Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Todd Carnes Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: instructor's solutions manual for Digital Control & State Variable Methods 2nd Ed by Madan Gopal Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 03:15:52 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <55720c18-560d-4459-a2d3-f3babdad90f4@k3g2000vbz.googlegroups.com> <6yolsbiw1vd4.1hoa7bp3fvfrj.dlg@40tude.net> <1kcp95nc82p2h$.pf9un1ws4roa$.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: uqlV+6kNo2Z0TnMsKGN6tA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Pan/0.133 (House of Butterflies) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.c:8992 On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:32:52 +0100, tactical wrote: > Todd Carnes wrote: > >>>>> "That idea" is the well-defined meaning of the word 'theft'. Those >>>>> who call copyright infringment theft are at best making a mistake, >>>>> and at worst being intellectually dishonest. Copyright infringement >>>>> is copyright infringement. It is not theft. >>>> >>>> You guys can play word games all you want, but a thief is a thief. >>> >>> It's not word games --- it's an appeal to use terms correctly. Theft >>> is one thing; copyright violation is another. Just like murder is one >>> thing and rape is another. Imagine if people started calling murder >>> rape. How would that help matters? >> >> The OP took something that belong to someone else without their >> permission. That's theft. Copyight infringement may be the specific >> type of theft, but it's still theft. > > I can't tell which is true: > > 1) You have the IQ of the average brick. 2) You are being intellectually > dishonest. > > I presume it's #2, but I won't rule out #1. I can only assume you've resorted to personal attack because you know stealing is stealing, regardless of anything that you or the other armchair lawyers have to say about "the law"... In other words, you know I'm right and don't want to admit it. I, for one, shall drop the topic because... 1. This is WAY off-topic here. and 2. The "discussion" ceases to be worthwhile the moment people forget how to be civil to one another. We will have to agree to disagree. Have a nice day. :) Todd