Not just cars, any invention which is ubiquitous today had to pass through the 6% usage point.
- indoor toilets
- domestic electricity supplies
- mobile phones, hell even home telephones
- literacy
In a related note, there's an interesting article over on Slate discussing the strange position we're in whereby law enforcement can use various non-lethal weapons on their citizenry, but the Geneva conventions prohibit their use on enemy combatants as causing "superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering".
We need a Geneva convention on use of weapons on civilians!
You think Disney ignore an existing story and come up with their own? Yeah, that's gonna happen.
Ever since that funny film they did about a mouse on a steamboat I don't think they've done anything original. Not counting drafts of copyright legislation of course.
Come on, the plague was pretty fair, or at least non-discriminatory. The plague did exactly what it was meant to do - spread virulently and kill people. No hypocrisy, no lies.
Comparisons with fox news and the copyright lobby are what gives the Black Death a bad name!
Did you know you have the same name as the guy who runs Techdirt? Must be awkward when people mistake you for someone else with diametrically opposite views!
Correct, I'm saying they haven't been victimised. I was taking victimised to be the subject of a targeted attack rather than someone periphally affected. The victim of an attack if you will.
Granted you can think of "victim" as anyone affected, perhaps I should have used more specific language.
Consider the last line to read as "Are they specifically targetting 2012TicketAlert? Don't believe so"
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Re: So much for learning from the past
- indoor toilets
- domestic electricity supplies
- mobile phones, hell even home telephones
- literacy
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Re: D.E.A (D)
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Re: D.E.A (D)
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non-lethal worse than lethal?
We need a Geneva convention on use of weapons on civilians!
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Or was it copyright they needed?
I forget.
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- Princess Minnie
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Ever since that funny film they did about a mouse on a steamboat I don't think they've done anything original. Not counting drafts of copyright legislation of course.
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Phone - where's my pho... oh, wait. Dammit!
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Using the word steal to refer to infringement: Take a drink
Correct usage of the word steal with reference to copyrighted material: Drink all the alcohol in the house
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Comparisons with fox news and the copyright lobby are what gives the Black Death a bad name!
On the post: UK Student Charged For 'Grossly Offensive' Facebook Post
Where is Voltaire when we need him?
(I know, he apparently didn't actually say that but, hey, go and eat cake)
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*financially I mean, obviously we pay for the with our liberty
On the post: FBI Continues To Foil Its Own Devised Terrorist Plots
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They've managed to keep a 100% record for just over 11 years now!
On the post: Ubisoft Learns Hitting Customers Over The Head And Calling Them Thieves Is Not Good Policy
While I might now buy the next Ubisoft game, unfortunately it looks like I'm going to have to give the next SimCity a miss, which will be disappointing as it'll be the first SimCity I've not bought.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/28/simcity-to-be-crippled-by-always-on-lets-change- this/
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Sounds like the Al Capone method of prosecution (or rather the Frank J Wilson method I guess)
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sue colleges?
After all I'm sure they advertise their courses including comments on current star student athletes. Come study at LSU with Tyrann Mathieu!
On the post: Olympics Shuts Down Non-Commercial Online Service That Helped People Get Tickets
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Granted you can think of "victim" as anyone affected, perhaps I should have used more specific language.
Consider the last line to read as "Are they specifically targetting 2012TicketAlert? Don't believe so"
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