Please expain to me why the government should get a cut if i transfer money from one human to another. Its insanity to expect a cut from EVERY FINANCIAL transaction. This level of taxation goes FAR BEYOND what it takes to run a nation.
If copyright did not exist, people would STILL pay for art. It just wouldn't be the guaranteed monopoly protection. If you art is truly worthwhile, people will buy it because only you can produce it. If your art is easily reproducible, then it wasnt all that unique to begin with. If you are afraid of your art being re-transmitted across the world, DONT SHARE IT WITH ANYONE. That is the modern reality we live in. Producing art shouldnt be license to seek rent from every human alive.
Glass is not an 'invention', it is a manifestation of the reality of where microelectronics are today. Google isnt breaking any terribly new ground here hardware wise. The real innovations for them are software, how it functions, what they learn from the interactions etc. Google Glass is just the very tip of the iceberg of what is coming and what can be built NOW in wearable tech.
Google Glass is just the tip of the iceberg of the coming wearable age. What happens when people stop being polite and start wanting to record everything, and can do so without anyone knowing?
Some people want to hate touch, even when it becomes just another cheap component. To me, its like 3D. Its nice to have, and I enjoy it from time to time, but its not a premium item and it better be cheap/free AND not take away from more important functionality.
The problem is that what you describe allows evil to fill in the cracks. If i vote with my wallet and abstain, but 50 other people still buy the Bad Thing, it doesnt mean that Bad Thing is moral or just or should be allowed to prosper. It just means 50 people parted with their money, allowing Bad Thing to grow. There are times when this philosophy breeds True Evil, and that is where capitalism needs to wane and social ideas need to surge.
* Bad Thing and True Evil are relative terms, set your own goalposts on those.
Show me a walking path from every origin to every destination in the US, and your point will be valid. Otherwise airports, roads, railways are REQUIRED to travel in the US, thus you should have to show SERIOUS and PUBLIC cause to deny right of travel.
My full power gaming rig runs linux and./gasp plays AAA games. Bluetooth, wifi, NIC, high-end graphics card all work at install. Havent had to touch the command line once. Microsoft is experiencing an unprecedented loss of mindshare and marketshare. Their ability to bully and buy is greatly diminished. But yeah keep rollin those old tropes and ignore the ground shifting under your feet.
We havent even begun to understand the positive or negative effects of the communication level Facebook allows. Like it or not, it s a HUGE hive of human activity engaging more people then any other service before. It represents hopes and fears and dreams and thoughts and loves and hates. You might hate how Facebook does things, but the actual events occurring inside are meaningful and useful to the human race.
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You do realize that Google Glass is just the tip of the iceberg right? Wearable cameras are here to stay, get over it.
You can ask, but im under no obligation to comply. Just because you dont like being taped in public does not automatically constitute harassment.
BUUUUULSHIT, otherwise CCTV would be illegal. If an establishment can record you, why not another person?
My anecdotal evidence is that i should focus on piloting my vehicle and not fiddling with gadgets, and I frickin love gadgets.
We CAN, we choose instead to drop bombs on each other.
To be fair to the IRS, it is American Business that stops the IRS from providing help and services.
Xbox lost an embarrassing amont of money.
Please expain to me why the government should get a cut if i transfer money from one human to another. Its insanity to expect a cut from EVERY FINANCIAL transaction. This level of taxation goes FAR BEYOND what it takes to run a nation.
If copyright did not exist, people would STILL pay for art. It just wouldn't be the guaranteed monopoly protection. If you art is truly worthwhile, people will buy it because only you can produce it. If your art is easily reproducible, then it wasnt all that unique to begin with. If you are afraid of your art being re-transmitted across the world, DONT SHARE IT WITH ANYONE. That is the modern reality we live in. Producing art shouldnt be license to seek rent from every human alive.
You read science fiction and didnt see wearable tech coming by now? Or were expecting to die sooner?
Glass is not an 'invention', it is a manifestation of the reality of where microelectronics are today. Google isnt breaking any terribly new ground here hardware wise. The real innovations for them are software, how it functions, what they learn from the interactions etc. Google Glass is just the very tip of the iceberg of what is coming and what can be built NOW in wearable tech.
Google Glass is just the tip of the iceberg of the coming wearable age. What happens when people stop being polite and start wanting to record everything, and can do so without anyone knowing?
Some people want to hate touch, even when it becomes just another cheap component. To me, its like 3D. Its nice to have, and I enjoy it from time to time, but its not a premium item and it better be cheap/free AND not take away from more important functionality.
Generational ship > cryo-stasis ship imho
The problem is that what you describe allows evil to fill in the cracks. If i vote with my wallet and abstain, but 50 other people still buy the Bad Thing, it doesnt mean that Bad Thing is moral or just or should be allowed to prosper. It just means 50 people parted with their money, allowing Bad Thing to grow. There are times when this philosophy breeds True Evil, and that is where capitalism needs to wane and social ideas need to surge.
* Bad Thing and True Evil are relative terms, set your own goalposts on those.
Show me a walking path from every origin to every destination in the US, and your point will be valid. Otherwise airports, roads, railways are REQUIRED to travel in the US, thus you should have to show SERIOUS and PUBLIC cause to deny right of travel.
The difference is Anthony Daniels.
My full power gaming rig runs linux and ./gasp plays AAA games. Bluetooth, wifi, NIC, high-end graphics card all work at install. Havent had to touch the command line once. Microsoft is experiencing an unprecedented loss of mindshare and marketshare. Their ability to bully and buy is greatly diminished. But yeah keep rollin those old tropes and ignore the ground shifting under your feet.
Its not a 'death watch', its a 'how far can MS deflate' watch. A huge part of Microsofts success is owed to a strength they no longer possess.
Google also sells hardware.......
We havent even begun to understand the positive or negative effects of the communication level Facebook allows. Like it or not, it s a HUGE hive of human activity engaging more people then any other service before. It represents hopes and fears and dreams and thoughts and loves and hates. You might hate how Facebook does things, but the actual events occurring inside are meaningful and useful to the human race.
Just stop, you are defending a shitty practice. Its great it works for you, /golfclap
This really wont be a problem once we start manufacturing outside the Earth's gravity well.
Dyson would certainly qualify for an O-1, not an H1-B
We live in a Republic. We are not supposed to be ruled by the majority.