I think we need to write supporting some of the following ideas:
1) The RIAA should:
a) only be able to collect royalties for works members of their organization hold copyright too.
b) _freely_ provide access and administrative rights to non-RIAA affiliated artists who wish to use their system to collect.
2) The RIAA may not collect royalties where other parties are collecting them from the same download/broadcast (read: ASCAP, or any other society) for the same copyright.
With these stipulations, use of their system would probably be fine...
Though I know better than to compare FrameMaker with a plain' ol word processor, I've never used it, so this question may seem stupid, but I'm wondering what the differences between FrameMaker and things like DocBook and LyX are...
they should allow future internet users to control satellites from their desktop
"It's already done."
I just saw Enemy Of The State... the NSA was tracking Will Smith and Gene Hackman with desktop controlled satellites. So this technology is already available.
Now, if only I could get a hold of the Supercomputer technology from Superman III -- you know, where Richard Pryor gets his MCSE and then hacks the payroll system and then builds the world's most powerful computer...
IMHO, one of the most important contributions of the Free Software Movement is its ethics. People do things for reasons other than money. They share their work with others freely. There's the concept of The Right Thing (rarely agreed on, but it's there). It's OK to eat and even become pretty rich, but those things aren't the focus; there's even an aversion to those for whom it is the focus (suits). And it's voluntary.
If you think about it, this is the reverse of the problem that Jon started his article with. Lots of r&d is being done not because it's the right thing, but because there may be a great market for it (some researchers, I know, do things for the cool factor w/o thinking of impacts. Ah, well). I think that if we can export the ethics of Free Software to people, this will do the job.
The concept of "Zion" shows up in a few places other than the Matrix:) (and in most religions, not much like the concept in the Matrix). I'm really surpised sometimes by how some of the ethics of the Free Software movement match my conception of Zion in Mormon theology and thought. If you don't mind reading about the concept with a Mormon/Christian bent, you may want to look at the following:
A Storyteller in Zion, Orson Scott Card
Approaching Zion, Hugh Nibley (especially the chapter entitled "Work We Must But The Lunch Is Free")
(And, yes, there are plenty of differences between the Mormon and Free Software communities. But that doesn't mean something can't be learned by looking around).
>>And the interesting issue is: do you work for
>>someone else and build THEIR assetts, or do you
>>work for yourself and hire other people to build
>>yours? With something as important as your own
>>music, the former seems much better.
There are a lot of ways to promote your band without a record company, Even if you are a world-scale artist, it might be better to hire a PR-firm
That's a really curious idea... I know a lot of indie artists who promote themselves... but this distinction is interesting. You can get help -- not just agents (who apparently actually work FOR them... some say Flemming and Tamulevich are good) -- but PR firms.
Anyone know how much a good PR firm charges?
And the interesting issue is: do you work for someone else and build THEIR assetts, or do you work for yourself and hire other people to build yours? With something as important as your own music, the former seems much better.
So last night I was sitting down on the couch actually *watching* the interminable stream of mostly drivel coming from the commentators. And I started to think, you know, for all the times I've made fun of rabid sports fans for having to watch every moment, play by play, staying glued to the TV screen for 4 hours, getting so excited or incensed at spectacular leaps ahead or turnovers...
that's irony.:) But boy, I enjoyed last night far more than the NBA finals. If nothing else, this election has been a great show.
And now, for all the times I've made fun of the "average american" for treating politics like football (pick a favorite team, get behind them, become irrationally dedicated, discuss who's likely to win, etc....): I'm sorry. You guys were right.
(well, sortof).
Just a note or two about how it's done in Utah. They use public schools. Which makes sense. There's got to be some kind of correlation between population and number of public schools.
Here's why they don't use churches. As most of you know, the dominant religion in Utah is Mormon (LDS). Curiously enough, the LDS Church doesn't let anyone use their churches for voting. The official line, in fact, is that the buildings can't be used for any politcal purpose, period (they already get enough flak about controlling politics in the state, I figure, so they have to draw a line).
There are other churches in Utah, but the majority of church buildings are LDS owned, so ecclesiastical meeting houses are out.
Not so, unless I'm missing something. Take, for example, the 2-space equivalent of what he's talking about: the set of all points equidistant from a line and a point. This is a parabola. A point and a line qualify as subspaces of a plane, but a parabola ain't a single point (ever, I think).
In three space, the point-line thing becomes a parabolic cylinder, and so does the line-plane (I think). The point-plane is a parabolic dish, like you'd use for a satellite receiver. Four space... sigh. No idea.
As one of my friends put it: Why do politicians pander and spin? Because we (as a nation) are easily pandered to and spun about. Why do the preach fuzzy partizan ideologies? Because that's the level of dialogue we're at.
The solution: either DON'T VOTE (if you're not informed) or but in the effort necessary to get informed. Let's define "informed" minimaly: as having spent more than 3-6 hours ACTIVELY seeking out information about a candidates history, funding, and positions. From sources other than their campaign (or their opponent's campaign, thank you). And REALLY informed would be if you'd actually spent some time studying aspects of policy, so that you could intelligently evaluate statements like "A free market always gives the best results," or "We need more funding for education" or "By floating this bond over a longer time period, we can afford this".
But most of us don't. We make our votes on vague feelings and sometimes, passion for an ideology. The politicians know this. That's why they started doing things the way they're done. That's why apathy has increased....
If you want a nav-bar, that's why your browser has that little toolbar at the top of the screen. Or you can implement a floating bar...
I beleive there's a company called OrangoTango that's working ona product to do some of these things and more. Browser/Location independant bookmarks, preferences, etc... available anywhere, from any browser... there must be more to it if you simply implement these by making floating js bars.
There seems to be a group of developers that both MacOS and general *nix fans leave out -- and that's the NeXT/Openstep community. Not incredibly large, but many die hard fans who learned to love using the dev tools/object framework that is still part of OS X.
I think the enthusiasm has waned a little bit -- back when Apple first released Rhapsody DR1, there were already apps from many NeXT developers. TIFFany -- which claimed to be a photshop killer -- comes to mind. I think, however, that time to market for the consumer version of the OS and probably Apple's tendancy to support/favor big names (like Adobe) and mistreat *step'ers probably made some of these guys drop off the radar. It's certainly made some of them less than enchanted with apple
Omni Development (among others), though, is still going at it, daring to stand up in the browser market among others. If you're interested in a peek at the community I've been talking about, check out Stepwise.
As it so happens, I'm looking for housing at the moment. Utah Valley area. Anyone looking to found or fill a spot in a geek house? Prefer those who have interests computers AND other things.
They can't auction off the internet. It's on my hard drive. There's a little icon on my desktop that says so.
Once (as the story goes), and I'm not sure how, but I accidentally clicked on something and I got a message saying "Are you sure you want to delete The Internet?" Boy, was I scared. I know a lot of work went into that thing. But I guess if I deleted it, we could all go home.:)
Thats why your generation has no Led Zeppelin, no Who, no
Rush. No great songs that you'll still be listening to in 30 years. Now, what're you going to do
about it?
Please. This is just another manifestation of the "things were better back in the day" syndrome.
There are great songs made by artists in the last 10-15 years that people will be listening to in 30.
I'm not saying most of it makes it onto mainstream radio. THAT might be the difference. And I'll grant that Britney and the Boys suck. But no mistake about it. The good music is being made.
On an encouraging note, about 10 years ago, we all had to suffer through MC Hammer and New Kids On the Block and similar bad pop ilk. 2-3 years later, things got better. Sarah McLachlan. Pearl Jam. Nirvana. Mary Chapin Carpenter. Toad the Wet Sprocket. Etc. I won't claim that these are the people folks will listen two in 30 years. But I'd bet at least some of them will make it 10 or longer.
And none of this includes the stuff that just doesn't get played. You know few of these...
Of course it's not treated quite right in the media. In "My Name is Asher Lev" said something like this.... magazines, newspapers, gossip... these things are not good vehicles for communicating nuances of truth. Slashdot included. And
Potok's books have been really good reads for me. The themes of personal struggle within a religious or cultural community spoke to me even though I'm outside of the Jewish communities he wrote about. Maybe it helped that The Chosen and The Promise were about smart people.
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Hackers And Mysticism?
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"If in that syrian garden ages slain
you sleep and know not you are dead in vain
nor see in dreams how dark and bright
ascends in fire by day and smoky by night
the hate you died to quench and could but fan
sleep well, and see no morning, son of man.
But if grave rent, and stone rolled by,
you sit, ascendant, on your throne on high
and sitting so, remember yet,
your agony and bloody sweat,
the love, and passion, and life you gave,
bow hither out of heaven, and see, and save."
-- A.E. Houseman.
I think he had the same thing to say as the above comment, but just a little more eloquent.
I recently found time to begin learning photoshop for the first time at work. I thought I'd redesign my web page with my newfound skills.
What I found quickly was that even using a web safe palette in photoshop, and then viewing my page in netscape on the SAME MACHINE, the color was skewed. (Curiously enough, the color in question was actually closer to what I'd intended in netscape on a different (Mac) OS).
It didn't take me long to decide that there was pretty much no hope of complete color concordance, and I gave up, and just tried to make something that would look decent even if the colors drifted. That's pretty much what you have to do. Sort of like computer security?....
Mp3.com may very well be guilty under the law of copyright infringement. They do indeed seem to have distributed copyrighted works they didn't secure a license for.
However, compensatory damages could arguably be a sum total of.... $0. Why? If you're looking at lost revenues, then EVERYONE they distributed to ALREADY had the CD in hand. Everyone distributed to either already had purchased, or had the power to create unauthorized copies without the help of mp3.com. There is no such thing as the sale of a recording lost to mp3.com's service. So why any judge should award compensatory damages is beyond me. Absolute worst case scenario should be that mp3.com might have to give up the some large portion of an estimate of the amount of revenue they received from the BeamIt service.
Now, punitive damages might be different story....
Slashdot Mirror
Hmmm, the US Copyright office. And how on earth are these people supposed to exert their influence to the rest of the world?
More importantly, how do WE exert OUR influence on the US Copyright office to make sure this is done right?
The only contacts list I can find is http://www.loc.gov/copyright/about.html#contact.
I think we need to write supporting some of the following ideas:
1) The RIAA should:
a) only be able to collect royalties for works members of their organization hold copyright too.
b) _freely_ provide access and administrative rights to non-RIAA affiliated artists who wish to use their system to collect.
2) The RIAA may not collect royalties where other parties are collecting them from the same download/broadcast (read: ASCAP, or any other society) for the same copyright.
With these stipulations, use of their system would probably be fine...
Thank you. I needed the humor.
So, Tetrachromatics have an increased chance of catching diseases in their children (improving offspring's chance of survival),
Maybe.
can match outfits better (improving attractiveness and desirability),
If the Males can't see the difference, though,
how does this improve desireability (unless it
becomes one of those unconsciously perceived
bits...)?
Though I know better than to compare FrameMaker with a plain' ol word processor, I've never used it, so this question may seem stupid, but I'm wondering what the differences between FrameMaker and things like DocBook and LyX are...
they should allow future internet users to control satellites from their desktop
"It's already done."
I just saw Enemy Of The State... the NSA was tracking Will Smith and Gene Hackman with desktop controlled satellites. So this technology is already available.
Now, if only I could get a hold of the Supercomputer technology from Superman III -- you know, where Richard Pryor gets his MCSE and then hacks the payroll system and then builds the world's most powerful computer...
IMHO, one of the most important contributions of the Free Software Movement is its ethics. People do things for reasons other than money. They share their work with others freely. There's the concept of The Right Thing (rarely agreed on, but it's there). It's OK to eat and even become pretty rich, but those things aren't the focus; there's even an aversion to those for whom it is the focus (suits). And it's voluntary.
:) (and in most religions, not much like the concept in the Matrix). I'm really surpised sometimes by how some of the ethics of the Free Software movement match my conception of Zion in Mormon theology and thought. If you don't mind reading about the concept with a Mormon/Christian bent, you may want to look at the following:
If you think about it, this is the reverse of the problem that Jon started his article with. Lots of r&d is being done not because it's the right thing, but because there may be a great market for it (some researchers, I know, do things for the cool factor w/o thinking of impacts. Ah, well). I think that if we can export the ethics of Free Software to people, this will do the job.
The concept of "Zion" shows up in a few places other than the Matrix
A Storyteller in Zion, Orson Scott Card
Approaching Zion, Hugh Nibley (especially the chapter entitled "Work We Must But The Lunch Is Free")
(And, yes, there are plenty of differences between the Mormon and Free Software communities. But that doesn't mean something can't be learned by looking around).
>>And the interesting issue is: do you work for
>>someone else and build THEIR assetts, or do you
>>work for yourself and hire other people to build
>>yours? With something as important as your own
>>music, the former seems much better.
>You do mean the other way around, right?
Oh. Yep. I do.
That should have read the LATER seems better.
Sorry.
There are a lot of ways to promote your band without a record company, Even if you are a world-scale artist, it might be better to hire a PR-firm
That's a really curious idea... I know a lot of indie artists who promote themselves... but this distinction is interesting. You can get help -- not just agents (who apparently actually work FOR them... some say Flemming and Tamulevich are good) -- but PR firms.
Anyone know how much a good PR firm charges?
And the interesting issue is: do you work for someone else and build THEIR assetts, or do you work for yourself and hire other people to build yours? With something as important as your own music, the former seems much better.
So last night I was sitting down on the couch actually *watching* the interminable stream of mostly drivel coming from the commentators. And I started to think, you know, for all the times I've made fun of rabid sports fans for having to watch every moment, play by play, staying glued to the TV screen for 4 hours, getting so excited or incensed at spectacular leaps ahead or turnovers...
:) But boy, I enjoyed last night far more than the NBA finals. If nothing else, this election has been a great show.
that's irony.
And now, for all the times I've made fun of the "average american" for treating politics like football (pick a favorite team, get behind them, become irrationally dedicated, discuss who's likely to win, etc....): I'm sorry. You guys were right.
(well, sortof).
Just a note or two about how it's done in Utah. They use public schools. Which makes sense. There's got to be some kind of correlation between population and number of public schools.
Here's why they don't use churches. As most of you know, the dominant religion in Utah is Mormon (LDS). Curiously enough, the LDS Church doesn't let anyone use their churches for voting. The official line, in fact, is that the buildings can't be used for any politcal purpose, period (they already get enough flak about controlling politics in the state, I figure, so they have to draw a line).
There are other churches in Utah, but the majority of church buildings are LDS owned, so ecclesiastical meeting houses are out.
So they use public schools.
Huh?
Not so, unless I'm missing something. Take, for example, the 2-space equivalent of what he's talking about: the set of all points equidistant from a line and a point. This is a parabola. A point and a line qualify as subspaces of a plane, but a parabola ain't a single point (ever, I think).
In three space, the point-line thing becomes a parabolic cylinder, and so does the line-plane (I think). The point-plane is a parabolic dish, like you'd use for a satellite receiver. Four space... sigh. No idea.
Oh for a mod point....
but I couldn't use it here
posted already.
It's sort of a viscious cycle, really.
As one of my friends put it: Why do politicians pander and spin? Because we (as a nation) are easily pandered to and spun about. Why do the preach fuzzy partizan ideologies? Because that's the level of dialogue we're at.
The solution: either DON'T VOTE (if you're not informed) or but in the effort necessary to get informed. Let's define "informed" minimaly: as having spent more than 3-6 hours ACTIVELY seeking out information about a candidates history, funding, and positions. From sources other than their campaign (or their opponent's campaign, thank you). And REALLY informed would be if you'd actually spent some time studying aspects of policy, so that you could intelligently evaluate statements like "A free market always gives the best results," or "We need more funding for education" or "By floating this bond over a longer time period, we can afford this".
But most of us don't. We make our votes on vague feelings and sometimes, passion for an ideology. The politicians know this. That's why they started doing things the way they're done. That's why apathy has increased....
Break the cycle?
If you want a nav-bar, that's why your browser has that little toolbar
at the top of the screen. Or you can implement a floating bar...
I beleive there's a company called
OrangoTango that's working ona product to
do some of these things and more. Browser/Location independant
bookmarks, preferences, etc... available anywhere, from any
browser... there must be more to it if you simply
implement these by making floating js bars.
There seems to be a group of developers that both MacOS and general *nix fans leave out -- and that's the NeXT/Openstep community. Not incredibly large, but many die hard fans who learned to love using the dev tools/object framework that is still part of OS X.
I think the enthusiasm has waned a little bit -- back when Apple first released Rhapsody DR1, there were already apps from many NeXT developers. TIFFany -- which claimed to be a photshop killer -- comes to mind. I think, however, that time to market for the consumer version of the OS and probably Apple's tendancy to support/favor big names (like Adobe) and mistreat *step'ers probably made some of these guys drop off the radar. It's certainly made some of them less than enchanted with apple
Omni Development (among others), though, is still going at it, daring to stand up in the browser market among others. If you're interested in a peek at the community I've been talking about, check out Stepwise.
As it so happens, I'm looking for housing at the moment. Utah Valley area. Anyone looking to found or fill a spot in a geek house? Prefer those who have interests computers AND other things.
t .net
weston@<typeTheThirdLetterOfTheAlphabetHere>sof
After all, what good is the internet going to be after this?
They can't auction off the internet. It's on my hard drive. There's a little icon on my desktop that says so.
:)
Once (as the story goes), and I'm not sure how, but I accidentally clicked on something and I got a message saying "Are you sure you want to delete The Internet?" Boy, was I scared. I know a lot of work went into that thing. But I guess if I deleted it, we could all go home.
the IP rights to the paper clip soon? :)
Thats why your generation has no Led Zeppelin, no Who, no
Rush. No great songs that you'll still be listening to in 30 years. Now, what're you going to do
about it?
Please. This is just another manifestation of the "things were better back in the day" syndrome.
There are great songs made by artists in the last 10-15 years that people will be listening to in 30.
I'm not saying most of it makes it onto mainstream radio. THAT might be the difference. And I'll grant that Britney and the Boys suck. But no mistake about it. The good music is being made.
On an encouraging note, about 10 years ago, we all had to suffer through MC Hammer and New Kids On the Block and similar bad pop ilk. 2-3 years later, things got better. Sarah McLachlan. Pearl Jam. Nirvana. Mary Chapin Carpenter. Toad the Wet Sprocket. Etc. I won't claim that these are the people folks will listen two in 30 years. But I'd bet at least some of them will make it 10 or longer.
And none of this includes the stuff that just doesn't get played. You know few of these...
Of course it's not treated quite right in the media. In "My Name is Asher Lev" said something like this.... magazines, newspapers, gossip... these things are not good vehicles for communicating nuances of truth. Slashdot included. And
Potok's books have been really good reads for me. The themes of personal struggle within a religious or cultural community spoke to me even though I'm outside of the Jewish communities he wrote about. Maybe it helped that The Chosen and The Promise were about smart people.
"If in that syrian garden ages slain
you sleep and know not you are dead in vain
nor see in dreams how dark and bright
ascends in fire by day and smoky by night
the hate you died to quench and could but fan
sleep well, and see no morning, son of man.
But if grave rent, and stone rolled by,
you sit, ascendant, on your throne on high
and sitting so, remember yet,
your agony and bloody sweat,
the love, and passion, and life you gave,
bow hither out of heaven, and see, and save."
-- A.E. Houseman.
I think he had the same thing to say as the above comment, but just a little more eloquent.
Darn. Now I've violated copyright, probably.
I recently found time to begin learning photoshop for the first time at work. I thought I'd redesign my web page with my newfound skills.
What I found quickly was that even using a web safe palette in photoshop, and then viewing my page in netscape on the SAME MACHINE, the color was skewed. (Curiously enough, the color in question was actually closer to what I'd intended in netscape on a different (Mac) OS).
It didn't take me long to decide that there was pretty much no hope of complete color concordance, and I gave up, and just tried to make something that would look decent even if the colors drifted. That's pretty much what you have to do. Sort of like computer security?....
Mp3.com may very well be guilty under the law of copyright infringement. They do indeed seem to have distributed copyrighted works they didn't secure a license for.
However, compensatory damages could arguably be a sum total of.... $0. Why? If you're looking at lost revenues, then EVERYONE they distributed to ALREADY had the CD in hand. Everyone distributed to either already had purchased, or had the power to create unauthorized copies without the help of mp3.com. There is no such thing as the sale of a recording lost to mp3.com's service. So why any judge should award compensatory damages is beyond me. Absolute worst case scenario should be that mp3.com might have to give up the some large portion of an estimate of the amount of revenue they received from the BeamIt service.
Now, punitive damages might be different story....
I find this extremely insightful and would love to spend a mod point on it.
But what I'd love more is a reference telling me where I can read this view of Jefferson's, and others. Can anyone help?