Definition of OLIGARCHY 1 : government by the few 2 : a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes; also : a group exercising such control. So True Communism is an oligarchy which is exactly what Russia became in 1917.
And you want a nanny state? So say in 2017, Goggle and ford introduce a car that drives itself. And it 2019 now all the big automakers have one. So in 2020 a person running for office decides the elimination of drunk driving will get me elected and runs on a campaign of ths with the promise everyone getting a car that drives itself. So in 2022, we see just that. You lose the ability to manually drive a car because the govt (which we elect) decides that the idiots who drive while drunk have to be stopped and this is the solution. Remove choice. That's nanny state. People want capitalism because they want things and control of things and their life.
Oh please. You want your stuff just as much as anyone else. Communism isn't about maturity. Its about everyone controlling everything. And that will never happen. And I know you won't give up all your stuff.
Edison, Carnegie, Ford, Morgan, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Murdoch and even Jobs and Slim (the Mexican billionaire who owns 95% of every industry in mexico) all made Capitalism work for them. Communism doesn't work because it assumes people will be willing to give up their stuff and control for a small piece of the pie. Communism is me showing up at your door and asking you to lend me your car for a week and you do it. You won't. Not because you don't know me, but because its yours. In Communism, it isn't yours, everything is. And when everything is; nothing is.
Thats because of Human nature. Don't you think Lenin and Trotsky tried? Why did they and the Bolsheviks overthrow Nicholas I. It was to establish that very thing. And it failed because it always devolves into oligarchy because people want control of everything. And t
The family isn't being greedy and evil. Howvere, copyright wasn't designed so a family memebr can suck at the teet of anothers work for the rest of their life. It was designed to support the creator and protect him while he/she's alive from others stealing it. It needs to get back to that. Or it needs to go away completely. Anything else is BS. Mister Maestro, Inc., and Twentieth Century Fox Records were asses trying to steal it. MLK used the law as it was correctly designed. Its his family and the current evils that have fubared it. The family for deciding to rest on his laurels and not their own. and we all know about the evils.
Maybe I'm wrong but I found the 17 minute version on http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-432551007277565829#docid=6015075158384067074. Do I think the family should be allowed to have control? No. I think all copyrights should expire on death. I think all of it should enter the public domain. Now if they want to incorporate themselves well they can. And while listening to the speech I can happily say it took 28yrs to process the check that MLK came to cash that day (read the speech if you don't understand what that means)
Actually., I want them to self destruct because they are pulling down the industry with them. Let Jobs die and then for a little while apple will continue until the next innovation isnt there and finally they are returned to the niche company they have always been.
Fortunately congresspeople, like creators of other works of law, were granted 'termination rights,' which allow them to regain control of their souls after 35 years, so long as they apply at least two years in advance. 'We believe the termination right doesn’t apply to most politician souls,' said Lucifer, general counsel for the Decree Enacting Vocational Industry League, a lobbying group in Washington that represents the interests of lobbyists.
You didnt quote Lucifer right. "We believe the termination right doesn't apply to politician's souls, as most don't have them to begin with. I supply them with a shadow one. After their service and 35 years I let them buy it back. So how can you have termination rights on something that has always been mine?' Is the correct quote.
"And yes, Congress CAN simply do that. They can re-write any contract they want. They can pass a law right now saying all game copyrights are now invalid and people may copy them to there hearts' content. They won't, but they have the legal power to do that." They would if a billionaire used his shell companies and faux employees to dump millions into election coffers. Wouldn't that be fun. I wait for the day that All TOS are declared unenforceable. That will be a fun day as well. But the real question is how many billions would it take to buy an law or executive order that would end the RIAA?
Hmm, that brings me to "Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong!" A private, wholly extraterritorial, sovereign, quasi-national entity not recognized by any other.
The good news that Rebecca Black is getting a whole lot more for 'friday'. Why because she vanity published it with Arc who assumed she wouldnt make money on the song.:D
As an independent author, no I am not. I am actually rather pissed. Amazon while bad (my book cost $30 I make 25 cents on each purchase. I am not joking, I'll email you a shot of the royalty sheet) at least has the back of booksellers and bowkers. Apple is just being greedy and controlling. Its getting to the point where I am going from respect of apple products to just sheer disgust for their policies.
You can't have pixel sex on Skype. And while 'Why do you need an entire 3D world to share your 2D slides and chat?' is a valid question; ask yourself this. What world are you standing in now? A 3d one. So why would you need to share your slides and chat here? That answer is just as valid there with out getting your genitals felt by a random TSA agent.
Actually the correct usage is 'Unleash the flying penii' although some Latin purists would insist it's penes. And before you saying, I know, and I get the joke. I was there when it happened and she deserved it too.
I have to agree. While Anon doesn't want to admit it, the moment they went from raids of Second life and habbo hotel to protests of Scientology, crippling Sony and hacking because of Wiki-leaks, they became a political movement. They are fighting THE MAN. They can say they do it for the lulz but they are doing it because they believe they can make a change. Knowledge is power. Secret Knowledge that embarrasses leaders in western countries when its revealed changes things.
That's because you didn't look for the code for your TV, set top box or microwave. And by the way, until recently they were electrical devices that could be understood with a basic manual. All are not deliberately locked (well the Visio 3d TVs are but that wasn't the point). Blackberry phones were mostly for texting, email and calling. Not apps.
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That quote is 125,000 yrs old so we are the happen again.
Definition of OLIGARCHY
1
: government by the few
2
: a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes; also : a group exercising such control.
So True Communism is an oligarchy which is exactly what Russia became in 1917.
And you want a nanny state? So say in 2017, Goggle and ford introduce a car that drives itself. And it 2019 now all the big automakers have one. So in 2020 a person running for office decides the elimination of drunk driving will get me elected and runs on a campaign of ths with the promise everyone getting a car that drives itself. So in 2022, we see just that. You lose the ability to manually drive a car because the govt (which we elect) decides that the idiots who drive while drunk have to be stopped and this is the solution. Remove choice. That's nanny state. People want capitalism because they want things and control of things and their life.
Oh please. You want your stuff just as much as anyone else. Communism isn't about maturity. Its about everyone controlling everything. And that will never happen. And I know you won't give up all your stuff.
Edison, Carnegie, Ford, Morgan, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Murdoch and even Jobs and Slim (the Mexican billionaire who owns 95% of every industry in mexico) all made Capitalism work for them. Communism doesn't work because it assumes people will be willing to give up their stuff and control for a small piece of the pie. Communism is me showing up at your door and asking you to lend me your car for a week and you do it. You won't. Not because you don't know me, but because its yours. In Communism, it isn't yours, everything is. And when everything is; nothing is.
Thats because of Human nature. Don't you think Lenin and Trotsky tried? Why did they and the Bolsheviks overthrow Nicholas I. It was to establish that very thing. And it failed because it always devolves into oligarchy because people want control of everything. And t
So you are saying that Vegans are crazy because they don't eat meat and those microbes exert a greater influence because of it?
The family isn't being greedy and evil. Howvere, copyright wasn't designed so a family memebr can suck at the teet of anothers work for the rest of their life. It was designed to support the creator and protect him while he/she's alive from others stealing it. It needs to get back to that. Or it needs to go away completely. Anything else is BS. Mister Maestro, Inc., and Twentieth Century Fox Records were asses trying to steal it. MLK used the law as it was correctly designed. Its his family and the current evils that have fubared it. The family for deciding to rest on his laurels and not their own. and we all know about the evils.
Maybe I'm wrong but I found the 17 minute version on http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-432551007277565829#docid=6015075158384067074. Do I think the family should be allowed to have control? No. I think all copyrights should expire on death. I think all of it should enter the public domain. Now if they want to incorporate themselves well they can. And while listening to the speech I can happily say it took 28yrs to process the check that MLK came to cash that day (read the speech if you don't understand what that means)
Actually., I want them to self destruct because they are pulling down the industry with them. Let Jobs die and then for a little while apple will continue until the next innovation isnt there and finally they are returned to the niche company they have always been.
Fortunately congresspeople, like creators of other works of law, were granted 'termination rights,' which allow them to regain control of their souls after 35 years, so long as they apply at least two years in advance. 'We believe the termination right doesn’t apply to most politician souls,' said Lucifer, general counsel for the Decree Enacting Vocational Industry League, a lobbying group in Washington that represents the interests of lobbyists.
You didnt quote Lucifer right. "We believe the termination right doesn't apply to politician's souls, as most don't have them to begin with. I supply them with a shadow one. After their service and 35 years I let them buy it back. So how can you have termination rights on something that has always been mine?' Is the correct quote.
"And yes, Congress CAN simply do that. They can re-write any contract they want. They can pass a law right now saying all game copyrights are now invalid and people may copy them to there hearts' content. They won't, but they have the legal power to do that." They would if a billionaire used his shell companies and faux employees to dump millions into election coffers. Wouldn't that be fun. I wait for the day that All TOS are declared unenforceable. That will be a fun day as well.
But the real question is how many billions would it take to buy an law or executive order that would end the RIAA?
Hmm, that brings me to "Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong!" A private, wholly extraterritorial, sovereign, quasi-national entity not recognized by any other.
The good news that Rebecca Black is getting a whole lot more for 'friday'. Why because she vanity published it with Arc who assumed she wouldnt make money on the song. :D
As an independent author, no I am not. I am actually rather pissed. Amazon while bad (my book cost $30 I make 25 cents on each purchase. I am not joking, I'll email you a shot of the royalty sheet) at least has the back of booksellers and bowkers. Apple is just being greedy and controlling. Its getting to the point where I am going from respect of apple products to just sheer disgust for their policies.
evil is always more poised and beautiful than good.
You can't have pixel sex on Skype. And while 'Why do you need an entire 3D world to share your 2D slides and chat?' is a valid question; ask yourself this. What world are you standing in now? A 3d one. So why would you need to share your slides and chat here? That answer is just as valid there with out getting your genitals felt by a random TSA agent.
Actually the correct usage is 'Unleash the flying penii' although some Latin purists would insist it's penes. And before you saying, I know, and I get the joke. I was there when it happened and she deserved it too.
I have to agree. While Anon doesn't want to admit it, the moment they went from raids of Second life and habbo hotel to protests of Scientology, crippling Sony and hacking because of Wiki-leaks, they became a political movement. They are fighting THE MAN. They can say they do it for the lulz but they are doing it because they believe they can make a change. Knowledge is power. Secret Knowledge that embarrasses leaders in western countries when its revealed changes things.
That's because you didn't look for the code for your TV, set top box or microwave. And by the way, until recently they were electrical devices that could be understood with a basic manual. All are not deliberately locked (well the Visio 3d TVs are but that wasn't the point).
Blackberry phones were mostly for texting, email and calling. Not apps.
thats what I use Paypal for, oh and cursing.
its even better with spray starch!
maybe before Anonymous and the lulzboat hit them. Right now they are still suffering from the massive breachs. They are currently this: http://www.nashvilletv.org/commercials/lifecall1989.JPG
OMG, There are turtles all the way down!
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/06/0536215/DOT-Exempts-Maker-of-Flying-Car-From-Road-Vehicle-Safety-Rules?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+(Slashdot)
Umm, Flying cars are now.