Most 'conspiracy nuts' as you call them don't question that something landed on the Moon. The issue was whether this something had humans on board instead of going all-robotic as the Russians have done.
Also, in most cases them 'nuts' are at least partially correct, in that there usually is a conspiracy where they suppose there could be.
I think you are right... I keep forgetting that the Metric unit is 10^3 grams, not 1 gram! So all the powers operations must be done on 10^3, not on 1.
One more reason the Metric system is so confusing...
Right, except this content is not released "for free" in the first place, and the copyright is retained by the owner. If you read the thread, the reply was to a guy that does not pay for cable service or even a television set. He has no means to aquire the content legally...
In other words, the guy has no content which he can time-shift in the first place. He proceeds to steal some content, then time-shifts THAT... and this makes it fair-use how?
Could he also, using your reasoning, burn a pirated Windows Vista and release it under GPL due to fair-use (hint: NO)
All the things you list are no excuse for you to steal their content. Think about it: you probably cannot afford a Citroen C Metisse either, but that doesn't mean you get to steal it.
The only question here is whether your downloads constitute a lost sale (and therefore a loss caused by theft) to the publishers, or not. I believe it could be shown that people would buy at least some of the stuff they download illegaly if the illegal sharing were shut down, so they are indeed thiefs, but one might argue differently.
a) Most contries don't need or can't use the boms of this size b) You are thinking of nukes here; this fuel-air 0.04 kT bomb is a tiny firecracker compared to even a small tactical nuke
Superpower? The only thing they are getting closer to is becoming a faux Saudi Arabia, what with their increasing reliance on the oil revenues, the disregard for civil rights, the poor uneducated proles, and the emerging DearLeader type dictator. Superpower my ass.
What a huge waste of money, developing all these missiles and nukes.
Why not just buy some pre-owned hardware from Russia? Hell, given the current DoD budgets, we could probably buy their whole country and have some cash left over...
If I were you, I would have asked for a 15-minute "timeout" explaining how I am all shy around strangers and whatnot...
The key is being pro-active during the interview instead of locking up and saying "No I can't do that." At the very least, explain why you cannot do something right now, and offer a reasonable alternative (which could be just about anything, from giving you more time, to giving you the access to a manual, to letting you submit the program in pseudocode, to almost anything else).
Plus Clippy is gone from Word 2007... Now, that's like buying Playboy with only the articles left in it and a disclamer: we no longer include pictures; text ontent should be enough for anybody.
Illegal immigration is an administrative violation, and is a lesser crime than speeding or letting your parking meter run out. Do you also consider double-parkers and cellphone drivers criminals or are you anal only towards immigrants?
'Illegal' immigration becomes an actual crime after an immigrant fails to report to an immigration hearing, or fails to follow a deportation order; doing either is a misdemeanor. I believe working without authorization could also be a misdemeanor. Re-entering the country after having been deported is a felony. Simply being here 'illegally' is neither.
Congress has tried in the past to make first-time border crossing a misdemeanor or even a felony, but failed.
Two things: 'illegal' immigration is not a crime right now (at least until the law is changed). Second, past wrongs do not justify for the future ones (just 'cause your family was killed doesn't mean others have to be).
I for one don't really mind if they believe whatever they like. After all, I believe in burning shrubs, talking snakes, and God that became a carpenter, walked on water, and died for my sins...
My problem with religion starts when its members begin to impose undue burden on non-members (I am looking at you, scientologists, sectarian fundies, and radical Muslims).
So someone says "fuck islam" and all hell breaks loose...
Islamic sensibilities are being affected by private non-Muslims exercizing their right to Free Speech? Well, laa dee fucking daa, don't you wish for once they'd get just as offended by suicide bombings, indentured servitude/slavery, personal vendettas, and public beheadings everpresent in their societies.
Why do we as a free society keep rolling over for this particular religious group? Is it because they get angry and blow people up?
since most of the better research that ends up in print is government funded[...]
Maybe that's the problem. Perhaps government shouldn't butt in where it does not belong and let the market finance research like it ought to (and did back in the days of Bell labs, etc.)
If it weren't inhumane, I would suggest that pro-choice parents abort every single baby they had in the hopes of them scoring the ultimate Darwin award...
On a separate note, I think murder should be legal as well: because IT'S MY BODY (and you are pissing it off).
To play devil's advocate here, not everybody benefits from improved efficiency. Old, undereducated, less intelligent people cannot easily retrain. This 'they-stole-my-jerb' croud still gets to vote however, so something must be done about their issues.
Sure, some are able to put away their pickaxe or lathe, take up Game Theory or Biochemistry books and courses, and grow into their new high-tech workplace. The others (in America) were better off before globalization moved in.
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Most 'conspiracy nuts' as you call them don't question that something landed on the Moon. The issue was whether this something had humans on board instead of going all-robotic as the Russians have done.
Also, in most cases them 'nuts' are at least partially correct, in that there usually is a conspiracy where they suppose there could be.
I think you are right... I keep forgetting that the Metric unit is 10^3 grams, not 1 gram! So all the powers operations must be done on 10^3, not on 1.
One more reason the Metric system is so confusing...
Right, except this content is not released "for free" in the first place, and the copyright is retained by the owner. If you read the thread, the reply was to a guy that does not pay for cable service or even a television set. He has no means to aquire the content legally...
In other words, the guy has no content which he can time-shift in the first place. He proceeds to steal some content, then time-shifts THAT... and this makes it fair-use how?
Could he also, using your reasoning, burn a pirated Windows Vista and release it under GPL due to fair-use (hint: NO)
300 nanograms you mean?
You sound like somebody would would vote for Kodos...
All the things you list are no excuse for you to steal their content. Think about it: you probably cannot afford a Citroen C Metisse either, but that doesn't mean you get to steal it.
The only question here is whether your downloads constitute a lost sale (and therefore a loss caused by theft) to the publishers, or not. I believe it could be shown that people would buy at least some of the stuff they download illegaly if the illegal sharing were shut down, so they are indeed thiefs, but one might argue differently.
Yeah, but if he gives up his computer he would have a greater chance of getting AIDS.
a) Most contries don't need or can't use the boms of this size
b) You are thinking of nukes here; this fuel-air 0.04 kT bomb is a tiny firecracker compared to even a small tactical nuke
Superpower? The only thing they are getting closer to is becoming a faux Saudi Arabia, what with their increasing reliance on the oil revenues, the disregard for civil rights, the poor uneducated proles, and the emerging DearLeader type dictator. Superpower my ass.
In Soviet Russia, the military-industrial complex pays YOU?
What a huge waste of money, developing all these missiles and nukes.
Why not just buy some pre-owned hardware from Russia? Hell, given the current DoD budgets, we could probably buy their whole country and have some cash left over...
If I were you, I would have asked for a 15-minute "timeout" explaining how I am all shy around strangers and whatnot...
The key is being pro-active during the interview instead of locking up and saying "No I can't do that." At the very least, explain why you cannot do something right now, and offer a reasonable alternative (which could be just about anything, from giving you more time, to giving you the access to a manual, to letting you submit the program in pseudocode, to almost anything else).
Rust-frozen hinges can be avoided if windows or gates are in constant use.
(there is also a joke about penetrating lubricant in here somewhere, but I am just not seeing it)
Stuart S. P. Parkin is a foreigner stealing American jobs.
See his biography here: http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/pr.nsf/pages/bio.parkin.html
Plus Clippy is gone from Word 2007... Now, that's like buying Playboy with only the articles left in it and a disclamer: we no longer include pictures; text ontent should be enough for anybody.
Illegal immigration is an administrative violation, and is a lesser crime than speeding or letting your parking meter run out. Do you also consider double-parkers and cellphone drivers criminals or are you anal only towards immigrants?
'Illegal' immigration becomes an actual crime after an immigrant fails to report to an immigration hearing, or fails to follow a deportation order; doing either is a misdemeanor. I believe working without authorization could also be a misdemeanor. Re-entering the country after having been deported is a felony. Simply being here 'illegally' is neither.
Congress has tried in the past to make first-time border crossing a misdemeanor or even a felony, but failed.
Two things: 'illegal' immigration is not a crime right now (at least until the law is changed).
Second, past wrongs do not justify for the future ones (just 'cause your family was killed doesn't mean others have to be).
I for one don't really mind if they believe whatever they like. After all, I believe in burning shrubs, talking snakes, and God that became a carpenter, walked on water, and died for my sins...
My problem with religion starts when its members begin to impose undue burden on non-members (I am looking at you, scientologists, sectarian fundies, and radical Muslims).
So someone says "fuck islam" and all hell breaks loose...
Islamic sensibilities are being affected by private non-Muslims exercizing their right to Free Speech? Well, laa dee fucking daa, don't you wish for once they'd get just as offended by suicide bombings, indentured servitude/slavery, personal vendettas, and public beheadings everpresent in their societies.
Why do we as a free society keep rolling over for this particular religious group? Is it because they get angry and blow people up?
Maybe that's the problem. Perhaps government shouldn't butt in where it does not belong and let the market finance research like it ought to (and did back in the days of Bell labs, etc.)
If it weren't inhumane, I would suggest that pro-choice parents abort every single baby they had in the hopes of them scoring the ultimate Darwin award...
On a separate note, I think murder should be legal as well: because IT'S MY BODY (and you are pissing it off).
'Open borders' would address your concerns. Currently, money and jobs are free to cross the borders while people are locked in (out).
From your spelling and your misconfigured vt100 caret codes I assumed you were a foreigner lamenting about Americans being overpaid. My apologies.
It's not a Theory, it's a hypothesis, and the one demonstrably wrong:
From 1900 to 2000 American population has trippled in size (from 100M to 300M). Inflation-adjusted GDP has quindecimtupled (grown 15 times over!) for the same period (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_by_p
As you can see, more people means more jobs means more prosperity for everybody!
To play devil's advocate here, not everybody benefits from improved efficiency. Old, undereducated, less intelligent people cannot easily retrain. This 'they-stole-my-jerb' croud still gets to vote however, so something must be done about their issues.
Sure, some are able to put away their pickaxe or lathe, take up Game Theory or Biochemistry books and courses, and grow into their new high-tech workplace. The others (in America) were better off before globalization moved in.
That's a basic right of every US citizen. If you don't like it, apply for a green card/U.S. citizenship yourself.