Are you for real? Here's a one word reply: FALSE. You CAN change laws.
I'd list some example, but if the phenomenon isn't plain as the nose on your face (you DO have a nose, right?) then give further additional examples to not learn from would be a waste of my time.
Naw, it'd consist of the new artists explaining things in a calm rational manner and the old guard with their fingers in the their ears shouting "la la la la la I can't hear you" at the top of their lungs.
I, for one, wouldn't be amused by this for more than ~2 minutes.
For example: I happen to have a burgeoning digital song collection--which I've added to and maintained for going on 20 years, across about 8 computers and some 20 hard-drives.
And yet, despite the come-and-go of hardware, my collection remains intact. How? Backup your data. Save early, save often...
Other people have 1 copy of their song, and it's saved on their iPod. When the iPod dies, they forget they owned it... it just comes down to the person.
Yes, but in the future what will kids find when they explore Grandma's server in the attic???
Amazing lost relics: 2d jpegs! Old ebooks (DRM free, amazing!), "bootleg" music, email backups, twitter dumps, things which couldn't reasonably exist in a tangible form--but will exist as data.
Quick favor, can you do the "electricity will lead to the murder of women" one? That's an oldie but a goldie... I just love faulty vacuous arguments which are obviously false but somebody vehemently defends & believes in the nonetheless...
Seeing as most of those guys cannot tell their head from their ass--the 'STUPID' tattoo which was supposed to be in mirrored letters on their forehead somehow ended up tattooed across their buttocks, I imagine.
I'll revise:
There are laws on the books which are neither followed nor enforced--ergo "meaningless". Examples: anti-swearing laws, anti-fornication laws, anti-sodomy laws, anti-bananas in church, illegal icecream in pocket, illegal horse in court, illegal alligator leashed to telephone pole, etc, there's tons of them.
Those laws which are not followed but enforcement is attempted range from annoyances to injustices... and those are the ones which the public eventually moves to get fixed. Examples: Marijuana, DVD ripping, media sharing, speeding, cell-phone while driving... There's likely many more examples if anybody wants to chime in.
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Re: All Bets!
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I'd list some example, but if the phenomenon isn't plain as the nose on your face (you DO have a nose, right?) then give further additional examples to not learn from would be a waste of my time.
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We should totally be focussed on something important: like Californians illegally drinking unpasteurized milk or having their own chickens.
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Re: What movie was that?
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I, for one, wouldn't be amused by this for more than ~2 minutes.
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Re: Re: Re: Cute, but which will last longer?
For example: I happen to have a burgeoning digital song collection--which I've added to and maintained for going on 20 years, across about 8 computers and some 20 hard-drives.
And yet, despite the come-and-go of hardware, my collection remains intact. How? Backup your data. Save early, save often...
Other people have 1 copy of their song, and it's saved on their iPod. When the iPod dies, they forget they owned it... it just comes down to the person.
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Re: GAH!!!!
Paper manufacturers cut down trees which they themselves planted for the purpose of cutting down to make paper.
Grrr.
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Re: Cute, but which will last longer?
Amazing lost relics: 2d jpegs! Old ebooks (DRM free, amazing!), "bootleg" music, email backups, twitter dumps, things which couldn't reasonably exist in a tangible form--but will exist as data.
Quick favor, can you do the "electricity will lead to the murder of women" one? That's an oldie but a goldie... I just love faulty vacuous arguments which are obviously false but somebody vehemently defends & believes in the nonetheless...
;-P
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Re: STUPID tattoo
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Re: Also
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Re: yeah..
Let's say I chose to invest heavily in my very own sole proprietor business; making and selling flax-seed oiled chocolate squid cakes.
Now, my continued business relies entirely on people buying what I'm selling.
Sadly, I've chosen to make something nobody will buy at any price.
Don't you think we should pass some laws so I can get government money and continue to make something nobody wants to buy?
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Re: Re: Re: Fact based? Hah
I'll revise:
There are laws on the books which are neither followed nor enforced--ergo "meaningless". Examples: anti-swearing laws, anti-fornication laws, anti-sodomy laws, anti-bananas in church, illegal icecream in pocket, illegal horse in court, illegal alligator leashed to telephone pole, etc, there's tons of them.
Those laws which are not followed but enforcement is attempted range from annoyances to injustices... and those are the ones which the public eventually moves to get fixed. Examples: Marijuana, DVD ripping, media sharing, speeding, cell-phone while driving... There's likely many more examples if anybody wants to chime in.
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Re: Re: Fact based? Hah
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Re: Fact based? Hah
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Re: So?
They would lie and cheat to pass ACTA--and have provably already done so.
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Re: LOL
Poor logic.
That's not an either/or choice. It's a 'value' or 'opinion' question.
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Re: Ahem
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