This is much more than a catfight, and if you had a wife/daughter led astray by the influential Ginas of this world, as many of the skeptical ob's followers were at one time, you would understand why it's so important that Dr. Amy not be silenced because Gina can't refute Dr. Amy's rock-solid analysis of the evidence.
One need not have any stake in the underlying argument to understand it's important not to allow copyright to be abused to silence speech. Even if Gina is right and Dr. Amy is wrong, the DMCA abuse still needs to be stopped - the argument has nothing to do with that issue.
Left alone and permitted without restriction, this sort of thing expresses that society thinks this is okay, acceptable in it's own way, and that the acts portrayed in it are equally acceptable.
Permitting speech does not mean condoning the actions the speech describes. It is perfectly acceptable to write about rape, murder, and genocide, but we don't condone any of those activities.
In India, Section 66A of the Information Technology Act makes it illegal to use a computer to publish "any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character" or to publish false information.
I don't see the US giving a damn shit about adverse decisions of the WTO.
Exactly. The US will ignore any decision, leaving Ukraine with punitive sanctions as its recourse. If the US doesn't have enough trade with Ukraine to make that hurt, then the US will ignore that too.
everyone reading this using adblock should fucking be ashamed of themselves
Yes, it's shameful to find ads annoying isn't it? I'm ashamed of myself every time I skip ads with my DVR too but I manage to live with the shame somehow.
Oh, Playboy and reality TV are going strong, but the celebs who appear on them are often perceived as lacking any other opportunities.
My point is that Kickstarter is Playboy and reality TV in your analogy, so while it may turn out that it attracts has-beens, your example doesn't say anything about how successful it will be, only about the sort of celebrity it may attract. I'm sure Kickstarter would be thrilled to be as well-known, financially successful, and long-lived as Playboy (though without other aspects of their reputation of course).
If celebrity Kickstarter projects end up for most of them as the equivalent of reality TV and Playboy covers (what you do when your career is flagging), then it may put a damper on the concept.
I don't know, as far as I know Playboy and reality TV are both still going strong.
Congratulations for being the only one here (including Mr. Geigner) to surmise the real reason for this tragedy. Doctors and hospitals are required by law to report all gun-related (or suspected gun-related) injuries to the police.
There are at three other comments mentioning this issue.
"emulators created to play illegally copied Nintendo software"
If it's rephrased slightly to
"emulators that were created in order to play illegally copied Nintendo software" does it make more sense? You can see now that he's talking not about emulators in general but about emulators whose creators have in mind illegally copied Nintendo games?
Re: Passerby - NOT a silly fight.
This is much more than a catfight, and if you had a wife/daughter led astray by the influential Ginas of this world, as many of the skeptical ob's followers were at one time, you would understand why it's so important that Dr. Amy not be silenced because Gina can't refute Dr. Amy's rock-solid analysis of the evidence.
One need not have any stake in the underlying argument to understand it's important not to allow copyright to be abused to silence speech. Even if Gina is right and Dr. Amy is wrong, the DMCA abuse still needs to be stopped - the argument has nothing to do with that issue.
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Left alone and permitted without restriction, this sort of thing expresses that society thinks this is okay, acceptable in it's own way, and that the acts portrayed in it are equally acceptable.
Permitting speech does not mean condoning the actions the speech describes. It is perfectly acceptable to write about rape, murder, and genocide, but we don't condone any of those activities.
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There is the dictionary definition, "those who LOVE children"
My dictionary defines pedophile as "An adult who is sexually attracted to a child or children." I love children, but I'm not a pedophile.
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And kill that Internet Thing.
I don't think the government wants to kill the internet, it's a rich source of surveillance data.
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The MPAA is jealous of Cheney?
They're not quite that overreaching. After all, Cheney shot a guy in the face, and that guy later apologized to Cheney for it. Seriously.
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The project itself could still be mostly just part of the old Hollywood system.
Given away for free and part of the old Hollywood system are not the only two possibilities.
Order 66
In India, Section 66A of the Information Technology Act makes it illegal to use a computer to publish "any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character" or to publish false information.
"Execute Order 66."
Re: Bandwidth does not equal data amount used
Ergo, Data Cap(amount you can use) is pointless when trying to control Bandwidth issues(size of pipe).
Except that it will tend to cause customers to limit their use of high-bandwidth applications over mobile data.
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I don't see the US giving a damn shit about adverse decisions of the WTO.
Exactly. The US will ignore any decision, leaving Ukraine with punitive sanctions as its recourse. If the US doesn't have enough trade with Ukraine to make that hurt, then the US will ignore that too.
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everyone reading this using adblock should fucking be ashamed of themselves
Yes, it's shameful to find ads annoying isn't it? I'm ashamed of myself every time I skip ads with my DVR too but I manage to live with the shame somehow.
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Oh, Playboy and reality TV are going strong, but the celebs who appear on them are often perceived as lacking any other opportunities.
My point is that Kickstarter is Playboy and reality TV in your analogy, so while it may turn out that it attracts has-beens, your example doesn't say anything about how successful it will be, only about the sort of celebrity it may attract. I'm sure Kickstarter would be thrilled to be as well-known, financially successful, and long-lived as Playboy (though without other aspects of their reputation of course).
Freedom and choice?
consumers already have lots of freedom, they just don't have many choices in how they exercise it.
WTH does that mean? How can we have lots of freedom with few choices?
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If celebrity Kickstarter projects end up for most of them as the equivalent of reality TV and Playboy covers (what you do when your career is flagging), then it may put a damper on the concept.
I don't know, as far as I know Playboy and reality TV are both still going strong.
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Congratulations for being the only one here (including Mr. Geigner) to surmise the real reason for this tragedy. Doctors and hospitals are required by law to report all gun-related (or suspected gun-related) injuries to the police.
There are at three other comments mentioning this issue.
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Except that's a ridiculous distinction that depends on guessing the motives of the developers.
I agree it's manipulative and makes little sense, but that is what he was saying.
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While a bit of an over-reaction, we don't know the level these kids were taking it to, or if there was a threatening overtone.
They're seven year olds playing with pencils who stopped when they were told. How bad could it have been?
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5) Cever put down a loaded weapon, unload it first.
Impossible due to rule 1.
6) Check its state of load on picking it up.
Unnecessary due to rule 1.
Hm, I think Argonel may have misstated rule 1. :-)
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Why are summations being used as a term pertaining to equivalency yields?
== is computer programming notation for equality (in many languages).
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I guarantee you that if the players in the game were drinking a can of Coke EA would be sued to high heaven to pay licensing fees.
Coke would normally pay EA for product placement to get Coke into a game. Why do you think they would sue if it got put in for free?
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"emulators created to play illegally copied Nintendo software"
If it's rephrased slightly to
"emulators that were created in order to play illegally copied Nintendo software" does it make more sense? You can see now that he's talking not about emulators in general but about emulators whose creators have in mind illegally copied Nintendo games?