I was inundated with preaching of the over crowed world as a kid (30 years ago), and that we can't grow enough food to feed people. Then I went along on the family vacation all the way through California on I-5 and fell asleep watching all the vineyards go by. Waking up some 4 hours later we were still passing vineyards. After that I will never listen to another crackpot about world hunger until people stop using some of the most fertile land in the world so they can let the fruit rot and get a little buzzed by drinking it. The U.S. alone could supply the world with more than enough food if it was properly farmed and rotated, but that's not what it's about. I helped fill a container with canned goods back in the 1980's to go to starving people in Ethiopia, only to find out that the government seized it and had it destroyed. They didn't want their people to have food because they might have enough energy to rise up and kill them.
Some of the things the Cyber Tsar will be responsible for are, worrying about intrusion at the manufacturing level. To quote:
"What if malicious code were secretly installed during the manufacture or shipping of computer equipment, to be activated at some future date? How would we even know what threats we face?"
-Microsoft and Intel have been doing this for years now. It's about time we catch them.
I think we can all agree that getting rid of copyright is not an option, and that continuing with copyright the way it is would be just a wrong. I say do not let companies hold copyrights, only individuals hold copyrights. If an individual creates something at a company then that company gets a certain amount of that revenue from the copyright as long as that person is employed there. When the person is let go the company lets go of rights to that copyright income. Many details of such a system would need to be worked out but putting copyright back in individuals hands and limiting the time and range of copyright would do a lot to job security and spurring innovation. Of course there is no perfect system, and anything one comes up will someone will find a way to abuse it, but that's not a reason to stop trying.
When I learned the basics of copyright it was to protect individuals from being taken advantage of by big business. So you invented spiderman comic, and sell a limited number of spiderman comics, a big business comes in and has more resources and steals your idea and floods the market with spiderman products without paying you for your idea, thus the market is flooded with the other items (that may be inferior) but no one can find your product in the vast sea. I just think that a company holding a copyright is a bad idea.
Do you even use 3D programs? And how many have you used? I'm certified in 3d Studio Max, Lightwave, and Maya. I've taught each one for a number of years, and have used a host of others over a 20 yr period, and I find blender speedy and great. I've used it professionally in government projects for NASA and the Department of energy, plus several commercials. I've seen the other open source programs you listed, they are tinker toys compared to blender, and would not hold up to the weight of complex code being added to them. I think blender is too complex for you, stay with the free version of sketchup. Sorry for the flame, but it seems you don't have a lot of experience with 3d in general, and don't trash a program that can compete with software that is $3000 to $5000 and still be free. Blender is getting some much needed code rewrite thanks to Google's summer of code. I'm currently using a package that retails for $1600 and is missing some key basic elements, much the same way 3d studio max was when I stopped using it. Blender at least has all the basic features and controls you need.
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Seriously, what do you think the reaction would be if there were a shortage on sports, or women's fashion shoes. Everyone has their thing.
Only if we can limit the CEO's pay to under $10million.
I was inundated with preaching of the over crowed world as a kid (30 years ago), and that we can't grow enough food to feed people. Then I went along on the family vacation all the way through California on I-5 and fell asleep watching all the vineyards go by. Waking up some 4 hours later we were still passing vineyards. After that I will never listen to another crackpot about world hunger until people stop using some of the most fertile land in the world so they can let the fruit rot and get a little buzzed by drinking it. The U.S. alone could supply the world with more than enough food if it was properly farmed and rotated, but that's not what it's about. I helped fill a container with canned goods back in the 1980's to go to starving people in Ethiopia, only to find out that the government seized it and had it destroyed. They didn't want their people to have food because they might have enough energy to rise up and kill them.
Some of the things the Cyber Tsar will be responsible for are, worrying about intrusion at the manufacturing level. To quote: "What if malicious code were secretly installed during the manufacture or shipping of computer equipment, to be activated at some future date? How would we even know what threats we face?" -Microsoft and Intel have been doing this for years now. It's about time we catch them.
So that's what the Mayans meant that the world would end 2012.
I think we can all agree that getting rid of copyright is not an option, and that continuing with copyright the way it is would be just a wrong. I say do not let companies hold copyrights, only individuals hold copyrights. If an individual creates something at a company then that company gets a certain amount of that revenue from the copyright as long as that person is employed there. When the person is let go the company lets go of rights to that copyright income. Many details of such a system would need to be worked out but putting copyright back in individuals hands and limiting the time and range of copyright would do a lot to job security and spurring innovation. Of course there is no perfect system, and anything one comes up will someone will find a way to abuse it, but that's not a reason to stop trying. When I learned the basics of copyright it was to protect individuals from being taken advantage of by big business. So you invented spiderman comic, and sell a limited number of spiderman comics, a big business comes in and has more resources and steals your idea and floods the market with spiderman products without paying you for your idea, thus the market is flooded with the other items (that may be inferior) but no one can find your product in the vast sea. I just think that a company holding a copyright is a bad idea.
Do you even use 3D programs? And how many have you used? I'm certified in 3d Studio Max, Lightwave, and Maya. I've taught each one for a number of years, and have used a host of others over a 20 yr period, and I find blender speedy and great. I've used it professionally in government projects for NASA and the Department of energy, plus several commercials. I've seen the other open source programs you listed, they are tinker toys compared to blender, and would not hold up to the weight of complex code being added to them. I think blender is too complex for you, stay with the free version of sketchup. Sorry for the flame, but it seems you don't have a lot of experience with 3d in general, and don't trash a program that can compete with software that is $3000 to $5000 and still be free. Blender is getting some much needed code rewrite thanks to Google's summer of code. I'm currently using a package that retails for $1600 and is missing some key basic elements, much the same way 3d studio max was when I stopped using it. Blender at least has all the basic features and controls you need.