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  • On the post: How Should Law Enforcement Handle Being Filmed? Officer Lyons Provides The Perfect Example

    collier ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2011 @ 02:05pm

    Re: Funny ...

    This is true, but I bet there are a few who were stabbed, run-down, beaten to death....

  • On the post: How Should Law Enforcement Handle Being Filmed? Officer Lyons Provides The Perfect Example

    collier ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2011 @ 02:01pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hmm...

    an armed society, is a polite society...

  • On the post: How Should Law Enforcement Handle Being Filmed? Officer Lyons Provides The Perfect Example

    collier ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2011 @ 02:00pm

    Re:

    From what I have seen, many of the over reactions and stomping on citizen rights when filming actually occur in "low stress" situations.

    The situations escalate because the cop does not like being filmed and thus potentially held accountable for their actions. Officer Lyons is the exception and obviously deals very well with the public.

  • On the post: Looking At Security Theater Through The Lens Of The Utøya Massacre

    collier ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2011 @ 07:40am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    actually, it takes a bit more than basic chemistry

  • On the post: Looking At Security Theater Through The Lens Of The Utøya Massacre

    collier ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2011 @ 10:44am

    Have we considered the "crazy freak factor"?

    Ok, I skipped ahead a bit here, so if someone else has already raised this point, apologies. :-)

    The problem is not guns, it is people. We live in a world with many, many, many, many people. By and large, we humans are a pretty decent bunch. Sadly, it is inevitable when our population swells into the billions, we will see aberrations among the populace. People who for one reason or another, are just fu#$king nuts.

    We seem to fear guns and as such we demonize them as being a social problem. A gun is simply a tool. It does not suddenly decide, "wow, I want to go on a shooting spree today". A human has to make a decision to pick up the tool, the gun and go out and kill other living creatures.

    Perhaps the key is teaching responsible gun ownership from a very, very young age. Sadly, this particular nutjob used the very strict gun control laws in Norway and the myth that police are societies "bodyguards" to his advantage. Law enforcement exists to enforce laws and investigate crime. Hence, cops showing up after something bad has happened, or after a crime has been committed.

    We really need to take responsibility for our own safety, and our decisions.

    The universe, the world, is a very scary and dangerous place. This does not mean it is awful, or we should despair, it means that we need to recognize that on a beautiful summer day, there exists a .000001% chance some wack-a-doo might decide today is the day for their moment in the spotlight and to prepare accordingly.

  • On the post: Looking At Security Theater Through The Lens Of The Utøya Massacre

    collier ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2011 @ 10:00am

    Re: Re:

    Brilliant, and just so well said. Good Job!! :-)

  • On the post: Looking At Security Theater Through The Lens Of The Utøya Massacre

    collier ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2011 @ 10:00am

    Re: Re:

    Brilliant, and just so well said. Good Job!! :-)

  • On the post: Is There A Difference Between Inspiration And Copying?

    collier ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2011 @ 12:03pm

    Re: Re: Make them pay

    Such an insightful statement.These kind of lawsuits are simply a shake-down that ultimately, is stifling to everyone including the idiot who tries to bring the suite in the first place.

    Earlier in my carrier, I was browsing through a gallery of digital art, photos that several people had compiled, which was what they thought was the best digital art and photography on the web. As I browsed the amazing images laid out before me, I kept thinking to myself, "this is amazing stuff. At some point, I want my work to be good enough so people I don't know are saying this kind of stuff about my art, and displaying simply because the viewer thinks the art is great." Two pages later, I cam across an image that I thought was really cool, and looked oddly familiar. I realized it was lifted from my portfolio page on highend3d.com. I was stunned, flattered and simply blown away. As I read the comments, and looked at variations of my original other artists had created, I was almost moved to tears. The work that other artists developed from my original was simply stunning. In many cases, it was hands down better than what I had created.

    Sadly, this website disappeared about 5 or 6 mos. later after a number of ass-hats freaked-out over their work being displayed and used with-out permission.

    There is an old adage in the art world. "Good artists copy, GREAT artists steal" What this means, is that an artist who is incapable of building on what comes before and making it even better, is in many ways just a technician. It has all been done, what really good artists do, is, do it again, but with their own spin on the idea.

    Any artist with the balls to actually try and say they have never been inspired by the work of another artist, or created something after looking at a magnificent image, is just not being honest. They are also missing out on the opportunity to truly develop as a creative person and as an artist. This is the kind of development that will ultimately allow the artist to take their work to the next level and is a powerful catalyst for creative growth.

  • On the post: Is There A Difference Between Inspiration And Copying?

    collier ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2011 @ 07:38am

    So lame

    I am a photographer, relatively widely published, and frankly, the woman who brought this suite is really "guilty" of two things here. #1 she does not appear to be a particularly skilled or talented shooter, I am saying this based on my initial impression after looking at the "evidence" above and realizing the "infringing" photos are much better photos than the "original".

    #2, her work is kind of mediocre and I would guess her only chance of making a living from photography is by trying to claim a genuinely good photographer is copying her and suing them.

    Her name is definitely one I will remember to mention to EVERY editor I know. The simple reality, is the less talented photographer is trying to shake-down the better photographer, instead of producing better work. After all, creating good images takes time and effort, why do all that work when you can just pick a better artist, and try to claim they are infringing because a limb is poised at an angle similar to that in one of her shots. This is one of the lamest things I have ever seen. I am just appalled!

  • On the post: How The US Gov't's Bogus Extradition Attempt Of Richard O'Dwyer Is Destroying Lives For No Reason

    collier ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2011 @ 11:03am

    Actually, he was not breaking the law by keeping his site up...

    I think you missed the part, where what he was doing was actually legal in the UK, and still is.

  • On the post: The Rule Of Law Over The Rule Of Reason

    collier ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2009 @ 05:31am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Law was obviously written by a single/childless legislator

    You are obviously an idiot with no grounding in reality.