Fly, fly little wing
Fly beyond imagining
The softest cloud, the whitest dove
Upon the wind of heaven’s love
Past the planets and the stars
Leave this lonely world of ours
Escape the sorrow and the pain
And fly again.
Fly, fly precious one
Your endless journey has begun
Take your gentle happiness
Far too beautiful for this
Cross over to the other shore
There is peace forevermore
But hold this memory bittersweet
Until we meet
Fly, fly do not fear
Don’t waste a breath, don’t shed a tear
Your heart is pure, your soul is free
Be on your way, don’t wait for me
Above the universe you’ll climb
On beyond the hands of time
The moon will rise, the sun will set
But I won’t forget.
Fly, fly little wing
Fly where only angels sing
Fly away, the time is right
Go now, find the light.(unknown)

>> ^gorillaman:



Ug hits a couple of rocks together and makes a spark, the spark starts a fire. He shows his innovation off to the rest of his tribe, everyone's very impressed. Soon they learn to copy his technique, now they can eat a wider variety of food, stay warm in winter, keep the god damn flies away - they flourish. Other tribes take notice, so on, pretty soon everyone is using fire.
Ug hits a couple of rocks together and makes a spark, the spark starts a fire. He knows fire is now his intellectual property. He makes a comfortable living starting fires for people, but only if they agree to turn away while he does it. He gets the biggest share of the food, which he never has to bother to hunt for, never mind how hungry the others are. Anyone who accidentally observes his method keeps it to themselves because they know Ug owns the patent to fire, and they're not allowed to know how to make it without his permission. Ug dies. No one is using fire any more.


reductio ad absurdum much? I'm done here.

>> ^ChaosEngine:
Bollocks, ip doesn't stifle innovation, it encourages it. Take pharmaceuticals for instance, without patent protection companies simply couldn't afford the millions required to research new drugs (yes, drug companies are evil, etc, but theyre still kinda important).
As for the difference between physical property and intellectual property, are you really saying that a sculptor deserves compensation for their work, but a writer/musician/programmer doesn't?
That kind of attitude is why idiotic laws like this get written in the first place.


If I want to own your statue I need the physical artifact itself (until 3d printing technology matures...), if I want to listen to your CD I never need to touch the thing. These are real distinctions. This is not a question of what you deserve; it's reality. You cannot cry about it and try to oppose the basic operation of the universe because you want to make your living by singing once into a box. Do gigs, sell tshirts, update your business model and stop crying.

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Ug hits a couple of rocks together and makes a spark, the spark starts a fire. He shows his innovation off to the rest of his tribe, everyone's very impressed. Soon they learn to copy his technique, now they can eat a wider variety of food, stay warm in winter, keep the god damn flies away - they flourish. Other tribes take notice, so on, pretty soon everyone is using fire.

Ug hits a couple of rocks together and makes a spark, the spark starts a fire. He knows fire is now his intellectual property. He makes a comfortable living starting fires for people, but only if they agree to turn away while he does it. He gets the biggest share of the food, which he never has to bother to hunt for, never mind how hungry the others are. Anyone who accidentally observes his method keeps it to themselves because they know Ug owns the patent to fire, and they're not allowed to know how to make it without his permission. Ug dies. No one is using fire any more.

yeah, they'll cut out a piece and fly away with it,... bring back their worker buds.

otherwise eat basically any other insects, including bees

Oh No! The evil Agent Puppy has learned to clone itself. What do I do?
NeoKitty finally thinks, "Oh right, I can fly away!"

You can forcefield the caps between minerals if they try that, or just pick them back up and fly away.

Pretty massive gas investment, if you lose 4 Sentries like that then you've probably just lost.

*as wasp is cleaning himself* so,uh, yea. I'll give you a call later *flys away quickly*

>> ^Deano:

So what happens to the top bit that flies away?

It nails some poor Martian's daughter and start's "Solar System War One".

So what happens to the top bit that flies away?

>> ^Chaucer:

actually, if you want closely, he doesnt kick the bird like he's trying to kill or hurt it. Soccer players will know a move called 'lofting the soccer ball'. Basically, you are trying to get the ball into the air at your location. If he was trying to kill the bird, he would have kicked it and the bird would have just rolled along the ground. Instead the see the owl take a very vertical trajectory. This would jive with his story that he was trying to get the bird in the air to make it fly away.
He still shouldnt have done what he did though because there are to many idiots out there which would misunderstand the situation and make a big deal out of it.
On a side note that you guys also seem to be forgetting is that owls are very dangerous. They have insanely sharp claws and sharp beaks. I wouldnt want to touch an owl that is confused and have it tear my hand off.
The owl likely died from being hit by the soccer ball which was likely moving much faster than his foot.

Horseshit. You don't kick a clearly injured animal unless you want to hurt it more. I can't imagine any circumstance in which I would think "This creature might need my help. I will, therefore, kick it". But then again, I'm not a fucking idiot fucking brainless footballer.

actually, if you want closely, he doesnt kick the bird like he's trying to kill or hurt it. Soccer players will know a move called 'lofting the soccer ball'. Basically, you are trying to get the ball into the air at your location. If he was trying to kill the bird, he would have kicked it and the bird would have just rolled along the ground. Instead the see the owl take a very vertical trajectory. This would jive with his story that he was trying to get the bird in the air to make it fly away.

He still shouldnt have done what he did though because there are to many idiots out there which would misunderstand the situation and make a big deal out of it.

On a side note that you guys also seem to be forgetting is that owls are very dangerous. They have insanely sharp claws and sharp beaks. I wouldnt want to touch an owl that is confused and have it tear my hand off.

The owl likely died from being hit by the soccer ball which was likely moving much faster than his foot.

I expected him to fly away.

Her look after it flies away...Priceless.

>> ^Nithern:
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Actually The United States of America, was founded on religous freedom from the King of England. We didn't like the King's version of Christianity. Actually, we found the USA on a number of things, besides just religion. Like taxes, and representation...
Go read the history books if you don't believe me.

Wait, huh??? I must have read a totally different history book than you. Several dozen in fact. I could have sworn Pilgrims came over sometime after 1500 A.D. Maybe I'm really off about this, but something about 1774 and 1776 sorta come 200 years after 1500 . . . . But hey, I wasn't a math major, just Political Science (which means lots of history too.)

Yes, we founded this nation on other things such as autonomy. At the time of the founding there were several dozen religious stewing around (all Christian mind you) but our country was founded to allow the free practice of those religions (after all, 200 years prior we came over to avoid persecution) but not allow any of those religions to take over authority, ie the Catholic church.

And I'm sorry, I do believe you missed # 5.

>> ^Nithern:
The moment you say "yes", you are holding a belief, not scientific understanding nor fact. Likewise, you just played in to Creationist's game, since at that point, the Theory of Evolution is not science, but a belief and religion.

Do you know the difference between Anyway and Anyways? Or do you simply avoid communication with other humans because they don't follow your rules for communication? Having belief in something does not prove nor disprove any facts. It simply states the acceptance of said fact. Children believe in all sorts of fantastic things but that doesn't make it real. Believing that I can jump from a tall building and fly away does not negate gravity. Believing in evolution simply states one accepts the facts before them. This would hark back to philosophy and the different modes of reality but digressing, it's also just simply a colloquial way of saying "I accept that the Theory of Evolution is correct given all available knowledge and evidence to support such a claim." Then again, the world Theory kinda underlines that in itself but that may just being nit-picky about the terms of communication.

Fly away lesbian seagull!