If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

Wow, who knew that Steerman was a skydiver?

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/g ... 2;#4806462

... and that I can see that only academics (e.g. historians) having plausible reasons, and should have academic freedoms. This is very different from how we do things in the US. We don't grant special rights to people based on their profession. The protections for journalists in the First Amendment...

PZ goes to a ball game. Left his book at home but not his laptop/iPad. The one constant is his inability to sit next to Mary without some form of escape mechanism. Is that Scat on the left? Has her husband been heard of since she cooked that repugnant meal? http://i.imgur.com/fz07A76.jpg I do belie...

Interesting results of the IGM panel's opinion on the likely effect of Brexit on UK and European per capital income over the next decade. (spoiler: seems to be a fairly strong consensus that both will be lower. OTOH, what do economists know?). http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel/pol...

No. This is not acceptable. It is not acceptable that millions of people live in a police state, afraid for their safety and their lives on a daily basis, because their skin is black or brown. I know there’s a limited amount I can do about this. But I can say this, as clearly as I can: I do not con...

Really? wrote:Tim O'Neill is not a big fan of Carrier. It's hilarious.

...

http://historyforatheists.blogspot.com/ ... eased.html

Wow. Just wow.

... that feminist deck thing has gone tits up. She managed to scam the vain fools for 30k out of them so it's all good. And of course, using the ploy Anita used when she announced she wouldn't complete her Kickstarter video series, it was at least in part due to harrassment by internet trolls and m...

This guy is good.
[youtube]suGVpYZEBOs[/youtube]

A good write up that I saw over at KIwi Farms about a backer of Brianna Wu's Kickstarter that has become fed up at the endless waiting for her game to be released on Steam. https://medium.com/@HoskStation/is-revolution-60s-pc-release-just-a-giant-scam-e10a3ad7d0e8#.nur49bezn Where's the fucking gam...

I kind of think Rebecca Watson is as dead as pz myers blog network. Her sloth has made her irrelevant. Her only claim to fame is elevator gate, and that is not enough to keep her moving forward in any capacity. But, still makes a good living doing her irrelevant thing, what with the ~$1K per video ...

Matt Cavanaugh wrote:Does anyone know how to date this page?

https://campquestwest.secure.force.com/ ... 000003dOni

Copyright notice at the bottom says 2014

Brive1987 wrote:http://i.imgur.com/I8vTnG3.jpg

The suspense is underwhelming.

I don't see no "Dr" and "Ph.D.", so this quite obviously is not our Dr Richard Carrier, Ph.D. (But I must say, the resemblence is uncanny.)

Trump appears to not be doing so hot in the polls right now. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-5952.html The Muslim incident doesn't appear to have helped him all that much. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/pr...

Players don't get a free pass for assaulting fans. Eric Cantona was prosecuted for kicking a fan. Same goes for performers ejecting people from the stage: eg Afroman. You don't get to assault people for trespassing on your own property, so why anyone thinks assaulting them for 'trespassing' on publ...

Do you suppose it is a coincidence that the majority of the fastest sprinters in the world happen to be descendants of a particular Kenyan tribe? There's absolutely no reason to think behavioural and intelligent traits aren't similarly distributed to particular populations. This, by the way Andrew,...

Uh oh, looks like the beginning of the leak in Carriers Patreon support: yesterday he lost 2 big patrons, and as a result his "$ per blog post" has dropped from $131.31 $129.50 (that over $2!). He better start blogging! :popcorn: https://graphtreon.com/creator/DrRichardCarrier And now I just read t...

Uh oh, looks like the beginning of the leak in Carriers Patreon support: yesterday he lost 2 big patrons, and as a result his "$ per blog post" has dropped from $131.31 $129.50 (that over $2!). He better start blogging! :popcorn:

https://graphtreon.com/creator/DrRichardCarrier

Brive1987 wrote:Richard said he recently provided CQ with advice and got return acclaim from them. Those still waters may run deeper than we know.

Actually, that is his story now, but didn't he first claim to have given them money?

Snapfingers wrote:... Here is what you do: write the essay about the "balanced veiw of the nazisme" falsifying "5 common myths about the Holocaust". Go full denier batshit crazy...

Ah, :nin: 'd

Brive1987 wrote:http://i.imgur.com/csaaSmn.png

:doh: :think: :snooty:

Hmmm... replace "Islam" with "Hitler".

Heina has been sharing. it's just so fucking tragic. I can't even. http://i.imgur.com/a5W5qWL.jpg fortunately she has some enablers allies to help her feel like a special snowflake . http://i.imgur.com/hjRAIig.jpg Some have shared tales so shocking I'm not sure I should be repeating them here. http...

As to the various checklists and how we got to the four-factor test, my counter-suggestion is to look for actual cases and read the decisions. Yes, all four factors are supposed to be considered in every case, making almost every case unique. But, in some ways, you can think of the strength of the ...

Sorry. I mistook your posts as a sign that you were interested in discussing the issue. Carry on. There's nothing to discuss. You've created some (silly) hypotheticals that try to inch the situations back towards one where there might be some question, but nothing will alter the fact that an exact ...

Billie from Ockham wrote:Haiku? As in:

mirror is posted
DMCA is upheld
new lawyer needed

Sorry. I mistook your posts as a sign that you were interested in discussing the issue. Carry on.

Then it's exactly like the Mykeru case and a straight copy would fail the tests for fair use. Except there is no law that a complete and unaltered copy is de facto unfair use. I have nothing to add to what I've already written. If you would like to defend the idea that an exact copy, with nothing a...

Then it's exactly like the Mykeru case and a straight copy would fail the tests for fair use. Except there is no law that a complete and unaltered copy is de facto unfair use. The extent of copying and the extent to which it is "transformed" are only part of the considerations, and is blended with ...

In Case 1, the bit missing is when Bill Clinton publishes the video (or otherwise establishes his ownership rights), as well as the method by which you obtained a copy. As of now, it seems that you stole someone's home movie and put it on the web, in which case copyright is the least of your proble...

FACTOR 3: THE AMOUNT AND SUBSTANTIALITY OF THE PORTION DEFENDANT USED At first glance, Mykeru's use of 100% of Stollznow's video counts against him. But Mykeru had good reason-- presenting hard evidence in the most fair manner-- to let Stollznow's video "speak for itself", unbridged, rather than po...

... I am not a lawyer, but if Stollznow has taken down her video AND owns the copyright to it, then mirroring it certainly does "substitute" for Stollznow's video "in the marketplace". This is a "product" she removed from the Marketplace. Mykeru's mirror completely substitutes for that and in a way...

By any chance, do you knows the details of Mykeru's video that was flagged? Was it really mostly or entirely a copy or "mirror" of a Stollznow video? My understanding & memory of the video is that it was a flat out mirror for prosperity. - Soylent f98 I never saw the original Mykeru version, but re...

feathers wrote:
some guy wrote:Latest Evo-psych observations on women/ men differences
[youtube]dpvLj_OB-Y0[/youtube]
That lion took considerable risk of being trampled by 150 kg dinner meat.

Well, even more problematic was upstaging his wife. Here's the follow-up:
[youtube]4H76yKneO_Q[/youtube]

Latest Evo-psych observations on women/ men differences
[youtube]dpvLj_OB-Y0[/youtube]

:nin: :(

One consideration on the Mykeru-Baxter-Stollznow issue. With that article from Service Dog on how use of copyrighted material as evidence plays into the game, it is entirely possible that he could do a preemptive strike and sue Karen Stollznow in Virginia. Pricey by any means. But it would open up ...

Back on the issue of Mykeru, it appears that Karen's lawyer has been working weekends and is eager to get out of communications with Mykeru. The billable hours for the scary legal letter have dried up. http://i.imgur.com/c9eZzoa.png She's using techicalities to stall and avoid. Kykeru should just t...

Back on the issue of Mykeru, it appears that Karen's lawyer has been working weekends and is eager to get out of communications with Mykeru. The billable hours for the scary legal letter have dried up. http://i.imgur.com/c9eZzoa.png She's using techicalities to stall and avoid. Kykeru should just t...

Neither of us are lawyers, but when does a piece of "intellectual property" become evidence in a fucking public crime? Marion Barry did NOT sign any consent or release forms normally required for people who perform in theatrical productions that are shown in many, many places across the globe. ... ...

... Most people pick their lawyers on how agressive and unreasonable they want them to be (in the UK called Rottweilers) The concept that all lawyer's follow their ethical code is asinine. All lawyers will agree with the code and of course say they follow it. But like all subjective codes some are ...

Plus her tab said Attorneys (plural) - which is plainly false advertising. She got a cheap legal website template and filled it in. She should pony up a few bucks to the guy who set up her website to correct that. The obvious lack of attention to detail should concern Baxter. is this the same attor...

https://twitter.com/dan_aykroyd/status/737083096252702721 http://www.whosay.com/status/danaykroyd/1212494?wsref=tw&code=RQGbLj7 I read that. I'm glad Aykroyd enjoyed it but in my opinion he is kinda a mark for himself and isn't that great at knowing what a good movie is. Umm, it's not as if he's an...

Skep tickle wrote:First, I'd like to offer a hug to Karmakin, but only if it's welcomed.

I would certainly welcome that hug right now, so I will take it. (Weather didn't turn out as I hoped, so I am unable to do what I had plan for today :( ) So thanks for the hug! :P

Obvious click bait:

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/04 ... lls-women/

Remember the islamophobic backlash in Brussels? Where a far right goon mowed down a muslim woman that was peacefully protesting? http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/262408/perps-far-right-hit-and-run-muslim-woman-were-robert-spencer Every ounce of credibility liberals throw away is being picked up by c...

If you’re going to implement a temporary one penis policy while you/your partner work on an emotional issue, it’s important to include 1) a specific date at which you’ll revisit the issue and 2) a specific plan for addressing the issue. This can look like, “I’ll spend two weeks doing some reflectio...

My understanding is that defendants should not be forced to take the stand, as it is the governments job to only bring cases that it can prove wrong doing, and the defendant should not have to help the government make it's case. Why is this so important? I personally can see myself bending on this ...

... Regarding the trans bathroom issue, I think it's an odd case where winning is losing. If the trans advocates get exactly what they want, the end result is going to be far more people having a negative opinion of trans activism. At some point I predict a further schism within the trans community...

HoneyWagon wrote:[youtube]jDlQ4H0Kdg8[/youtube]

Didn't see this posted yet.
Student grabbed for incorrect hair but a university employee

Notice how she grabs him several times, to keep him from going up the stairs, then to drag him back off the stairs, and then says to him "Don't you put your hands on me!"

Anyone with good malware protection willing to try downloading a copy of Hiena's book?

https://www.google.com/fusiontables/Dat ... #rows:id=1

(its the link on the page that I am linking to that I am afraid to click on, not the link I've provided.)

RW just posted about her Quizotron...today at 3pm. I am sure it will be a blast. https://twitter.com/rebeccawatson/status/711601958860169218 Quizotron appears to be the height of her profession at this point. I dunno. She's pretty good at getting other people to give her money for free. I think any...

[youtube]6TU50Bz3Ey0[/youtube]
I'm sure I've been ninja'd on this. But bite me anyway

John D wrote:Ummm... Steerso said what I did was not racist...

Well, that settles it then. :D

... Is Trump likely to be a greedy capitalist and line his own pockets if he makes office? Absolutely. But everything else that isn't his personal interest is fair game for change. So if he really is mostly self funded, then he won't be handing out as many perks to special interests and corporation...

In a case that is similar to San Bernardino Iphone case, a NY judge rules that Apple does not have to help the police hack a criminals phone.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/new-york- ... 58264.html

Lsuoma wrote:
free thoughtpolice wrote:Rebecca Watson brings her patreon video in just before the deadline:
[youtube]ptveqCIjJ7k[/youtube]
She's looking a lot better in that vid (at least in the thumbnail I'm seeing - I won't watch a Twatson vid...)

It's not really a RW video. Worth watching.

Well, at the risk of getting into an analogy battle, it more like the police requiring a disinterested neighbor to open the door so they can get in because he happens to have the ability to hack the lock (Lets assume the lock explodes and destroys the property if 3 failed attempts are made to enter...

... if the courts can compel a bank to open a safety deposit box, why not Apple a phone? How about because, in the case of a safety deposit box, the bank 1) owns the box 2) the box is in their possession, 3) which is on bank property, 4) the rental contract surely included a clause that permitted t...

Shatterface wrote:... Apple already records a shit-load of its customers data and sells it to third parties.

iPhones can track their customers movements, purchases, even the amount of exercise you take.

Yes, but customers have consented to this. An important distinction.

Well, he doesn't address what I think is the real issue. IMO it is this: can a government force someone to do something to assist them (for whatever reason, but lets concede it is a compelling reason), when that person or entity did nothing wrong or illegal in the first place? This is not a case wh...

Apple is so scared of being called islamophobic, that they are refusing to unlock a terrorist murderer's phone for the FBI, under the guise of protecting customer privacy and it being a "hard case" (yeah, sure it is!). This video needs thumbing down. Why Apple is Rejecting The FBI’s Request for Uni...

HoneyWagon wrote:Before I forget
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywagon

Now why you go and do that?

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