Are fans really that horrible? They make them fairly quiet now. Is that extra.4 Ghz really worth all that kind of effort?
This is Slashdot. We do things because they sound cool, not because it's efficient. The worth of effort stems from the satisfaction you accomplished said "cool thing".
Perhaps still using a wiki article for any given topic. Then Allow a time period for edits--say 3-6 months or so. Finally the article is locked and the technical experts review it and publish an official manual.
The "right" people are 40 links up and around and back down the chain of command. The chances of suggestions actually making it to those people is slim. This just cuts out a few steps. I would be seriously surprised if the technical experts did not review the material just like moderators at wikipedia.
How much of your 99 cent purchase at the itunes store goes to the artist, when the music is being licensed to the itunes store through traditional record companies? Very little, from what I have read. pennies on the buck. Itunes is part of the problem.
The key words there were "traditional record companies." Indie artists get the vast majority of the revenue from the iTunes sale in their own pockets. So how is iTunes part of the problem when the problem only exists with involvement from the traditional record companies?
Yes. Additionally, GV mobile was on it's way to allow push notifications of SMS messages. This would enable my wife and I to drop our $30/mo SMS package. AT&T would lose a lot of revenue from this.
What's unconscionable is that you believe after I have spent days, months or years working on a piece of music, you think you should have the same rights to it as I do if you simply see it on a page or hear it.
Given that there are more people in the set of 'no one' than there are of you, you are pretty likely to find yourself outvoted unless you can convince everyone other than you that it is in their own self-interest to let you have your way.
So because I'm outnumbered, that means I have no rights to my creation? You need better argument than that.
Sorry, but if I or CannonbalHead composes a 5-piece brass ensemble, NO ONE should be allowed to duplicate it without my permission. My composition is not some abstract idea.
You only have rights to what you physically make
By this you say my composition is only worth the paper it's printed on. I call BS.
Because a musician's income is directly related to holding that copyright. With today's technology musician's only give up that copyright by choice. Most musicians I know are happy to be idnependent and keep the copyright to their material in order to earn some income or at least suplement their "music habbit". Doing away with music copyright would be a travesty.
The moral line always has to be drawn somewhere. If my twin was the only hope of getting medical treatment by killing him and taking his organs, then by your definition, it should be fine and dandy. Sorry, but your logic is leaking all over the floor.
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All while Facebook's new app gets approval in about five days...
While in reality it was about 11-12 days.
Are fans really that horrible? They make them fairly quiet now. Is that extra .4 Ghz really worth all that kind of effort?
This is Slashdot. We do things because they sound cool, not because it's efficient. The worth of effort stems from the satisfaction you accomplished said "cool thing".
Ever heard of key loggers?
Very true. This is what unencumbered capitalism can accomplish...
We're running out of IPv4 addresses?
A european country in the EU will eventually end up just as "sovereign" as a state in the US.
Please point out to me where it says I can no longer edit.
altering Wikipedia's implicit notion that everyone has an equal right to edit entries
It sounds like everyone still does. They're just checking edits before making it live.
The atomic radius of silicon is 117.6 pm whoich is about 1/10th of a nm.
And monkeys *should* fly out of my you-know-where.
Perhaps still using a wiki article for any given topic. Then Allow a time period for edits--say 3-6 months or so. Finally the article is locked and the technical experts review it and publish an official manual.
The "right" people are 40 links up and around and back down the chain of command. The chances of suggestions actually making it to those people is slim. This just cuts out a few steps. I would be seriously surprised if the technical experts did not review the material just like moderators at wikipedia.
How much of your 99 cent purchase at the itunes store goes to the artist, when the music is being licensed to the itunes store through traditional record companies? Very little, from what I have read. pennies on the buck. Itunes is part of the problem.
The key words there were "traditional record companies." Indie artists get the vast majority of the revenue from the iTunes sale in their own pockets. So how is iTunes part of the problem when the problem only exists with involvement from the traditional record companies?
Now I can cancel my contract with no fee...
Yes. Additionally, GV mobile was on it's way to allow push notifications of SMS messages. This would enable my wife and I to drop our $30/mo SMS package. AT&T would lose a lot of revenue from this.
What's unconscionable is that you believe after I have spent days, months or years working on a piece of music, you think you should have the same rights to it as I do if you simply see it on a page or hear it.
Given that there are more people in the set of 'no one' than there are of you, you are pretty likely to find yourself outvoted unless you can convince everyone other than you that it is in their own self-interest to let you have your way.
So because I'm outnumbered, that means I have no rights to my creation? You need better argument than that.
You only have rights to what you physically make
By this you say my composition is only worth the paper it's printed on. I call BS.
Because a musician's income is directly related to holding that copyright. With today's technology musician's only give up that copyright by choice. Most musicians I know are happy to be idnependent and keep the copyright to their material in order to earn some income or at least suplement their "music habbit". Doing away with music copyright would be a travesty.
The moral line always has to be drawn somewhere. If my twin was the only hope of getting medical treatment by killing him and taking his organs, then by your definition, it should be fine and dandy. Sorry, but your logic is leaking all over the floor.
What's your phone number again?
I have a working Apple ][GS...
Mod funny/insightful. I had to think about that one for a sec...iPhone 3GS.
How dare they push people away from Flash...
I have yet to wish for flash on my iPhone.