I have a feeling that if I were to make my own cell phone from scratch, without looking at a single patent and using only obvious ideas off the top of my head, I'd owe a lot of people a lot of money.
Every company that sells non-substantial products should put their money where their mouth is. If piracy is costing them cash, they should claim it on their taxes. If they're right, I'm sure the IRS will agree.
"...Free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master. "
Thanks for bringing me some clarity! I can run unsigned code on my computer, therefore I shouldn't need to be able to run unsigned code on my Android devices, iDevices, or Xbox 360s. I mean, what's the fucking point of running unsigned code on any other devices if I can already run it on one?
Haha...you nailed it. And for the record, I'm not pro- or anti- creationism. I believe in evidence. If we find hard evidence of creation, I'm cool with it.
Perhaps a better phrase would be "Never attribute to stupidity what can be explained with cold hard cash".
A title with the triple-A budget of Crysis 2 wouldn't have developers that never once bothered to view the map in wire frame at some point before release.
Take a look at all the TWIMTBP/Nvidia logos slapped all over the game and you know who is paying the bills.
I reject the notion that "anything man does is unnatural".
Even if nanotechnology led to a significant change in our species and others, it's just as natural as anything else that happens in the universe. I wish these Luddites would realize that we don't need to stop where we are.
Brian Cox seems to have captured the awe and wonder of the universe that Carl Sagan portrayed. Maybe as I see more of Degrasse, he'll sway my opinion, but I really like Cox.
With any luck, we might look back in 50 years and laugh (or rage) at the idea that corporations thought that information could be controlled and owned, that we threw some of our brightest people in prison to rot for spreading that information, regardless of whether or not the spreading was for profit.
If people can make money off their ideas, then more power to 'em. But the monopolization of thought is going to cost humanity big time in the long term.
Spending all this money and effort chasing around crime scene pictures--of which infinite copies can be made--does not prevent child abuse. There are real children suffering from abuse right now that would probably appreciate a little more effort being spent on them.
If we criminalize the ownership of murder scene photos, how many murders does it prevent?
If we criminalize the ownership of drunk driving photos, how many drunk driving incidents does it prevent?
If we criminalize the possession of bank robbery photos, how many bank robberies does it prevent?
How about we spend all that money that we would have spent on hunting down people with pictures of crime scenes and actually spend it on something that HELPS LIVING, BREATHING CHILDREN, like educating children and adults about detecting and reporting child abuse, or hiring more investigators to catch people who are abusing children?
Patents, in theory, are designed with the ultimate goal of rewarding creativity. But now creative people can't walk two steps without tripping over a patent. So now they have to work for a giant company who has a mountain of patents in its vault just so they have protection from being sued out of existence by companies like the ones they work for.
Oh yeah, and anything creative the individual come up with is now property of the corporation, adding to the cycle.
How is the entire internet subject to an industry which the world can live without? How did they amass this kind of power?
They have no respect for the natural rights of others, so why should we respect the artificial (copy)rights granted to them by the government?
MULTI-THREADING.
The game overtaxes even modern single cores. If we could get some multiple cores going, our games' complexity wouldn't have to be limited by the game's binaries.
Yeah, he clearly a victim of a massive conspiracy! A site that I've never heard of that has content indistinguishable from r/politics is suddenly under attack from the DOJ?
You right-wing loons will believe anything that makes Obama look bad.
I didn't know being anti-authoritarianism and pro-consumer were right-wing issues.
Apparently you've never read DemandProgress.org or anything I've posted, because you're wrong on both counts.
MIT doesn't care, but the fact that he's very critical of the government makes him a prime target for shoehorning accusations onto him to shut him and his site up.
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I have a feeling that if I were to make my own cell phone from scratch, without looking at a single patent and using only obvious ideas off the top of my head, I'd owe a lot of people a lot of money.
Amen. People need to be playing offense, not defense when it comes to copyright bullies.
Every company that sells non-substantial products should put their money where their mouth is. If piracy is costing them cash, they should claim it on their taxes. If they're right, I'm sure the IRS will agree.
https://torrentfreak.com/and-when-even-the-death-penalty-doesnt-deter-copying-what-then-110807/
"...Free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master. "
Thanks for bringing me some clarity! I can run unsigned code on my computer, therefore I shouldn't need to be able to run unsigned code on my Android devices, iDevices, or Xbox 360s. I mean, what's the fucking point of running unsigned code on any other devices if I can already run it on one?
Haha...you nailed it. And for the record, I'm not pro- or anti- creationism. I believe in evidence. If we find hard evidence of creation, I'm cool with it.
That pesky Constitution really mucks up frivolous litigation sometimes
Perhaps a better phrase would be "Never attribute to stupidity what can be explained with cold hard cash".
A title with the triple-A budget of Crysis 2 wouldn't have developers that never once bothered to view the map in wire frame at some point before release.
Take a look at all the TWIMTBP/Nvidia logos slapped all over the game and you know who is paying the bills.
I reject the notion that "anything man does is unnatural".
Even if nanotechnology led to a significant change in our species and others, it's just as natural as anything else that happens in the universe. I wish these Luddites would realize that we don't need to stop where we are.
I wish this were true. I'm a Denver Broncos fan :(
I think the default stance of telecoms is "Oh yeah? Sue me."
Brian Cox seems to have captured the awe and wonder of the universe that Carl Sagan portrayed. Maybe as I see more of Degrasse, he'll sway my opinion, but I really like Cox.
With any luck, we might look back in 50 years and laugh (or rage) at the idea that corporations thought that information could be controlled and owned, that we threw some of our brightest people in prison to rot for spreading that information, regardless of whether or not the spreading was for profit.
If people can make money off their ideas, then more power to 'em. But the monopolization of thought is going to cost humanity big time in the long term.
Old is new once again!
I am fully confident that this thread will demonstrate the utmost civility of Slashdot users.
Spending all this money and effort chasing around crime scene pictures--of which infinite copies can be made--does not prevent child abuse. There are real children suffering from abuse right now that would probably appreciate a little more effort being spent on them.
If we criminalize the ownership of murder scene photos, how many murders does it prevent?
If we criminalize the ownership of drunk driving photos, how many drunk driving incidents does it prevent?
If we criminalize the possession of bank robbery photos, how many bank robberies does it prevent?
How about we spend all that money that we would have spent on hunting down people with pictures of crime scenes and actually spend it on something that HELPS LIVING, BREATHING CHILDREN, like educating children and adults about detecting and reporting child abuse, or hiring more investigators to catch people who are abusing children?
Patents, in theory, are designed with the ultimate goal of rewarding creativity. But now creative people can't walk two steps without tripping over a patent. So now they have to work for a giant company who has a mountain of patents in its vault just so they have protection from being sued out of existence by companies like the ones they work for.
Oh yeah, and anything creative the individual come up with is now property of the corporation, adding to the cycle.
How is the entire internet subject to an industry which the world can live without? How did they amass this kind of power?
They have no respect for the natural rights of others, so why should we respect the artificial (copy)rights granted to them by the government?
I don't need my information to pass through a series of societal filters before it gets to me.
The phone hacking of a dead girl is bad, but isn't a possible murder with highly suspicious timing even worse?
I'm just glad to see Limbaugh and Hannity tying themselves to him as all their friends throw him overboard.
The people who contracted them to do the work are the ones who should be paying them.
If the workers did the work for mankind, they have already received the award they sought--satisfaction in the spreading of knowledge.
If the workers did the work for money, they have been justly compensated.
If the workers expected money for work that nobody solicited, they are idiots.
MULTI-THREADING. The game overtaxes even modern single cores. If we could get some multiple cores going, our games' complexity wouldn't have to be limited by the game's binaries.
Yeah, he clearly a victim of a massive conspiracy! A site that I've never heard of that has content indistinguishable from r/politics is suddenly under attack from the DOJ?
You right-wing loons will believe anything that makes Obama look bad.
I didn't know being anti-authoritarianism and pro-consumer were right-wing issues.
Apparently you've never read DemandProgress.org or anything I've posted, because you're wrong on both counts.
MIT doesn't care, but the fact that he's very critical of the government makes him a prime target for shoehorning accusations onto him to shut him and his site up.