When I was a kid, I got extorted into giving up my lunch money by one of the neighborhood kids. And of course he'd just find different excuses for my paying up when the old ones ran out.
It may be hypocritical of me to be critical of Spain for reacting the same way I did, but it seems to me that their entire government is collectively no braver, wiser or more worldly than a wimpy 10-year-old nerd facing a bully.
And they're not even being threatened with being BEAT UP. They're being threatened with being CALLED NAMES.
Mmmm. It's easy to look at MIDI's popularity and ponder wistfully about how much licensing would have been worth. But the very reason he eschewed the patent is what would have made it considerably less popular, and possibly killed it off completely or at least left it in relative obscurity. As a result, minimal or no license fees to be had.
He is probably no poorer for having done this, and has made the world richer as a result. Definitely the right choice.
I've said it before, I'll say it again: if Google shows up in my neighborhood with this option, I'll drop Uverse like a hot rock. (My only other choice, if you want to call it "choice", is Comcast.) I doubt AT&T will convince me to stick around with their pathetic mediocre too-little, too-late upgrade offers.
Is it Kansas City, Kansas; Kansas City, Missouri or Kansas City, Oregon?
Nobody seems to say! But everybody says "Austin, Texas" like they're assuming I'll assume it's Austin in some other state. There are so many to choose from!
If you refuse to follow their rules, burly men and women in hats and suits and carrying weapons will chase you down, wrestle you into a car, drag you off and lock you into a cage. The more you resist, the more force they will use, up to and including death.
Which part of that is not violence?
The point isn't that economic regulation etc. are violence in and of themselves, because if you follow the rules you'll (usually) be left alone. The point is not whether the use of violence is justified. The point is that the violence is there, ready to be used any time the state thinks you're being naughty. It is not overt, it is an underlying threat, but it's very real.
BTW, I like your argument. It's very... um... cogent. I especially like the part where you use Libertarian as a swear word. Libertarian? Gods, no! I'm a serf, myself.
Luxembourg is next to go;
and who knows? Maybe Monaco.
We'll try to stay serene and calm...
When Alabama gets the bomb!
Who's next, who's next, who's next... Who's Next?
(OK, I lie. I don't even have a sister-in-law. That's just a random house in Irvine.)
And police and news helicopters have been flying around for many years. I have two mildy amusing stories about surveillance choppers circling me and my friends.
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It may be hypocritical of me to be critical of Spain for reacting the same way I did, but it seems to me that their entire government is collectively no braver, wiser or more worldly than a wimpy 10-year-old nerd facing a bully.
And they're not even being threatened with being BEAT UP. They're being threatened with being CALLED NAMES.
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He is probably no poorer for having done this, and has made the world richer as a result. Definitely the right choice.
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Hey Google! Over here! Yo!
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Is it Kansas City, Kansas; Kansas City, Missouri or Kansas City, Oregon?
Nobody seems to say! But everybody says "Austin, Texas" like they're assuming I'll assume it's Austin in some other state. There are so many to choose from!
I'm so confused!
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(See "IBM Loses Latest Round In Symbolic Control Case".)
And while we're on the subject, does this not look eerily familiar?
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Oh wait, I didn't have any. Damn! Now I'll have to make plans to buy an Xbox so I can boycott them.
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Brain... cramping...
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Re: Welcome to the future, Mike.
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Can't imagine what Schutt could possibly be thinking.
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You are at Witt's End. Passages lead off in *ALL* directions.
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Re: "State Violence"???
Which part of that is not violence?
The point isn't that economic regulation etc. are violence in and of themselves, because if you follow the rules you'll (usually) be left alone. The point is not whether the use of violence is justified. The point is that the violence is there, ready to be used any time the state thinks you're being naughty. It is not overt, it is an underlying threat, but it's very real.
BTW, I like your argument. It's very... um... cogent. I especially like the part where you use Libertarian as a swear word. Libertarian? Gods, no! I'm a serf, myself.
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"DRM is a form of innovation..."
Broken window fallacy. Next!
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Well, damn.
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Re: Re: Who's next?
and who knows? Maybe Monaco.
We'll try to stay serene and calm...
When Alabama gets the bomb!
Who's next, who's next, who's next...
Who's Next?
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Re:
(OK, I lie. I don't even have a sister-in-law. That's just a random house in Irvine.)
And police and news helicopters have been flying around for many years. I have two mildy amusing stories about surveillance choppers circling me and my friends.
How about this neighborhood's expectation of privacy?
Or me making sure the neighborhood kids were out of the line of fire while they watched me shoot bow from over the fence.
Your back yard may not be considered a public place, but there is still a limited expectation of privacy.
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