Is it okay to (mostly) agree with you and feel slightly sad about it?
I say mostly because I think that there is still a market for dead tree books because it currently has advantages over digital books, that will allow them to survive in larger markets for the forseeable future.
The advantage being that paper books are completely DRM free.
Read the article too. She said that the TSA did take her insulin, it's just that they didn't take all of it because of how they searched her bag.
Now I guess you can boil this down to She Said, They Said, but I don't see right now how one is more trustworthy than the other, especially considering the TSA tactics of just following orders now and evading later.
I think I can agree with that, though I'd like to point out that currently Bachman is probably the most public face of the TP and has certainly managed to gather her share of TP supporters with her stances. In the end, movements can fail to live up to their platforms from Day One.
It's an interesting point to what degree the TP focuses on fiscal issues and decentralized gov't despite having (IMO) a sizable portion of it composed by social conservatives who are ideological and assertive about it.
Seriously. Can anyone point out the flaws in adopting a strategy that is "Less government. Less Enforcement. Less Taxes. Less Obama."?
Just to bat for the sake of the devil, there is one very valid argument. As government taxes and services diminish, social services will not neceassarily be able to provide a safety net for the poor, sick, or otherwise underprivileged.
Now I lean strongly on the side of personal responsibility, but I think it's unfair to say that you believe in personal responsibility, and then not admit that there is a chance that people of all kinds might go unhelped through either private or public assistance when hit hard enough by the misfortunes of life that affect anyone.
For me though, those chances are worth giving people the liberty to live peaceful lives by their own means.
The shift toward libertarianism in this country has less to do with the Far Right's constant noisemaking and more to do with the government's obtuse willingness to make life worse for their constituents while claiming to be making every effort to improve things
Got it in one, though I'd like to point out that libertarian-types (or at least I) have a hard time finding a place in US politics because both parties have seek to use government to control me in ways that I think are overbearing or intrusive.
Heck the Tea Party (TP) itself sides with opinions that I think aren't very libertarian, like opposing gay marriage. Those who think that the TP is focused solely on fiscal issues and has no strong social conservative bent has never listened to any thing Michelle Bachman (founder of the House TP Caucus) has ever said.
All patent acceptance and submission numbers prove is that people know how to fill out a form that can get stamped by the USPTO. It has nothing to do with the willingness of the person to actually create the invention or create a business around the invention as a product/service. I agree with the stance that patents are now used as little more than a legal tool for extortion purposes.
Whatever happened to my right as a consumer to own the crap I bought fair and square?
Early adopters, or fans you might say, of a particular artist are the who are responsible driving the commercial value of the art by buying it in the first place. The fans validate the work and its monetary value, and that is a great contribution.
And for me I'll say that I value format and convenience more than volume. But that isn't to say that any savvy seller can't find ways to mix the two to reach as many customers as possible.
And not to mention there can be more to a product than format, convenience, and quantity.
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Old Fashioned
I say mostly because I think that there is still a market for dead tree books because it currently has advantages over digital books, that will allow them to survive in larger markets for the forseeable future.
The advantage being that paper books are completely DRM free.
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Re: Now what was that saying...
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Re: Re: Just like the alarms at the exit doors of Wal-Mart
You really can't accuse someone of stealing, but the alarms, the aisle walks, etc exist to give lifters the impression that they are being watched.
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Now I guess you can boil this down to She Said, They Said, but I don't see right now how one is more trustworthy than the other, especially considering the TSA tactics of just following orders now and evading later.
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It's an interesting point to what degree the TP focuses on fiscal issues and decentralized gov't despite having (IMO) a sizable portion of it composed by social conservatives who are ideological and assertive about it.
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You can debate its level of coverage and effectiveness, but you can't debate its existence.
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Just to bat for the sake of the devil, there is one very valid argument. As government taxes and services diminish, social services will not neceassarily be able to provide a safety net for the poor, sick, or otherwise underprivileged.
Now I lean strongly on the side of personal responsibility, but I think it's unfair to say that you believe in personal responsibility, and then not admit that there is a chance that people of all kinds might go unhelped through either private or public assistance when hit hard enough by the misfortunes of life that affect anyone.
For me though, those chances are worth giving people the liberty to live peaceful lives by their own means.
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Got it in one, though I'd like to point out that libertarian-types (or at least I) have a hard time finding a place in US politics because both parties have seek to use government to control me in ways that I think are overbearing or intrusive.
Heck the Tea Party (TP) itself sides with opinions that I think aren't very libertarian, like opposing gay marriage. Those who think that the TP is focused solely on fiscal issues and has no strong social conservative bent has never listened to any thing Michelle Bachman (founder of the House TP Caucus) has ever said.
But boy do I digress!
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A rhetorical weapon
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Wow that's gonna be an awkward term in future discussions.
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Sounds like one of those "people trying to get on a plane to go somewhere" types that Mike loves so much.
FTFY
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Oh, that's a great idea. Who wants to get in on the ground-floor with me on this?
I even have a snappy official sounding name for it.
The
Collection of
Artist
Dues
Society
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Yeah, but few would invest that kind of money and expect to sell only one album.
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Early adopters, or fans you might say, of a particular artist are the who are responsible driving the commercial value of the art by buying it in the first place. The fans validate the work and its monetary value, and that is a great contribution.
Why punish that?
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All of this right to copy/distribute is a red herring for the real issue, the loneliness and frustrations of the single artist.
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Spoken like someone who's never had their phone sabotage a text message with "auto-corrections".
I'm pretty sure my phone is out to portray me to my wife and friends as some sort of deviant.
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And not to mention there can be more to a product than format, convenience, and quantity.
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Mental Note
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Buh-zing!
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Qhu, Rapelcgvat!
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