Given that Tim and Mike sound normally like they would be against the kind of bigotry and stupidity that FFA demonstrate, I don't know why you have your panties in a twist about them trying to force their stories into some 'singing the praises of FFA'. Maybe it's your own bigotry and stupidity showing?
And just where did TD say they were 'heroes'? All TD is doing is saying that EA is crap and so far deservedly so. And then calling out Moore on his bullcrap. Saying he's talking nonsense about 'anti-homosexual bigotry' is almost the opposite of what FFA are saying, even though what they say is utterly irrelevant to this piece, and probably Tim.
And you can't spell Conservative without the letters C-O-N. So what? This isn't about idiotarianism, conservatism or democratism. It's about realising the world is changing and it never owed you a living.
And I thought the right wing was always complaining that 'being owed a living' was a 'soh-shul-ist' concept? (Despite monopolies being entrenched in capitalist systems.) So how can the 'liberal' NYT be going against 'socialist' principles?
Maybe because most things in the world are NOT 'liberal' or 'socialist' the way Faux and Limburger would have you believe. There's such a thing as 'reality' - one unfortunate element of it being that it is full of selfish and/or power-mad idiots, or we wouldn't need 'socialism' to keep 'capitalism' under control, or vice versa.
He also died destined to be considered one of the best writers in the whole world, out of the whole of history. Somehow, he did that through his own native creativity, hard work, and tireless self-promotion, rather than through some legally granted protection. There are plenty of other well-known authors from similar pre-Anne eras who also owe nothing to copyright. It's about writing well and getting an audience, NOT being able to control who copies your work. Copyright benefits printing companies, not authors. However, the current publishing industry is going to go the way of the mediaeval scribe at this rate.
Besides, yank-copyfascists are the biggest hypocrites on this one, ignoring British (and other) copyrights for years...
Ah, but might not the comedians then be seen as corporate sell-outs? I suppose as long as it looked like the company was properly apologising and looking like it was improving things...
I think I'll take the risk of not being able to make a Stradivarius over the massive crushing of tech (and other) innovation the current patent 'patent rounded corners and simple visual effects' idiocy that is going on nowadays. I know which one adversely affects culture, technology and economics more...
No, but they should have clearly posted rules on what they will and won't publish, and clear processes for dealing with cases where those rules are only mildly out of sync.
Thanks for admitting that you have half the intelligence of an amoeba. :)
Apparently you either have a photographic memory, or don't drive very far ever. One of the points of GPS/maps is to help you find places that you don't know, or that are a long way away and which may not have simple routes. If people could just look at any map and 'memorise' the route easily, we wouldn't *need* GPS/maps - but we generally can't, especially if they are complicated. And what happens when you have to pick another route for whichever reason? Obviously you've never hit bad traffic or a blocked-off road.
Google Maps (at least on Android) has the ability to pre-download maps to cache - you'd be mad not to for your local area. Unless you have an old phone with no storage, it should be fine for immediate use, signal or no signal. You're more likely to struggle by being in a city with tall buildings killing your GPS signal while having many roads you could be on.
As mentioned by Mr. Applegate, there are other mapping apps out there that load entire countries onto the phone. Similarly, there are apps like the aforementioned Skyvi that can give you voice control. And if you have your map & navigation pre-loaded then there should be no real reasons to touch your phone, or only to give it the briefest touches.
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And I thought the right wing was always complaining that 'being owed a living' was a 'soh-shul-ist' concept? (Despite monopolies being entrenched in capitalist systems.) So how can the 'liberal' NYT be going against 'socialist' principles?
Maybe because most things in the world are NOT 'liberal' or 'socialist' the way Faux and Limburger would have you believe. There's such a thing as 'reality' - one unfortunate element of it being that it is full of selfish and/or power-mad idiots, or we wouldn't need 'socialism' to keep 'capitalism' under control, or vice versa.
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Good thing Plato had copyright to help him encourage people to memorise his stuff, eh?
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Just shows you what damage dogma does, either relgious or idealogical (copyfascism).
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Besides, yank-copyfascists are the biggest hypocrites on this one, ignoring British (and other) copyrights for years...
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Apparently you either have a photographic memory, or don't drive very far ever. One of the points of GPS/maps is to help you find places that you don't know, or that are a long way away and which may not have simple routes. If people could just look at any map and 'memorise' the route easily, we wouldn't *need* GPS/maps - but we generally can't, especially if they are complicated. And what happens when you have to pick another route for whichever reason? Obviously you've never hit bad traffic or a blocked-off road.
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As mentioned by Mr. Applegate, there are other mapping apps out there that load entire countries onto the phone. Similarly, there are apps like the aforementioned Skyvi that can give you voice control. And if you have your map & navigation pre-loaded then there should be no real reasons to touch your phone, or only to give it the briefest touches.
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