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Fantastic Mr Fox
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Only for 24 hours."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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lol big miss
fact by user content????
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if your doctor has to use wiki to find out whats wrong with you, i think you should find a new one
Specialized Hardrock Sport Disc 10- CANYON Nerve AM 6 20110 -
Er, big whoop?How would I write my own epitaph? With a crayon - I'm not allowed anything I can sharpen to a sustainable point.
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I've seen a few doctors googling and wikipedia-ing things they don't know, major fail.0
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projectsome wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong but if it's a US law and not a UK law, then it doesn't relatively affect us (or anyone outside of the US)??
pretty sure it would only affect myspace (if it's still running) and similar sites (with the exception of paid ads??
thats why everyone is opposing it, its the latest attempt by the usa to own the internet, this US law is set up to stop foreign websites containing pirated content0 -
They're usually annoyed because the patient has used it. Sometimes they may even come to the right answer whilst the doctor would have sent them away with a "it's just something going round" not going to do anything about it kind of answer and they'd then be back later with the same problem. That or the patient thinks they have everything under the sun and they has to send them to a therapist.chez_m356 wrote:if your doctor has to use wiki to find out whats wrong with you, i think you should find a new one
Wonder how it affects 999 & A&E. Will more people use them or less as a result?
The powers go as far as someone posts something to any web site at all, and without any proof or evidence as to the copyright issue, they can shut the whole site down. Could be just someone puts a link in a comment. Doesn't have to be a link to a dodgy pirate site, just a link to or copy a snippet from a news article, photo, video, much of which on the net is often not certain about the copyright status but people link or copy away anyway under what they think is fair use. All the junk that's posted on Facebook and especially YouTube is technically copyrighted stuff that's copied in some way without permission.projectsome wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong but if it's a US law and not a UK law, then it doesn't relatively affect us (or anyone outside of the US)??
pretty sure it would only affect myspace (if it's still running) and similar sites (with the exception of paid ads??
If you're not in the US it doesn't matter. They just shut down access to your site, most of which goes via US (e.g. Google searches can be filtered to remove access), or is controlled by a US owned company. The servers that route traffic around the world are heavily US controlled and can be made to block access to a lot of the web.
It's huge, and stupid. It gives huge control to the US music and movie industry without any legal process. It doesn't help protect the artists / authors involved, it just hands the power to the industry that is looking at their profit margins.
Once again, they need to stop obsessing about piracy and move with the times. Seek to find another way to get their income as things have changed. It's "home taping is killing music" all over again but worse (and as anyone can see, it never did kill music).
Better - stop churning out derivative cloned crap and get some imagination (especially Hollywood), be creative, and sell us things that are worth paying for!0 -
The Yank way of thinking on being the world's policemen again, as well as some blatant protectionism."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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doesn't surprise me there always someone who has seen this or knows that, its a world full of know it alls, the point is, so what, has the world ended because wiki shuts for 24 hours, did anyone even noticeKitty wrote:I've seen a few doctors googling and wikipedia-ing things they don't know, major fail.Specialized Hardrock Sport Disc 10- CANYON Nerve AM 6 20110 -
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The last line of that article is superb.0
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I'd rather have someone admit to a gap in their knowledge and run a trained eye over whatever can be found online than pretend they know what they're talking about. I've had both, and the second's a lot worse.Kitty wrote:I've seen a few doctors googling and wikipedia-ing things they don't know, major fail.0 -
If it that shit for companies like facebook and twitter, cant they just move out of the US and teach them a lesson?!<hr noshade size="1"><font color="purple"><center><i><b><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman"> "Boggis and Bunce and Bean. One fat, one short, one lean. These horrible crooks. So different in looks. Were none the less equally mean."</font id="Times New Roman"></b></font id="size2"></i></center></font id="purple">0
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SOPA, so good - the awkward moment when you break the law you proposed.0
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Fantastic Mr Fox wrote:If it that shoot for companies like facebook and twitter, cant they just move out of the US and teach them a lesson?!
Nope... Frinstance you will find examples of people being extradited to face criminal action under US law, despite having committed no crime in their home territory. And being delisted from search engines is almost as bad as having your site deleted entirely, so just relocating doesn't protect you. And with the US being such a major market, a lot of websites will need to cater for any new US law regardless of location- so it'll cause changes in international content regardless of where you are.Uncompromising extremist0 -
Example being the kid over here currently being extradited for hosting a site with links to other sites that have the pirate material (haven't checked, but I guess he had a torrent site or links to torrent sites).
Okay there's an argument he's doing something illegal but this varies per country, but he's being extradited to face serious charges in the US as if he's some kind of terrorist.
Though SOPA would just let them shut down all access to his site.0 -
Bike Radar could be shutdown for US users as a result of your post as well.wordnumb wrote:SOPA, so good - the awkward moment when you break the law you proposed.
Utterly bananas legislation.You only need two tools: WD40 and Duck Tape.
If it doesn't move and should, use the WD40.
If it shouldn't move and does, use the tape.0 -
One of Blairs most shameful acts as PM - allowing British citizens to be extradited to the US simply on SUSPICION. In return? No no, the return part of the deal is we must PROVE that they are guilty.deadkenny wrote:but he's being extradited to face serious charges in the US as if he's some kind of terrorist.
Like I said. Shameful.You only need two tools: WD40 and Duck Tape.
If it doesn't move and should, use the WD40.
If it shouldn't move and does, use the tape.0 -
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