> If you mean not the same for all positions, conservation of linear momentum goes out the
> window.

To be clear, that effectively means either Newton's second law (in it's generalized F = dp/dt form) or Newton's third law is wrong.

You mean paragraph 13?

Having read the whole thing, it actually seems refreshingly balanced to me. The beginning of the part you quoted is really kind of a summary of the consequences pointed out by Kenneth Arrow. I'm willing to believe that, in a world with instant communication, the rate of invention might slow down somewhat if there was no IP.

In the next paragraph the author points out that IP rights are detrimental to consumers and that governments have to strike a balance between encouraging investment in knowledge generation and the detrimental effects from those policies (decreased competition, higher prices).

I can't imagine one of the regular IP organizations even suggesting that IP rights could be in any way detrimental to anyone.

I worked for a test-prep company and everytime we got someone with a visual or hearing impairment we dreaded it. Since the offices had their own budgets, it could be extremely expensive to get materials printed or provide sign interpreters for these folks (interpreters could run $100/hr with all their expenses). I don't wish the afflictions on anyone, but it was just so expensive to accomodate, and seems like there could be a better system.

Even scarier, my good friend went to a top 10 med school and there was a legally blind girl there that wanted to be a doctor. She had alot of problems and it was so expensive for the school to provide her with special equipment to be able to blurrily see things she couldn't see anyways. She had a really hard time getting a residency, and I don't think she ever got into a good residency program. Would you want a doctor examining you who couldn't see you clearly? I wanted to go to Med School too, but I didnt have the stomach for the smells and sights of it. If I have the grades and the MCAT scores, should the school allow me not to look at the corpses and not have to do the nasty stuff? I don't think so. How about I go and do something that I actually can do. People with visual disabilities can do so many things, and its not society's fault that there will unfortunately be a handful of things out of reach or prohibitively expensive.

Maybe that's because you missed the point.

See also: Negativland Interviews U2's The Edge

No problem, I just have to figure out all the URLs to whitelist... if I don't get around to it tonight, I should have it ready within the next couple days.

This one is VB.net.

Not ideal, but definitely an improvement over the old model.

The reverse is also true. It is difficult to come up with a solid argument that it's "best for the public good" to censor practitioners of breastfeeding. Who are they protecting, and why ? It's not the children, they're the ones being fed! Is it the mature consenting adults ? Oh noes! Somebody save the adults!

Those who look to be offended, usually find "offensive" things everywhere they look.

Use a strong root password, DUH. The Bears and Elk up in canada cant hold down shift

Yeah, but that still leaves you vulnerable to brute force attacks. Especially from moose.