"The cyberurgency and the cyberimmediacy of the cyber problem; the cyberattacks that we are undergoing and continuing to cyberundergo can not be cyberoverestimated"
At least with Klout, none of these professors are deluding themselves. They recognize that Klout is more or less arbitrary, and they go into it with that recognition. With standardized tests, everyone is convinced that this is the best (and perhaps only) tool to predict performance.
Re: Re: Not difficult: copyright is the right to control copies.
The thing I'm struggling to understand is how one part of copyright law can apply to a work and another doesn't. Is that what was intended? Shouldn't it be both or neither? If imported works don't have right of first sale then perhaps they shouldn't be covered by any copyright.
I would agree to this system, or any invasion of privacy, if the public were given the ability to use such a system to track all law enforcement and politicians (minus those individuals undercover, of course).
"Really? Nothing to hide, nothing to fear? Prove it."
a) If someone uses his printing press to make a copy of your work, that doesn't prevent you from still selling your work. If it did, then bottled water could not exist (as there are viable free alternatives to bottled water everywhere).
b) The big difference between the basketball player and the artist you are describing is that the artist is earning their money from work they did in the past and the basketball player has to continually work to earn more money (rather than resting on laurels). Yes, we are limiting the artist from maintaining a monopoly on old work, but not limiting them from creating new work. Your comparison is deeply flawed because it ignores this rather important distinction.
I don't get why some Americans so easily label others as terrorists and put them on the no fly lists or whatever, but then cry foul when Nazis are censored. If people fighting against persecution, such as Palestinians and Tamils, advocate for violence they are terrorists, but then how can the same not be said for those advocating for racial genocide?
I don't know, it just feels like there is a bit of cognitive dissonance going on here, and it feels like the skin colour of the subject plays and important role.
"Michael Brutsch, who admits to enjoy being a "troll" in order to get a reaction out of people. Over the weekend, Brutsch was apparently fired from his job."
It seems to me that Michael Brutsch should be very happy, considering the awesome reaction he got from his employer.
I hardly think this qualifies as mob rule. What's the alternative...nobody does anything about a creeper?
The creeper holds the position that he didn't break the law. And so far the mob hasn't broken the law either. Just as you say that the online lynch mob can easily become a real life lynch mob, so too can the online pedophile.
Can somebody explain to me how sites such as a megaupload have anything to do with national security? How are they allowed to redact this stuff?
It would be nice if we could have a website similar to chilling effects where people can submit censorship and redactions that clearly have absolutely nothing to do with national security.
Just going to point out that the publishers are upset when people import cheap textbooks is because they are cheap from such pricing plans as noted above. So they lower the price for one country and that lowers them for all, thanks to our global economy. And if you keep the prices high, then some countries can't afford it.
All in all I have no respect for the textbook publishing industry; however, I still think it's worthwhile to note the catch-22 our author has glossed over.
I feel that reasonable pricing reflective of the marginal cost makes the most sense. Stop inflating the prices and stop with the locking students in to products they don't want or need.
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That's funny, because I thought it was Imaginary Property rights that got us in to this mess in the first place.
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Re: Re: Re: Mirrors
Take for example copyright lawsuits.
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"Really? Nothing to hide, nothing to fear? Prove it."
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Re: What?
a) If someone uses his printing press to make a copy of your work, that doesn't prevent you from still selling your work. If it did, then bottled water could not exist (as there are viable free alternatives to bottled water everywhere).
b) The big difference between the basketball player and the artist you are describing is that the artist is earning their money from work they did in the past and the basketball player has to continually work to earn more money (rather than resting on laurels). Yes, we are limiting the artist from maintaining a monopoly on old work, but not limiting them from creating new work. Your comparison is deeply flawed because it ignores this rather important distinction.
QED, bitches
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I don't know, it just feels like there is a bit of cognitive dissonance going on here, and it feels like the skin colour of the subject plays and important role.
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On that note...
It seems to me that Michael Brutsch should be very happy, considering the awesome reaction he got from his employer.
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The creeper holds the position that he didn't break the law. And so far the mob hasn't broken the law either. Just as you say that the online lynch mob can easily become a real life lynch mob, so too can the online pedophile.
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Stealing from slashdot
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It would be nice if we could have a website similar to chilling effects where people can submit censorship and redactions that clearly have absolutely nothing to do with national security.
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All in all I have no respect for the textbook publishing industry; however, I still think it's worthwhile to note the catch-22 our author has glossed over.
I feel that reasonable pricing reflective of the marginal cost makes the most sense. Stop inflating the prices and stop with the locking students in to products they don't want or need.
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