Again, you are being over simplistic thinking that 'pro-IP' only means people should have exclusive (and presumably total) control over imaginary property, even when said imaginings aren't automatically novel or unique.
And it's an incredibly dumb argument to say that because he thinks bad IP is bad, he thinks all IP is bad. Logic, can you do it?
That's equivalent to saying that because of witch-burnings or Crusades, all Christians are evil superstitious murderers.
If you are't a 'native American' you are not only an 'illegal immigrant' but probably a treasonous terrorist too. Just be glad your ancestors didn't get caught and sent to Australia.
Leaving aside your first paragraph, which is debunked quite happily in previous posts...
If this was a hate crime, then it was by the trigger-happy (police) thug on the unarmed (black) man. Where have we seen this before, then defended like crazy by the rabid right?
As for minorities supposedly being 'better' at than whites for hate crimes, aside from [Citation Required], I would say that it is likely that as they are oppressed much more than the 'poor' whites so are more likely to react to the endemic racism they face.
Such as people shouting long enough that the Earth is only 6000 years old, which was disproved long ago, but some people would like to have that 'fact' ignored for their own superstitious reasons.
Did you see the tizzies that the creationist organisations threw when they saw the recent Cosmos series with neil de Grasse Tyson? Quiet a bit like Ayyadurai 'complaining' about people not buying his made-up email history, because, you know, evidence.
Actually, we are a lot more sure of our dating methods than some (creationist-inspired) critics like to make out. Any scientist working with dating knows not to trust any one method blindly - the power comes when you can get matching results from multiple sources, and when we can test methods using other, different methods. The examples you 'quote' are known 'mistakes', such as people deliberately submitting the wrong type of sample for the wrong type of test - which of course will then give the wrong result! The only people who benefit from trying to put down radiometric dating are those anti-science people who would rather either deny humans can have an effect on the planet's climate, or who think the Earth is only 6000 years old.
Scientists don't just randomly pick a 'theory' and vote on it - the agreement that a meteor strike took out the dinosaurs was based on years of painstaking searching, years of various tests, and a huge amount of actual evidence. I've watched the case build from a 'maybe' when I was a kid to 'pretty definite' now. Plus, the final, current view is slightly more nuanced - there were mass eruptions in India (Deccan Traps) at the same time that were already putting massive stress on the biosphere.
Again, actual scientists are well aware that models are only that - but when various models not only agree with observations but can make testable predictions, they can be viewed with some confidence. But a lot of what we are discussing here is not based 'just' on models.
I look forward to seeing you railing at the content dealing/peddling companies for screwing over artists and actors, because 'the law' is that they should be fairly compensated, and MAFIAA shouldn't be 'dodging tax law' by using 'Hollywood' accounting.
Which is why they won every case up to the Supreme Court?
Why do you hate the Free Market?
Aereo are trying to provide a service following Whatever Idiocies the law requires, yet they are being penalised for trying to follow the law. They are trying to maximise user benefit and make a profit, like any good company should. Except for all the companies that you support, which are all apparently about turning the quickest buck while screwing over users and creators.
This is censorship and destruction of disruptive innovation by corrupt law, plain and simple. If it were a genuine attempt to stop someone 'freeloading' then they would be happy to have Aereo compete while offering statutory fees. But it's not about that, it's about preventing Aereo offering a better service than anyone else can be bothered to do.
Well, I know that all true Murikans are happy with innocents and children being killed by gunfire in horrific numbers outside of Gaza. But it's your democracy, you're free to murder children as you see fit.
Oh yes, because it was the Dems and Libs that brought inthe Patriot act, over-powered the NSA, and started two wars that lead to all this surplus military equipment floating about?
"Oh noes, it's all Obama's fault, he took the troops out of their Asian land wars, it's his fault all this military equipment is available!"
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And it's an incredibly dumb argument to say that because he thinks bad IP is bad, he thinks all IP is bad. Logic, can you do it?
That's equivalent to saying that because of witch-burnings or Crusades, all Christians are evil superstitious murderers.
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If this was a hate crime, then it was by the trigger-happy (police) thug on the unarmed (black) man. Where have we seen this before, then defended like crazy by the rabid right?
As for minorities supposedly being 'better' at than whites for hate crimes, aside from [Citation Required], I would say that it is likely that as they are oppressed much more than the 'poor' whites so are more likely to react to the endemic racism they face.
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Did you see the tizzies that the creationist organisations threw when they saw the recent Cosmos series with neil de Grasse Tyson? Quiet a bit like Ayyadurai 'complaining' about people not buying his made-up email history, because, you know, evidence.
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Scientists don't just randomly pick a 'theory' and vote on it - the agreement that a meteor strike took out the dinosaurs was based on years of painstaking searching, years of various tests, and a huge amount of actual evidence. I've watched the case build from a 'maybe' when I was a kid to 'pretty definite' now. Plus, the final, current view is slightly more nuanced - there were mass eruptions in India (Deccan Traps) at the same time that were already putting massive stress on the biosphere.
Again, actual scientists are well aware that models are only that - but when various models not only agree with observations but can make testable predictions, they can be viewed with some confidence. But a lot of what we are discussing here is not based 'just' on models.
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I'm waiting...
crickets...
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Why do you hate the Free Market?
Aereo are trying to provide a service following Whatever Idiocies the law requires, yet they are being penalised for trying to follow the law. They are trying to maximise user benefit and make a profit, like any good company should. Except for all the companies that you support, which are all apparently about turning the quickest buck while screwing over users and creators.
This is censorship and destruction of disruptive innovation by corrupt law, plain and simple. If it were a genuine attempt to stop someone 'freeloading' then they would be happy to have Aereo compete while offering statutory fees. But it's not about that, it's about preventing Aereo offering a better service than anyone else can be bothered to do.
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But 'Murica!
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"Oh noes, it's all Obama's fault, he took the troops out of their Asian land wars, it's his fault all this military equipment is available!"
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We really need user-customisable buttons.
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