation Discussion/Web Forum Software · · Score: 1

    Did you take a look at it?

    How about a seizure warning before posting that link next time!

  14. Re:Funny that this questions comes up now on Is the Era of Groundbreaking Science Over? · · Score: 1

    On behalf of Wikipedia, and as someone who used to use that site many years ago, I am sorry for what it has become.

  15. Re:Yeah Right! on Is the Era of Groundbreaking Science Over? · · Score: 1

    So how does the hammer get pulled towards the earth? What "grabs" it? Or what pushes it? Or what makes it roll down that curvature of space-time?

    I'd like to know how.

  16. Re:Solves a annoying problem. on Google Redesigns Image Search, Raises Copyright and Hosting Concerns · · Score: 1

    Thank you.

  17. Re:You haven't invented time travel yet ... on Is the Era of Groundbreaking Science Over? · · Score: 1

    I'd never really thought of point b before, that's interesting.

    Slightly off-topic, but I just rethought of this. It's something that always annoying me about people using wormholes to time travel. If wormholes existed beaming light and matter from elsewhere in spacetime, that we would have seen the openings.

  18. Re:Be careful, Google on Google Redesigns Image Search, Raises Copyright and Hosting Concerns · · Score: 2

    You can opt out.

  19. Re:Solves a annoying problem. on Google Redesigns Image Search, Raises Copyright and Hosting Concerns · · Score: 1

    Exactly.

    And what do you do with your dewatermarked photo? You stick your own watermark on it, place the picture on a gallery website, stick tonnes of ads on it, then SEO and submit to Google and spam your url everywhere to get it listed.

    It's the circle of life.

  20. Re:does not compute on Google Redesigns Image Search, Raises Copyright and Hosting Concerns · · Score: 1

    You have the option not to appear in the search listings. Perhaps try that, that will reduce people stealing your bandwidth.

  21. Re:OK, choose one: on Racism In Online Ad Targeting · · Score: 1

    *Do you live in India?

  22. Re:OK, choose one: on Racism In Online Ad Targeting · · Score: 1

    You don't get kicked out onto the streets if you have no money! No you live in India or something? Even if you were in India, your family would take care of you!

  23. Re:Racism is a cause, on Racism In Online Ad Targeting · · Score: 1

    So I guess you're typing this out on a folded section of the side of a cardboard box? Then using the emergency telephone to get it to Slashdot?

    You've got absolutely no idea.

  24. Re:Racism is a cause, on Racism In Online Ad Targeting · · Score: 1, Insightful

    They lost money. It's not everything. They're still alive, and don't have PTSD and fear of leaving the house.

    Stop being obsessed with money! Jesus Christ, you can't take it with you.

  25. Re:Racism is a cause, on Racism In Online Ad Targeting · · Score: 2

    When you lose all your money, you don't become a homeless bum on the streets. That's not how it works.