The censoring of the censorship plan by the government censors of the Commonwealth of Australia will now commence, the resulting deformation of space-time will cause the City of Canberra to implode into a Quantum Singularity. Because of its low mass (aprox. 10,000 Metric Tonnes) this microscopic black hole would normally be expected to evaporate in just under a day, while releasing every second ~17x as much energy as the largest nuclear weapon ever tested, vaporizing the Australian continent and destroying all life on earth.
However 23.3532861 hours would be more than enough time for the singularity to sink to the core of the earth and start forming an accretion disk as it gains angular momentum from the spin of the planet itself. As the Hole slowly devoured the earth it would increase in size to ~1/3 inch its energy output would decrease to almost nothing and its expected lifetime would grow to 5.68061034*10^50 years (That's a Freaking Long Time BTW)
Why does the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia want to destroy the human race??? ;)
Homeland security is officially defined by the National Strategy for Homeland Security as "a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America's vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do occur".[1] Because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency, it also has responsibility for preparedness, response, and recovery to natural disasters.
"Copyright is about wresting control of communications technology from the public."
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U. S. Code) to the authors of "original works of authorship," including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:
* To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;
* To prepare derivative works based upon the work;
* To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;
* To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works;
* To display the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work; and
* In the case of sound recordings,* to perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.
In addition, certain authors of works of visual art have the rights of attribution and integrity as described in section 106A of the 1976 Copyright Act. For further information, see Circular 40, Copyright Registration for Works of the Visual Arts.
It is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by the copyright law to the owner of copyright. These rights, however, are not unlimited in scope. Sections 107 through 121 of the 1976 Copyright Act establish limitations on these rights. In some cases, these limitations are specified exemptions from copyright liability. One major limitation is the doctrine of “fair use,” which is given a statutory basis in section 107 of the 1976 Copyright Act. In other instances, the limitation takes the form of a “compulsory license” under which certain limited uses of copyrighted works are permitted upon payment of specified royalties and compliance with statutory conditions. For further information about the limitations of any of these rights, consult the copyright law or write to the Copyright Office.
Copyright is the set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. These rights can be licensed, transferred and/or assigned. Copyright lasts for a certain time period after which the work is said to enter the public domain. Copyright applies to a wide range of works that are substantive and fixed in a medium. Some jurisdictions also recognize "moral rights" of the creator of a work, such as the right to be credited for the work
Just because the government abuses these things in ways they were not intended for does not change the intent.
"Legal, authorised (sic), licensed, regulated, permitted by the state. This is what it's all about. The state wants the power from control, and the publishing corporations want the wealth from control. That's why they're in it together and always have been."
That does not make it right. Why do you think we want to change it?
"then you must have been an outstanding vocal opponent against any government bail outs of any company who refused to adapt to the new market, technology and economy, so the banks/wall street/auto manufactures/housing, that employ millions, should have been allowed to collapse, right????"
YES!!! How many times does it have to be said!!
Anybody with an ounce of brainpower was against those F&!#@% STUPID Bailouts, they make ZERO economic sense. The whole "Too big to fail" thing has been debunked more times than I can count.
Yes jobs would be lost, but guess what, as other companies bought up the pieces of the failed companies (Mergers, Sellouts, or Bankruptcy Liquidation - it does not really matter) NEW jobs would have been created to fill the hole. 'Nature abhors a vacuum' and a large company collapsing under its own weight creates a great big vacuum.
Go take Econ 101 before commenting further please...
"Where people get this idea of 'progress' from is the 1787 US Constitution which is about securing authors' exclusive right to their writings and nothing to do with granting a monopoly in literary works (copyright)."
WTF is the Difference???
"Authors' exclusive right to their writings" IS... Copyright
"a monopoly in literary works" IS... Copyright
As far as Patents ...
... Oh hell I don't feel like rehashing the whole disclosure vs. secrecy argument again
Original text:
"The webpage at http://thepiratebay.org/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. Error 118 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT): The operation timed out."
...56 translations later we get:
"Name: URL or error 118 thepiratebai.org Internet: Web: err _ konnektyon _ timed _ Out) research"
Truly Open Government REQUIRES Freedom of the Press!
This is the inherent conflict of this situation. Without press shield laws, things like Watergate (just to name the most obvious) would not happen. Does anybody dispute that Freedom of the Press is a useful tool to pry open the doors that The Government wants closed?
Grated this is not a typical situation, UNC-TV (Presumably standing for 'University of North Carolina Television')is not only somewhat affiliated with state government as a state college, IT IS A UNIVERSITY, A SCHOOL. That (should) place a lot of pressure on them to do the right thing.
The other side of this is "the fact that the segment aired with a disclaimer at the beginning and end acknowledging that for the first time ever the station abandoned its customary editorial review process" that is disconcerting for the same reason I just mentioned ... it's a school. Why the heck would they do that?
Like I said it is a conflict, I would be interested in a little more background on this myself.
I have killed hundreds (in Warcraft, L4D2, Portal, etc.), and I have been playing video games since I was a child and I even have played Dungeons and Dragons(and we all 'know' that that game is a tool of evil right {/sarcasm}). So when do I become a "violent murderous thug"?
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Re: Re: Truly Open Government REQUIRES Freedom of the Press!
OK, you know what I meant.
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Australia Will Destroy Us All
However 23.3532861 hours would be more than enough time for the singularity to sink to the core of the earth and start forming an accretion disk as it gains angular momentum from the spin of the planet itself. As the Hole slowly devoured the earth it would increase in size to ~1/3 inch its energy output would decrease to almost nothing and its expected lifetime would grow to 5.68061034*10^50 years (That's a Freaking Long Time BTW)
Why does the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia want to destroy the human race??? ;)
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Business Method Patents
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Re:
What are you smoking???
"Homeland Security is about wresting control of communications technology from the public."
Uh... No, its not. From Wikipedia
"Copyright is about wresting control of communications technology from the public."
Also NO... From The US Copyright OfficeAnd again from WikipediaJust because the government abuses these things in ways they were not intended for does not change the intent.
"Legal, authorised (sic), licensed, regulated, permitted by the state. This is what it's all about. The state wants the power from control, and the publishing corporations want the wealth from control. That's why they're in it together and always have been."
That does not make it right. Why do you think we want to change it?
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Re:
YES!!! How many times does it have to be said!!
Anybody with an ounce of brainpower was against those F&!#@% STUPID Bailouts, they make ZERO economic sense. The whole "Too big to fail" thing has been debunked more times than I can count.
Yes jobs would be lost, but guess what, as other companies bought up the pieces of the failed companies (Mergers, Sellouts, or Bankruptcy Liquidation - it does not really matter) NEW jobs would have been created to fill the hole. 'Nature abhors a vacuum' and a large company collapsing under its own weight creates a great big vacuum.
Go take Econ 101 before commenting further please...
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Re: Re: Re: Category errors
WTF is the Difference???
"Authors' exclusive right to their writings" IS... Copyright
"a monopoly in literary works" IS... Copyright
As far as Patents ...
... Oh hell I don't feel like rehashing the whole disclosure vs. secrecy argument again
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Re:
Crap, I just ran into a wall of text.
Who put that there?
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"The webpage at http://thepiratebay.org/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. Error 118 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT): The operation timed out."
...56 translations later we get:
"Name: URL or error 118 thepiratebai.org Internet: Web: err _ konnektyon _ timed _ Out) research"
ROFL - Thank you Grumpy!
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This webpage is not available.
Error 118 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT): The operation timed out."
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Truly Open Government REQUIRES Freedom of the Press!
Grated this is not a typical situation, UNC-TV (Presumably standing for 'University of North Carolina Television')is not only somewhat affiliated with state government as a state college, IT IS A UNIVERSITY, A SCHOOL. That (should) place a lot of pressure on them to do the right thing.
The other side of this is "the fact that the segment aired with a disclaimer at the beginning and end acknowledging that for the first time ever the station abandoned its customary editorial review process" that is disconcerting for the same reason I just mentioned ... it's a school. Why the heck would they do that?
Like I said it is a conflict, I would be interested in a little more background on this myself.
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Re: the march of science
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"If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" FAIL
2) If you have nothing to hide, you have everything to fear
3) When governments become paranoid, everybody has something to fear.
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Go Nina
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Re: Bogus
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Re: Americans Are So Sad
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Re: Question:
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???
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I am a mass murderer...
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Hmm...
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