They studied a whole three counties. Three... I would go so far as to suggest the statistic source is a little bit too small to start extrapolating. Of course more funding is required and more studies need to be done.
On the other hand, squirting unknown crap into the ground may impact the health of those who are in the area due to groundwater contamination. News at 11:00.
I made use of their services quite some years ago. This is a seconding for them. They became our go-to for hardware and hardware recommendations even while we were mostly a Sun shop. The reps were knowledgeable and polite. The service was top-notch. The after-sale support was surprisingly good. I have been out of the loop for about eight years as I am now retired but I keep my ear to the ground a little bit and have not heard anything that would make me inclined to believe they have changed.
While I agree with your sentiment and facts the only thing I disagree with is "owes." The term is "owed" and that could be debated but is not important. Israel is wearing their big-boy panties and can fend for themselves. They are not owed anything any more other than respect as a nation and the sovereignty that goes with it as well as any treaty obligations. I could also argue an obligation to protect does not exist, we are not the world's police and can not afford to be, but that is immaterial.
Considering this is a law concerning criminal copyright infringement and has nothing to do with civil copyright infringement there is absolutely nothing to worry yourself about and your post was entirely wasted.
How about you and I put $1000 USD in escrow and bet on this? Say, 10 years and my bet will be that nobody (not one single person) gets the 10 year penalty for civil copyright violation infractions in the whole of the United Kingdom. I will go higher than $1000 USD if you would prefer. We can use any reputable escrow management interface/site of your choosing. Withdrawing the stake early will result in a 75% loss of the staked amount with a maximum of $7500 USD loss. Case documentation must be provided and the definition of criminal or civil infractions will be determined by the UK jurisdiction representatives. Copyright will be defined per the legal definitions used in this specific act of legislation. All acts subject to the actual approval of said legislation with the time constraints being enacted immediately upon the activation of said legislation.
There is a part of the problem. You do not own what you think you own, at least that is what it is looking like from what you wrote.
You do not own a movie that you have. You own the media and a limited license to use it. You never own it. If you owned it you could tell other people what they could do with it.
You do not own your operating system. You have a license to use it. This includes the variety of Linux you have - ownership is neither implied nor granted. (Unless you made it yourself, of course, and did so without the use of anyone else's property. I suppose that is possible.)
You own your car. You can copy that and use it though you can not sell it, gift it, or make any (even extrapolated) money from it as it likely contains patented technologies.
You own your clothing. You can freely copy that so long as it is not patented. You can not make direct copies and sell them.
You probably own your cell phone but you do not own the software that runs on it unless you wrote it without reusing any code from another author. You have a limited use agreement with the software authors unless they have granted you unlimited use and that is rather unlikely. Chances are you can not copy the software and resell it without some restrictions.
You own far less than you seem to think. You do own limited licenses to use certain products like software, music, and movies.
You know, you can lobby too... Lobbying *can* be corruption. However, you can lobby and your representative should be in a position to listen to opinions from their constituents and from representatives of those constituents. The political system works but we are too lazy to actually do anything within that system and, instead, allow ourselves to be run aground instead of righting the ship with the available mechanisms.
It is, after all, easier to paste pixels on a screen for reenforcement in our echo chamber than it is to actually leave the house and get educated as to how to make changes within the political mechanizations.
Part of the problem is that you (generic you - you personally but you do seem the type) do not actually seem to be aware of how often you can vote. There are more than four year elections or, at most, bi-annual elections. You can vote at things like town meetings (if you have them), referendums, school boards, etc... You can go to hearings and voice your opinion. You can go to the senate and voice your opinions (within the constructed rules). You can petition... There are lots of things we can do but do not do. Instead we whine on the internet... We, as in I also do so.
I pirate a lot and I have the money to afford to purchase anything I want (within reason). I pirate not because I am cheap but because there is no method simple enough to warrant using. I guess you could say I am cheap with my time and labor if you wanted to extrapolate. I would happily pay, however, if there were a nice simple site to log in and use my credit card (once, in a reasonably safe manner) and have access to media in an unencumbered format.
I do not even mind if they put serial numbers hidden in the media, it does not restrict my activities, to track who then distributed content illegally. It would be nice, not a requirement, to have a variety of formats and qualities available as well. If they combine movies and music I will not pay less for it - I will pay more for it (opposite what is expected) because it is easier to access.
I should also note that I am in favor of reasonable intellectual property protections being enforced by governments in an equal and unbiased manner. I haven't any problems with the idea of copyright, trademark, or patents. I accept the risk and the moral consequences of my actions and I view my own actions as petty theft because I am depriving the creators of income or, more intangible, income potential. I do not lose any sleep over it.
No, your employer does those things WITH your permission. You give them permission to do so by continuing to work there. Do not do so. That is your right, no - obligation, to yourself and others. Move on and stop being abused. The problem is not the system, the problem is the people who operate in it and the people who continue to allow the abuses. Also, when you work for other people you do not own the property you create. If you work at a restaurant you do not own the meal you made - they do and they then sell it to a customer. This is true with intellectual property as well. You sold your work, and all the rights, to them by getting paid a salary. You have other options and if you use them, and are good enough, you can do all sorts of things to ensure you keep the rights to your work. I encourage you to do so.
I will take a stab at it and try to keep it simple.
Creation - making something (be it a combination of ones and zeros to a painting or whatnot) - uniqueness not required Intelligence - knowledge, knowing something - not to be confused with wisdom which is application of knowledge Design - organizing the results of creation and may be creation in and of itself or contain aspects of creation
I am not sure I am correct nor am I certain that the above attempts at a semi-definition cover all aspects we are considering. However, for the sake of a brevity, I would say those (or someone else's refined work) would suit me well enough.
Quite frankly, if my employer collapsed tomorrow I'd keep creating, but I'd find different avenues to do so and I wouldn't be restricted by an employer trying to monetise my work in such a restrictive fashion that we're not actually being creative, we're simply doing the same thing every time we do anything.
If that were true then you would not currently need your employer and would continue making content on your own.
You can see the change here. It has gone from being a passion to being a career. It was a passion that you could parlay into a career doing things you were interested in. Now? It is about the 401k and keeping a keen eye on the next place of employment. You get folks interested in the money and not really interested in the tech. Note the lack of neckbeards.
I had meant Fermilab but, alas, that is not what I typed and, strangely, I never noticed my mistake until you pointed it out. Ah well.;) I will make more and better mistakes in the future.
As a car buff, read car geek, I can assure you that no stock '72 Z28 is going to reach that goal. In fact, I suspect a modern Camry has a faster 0-60 time than a stock '72 Z28. I am sure enough of this to not even bother to look it up.
I think they are starting to run into heat and resistance issues but that is just my casual observation from reading their news as of late. Much of what they seem to be doing is working to reduce those effects. I wonder if they have considered using a secondary large capacitor for a "burst mode" effect? If they could distance that from other components then it may reduce the thermodynamic impacts.
Nobody cares about the dark web. It is accessed, from the last statistics posted here, by a fraction of a single percent of internet users. So, while it might be nice (and surely already exists) the reality is that nobody will notice. If you make an interface to connect it to the WWW then maybe you have a chance. I do not think such has been done in a meaningful fashion with any real results at this point so that is an idea that you can run with.
You are seriously lacking a decent drug education. Do not do drugs as you will do so in an unsafe manner and end up hurting yourself or other people. I think you are the first person I have ever seen that would not be benefited by experimentation.
Many (most?) states have an offensive words or gestures law that makes such acts illegal. Usually it is a pretty low standard but you can get away with saying things like, "I think you are a shitbag." You can not generally say, "You are a shitbag." There is no "freedom speech" law in the United States, it is the, "RIGHT to free speech." There is a difference and few people seem to actually know this. The only way the government could take away your freedom to speak is to kill or isolate you. What they can not do is infringe on your rights to exercise free speech. These differences matter and, frankly - as you seem to be aware, have not a damned thing to do with what Reddit does or does not allow.
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They studied a whole three counties. Three... I would go so far as to suggest the statistic source is a little bit too small to start extrapolating. Of course more funding is required and more studies need to be done.
On the other hand, squirting unknown crap into the ground may impact the health of those who are in the area due to groundwater contamination. News at 11:00.
Which reminds me of a bad joke...
What is the difference between kinky and perverted?
If you are kinky you use a feather. If you are perverted you use the whole chicken.
Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk
You do know where you are, right? We are *all* perverts.
I made use of their services quite some years ago. This is a seconding for them. They became our go-to for hardware and hardware recommendations even while we were mostly a Sun shop. The reps were knowledgeable and polite. The service was top-notch. The after-sale support was surprisingly good. I have been out of the loop for about eight years as I am now retired but I keep my ear to the ground a little bit and have not heard anything that would make me inclined to believe they have changed.
...leave this HPC shit to people that know how to cover there ass.
You know, this HPC stuff really does not require the gay. That is optional.
While I agree with your sentiment and facts the only thing I disagree with is "owes." The term is "owed" and that could be debated but is not important. Israel is wearing their big-boy panties and can fend for themselves. They are not owed anything any more other than respect as a nation and the sovereignty that goes with it as well as any treaty obligations. I could also argue an obligation to protect does not exist, we are not the world's police and can not afford to be, but that is immaterial.
Considering this is a law concerning criminal copyright infringement and has nothing to do with civil copyright infringement there is absolutely nothing to worry yourself about and your post was entirely wasted.
How about you and I put $1000 USD in escrow and bet on this? Say, 10 years and my bet will be that nobody (not one single person) gets the 10 year penalty for civil copyright violation infractions in the whole of the United Kingdom. I will go higher than $1000 USD if you would prefer. We can use any reputable escrow management interface/site of your choosing. Withdrawing the stake early will result in a 75% loss of the staked amount with a maximum of $7500 USD loss. Case documentation must be provided and the definition of criminal or civil infractions will be determined by the UK jurisdiction representatives. Copyright will be defined per the legal definitions used in this specific act of legislation. All acts subject to the actual approval of said legislation with the time constraints being enacted immediately upon the activation of said legislation.
It is a chance for you to make a few dollars.
There is a part of the problem. You do not own what you think you own, at least that is what it is looking like from what you wrote.
You do not own a movie that you have. You own the media and a limited license to use it. You never own it. If you owned it you could tell other people what they could do with it.
You do not own your operating system. You have a license to use it. This includes the variety of Linux you have - ownership is neither implied nor granted. (Unless you made it yourself, of course, and did so without the use of anyone else's property. I suppose that is possible.)
You own your car. You can copy that and use it though you can not sell it, gift it, or make any (even extrapolated) money from it as it likely contains patented technologies.
You own your clothing. You can freely copy that so long as it is not patented. You can not make direct copies and sell them.
You probably own your cell phone but you do not own the software that runs on it unless you wrote it without reusing any code from another author. You have a limited use agreement with the software authors unless they have granted you unlimited use and that is rather unlikely. Chances are you can not copy the software and resell it without some restrictions.
You own far less than you seem to think. You do own limited licenses to use certain products like software, music, and movies.
You know, you can lobby too... Lobbying *can* be corruption. However, you can lobby and your representative should be in a position to listen to opinions from their constituents and from representatives of those constituents. The political system works but we are too lazy to actually do anything within that system and, instead, allow ourselves to be run aground instead of righting the ship with the available mechanisms.
It is, after all, easier to paste pixels on a screen for reenforcement in our echo chamber than it is to actually leave the house and get educated as to how to make changes within the political mechanizations.
Part of the problem is that you (generic you - you personally but you do seem the type) do not actually seem to be aware of how often you can vote. There are more than four year elections or, at most, bi-annual elections. You can vote at things like town meetings (if you have them), referendums, school boards, etc... You can go to hearings and voice your opinion. You can go to the senate and voice your opinions (within the constructed rules). You can petition... There are lots of things we can do but do not do. Instead we whine on the internet... We, as in I also do so.
I pirate a lot and I have the money to afford to purchase anything I want (within reason). I pirate not because I am cheap but because there is no method simple enough to warrant using. I guess you could say I am cheap with my time and labor if you wanted to extrapolate. I would happily pay, however, if there were a nice simple site to log in and use my credit card (once, in a reasonably safe manner) and have access to media in an unencumbered format.
I do not even mind if they put serial numbers hidden in the media, it does not restrict my activities, to track who then distributed content illegally. It would be nice, not a requirement, to have a variety of formats and qualities available as well. If they combine movies and music I will not pay less for it - I will pay more for it (opposite what is expected) because it is easier to access.
I should also note that I am in favor of reasonable intellectual property protections being enforced by governments in an equal and unbiased manner. I haven't any problems with the idea of copyright, trademark, or patents. I accept the risk and the moral consequences of my actions and I view my own actions as petty theft because I am depriving the creators of income or, more intangible, income potential. I do not lose any sleep over it.
No, your employer does those things WITH your permission. You give them permission to do so by continuing to work there. Do not do so. That is your right, no - obligation, to yourself and others. Move on and stop being abused. The problem is not the system, the problem is the people who operate in it and the people who continue to allow the abuses. Also, when you work for other people you do not own the property you create. If you work at a restaurant you do not own the meal you made - they do and they then sell it to a customer. This is true with intellectual property as well. You sold your work, and all the rights, to them by getting paid a salary. You have other options and if you use them, and are good enough, you can do all sorts of things to ensure you keep the rights to your work. I encourage you to do so.
I will take a stab at it and try to keep it simple.
Creation - making something (be it a combination of ones and zeros to a painting or whatnot) - uniqueness not required
Intelligence - knowledge, knowing something - not to be confused with wisdom which is application of knowledge
Design - organizing the results of creation and may be creation in and of itself or contain aspects of creation
I am not sure I am correct nor am I certain that the above attempts at a semi-definition cover all aspects we are considering. However, for the sake of a brevity, I would say those (or someone else's refined work) would suit me well enough.
Quite frankly, if my employer collapsed tomorrow I'd keep creating, but I'd find different avenues to do so and I wouldn't be restricted by an employer trying to monetise my work in such a restrictive fashion that we're not actually being creative, we're simply doing the same thing every time we do anything.
If that were true then you would not currently need your employer and would continue making content on your own.
You can see the change here. It has gone from being a passion to being a career. It was a passion that you could parlay into a career doing things you were interested in. Now? It is about the 401k and keeping a keen eye on the next place of employment. You get folks interested in the money and not really interested in the tech. Note the lack of neckbeards.
if N > 0
They also fail to state how many of those jobs would be there if they subtracted the jobs lost each year.
I had meant Fermilab but, alas, that is not what I typed and, strangely, I never noticed my mistake until you pointed it out. Ah well. ;) I will make more and better mistakes in the future.
As a car buff, read car geek, I can assure you that no stock '72 Z28 is going to reach that goal. In fact, I suspect a modern Camry has a faster 0-60 time than a stock '72 Z28. I am sure enough of this to not even bother to look it up.
I think they are starting to run into heat and resistance issues but that is just my casual observation from reading their news as of late. Much of what they seem to be doing is working to reduce those effects. I wonder if they have considered using a secondary large capacitor for a "burst mode" effect? If they could distance that from other components then it may reduce the thermodynamic impacts.
Nobody cares about the dark web. It is accessed, from the last statistics posted here, by a fraction of a single percent of internet users. So, while it might be nice (and surely already exists) the reality is that nobody will notice. If you make an interface to connect it to the WWW then maybe you have a chance. I do not think such has been done in a meaningful fashion with any real results at this point so that is an idea that you can run with.
You are seriously lacking a decent drug education. Do not do drugs as you will do so in an unsafe manner and end up hurting yourself or other people. I think you are the first person I have ever seen that would not be benefited by experimentation.
Many (most?) states have an offensive words or gestures law that makes such acts illegal. Usually it is a pretty low standard but you can get away with saying things like, "I think you are a shitbag." You can not generally say, "You are a shitbag." There is no "freedom speech" law in the United States, it is the, "RIGHT to free speech." There is a difference and few people seem to actually know this. The only way the government could take away your freedom to speak is to kill or isolate you. What they can not do is infringe on your rights to exercise free speech. These differences matter and, frankly - as you seem to be aware, have not a damned thing to do with what Reddit does or does not allow.
I think that means a whoosh is missing. Well, I damned well hope a whoosh is in order.