How about if copyright protected the rights of the creator ... not his estate or corporate sell out 70+ years later. So when the creator dies (including a corporation being dissolved), then the art becomes open source. But right now the copyrights seem to extend in to perpetuity and even in the shorter term, userous prices on the art simply mean a person may never have a hope of ownership and so encourages theft where the risk of punishment is low.

... determines how you define 'not doing evil'. Google is just a big powerful corporation like Microsoft, Apple, etc. They do not care about anything but the 'bottom line'.

In the corporate 'hierarchy of needs', 'profit' is the base need that _must_ be satisfied above all else.

From the author's research page: "His research has received support from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the U.S. Department of Defense, among other sources." Irritating, no?

... is virtually meaningless. You can cite all the statistical blah-blah you want but take a look at margins of error. Yes, it is interesting that in this sample they observed what they observed. Extrapolating from there however is a bit misguided or disengenuous.

Dear Biologists and Similar Ilk,

Time and again, life is found in places where no biologist (or equivalent ilk) expected it. This has happened so frequently that you would think that you would stop using phrases similar to, " high enough to be hostile to known life". What you know about life has clearly been shown to be lacking. Given that, how about a phrase that acknowledges your knowledge gap in a positive and proactive way. A preferred phrase, in this case, should be, " high enough to produce interesting life forms." It shows you aren't complacent in your ignorance and are open to new experience.

Regards,
fygment

We won't know the result BUT yeah, finally researchers will have to really provide transparency on their work.

That works both ways though. Now Exxon et al will also have to show their justifications with hard numbers whose origins are clearly replicable.

Rather than publishing on proprietary data of uncertain characteristics, this will essentially force researchers to use common, known, and available data sets. A smattering of what's available and reputable:

http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898...
http://www.keypress.com/x2814....
http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/
http://www.statsci.org/dataset...
http://data.gc.ca/eng/facts-an...
http://library.med.cornell.edu...

That's the point right? Gays/lesbians are sinners, so reserve the right to deny service because of that.

Of course, good luck finding any non-sinners. Even if there was one, would you believe her or him? Doubtful, I mean that person would have to be ....

Well, there you go. The legislation is really about identifying the 'Second Coming'. Well played boys.

The jury may still be out on this due to it's claims of 'unlimited', etc. But have a look:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-...

As a colleague once opined, "There is no more spectrum. It's physics. That's it, that's all."

At a worst case of about 80,000, the US ARMY is downsizing more people than are employed in the Royal Canadian Army, Navy, and,/i> Air Force put together.

You really don't see the difference in intentionally harming something vice consuming it for survival?

Snakes have to eat. Men do not have to torture ... anything.

But if you subscribe to the contrary, then experiments on humans should be cool, right? It's just a matter of shifting your benchmark for 'acceptable' slightly AND the results are far more validly extended to our species than mouse experiments.

WTF, sounds like you want to give up a job you like because ... there seem to be opportunities for people with other skills?
People with the skills needed to work as a teller in fast food joints are also in demand.

Got a job you like? Upgrade on your own time, take some courses, and use your industry network to let people know you've got the extra skills. THAT will get you variety and maybe move you up/around in your current company.

Right ... like China, Egypt, Russia, ... oh, and the US. And yet, the increased connectivity in each is allowing the public in each a greater hand in their own governance by allowing freedom if speech.

Nicely made point.

Aristotle was talking about 'time alone' with one's thoughts. The privacy being discussed here is about the revelation of personal information to others. _Read_ Aristotle before you quote him.