What's more humane, saving your neighbors or saving anonymous Libyans? Which group is more likely to help you in time of need?
Let's put this in perspective. Saudis have more disposable income than you. What are *they* doing for *their* neighbors?
I'd rather have the US assassinating Mexican drug lords than Libyans. College kids will come out in droves at the polls for you, and maybe staying home will be a viable option for more than a few illegal immigrants.
I understand it, but it still rubs me the wrong way. The cop was clearly being baited; no one goes out armed, in public, and also happens to be recording the events unless that person expects trouble. Again, I understand, but provocation still doesn't make it feel any less shitty.
... is it time yet to lay some blame on the Obama administration for this, or are they still being held above this sort of thing, i.e "It's part of the established culture"?
When can we expect this to stop, reasonably, with Super Obama in office? Conversely, when do we stop making excuses for him?
Assuming the Swedes have a rational evidentiary system, nothing on the hard drives is admissible. The HDD owners have a good case for larceny, though. Props to the hijackers, though, it's bold.
Piracy is the only effective weapon available to corporate disobedience. That, and corporate short-term thinking that will, in the long run, destroy themselves by destroying the middle class.
I love the numbers on that. The Dust Brothers have never been able to create something as richly-textured as that since 1989, largely because sampling had been demonized. The analysis just makes it concrete. Once again, another reason to do harm to the music industry.
No one likes to be embarrassed. Given a choice between public humiliation or status quo, it would take a great deal of integrity to choose humiliation. Character and integrity are not really prevalent.
Why was "Vice" performing an assault raid? Did they think the owners were going to flush the mixtapes down the toilet? What happened to knocking, walking in, executing a search warrant, then leaving?
Seriously, if they need practice kicking down doors, Newark NJ could certainly use the help.
You hire me to ink Batman in a sailor outfit on your bicep. At SXSW someone sees it and a month later, wander into my shop and says "Ink me some Sailor Batman". I do so.
You hire me to write a sorting routine. I take mergesort and tailor it, and it works. I roll off contract and get hired at another place writing a sort routine. I take mergesort and tailor it, and it works.
What's the difference here? Is there any? Should there be?
No, it's really that simple. Big Pharma in the US can't layoff chemists fast enough, but they seem to find money to publish fake articles touting the benefits of their drugs.
Big Pharma used to do manufacturing really well, out of necessity because the FDA regulated them. Now that's been proven to be a joke, so there's no appreciable benefit to buying Advil over ibuprofen any longer. In fact, if you watch this stuff closely, you'll be smart to buy anything Teva manufacturers, since they seem to be the only outfit that knows how to produce a quality product at the lowest possible cost.
This reminds me of those novelty purple, green and blue tomato ketchups that Heinz brought out. Just the idea of putting purple ketchup on my food was enough to get me interested in buying it.
If a US agent is inspected a US citizen's laptop, how is this *not* covered under the 4th Amendment? Presumably the US agent is acting on behalf of the citizen's government, and therefore should be adhering to rules and regulations of that government. I don't see how the physical location of this inspection makes a difference, since it is primarily *the activity* that is being managed by the 4th amendment.
In other words, the courts are wrong, as usual, and continue pushing our people to the brink of outright revolt. Assuming we can get off of our couches to actually do that.
... because in *my NYC* you can't successfully navigate out of the WTC PATH station without dodging the deluge of free newspapers being shoved at you. Selling, no, but hawking and announcing headlines? You bet!
... is that pharmaceutical companies are really, really bad at manufacturing. Marketing, great. Sales, great. Even discovery, great. But actually making the drug? Ridiculously inept. Manufacture should be something you outsource immediately to companies where SCO are actually well-implemented and driven to success by the pressure of competition. Teva, for example, would be a much better manufacturer for most drugs than Merck, J&J, Pfizer, etc. Without the high-margins that big pharmas take for granted, Teva (purely as an example) has to make its money by actually being very, very good at manufacturing.
Do you really believe Balkanization of connections to homes is a better answer? I hesitate to make this either/or but there's really no other way to put it. You have a single gas line to your home; water, sewer as well. Why do you need three fiber/coax/dry pair connections?
We'd be better off with a single connection point, managed by a single entity, regulated by the public. Separating deliver from supply is the key differentiator.
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Re: Seriously...
Let's put this in perspective. Saudis have more disposable income than you. What are *they* doing for *their* neighbors?
I'd rather have the US assassinating Mexican drug lords than Libyans. College kids will come out in droves at the polls for you, and maybe staying home will be a viable option for more than a few illegal immigrants.
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Lots of ire against police officers.
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On the other hand....
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So...
When can we expect this to stop, reasonably, with Super Obama in office? Conversely, when do we stop making excuses for him?
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Get out of jail free.
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What do you think piracy is?
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Paul's Boutique Analysis
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It's not really this complicated.
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Ironic song lyric of the day
River Bottom Nightmare Band!"
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Interesting deployment of police.
Seriously, if they need practice kicking down doors, Newark NJ could certainly use the help.
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Ummm, no.
You hire me to write a sorting routine. I take mergesort and tailor it, and it works. I roll off contract and get hired at another place writing a sort routine. I take mergesort and tailor it, and it works.
What's the difference here? Is there any? Should there be?
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Outrage = corporate disobedience
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Re: Re:
Big Pharma used to do manufacturing really well, out of necessity because the FDA regulated them. Now that's been proven to be a joke, so there's no appreciable benefit to buying Advil over ibuprofen any longer. In fact, if you watch this stuff closely, you'll be smart to buy anything Teva manufacturers, since they seem to be the only outfit that knows how to produce a quality product at the lowest possible cost.
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Re: Ketchup
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Question.
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Confused.
In other words, the courts are wrong, as usual, and continue pushing our people to the brink of outright revolt. Assuming we can get off of our couches to actually do that.
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Guess you don't live or work in NYC...
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Something that gets lost here...
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And so what if they own the network?
We'd be better off with a single connection point, managed by a single entity, regulated by the public. Separating deliver from supply is the key differentiator.
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Porn distance
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