A different set of "they" had a similar reaction to the democracy movement in Britan's colonies. Historical analogies, especially superficial ones like something you don't like coming from Germany, aren't a very good way to determine if something is a positive.
If the cake sits in a warehouse, it'll be difficult to see how many people want it, unless someone had a way of knowing beforehand that that was the particular cake they wanted, and even then they won't be able to get to it while it's in the warehouse. Maybe if they put their warehouse stock on the Internet people would be able to browse around and maybe find it, but even that was apparently too hard for the distributor. If they decided not to advertise it or fund a DVD run, then they could've put it on Netflix for practically nothing, and succeeded in their stated purpose of distributing the work while not making a huge investment. That they did not shows negligence, not good business sense.
Maybe you should've led with that. Makes others less likely to write you off as an idiot if you actually contribute something of substance. And this is of substance, as when googling her the most substantial thing I found was that someone with her name is often googled in conjunction with the word "murder".
Her Twitter account links her to a guy called Scott Bridges, and he's produced a few movies. One of them I've seen recommended before, though I didn't care enough to watch it.
Seeing as a fiesta is a party, a fiesto would be a party consisting only of males. It logically follows that a manfiesto would be a fiesto containing The Most Interesting Man In The World and Old Spice Guy.
"I suspect if he actually had taken the time to read the contract, he would have understood that signing with a distributor doesn't mean sudden and instant distribution."
And why the hell doesn't it? I don't expect them to make a big production of every movie they get the rights to, but if they're not going to sell DVD's, then at the very least they could've put it on Netflix.
And accessing an account that contains profanity in its past posts is worth expulsion, in your mind? What lesson is that teaching? To never, ever use bad words? I'd like to think schools have more important things to teach kids.
Raising objections to the possibility of negative testimony is "freaking out". Freaking out doesn't just mean running around screaming and pulling your hair out.
"A scientist also looks at reality, gathers FACTS, and performs scientific rigor and analysis to address their observations."
And how does that exclude the possibility of someone saying "no"? Or do you think that we need to get our comments peer-reviewed now, and cite every source we used to reach our conclusion of "no"?
Chrome's page search function is giving me 127, and with this post's subject line that brings us up to 128. Whatever the previous record was, it was fucked (129) a long time ago.
That's because you think it's reasonable for an organization to have Congress deny its detractors the opportunity to detract during a hearing dedicated to determining if their detraction has merit. Those of us capable of processing more than "but he was already suing them" have been telling you what's wrong there, but you're not paying attention.
And now we risk him not putting something on the record that is particularly true, which is a much greater risk considering that this is about national policy while his lawsuit is, well, a lawsuit. Worst-case scenario there is that he gets some money that maybe he shouldn't have, where the worst case here is that the TSA continues business-as-usual when it definitely shouldn't.
My school reserved the right to fine us several hundred dollars per profanity, but most of the teachers understood how fucking stupid that was. All that policy taught us is that either the principal or the school board has a huge stick up its ass, and we got some early training in shutting up when the boss walks by.
But if they block Twitter, how are they supposed to know when their students use profanity? Ensuring that their students stick to G-rated words is far more important than having them pay attention in class.
Therein lies the issue. You think that having something you didn't pay for is stealing. We think that depriving someone else of their property is stealing. Both definitions work for physical goods, but data can be acquired without removing it from anywhere else, which means that only you think piracy is stealing.
That one I'll give you. The distinction is nitpicky and doesn't add a lot to the argument.
We're still not convinced it's a bad crime, though, as there's no evidence for the content-free world you predict and plenty of contradicting evidence.
"The fact is someone or group has to cover the expense of creating something, they take on certain risk, and hope it will 'pan out', cover costs and return a profit on that investment."
As it turns out, normal people are willing and even eager to finance everything from video games to parks to iPhone accessories without any expectation of monetary profit. That's how the world works now. Investors optional.
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Her Twitter account links her to a guy called Scott Bridges, and he's produced a few movies. One of them I've seen recommended before, though I didn't care enough to watch it.
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And why the hell doesn't it? I don't expect them to make a big production of every movie they get the rights to, but if they're not going to sell DVD's, then at the very least they could've put it on Netflix.
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And how does that exclude the possibility of someone saying "no"? Or do you think that we need to get our comments peer-reviewed now, and cite every source we used to reach our conclusion of "no"?
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We're still not convinced it's a bad crime, though, as there's no evidence for the content-free world you predict and plenty of contradicting evidence.
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As it turns out, normal people are willing and even eager to finance everything from video games to parks to iPhone accessories without any expectation of monetary profit. That's how the world works now. Investors optional.
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