Very well written, concise review. Bravo! One of the most well written and informative reviews I have seen on here. Kudos for speaking English well and being able to organize your thoughts;)
Bonus points for not summarizing each chapter and/or being redundant.
That's a very good point. On the other hand, it may be the only option to fight against massive corporate internet warfare and overlordship and censorship.
I have to agree with you. There is ever more and more traffic on the internet and we are going to have to look for ways to let everyone have a fair share of the bandwidth (and get a hella lot more of the stuff). Also, this sort of tactic to bandwidth control would probably make it more feasible to get really good speeds at off-peak times. If the ISPs would do this, they could conceivably raise the overall amt. of bandwidth and not worry about one user hogging it all if others need it.
On the internet as a democracy: would ISPs get more votes because they own more addresses? The users could band together as a union and use our votes to decide the fate of the net. Haha, but Im rambling.
The argument against copying is hypocritical we should change the laws so that you only get paid for what you produce not what you copy a million times.
It's reasonable to want to get paid for your novel inventions or your creative output. Having copyright ensures that people have an incentive to invent and create. If the copyright limit were lower, say 15 years, the public would be better served. Here's a decent article about it.
You have the money for it, you want it, but you don't want to pay for it. So, you'll just take it. If this was a store, that would be called shoplifting. Last I checked, there were other options, like downloading an open source solution, or taking your business to a company that doesn't overprice their software.
Look, I understand your point, but you should reevaluate the copying = stealing line. I am giving examples, not because the specific software is important. Think about 10 years ago when Photoshop was thousands of dollars. There was no GIMP or lower priced alternative. I would NEVER pay thousands of dollars for Photoshop. Therefore there is no sale lost, because I would not save for it, would NOT EVER buy it at that price.
Of course there are immoral people in the world, but to argue that copying = stealing is a false generalization of a very new and complex phenomenon. The point is, copying IP does not always cause a loss of sale and in some cases creates a sale. This property of IP is not like physical property at all.
It's wouldn't OR couldn't. For example, I would love to have a copy of Photshop CS 3. It is $650. I could afford that but would never spend that much money on it (i.e. I wouldn't ever buy it at that price). So, if I pirate it they have not lost a sale to me.
Another scenario: I would very much like to have the full version of Ableton Live 7 ($500). I can afford this comfortably after I save up for 6 months or so and then will probably buy it. Now... if I pirate it before then and buy it after I save up, they lose nothing.
You see, intellectual "property" is really nothing like physical property. Physical property can be stolen, and then someone always loses something. With IP, making a copy does not always result in a loss of sale. Very, very different.
P.S. Another example: I watched all four seasons of Peep Show on YouTube recently, and will definitely be buying the DVD. In this case, the BBC (or whoever) is actually gaining a sale because I pirated their show: I most likely never would have seen it if it wasn't on YouTube.
Exactly. If you pirate something, like it, and can afford to buy it, do it. It's the moral thing to do. Ergo, anything you pirate and don't buy should be something you wouldn't or couldn't pay for. Most "pirates" I know or have spoken with operate this way. And so yes, it is basically free advertising.
There's nothing wrong really with using static methods in OO code... it depends on the situation. An OO range object is nicer in this situation because it's more readable, clearer, and more powerful. On the other hand, there are examples where a static method would be more readable and clearer especially with methods that take no arguments. That's my 2p anyway.
The false sincerity they use to talk about free markets makes me sick. They are a government established monopoly and they know it. But any restrictions on their "service," fraud, and invasion are "against the free market." Bullshit. Their customers suffer and yet they say that their despotism is applauded by everyone. What fucking filth...
Yeah, yeah I get your point:) Hemp oil is a very nutritious [PDF] oil, though. It has all the essential amino acids and so is a complete protein - great for vegetarians like moi. 30% of the RDA of Vitamin E in a table spoon, plus it's low in saturated fat and high in "good" fats/Omega-3,6,9. It has other benefits as well (no, nothing psychotropic). It lasts 2-3 months refrigerated. (Much longer than say walnut oil, but not as long as vegetable oil.) Plus, oils with a low burning point have many uses, such as gently sautéing vegetables or fish, and in salad dressing. Obviously you wouldn't want to deep fry with it or extra virgin olive oil, but I for one am glad there are so many different flavors and uses of the diverse oils we have. I really wish hemp oil was cheaper though - it's a great way to add more nutrition to your diet (i.e. legalize ganja already dammit).
Yeah hemp has no fucking use whatsoever. Anyone who thinks we should be growing it for any of its (supposedly non psychoactive) manyuses is obviously smoking drugs all day and taking suppositories of laundry detergent.
Not true, but you do have a point. The thing is, you can't force a change overnight and expect it to work out according to "Proliferation Theory." Iran and N. Korea are not exactly the most trust worthy nations...
Bonus points for the use of "naïf," though. I declare it the word of the week (what a great word, seriously):D
Yes, correct. Once you have licensed people to use your code under the GPL, you cannot arbitrarily cancel that license (contract) without the other party's consent. However, you don't have to keep releasing your code under the GPL to new parties (although you can't stop people already licensed). *You*, as the copyright owner lose no rights to the code beyond those granted to the licensees under the GPL.
The Oxford American Dictionary entry for dilemma really cracks me up:) Apparently the misuse of the word can be traced back as far as the 17th century...
That's true; it *is* quite annoying that there are no namespaces. On the other hand, the "looseness" of the object structure is one of the things I really like about objc. With such powerful ways to alter classes and objects at runtime, it would be impossible to check all cases of genericity on compile. Of course if XCode checked what it could, it would be a lot more handy!
Dude, Hornswaggle's a leprechaun not a human! Your post is totally off topic to the article which is about pygmy humans! Not leprechauns (everyone knows they exist);P
Microsoft is much bigger than Apple. You have to be in a position with a certain amount of power to be a monopoly (90% of home computers + holds in many other areas). So, yes it would be much different.
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Very well written, concise review. Bravo! One of the most well written and informative reviews I have seen on here. Kudos for speaking English well and being able to organize your thoughts ;)
Bonus points for not summarizing each chapter and/or being redundant.
That's a very good point. On the other hand, it may be the only option to fight against massive corporate internet warfare and overlordship and censorship.
I have to agree with you. There is ever more and more traffic on the internet and we are going to have to look for ways to let everyone have a fair share of the bandwidth (and get a hella lot more of the stuff). Also, this sort of tactic to bandwidth control would probably make it more feasible to get really good speeds at off-peak times. If the ISPs would do this, they could conceivably raise the overall amt. of bandwidth and not worry about one user hogging it all if others need it.
On the internet as a democracy: would ISPs get more votes because they own more addresses? The users could band together as a union and use our votes to decide the fate of the net. Haha, but Im rambling.
It's reasonable to want to get paid for your novel inventions or your creative output. Having copyright ensures that people have an incentive to invent and create. If the copyright limit were lower, say 15 years, the public would be better served. Here's a decent article about it.
You have the money for it, you want it, but you don't want to pay for it. So, you'll just take it. If this was a store, that would be called shoplifting. Last I checked, there were other options, like downloading an open source solution, or taking your business to a company that doesn't overprice their software.
Look, I understand your point, but you should reevaluate the copying = stealing line. I am giving examples, not because the specific software is important. Think about 10 years ago when Photoshop was thousands of dollars. There was no GIMP or lower priced alternative. I would NEVER pay thousands of dollars for Photoshop. Therefore there is no sale lost, because I would not save for it, would NOT EVER buy it at that price.
Of course there are immoral people in the world, but to argue that copying = stealing is a false generalization of a very new and complex phenomenon. The point is, copying IP does not always cause a loss of sale and in some cases creates a sale. This property of IP is not like physical property at all.
It's wouldn't OR couldn't. For example, I would love to have a copy of Photshop CS 3. It is $650. I could afford that but would never spend that much money on it (i.e. I wouldn't ever buy it at that price). So, if I pirate it they have not lost a sale to me.
Another scenario: I would very much like to have the full version of Ableton Live 7 ($500). I can afford this comfortably after I save up for 6 months or so and then will probably buy it. Now... if I pirate it before then and buy it after I save up, they lose nothing.
You see, intellectual "property" is really nothing like physical property. Physical property can be stolen, and then someone always loses something. With IP, making a copy does not always result in a loss of sale. Very, very different.
P.S. Another example: I watched all four seasons of Peep Show on YouTube recently, and will definitely be buying the DVD. In this case, the BBC (or whoever) is actually gaining a sale because I pirated their show: I most likely never would have seen it if it wasn't on YouTube.
Exactly. If you pirate something, like it, and can afford to buy it, do it. It's the moral thing to do. Ergo, anything you pirate and don't buy should be something you wouldn't or couldn't pay for. Most "pirates" I know or have spoken with operate this way. And so yes, it is basically free advertising.
There's nothing wrong really with using static methods in OO code... it depends on the situation. An OO range object is nicer in this situation because it's more readable, clearer, and more powerful. On the other hand, there are examples where a static method would be more readable and clearer especially with methods that take no arguments. That's my 2p anyway.
The false sincerity they use to talk about free markets makes me sick. They are a government established monopoly and they know it. But any restrictions on their "service," fraud, and invasion are "against the free market." Bullshit. Their customers suffer and yet they say that their despotism is applauded by everyone. What fucking filth...
Yeah, yeah I get your point :) Hemp oil is a very nutritious [PDF] oil, though. It has all the essential amino acids and so is a complete protein - great for vegetarians like moi. 30% of the RDA of Vitamin E in a table spoon, plus it's low in saturated fat and high in "good" fats/Omega-3,6,9. It has other benefits as well (no, nothing psychotropic). It lasts 2-3 months refrigerated. (Much longer than say walnut oil, but not as long as vegetable oil.) Plus, oils with a low burning point have many uses, such as gently sautéing vegetables or fish, and in salad dressing. Obviously you wouldn't want to deep fry with it or extra virgin olive oil, but I for one am glad there are so many different flavors and uses of the diverse oils we have. I really wish hemp oil was cheaper though - it's a great way to add more nutrition to your diet (i.e. legalize ganja already dammit).
Kenaf certainly has it's uses. So does hemp. Look here, for example. Marijuana consumption should be legalized, too.
Yeah hemp has no fucking use whatsoever. Anyone who thinks we should be growing it for any of its (supposedly non psychoactive) many uses is obviously smoking drugs all day and taking suppositories of laundry detergent.
Not true, but you do have a point. The thing is, you can't force a change overnight and expect it to work out according to "Proliferation Theory." Iran and N. Korea are not exactly the most trust worthy nations...
:D
Bonus points for the use of "naïf," though. I declare it the word of the week (what a great word, seriously)
Oh sure, I read those kinda books sometimes, but none of my nerdy friends and in no other forum on the internet do we get to be this feckin' nerdy :D
I 3 ./ ... where else do you get to hear this kind of most fascinating shit?!
Yes, correct. Once you have licensed people to use your code under the GPL, you cannot arbitrarily cancel that license (contract) without the other party's consent. However, you don't have to keep releasing your code under the GPL to new parties (although you can't stop people already licensed). *You*, as the copyright owner lose no rights to the code beyond those granted to the licensees under the GPL.
The Oxford American Dictionary entry for dilemma really cracks me up :) Apparently the misuse of the word can be traced back as far as the 17th century...
Wow. You're actually pissed off about this. And being a huge dick.
That may well be a fix for the attack in the article, but I was replying to garett's problems with programs that don't support SSH directly.
;P LOL
And by the way, it's "tunneling" not "tunelling." US English FTW
Couldn't you use SSH tunneling?
That's true; it *is* quite annoying that there are no namespaces. On the other hand, the "looseness" of the object structure is one of the things I really like about objc. With such powerful ways to alter classes and objects at runtime, it would be impossible to check all cases of genericity on compile. Of course if XCode checked what it could, it would be a lot more handy!
Dude, Hornswaggle's a leprechaun not a human! Your post is totally off topic to the article which is about pygmy humans! Not leprechauns (everyone knows they exist) ;P
Everyone knows Aulë created the dwarves! To say otherwise is blasphemy!
Microsoft is much bigger than Apple. You have to be in a position with a certain amount of power to be a monopoly (90% of home computers + holds in many other areas). So, yes it would be much different.