If this stands, the obvious thing to do is for everyone to accuse the judges involved of copyright infringement, until they get kicked off the Internet.
After all, they said it's just the accusation that counts, regardless of truth, right?
...said the court, rights are contingent upon responsibility. If a chimp can’t be expected to fulfill his social duties, neither can he have rights.
“Unlike human beings, chimpanzees cannot bear any legal duties, submit to societal responsibilities or be held legally accountable for their actions,” wrote the judges.
“In our view, it is this incapability to bear any legal responsibilities and societal duties that renders it inappropriate to confer upon chimpanzees the legal rights—such as the fundamental right to liberty protected by the writ of habeas corpus—that have been afforded to human beings,” they concluded.
FWIW, my son (now 13) has one of these Google for School things, and I've talked to him about it.
He says all the kids know that the teachers/school can track everything they do online (what webpages they visit, every key they type). They worry about that - not about Google Inc.
So, all the kids use the Google for School accounts ONLY for assigned homework and other school tasks where they're required to use the account.
For everything else, they all have their own personal (non-Google-for-School) accounts.
Re: Re: Re: Rise in violent crime is easily explained
Even with more public defenders, most of them would still end up in prison.
Because most did violate the law, even tho they didn't hurt anyone (willing seller, willing buyer, consenting adults).
And even those who did hurt someone, did so because we've created a black market. Black market traders can't use the legal system to resolve their disputes - so they use violence.
If coffee were illegal, I'd be buying it on the black market.
But it's not, so I can buy it safely - cheap and high quality, at the supermarket.
But as a proportion of the (dropping) violence, you're right - more are more is drug related.
Nothing new about that - in the US nearly half of all prisoners are incarcerated on drug charges.
Yet nobody seems to learn. The Feds just keep moving from one drug panic to the next - each time creating a new crop of black market violence and non-violent prisoners. This week it's Oxycontin - next week, something else.
The common thread to both "cops are scared of cameras" and "cops shoot unarmed people" is that too many cops are cowards.
You'd think with all that training, equipment, weapons, and authority they wouldn't have much to fear (being a commerical fisherman is more dangerous than being a cop).
Maybe all that gear & authority attracts insecure coward types.
Anyway, the solution is to fire the cops who can't take the pressure, and get new ones who can.
At the same time, it's important to keep in mind that American culture treats Indians differently than other minorities.
There's a strong strain in the culture that *respects* Indians because they fought back. It's true they lost, but not without putting up an impressive fight.
That's why we have so many sports teams named after Indian tribes and terms - Americans respect those who fight hard.
It may be best today to change the team name, but we should also acknowledge that it was chosen as a term of respect - nobody names sports teams after things they disrespect.
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Re: Re: Accusation is not guilt
In no case so far have the accusations been correct.
I have no idea what the error rate is on these things, but it must be high.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Replies to killing access on accusations & copyright math
2) Do you really think this would actually prevent people from getting on the Internet??
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Re: Re: Replies to killing access on accusations & copyright math
And even if you did, not everyone needs to counter-sue to provide an effective deterrent. A few big losses are sufficient.
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Re: Accusation is not guilt
After all, they said it's just the accusation that counts, regardless of truth, right?
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A giant jobs program for unemployed physicists
Nobody wants to build any, but if we really need the power we know how.
Not only do we have no clue how to build a practical fusion power reactor, we don't have any need for fusion power.
We have plenty of power sources as it is.
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Re: Re: Re: Jesus fucking Christ....
6. Jesus H. Christ
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Re: Re: mildly in favour of the law treating nonhumans as persons in some circumstances.
At least one court agrees - see http://www.wired.com/2014/12/court-says-chimp-not-a-person/
From that:
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Funny, the things the legal system makes us do, no?
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Re:
He says all the kids know that the teachers/school can track everything they do online (what webpages they visit, every key they type). They worry about that - not about Google Inc.
So, all the kids use the Google for School accounts ONLY for assigned homework and other school tasks where they're required to use the account.
For everything else, they all have their own personal (non-Google-for-School) accounts.
Problem solved.
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Re: government agency that caters to the 1%
But you're correct.
Few people realize that the main effect of patents is to protect incumbents against innovators.
In that sense, patents really do cater to the "1%", at the expense of society.
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Re:
If they're from Nigeria, they're called Nigerians.
(Note the difference in the final vowel. Oh, and Google is your friend.)
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Re: Redskins is an ethnic slur against Native Americans
All names of professional sports teams that I'm aware of are terms of admiration or have positive associations.
(If you know of any counter-examples at all, I'd love to hear about them.)
If "redskins" has multiple meanings, it's obvious that the positive interpenetration was intended.
Nobody names their team after something they despise.
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Re: against the law to wear anything on your head
The whole point of her protest is that the law WAS changed, to accommodate religious requirements for headgear.
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Re: terrifying
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Re: Re: Re: Rise in violent crime is easily explained
Because most did violate the law, even tho they didn't hurt anyone (willing seller, willing buyer, consenting adults).
And even those who did hurt someone, did so because we've created a black market. Black market traders can't use the legal system to resolve their disputes - so they use violence.
If coffee were illegal, I'd be buying it on the black market.
But it's not, so I can buy it safely - cheap and high quality, at the supermarket.
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Re: DEA and FBI were supposed to be protectors of America
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Re: Rise in violent crime is easily explained
But as a proportion of the (dropping) violence, you're right - more are more is drug related.
Nothing new about that - in the US nearly half of all prisoners are incarcerated on drug charges.
Yet nobody seems to learn. The Feds just keep moving from one drug panic to the next - each time creating a new crop of black market violence and non-violent prisoners. This week it's Oxycontin - next week, something else.
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Cowards
The common thread to both "cops are scared of cameras" and "cops shoot unarmed people" is that too many cops are cowards.
You'd think with all that training, equipment, weapons, and authority they wouldn't have much to fear (being a commerical fisherman is more dangerous than being a cop).
Maybe all that gear & authority attracts insecure coward types.
Anyway, the solution is to fire the cops who can't take the pressure, and get new ones who can.
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Re: Since when
At the same time, it's important to keep in mind that American culture treats Indians differently than other minorities.
There's a strong strain in the culture that *respects* Indians because they fought back. It's true they lost, but not without putting up an impressive fight.
That's why we have so many sports teams named after Indian tribes and terms - Americans respect those who fight hard.
It may be best today to change the team name, but we should also acknowledge that it was chosen as a term of respect - nobody names sports teams after things they disrespect.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Should those be produced for profit?
If not, why only the 3 things you mentioned, and not those?
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