This is stupid. I regularly have to decide between gas and food (if I walk to work I can eat today yay!) and even I can see that this is a horrible idea that reeks of communism, punishes success, and really in no way relates to the lawsuits at hand.
I admit I don't know how these cases are run (is there even a jury in something like this?) But I would love serve my jury duty on a case like this. Verdict: not guilty - also the plaintiff has to pay the defense's lawyer fees and a % of defendant's last income tax gross based on how long the trial lasted as lost wages, and a punitive fee of half of what they were "seeking," + court costs which should be rather absurd seeing as how I got hit for $60 for about 30 seconds for my last speeding ticket. The punitive fee could be waived by releasing all the plaintiffs photos in question to the public domain.
The above seems absolutely fair to me.
Oh noes! profanity! lets all plug our ears and hide in a corner. Or we can lose our minds in righteous indignation so badly that we totally misconstrue the context and forget that language changes over time, and bitch now means "person who sits in the middle seat in a car" heh.
I would say at least initially, it does. I think I've read that it boils down to trust... you the user trust that x(currency) is worth y(physical good). Without some form of initiator (read: buy-in, read: transfer of some physical good with near universally accepted value in exchange for currency) why should i trust that x(currency) is worth any more than an IOU from someone i don't know? Sure with all the encryption, etc. there is no chance its a counterfeit IOU, but how can I be expected to trust a currency that has no intrinsic "put-up or shut-up" value and instead relies -solely- on the principle of "its worth what people will trade or do for it"
I still don't understand bitcoin. If I remember, it's not based on anything. there is no there, there. essentially a random distribution of "cash" to early adopters/people with sick video cards does not a currency make. how can a reliable currency be based on something both transient and near infinite like processor cycles?
This seems like an interesting locksport problem. certainly not a traditional lock, but in terms of "case requiring access to get the goodies" i think it fits. I would love to try one.
I think the worst part about commercials is how each channel only really runs maybe 3-4 ads, over and over, all day. When I had tv, I only ever watched maybe 6 channels (sci-fi, history, military, discovery, comedy central, bbc) and I could tell which was on by the commercials. assuming they run 3 commercials per break, times 3 breaks per show (been a while im guesstimating) means I see the same ad at least twice per show. variety would hold my attention far more than blasting the same crap over and over. now I dont watch -any- commercials, as I get my tv a season at a time with all the bs cut out. (thank you mr. Edward Teach.)
What profit? if there is profit, why aren't the studios doing it? That way, the pirates who aren't spending any money can somehow automagically increase the studio's profit from the "too broke to buy stuff" population segment, which currently contributes approximately $0.
Obviously, they got complaints from people who innocently, accidentally, searched for gay dwarf amputee retard clown porn. What they really wanted was that one video depicting the mating habits of clown fish by highlighting on this really happy tiny one that was missing a flipper and looked like it had DURP written in the stripes on its side. stupid suggested search. how dare you assume im looking for ridiculous porn all the time when im only looking for porn like 85% of the time. we need a law to limit these kinds of things
What entity without a financial stake in the results has both the funding and motivation to do an unbiased proper study?
And I see the same arguments on some religion forums I frequent, the burden of proof lies with the person making the claim, and holes in the proof are holes in the claim.
rather than spend a quarter mil, would it not have been easier and far far cheaper to just say "meta data is a pain in the ass, here's everything relevant, do your own meta analysis." and back up a trailer full of reams of copies, or top pages or whatever.
granted, i only read through the top layer of links, so im not really sure what the request was actually for, but in my experience, evoking a tl;dr is effectively the same as not putting out any info at all, and they could still say they actually exceeded the terms of the request.
does anyone know what the actual carry laws are there?
im a resident of NY, and I know that my carry permit most definitely does not apply in NYC. as crazy as i think the situation is, are we sure the cops were entirely wrong?
The only reason I ever used a floppy disk was for sneakernet piracy. I imagine there may have been some legitimate uses for them, but I rarely ran across it. Maybe someday the **AA will use p2p as their poster child for legitimate transfers while decrying the next new thing.
He likely thought he would have a larger community to hide in, if he got the ball rolling so to speak.
I see it more as a guy worried about keeping his job more than anything else. I mean say they lose significant market share, who is getting laid off? The CFO or director? hah.
His horse is actually bigger than theirs if he takes a long view.
Besides, the costs of starting a website are virtually nil, especially if you already have hosting somewhere for another project. It's likely cheaper than putting together a halfway decent protest sign.
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The above seems absolutely fair to me.
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http://www.pascazilaw.com/sitebuilder/images/Courtroom_Photo-150x110.jpg
on the main page suspiciously close to the watermark on the original, stock, image?
http://www.jupiterimages.com/Image/royaltyFree/78431481#Header
just thought I'd point out a little hypocrisy...
lets see how long it stays like that now:)
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Suicide: 16,586;
homicide: 10,801;
Accidents: 776;
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Unknown: 230
your point holds true for 776 people apparently. however, if 10,801 homicide victims -had- owned guns, would they have died?
firearms being the great equalizer only holds true if everyone is armed... if only the aggressor is, it gives him or her an overwhelming advantage
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And I see the same arguments on some religion forums I frequent, the burden of proof lies with the person making the claim, and holes in the proof are holes in the claim.
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granted, i only read through the top layer of links, so im not really sure what the request was actually for, but in my experience, evoking a tl;dr is effectively the same as not putting out any info at all, and they could still say they actually exceeded the terms of the request.
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im a resident of NY, and I know that my carry permit most definitely does not apply in NYC. as crazy as i think the situation is, are we sure the cops were entirely wrong?
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I see it more as a guy worried about keeping his job more than anything else. I mean say they lose significant market share, who is getting laid off? The CFO or director? hah.
His horse is actually bigger than theirs if he takes a long view.
Besides, the costs of starting a website are virtually nil, especially if you already have hosting somewhere for another project. It's likely cheaper than putting together a halfway decent protest sign.
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