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Please add more... http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/jeff-jarvis-ap-fu#comment-105423 PEP... I am intrigued by the apparent contradiction between your 'utmost respect for the act of creation' and your concept of imaginary ownership that, by nature, stifles creation. Questions:
A point to keep in mind for #4-- the classic argument states that
you would be deprived of your share of the price of the magazine but
your true intent was not to publish your poem in that magazine
(otherwise you would have a legal contract)... your true intent was for
something different, perhaps emotional. Thus you had no share in the
creation, distribution or sale of that magazine... so by what rights
are you entitled to any portion of that $5? None. Ahh... but
why invoke attribution... what is the entitlement there? Again, none.
If anything the magazine editor may have an interest in citing your
name as a convenience to its readers (like how you see so many requests
for the name of a song used in a youtube video) or perhaps because they
feel their readership appreciates citations... they may even appreciate
that authors get a portion of that $5, in which case the magazine may
decide to do so and publicly state as much. Mark Cuban: Block P2P Traffic, Please | Digital Media Wire
www.dmwmedia.com/news/2007/11/20/mark-cuban-block-... Want some cheese to go with that....
Submitted by Gabriel Kent (not verified) on November 21, 2007 - 12:34am.
Hmm...
Say Mark and I are neighbors and we both pay for 1Mbps internet connections.
And at some point while Mark is streaming NBA highlights his connection begins to sputter.
At that very moment I am seeding the latest Ubuntu distribution because I just downloaded it from others and am giving back by acting like a seed for those who do not yet have it.
Now after some techno-wizardry we determine that his internet stream is stuttering because of my seeding Ubuntu.
So am I responsible for interrupting Mark's NBA highlights? Or would the ISP be fairly blamed for allowing that to happen?
In other words, we both paid for 1Mbps and one of us is receiving that and perhaps more and the other is not. Is Mark's problem with me or the ISP for which he has a contract with for a given amount of bandwidth?
This is a problem with the inability of the ISP to segment and provide the services for which they are contracted to provide. Regardless of how I use 1Mbps...if I use it for 20 minutes a day or 24/7 never stop, that is my choice. I paid my $20/month for that bandwidth. And if I choose to subsidize Ubuntu...good for me.
If Mark's connection is sputtering, he mustn't attack his neighbors...rather the company ripping him off.
Instead, he writes an open letter to the ISPs crying about P2P slowing his internet connection and doesn't question why the ISP is not providing him with what he is supposed to have paid for.
Sad really...
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p2p peer / futureprogress.net Haha... you type as if you are projecting your bad experiences and unfair shakes unto the U.S. as a whole -- as if failing in the U.S. is the norm not the exception. This is obvious: private interests are around to make a profit not _care_ about the quality of a person's life... even if that person works for them. Instead, they care about employee productivity which probably reflects quality of life. The large corporations you cite would have been a lot less likely to harm so many people if it were not for all the power pooled in the Government. Those corporations were able to play upon the Gov power to pervert the marketplace so that they had an unfair advantage. Sure it sucks for this generation, yet we should all be amazed that over time the free market corrects itself... and the time it takes to do so is in inverse proportion to the freedom in the marketplace. The U.S. Government has and continues to pervert our free market to the point that you may just be right in the far future... but for now, you fail to see the reality of the U.S.A. in world history. We must compare the real with the real... in doing so you will see that the U.S. has done more for more people than any other group in history. Are there problems that cause a loss of our freedoms? Hell yea... but it does no good to go around beating the effects and not the true causes. We need passion like yours fighting for the side of personal and economic freedoms. Steven Pinker: It's hard to see how China will ever compete with the West | The News is
www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/steven-pinker-its-hard-... I don't think invoking the stupidity of Americans is important to your argument. Namely, should jobs be outsourced to China (or anywhere else for that matter)? As a firm believer in free markets, I am inclined to answer yes. Every private organization should do what they feel will bring more value to their shareholders, including capital investments in foreign ventures. The problems do not really stem from the changing employment patterns in the U.S., the problems stem from government repression in the marketplace, specifically, allowing less money to be controlled by the people to act in their own interests. These policies have a further effect on supporting local monopolies by shielding them from competing with monopolies in other countries which further inhibits smaller competitive growths in those markets. Small business is adaptable and fuels much of the economy so that the outsourcing of jobs is a temporary adjustment in an open market. Again, the problems you seem adamant about come from the Governments intrusion on our rights, not cheaper labor in China. Firstly dealing with quality, I see little benefit in duplicating the story photo (perhaps a technical glitch which should hopefully be vetted in the future). In addition, I should hope the stories are at least spell checked… ‘peopl’ is within a quote, so either the quote was wrong (in which case should be corrected in square brackets [ ]) or the quote was improperly copied… either way not a good thing. I could go on to other quality mistakes but I will stop there. “Keith Hennessey, director of President George W. Bush’s National Economic Council, said at a White House forum on the economy and taxes. U.S. gross domestic product could be reduced by as much as 7 percent in the year 2050 and gasoline prices
its going to be a war of attrition pretty soon. Just hope nations with such advanced capabilities have an equally advanced doctrine of responsibility.
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TRICKS OF DIVIDING. Take in each hand an equal number; put 4 from the right hand into the left; cast away the remainder; cast away an equal number from the left hand; add 5, and now you will find 13 in this [left] hand; that is-I made you put 4 from the right hand into the left, and cast away the remainder; now your right hand has 4 more; then I make you throw away as many from the right as you threw away from the left; so, throwing from each hand a quantity of which the remainder may be equal, you now have 4 and 4, which make 8, and that the trick may not be detec- ted I made you put 5 more, which made 13.
We are two brothers, each of us has a brother. Here the way of saying it makes it appear that the two brothers have become four.
All those things which in winter are hidden under the snow, will be uncovered and laid bare in summer. (for Falsehood, which cannot remain hidden).
(Of Kids.) The time of Herod will come again, for the little innocent children will be taken from their nurses, and will die of terrible wounds inflicted by cruel men.
(Of soldiers) Men, when dead, will pass through their own bowels.
(Of great guns, which come out of a pit and a mould.) Creatures will come from underground which with their terrific noise will stun all who are near; and with their breath will kill men and destroy cities and castles.
(Of weapons of mass destruction) (Of the Shadow cast by a man at night with a light.) Huge figures will appear in human shape, and the nearer you get to them, the more will their immense size diminish.
(Of Stones converted into Lime, with which prison walls are made.) Many things that have been before that time destroyed by fire will deprive many men of liberty.
(Of Oil) (Of Physicians, who live by sickness.) Men will come into so wretched a plight that they will be glad that others will derive profit from their sufferings or from the loss of their real wealth, that is health.
The more you converse with skins covered with sentiments, the more wisdom will you acquire.
Very often a thing that is itself broken is the occasion of much union.
Happy will they be who lend ear to the words of the Dead.
(The Ball of Snow rolling over Snow.) There will be many who, forgetting their existence and their name, will lie as dead on the spoils of other dead creatures.
(Of Hemispheres, which are infinite; and which are divided by an infinite number of Lines, so that every Man always has one of these Lines between his Feet.) Men standing in opposite hemispheres will converse and deride each other and embrace each other, and understand each other's language.
The Internet. (The World may be divided into two Hemispheres at any Point.) All men will suddenly be transferred into opposite hemispheres.
(Of the Reflection of Walls of Cities in the Water of their Ditches.) The high walls of great cities will be seen up side down in their ditches.
(Of Oxen, which are eaten.) The masters of estates will eat their own labourers.
(Of Ships which sink.) Huge bodies will be seen, devoid of life, carrying, in fierce haste, a multitude of men to the destruction of their lives.
(Of Metals.) That shall be brought forth out of dark and obscure caves, which will put the whole human race in great anxiety, peril and death. To many that seek them, after many sorrows they will give delight, and to those who are not in their company, death with want and misfortune. This will lead to the commission of endless crimes; this will increase and persuade bad men to assassinations, robberies and treachery, and by reason of it each will be suspicious of his partner. This will deprive free cities of their happy condition; this will take away the lives of many; this will make men torment each other with many artifices deceptions and treasons. O monstrous creature! How much better would it be for men that every thing should return to Hell! For this the vast forests will be devastated of their trees; for this endless animals will lose their lives.
(Of Flagellants.) Men will hide themselves under the bark of trees, and, screaming, they will make themselves martyrs, by striking their own limbs.
(Of Books which teach Precepts.) Bodies without souls will, by their contents give us precepts by which to die well.
(Of flax which works the cure of men.) That which was at first bound, cast out and rent by many and various beaters will be respected and honoured, and its precepts will be listened to with reverence and love.
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