I should clarify: I didn't mean actual expansion of the law. What I meant in regard to item "F" was: since when does difficulty of enforcement, even if they did prove it, justify loosening the standards of evidence? I did not think that was allowable.
Well I knew exactly what you meant Jane, even before you 'clarified' it.
Hi, NYCL! I haven't noticed you around here much lately. Is item F even a thing? Since when does the difficulty of enforcing a law allow judicial expansion of the law? I thought that idea had been thoroughly buried a long time ago.
I have to agree with you Jane Q. For 10 years I've been trying to wake the courts up to the fact that they're not supposed to bend the law to help content owners just because the content owners don't know who committed the infringement. Glad to see them coming around.
I think that if this troll can prove they have a copyright on the material and the right to enforce it, they will have a good case to appeal this decision and it will likely be overturned.
You also have to prove that the person you're suing actually committed the infringement. It's not enough that they paid the bill for an internet service account that somebody used to commit an infringement.
It's the lie of globalization being good for anything but corporate profits which is killing our economies. Basically it transfers the value of our jobs to the corporations.
Agree. Anybody who had read their Adam Smith should have know this already.
Easier - include an elevated chair so that the desk does not have to be adjusted.
It might be easier but it is likely even more costly.
I evaluated a number of options. And in general, a good standing desk together with a good tall chair came to more $$ than a good adjustable desk.
I do most of my work at the computer, so a good chair is a must.
I did end up buying an electric adjustable desk but it hasn't arrived yet.
Hmm, what kind of herbs ?
I think it's fair to assume, at first anyway, that it will be used less to grow 900 pots of basil, than 900 basils of pot.
Reddit was started as an experiment in free speech.
Wait, what?
I recall Alex coming on Slashdot a lot to promote Reddit when he first launched it. "An experiment in free speech" was not anything I recall being discussed. I also remember him posting on Slashdot while still developing reddit.
What I recall, is promotion of a general interest platform that was more open than Slashdot (unlimited moderations for all!) and less susceptible to vote brigading than Digg.
It was while ago, so I may be a bit foggy on the specifics.
I think what the Libertarians fail to realize is that farmers, as a general rule, are not smart enough to diversify or maintain course.
First, I think that's a ridiculous assertion. Smart farmers don't diversify because the taxpayers bear the risk of their crop failure, or of crashing prices; they have insufficient incentive to diversify.
Second, if we had a true free market, dumb farmers would go out of business and we would be left with smart farmers allocating resources efficiently. Isn't that the point of economic libertarianism?
Note: I am far from libertarian.
At best, you'll see a temporary relief of the symptoms specific to sitting before you start to develop the symptoms specific to standing.
You seem to be assuming that this is a trade between sitting all the time or standing all the time. Not so. The "ideal" situation is an adjustable desk that will let you sit or stand. You then do each part of the day.
There is definite evidence that switching up your working position has real benefits. You don't have to -- probably should not -- do all of one or all of the other.
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