Mike Pence is the congressman of the district next to mine but is on the Judiciary Committee. I sent him a comprehensive email about the damage SOPA is about to do to the internet and freedom of speech. I received back what I assume to be a form letter telling me that having strong IP laws is essential, blah, blah, blah.
I sent him a second email stating that if I find out he voted for SOPA in either the committee or the general vote, I will personally campaign against him whether he runs for his seat again or, more likely, runs for Indiana governor. Please Pence, don't be a douchenozzle.
In any case, an American company (involved with the MPAA) could certainly film a movie in Spain, Egypt, or Sweden. I don't know if those would or would not count toward those countries totals.
Mike, I don't see anywhere in this article where you lay out the stats of movie production in those countries that are affiliated with the MPAA. Until we see those numbers, there is no way of judging the health of the industry in those countries. Don't you know? Independent stuff doesn't count.
Exactly. If they won't sell it to me, I go to a different store that will. If the price is too high at that store, I go to a store that will sell one to me at a reasonable price.
None of those things is happening efficiently right now with the RIAA involved.
I would actually disagree with you. The ONLY stuff that I will even think about getting is stuff that simply isn't available. If it is available somewhere, I will access it that way, even if I have to pay.
If I think it is too expensive, I'll just skip it completely.
Yeah, generally homeschooling falls into two categories: Those fully invested in their children's well-being (with a side of religion/conservatism) and those who aren't.
The "those who aren't" are a varied bunch: flexibility due to odd work schedules, paranoia about 'the man', drug use, general laziness.
The group of homeschooler I associated with were of the first group. All of the students were heavily focused on math, science, and reading for academics plus heavily involved in sports, church, and community service. Additionally, with the added flexibility, I was able to propose and get hired as the "waste consultant" at my dad's office, emptying the trash twice a week. I also mowed lawns and raked leaves in the spring and fall with other kids my age were stuck in a classroom.
As for standardized testing, there was none, however, when I arrived at public school in 9th grade, I was easily two levels ahead in math and science, however, my essay writing skills were atrocious, but I was getting A's by the second semester, mostly due to the discovery/learning/organization skills I had learned.
"There are children being homeschooled by parents who only have a junior high level education themselves."
I was homeschooled by my mom from 3rd thru 8th grade. Part of the reason I decided to go back to public school was because I had hit my mom's upper limit on what she could teach me (what she could remember and what she had learned). I need some guidance from someone who had the knowledge I needed. Had my mom not graduated from high school, I think I would have hit that peak in her knowledge much sooner.
"Private education is expensisve and is not always a better option."
A big issue you run into with private schools is that they want to be accredited. By being accredited they can had out diplomas and receive state money (vouchers in Indiana). The drawback is that they have to conform to the education requirements of the State which basically pushes them back in line with public schools.
Personally, I don't see accreditation as being a big deal. Since I am familiar with people that were properly homeschooled, I can attest to the fact that they were accepted to great colleges based on far more important information than their high school transcripts.
My mom and I are planning on starting a school in my neighborhood sometime next year. The basis will be the videos and materials the Khan Academy other institutions provide.
Anyway, I feel like grades (1st grade, 2nd grade, etc) are just a terrible way of putting things. Get motivated students, motivated supervision, and some good material and you've got a successful school.
Thankfully Indiana's only requirement for non-accredited schools is that you keep attendance and students attend 180 days. Done.
After thinking about this some more this morning, I think something is still missing. People keep talking about zero-sum and non-zero-sum games. But no one is making a distinction amongst the positive-sum games and the negative-sum games.
For society as a whole over time, how do IP laws affect the benefit to the public? Too often these debates center around the benefit offered to the inventor. Rarely (never?) do they center around the benefit to the public.
What did the timeline look like? If Schmidt had grabbed ideas from the boardroom and launched a copy before Apple had theirs out the door, you might have a point. Even the first Android, which came out well after the first iPhone, didn't have a multitouch screen and had a keyboard.
Android wasn't stealing Apple's ideas and beating them to the punch, it was following them around like a lost little puppy.
At some point someone will get better at something and will be able to stop the US from innovating, just by using the same tools that are being talked about it now.
This is extremely important and I hope people pay attention to this. The US (arguably?) has a lead in the tech industry. All the IP disputes going on are slowing us down, significantly. If India, China, and the rest of the world were looking for a time to cut to the inside of the track and slingshot past us, they better take their shot because we have left the door WIDE OPEN.
Military - Military systems are secret the technology employed is a closely guarded secret, because you cannot trust your enemy to not steal your IP, you HAVE to keep it a secret.
Not a good comparison. Military systems are secret but only because they aren't sold to the public.
Take the iPhone for example. Let's say there were no patents. Apple comes up with the touchscreen that they used in the first iPhone. If Apple were the military, they would hide that tech and only those with appropriate clearance would be allowed to use it. Since Apple is a commercial enterprise, they have an interest in making money, so they put it into a product and sell the product. Maybe HTC reverse engineers the tech, but as we've all seen, Apple does it better, has cornered the production market making it more expensive for others to produce the same product, and they are making a shitload of money off of all handsets sold.
In a world without patents, there are two options, hide your secret and make no money off of it or release it to the public and hope you do it better than anyone else. The IP monopoly isn't protecting the best, it protecting the lazy.
Fashion:
Fashion designs are keep a very close secret until the official release show to stop immitators copying their idea, as they do not have strong IP laws.
People don't buy a dress because it has innovations like an extra pleat or extra sequins. They buy it because of the label that is attached to it. People want Hugo Boss or Manolo Blahniks. They are willing to pay a premium for that name and the exclusivity that goes along with it.
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Mike Pence
I sent him a second email stating that if I find out he voted for SOPA in either the committee or the general vote, I will personally campaign against him whether he runs for his seat again or, more likely, runs for Indiana governor. Please Pence, don't be a douchenozzle.
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Incomplete statistics
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None of those things is happening efficiently right now with the RIAA involved.
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Fail is right.
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Mobile is missing
Android = Fleshlight?
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New name
I'd love to hear suggestions.
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If I think it is too expensive, I'll just skip it completely.
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The "those who aren't" are a varied bunch: flexibility due to odd work schedules, paranoia about 'the man', drug use, general laziness.
The group of homeschooler I associated with were of the first group. All of the students were heavily focused on math, science, and reading for academics plus heavily involved in sports, church, and community service. Additionally, with the added flexibility, I was able to propose and get hired as the "waste consultant" at my dad's office, emptying the trash twice a week. I also mowed lawns and raked leaves in the spring and fall with other kids my age were stuck in a classroom.
As for standardized testing, there was none, however, when I arrived at public school in 9th grade, I was easily two levels ahead in math and science, however, my essay writing skills were atrocious, but I was getting A's by the second semester, mostly due to the discovery/learning/organization skills I had learned.
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I was homeschooled by my mom from 3rd thru 8th grade. Part of the reason I decided to go back to public school was because I had hit my mom's upper limit on what she could teach me (what she could remember and what she had learned). I need some guidance from someone who had the knowledge I needed. Had my mom not graduated from high school, I think I would have hit that peak in her knowledge much sooner.
"Private education is expensisve and is not always a better option."
A big issue you run into with private schools is that they want to be accredited. By being accredited they can had out diplomas and receive state money (vouchers in Indiana). The drawback is that they have to conform to the education requirements of the State which basically pushes them back in line with public schools.
Personally, I don't see accreditation as being a big deal. Since I am familiar with people that were properly homeschooled, I can attest to the fact that they were accepted to great colleges based on far more important information than their high school transcripts.
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Nice to see this
Anyway, I feel like grades (1st grade, 2nd grade, etc) are just a terrible way of putting things. Get motivated students, motivated supervision, and some good material and you've got a successful school.
Thankfully Indiana's only requirement for non-accredited schools is that you keep attendance and students attend 180 days. Done.
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Still something missing
For society as a whole over time, how do IP laws affect the benefit to the public? Too often these debates center around the benefit offered to the inventor. Rarely (never?) do they center around the benefit to the public.
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Android wasn't stealing Apple's ideas and beating them to the punch, it was following them around like a lost little puppy.
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This is extremely important and I hope people pay attention to this. The US (arguably?) has a lead in the tech industry. All the IP disputes going on are slowing us down, significantly. If India, China, and the rest of the world were looking for a time to cut to the inside of the track and slingshot past us, they better take their shot because we have left the door WIDE OPEN.
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Re: Idea's, secrets and IP and reality
Not a good comparison. Military systems are secret but only because they aren't sold to the public.
Take the iPhone for example. Let's say there were no patents. Apple comes up with the touchscreen that they used in the first iPhone. If Apple were the military, they would hide that tech and only those with appropriate clearance would be allowed to use it. Since Apple is a commercial enterprise, they have an interest in making money, so they put it into a product and sell the product. Maybe HTC reverse engineers the tech, but as we've all seen, Apple does it better, has cornered the production market making it more expensive for others to produce the same product, and they are making a shitload of money off of all handsets sold.
In a world without patents, there are two options, hide your secret and make no money off of it or release it to the public and hope you do it better than anyone else. The IP monopoly isn't protecting the best, it protecting the lazy.
Fashion:
Fashion designs are keep a very close secret until the official release show to stop immitators copying their idea, as they do not have strong IP laws.
People don't buy a dress because it has innovations like an extra pleat or extra sequins. They buy it because of the label that is attached to it. People want Hugo Boss or Manolo Blahniks. They are willing to pay a premium for that name and the exclusivity that goes along with it.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa...
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