I think information being free is worth losing the few classes of media that cannot survive without generating millions of dollars in revenue. The fact is, anyone can write a book and anyone can make a movie (no Hollywood-style special effects, but perhaps that's a good thing) in their own spare time with very limited resources. The people in these industries do not need to be making tens of millions of dollars, and some people in the industries (specifically, publishers) do not even need to exist.
Hi, I'm a libertarian, I don't support land property rights. I think it's wrong to deny someone the right to do the harmless act of walking on some patch of land just because some guy's great grandfather planted a flag there several hundred years ago.
On average every file sharer makes exactly one upload per download. Unless you can prove that more downloads occurred, assuming that one download equals one lost sale (which is false), the fine should be $5-$10.
We should expect people to be able to, at least roughly, do arithmetic without a calculator. It's very useful in estimating how much you can afford to buy at the grocery store, whether $2 per 125g is better or worse than $5 per 400g, how long it will take to walk/drive from point A to point B, etc. Instead, we have "solved" the first two problems with credit cards, and the third with pandemic non-punctuality.
All the new articles seem to be password protected. Furthermore, I do not see a "purchase access" link anywhere on the front page. With that kind of usability, I'm sure tens of people will subscribe to them!
I don't care about "I can see the source", but I do care about "I know that it's not working against me". Only open source can bring that kind of reassurance. Alarm clocks and microwaves are simple and dumb, so having no source for them can be forgiven in the same way as selling apples without a nutritional label can be forgiven. Alarm clocks also have no power over me - if mine got possessed by the devil, I might wake up an hour later than usual, but there's nothing that bad that they can do. However, my computer has all of my personal data on it, and a cellphone can record all of your calls and has a list of all your friends and their contact information. Thus, open source is much more necessary for more complex and more critical electronics because I need to be able to trust them.
Ok, maybe not strictly boredom, but you still need a sense of self-fulfillment. I can't imagine living without working toward something, and unless you decide to become a thief that means you're benefitting society, ie. working.
Have you ever spent entire months or years without working? It's quite boring. Rum drinks and beach babes only interest you because they're a break from the normal cycle of your life. Once doing nothing becomes the normal cycle of your life, the incentives will switch, and you'll also feel a lack of self-fulfillment that will drive you to accomplish something.
If you want proof that people take on burdens purely voluntarily, look at our fertility rate.
Kenya, for example, blamed the destruction of its transportation infrastructure on the heavy rains that occurred during 1997-98 El Niño. However, many observers now charge that the destruction of that infrastructure was due for the most part to government neglect of needed repairs for more than a decade and a half.
Before the explosion, the tank's owner, U.S. Industrial Alcohol, responded to warnings about structural problems with the tank by painting it brown, making it harder to see the molasses leaking out of the tank.
Any royalty above zero is inherently discriminatory against small companies and startups. The FSF correctly point out that the amount of capital needed to start a software company is very small, so having to pay a royalty on top of that significantly increases the amount of capital needed. This is just an attempt by large companies to maintain their monopolies and prevent competition from even entering the playing field.
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The government is a monopoly that survived without anyone protecting it.
Preventing a depression? All I see is delaying.
freeeeee?
...dooommmmmm!!!!!!!
I think information being free is worth losing the few classes of media that cannot survive without generating millions of dollars in revenue. The fact is, anyone can write a book and anyone can make a movie (no Hollywood-style special effects, but perhaps that's a good thing) in their own spare time with very limited resources. The people in these industries do not need to be making tens of millions of dollars, and some people in the industries (specifically, publishers) do not even need to exist.
Hi, I'm a libertarian, I don't support land property rights. I think it's wrong to deny someone the right to do the harmless act of walking on some patch of land just because some guy's great grandfather planted a flag there several hundred years ago.
Did you mean "anarcho-capitalist"?
On average every file sharer makes exactly one upload per download. Unless you can prove that more downloads occurred, assuming that one download equals one lost sale (which is false), the fine should be $5-$10.
Personally I'm not much interested in someone's motivations for committing a crime
So you don't care if someone's motivation for killing is self-defense?
I don't support hate crimes either, but intent is, and should be, very important in determining the punishment for an action.
We should expect people to be able to, at least roughly, do arithmetic without a calculator. It's very useful in estimating how much you can afford to buy at the grocery store, whether $2 per 125g is better or worse than $5 per 400g, how long it will take to walk/drive from point A to point B, etc. Instead, we have "solved" the first two problems with credit cards, and the third with pandemic non-punctuality.
With calculators and computers, nobody needs to know math itself.
With dictionaries, nobody needs to learn vocabulary.
1 L = 1 dm ^ 3 = 3.711401 * 10^-29 light-seconds ^ 3 = 28.83085 light-(periods of cyclic radiation from cesium) ^ 3
Why not just define one kilogram as 4.531146 trillion trillion cesium atoms? Don't need to bring energy in that way.
Resistance is futile... or at least reduced by a factor of n assuming all the ports parallel to each other are exactly the same.
Yes, and you can experience the dream for yourself right now! All you have to do is wake up 2 hours earlier every day, and there you go!
change their browsers user agent string to a EULA.....
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0b4) Gecko/20100818 Firefox/4.0b4
to
Mozilla/5.0 (EULA; By allowing me to browse your website you agree to allow me to browse your website for free)
Please post Linux command line instructions.
All the new articles seem to be password protected. Furthermore, I do not see a "purchase access" link anywhere on the front page. With that kind of usability, I'm sure tens of people will subscribe to them!
Actually, that's not a tautology, and it's even incorrect. Look at the statement more carefully:
Anything that will let you do something not allowed is not allowed
Counterexamples: guns, lockpicks, lasers, knives, cars, the internet.
Or choose the right needle.
I don't care about "I can see the source", but I do care about "I know that it's not working against me". Only open source can bring that kind of reassurance. Alarm clocks and microwaves are simple and dumb, so having no source for them can be forgiven in the same way as selling apples without a nutritional label can be forgiven. Alarm clocks also have no power over me - if mine got possessed by the devil, I might wake up an hour later than usual, but there's nothing that bad that they can do. However, my computer has all of my personal data on it, and a cellphone can record all of your calls and has a list of all your friends and their contact information. Thus, open source is much more necessary for more complex and more critical electronics because I need to be able to trust them.
Ok, maybe not strictly boredom, but you still need a sense of self-fulfillment. I can't imagine living without working toward something, and unless you decide to become a thief that means you're benefitting society, ie. working.
Have you ever spent entire months or years without working? It's quite boring. Rum drinks and beach babes only interest you because they're a break from the normal cycle of your life. Once doing nothing becomes the normal cycle of your life, the incentives will switch, and you'll also feel a lack of self-fulfillment that will drive you to accomplish something.
If you want proof that people take on burdens purely voluntarily, look at our fertility rate.
1) Every revolution in history
2) Arguably, World War I
3) http://www.fragilecologies.com/aug29_98.html
Kenya, for example, blamed the destruction of its transportation infrastructure on the heavy rains that occurred during 1997-98 El Niño. However, many observers now charge that the destruction of that infrastructure was due for the most part to government neglect of needed repairs for more than a decade and a half.
4) http://edp.org/molasses.htm
Before the explosion, the tank's owner, U.S. Industrial Alcohol, responded to warnings about structural problems with the tank by painting it brown, making it harder to see the molasses leaking out of the tank.
The myths are true, we're just really good at pushing back problems until we absolutely can't no more, at which point things screw up epically.
The word "gay" now also means "lame" (which itself now means "stupid" and not "suffering from a leg disability"). Words change, get used to it.
Any royalty above zero is inherently discriminatory against small companies and startups. The FSF correctly point out that the amount of capital needed to start a software company is very small, so having to pay a royalty on top of that significantly increases the amount of capital needed. This is just an attempt by large companies to maintain their monopolies and prevent competition from even entering the playing field.
Of course. A 10 GB 3D movie takes 14 times longer to torrent than a 700 MB normal movie.