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Whatever resistance is conferred by discretionary user/group/other access controls seems to be enough to prevent pandemics like Windows experiences.

And the benefits it conferred were so minimal that the cost/benefit ratio was astronomical and completely unjustifiable.

They may even prohibit any attempt by copyright owners to surrender rights automatically conferred by law, particularly moral rights.

Other marriage benefits, especially hospital visitation and rights after a partner's death, weren't conferred to partners as they weren't legally recognized.

From those rights flows the idea that a right conferred to some, such as marraige, should not be denied to others.

Status will only be conferred by people who value it and that might not be the case for people who aren't working.

Or would the benefits conferred by using the best tool outweigh the costs.

And here's yet another one which shows percentage of degrees conferred to women.

I'm pretty sure there isn't ANY payoff as far as benefits beyond those conferred by the use of stationary cameras goes.

I agree, but it's far less a waste of resource than abolishing the rights conferred by marriage entirely, which was my only point.

Who knows, it might have conferred a survival advantage in our distant past--bands of nomadic hominids might have had to kill and even eat each other at times.

Skill is acquired through sweat, not conferred.

And, I think, "why does this have to be conferred vs.

> And, I think, "why does this have to be conferred vs.

I'm having difficult finding the studies, but here's a research paper on the subject that includes a lot of evidence on the matter: "The evolution of prestige: Freely conferred deference as a mechanism for enhancing the benefits of cultural transmission"[1].