The second amendment does not apply to normal citizens. It applies to organized militias.
Thankfully the US government realized long ago that banning guns doesn't work.
the right to bear arms by the normal citizen is not listed in the constitution, and instead is listed in federal and state laws.
Personally I think gun control is a good idea... banning guns is not. Personally I don't think it is a good idea to let people own fully auto AK's and RPG's but banning guns outright would make things worse. The only country that I know of that has a good nationwide ban on them is Japan, but even then that is only because it was in their new constitution forced on them after WW2
The law here is more about patents, and less about copyrights.
if in creating a product you knowingly violate a patent, thats a lot different from copying some movie.
You're making your living based upon work that someone else did and you are not paying for. It is much more analogous to a theater showing a pirated movie.
Patents are a great idea, they allows knowledge to be put out into public domain. However more and more today we are seeing worthless patents, hell, people are putting patents (or is it copyrights? sorry) on DNA that exists in nature, without them even really knowing what it does.
As the summary states, this legislation is focusing on companies, and their violation on patents. In today's world, every time you create something you have to check if someone has already patented it, thats the way it should be.
however I will state that patent lifetimes should not last as long as they do, and that the holders of patents should be easier on who they give rights to use. If the use of your patent is not in direct competition with you, then by all means you should allow them to use it (patents on code come to mind here).
Guys... the constitution only applies to the government, it has nothing to do with some paper exposing someone's identity. The bill of rights controls the government, it does not in any way control a private company or a person.
(the exception here are the parts about treason and counter fitting, those both apply to non-governmental bodies)
now now, he was hopefully just using miller lite to test the launcher, not wanting to waste good beer if the can landed on the floor and broke open, or went out a window...
if the person is wearing sunglasses, would the computer tell if they are looking at the ads or not?
what about if someone just blocked the camera?
(a little beyond reality here)
what if you took a photo of a person looking in the location of an ad, then put the photo infront of the camera at the proper scale?
While simply wiping out every microbe that might be a threat sounds like a great idea, this could backfire.
If a person isn't exposed to microbes, especially while young, it leaves the person more susceptible to other microbes that come along.
I agree that some have to be wiped out (smallpox, flu of 1918, and most likely these strains of E. Coli), however we must be careful with how far it goes.
Also these do act as a population control function, but that isn't really an issue in the modern world. If we REALLY REALLY wanted to, I have little doubt that the earth could support 10 - 12 billion people if managed properly.
Also the US mint uses gradual changes, if they changed all the currency at the same time, not only would it be a pain with 2 types of money, but people would start to question their money, as that is devestating. In reality US dollars are worthless if they are not trusted, and changes lower trust in money.
As for other changes in the US there are 3 causes.
1. politicians sometimes don't know how to do actual research into finding a new way to do something or between two different options
2. US companies who have a good profit margin on the old ways will pay to keep it that way rather than come up with a new way.
3. the majority of US people are lazy (Yes I do live in the US, and no, the readers of slashdot are not whom I'm talking about)
to have it just on a unshielded piece of paper is a bad idea, if you folded it the data along the crease may be lost, if you leave it out in the sun, a portion of the data may be lost too. More likely is that it would be in a case, think of a floppy disk, unless you dissect a floppy disk you wont see the actual disk inside. If you crease the floppy, flatten it out, put it back in the case and run it, its unlikely that it would run properly.
Pixel Density: 80 pixel/mm2
I can understand a couple pixels/mm2, even a couple dozen for very detailed stuff.
But 80... 9x9... those pixels are so small that your eye would have a hard time perceiving it.
Computers arn't intelligent, they do exactly as they are told by you or someone else, never more or less, which if they were human would make them lemmings, never being able to invent anything on their own or think on their own.
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The second amendment does not apply to normal citizens. It applies to organized militias.
Thankfully the US government realized long ago that banning guns doesn't work.
the right to bear arms by the normal citizen is not listed in the constitution, and instead is listed in federal and state laws.
Personally I think gun control is a good idea... banning guns is not. Personally I don't think it is a good idea to let people own fully auto AK's and RPG's but banning guns outright would make things worse. The only country that I know of that has a good nationwide ban on them is Japan, but even then that is only because it was in their new constitution forced on them after WW2
The law here is more about patents, and less about copyrights.
if in creating a product you knowingly violate a patent, thats a lot different from copying some movie. You're making your living based upon work that someone else did and you are not paying for. It is much more analogous to a theater showing a pirated movie.
Patents are a great idea, they allows knowledge to be put out into public domain. However more and more today we are seeing worthless patents, hell, people are putting patents (or is it copyrights? sorry) on DNA that exists in nature, without them even really knowing what it does.
As the summary states, this legislation is focusing on companies, and their violation on patents. In today's world, every time you create something you have to check if someone has already patented it, thats the way it should be.
however I will state that patent lifetimes should not last as long as they do, and that the holders of patents should be easier on who they give rights to use. If the use of your patent is not in direct competition with you, then by all means you should allow them to use it (patents on code come to mind here).
Fathoms is a measure of depth, I'm not sure how person could smell a pirate if the person was 180 ft underwater, but thats just me.
not really destroying, just converting in such a way so that there is no way to determine the original. but yeah... destroying.
Guys... the constitution only applies to the government, it has nothing to do with some paper exposing someone's identity. The bill of rights controls the government, it does not in any way control a private company or a person. (the exception here are the parts about treason and counter fitting, those both apply to non-governmental bodies)
now now, he was hopefully just using miller lite to test the launcher, not wanting to waste good beer if the can landed on the floor and broke open, or went out a window...
if the person is wearing sunglasses, would the computer tell if they are looking at the ads or not? what about if someone just blocked the camera? (a little beyond reality here) what if you took a photo of a person looking in the location of an ad, then put the photo infront of the camera at the proper scale?
While simply wiping out every microbe that might be a threat sounds like a great idea, this could backfire. If a person isn't exposed to microbes, especially while young, it leaves the person more susceptible to other microbes that come along. I agree that some have to be wiped out (smallpox, flu of 1918, and most likely these strains of E. Coli), however we must be careful with how far it goes. Also these do act as a population control function, but that isn't really an issue in the modern world. If we REALLY REALLY wanted to, I have little doubt that the earth could support 10 - 12 billion people if managed properly.
As for other changes in the US there are 3 causes.
1. politicians sometimes don't know how to do actual research into finding a new way to do something or between two different options
2. US companies who have a good profit margin on the old ways will pay to keep it that way rather than come up with a new way.
3. the majority of US people are lazy (Yes I do live in the US, and no, the readers of slashdot are not whom I'm talking about)
to have it just on a unshielded piece of paper is a bad idea, if you folded it the data along the crease may be lost, if you leave it out in the sun, a portion of the data may be lost too. More likely is that it would be in a case, think of a floppy disk, unless you dissect a floppy disk you wont see the actual disk inside. If you crease the floppy, flatten it out, put it back in the case and run it, its unlikely that it would run properly.
Pixel Density: 80 pixel/mm2 I can understand a couple pixels/mm2, even a couple dozen for very detailed stuff. But 80... 9x9... those pixels are so small that your eye would have a hard time perceiving it.
Computers arn't intelligent, they do exactly as they are told by you or someone else, never more or less, which if they were human would make them lemmings, never being able to invent anything on their own or think on their own.
Ghost in the Shell takes a good look at the issued involved with cyberizaion of people.
Well they kinda killed half the cast.