I mentioned Jury Duty because it is fresh on my mind. I happen to be on Jury Duty this past week, and next week. Last Monday in the judge's orientation, she pointed out how jury duty is not convenient for anyone. But we should be glad we have an independent judiciary. Which I am. Jury duty, like voting, is part of how you participate in a democracy. Even one that has become disfunctional.
I have no wish for Trump to become president. I'm hoping that was obvious.
Maybe a certain presidential candidate can call upon a foreign power to hack our voting machines -- to ensure the correct election outcome -- for the good of the entire world. Or "for the children". Whatever works for you.
Then the only remaining obstacle would be to remove the limit on the number of terms that the president can serve.
Unrelated: from googling, the name "Donald" seems to have two meanings. 1. ruler of the world, and 2. dark stranger.
For the convenience of everyone, couldn't voting machines be modified to automatically vote for you. This would save you from the time and trouble of having to leave work to go to the polling place and wait. Voting is such an inconvenience anyway. Like jury duty.
Or is this some super power that Russian law provides without even the puny protections of the DMCA?
With this kind of power, and the craziness of copyright, and the craziness of some people who promote copyright, it is easy to see that a lot of sites would get shut down. Everyday things. Wikipedia. Blogs and internet forums on a large scale. News sites for even trivial 'infringements' that might well be fair use.
Should the government really be worrying about geopolitical concerns when there are more important pressing matters such as: potentially other people like Aaron Swartz who might make public documents available to the public (gasp!). And shouldn't the government be busy acting as Hollywood's private police force?
I'm sure we're all just as shocked as Mr. Popick is that the Trump campaign would agree to something, and then not honor that agreement. Even if it was just a verbal agreement. The fact that the Trump political campaign would not keep it's word is just shocking. Unbelievable.
I think the transition to a massive self-driving Uber like system might incorporate the idea of individual owners offering up their cars to such a system.
But I think that is just a transition and things change.
Owning a car is to own a capital intensive machine that sits idle most of the time. Naturally it's appealing to rent it out when you're not using it.
But it's also appealing to not own one in the first place. Once self-driving Uber like services become as reliable as the electric utility power, it will suddenly become attractive to more and more people to NOT own a vehicle.
That cycle just feeds back on itself. The fewer people own a vehicle, the more demand is for the self-driving car service. But fewer owners to provide the vehicles. Thus those services will become just another common type of business, like McDonalds. Johnny Cab.
Thus, I think individual owners renting out their self driving cars may happen. But it will be a transitional step toward how things will end up.
But (most) people don't think about how the world will change until the signs are beyond obvious. Like how the original automobiles would change everything so that there is unbroken concrete from your door step to my door step.
Of course, the world is changing in other ways that may make these dreams impossible. And not for reasons that have anything to do with science.
You're right, of course. It's like us torturing doesn't make torture any less horrible. But it does remove our ability to credibly call it out as horrible when we are doing it ourselves.
Same with: * patents in East Texas * government corruption * police brutality etc
Before we are too harsh on Erdogan, we (the US) needs to wait until after our elections in November.
The respect others have for the US government could suffer if we condemn another government leader, and then have one ourselves who does even worse.
Of course, I don't now if the level of respect for the government can drop below zero. It might be worth consulting congress about that one. Or Comcast.
Shouldn't the US Government have to pay statutory damages of $150,000 on each copy which represents an infringement?
That is the kind of thinking the RIAA and MPAA would use, and that DOJ lawyers would use.
Surely they could find a way to argue for this. It's what the US Government would do. Stretch it as far as it will stretch, and then some. Then stretch some more.
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Re: Re: Make America Great Again
I mentioned Jury Duty because it is fresh on my mind. I happen to be on Jury Duty this past week, and next week. Last Monday in the judge's orientation, she pointed out how jury duty is not convenient for anyone. But we should be glad we have an independent judiciary. Which I am. Jury duty, like voting, is part of how you participate in a democracy. Even one that has become disfunctional.
I have no wish for Trump to become president. I'm hoping that was obvious.
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Re: Re: Make America Great Again
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Make America Great Again
Then the only remaining obstacle would be to remove the limit on the number of terms that the president can serve.
Unrelated: from googling, the name "Donald" seems to have two meanings. 1. ruler of the world, and 2. dark stranger.
For the convenience of everyone, couldn't voting machines be modified to automatically vote for you. This would save you from the time and trouble of having to leave work to go to the polling place and wait. Voting is such an inconvenience anyway. Like jury duty.
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Market outloook for censorware
On the post: Russian Copyright Law Allows Entire News Site To Be Shut Down Over A Single Copied Article
Is this Russia's equivalent of the DMCA?
With this kind of power, and the craziness of copyright, and the craziness of some people who promote copyright, it is easy to see that a lot of sites would get shut down. Everyday things. Wikipedia. Blogs and internet forums on a large scale. News sites for even trivial 'infringements' that might well be fair use.
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Is this the best use of taxpayer resources?
On the post: But Wait: Copyright Law Is So Screwed Up, Perhaps The Rolling Stones Are Right That Donald Trump Needed Their Permission
One confusing point
Will copyright Implode?
Or will it Explode?
What is the minimum safe distance when it does?
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Shocking!
Or not.
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Re: Re: I can't wait
It is the same reason (or flip side of it) why self driving car services won't be terrible.
Here's the secret: competition
Imagine if self driving car services were like normal businesses that competed with each other. McDonalds vs Burger King. And quite unlike Comcast.
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Re: Re:
But you are correct.
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Owning a car
But I think that is just a transition and things change.
Owning a car is to own a capital intensive machine that sits idle most of the time. Naturally it's appealing to rent it out when you're not using it.
But it's also appealing to not own one in the first place. Once self-driving Uber like services become as reliable as the electric utility power, it will suddenly become attractive to more and more people to NOT own a vehicle.
That cycle just feeds back on itself. The fewer people own a vehicle, the more demand is for the self-driving car service. But fewer owners to provide the vehicles. Thus those services will become just another common type of business, like McDonalds. Johnny Cab.
Thus, I think individual owners renting out their self driving cars may happen. But it will be a transitional step toward how things will end up.
But (most) people don't think about how the world will change until the signs are beyond obvious. Like how the original automobiles would change everything so that there is unbroken concrete from your door step to my door step.
Of course, the world is changing in other ways that may make these dreams impossible. And not for reasons that have anything to do with science.
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Re: Be careful of what you DIG for.
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Re: Re: Before we are too harsh on Erdogan . . .
Same with:
* patents in East Texas
* government corruption
* police brutality
etc
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What is the French court smoking?
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Re: The Great Purge
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Before we are too harsh on Erdogan . . .
The respect others have for the US government could suffer if we condemn another government leader, and then have one ourselves who does even worse.
Of course, I don't now if the level of respect for the government can drop below zero. It might be worth consulting congress about that one. Or Comcast.
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Re: The brutal truth
> and tell him to stop that or else?
They need to do what the UN would do.
The UN would pass a resolution strongly condemning Erdogan's actions.
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Re: Bunch of Pirates
That is the kind of thinking the RIAA and MPAA would use, and that DOJ lawyers would use.
Surely they could find a way to argue for this. It's what the US Government would do. Stretch it as far as it will stretch, and then some. Then stretch some more.
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Rule of Holes
new: when you're an a-hole, stop digging.
On the post: American Academy Of Pediatrics Claims Broad Consensus On Violent Media Effect That Doesn't Remotely Exist
Think of the children!
Something must be done!
This will harm our children and our society.
These violent video games must be stopped before children are affected for life.
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