I get the feeling the judge wanted to add "and if the plaintiff is acting like an ass, you pound them in writing."
I must admit, being from Australia and not really knowing what the 9th district etc all mean relative to one another can make it hard to follow as well. Whilst I understand and appreciate Mike's exhortations to read the entire thing, I'd have definitely benefited from a layman's perspective. That said, my take is the same as above.
No, that's contrary to what I understand an 'open' site to be .. much as all the ACs using their anonymity is annoying, they're entitled to do it.
Besides .. how else could we see how much the stupid burns ?
Angry Puppy - hate to tell you this but the last paper book I borrowed from the library was printed about 11 years ago.
The whole problem is that a library can now buy an ebook from X-1 of X places and not have to pay a license fee. Harper Collins have basically added an additional, ridiculous annual fee for the simple fact that they have shareholders. Technically there's no reason for it aside from greed.
From the explanation on the boycott site:
It's true that library materials don't have an unlimited shelf-life, though many libraries still circulate books that are well over a hundred years old.
You read the article carefully, didn't you ? Nobody suggested that Blingville had anything to do with facebook. In fact, if it doesn't, that's a positive.
Just to spite them I downloaded the insurance file and went to a mirror .. I had no trouble finding it and reading some.
You're right, Mike - taking it offline has made no difference. It's still a eral turd that it's gone though.
Hey Matt, what if Wikileaks reads your threats and assumes you're going to harm it and decides to get you knocked off. That'd be OK with you, wouldn't it. After all this isn't some 80s kids cartoon. Here you are, after all using a registered account, suggesting someone get murdered, and thinking that's completely OK because this person has told the truth. So tell us the truth Matt, would you be OK with Wikileaks getting you killed because you're carrying on like an arsehat - or, like the US government, crying foul ?
Again, I suspect the latter.
Actually Matt, no. G Thompson made perfect sense. The US government uses FUD to control the populace. If they run a website that is not liked, ICE is used to take it over. If they don't like the person, they simply give the media press releases to copy and paste that make the person seem worse than Satan.
If the Australian government took a german national based on name only, got the wrong person, tortured them for a while then dumped them in Luxembourg (from memory), I would like to know. I would be disgusted with my government. You, however are following the government line, and asking for the public face of wikileaks to be what .. brutally murdered .. assassinated, whatever. For telling you a fact you didn't like.
Based on that, I don't want to be the someone that tells you the sky is blue when your government has told you it is grey.
I for one, also agree with the terrorist tag - however like many things, the US seems to have it backwards - the government is the terrorist. Any other country, it's the people. I could go on but I assume you're not going to listen to what I say, or consider it rationally.
Pressing the terrorist hot button is just missing the rapist, file sharer, or child pornographer button. They're all red, and when they're pressed, the government expects you to behave like Pavlov's dogs.. and sadly, you do.
Nothing wikileaks has done is any way terrorist-like behaviour. I am sure you'd be more upset if the government decided the huffington post was a terrorist organisation (though they publish far fewer facts).
Yes, just bring all those lovely US laws to Australia.. where they're actually not enforceable.
I find it highly amusing that so many people are so upset about a bunch of documents. Nothing Wikileaks has published is demonstrably false, is it ?
So if I tell you the sky is blue, you'll want to put me in jail too ? Wikileaks is providing a service that the traditional media should be, but is not.
(To politics.co.uk : http://tinyurl.com/2w8sevg)
Yes, just bring all those lovely US laws to Australia.. where they're actually not enforceable.
I find it highly amusing that so many people are so upset about a bunch of documents. Nothing Wikileaks has published is demonstrably false, is it ?
So if I tell you the sky is blue, you'll want to put me in jail too ? Wikileaks is providing a service that the traditional media should be, but is not.
(To politics.co.uk : http://tinyurl.com/2w8sevg)
Hey, thanks Dark Helmet - the FF7 theme gets stuck in my head even now from the PS1.
As for the remix in question, I think it's excellent. I only discovered it recently for myself and have enjoyed it every time I listen to it. It's no portal end song, but it ain't half bad, and far more interesting than the original.
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Seriously, get over it. It's like saying men should be offended because they may not like someone being called a d*ckhead.
The original meaning doesn't even refer to people. Ever heard of "fire retardant material" ? You guys having a go at them too ?
From dictionary.com :
to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
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I must admit, being from Australia and not really knowing what the 9th district etc all mean relative to one another can make it hard to follow as well. Whilst I understand and appreciate Mike's exhortations to read the entire thing, I'd have definitely benefited from a layman's perspective. That said, my take is the same as above.
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Besides .. how else could we see how much the stupid burns ?
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The whole problem is that a library can now buy an ebook from X-1 of X places and not have to pay a license fee. Harper Collins have basically added an additional, ridiculous annual fee for the simple fact that they have shareholders. Technically there's no reason for it aside from greed.
From the explanation on the boycott site:
It's true that library materials don't have an unlimited shelf-life, though many libraries still circulate books that are well over a hundred years old.
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You're right, Mike - taking it offline has made no difference. It's still a eral turd that it's gone though.
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Again, I suspect the latter.
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If the Australian government took a german national based on name only, got the wrong person, tortured them for a while then dumped them in Luxembourg (from memory), I would like to know. I would be disgusted with my government. You, however are following the government line, and asking for the public face of wikileaks to be what .. brutally murdered .. assassinated, whatever. For telling you a fact you didn't like.
Based on that, I don't want to be the someone that tells you the sky is blue when your government has told you it is grey.
I for one, also agree with the terrorist tag - however like many things, the US seems to have it backwards - the government is the terrorist. Any other country, it's the people. I could go on but I assume you're not going to listen to what I say, or consider it rationally.
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Nothing wikileaks has done is any way terrorist-like behaviour. I am sure you'd be more upset if the government decided the huffington post was a terrorist organisation (though they publish far fewer facts).
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I find it highly amusing that so many people are so upset about a bunch of documents. Nothing Wikileaks has published is demonstrably false, is it ?
So if I tell you the sky is blue, you'll want to put me in jail too ? Wikileaks is providing a service that the traditional media should be, but is not.
(To politics.co.uk : http://tinyurl.com/2w8sevg)
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I find it highly amusing that so many people are so upset about a bunch of documents. Nothing Wikileaks has published is demonstrably false, is it ?
So if I tell you the sky is blue, you'll want to put me in jail too ? Wikileaks is providing a service that the traditional media should be, but is not.
(To politics.co.uk : http://tinyurl.com/2w8sevg)
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As for the remix in question, I think it's excellent. I only discovered it recently for myself and have enjoyed it every time I listen to it. It's no portal end song, but it ain't half bad, and far more interesting than the original.
Looking up FF7 remix in 3.. 2...
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