If nudity is seen as porn, imagine when some higher-up realizes that mothers kissing their children on the forehead when they go to sleep is CHILD RAPE!
Do the words "raging hormones" mean nothing to legislators and prosecutors? Does the fact that for most people their first genuine sexual feelings begin prior to the age of 13?
Nope. They can't hear that over the sound of the promotion they're getting for putting away another child molester.
Yyeah, I'd be more inclined to see this as more than an investor-grab opportunity if they even showed a single picture of SOMETHING. And that "picture" of the nano-structure close-up doesn't count.
I mean, couldn't they have at least wrapped a tiny piece of this material around a pencil or something to show that you can barely see the wrapped portion?
Like C'mon... seriously.
Scientist: Amazing news people! We've developed this material to be a THOUSAND times better than in the past! It's absolutely phenominal! Person: Can we see a demonstration? A picture? Anything? Scientist: Nnnnno.
And as to what I mean by "if they win, they will lose" I mean to say that seeing the RIAA win in a big case like that, people will know to steer clear of anything associated with the RIAA. An effective majority tapes, records or shares music once in a while. The practice is quite literally a part of our daily lives. If the public sees someone lose their lives through a lawsuit, you can bet it will not cause people to rush out and legitimize their collection by buying more stuff. No, they will look to alternatives. They lose.
I wish I could believe that, but unfortunately I have absolutely no hope or belief that the top-40 will ever stop selling and being the top-40 to the vast, vast majority of people.
The problem is, if the RIAA wins by some convoluted twist of the law (of which they've gotten quite good at twisting by this point), no amount of losses will be able to wipe the smug look from their faces after winning the case on live TV. At which point, the industry is doomed.
Never think that the RIAA is doomed. They always come back.
It's not the lawsuits that cost the RIAA a ton of money. It's all because of pirates. Y'see, if it weren't for pirates, then they wouldn't have to spend all this money on lawyers in the first place! So there ya have it... even the legal costs are a direct result of piracy. It makes PERFECT sense!
Oh hey, and on a random note, I've got this really awesome bridge for sale out in London, if you're looking to buy.
Thinking about it more right now... exactly when will these ads be oh-so-helpfully delivered to me? If I'm listening to the radio or a CD, will it in some way know when there's dead-air on a radio station, or wait until the end of a song (not that it makes this any better to begin with), or will it feel the need to spew out its advertisement in the middle of a song (or conversation, if you like talk-radio)?
And while we're at it... what if the radio is turned off? Will it helpfully override that oversight on your part? I'm sure if I was on a road-trip and finally got a baby to sleep, I'd just about kill the company that decided to break the silence and wake up the baby by suddenly announcing something.
Since it's not a crime to wet yourself in public (it's horribly disgusting, but that's another thing), if worse came to worst, I'd just let it drain instead of get registered as a sex offender. I can always wash my clothes... your criminal record not so easily.
Course, then you're left with the problem of getting the photon to STAY between the mirrors, instead of just go back and forth away from the source until it hits the bottom of the mirror.
You'd have to find a way to release the photon exactly perpendicular to the mirror, but not have the emitter get in the way when it bounces back.
Most people may well be happy with the current state of affairs... however I think you've it upon the catalyst that has potential to change everything:
monetary compensation
If word were to get out to the masses that "you will get money", you'll have droves of people stepping over their own mothers for it. Of course this depends on the amount of money... but you get the idea. Bring up the word money, the people will follow.
This CLEARLY means that since they removed the GPS functionality from the Iphone that no terrorist will have ANY access to a GPS. It's foolproof! After all... any GPS system can be used to... umm... well, it makes bombs go where you want and stuff! TERRORISTS ARE BAD!!!!111!
Eh, easy enough way around that. You could grab a pencil, draw a 2-second drawing of an Iphone with case (a few squares inside of other squares, maybe a circle or two would suffice), and advertise it as "Iphone with case drawing". If shipping is included (as stated with the stamp), it might look almost legitimate enough that a script kiddie would just glance at it and might think it's the real thing. If he has to skim though hundreds or thousands of bids his script made, that might be just enough to net you a ton of envelope sales.
Except of course that "in" is extremely vague, ignoring the fact that you get "Intel" with a period in the middle. All he has to do is put up a site that's valid for non-intel, non-squatting purposes (it writes itself... "Here's the INformation about me and my website"). Guess what, now it's a coincidence it's almost "Intel".
Course, MikeRoweSoft's website was shut down, so y'never know.
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A buck says that within 3 days of release, there's already a patch or walkthrough to change it to allow unlimited apps. Voila, cheap pro-version.
If nudity is seen as porn, imagine when some higher-up realizes that mothers kissing their children on the forehead when they go to sleep is CHILD RAPE!
You forgot to also add "And someone in power gets a raise and/or promotion for putting away these vile creatures". Isn't the system wonderful?
Do the words "raging hormones" mean nothing to legislators and prosecutors? Does the fact that for most people their first genuine sexual feelings begin prior to the age of 13?
Nope. They can't hear that over the sound of the promotion they're getting for putting away another child molester.
Or, by saying "like this", they mean "and getting caught".
Hey, I'm one of 'em. Never heard of a band, downloaded an MP3 on a whim, liked it, got a few more, and long story short, I bought all of their CD's.
If I were to suddenly get sued for that, I'd smash the cd's with a hammer and tell people not to listen to them.
Yyeah, I'd be more inclined to see this as more than an investor-grab opportunity if they even showed a single picture of SOMETHING. And that "picture" of the nano-structure close-up doesn't count.
I mean, couldn't they have at least wrapped a tiny piece of this material around a pencil or something to show that you can barely see the wrapped portion?
Like C'mon... seriously.
Scientist: Amazing news people! We've developed this material to be a THOUSAND times better than in the past! It's absolutely phenominal!
Person: Can we see a demonstration? A picture? Anything?
Scientist: Nnnnno.
And as to what I mean by "if they win, they will lose" I mean to say that seeing the RIAA win in a big case like that, people will know to steer clear of anything associated with the RIAA. An effective majority tapes, records or shares music once in a while. The practice is quite literally a part of our daily lives. If the public sees someone lose their lives through a lawsuit, you can bet it will not cause people to rush out and legitimize their collection by buying more stuff. No, they will look to alternatives. They lose.
I wish I could believe that, but unfortunately I have absolutely no hope or belief that the top-40 will ever stop selling and being the top-40 to the vast, vast majority of people.
Dear god, please let me be proven wrong.
The problem is, if the RIAA wins by some convoluted twist of the law (of which they've gotten quite good at twisting by this point), no amount of losses will be able to wipe the smug look from their faces after winning the case on live TV. At which point, the industry is doomed.
Never think that the RIAA is doomed. They always come back.
It's not the lawsuits that cost the RIAA a ton of money. It's all because of pirates. Y'see, if it weren't for pirates, then they wouldn't have to spend all this money on lawyers in the first place! So there ya have it... even the legal costs are a direct result of piracy. It makes PERFECT sense!
Oh hey, and on a random note, I've got this really awesome bridge for sale out in London, if you're looking to buy.
Thinking about it more right now... exactly when will these ads be oh-so-helpfully delivered to me? If I'm listening to the radio or a CD, will it in some way know when there's dead-air on a radio station, or wait until the end of a song (not that it makes this any better to begin with), or will it feel the need to spew out its advertisement in the middle of a song (or conversation, if you like talk-radio)?
And while we're at it... what if the radio is turned off? Will it helpfully override that oversight on your part? I'm sure if I was on a road-trip and finally got a baby to sleep, I'd just about kill the company that decided to break the silence and wake up the baby by suddenly announcing something.
Dang, I actually mis-read the specific statement that your "yes" was referring to. My bad.
Because spam has clearly killed the email industry, so it follows that... oh, wait, nevermind.
Since it's not a crime to wet yourself in public (it's horribly disgusting, but that's another thing), if worse came to worst, I'd just let it drain instead of get registered as a sex offender. I can always wash my clothes... your criminal record not so easily.
But at the bare minimum, there's a solid conclusion from this that "more crap being bought online than last year".
Course, then you're left with the problem of getting the photon to STAY between the mirrors, instead of just go back and forth away from the source until it hits the bottom of the mirror.
You'd have to find a way to release the photon exactly perpendicular to the mirror, but not have the emitter get in the way when it bounces back.
Most people may well be happy with the current state of affairs... however I think you've it upon the catalyst that has potential to change everything:
monetary compensation
If word were to get out to the masses that "you will get money", you'll have droves of people stepping over their own mothers for it. Of course this depends on the amount of money... but you get the idea. Bring up the word money, the people will follow.
PHP? Man, you got off easy. I still like messing around in Visual Basic time to tmie :P.
And leave us not forget that men can be raped too... either by other men or by women. True, it's not as common, but it does indeed occur.
Does this then mean that a woman being falsely accused of raping a man feels nothing?
He's probably got more important things to worry about than mp3's. I suspect sometime in 2011, if at all.
How in the hell do you have a MINOR casualty? What, was he only a little bit dead?
Well yeah... but cleaning costs money, and suing gets you money. The decision is obvious :P.
This CLEARLY means that since they removed the GPS functionality from the Iphone that no terrorist will have ANY access to a GPS. It's foolproof! After all... any GPS system can be used to... umm... well, it makes bombs go where you want and stuff! TERRORISTS ARE BAD!!!!111!
Eh, easy enough way around that. You could grab a pencil, draw a 2-second drawing of an Iphone with case (a few squares inside of other squares, maybe a circle or two would suffice), and advertise it as "Iphone with case drawing". If shipping is included (as stated with the stamp), it might look almost legitimate enough that a script kiddie would just glance at it and might think it's the real thing. If he has to skim though hundreds or thousands of bids his script made, that might be just enough to net you a ton of envelope sales.
Except of course that "in" is extremely vague, ignoring the fact that you get "Intel" with a period in the middle. All he has to do is put up a site that's valid for non-intel, non-squatting purposes (it writes itself... "Here's the INformation about me and my website"). Guess what, now it's a coincidence it's almost "Intel".
Course, MikeRoweSoft's website was shut down, so y'never know.