They see more on prime time television (bra commercials) and billboards throughout the town or the Sears catalog all the time.
Stupid part of following policy blindly is that it shows just how stupid you are. If you can't understand objectivity and how to apply policies (hint: not blindly), then you should not be a principal.
I didn't blame the kids, I tried to rationalize how it was possible to suspend someone who didn't do anything other than look. Even if it was a technology policy that was given as the excuse, I don't buy it. If they sought the photo, yes, but it was a technological blunder, so no.
My comments clearly state that if they were suspended it must have been because of comments made by the students or potential for harassment.
If this happened to a female student, she would have been harassed by teachers and students alike. And I was taking a jab at the students who did nothing and who attacked Amanda Todd.
Will the students bully her into suicide? Maybe call the teacher a slut, create a Facebook page about it, maybe email the photo to all of the teacher's contacts and friends and family and coworkers? Maybe repeatedly harass her in the halls and in the classroom, then on the various social networks the teacher is involved in?
I do hope the details are just screwed up because punishing the students based upon only viewing the image she screwed up and synced to the machines is beyond idiotic.
Now if students being suspended make harassing comments towards the teacher, then they deserve suspension.
The details are what matters. Something must have happened, like the students telling everyone "hey Mrs Teacher is in her bra is on the iPad" or some comments made.
If some police forces and politicians had their way, they WOULD just break into people's homes and destroy things, purely on suspicion.
Look at Egypt, they break in to homes, grab people, torture them in hopes of acquiring information. Most will be useless information, but some will provide what they are after. That's the justification according to an Egyptian friend who came over in his teens.
If the US could pull that off on US soil, they would.
Denying people what they paid for is NOT following intellectual rights.
The expectation of accessing the content you paid to access IS reasonable and not something to be dismissed. That's what happens when you buy a DVD or CD, you have a license to access the content.
Customer's fault? What other option does she have? Oh right, she could acquire the access "illegally" so you could chime in and call her a pirate. I wonder, do you feel the same way about the recording contracts where artists wine because they signed a shitty contract and can't do anything about it?
"Soon, they'll want to re-release movie with them credited as the director just because they paid for the film" If you are talking about the studios, then you are correct. If you are talking about the consumer attempting to legally access content she PAID to access, then you are way off base.
Again, protecting intellectual assets is not accomplished by defrauding people. What the studio did was wrong, what Amazon should be doing is pushing back. The fact that they don't shows you just how deep the studio's pockets are.
I had it two steps worse, Puss in Boots the cat himself showed up to smash my DVD, then hacked a hairball at my cat. Worst of all, he used my cat's litterbox and now my cat won't use it.
Agreed 100%. I've purchased more DVD's in the last 3 years than ever before, and I mean I have 6 spindles of disks (100 each) full and another (if I can find a spare spindle) that's full.
I buy them at Superstore or Extra Foods in the previously viewed, discount bins. Why charge $20 for a "new" DVD? They still do.
More people buy them when they are discounted to $10 or less. And people who like to collect will buy them up.
I personally like DVD's because of the extra features and closed captioning. I don't want to have to buy Apple TV or plug my laptop into my TV just to view a movie I purchased on iTunes (only purchased one this way because of the inconvenience). I haven't tried burning it to DVD though I'm sure some studio will call that format shift a form of piracy (or at least our ignorant MP's do here in Canada).
Point being, people STILL buy even though we often borrow for free from the library.
If you're not going to let us return it because we don't like it, then make it cheap so we're not bothered if it sucks. The mindset was "oh well, at least I didn't have to pay $20 for this crap, so the 3/$10 bin price wasn't so bad" and there's always "Holy crap, this movie was awesome for only $5, I'll get more because our family had such a fun time together."
Don't forget, there are 3 vowels in the word "Google" which significant, given Google has six letters!
Google existed for 6 years before Joel T's alleged infringement, Google has 6 letters in their name, Google has 6 data centers -- ahhh 666, Google is the evil!
But since Pirate Mike was the first Google Shill, before Google even existed, AND since he clearly has a time machine, he is really the Devil! Who else can jump through time, create an evil empire (Google), dare to stand up against government safety bills (PIPA/SOPA/ACTA/TPP), hate artists, encourage chaos (The Pirate Michael Bay - now renamed The Pirate Bay since Pirate Mike didn't want to be confused with Michael Bay), cattle mutilations, and Brittany Spears' head shaving incident!
It's all there and we all fell more Pirate Mike's evil Googlation (Google Domination) plan!
I'm ashamed of myself for not being smarter and seeing through such lies.
The greatest trick Pirate Mike The Devil ever pulled, was convincing TechDirt readers that piracy didn't exist!
/yeah, I know, overboard but still fun. No Offense Mike, I figured if we chimed in maybe we could take the wind out of the sails of the usual AC-conspiracy rants.
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Re: "Korea might supplant the US in cultural exports over time."
Same with My Sassy Girl (I can't remember the original Korean name though).
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Stupid Part
Stupid part of following policy blindly is that it shows just how stupid you are. If you can't understand objectivity and how to apply policies (hint: not blindly), then you should not be a principal.
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Re: Bit early
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My comments clearly state that if they were suspended it must have been because of comments made by the students or potential for harassment.
If this happened to a female student, she would have been harassed by teachers and students alike. And I was taking a jab at the students who did nothing and who attacked Amanda Todd.
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I do hope the details are just screwed up because punishing the students based upon only viewing the image she screwed up and synced to the machines is beyond idiotic.
Now if students being suspended make harassing comments towards the teacher, then they deserve suspension.
The details are what matters. Something must have happened, like the students telling everyone "hey Mrs Teacher is in her bra is on the iPad" or some comments made.
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Re: Wrong target
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Look at Egypt, they break in to homes, grab people, torture them in hopes of acquiring information. Most will be useless information, but some will provide what they are after. That's the justification according to an Egyptian friend who came over in his teens.
If the US could pull that off on US soil, they would.
On the post: Studio To Amazon Instant Video Customer: Thanks For The $$$. Enjoy Your Blank Screen.
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The expectation of accessing the content you paid to access IS reasonable and not something to be dismissed. That's what happens when you buy a DVD or CD, you have a license to access the content.
Customer's fault? What other option does she have? Oh right, she could acquire the access "illegally" so you could chime in and call her a pirate. I wonder, do you feel the same way about the recording contracts where artists wine because they signed a shitty contract and can't do anything about it?
"Soon, they'll want to re-release movie with them credited as the director just because they paid for the film" If you are talking about the studios, then you are correct. If you are talking about the consumer attempting to legally access content she PAID to access, then you are way off base.
Again, protecting intellectual assets is not accomplished by defrauding people. What the studio did was wrong, what Amazon should be doing is pushing back. The fact that they don't shows you just how deep the studio's pockets are.
On the post: Studio To Amazon Instant Video Customer: Thanks For The $$$. Enjoy Your Blank Screen.
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Re: Re: Was it "truly fantastic", Mike?
Likely the person is just bored.
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Check the YouTube rants from gamers on the DRM and how counterproductive it is.
On the post: Yet Again, File Sharing Correlated To Biggest Buyers
Re: Wrong Target
I buy them at Superstore or Extra Foods in the previously viewed, discount bins. Why charge $20 for a "new" DVD? They still do.
More people buy them when they are discounted to $10 or less. And people who like to collect will buy them up.
I personally like DVD's because of the extra features and closed captioning. I don't want to have to buy Apple TV or plug my laptop into my TV just to view a movie I purchased on iTunes (only purchased one this way because of the inconvenience). I haven't tried burning it to DVD though I'm sure some studio will call that format shift a form of piracy (or at least our ignorant MP's do here in Canada).
Point being, people STILL buy even though we often borrow for free from the library.
If you're not going to let us return it because we don't like it, then make it cheap so we're not bothered if it sucks. The mindset was "oh well, at least I didn't have to pay $20 for this crap, so the 3/$10 bin price wasn't so bad" and there's always "Holy crap, this movie was awesome for only $5, I'll get more because our family had such a fun time together."
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Reznor explains why he chose to work with a label
It was about expanding promotion, that's all, not "better off with a label" as David Lowery or "Bob" would have you believe.
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Don't forget, there are 3 vowels in the word "Google" which significant, given Google has six letters!
Google existed for 6 years before Joel T's alleged infringement, Google has 6 letters in their name, Google has 6 data centers -- ahhh 666, Google is the evil!
But since Pirate Mike was the first Google Shill, before Google even existed, AND since he clearly has a time machine, he is really the Devil! Who else can jump through time, create an evil empire (Google), dare to stand up against government safety bills (PIPA/SOPA/ACTA/TPP), hate artists, encourage chaos (The Pirate Michael Bay - now renamed The Pirate Bay since Pirate Mike didn't want to be confused with Michael Bay), cattle mutilations, and Brittany Spears' head shaving incident!
It's all there and we all fell more Pirate Mike's evil Googlation (Google Domination) plan!
I'm ashamed of myself for not being smarter and seeing through such lies.
The greatest trick Pirate Mike The Devil ever pulled, was convincing TechDirt readers that piracy didn't exist!
/yeah, I know, overboard but still fun. No Offense Mike, I figured if we chimed in maybe we could take the wind out of the sails of the usual AC-conspiracy rants.
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