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I just watched a nifty SciFi movie that I hadn't heard of before. The Man From Earth. It was made in 2007 (I think...) and written by Jerome Bixby (of Star Trek fame). There were no special effects, just a man telling a story to his friends. And it was better than any Michael Bay action-fest with a budget higher than the combined GDP of South America.
I'm a bit confused...Your first statement says that not having a backup is irresponsible, but your second statement says that you shouldn't maintain multiple storage facilities. Is this some new form of NewSpeak or am I just having a stroke?
As the party making ridiculous claims, I believe it is your responsibility to provide evidence, it is not our responsibility to provide negative evidence...douche.
As a proud Geeky-American with a Hispanic background, I make it a point to not drive through Arizona for anything. They've made it perfectly clear that they don't want people with my particular skin tone in their state and I will do my best to comply.
I create things that are worth stealing every working day of my life. I also donate a ton of the code to open source projects (as long as I'm happy with my implementation of it). When I see my work on TPB or whatnot I can't drum up the enthusiasm to really care. And if somebody "steals" my UI design (not bloody likely, in my case) I consider to be an compliment rather than a crime against humanity. Then again engineers create, lawyers litigate.
Because there is no way a non .music, .game, or .whatever address couldn't be used for infringement. This is like panicking that only official musicians should get the easy to remember phone numbers. Do they even know how DNS works?
Exactly right! The problem is they (CEOs, executives, etc.) only care about accumulating more wealth. They don't give a damn if they deprive our descendents of their birthright culture in the long-term so long as they get paid in the short-term.
In previous eras they'd be called sociopaths, but now they're "job creators", and the public domain is "teh socializms".
As a fellow developer and open source contributor I want to:
A) Thank you for making your arguments in a reasoned, logical manner. Compared to the trolls we often see around here, it is a breath of fresh air.
B) Say that bogging this down to a discussion of semantics is a losing battle. However, I think the problem is a lack of logic on the parts of those that proclaim infringing to be stealing. Consider the following (which I have written here before).
I watch an episode of The Daily Show via their website - Not stealing
I watch an episode of The Daily Show at a bar - Not stealing
I watch an episode of The Daily Show on cable - Not stealing
I record an episode of The Daily Show via DVR or MythTV - Not stealing
I download an episode of The Dialy Show - Stealing
There simply isn't any consistency in the rationale behind what is and what isn't considered "stealing". I am allowed to record, but not to download, either way it's an identical arrangement of bits on my hard drive. It's like telling me I can legally get to a destination by car, if and only if I take proscribed roads. What I (and most people) care about is getting to the destination quickly and inexpensively.
All we'll end up doing is replace one group of power-mad sociopaths with another. What we really need is a lottery system for choosing representatives, similar to jury duty. Anybody who campaigns for the job should be automatically disqualified.
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That sounds like exactly the thing that somebody who would bomb you would say!
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Oh The Humanity!
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In previous eras they'd be called sociopaths, but now they're "job creators", and the public domain is "teh socializms".
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A) Thank you for making your arguments in a reasoned, logical manner. Compared to the trolls we often see around here, it is a breath of fresh air.
B) Say that bogging this down to a discussion of semantics is a losing battle. However, I think the problem is a lack of logic on the parts of those that proclaim infringing to be stealing. Consider the following (which I have written here before).
I watch an episode of The Daily Show via their website - Not stealing
I watch an episode of The Daily Show at a bar - Not stealing
I watch an episode of The Daily Show on cable - Not stealing
I record an episode of The Daily Show via DVR or MythTV - Not stealing
I download an episode of The Dialy Show - Stealing
There simply isn't any consistency in the rationale behind what is and what isn't considered "stealing". I am allowed to record, but not to download, either way it's an identical arrangement of bits on my hard drive. It's like telling me I can legally get to a destination by car, if and only if I take proscribed roads. What I (and most people) care about is getting to the destination quickly and inexpensively.
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