You could argue either way about software being an art, but that is a good point. When you take all the shared libraries out of the picture, I honestly look at the core of my own software writing as a work of art.
However, I don't believe that there's any confusion amongst the people engaging in trading MP3s and the people exchanging software.
In my experience, the average person doesn't view trading software as an issue either. And those who have quite a collection of MP3s typically also have a library of pirated software. There's no difference to these individuals - and I'd wager that the reason is due to an utter lack of respect for and knowledge or understanding of intellectual property.
In the end, it's because people mistakenly associate "ease of copy/distribution" with "the right to do so."
That's it. I finally can say that I agree with the RIAA and their actions.
All along, I've felt that downloading an MP3 for a song that you'd otherwise have to purchase because you don't already own it was stealing. End of discussion. As long as the RIAA operates within the law, they should be allowed to try and end the theft of their products.
In the back of my mind, I've known that people don't respect copyrights. They don't understand them. They don't care. I'd be willing to say that an overwhelming majority of people today believe they have a right to have a copy of anything IP related -- whether it be a song, a book, or whatever.
To hear a mother say "she's a 12 year old girl!" and claim that she didn't realize they were doing anything wrong because they paid $30 to download all the music they want is just utterly disgusting. I'm not the brightest, but even AT 12 YEARS OLD I KNEW THE DAMN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG and had enough of a brain to realize when something sounded too good to be true.
So I'm officially siding with the RIAA and firmly believe that everyone should start following my seven-step plan:
Stop stealing IP
Stop buying CDs backed by the RIAA
Send letters to them letting them know you have stopped purchasing CDs
Send letters to the artists explaining why you've stopped
Send letters to your friends and family encouraging them to do the same
Send letters to your congressman/congresswoman demanding IP reform
Stop bitching about the RIAA
Because frankly, I'm tired of hearing these excuses...
"CD's are too expensive." "They're ripping us off!"
They have *EVERY FUCKING RIGHT* to charge however DAMN MUCH they want to charge for a CD! That does NOT GIVE ANYONE THE RIGHT TO STEAL music because "it's too expensive." End of discussion.
If you don't like how much they cost, do what I do, and DON'T FUCKING BUY THEM! And just let the rest of the damn world waste their money until they get a clue.
"The musicians are getting screwed."
Oh boooo hooo! If you want a musical career, accept the risks. There's no excuses anymore - the Internet empowers EVERY individual to easy publish their works to the masses, and if the product is good enough and the musician works hard enough to promote it, people will find it. They don't need the RIAA anymore.
"There shouldn't be IP rights on digital media." "Everything [on the net] should be free!"
I am an artist. I paint, write poetry, program, design, invent and do all kinds of other creative crap. I give some stuff away. I sell some stuff. The thought of not being able to be compensated for something that I labored over for days (or years even) utterly disgusts me. Knowing that people feel this way is depressing, but it explains a lot about why we are where we are.
"Suing children is wrong!"
Whatever. As a parent, you are responsible for your child's actions -- sorry. If you don't like it, you shouldn't have had kids. Use the opportunity to explain the difference between right and wrong and help them understand the value of money and compensating people for their hard work. Maybe they'll grow up to be a respectable politician who cares about the people and their hard-earned cash... oh wait, that's not possible:)
"Trying to teach a lesson by hundreds of lawsuit is wrong!" "This heavy-handedness is wrong!" "Just big corp trying to screw us over."
Whatever. It's stealing, and it's wrong. This isn't something new -- it's been going on for years. If you don't realize by now that something might be wrong with downloading thousands of songs from popular artists, I'm sorry you're an idiot.
Like I've already said: As long as the RIAA operates within the law, they should be allowed to try and end the theft
I did a little bit of testing. What OS X mail is actually doing isn't a bounce-back. It's actually a "resend" or "redirect" and putting "Resent-From: " in the headers which contains the e-mail address OF THE ACCOUNT in the e-mail program that bounced the message (not necessarily the recipient it was addressed to).
That may be true, but I'm using the OS X Mail app's bounce to sender feature. There's no settings to control how it works, so it must put something in the return address.
I just tried it again yesterday and sure enough, got an undeliverable bounce back to my bounce back today:)
Unfortunately, the only problem with this is that many many many of those messages have false information... bouncing the message back can result in either another bounce back to you because the address was invalid, or poor Joe Schmoe user who didn't send the message to get your bounce back.
I thought this feature was great when I first saw it and did bounce back a crapload of my junk mail.
For the next couple of days I received bounce back after bounce back saying my bounces were undeliverable.
...and for a when you want to get really plastered, play with this variation: Take an extra drink when the post has been modded up despite the redundancy.
There are web sites dedicated to the existence and promotion of the BBS, just search on google, but they are slowly dieing away (if not already). Many have not been updated in a long time.
The problem with trying to keep a BBS localized like you mention is that there aren't enough people in each area interested enough to warrant the system. The internet offers the same things and more than the BBS, so many people choose it instead. I myself, a die-hard BBS freak, have done the same. Files, message boards, chat, games and more.
Telnet works because it takes uses the net to broaden the audience to a BBS and make it more accessible.
Until just this past year, I still had my BBS up and running. It received a single caller every few months and occassionally, the line still rings. I took it offline because the telephone line was much more useful to me for my fax machine:)
Besides, if you hang around a forum discussion group on the web long enough, you'll find a community of the same people visiting it anyway -- what's the difference between that and a BBS other than the fact that you may not live in the same area?
The basic idea of Opera is great. Lots of options, privacy protection, tabbed browsing, separate browser window, etc. I've tried to switch to it - but it's impossible to deal with all its quirks, bugs and slowness.
My biggest complaint is that it does NOT handle tables or forms correctly. I've included some examples to play with (there are many more, just do a search).
For many of these bugs to exist in version SIX of a browser is just plain crappy. Especially considering that Safari and Chimera in their beta versions are nowhere as problematic and render pages beautifully.
Opera is killing itself and they company is using Safari as an excuse.
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And does anyone else think that Mike Myers got his inspiration for "Fat Bastard" from Tim?
Feel free to debate and call me stupid with my overly simplified metaphors, but I do not think tabbed browser interface = MDI.
In my opinion, the web is not a collection of multiple documents. It's one gargantuan document consisting of millions of pages, with each site being a different chapter or section. No matter how many windows I open, I am still in the same document and still have access to the whole document.
If you surf like me (opening a new window for almost every link you click on), then you'll begin to appreciate one window instead of 5 or 10 opened at one time. Especially handy when you're clicking off of Google search results or juggling a bunch of apps all with windows open together.
One of the greatest uses I've had for it is while working on site development. In one tab, I've got my web-based database admin app, the functioning page scripts in another tab and the site prototype in a third. Clicking between tabs to compare the functioning site to the prototype or double-check the db structure/content is much easier than trying to shuffle around through 3 windows IMO.
Get a tabbed browser and try it out for a week (some are better than others, I use Chimera/Mac OS X). I just recently got hooked on it and don't know how I lived without.
God I hope not. While Safari looks like it could eventually be a nice browser, it still has QUITE a long way to go before its feature set is as robust as Chimera.
For example, tabbed browsing. After finally switching from IE and trying tabbed browesing, I don't know how I lived without it.
The ability to import other bookmark files would be nice.
And why did they not incorporate the ability to configure the toolbar in the same manner as with every other OS X app?
The bookmark handler is nice, but it replaces my current window and I think I'd actually like it to be a separate app just like the Address Book.
I actually have to agree with this -- it's really kind of obvious: exercise is good for you.
I used to get a lot of regular exercise, but too much work and my own business have changed that and I started experiencing problems when typing at the keyboard and using the mouse.
My hunch was that over the years my wrists/hands/forearms had some of lost their strength, so I went to Walmart, got a couple of 10pounders and started using them for a few minutes each day.
I had less to no pain almost immediately.
As xtal said, don't type when it hurts. And don't forget to take breaks often!
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Of course you don't believe in Intellectual Property!
... translation ...
... translation ...
... translation ...
<sigh>
"This is not necessarily justifying theft, but rather a redefinition by society."
"It's stealing, but because everyone is doing it, it's perfectly okay."
"Once you tell something to someone they own it too."
"Nobody has any right to profit from their own ideas."
"These companies are not really loosing money, because they haven't earned it yet. They are simply failing to earn it."
"Because I can copy this MP3 with a click of a button, I'm not stealing."
:)
You could argue either way about software being an art, but that is a good point. When you take all the shared libraries out of the picture, I honestly look at the core of my own software writing as a work of art.
However, I don't believe that there's any confusion amongst the people engaging in trading MP3s and the people exchanging software.
In my experience, the average person doesn't view trading software as an issue either. And those who have quite a collection of MP3s typically also have a library of pirated software. There's no difference to these individuals - and I'd wager that the reason is due to an utter lack of respect for and knowledge or understanding of intellectual property.
In the end, it's because people mistakenly associate "ease of copy/distribution" with "the right to do so."
That's it. I finally can say that I agree with the RIAA and their actions.
All along, I've felt that downloading an MP3 for a song that you'd otherwise have to purchase because you don't already own it was stealing. End of discussion. As long as the RIAA operates within the law, they should be allowed to try and end the theft of their products.
In the back of my mind, I've known that people don't respect copyrights. They don't understand them. They don't care. I'd be willing to say that an overwhelming majority of people today believe they have a right to have a copy of anything IP related -- whether it be a song, a book, or whatever.
To hear a mother say "she's a 12 year old girl!" and claim that she didn't realize they were doing anything wrong because they paid $30 to download all the music they want is just utterly disgusting. I'm not the brightest, but even AT 12 YEARS OLD I KNEW THE DAMN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG and had enough of a brain to realize when something sounded too good to be true.
So I'm officially siding with the RIAA and firmly believe that everyone should start following my seven-step plan:
Because frankly, I'm tired of hearing these excuses...
And let's not forget... not all of us even get exposed to page rank regularly.
On my Mac for example, I can't see it at all. On my Wintel I can, thanks to the Google toolbar.
HAHAHHAHAAAHAHAHAHA
I am sooo glad I read that article - that one line made the whole read worth it.
Thank you!
I'm sure there are, but won't you still end up needing to use the Jet driver or some equivalent via ODBC/OLEDB if you're not running a DBMS?
That is, unless you just go with storing stuff in POT (plain ole text) with standard read/writes - which has its own limitations.
It depends on the project to be sure, but MySQL is well worth the installation overhead IMO.
Goes right along with the MS switcher campaign :)
I did a little bit of testing. What OS X mail is actually doing isn't a bounce-back. It's actually a "resend" or "redirect" and putting "Resent-From: " in the headers which contains the e-mail address OF THE ACCOUNT in the e-mail program that bounced the message (not necessarily the recipient it was addressed to).
- Type: text/plain;
... while talking to postoffice.local..: ... User unknown
- Type: message/delivery-status
It does however, look like a bounce:
--0038BED4-4D79-11D7-B73A-000393ABF3DC
Content
charset=US-ASCII
The original message was received at 2003-03-03 08:03:32 -0500
from postoffice.local. [10.0.0.1]
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
-----Transcript of session follows -----
>>> RCPT To:
--0038BED4-4D79-11D7-B73A-000393ABF3DC
Content
Reporting-MTA: dns; postoffice.local.
Received-From-MTA: DNS; postoffice.local.
Arrival-Date: 2003-03-03 08:03:32 -0500
Final-Recipient: RFC822; xxxxx
Action: failed
Status: 5.1.1
Remote-MTA: DNS; postoffice.local.
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP;550 5.1.1 unknown or illegal alias: xxxxx
Last-Attempt-Date: 2003-03-03 08:03:32 -0500
That may be true, but I'm using the OS X Mail app's bounce to sender feature. There's no settings to control how it works, so it must put something in the return address.
:)
I just tried it again yesterday and sure enough, got an undeliverable bounce back to my bounce back today
(shrug)
Unfortunately, the only problem with this is that many many many of those messages have false information... bouncing the message back can result in either another bounce back to you because the address was invalid, or poor Joe Schmoe user who didn't send the message to get your bounce back.
I thought this feature was great when I first saw it and did bounce back a crapload of my junk mail.
For the next couple of days I received bounce back after bounce back saying my bounces were undeliverable.
...and for a when you want to get really plastered, play with this variation: Take an extra drink when the post has been modded up despite the redundancy.
Read this entire discussion and take a drink every time you see a post that says:
Geeze... If only credit card security was as redundant!
There are web sites dedicated to the existence and promotion of the BBS, just search on google, but they are slowly dieing away (if not already). Many have not been updated in a long time.
The problem with trying to keep a BBS localized like you mention is that there aren't enough people in each area interested enough to warrant the system. The internet offers the same things and more than the BBS, so many people choose it instead. I myself, a die-hard BBS freak, have done the same. Files, message boards, chat, games and more.
Telnet works because it takes uses the net to broaden the audience to a BBS and make it more accessible.
Until just this past year, I still had my BBS up and running. It received a single caller every few months and occassionally, the line still rings. I took it offline because the telephone line was much more useful to me for my fax machine
Besides, if you hang around a forum discussion group on the web long enough, you'll find a community of the same people visiting it anyway -- what's the difference between that and a BBS other than the fact that you may not live in the same area?
The basic idea of Opera is great. Lots of options, privacy protection, tabbed browsing, separate browser window, etc. I've tried to switch to it - but it's impossible to deal with all its quirks, bugs and slowness.
My biggest complaint is that it does NOT handle tables or forms correctly. I've included some examples to play with (there are many more, just do a search).
For many of these bugs to exist in version SIX of a browser is just plain crappy. Especially considering that Safari and Chimera in their beta versions are nowhere as problematic and render pages beautifully.
Opera is killing itself and they company is using Safari as an excuse.
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you kind sir - I needed that.
And does anyone else think that Mike Myers got his inspiration for "Fat Bastard" from Tim?
Feel free to debate and call me stupid with my overly simplified metaphors, but I do not think tabbed browser interface = MDI.
In my opinion, the web is not a collection of multiple documents. It's one gargantuan document consisting of millions of pages, with each site being a different chapter or section. No matter how many windows I open, I am still in the same document and still have access to the whole document.
Two words: WINDOW OVERLOAD
If you surf like me (opening a new window for almost every link you click on), then you'll begin to appreciate one window instead of 5 or 10 opened at one time. Especially handy when you're clicking off of Google search results or juggling a bunch of apps all with windows open together.
One of the greatest uses I've had for it is while working on site development. In one tab, I've got my web-based database admin app, the functioning page scripts in another tab and the site prototype in a third. Clicking between tabs to compare the functioning site to the prototype or double-check the db structure/content is much easier than trying to shuffle around through 3 windows IMO.
Get a tabbed browser and try it out for a week (some are better than others, I use Chimera/Mac OS X). I just recently got hooked on it and don't know how I lived without.
God I hope not. While Safari looks like it could eventually be a nice browser, it still has QUITE a long way to go before its feature set is as robust as Chimera.
For example, tabbed browsing. After finally switching from IE and trying tabbed browesing, I don't know how I lived without it.
The ability to import other bookmark files would be nice.
And why did they not incorporate the ability to configure the toolbar in the same manner as with every other OS X app?
The bookmark handler is nice, but it replaces my current window and I think I'd actually like it to be a separate app just like the Address Book.
I actually have to agree with this -- it's really kind of obvious: exercise is good for you.
I used to get a lot of regular exercise, but too much work and my own business have changed that and I started experiencing problems when typing at the keyboard and using the mouse.
My hunch was that over the years my wrists/hands/forearms had some of lost their strength, so I went to Walmart, got a couple of 10pounders and started using them for a few minutes each day.
I had less to no pain almost immediately.
As xtal said, don't type when it hurts. And don't forget to take breaks often!
Ah! You've discovered the secret! :)
Some birds are scared away, hugh?
Obviously, the ones that already have a pile of disks are scared away, while the birds without are not.
I had boxes and boxes of those things formatted and with blank labels... until I finally threw them away (cough) just recently.
I had hundreds of them. Always wanted to mail them back to AOL just for the humor of it all.
tsia
No kidding. News like this makes me want to bitch about all the serious Ask Slashdots I've submitted that got declined.
:)
But I refrain