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It shouldn't because the original possessor of the copy still has access to his copy. In principle they are different. Copying is no different morally than speeding.

Sorry, but the copying is not by 'force'. The force part comes in where the government tries to enFORCE copyright. There is no loss when something is copied. There may be no gain, …

why would you believe the first over the second? It boils down to your outlook on life - if you're Eeyore, everything's a dark cloud.

it also helps you logically deduce stuff you don't know. I remember that after a while, I could almost guess the names of functions that I didn't really know - that's what having a…

yep, cause so long as they have to worry about an uprising of an armed populace they will at least show a little restraint.

the reason there's a law against it is because men (yes, men!) were stupid enough to allow women to vote in the first place. and now we have a feminine culture takeover: used to be…

"cannot be spent in a reasonable way by a few individuals" - again with the socialist claptrap - these people earned the money, they should decide what it's best possible use is. I…

"the wealthy have more money than they really need" - who are you to decide what the wealthy need? They decide, by how hard (or smart) they are willing to work.

No, our taxes are going to be a lot higher in the future because the government is too busy getting re-elected by redistributing taxes & allowing the printing of new money to be re…

the words 'put up or shutup' come to mind. There aren't that many people at Buffet & Gates level - they would affect the average if they donated what their conscience tells them to…

I'm with the parent on this one: if you think the govt should tax more, send in your 'extra' money. Don't tell me what I should do with mine, don't say that everyone should pay mor…

I think the term is being used to note that the price is artificially high - supply is virtually limitless once the first copy of the song is created, so the price should approach …

I'd say that most companies aren't at the level where they code for this - they buy COTS software for their business, and much of it is still of the 'put all your eggs in one baske…

at least until you disarm the populace, then it's 'free play' all day long

it actually makes it worse: you now have at least 2 agencies you have to watch

you obviously have a very limited view: if you're talking 10 or 20 machines, no problem. If you're talking 1000 or 2000 (or 10 or 20 thousand) then it's a whole different ballgame.…

I've almost gotten to the point where I don't read the comments. Quality has (subjectively) been declining over the last couple of years.

>>if your labour is only worth $26K this means you're >>contributing very little of any value to society >This is way, way wrong. This is a very pervasive error in >reasoning. Just…

I beg to differ: I grew up in a trailer park, with an alcoholic carpenter for a dad. We certainly didn't have the money to send me to prep classes or private school. I did have one…

Jesus, dude - that's enough info to start hacking someone's life in that png - be sure to blur the email and last numbers of the account before you use a public link.

it's called experience for a reason - the coder has to try (and fail) until they learn enough to code good, efficient, clear code

wow - my first thought was something unprintable. Took a few minutes of staring at it before I could figure out what the code was doing. brlewis has the winning answer

I actually get 6 weeks paid, plus 10 holidays, and I work in the US. I make sure that I take the full amount. Why? It's considered part of my compensation. It'd be like saying "No,…