Comment Re:Yeh (Score 1) 319
Comment Re:Yeh (Score 4, Informative) 319
Comment Re:That's war. We Americans are no better. (Score 1) 359
Comment Re:Google... transparent? (Score 5, Informative) 368
Android App Quality Pathetically Low Says Developer 336
Paying Hacker Extortion 412
Comment Re:Shock, horror (Score 1) 869
Adobe To Patch Flash 0-Day Friday 113
Comment Re:this is an EU concept... (Score 1) 617
Comment Re:Serious Problems With Central Claim (Score 1) 238
Model Penal Code 223.2 Theft by Unlawful Taking or Disposition.
(1) Movable Property.
A person is guilty of theft if he unlawfully takes, or exercises unlawful control over, movable property of another with purpose to deprive him thereof. Section 223.3 deals with obtaining property by deception, specifying in some detail the forms of deception that may constitute the offense. Section 223.4 similarly specifies the forms of threat that may constitute theft by extortion.
(2) Immovable Property.
A person is guilty of theft if he unlawfully transfers immovable property of another or any interest therein with purpose to benefit himself or another not entitled thereto.
The comments to immovable property say that "[i]mmovable property, principally real estate, is stolen if one unlawfully transfers the property of another, or an interest therein, with purpose to benefit himself or another not entitled thereto. The major purpose of the distinction is to avoid theft liability for such conduct as trespass or occupying real property beyond the terms of a lease." Copyright infringement is not theft. It is copyright infringement.
Comment Re:Solar Power to the Rescue? (Score 0) 344
If you increase the use of solar energy, wouldn't you expect that the Sun's energy that is converted to electricity would lessen the heat generated by sun light entering our atmosphere and heating the objects it strikes?
The laws of thermodynamics would like to have a word with you.
Those solar panels trap energy.
House analogy. If you want to cool your house, do you trap the energy inside of it, or do you systematically pump it out with an air conditioner?
Why do warmers never understand the laws of thermodynamics?
Comment Re:Ob (Score 5, Funny) 244
Comment Re:Doesn't apply to music and film (Score 1) 224
It's worth whatever I feel like paying for it.
If that's not enough to cover costs, then maybe the invisible hand is telling them they're investing too much.
Comment Re:Pulp paper should die! (Score 3, Informative) 446
Not so, unfortunately. First off, only the unfertilised flowers produce plenty of THC. This means you have to keep the male plants far away. Doable, there's even something called 'feminised' seeds, but still a bother.
A bigger hurdle, however, is that the smokey stuff is Cannabis Sativa. The stuff used to make paper, rope and other hemp products, is Cannabis Indica, which doesn't make a particularly good smoke.