bradharper

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by bradharper 15y ago
Would love for any down-voters to tell me how I'm wrong...
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by bradharper 15y ago
That "special power" is commonly referred to as theft.
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by bradharper 15y ago
"You've rejecting sipping on one glass of poison, now let's all join in and chug another one!" Sigh...
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by bradharper 15y ago
Unless there is a contractual stipulation which pertains to copying. In which case, it is force, and there is loss.
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by bradharper 15y ago
Unless that copy originated with permission of the property owner, or a representing legal agent thereof, then it most certainly is.
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by bradharper 15y ago
"Do you really consider the act of stealing someone's physical property to be the same?" In principle - absolutely. "Uploading a video of a child dancing to a song should be prosecuted by the state, with imprisonment as a valid punishment?"
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by bradharper 15y ago
"Why on earth should a license violation be considered a criminal offense?" Why shouldn't it? In principle, they are the same - which is my whole point.
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by bradharper 15y ago
"There is no loss when something is copied, or the loss is radically different from losing something like your bike..." The question is not about tangible loss, it's about property rights, and the forceful encroachment thereof. Being semant
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by bradharper 15y ago
I've become accustomed to getting the error when I linger on the page for a bit, and even in that context it's pretty irritating, but tolerable. Just this morning however, I'm able to click on the logo link at top-left, immediately navigat
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"Unknown or expired link." - Why?(google.com)
145 points by bradharper 15y ago|132 comments
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by bradharper 15y ago
He couldn't care less about Bitcoin. What he does care about though is the chatter amongst non-Keynesian economists about the need for an objective currency, i.e., a gold standard - a force that would utterly devastate his precious welfare
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by bradharper 15y ago
Meanwhile, in Rocklin, CA thousands of Propellers (in all eight of their cores) snicker/sob quietly...
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by bradharper 15y ago
The damn cat was not both alive and dead simultaneously...