Just so people don't get the wrong impression. This video since it is basically done indoors doesn't begin to show the immense scale of this place. Closer to the main strip all buildings are 10~20 stories tall filled with stuff. The sides of buildings are TVs. 16wheelers come through but instead of towing a shipping container they have a bunch of 50" TVs playing anime. On certain days you may see >100 people cosplaying while just passing through. And this guy totally focused on things he likes, if you didn't see what you are looking for in his video it isn't because its not there. Its because he skipped it. The fact that they had parts to set up your own bio-lab was telling.
Average military 'warrior' back during highschool days: Brutish, stupid, loud, failing most classes, spends time treating girls like whores so that they get laid and other time harassing nerds to bolster their egos or assert their alpha status infront of women.
Average 'geek' back during highschool: Reserved, shy, smart, terrible with social situations especially girls, knows more than the teacher in most classes, spends time getting harassed by above group or building/coding/learning/reading fantasy books.
These two groups are not just opposites, they are enemies. And I do realize that these are stereotypes and that not all people fit into these categorizations. But that doesn't matter. If it doesn't work 10% of the time then what is the point. Guarantee that >10% of techie geeks won't be comfortable working with military assholes and it'll be the worst job they ever have or they'll simply quit. The idea that it would work out is hilarious. It'd be like having the military guys work with a gay hairdressing school. Not unless pigs fly.
90% of patent trolls defended against succeed. That does NOT mean that more people should defend themselves. Say 50% of patent claims are settled outside court, and we have the stat that 90% of patents that make it are successfully defended. What does this tell us about the success rate of the 50% that never make it to trial? Fuck all because of self selecting bias, this isn't a blind trial.
The majority of people in marathons do fairly well. That cannot be extrapolated to say that the majority of people would do well in a marathon. Its stupid. This study is no different.
Disclaimer: I didn't RTFA because stats scare and confuse me.
There is an important difference. The figure you come up with is wrong. You can interpret it two ways:
E-books have 6% the sales that printed books have.
E-books make up 6% of book sales.
The first way is the option you came up with but it results in a different figure than reality.
If 1000 books total were sold then your interpretation would mean that 57 were e-books, 943 printed. By the other interpretation it would mean that 60 were e-books, 940 printed.
The discrepancy is more obvious if you change 6% to 100%. In the first view you are saying e-book sales equal printed sales, the second view you are saying that e-book sales are the only books sold.
"relying too heavily on foreign sources of raw materials are generally bad ideas"
Erm and do what? Japan has a reallly really high GDP for a country with such a small landmass that is not particularly rich. What would they base their economy on?
Who says they don't? Only stat I've heard on that was that 95% of muslims denounce AlQuaeda (the other 5% being the crazies). I've heard this sentiment a lot and it makes me sad. What is different between the parent's statement and this one:
"Did Glenn Beck rape and murder a young girl in 1990? We're not saying he's guilty, but he won't deny it!"
Racist murderers are citizens too. Doesn't make em right and doesn't make their view legitimate. No one is arguing against patent advocates right to free speech. Rather their ability to buy laws.
Well the seems fair to me bit was sarcasm (I think that the government could convince me to never listen to music again for a decent amount less than the 31.6billion dollar fine that could be laid against me currently for my collection, really I'd stop pirating if the fine was only in the millions (the minimum fine for my collection is still 160million dollars)).
I should mention that the 7million dollar fine was aimed at the CEO of WMI, so he probably actually felt some sting. This was one of the largest ever civil fines brought against an individual. BUT, if you look at non-corporate civil charges the 1.92 million for 24mp3s is likely tens of times higher than any other civil charge. Its disgusting.
Honestly, in a few short months with torrents someone in the states could easily collect a million songs illegally. After that they should turn themselves in. When they get a ruling against them which is greater than the GDP of new zealand hopefully people will take notice.
The parents were clearly the evil ones in that situation. I mean, the dude got murdered because of people's beliefs of what he did. And before that the police basically sexually abused him. Great.
Not that simple. Since damages are not really there. If you stole a CD and gave it back before getting charged you don't charge for damages. It is punitive only afaik.
Producing wilfully misleading documents in regards to royalties owed to the natives who's land you are pumping gas from (for 25,949 violation days) -> 5.2 million dollars (65 songs)
Filling falsified audits for 4 years overstating pre-tax income by more than $1 billion (really was 1.4bill). -> 7 million dollars (88 songs)
Causing more than 300 oil spills (the largest being 100,000gallons into Nueces Bay, TX), illegally discharging crude oil totalling 3million gallons of crude leaking into ponds, lakes, rivers and streams across 6 states over a period of 7 years. All due to negligence and improper maintenance. -> 35 million dollars (437 songs)
Seems fair to me. 229 gallons of leaked crude oil into natural environments per mp3 copied. That means that my personal music collection is as bad as dumping 1.15 million barrels of oil across the countryside. To try to imagine how much that is: It is 357 average sized US homes filled with oil.
Also, the legal cap is a mere $150,000 per file, not 200.
I don't think multiple counts works for this type of crime. If I stole 5000CDs then I should pay for the 5000CDs PLUS x amount in deterrence. I don't know that if I stole 6000CDs or 4000CDs that more or less deterrence costs would mean anything at all.
How about some sort of mail fraud. Is there a meaningful distinction that needs to be meted out in fines between 100,000counts and 200,000counts? How about email spam where the numbers could range from the tens of thousands to the hundreds of millions. For pretty much the same thing.
In the case of copying music it is a bit stranger. You didn't cause damages at all so none would need to be paid. And then they would charge you merely the deterrence amount.
For small levels of copying maybe $200, $800 up to a maximum of $4,000 (Less than total bail for wilfully driving on the wrong side of a divided road resulting in death or Illegal operation of a tank or shipment of radioactive materials on public roads). Ironically, as it is, if you return the boat the way you got it promptly real piracy is less costly than music piracy.
If you think about it in relation to theft cases. If you give the item back you don't need to pay restitution. And if you give it back before you are charged then your deterrence amount will be lowered as well. With copying music you are basically putting it back before anyone even noticed so that part is dealt with. Really only deterrence matters.
So, the RIAA getting money is bad since they have no reason to get it. The government getting money is bad because it encourages bad law. But setting up a special branch that only gets paid when they LOSE is a good idea?
ISS did certainly make mainstream news but not much of it. Skylab and flybys? Not at all. Out of system probes? Which ones? And no, certainly not front page news.
To be fair, the summary is still more information than a tweet. It including the title and the link is nearly 600 characters, more than 4 twits. And way more information is available in the fucking article if you chose to read it.
And to add to that there are many sorted, nested comments that are ranked to enable you to find the most relevant informative posts. Most of which break the 140 character limit.
None of this is available in twitter. It is not at all conducive to informative discourse nor does it provide you with the ability to better inform yourself.
1957 - Sputnik marked the start of the space race.
1961 - First man in space. Russians still winning.
1965 - Probe hits Venus.
1966 - First in space docking.
1969 - First man on the moon, US wins space race.
1973 - Saturn V program ended. ... ...
1986 - Space Shuttle Explodes ... ... ... 2003 - Space Shuttle explodes.
I can see why people might be uncertain what NASA is doing lately. Compared to the 60s? Fuck all. (Yes I'm aware that we have rovers on mars and cool telescopes, but if you look only at stories that made front page news in the MSM? This is what space history looks like.)
Wanting to stop free speech/freedom of information and suing children/computer illiterates/grandparents without internet/the dead for copying movies. All from one group. It is like they have the copyright on being evil dickheads. I mean, I thought they were greedy pricks before. But with this bit of news it pushes them into 'fucking evil' territory.
But here is the possible up side. The MPAA have been around since 1922. And by my calculations that means that their copyright on evil will run out by around 2200. At which point mad rioters can burn down all the CEO's homes slaughter them like pigs and give them as a blood offering to Satan.
So at least there is something to look forward to.
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Just so people don't get the wrong impression. This video since it is basically done indoors doesn't begin to show the immense scale of this place. Closer to the main strip all buildings are 10~20 stories tall filled with stuff. The sides of buildings are TVs. 16wheelers come through but instead of towing a shipping container they have a bunch of 50" TVs playing anime. On certain days you may see >100 people cosplaying while just passing through. And this guy totally focused on things he likes, if you didn't see what you are looking for in his video it isn't because its not there. Its because he skipped it. The fact that they had parts to set up your own bio-lab was telling.
Wow, that must make it a super accurate picture!
Ahahahhaha. You clearly are not a nerd
Average military 'warrior' back during highschool days:
Brutish, stupid, loud, failing most classes, spends time treating girls like whores so that they get laid and other time harassing nerds to bolster their egos or assert their alpha status infront of women.
Average 'geek' back during highschool:
Reserved, shy, smart, terrible with social situations especially girls, knows more than the teacher in most classes, spends time getting harassed by above group or building/coding/learning/reading fantasy books.
These two groups are not just opposites, they are enemies. And I do realize that these are stereotypes and that not all people fit into these categorizations. But that doesn't matter. If it doesn't work 10% of the time then what is the point. Guarantee that >10% of techie geeks won't be comfortable working with military assholes and it'll be the worst job they ever have or they'll simply quit. The idea that it would work out is hilarious. It'd be like having the military guys work with a gay hairdressing school. Not unless pigs fly.
90% of patent trolls defended against succeed. That does NOT mean that more people should defend themselves. Say 50% of patent claims are settled outside court, and we have the stat that 90% of patents that make it are successfully defended. What does this tell us about the success rate of the 50% that never make it to trial? Fuck all because of self selecting bias, this isn't a blind trial.
The majority of people in marathons do fairly well. That cannot be extrapolated to say that the majority of people would do well in a marathon. Its stupid. This study is no different.
Disclaimer: I didn't RTFA because stats scare and confuse me.
This was a great idea and it resulted in mostly good spending. So my question is...
When is 10^100...2?
I've no complaints about the method or the results. Concept proven, do it more.
There is an important difference. The figure you come up with is wrong. You can interpret it two ways:
E-books have 6% the sales that printed books have.
E-books make up 6% of book sales.
The first way is the option you came up with but it results in a different figure than reality.
If 1000 books total were sold then your interpretation would mean that 57 were e-books, 943 printed. By the other interpretation it would mean that 60 were e-books, 940 printed.
The discrepancy is more obvious if you change 6% to 100%. In the first view you are saying e-book sales equal printed sales, the second view you are saying that e-book sales are the only books sold.
Because SSDs are made out of farts and rainbows?
"relying too heavily on foreign sources of raw materials are generally bad ideas"
Erm and do what? Japan has a reallly really high GDP for a country with such a small landmass that is not particularly rich. What would they base their economy on?
I think he meant copyright not patents.
Who says they don't? Only stat I've heard on that was that 95% of muslims denounce AlQuaeda (the other 5% being the crazies). I've heard this sentiment a lot and it makes me sad. What is different between the parent's statement and this one:
"Did Glenn Beck rape and murder a young girl in 1990? We're not saying he's guilty, but he won't deny it!"
Racist murderers are citizens too. Doesn't make em right and doesn't make their view legitimate. No one is arguing against patent advocates right to free speech. Rather their ability to buy laws.
Well the seems fair to me bit was sarcasm (I think that the government could convince me to never listen to music again for a decent amount less than the 31.6billion dollar fine that could be laid against me currently for my collection, really I'd stop pirating if the fine was only in the millions (the minimum fine for my collection is still 160million dollars)).
I should mention that the 7million dollar fine was aimed at the CEO of WMI, so he probably actually felt some sting. This was one of the largest ever civil fines brought against an individual. BUT, if you look at non-corporate civil charges the 1.92 million for 24mp3s is likely tens of times higher than any other civil charge. Its disgusting.
Honestly, in a few short months with torrents someone in the states could easily collect a million songs illegally. After that they should turn themselves in. When they get a ruling against them which is greater than the GDP of new zealand hopefully people will take notice.
The parents were clearly the evil ones in that situation. I mean, the dude got murdered because of people's beliefs of what he did. And before that the police basically sexually abused him. Great.
Not that simple. Since damages are not really there. If you stole a CD and gave it back before getting charged you don't charge for damages. It is punitive only afaik.
Downloading 24 songs -> 1.92 million dollars
Producing wilfully misleading documents in regards to royalties owed to the natives who's land you are pumping gas from (for 25,949 violation days)
-> 5.2 million dollars (65 songs)
Filling falsified audits for 4 years overstating pre-tax income by more than $1 billion (really was 1.4bill).
-> 7 million dollars (88 songs)
Causing more than 300 oil spills (the largest being 100,000gallons into Nueces Bay, TX), illegally discharging crude oil totalling 3million gallons of crude leaking into ponds, lakes, rivers and streams across 6 states over a period of 7 years. All due to negligence and improper maintenance.
-> 35 million dollars (437 songs)
Seems fair to me. 229 gallons of leaked crude oil into natural environments per mp3 copied. That means that my personal music collection is as bad as dumping 1.15 million barrels of oil across the countryside. To try to imagine how much that is: It is 357 average sized US homes filled with oil.
Also, the legal cap is a mere $150,000 per file, not 200.
I figure after about 10 not many people would be willing to take the job.
I don't think multiple counts works for this type of crime. If I stole 5000CDs then I should pay for the 5000CDs PLUS x amount in deterrence. I don't know that if I stole 6000CDs or 4000CDs that more or less deterrence costs would mean anything at all.
How about some sort of mail fraud. Is there a meaningful distinction that needs to be meted out in fines between 100,000counts and 200,000counts? How about email spam where the numbers could range from the tens of thousands to the hundreds of millions. For pretty much the same thing.
In the case of copying music it is a bit stranger. You didn't cause damages at all so none would need to be paid. And then they would charge you merely the deterrence amount.
For small levels of copying maybe $200, $800 up to a maximum of $4,000 (Less than total bail for wilfully driving on the wrong side of a divided road resulting in death or Illegal operation of a tank or shipment of radioactive materials on public roads). Ironically, as it is, if you return the boat the way you got it promptly real piracy is less costly than music piracy.
If you think about it in relation to theft cases. If you give the item back you don't need to pay restitution. And if you give it back before you are charged then your deterrence amount will be lowered as well. With copying music you are basically putting it back before anyone even noticed so that part is dealt with. Really only deterrence matters.
So, the RIAA getting money is bad since they have no reason to get it. The government getting money is bad because it encourages bad law. But setting up a special branch that only gets paid when they LOSE is a good idea?
ISS did certainly make mainstream news but not much of it. Skylab and flybys? Not at all. Out of system probes? Which ones? And no, certainly not front page news.
Lol. I could point form any essay or debate into "I think that ____" but that defeats the fucking purpose doesn't it.
To be fair, the summary is still more information than a tweet. It including the title and the link is nearly 600 characters, more than 4 twits. And way more information is available in the fucking article if you chose to read it.
And to add to that there are many sorted, nested comments that are ranked to enable you to find the most relevant informative posts. Most of which break the 140 character limit.
None of this is available in twitter. It is not at all conducive to informative discourse nor does it provide you with the ability to better inform yourself.
http://htmlpurifier.org/ ? I mean twitter devs could Google the problem I guess.
And it isn't twitter's first security problem.
Timeline of Spacetravel:
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...
1957 - Sputnik marked the start of the space race.
1961 - First man in space. Russians still winning.
1965 - Probe hits Venus.
1966 - First in space docking.
1969 - First man on the moon, US wins space race.
1973 - Saturn V program ended.
1986 - Space Shuttle Explodes
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...
2003 - Space Shuttle explodes.
I can see why people might be uncertain what NASA is doing lately. Compared to the 60s? Fuck all. (Yes I'm aware that we have rovers on mars and cool telescopes, but if you look only at stories that made front page news in the MSM? This is what space history looks like.)
Both left and right at least amongst /.ers are pretty united on this issue. We need to make this more public. Its the only way to have a real impact.
Wanting to stop free speech/freedom of information and suing children/computer illiterates/grandparents without internet/the dead for copying movies. All from one group. It is like they have the copyright on being evil dickheads. I mean, I thought they were greedy pricks before. But with this bit of news it pushes them into 'fucking evil' territory.
But here is the possible up side. The MPAA have been around since 1922. And by my calculations that means that their copyright on evil will run out by around 2200. At which point mad rioters can burn down all the CEO's homes slaughter them like pigs and give them as a blood offering to Satan.
So at least there is something to look forward to.