Most people don't steal albums from the store for fear of reprisal from society. The added security measures are no more than physical DRM. If society accepted theft as normal, crime rates would be through the roof.
there ARE no consequences.
If eliminating copyright has absolutely no consequence on society, why on earth do we still have it? We both know there would be consequences. How severe those consequences would be is up for debate.
Finally, "society as a whole" doesn't continually and blatantly break the law.
Agreed. I wasn't the one who claimed that society does condone copyright infringement. I only perpetuated that thought from the OP.
It is really sad to see society so blatantly breaking the law without any care about the ramifications.
If society as a whole continually and blatantly breaks a law, the law is unjust. The ramifications are not to be taken into consideration, society has already spoken and are willing to accept the consequences of their actions. What is really sad are the people who are trying to hold on to the last grasp of something that society is not willing to accept any longer.
A decent employer will realize that communication is where most productivity is lost. Because the generalist can do it all, they don't need to waste time telling the next guy what needs to be done. Even if they are slower to get a specific task done compared to a specialist, they will easily make up that, and more, over the entire job.
Although, I must say that in my experience, the generalists usually display more skill across the entire gamut of their abilities when compared to a specialist in their area of expertise. There is a lot of hidden overlap between fields. Even if you're not focusing on a specific field, you're always learning more about it from other fields you are working in. Though perhaps only those "wired" to be generalists are able to pick up on this fact and why specialists seem to think it doesn't happen?
Honestly, I can't imagine why anyone would use a "site" as the primary means of doing web server counts.
If I have 100 sites on one server, I still made a choice as to which web server I want to use to host each site. It's really no different than if I had 100 separate hosts; one for each site.
It has everything to do with how your software operates in the environment, deals with limited users, stores preferences, temp files, etc etc.
No, that's definitely comes down to the API.
Take storing settings for example. You can have an API like this:
WriteSetting("HKLM\Applications\Wherever\the\progr ammer\guesses\is\the\proper\place", "key", "value"); </code> Or you can simplify the API and let the function determine the proper location: <ecode> WriteSetting("key","value");
For those who really have a need to store settings in a non-standard place, they can access a more powerful and complicated method that your average lazy programmer won't dare go near.
Like I said, it's Microsoft's fault. The API should have been designed so that it was more difficult to write software the wrong way. If you have to bring out the manual for anything, it was improperly designed in the first place.
I had to work my way up from the bottom of the pack twice to get where I am now. I'm sure I'm not alone. Lack of money was a way of life.
Certainly, but think of where you would have been had you been trying to raise children during that time. If you honestly didn't have any cash to spare for investment purposes, you definitely could not have been able to afford children at that time. I think you're probably the smart one for waiting, even if it is a challenge at this point in your life. You would be much worse off if you had them younger by the sounds of things.
I, on the other hand, will struggle along trying to do all three at once (educate, save, vacation). Who is smarter?
You're actually at the advantage, financially. You've had ten or so good years to start investing money that your friends didn't have due to childcare costs. Even if you stopped when you reared your first child, you're still making money on your initial investments. Your friends on the other hand will struggle to save later in life because they lost all those years of sweet, sweet compound interest.
Do people really reboot PCs 100+ times a day so that saving 15-20 seconds on boot is really THAT important?
I take it you never used Windows 9x/NT. Practically every operation required a reboot. Even just looking at the thing funny would prompt you to reboot.
How much of this is due to lazy software development by 3rd party vendors in the past 12 years since Windows 95 came on the scene?
Developers are lazy almost by definition. I mean, that's the whole reason behind being a developer; so that you can make the computer do the work instead of yourself. It's Micrsooft's fault for not making it clear how to do it properly from the get go.
KisMac is more like a key. I can use it to unlock my own door, and, with any luck, it will also unlock my neighbour's door. Because it can potentially be used to unlock my neighbour's door, it is imperative that we criminalize all possession of keys, regardless of intent.
Because it's physically very hard work involving long hours and with your rewards - profit, food whatever at the mercy of the elements. It's no surprise the sector with the most work related injury and death is the farming sector.
But farming is also an interesting an challenging profession. You've got to be able to play the role of engineer, mechanic, accountant, <insert just about every profession here>, not to mention farmer just to get by. I'm not aware of any factory jobs that offer that kind of diversity.
I've never worked in a factory, so my preconceived notions about factory work may be way off, but as a farmer I really cannot fathom how factory work could be more fun? From an outsiders point of view of the factory it looks like you have to do the same job day in day out. I would get bored of that before day two.
Not much profit in that, of course, but if you can't sell the corn anyway then the extra time that you save might be useful to you.
There's always a buyer. Finding a buyer that is willing to pay what it's worth is another matter.
The problem is that the banks still want their money either way. If, for argument's sake, you owe the bank a $10,000 loan payment, and you can make $9,000 growing the corn, at least you're only out $1,000 instead of the full $10,000. Because of that, one can't really let the land sit idle even if money is lost at the end of the day.
They could grow vegetables, I've heard that people eat them.
Vegetable farming and grain/oilseed farming don't really mix.
But if the farmers cannot produce anything that anyone wants, you might ask yourself why you need the farmers at all.
Like you said, there is demand for soybeans. But you can't grow soybeans in the same field year after year. You have to have the rotation. Corn is an essential part of that rotation.
As I said previously, I don't expect the farmers to like my suggestion. Are you a farmer, perchance?
Yes, I am. And I'm open to any suggestions that will improve my operation. Unfortunately, I haven't heard any that will work in the real world yet.
But corn plays a critical role in the crop rotation (wheat/beans/corn). You can't just stop growing it without having something else to take it's place. Unless we stop growing beans and wheat as well, of course.
Common sense would dictate that we don't give massive subsidies to corn farmers. Yet we do.
Common sense says that the US economy is driven by corn farmers. If you otherwise enjoy your current standard of living in the US, you'd better learn to enjoy your excess corn consumption.
All your government has to do is reduce or remove the subsidies for farmers, they will produce something else
The farmers here in Canada, who do not have subsides, have been losing money on corn the last number of years, yet we're still growing as much as ever. There's really isn't much else that can replace it.
But people only buy that hardware because of Apple's software. So, while I'm sure they are making money from the hardware, it's the software that is the real money maker.
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Most people don't steal albums from the store for fear of reprisal from society. The added security measures are no more than physical DRM. If society accepted theft as normal, crime rates would be through the roof.
If eliminating copyright has absolutely no consequence on society, why on earth do we still have it? We both know there would be consequences. How severe those consequences would be is up for debate.
Agreed. I wasn't the one who claimed that society does condone copyright infringement. I only perpetuated that thought from the OP.
Absolutely. If society says speeding is okay, what is the point of the law?
If society as a whole continually and blatantly breaks a law, the law is unjust. The ramifications are not to be taken into consideration, society has already spoken and are willing to accept the consequences of their actions. What is really sad are the people who are trying to hold on to the last grasp of something that society is not willing to accept any longer.
A decent employer will realize that communication is where most productivity is lost. Because the generalist can do it all, they don't need to waste time telling the next guy what needs to be done. Even if they are slower to get a specific task done compared to a specialist, they will easily make up that, and more, over the entire job.
Although, I must say that in my experience, the generalists usually display more skill across the entire gamut of their abilities when compared to a specialist in their area of expertise. There is a lot of hidden overlap between fields. Even if you're not focusing on a specific field, you're always learning more about it from other fields you are working in. Though perhaps only those "wired" to be generalists are able to pick up on this fact and why specialists seem to think it doesn't happen?
If I have 100 sites on one server, I still made a choice as to which web server I want to use to host each site. It's really no different than if I had 100 separate hosts; one for each site.
Agreed. It's silly to talk about programming without showing some code.
Stealing the movie would require removing the reel from the projector, so theoretically you can do it at any point in the film.
No, that's definitely comes down to the API.
Take storing settings for example. You can have an API like this: For those who really have a need to store settings in a non-standard place, they can access a more powerful and complicated method that your average lazy programmer won't dare go near.
Like I said, it's Microsoft's fault. The API should have been designed so that it was more difficult to write software the wrong way. If you have to bring out the manual for anything, it was improperly designed in the first place.
Certainly, but think of where you would have been had you been trying to raise children during that time. If you honestly didn't have any cash to spare for investment purposes, you definitely could not have been able to afford children at that time. I think you're probably the smart one for waiting, even if it is a challenge at this point in your life. You would be much worse off if you had them younger by the sounds of things.
You're actually at the advantage, financially. You've had ten or so good years to start investing money that your friends didn't have due to childcare costs. Even if you stopped when you reared your first child, you're still making money on your initial investments. Your friends on the other hand will struggle to save later in life because they lost all those years of sweet, sweet compound interest.
I take it you never used Windows 9x/NT. Practically every operation required a reboot. Even just looking at the thing funny would prompt you to reboot.
Developers are lazy almost by definition. I mean, that's the whole reason behind being a developer; so that you can make the computer do the work instead of yourself. It's Micrsooft's fault for not making it clear how to do it properly from the get go.
A database designed for searching? Relational databases traditionally aren't all that well suited for search operations.
KisMac is more like a key. I can use it to unlock my own door, and, with any luck, it will also unlock my neighbour's door. Because it can potentially be used to unlock my neighbour's door, it is imperative that we criminalize all possession of keys, regardless of intent.
But farming is also an interesting an challenging profession. You've got to be able to play the role of engineer, mechanic, accountant, <insert just about every profession here>, not to mention farmer just to get by. I'm not aware of any factory jobs that offer that kind of diversity.
I've never worked in a factory, so my preconceived notions about factory work may be way off, but as a farmer I really cannot fathom how factory work could be more fun? From an outsiders point of view of the factory it looks like you have to do the same job day in day out. I would get bored of that before day two.
What market are you talking about? Linux has significantly more than 10% in quite a few of them.
What if Vista only enables this feature after it sees suspicious activities, such as using P2P programs?
There's always a buyer. Finding a buyer that is willing to pay what it's worth is another matter.
The problem is that the banks still want their money either way. If, for argument's sake, you owe the bank a $10,000 loan payment, and you can make $9,000 growing the corn, at least you're only out $1,000 instead of the full $10,000. Because of that, one can't really let the land sit idle even if money is lost at the end of the day.
Vegetable farming and grain/oilseed farming don't really mix.
Like you said, there is demand for soybeans. But you can't grow soybeans in the same field year after year. You have to have the rotation. Corn is an essential part of that rotation.
Yes, I am. And I'm open to any suggestions that will improve my operation. Unfortunately, I haven't heard any that will work in the real world yet.
Yes, like I said before, you can replace it with something else. But what do you propose we grow in it's place?
But corn plays a critical role in the crop rotation (wheat/beans/corn). You can't just stop growing it without having something else to take it's place. Unless we stop growing beans and wheat as well, of course.
Common sense says that the US economy is driven by corn farmers. If you otherwise enjoy your current standard of living in the US, you'd better learn to enjoy your excess corn consumption.
The farmers here in Canada, who do not have subsides, have been losing money on corn the last number of years, yet we're still growing as much as ever. There's really isn't much else that can replace it.
But people only buy that hardware because of Apple's software. So, while I'm sure they are making money from the hardware, it's the software that is the real money maker.