"The FBI defines terrorism as "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives."
That's very interesting; let's break it down:
1. "Unlawful use of force" - Like the raids
2. "Against persons or property" - see 1
3. "intimidate or coerce a government" - That sounds like what happened to the Swedish government
4. - and a segment of their civilian population
5. "in furtherance of political or social objectives." - 5 out of 5, Johnny. Tell 'em what they win.
The internet is the truest form of Democracy the world has ever seen. It is a microcosm of society, with all its good and all its bad. Every voice is as relevant as the next and no-one gets preference; from paupers to presidents, simpletons to scholars, all can debate on the world stage of this epic public forum, and share knowledge in the greatest public library any of us will ever know.
Whether through tubes or lines; under sea of through the sky, the technicalities of the information exchange are accessible to all; there is no reason to be a laymen anymore, why would you want to be? It is the idea of the internet that has made it what it is: It is fair and harsh, dirty and beautiful; no better homage to humanity will exist, because for all of the lies and scandal it is laced with, no truer representation of 'us', the people, can happen. Because only on the internet are we all equal, and judged on our merits and contributions alone.
And they would be suing this lady because they respected her right to confidentiality and privacy? Or are they hypocrites? (Let's call that rhetorical.)
Oh, my oh me. Now it's all so clear. Yes! Advertising is where they make money...
Lose track of the original argument or did you misinterpret it to begin with?
The reason Viacom are suing is too obvious to mention. Probably why I wanted to clarify the point with a lawyer's perspective. However, thank you for the education! The way a business can acquire money through... what did you call it again? Advurtosmants? Well, yes, quite. That IS good to learn.
Google is not making profit from hosting the material; merely through adverts. It is the 'common carrier' angle I was getting at. Yes! To a monkey they are equivalent on the surface level; however, from a legal perspective (which I can clearly see you don't have) Wikipedia's defense rested on the fact it was people posting to the site. So essentially was no different from an internet forum... Oh, but I'm guessing you, in your infinite wisdom, are able to discern between Wikipedia and other internet forums; the law, however, agreed with Wikipedia. Things must be posted before they can be removed. They are equivalent, therefore, in that both are people-created; an idiot can see that equivalence!
E=mc^2, anyone? Anti-matter would be impossible to use here.
The misconception arises in that the methods used to create anti-matter (i.e. particle accelerators) are being employed in order to treat cancer. Think of it more as a particle beam treatment. Instead of using X-rays, they are using ion-beams to target the cancer. This reduces collateral damage by orders of magnitude and so is an extremely good alternative to Chemotherapy. NB: It is not a cure; at least not at this stage. There is more news to come next week from the same people, btw... good news!
Please can someone change the article to correct that anti-matter is not being used.
I don't even want to get remotely used to watching the BBC with advertisements!
They don't have any now and this is one of the main things I like about the BBC. And what would be there to prevent people from skipping the adverts on Youtube anyway?
The BBC needs to remain neutral, non-partisan and informal; a public service! It seems to be forgetting that more and more recently since the Iraq War fiasco. When Greg Dyke resigned after:
He said his sole aim had been to defend the BBC's independence and "act in the public interest".
I don't understand why he had to resign for that.
You should set up a site or a wiki that looks in to these kinds of anomalies. It seems like good fun; nicely done with the Steve Irwin catch.
I'd like to know what could completely kill off searches for Soviet Russia; that's an anomaly in the negative sense, so unlikely to be spurred by a specific event, it would be interesting to know. Do you know if there are any good forums related to this kind of activity?
There has been a lot of research showing that Black Holes themselves are essentially fundamental particles. Coupled with (even if string theory isn't true the fundamental particle geometry is interesting) two concepts of measuring distance. Such that when one passes the Plank Length the 'easy' way of measuring distance becomes hard and measures the reciprocal instead, while the previous hard way becomes easy. Then throw into all of this the notion that we are all moving through space-time at constant velocity (light speed - this is why when you travel faster through space time slows down. so no-one really understands what time is, or how many dimensions (of 11, say) are time, or whether they are essentially different from space, mathematically, physically or philosophically.
So yeah, i'm just about willing to believe anything right now.
If the allegations are true, and it turns out that MS might somehow not be the shining beacon of Justice and Honour that we've come to regard it as (okay, I'll cut the sarcasm now), what is the worst that will happen to MS? And are they really concerned...ever?
I'd rather we skip the monetary fines that are becoming meaningless and go for revocation of patents. Can you imagine if MS had it's patents revoked and switched to a free-for-all? That would be nice... Ah, to dream.
"Only from the producers' point of view is there surplus." The Food "Surplus"
Also, note, the surplus is going down. Ignore the surplus number and saying "hey we're in a surplus". Look at the net production compared to the net consumption of food on the planet, then you have to factor import/export etc, also note that poor countries don't earn enough to import food (hey, perhaps we should get some education and the internet...but how?). Anyway, I can't quite find the quote source but it's here:
"For years we have consumed more food than we produce, decreasing our national grain reserves (Worldwatch)."
"In other words, you think the best way to address a famine is to let people die?"
No. You're wrong. You have gone to an extreme which I didn't mention. You said the best way to address the famine. I didn't suggest a best way. Also "let people die?", what's the age of the oldest person on the planet? Do you think you can prevent people from dying? Also, did I suggest letting people die at all? No, I didn't. To clarify here's what I am saying: IF you just GIVE people food, then they will become dependent on YOU for the food. THIS makes the problem worse and INCREASES the size of the famine AND number of people dependent on YOU. Do you understand now? Ultimately I am saying that in the short term, YES, obviously they need food because they cannot grow food fast enough. But in the long term that will make the problem increase in the way I just mentioned.
"The ability to pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps is a very rare ability which relies far more on luck than most people realize."
You're kidding though right? It relies on resourcefulness and education; once more: any ideas on how we can educate these people and give them access to a wealth of useful knowledge?
Ultimately I am glad we can agree there is a problem and that people need to be fed, and educated. There are a plethora of people claiming to be working on the feeding side of things. (We'll ignore aid money going straight into Swiss bank accounts conspiracys for the time being). At least someone is now educating the people as well. Feeding alone will not fix the problem.
Giving food will only sustain a larger famine. It actually makes the problem worse. Just so you know as well, there is a world food shortage. Food is basically oil in terms of scarcity and world-wide production. We don't have the food to feed the world. The world needs to learn how to do it themselves. Therefore if we spent all our time and effort giving people food the world would actually be a worse place. Giving people the ability to learn how to do things for themselves, as opposed to only teaching them how to put out their hand and beg for food is surely a much better approach to the problem.
There was another obvious point: You can still give them food at the same time. The OLPC project does not prevent aid! Also, I love how everyone is so specific to "omg teh children". Because as soon as people become adults we really just couldn't care less, huh? Perhaps if they had some/any education before they became adults they'd be able to take care of the children themselves. Also, let's just skip the arms trade arguments altogether and blame the OLPC project for the proliferation of the problem.
Fine. Hell, extend it to however long you DON'T want me listening to your 'music'. There are ALWAYS other sources, stunts like this really inspire people to hunt them out. Then what will your copyright be worth?
I can only pray that this is the 'quiet before the storm'!
But then again, it's not like M$ attacks anyone, ever... is it? Been annoying any crackers/hackers/consumers/people recently? Friendly with Linux users and developers etc., are we?
Like, I'm so touched. Thank you EMI! No really, that's so amazing. It more than makes up for the destruction of countless peoples lives and the endless misery you have caused! Way to go!
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I, for one, hope that they welcome their new rocket-dwelling, bacteria overlords.
By that reasoning (fhink of teh childwen) what the hell would you do with THIS GUY?
"The FBI defines terrorism as "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives."
That's very interesting; let's break it down:
1. "Unlawful use of force" - Like the raids
2. "Against persons or property" - see 1
3. "intimidate or coerce a government" - That sounds like what happened to the Swedish government
4. - and a segment of their civilian population
5. "in furtherance of political or social objectives." - 5 out of 5, Johnny. Tell 'em what they win.
I hope there's going to be some funny messages popping up on the screens on live TV.
You couldn't buy that kind of comedy...Oh, wait; nevermind.
The internet is the truest form of Democracy the world has ever seen. It is a microcosm of society, with all its good and all its bad. Every voice is as relevant as the next and no-one gets preference; from paupers to presidents, simpletons to scholars, all can debate on the world stage of this epic public forum, and share knowledge in the greatest public library any of us will ever know.
Whether through tubes or lines; under sea of through the sky, the technicalities of the information exchange are accessible to all; there is no reason to be a laymen anymore, why would you want to be? It is the idea of the internet that has made it what it is: It is fair and harsh, dirty and beautiful; no better homage to humanity will exist, because for all of the lies and scandal it is laced with, no truer representation of 'us', the people, can happen. Because only on the internet are we all equal, and judged on our merits and contributions alone.
Peace out
'whence' not 'from whence'
You will find many, many instances in literature that use 'from whence'. However, the 'from' is redundant.
Oh, my oh me. Now it's all so clear. Yes! Advertising is where they make money...
Lose track of the original argument or did you misinterpret it to begin with?
The reason Viacom are suing is too obvious to mention. Probably why I wanted to clarify the point with a lawyer's perspective. However, thank you for the education! The way a business can acquire money through... what did you call it again? Advurtosmants? Well, yes, quite. That IS good to learn.
Google is not making profit from hosting the material; merely through adverts. It is the 'common carrier' angle I was getting at. Yes! To a monkey they are equivalent on the surface level; however, from a legal perspective (which I can clearly see you don't have) Wikipedia's defense rested on the fact it was people posting to the site. So essentially was no different from an internet forum... Oh, but I'm guessing you, in your infinite wisdom, are able to discern between Wikipedia and other internet forums; the law, however, agreed with Wikipedia. Things must be posted before they can be removed. They are equivalent, therefore, in that both are people-created; an idiot can see that equivalence!
If Wikipedia cannot be sued then how can Google?
IANAL; but to a layman the cases seem equivalent.
Disclaimer: Physicist.
E=mc^2, anyone? Anti-matter would be impossible to use here.
The misconception arises in that the methods used to create anti-matter (i.e. particle accelerators) are being employed in order to treat cancer. Think of it more as a particle beam treatment. Instead of using X-rays, they are using ion-beams to target the cancer. This reduces collateral damage by orders of magnitude and so is an extremely good alternative to Chemotherapy. NB: It is not a cure; at least not at this stage. There is more news to come next week from the same people, btw... good news!
Please can someone change the article to correct that anti-matter is not being used.
They don't have any now and this is one of the main things I like about the BBC. And what would be there to prevent people from skipping the adverts on Youtube anyway?
The BBC needs to remain neutral, non-partisan and informal; a public service! It seems to be forgetting that more and more recently since the Iraq War fiasco. When Greg Dyke resigned after: He said his sole aim had been to defend the BBC's independence and "act in the public interest".
I don't understand why he had to resign for that.
You should set up a site or a wiki that looks in to these kinds of anomalies. It seems like good fun; nicely done with the Steve Irwin catch.
I'd like to know what could completely kill off searches for Soviet Russia; that's an anomaly in the negative sense, so unlikely to be spurred by a specific event, it would be interesting to know. Do you know if there are any good forums related to this kind of activity?
There has been a lot of research showing that Black Holes themselves are essentially fundamental particles. Coupled with (even if string theory isn't true the fundamental particle geometry is interesting) two concepts of measuring distance. Such that when one passes the Plank Length the 'easy' way of measuring distance becomes hard and measures the reciprocal instead, while the previous hard way becomes easy. Then throw into all of this the notion that we are all moving through space-time at constant velocity (light speed - this is why when you travel faster through space time slows down. so no-one really understands what time is, or how many dimensions (of 11, say) are time, or whether they are essentially different from space, mathematically, physically or philosophically.
So yeah, i'm just about willing to believe anything right now.
This is the same Theodora who used to have sex with men on stage and when they were done proceeded to the front row for more of the same?
Yeah, you're right, she probably wasn't an outright whore.
If the allegations are true, and it turns out that MS might somehow not be the shining beacon of Justice and Honour that we've come to regard it as (okay, I'll cut the sarcasm now), what is the worst that will happen to MS? And are they really concerned...ever?
I'd rather we skip the monetary fines that are becoming meaningless and go for revocation of patents. Can you imagine if MS had it's patents revoked and switched to a free-for-all? That would be nice... Ah, to dream.
Ban children from accessing the internet!
End of conversation. You're welcome.
Lockheed Martin are ripping off Willy Wonka!!
Proof!
The Food "Surplus"
Also, note, the surplus is going down. Ignore the surplus number and saying "hey we're in a surplus". Look at the net production compared to the net consumption of food on the planet, then you have to factor import/export etc, also note that poor countries don't earn enough to import food (hey, perhaps we should get some education and the internet...but how?). Anyway, I can't quite find the quote source but it's here:
"For years we have consumed more food than we produce, decreasing our national grain reserves (Worldwatch)."
No. You're wrong. You have gone to an extreme which I didn't mention. You said the best way to address the famine. I didn't suggest a best way. Also "let people die?", what's the age of the oldest person on the planet? Do you think you can prevent people from dying? Also, did I suggest letting people die at all? No, I didn't. To clarify here's what I am saying:
IF you just GIVE people food, then they will become dependent on YOU for the food. THIS makes the problem worse and INCREASES the size of the famine AND number of people dependent on YOU. Do you understand now? Ultimately I am saying that in the short term, YES, obviously they need food because they cannot grow food fast enough. But in the long term that will make the problem increase in the way I just mentioned.
You're kidding though right? It relies on resourcefulness and education; once more: any ideas on how we can educate these people and give them access to a wealth of useful knowledge?
Ultimately I am glad we can agree there is a problem and that people need to be fed, and educated. There are a plethora of people claiming to be working on the feeding side of things. (We'll ignore aid money going straight into Swiss bank accounts conspiracys for the time being). At least someone is now educating the people as well. Feeding alone will not fix the problem.
Giving food will only sustain a larger famine. It actually makes the problem worse.
Just so you know as well, there is a world food shortage. Food is basically oil in terms of scarcity and world-wide production. We don't have the food to feed the world. The world needs to learn how to do it themselves. Therefore if we spent all our time and effort giving people food the world would actually be a worse place. Giving people the ability to learn how to do things for themselves, as opposed to only teaching them how to put out their hand and beg for food is surely a much better approach to the problem.
There was another obvious point: You can still give them food at the same time. The OLPC project does not prevent aid! Also, I love how everyone is so specific to "omg teh children". Because as soon as people become adults we really just couldn't care less, huh? Perhaps if they had some/any education before they became adults they'd be able to take care of the children themselves. Also, let's just skip the arms trade arguments altogether and blame the OLPC project for the proliferation of the problem.
Fine. Hell, extend it to however long you DON'T want me listening to your 'music'. There are ALWAYS other sources, stunts like this really inspire people to hunt them out. Then what will your copyright be worth?
I can only pray that this is the 'quiet before the storm'!
But then again, it's not like M$ attacks anyone, ever... is it? Been annoying any crackers/hackers/consumers/people recently? Friendly with Linux users and developers etc., are we?
"You reap what you sow."
Like, I'm so touched. Thank you EMI! No really, that's so amazing. It more than makes up for the destruction of countless peoples lives and the endless misery you have caused! Way to go!