This means we should be able to create our own ringtones, the artists and media cartels be damned, right? And distribute them freely?
So if that's the case, why are tabs derivative works? Huge archives of fan-made tabs have been taken down. What makes tabs so special compared to ringtones?
"So to all the people talking about "upgrade the network/don't oversubscribe"! That only temporarily solves the problem because like a gas, abusers consume all available bandwidth, and will continue to do so no matter how much they upgrade. Better to nip it in the bud than get on an neverending treadmill."
You call it a neverending treadmill, I call it progress.
I'm actually considering a Sansa player for my next mp3 player. The thing that attracted me to the Sansa is that the case, or part of it, is made of amorphous metal (namebrand: LiquidMetal). It's one of the very first devices on the market that uses it.
I really don't understand the drive to waste money on space. The ISS, for instance, got the funding that could have gone to the superconducting supercollider, which (if it had been completed) won't be surpassed for a long time yet. The ISS has given us...what? All I can tell that the x-prize has given us is more pro-private-industry propaganda. The fools throwing money away on rocket technology, which is nearly at the limit of its potential, should be spending their time on other technologies like materials science or energy research for linear accelerators and space elevators.
You seem to misunderstand me. Things like "I could care less" piss me off to no end, for the exact reasons you stated. However, since the common usage of the word "begging" has changed, I see it as fitting to reuse the old phrase for something more appropriate to the current meaning.
Way to completely sidestep the GP's point: there are few examples of Buddhists doing all those horrible things on, especially on a large scale, as people who follow Abrahamic religions.
Based on that website, I don't really see why the term "begging the question" is used to describe that particular logical fallacy. It seems much more appropriate to the common vernacular. I'd call that fallacy more of a circular argument, really -- a name that without further explanation seems to describe it. Instead of calling it "begging the question", it could be as easily called "spanking the goat" for all I care.
Given that this professor lives in the US I don't think she's worrying about being pegged as a dissident and punished. China's arms aren't quite that long, yet.
Anecdote: My friend at a university (in the US) has a Chinese math professor, Dr. Chang. One day she wore to class a sweater with the image of a tank on it. When asked about the tank, she happily told the students that it was a Tiananmen Square sweater. Apparently it was commemorating the massacre there.
I think it's pretty obvious that the definition of "free market" in this country now is "market where the only regulation the government does is to help entrenched wealth". He probably should have used parentheses when he said free market though, to make it clear.
One the one hand I think people should sign petitions like this more, as it's a very easy way to become involved. On the other hand, I hate having all that information about myself in the open online.
Second, do you dispute that in a population, when the most prodigious breeders are the less intelligent members, over time the population's average intelligence will drop? If so, say so, and back it up. If you agree with me that that will indeed lower the average intelligence, why shouldn't we try to do something about. Humans got to be so successful because they're intelligent. If anything we need to be smarter, not dumber. So why shouldn't we work to get smarter children? If you don't think it's possible to do that in a morally acceptable way, say so. Me, I'm still undecided on the issue.
Wow, I hope that's sarcasm. That attitude is depressing as hell, not to mention flawed in premise. There's nothing admirable about sustaining a destructive addiction at the expense of your family/government. These people cost their families a lot of money in food and the health system when they need 12 firemen to carry them to the ambulance to go to the hospital. Besides, one who stays healthy is going to be much happier. The problem with addiction is that you're unhappy whenever you're not eating, which even for someone who eats 30000 Calories a day is most of the time.
They could just give it to a number of people in high-risk populations, e.g. Sub-Saharan Africa. With a fairly large sample size and a good spread they could just watch the infection rates and compare them to the general, non-vaccinated rates. Of course, not changing the subjects' behavior with the experiment would take some doing, but it would mean that they wouldn't have to actively infect people...
It's been a while since I read it. I do remember some Indian casinos got burned pretty bad, and they did change their setup somehow to avoid it again in the future.
Actually, the six-deck shoe is easier to count than the single, or at least it's more likely to give you an advantage at some point. Read the book "Bringing Down the House". Some MIT students did a bunch of card-counting; one of the things done to counteract the counting was switching to single deck shoe, shuffling after every hand, etc.
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Oral Roberts? Sounds like a porn star. You sure that's the bible belt?
So ringtones aren't a derivative work.
This means we should be able to create our own ringtones, the artists and media cartels be damned, right? And distribute them freely?
So if that's the case, why are tabs derivative works? Huge archives of fan-made tabs have been taken down. What makes tabs so special compared to ringtones?
"So to all the people talking about "upgrade the network/don't oversubscribe"! That only temporarily solves the problem because like a gas, abusers consume all available bandwidth, and will continue to do so no matter how much they upgrade. Better to nip it in the bud than get on an neverending treadmill."
You call it a neverending treadmill, I call it progress.
Hmm....something to get in a girl's hair....that's sticky, and hard to get out......nope, nothing coming to me.
I'm actually considering a Sansa player for my next mp3 player. The thing that attracted me to the Sansa is that the case, or part of it, is made of amorphous metal (namebrand: LiquidMetal). It's one of the very first devices on the market that uses it.
I really don't understand the drive to waste money on space. The ISS, for instance, got the funding that could have gone to the superconducting supercollider, which (if it had been completed) won't be surpassed for a long time yet. The ISS has given us...what? All I can tell that the x-prize has given us is more pro-private-industry propaganda. The fools throwing money away on rocket technology, which is nearly at the limit of its potential, should be spending their time on other technologies like materials science or energy research for linear accelerators and space elevators.
You seem to misunderstand me. Things like "I could care less" piss me off to no end, for the exact reasons you stated. However, since the common usage of the word "begging" has changed, I see it as fitting to reuse the old phrase for something more appropriate to the current meaning.
Way to completely sidestep the GP's point: there are few examples of Buddhists doing all those horrible things on, especially on a large scale, as people who follow Abrahamic religions.
Based on that website, I don't really see why the term "begging the question" is used to describe that particular logical fallacy. It seems much more appropriate to the common vernacular. I'd call that fallacy more of a circular argument, really -- a name that without further explanation seems to describe it. Instead of calling it "begging the question", it could be as easily called "spanking the goat" for all I care.
Given that this professor lives in the US I don't think she's worrying about being pegged as a dissident and punished. China's arms aren't quite that long, yet.
Anecdote: My friend at a university (in the US) has a Chinese math professor, Dr. Chang. One day she wore to class a sweater with the image of a tank on it. When asked about the tank, she happily told the students that it was a Tiananmen Square sweater. Apparently it was commemorating the massacre there.
How's that for scary?
Albert Einstein didn't work at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He wasn't in America at that time.
Well, they did say petascale. It could be say, 10 or 20 PFLOPS.
I think it's pretty obvious that the definition of "free market" in this country now is "market where the only regulation the government does is to help entrenched wealth". He probably should have used parentheses when he said free market though, to make it clear.
"The ONLY lesson that could be learned from the titanic is that NOTHING is invincible/unsinkable/indestructible."
Also that steel gets brittle when cold. See Liberty Ships.
Would you say "10 points to I" or "10 points to me"? I believe "whomever" is the proper word. Being pedantic and wrong makes you look like an ass.
The private space industry is a good 40-50 years behind the US government. Wake me up when Scaled Composites is launching interstellar probes.
I would never have clicked on or bought anything from them anyhow, so why should I have to look at them?
I don't mean to be rude, just curious, but what the hell happened to your foot? Sorry; that sounds really unpleasant. I hope the surgery goes well.
One the one hand I think people should sign petitions like this more, as it's a very easy way to become involved. On the other hand, I hate having all that information about myself in the open online.
First off, you've Godwin'd the thread.
Second, do you dispute that in a population, when the most prodigious breeders are the less intelligent members, over time the population's average intelligence will drop? If so, say so, and back it up. If you agree with me that that will indeed lower the average intelligence, why shouldn't we try to do something about. Humans got to be so successful because they're intelligent. If anything we need to be smarter, not dumber. So why shouldn't we work to get smarter children? If you don't think it's possible to do that in a morally acceptable way, say so. Me, I'm still undecided on the issue.
Wow, I hope that's sarcasm. That attitude is depressing as hell, not to mention flawed in premise. There's nothing admirable about sustaining a destructive addiction at the expense of your family/government. These people cost their families a lot of money in food and the health system when they need 12 firemen to carry them to the ambulance to go to the hospital. Besides, one who stays healthy is going to be much happier. The problem with addiction is that you're unhappy whenever you're not eating, which even for someone who eats 30000 Calories a day is most of the time.
They could just give it to a number of people in high-risk populations, e.g. Sub-Saharan Africa. With a fairly large sample size and a good spread they could just watch the infection rates and compare them to the general, non-vaccinated rates. Of course, not changing the subjects' behavior with the experiment would take some doing, but it would mean that they wouldn't have to actively infect people...
*shrug*
It's been a while since I read it. I do remember some Indian casinos got burned pretty bad, and they did change their setup somehow to avoid it again in the future.
Actually, the six-deck shoe is easier to count than the single, or at least it's more likely to give you an advantage at some point. Read the book "Bringing Down the House". Some MIT students did a bunch of card-counting; one of the things done to counteract the counting was switching to single deck shoe, shuffling after every hand, etc.