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by camexp 5y ago
"The book follows Englishman Arthur Dent as he wakes up to find that Earth is about to be demolished to make way for a space highway." It was a hyperspace bypass. As far as I am aware that is neither "space" nor a "
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by camexp 7y ago
I don't believe it is double standards to ban one thing and not another, if that was the case then progress would never be made with anything. Maybe banning the wholesale production of meat is a bit more complex than banning a few rest
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by camexp 7y ago
I'm still working on a replacement for a still-in-use a2k distributed database front-end (moved the data to mysql a few years back), it's taking forever, it's a huge project I spent over ten years on, and now another ten year
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by camexp 7y ago
I wholeheartedly agree and think this pretty much every day. Additionally, I still have my best links ever thread back from the early naughts on my personal website (be sure to put protections up to full-on, I haven't tested those lin
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by camexp 7y ago
This is a perfect example of how prohibition doesn't work. When alcohol was illegal in the USA, the only drinks you could really get a hold of was whiskey, moonshine and other high percentage beverages. When illegal, the dealers want t
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by camexp 11y ago
>Whereas if it was de-copyrighted it would lose that value -- everybody could just copy it. I think you have the whole process upside down. Digital media already has no value, and it can already be copied freely. The changes in the law t
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by camexp 11y ago
Reminds me of a certain programme. "...under broadcasting restrictions he must inhale helium to subtract credibility from his statements." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOUeauLWEaE After reading the "Welcom