tweak2live

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by tweak2live 15y ago
In my unprofessional legal view, it seems that what the copyright clique is really hoping to gain from this case is a precedent for making website owners responsible for ensuring that content uploaded to their site is copyright kosher. Curr
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by tweak2live 15y ago
I resent the accusation. But I do venture south of the "sanity" meridian quite often, so perhaps I have lost perspective. Perhaps I should watch more television. Do engage the substance of my inquiry, please. If it is "delusional" to invoke
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by tweak2live 15y ago
What exactly is it about losethos's cognitive patterns that you find "insane"? (honest question) I have spent quite some time reading miscellaneous forum threads by him and have found nothing that shocks me as profoundly "mentally ill". Sur
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by tweak2live 15y ago
If you think I'm advocating pandering to the lowest common denominator and reinforcing ignorance, you are mistaken. I am pointing out the fact that within a system of social organization which allows "material capital" to be easily converti
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by tweak2live 15y ago
I feel like censoring it would be unethical, while refusing to host it would simply be poor form. Livecasting of own suicide: freedom of expression + freedom to make choices with regard to own life. Edit: This is not to imply that Tumblr is
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by tweak2live 15y ago
None, whatsoever. But what alternative do the "best and the brightest" have? After all, in order to keep being "the best and the brightest" they do need to pay rent (and have an occasional steak dinner). What value is there in educating if
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by tweak2live 15y ago
OC does not misrepresent the point, he does not engage it, (those are distinct). In not engaging it, he provided tremendous value for everyone ITT. [ Thanks, Patrick ] However, if you want someone to bite - I will. Why bother engaging in mo
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by tweak2live 15y ago
What these same people also fail to realize is that just because you enjoy working on "exciting and challenging stuff!" doesn't mean you will find debugging their firm's spaghetti code exciting. Yes, there are projects on which I would work
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by tweak2live 15y ago
Attention deficit is a conduct disorder, which means that its diagnosis relies entirely on assessment of patient's behavioural patterns. Since it's next to impossible to keep a patient under 24/7 observation, secondary sources have to be us
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by tweak2live 15y ago
War on General Purpose Computation == War on Consciousness. Why not just go straight to the root of the problem and outlaw certain kinds of cognitive patterns? Since "intellectual property" begins in the mind, so does "copyright infringemen
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by tweak2live 15y ago
There are NO technological solutions. It is mathematically impossible to restrict communication of certain kinds of information, while still allowing information exchanges to take place. This is why there are no legal, political, or economi
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by tweak2live 15y ago
The question of intellectual property is moot. It is impossible to adequately police teh intertubes without outlawing encryption. Why do the media companies insist on continuing to attempt the impossible, instead of cutting their losses and