This is totally incorrect. Pedophilia is not naked pictures of mature 14-year-old girls. Pedophilia is related to pre-pubescent children. The two are even close to being the same.
I'm convinced a president's only role is to stop things from getting worse. He is one man against a state of millions of government employees, millions of contractors and lobbyists, and billions in spending. A strong president can stand up to (or distract) the relentless corrupting affect of that much power and money in one place. A weak president cannot stop the momentum. I love listening to Obama speak, but I think he has no control at all.
This anti-corporation rhetoric is pretty extreme. You know that coffee shop on the corner? It is most likely a corporation. Incorporating is easy and smart to limit liability (ie, not losing your house when some idiot spills coffee on himself and sues you).
I can't tell if all of you are kidding or not. Railing against an ID badge? I've had many jobs where I needed to carry an ID badge to beep open doors and show security. Do all you kooks work at hippy coffee shops with no security? The RFID chip only records when you go through a door, it doesn't monitor you throughout the day, like a GPS tracker. This debate is borderline ridiculous.
Prostitution is legal in Canada. Exchanging money for sex between consenting adults is fine, as it should be. Talking about it in public or living off the avails of it (pimping) are not, though that has recently been challenged.
The same correlation was seen in other countries like Canada and Australia. In any case, only part of the decline was explained by legalized abortion. Other factors were more police spending, the ending crack epidemic, etc.
> much more interested in sustainability and global warming issues
You don't have to worry about global warming. It is impossible that anything can be done to stop it. 15 years of hand-wringing has not changed the rise of CO2 concentration in the slightest. The only hope would be the wholesale adoption of nuclear power over coal-fired power plants, and that won't happen.
There is no way I'd shell out $60 for a game if I knew I couldn't sell it. Maybe $20 - $30. Right now, I buy dozens of $1 games for my android phone, and each of them gives me many hours of entertainment. Many people are in the same position. We realize that games can be fun and $1, and movies and games can be rented at Redbox for a few dollars. Sony and Microsoft are going to be in for a rude awakening when they release their new console, sales are crap, and consoles like the OUYA take a big chunk of the casual gaming market.
One final note: Sony is going to have a huge lawsuit on its hands because in their online store, they say you can "Buy" movies. They don't say "License". "Buy" is a specific term that means the first sale doctrine applies.
Canada's privacy laws are pretty crazy. For example, some witnesses to a plane crash dragged some survives out of the burning plane. Later, when they wanted to reach out and make contact with the survivors, they were told that no info could be given out about the survivors because of privacy laws.
People went ballistic about Google "accidently" recording info from unsecured wifi. Now some company wants to sue people for downloading a movie they could go rent for $1.50, and all of our privacy laws go out the window?
Can we all agree to stop calling it the fiscal cliff and call it the fiscal "diet" instead? Sure, balancing your budget is tough, just like stopping drinking. But the cure for a hangover is not another beer.
Re: Game Maker has ensured that I will NEVER use their software.
I've actually used GameMaker to make a dozen games, back when it was free. Mark Overmars, a professor teaching game design, created it and then sold it to YoYo.
They have a pretty solid system there, and even have an app designer module.
In my opinion, they should just give the basic software away or sell it cheap, but monetize support services (like hosting, advanced training, special modules, etc). Or maybe have a subsidized version of the software which puts ads in the games.
In any case, this is disappointing, and I'll probably look elsewhere. I've created sprites before, and I'd be pretty choked if all of mine were wiped out.
Google sold App Inventor to MIT in Dec 2011 (before this stupid patent was even applied for). I've made several apps with it, and it is great for simple apps and games.
Notice that these dictators exist because of government granted monopoly. Get rid of the monopoly, you'll get rid of the dictators. Just another example of how the enemy isn't corporations, it is "well meaning" government.
Google is a natural monopoly, because they are the best search company, as voted by users (i.e., democratically). (I put this in because no one gives a crap about your opinion of Google. The majority disagree. That's democracy.)
Media companies exist under an artificial monopoly, created by governments, who are captured by lobbyists.
In case I have to spell it out for you, the first is good, the second is bad. The solution is to get government out of the business of business (or severely limit its involvement).
There. You've hit it. Governments are the problem, not the solution. Think about the areas you pay too much for things. Then look at the list of areas that are "government regulated".
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You don't have to worry about global warming. It is impossible that anything can be done to stop it. 15 years of hand-wringing has not changed the rise of CO2 concentration in the slightest. The only hope would be the wholesale adoption of nuclear power over coal-fired power plants, and that won't happen.
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One final note: Sony is going to have a huge lawsuit on its hands because in their online store, they say you can "Buy" movies. They don't say "License". "Buy" is a specific term that means the first sale doctrine applies.
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Canadian privacy laws
People went ballistic about Google "accidently" recording info from unsecured wifi. Now some company wants to sue people for downloading a movie they could go rent for $1.50, and all of our privacy laws go out the window?
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Re: Game Maker has ensured that I will NEVER use their software.
They have a pretty solid system there, and even have an app designer module.
In my opinion, they should just give the basic software away or sell it cheap, but monetize support services (like hosting, advanced training, special modules, etc). Or maybe have a subsidized version of the software which puts ads in the games.
In any case, this is disappointing, and I'll probably look elsewhere. I've created sprites before, and I'd be pretty choked if all of mine were wiped out.
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Notice that these dictators exist because of government granted monopoly. Get rid of the monopoly, you'll get rid of the dictators. Just another example of how the enemy isn't corporations, it is "well meaning" government.
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Re: Do you not understand contracts, Mike?
Media companies exist under an artificial monopoly, created by governments, who are captured by lobbyists.
In case I have to spell it out for you, the first is good, the second is bad. The solution is to get government out of the business of business (or severely limit its involvement).
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There. You've hit it. Governments are the problem, not the solution. Think about the areas you pay too much for things. Then look at the list of areas that are "government regulated".
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