Comment Re:Intended Reaction? (Score 1) 724
It deprives them of the right to control the distribution of their intellectual property no?
Comment Re:Intended Reaction? (Score 1) 724
You keep saying it does no damage to anyone when it's proven that is does do damage to them.
If I wanted to play a game, and that game is selling for $60 but instead I pirate that game, I have DEPRIVED (HARMED) the developer of that game.
What about that don't you understand?
Comment Re:They're gonna feel like... (Score 1) 360
I suppose if you want to define victim in this manner then sure but that's pretty disingenuous.
They can affect change, they chose not to, they suffer the consequences...
Comment Re:They're gonna feel like... (Score 1) 360
Who cares. They are people being governed. They can either accept the government they have (along with it their decisions) or try to change it (either through the peaceful process of voting or by violent revolution) However it is still their blame to take if they did neither.
Heat Ray Gun Fails Final Test; Nixed From War 299
eldavojohn writes "The heat ray gun to be deployed in Afghanistan has failed its final test and will not be deployed. US military commanders who have had it in the field now have declined to use it. After being tested more than 11,000 times on around 700 volunteers, it failed to achieve satisfaction from the military and will not be deployed."
Comment College doesn't train you on vocation (Score 1) 428
I doubt you'll find a school either online or B&M that will fit your needs unelss you go into a very specialized program at a school like CalTech, CMU, or MIT.
The reason for that is college is not, by and large, about learning how to do what you want to do. It's about learning how to do what you HAVE to do, in order to do what you want to do.
Working in teams, doing BS work that you don't like (TPS reports anyone?) working through bureaucracy etc... once you demonstrate these skills any idiot can be taught web design at a basic enough level... everything beyond that is experience anyway.
Comment College doesn't train you in your vocation.... (Score 1) 428
I doubt you'll find a school, e
Comment Lobbying VS Spying (Score 2, Funny) 279
I love how when they don't declare themselves it's "spying" but when they do it's simply "lobbying."
Brilliant!
Comment Re:The key is in the protocol. (Score 1) 295
Like Reddit?
Comment Re:More "zero tolerance" idiocy (Score 1) 804
If you want to attend FREE school, you absolutely must abide by the state/district policies. Don't like it?
Can you define free? Last time I checked even I am paying for the kids in my district to go to school and I don't even have any..
Comment Full Consolidated? (Score 1) 201
Come on now... at least take 30 seconds to read the story before you publish it. It's either Full or Consolidated.... not both
Submission + - Lessons of a $618,616 Death 3
theodp writes: Two years after her husband's death, Amanda Bennett examines the costs and complex questions of keeping one man alive. The bills for his seven-year battle with cancer totaled $618,616, almost two-thirds of which was for his final 24 months. No one can say for sure if the treatments helped extend his life, and she's left with a question she still can't answer: When is it time to quit?
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