"he proudly states that the city has not been attacked by terrorists since the 9/11 tragedy"
And I have a rock here that keeps away tigers. Don't believe me? Do you see any tigers around? Now what are my offers? $10 from the large balding man in the white shirt.
"if a couple 'nice' ones got tossed in by mistake, well, they don't lose too much sleep over us 99% getting fucked over, i won't lost too much over a couple rich pukes being sacrificed for the good of 99%.."
It's this kind of thinking that causes the crap you rally against. Being so willing to sacrifice the innocent to get back at the guilty. We must stop terrorists so we put up with sexual harassment at the airports. We want to stop overeating so we must ban all large soda. We have been slighted by the rich so kill them all.
Isn't it this kind of thinking that caused the Dark Ages, the Spanish Inquisition, the Salem Witch Trials, and the Holocaust? Someone must be punished and to hell with the collateral damage.
Blue didn't use one single "bad" word in his entire post, yet the quote "This is our fucking city, and nobody's going to dictate our freedom." holds infinity more maturity.
Why should anyone look up scientific research or get expert opinions on the subject? The Supreme Court says that fining cable channels for fleeting expletives is a violation of the First Amendment. End of story. No need to give the other side equal time. They're wrong and they need to be told in no uncertain terms.
Blue, you are a raving lunatic. I think that's all that needs to be said. Everyone else can easily see the problems in your arguments, and since you're willfully blind to your own flaws, there's no point in me arguing them.
There are plenty of legitimate reasons to leave WiFi open. Sharing the connection with friends without having to worry about remembering the key. Older technology compatibility (don't know if it's just me, but my new access point won't let me use WEP and my old tech won't use WPA). There's also the fact that WEP and WPA can be cracked easily and it's probably better to focus on internal security.
"There are a lot of pictures of this species around the web, are they sure its the same individual in both pictures?"
If it's not the same picture, it's the same moth. But that begs the question, what if it is a different picture, but is the same moth? Does the copyright claim still exist?
If I take a picture of a building that looks almost identical to another picture of the same building, is it infringement?
So, you're saying that if this foreign national caused this one incident then we need to start treating all foreign nationals like criminals. Yet if this foreign national didn't do it, then we don't? I don't think that can sound any more stupid.
That's like saying if this person (who happens to be foreign) did it, then you're prejudice against all foreign people, but if he didn't then you're not.
Different people also go uphill at different rates, yet we have minimum driving ages, minimum drinking ages, and quite a few other things including President and Representative.
There's a reason the Federation in Star Trek was not a monetary society. Their worth was based not on some random number, but by how they benefited society.
But this has already happened. Remember the big scares with outsourcing and robot workers? Yes, people lost their jobs, but better jobs were waiting for those who were willing to adapt.
It'll be the same if replicators are invented or if copyright ever goes away. The opportunities will be there, you just have to be smart enough to take them.
If I was ever asked for a social media password and my answer of "hell no" wasn't the correct answer to a test, I'd be perfectly fine not getting hired there. Granted, I'm a network administrator and a company like that would probably blame me for their inevitable security issues.
Chronno S. Trigger (profile), Apr 11th, 2013 @ 6:13pm
Re: Must include zero
Wait, you think that the graph needs to be 99% white space? That 405 at the top left of the graph isn't 405 people, it's 405,000. Extending the graph from 345,000 to 0 would make the change look like nothing at all.
Or is that what you're saying? Comparing it from 405,000 to 0 would make it seem like piracy has done diddly squat to harm jobs.
Chronno S. Trigger (profile), Apr 9th, 2013 @ 2:41pm
Didn't Microsoft get the same complaints over Windows Defender back when they announced that it was going to be free? Something about predatory pricing?
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And I have a rock here that keeps away tigers. Don't believe me? Do you see any tigers around? Now what are my offers? $10 from the large balding man in the white shirt.
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Prior Art: Firefox/Chrome. If you type in an address to a website that has been reported to have malware, it will warn you.
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Punishment for eternity over something done during the years that one is scientifically proven to be an idiot? That's not society, that's barbaric.
You also have no problems over the public sale of a minor's record without the consent of the guardian or minor? You are a barbarian.
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Re:
1) The many people who search for that particular combination of words
2) The person who allegedly really slandered the guy
Take your pick.
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Re: Re: Re: Yet again, The Rich are the problem.
It's this kind of thinking that causes the crap you rally against. Being so willing to sacrifice the innocent to get back at the guilty. We must stop terrorists so we put up with sexual harassment at the airports. We want to stop overeating so we must ban all large soda. We have been slighted by the rich so kill them all.
Isn't it this kind of thinking that caused the Dark Ages, the Spanish Inquisition, the Salem Witch Trials, and the Holocaust? Someone must be punished and to hell with the collateral damage.
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Re: Keepin' it classy, minion.
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Re: What the fuck happened to TechDirt?
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Re: Because GOT CAUGHT EARLY and stopped!
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Re: Like a moth to the flame...
If it's not the same picture, it's the same moth. But that begs the question, what if it is a different picture, but is the same moth? Does the copyright claim still exist?
If I take a picture of a building that looks almost identical to another picture of the same building, is it infringement?
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Re: Your headline is an outright lie he said no such thing
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That's like saying if this person (who happens to be foreign) did it, then you're prejudice against all foreign people, but if he didn't then you're not.
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Re: Re:
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Re: What happens when the next tech...
But this has already happened. Remember the big scares with outsourcing and robot workers? Yes, people lost their jobs, but better jobs were waiting for those who were willing to adapt.
It'll be the same if replicators are invented or if copyright ever goes away. The opportunities will be there, you just have to be smart enough to take them.
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Re: Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on Apr 12th, 2013 @ 8:51am
Hmm... Creative works cannot exist without copyright, but copyright cannot exist without creative works. Which came first, the copyright or the egg?
Tom, you're obviously someone who does not understand copyright... or creative works.
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Re: Re: "a nationwide Google expansion would be prohibitively expensive"
Because that's OoTB's bias.
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It'd better be a test
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Re: Must include zero
Or is that what you're saying? Comparing it from 405,000 to 0 would make it seem like piracy has done diddly squat to harm jobs.
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