Ha, ha, ha !!! Obviously you didn't go to French techno raves a couple of years ago. I've been searched "american style" and filthier many, many times in la belle France.
"Our Ambassadorship has been authorized by Dennis M. Hope, who filed a declaration of ownership for Earth's Moon and the planets Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto as well as their respective moons, on November 22, 1980."
According to them, Dennis Hope is the owner of all those bodies!
They aren't being paid now, so they shouldn't be payed in the future?
How hearthless can one be?
I know quite a few artists and they're all struggling to survive. Somehow, however, I believe that creativity will be valued more in the future than it is now.
This is a moral issue, not a technical one. Maybe that's why it is so hard for (some) geeks to understand...
Imagine X is running a bar on some isolated island. X happens to have this great record and, every night, people come to listen and to dance to it. The other bars don't have this record.
Now, some day, the record is copied from X (without him wanting to) and is made available to everybody.
Now, has X's record still the same value? Or did X lose something in the process? Remember, we're talking economics here, not geek ideology.
> Another example of a clueless person trying to > use a false metaphor. Digital music, software, > etc. is information, not a tangible good, and > information can be copied an unlimited number > of times without being diminished.
I'm afraid you're the one who's clueless. Ever heard of Shannon's information theory? The scarcer information is, the more valuable it is. If I'm the only one having secret information about the stock market, anybody copying it from me is making it less valuable. Got it?
Do you actually have any arguments, or should we just accept it as a dogma?
By the way, just repeating Jon's idea is not very useful. It's not because he says that you can that you have to. Try something creative for a change. Yes, I know it's hard.
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Ha, ha, ha !!! Obviously you didn't go to French techno raves a couple of years ago. I've been searched "american style" and filthier many, many times in la belle France.
Here's your answer (I quote):
"Our Ambassadorship has been authorized by Dennis M. Hope, who filed a declaration of ownership for Earth's Moon and the planets Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto as well as their respective moons, on November 22, 1980."
According to them, Dennis Hope is the owner of all those bodies!
Through Katz' endorsement of ThinkGeek, I just found out
that he charges $20 for his book "Geeks".
Jon, you're one greedy bastard!
N.B. Why is previewing so SLOW?
They aren't being paid now, so they shouldn't
be payed in the future?
How hearthless can one be?
I know quite a few artists and they're all
struggling to survive. Somehow, however,
I believe that creativity will be valued
more in the future than it is now.
This is a moral issue, not a technical
one. Maybe that's why it is so hard for
(some) geeks to understand...
Well, let me try and explain. *Sigh*
Imagine X is running a bar on some isolated
island. X happens to have this great record and,
every night, people come to listen and to dance
to it. The other bars don't have this record.
Now, some day, the record is copied from X
(without him wanting to) and is made available
to everybody.
Now, has X's record still the same value? Or did
X lose something in the process? Remember, we're
talking economics here, not geek ideology.
> The Fine Print: The following comments are
> owned by whoever posted them. Slashdot is not
> responsible for what they say.
The comments are *owned* by their posters?
Apparently, Slashdot doesn't share Jon's ideas.
> We need to think about our definitions of
> things in a way that protects artists and also
Protecting the artists? Wow! I didn't get that
message from reading your rants. Now, I forgot,
what measures did you propose?
> Another example of a clueless person trying to
> use a false metaphor. Digital music, software,
> etc. is information, not a tangible good, and
> information can be copied an unlimited number
> of times without being diminished.
I'm afraid you're the one who's clueless. Ever
heard of Shannon's information theory? The
scarcer information is, the more valuable it is.
If I'm the only one having secret information
about the stock market, anybody copying it from
me is making it less valuable. Got it?
By the way, once you get it, please tell Jon.
> YOU CANNOT OWN AN IDEA
Do you actually have any arguments, or should
we just accept it as a dogma?
By the way, just repeating Jon's idea is not
very useful. It's not because he says that you
can that you have to. Try something creative
for a change. Yes, I know it's hard.
Hi Jon,
I'm not surprised that you believe that
creativity shouldn't be rewarded.
Hasn't open source, free software, etc. brought
us nothing but COPIES of stuff? Linux, a UNIX
clone, Star Office, an MS Office clone, etc,
etc.
Often I have the impression that geeks don't
respect or understand creativity. Why is that?
Is it because the concept is too hard to
program?