Um, none of these quotes violate the definitions of hate speech, at least according to Peacefire: http://www.peacefire.org/BaitAndSwitch/definitions .html , which is usually defined as "promoting or inciting degredation, prejudice, or discrimination" These sites are most certainly pro-family, or anti-gay, however you look at it, but they don't promote discrimination. One wonders why the censorware companies blocked them -- perhaps because sites such as geocities and tripod probably have so much "objectionable" material, that they don't even bother to look at them?
wrong. the text of a book is copyrightable. the plot is not. To quote Judge Patti B. Saris: "Mental processes, and abstract intellectual concepts are not copyrightable, as they are the basic tools of scientific and technological work."
Java!!! Java is freakin' great! It's a clean language and allows you to play around with graphics and multimedia stuff right from the start. Teaching them how to do cool stuff they can put on a web page and show their friends is a good point, too. I cut my teeth on C++, then my University (Cal Poly) recently switched over to Java and I'm retaking the courses just because Java's so much freakin' fun. Everybody's talking about Java these days, and you can do some pretty cool things with it. Definitely consider it.
I don't think you guys understand. I made something. I invented it. I can do with it whatever I want to, and can direct my descendants to do with it whatever they want to. It is not something that I happened to "find", and am licensing it for my own use for a certain amount of time. Therefore it is not the public's right to say, "okay, you've had it long enough, give it to us, we want it for free now."
Copyrights 10 years? I write a book, and after ten years, you take it from me and say, "oh it's not yours anymore, it's in the public domain. Give it to me."
Or, could it still be that the reason I still don't use Linux (it just sits there uselessly on/dev/hdc) is because it still sucks? Hmm, let me think...
- My S3-based card is still unsupported. - Printing sucks. - Where are the programs??!
People say, "Linux is coming along." Its UI is still not as good as Windows. Why bother to use the product that is "coming along" when you can use the exact one it's trying to copy?
The day Macromedia and Adobe port their products to Linux, is the day I'll switch too. But I'm not going to use an OS that is essentially still in beta testing!!!
You do have one valid point though... why anyone would still use IE is beyond me...
I think it's been pretty well-established that online piracy is here to stay, no matter what the outcome of the Napster case is. Thus it definitely is a possibility, that, in the future, online piracy will cause the record companies to go bankrupt, forcing/allowing musicians to work out their own distribution methods. Although obviously in the short-term this would be harmful to musicians, in the long run it would probably be a Good Thing.
You have stated that you are currently looking into methods of online distribution; you have also stated that you feel that you, as a respected band, must get up and take a stand for your rights. Instead of trying to delay the inevitable, then, and at the same time leaving yourself open to getting hurt by the above scenario, why not act as a leader right now and begin the revolution -- from the inside -- to the paid online music distribution model? If anyone is in a position to do this, it's Metallica. If Metallica can prove that paid online distribution can work with its fan base, then it will have shown that it can work with anyone's. It would entail taking a risk, yes; but sticking with the record-company model doesn't seem exactly safe either.
Has Metallica considered the future from this perspective and the possible courses of action, and if so, what are your plans in this regard?
Okay look everyone. We still have a giant moderator problem on our hands. On the one hand, fluxrad's post is funny. On the other hand, it was moderated up to 5. Problem with this being, obviously the moderators are not reading the guidelines, which says posts with cussing should not be moderated up. I'm sure Rob's reason for this is because there are some people who just don't want to see the cussing -- yeah I know, they don't have to read it, but it's still right there on the top. And it is Rob's site. I think we should all follow the guidelines.
Even more disturbing, however, is the fact that when somebody else pointed this fact out, as an anonymous reply to the first post, he got moderated down to -1, Flamebait, which is more proof that moderators are not reading the guideliens.
Now look, I'm not complaining about the first post -- I thought it was funny myself. The point I'm trying to make here is that people are not reading the moderator guidelines! I invite everyone -- whether you currently have moderator access or not -- to click on the above link right now. And make Slashdot a little better for everybody.
I will interpret any failure to do this as implied permission to continue.
If the above poster fails to pay me US$1,000,000 by the end of Saturday, April 29, 2000, I will interpret this act of nonpayment to mean that he fully intends to dance on Hollywood Boulevard wearing a tutu while chanting, "I want to be a fireman! I want to be a fireman!"
Perhaps you should "implore" them through a legimimate channel...
Technically, you're taking an analog sound (twofold: instruments are analog, so are the mic's), then moving it into a digital medium. However, the better the recording quality, obviously, the better the reproduction quality -- and although you can get really high quality, no sampling rate can ever equal the original sound. Thus, the recording process, and the process of playing the music on speakers/monitors that do not reproduce the signal *exactly*, is modifying the sound.
Hmm, does that mean that since playing copyrighted music on crappy speakers heavily modifies the original sound, are you breaking copyright law???!!!
okay, I dont' know who you are or what you come from, but I'm telling you, your posts are hilarious. Sometimes I agree with'em, sometimes I don't, but in any case, I'm glad yours are there, it's nice having a different perspective. Keep'em coming!
A similar program has been happening in Clovis, California -- the Clovis school district was actually the first in the nation to implement such a laptop program (called "Laptops for Learners"). Now, without getting into all the politics of the issue (e.g., the School Board did this to "be the first," not for educations' sake), sufficeth to say, they are putting the cart before the horse. Kids are getting these laptops, and nobody knows what to do with them!
And in all fairness, what can you do with them? Not much. You can hook it up to some equipment in your physics lab, and do a little modeling on it for your math class, and that's about it. In Clovis's case, they never asked themselves the question, "What will be the point of having every kid have a laptop? What will they gain from this?"
Everyone is so eager to jump on the technology bandwagon, yet often we haven't stopped to think about what we will be able to do with a laptop. Every industry uses its own proprietary software (often a UNIX-based database). High Schools cannot possibly aspire to teach kids how to use every software package they will ever need to know. At best, they will be able to teach the kids the ins and outs of Microsoft Office (I know, I know, but still, it's the industry standard). And does this require a laptop? Or could the same exact thing be accomplished in a class called Introduction to Computer Applications?
In Clovis, these questions were not even considered. Instead, a massive contract was signed with IBM, which also, by the way, forced all the graphics people (newspapers, yearbooks, etc.) to throw away their Macs and start using PCs. Some people right now are not too happy.
I urge everyone to consider the issues carefully, and if you believe big spending on technology to be wasteful, speak out! The "Information Superhighway," as the politicians like to call it, is what's hip right now, and mark my words, if your area hasn't already jumped on the bandwagon, they soon will.
Don't let the cart go before the horse.
Ryan Kirk
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Andy Grove is gone, is he not? Perhaps that's part of the perceived "rabbit in the headlights"...
well, he is a journalist... that means he's always trying to find a scoop or some type of angle. he wants to have something fresh to say, that no one else has said before, so he comes up with this stuff... guess he doesn't realize that no one else is saying this stuff NOT because they're not as quick-thinking as him, but because it's just plain stupid... HELLO JON! CAN YOU HEAR THIS? PLEASE stop making us read this stuff... you know w're addicted to slashdot and are still going to write about anything! so just please stop...
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Um, none of these quotes violate the definitions of hate speech, at least according to Peacefire: http://www.peacefire.org/BaitAndSwitch/definitions .html , which is usually defined as "promoting or inciting degredation, prejudice, or discrimination" These sites are most certainly pro-family, or anti-gay, however you look at it, but they don't promote discrimination. One wonders why the censorware companies blocked them -- perhaps because sites such as geocities and tripod probably have so much "objectionable" material, that they don't even bother to look at them?
Ryan
wrong. the text of a book is copyrightable. the plot is not. To quote Judge Patti B. Saris: "Mental processes, and abstract intellectual concepts are not copyrightable, as they are the basic tools of scientific and technological work."
Java!!! Java is freakin' great! It's a clean language and allows you to play around with graphics and multimedia stuff right from the start. Teaching them how to do cool stuff they can put on a web page and show their friends is a good point, too. I cut my teeth on C++, then my University (Cal Poly) recently switched over to Java and I'm retaking the courses just because Java's so much freakin' fun. Everybody's talking about Java these days, and you can do some pretty cool things with it. Definitely consider it.
Ryan
you can't copyright a wheel, dork.
What are you talking about. I'm not talking about copyrighting ideas. They're not copyrightable. I was discussing things that are copyrightable!!
I don't think you guys understand. I made something. I invented it. I can do with it whatever I want to, and can direct my descendants to do with it whatever they want to. It is not something that I happened to "find", and am licensing it for my own use for a certain amount of time. Therefore it is not the public's right to say, "okay, you've had it long enough, give it to us, we want it for free now."
Copyrights 10 years? I write a book, and after ten years, you take it from me and say, "oh it's not yours anymore, it's in the public domain. Give it to me."
Have you any idea what you're saying?
the gpl requires that you also post the binaries and source on an http or ftp server.
Or, could it still be that the reason I still don't use Linux (it just sits there uselessly on /dev/hdc) is because it still sucks? Hmm, let me think...
- My S3-based card is still unsupported.
- Printing sucks.
- Where are the programs??!
People say, "Linux is coming along." Its UI is still not as good as Windows. Why bother to use the product that is "coming along" when you can use the exact one it's trying to copy?
The day Macromedia and Adobe port their products to Linux, is the day I'll switch too. But I'm not going to use an OS that is essentially still in beta testing!!!
You do have one valid point though... why anyone would still use IE is beyond me...
Ryan
You have stated that you are currently looking into methods of online distribution; you have also stated that you feel that you, as a respected band, must get up and take a stand for your rights. Instead of trying to delay the inevitable, then, and at the same time leaving yourself open to getting hurt by the above scenario, why not act as a leader right now and begin the revolution -- from the inside -- to the paid online music distribution model? If anyone is in a position to do this, it's Metallica. If Metallica can prove that paid online distribution can work with its fan base, then it will have shown that it can work with anyone's. It would entail taking a risk, yes; but sticking with the record-company model doesn't seem exactly safe either.
Has Metallica considered the future from this perspective and the possible courses of action, and if so, what are your plans in this regard?
Even more disturbing, however, is the fact that when somebody else pointed this fact out, as an anonymous reply to the first post, he got moderated down to -1, Flamebait, which is more proof that moderators are not reading the guideliens.
Now look, I'm not complaining about the first post -- I thought it was funny myself. The point I'm trying to make here is that people are not reading the moderator guidelines ! I invite everyone -- whether you currently have moderator access or not -- to click on the above link right now. And make Slashdot a little better for everybody.
If the above poster fails to pay me US$1,000,000 by the end of Saturday, April 29, 2000, I will interpret this act of nonpayment to mean that he fully intends to dance on Hollywood Boulevard wearing a tutu while chanting, "I want to be a fireman! I want to be a fireman!"
Perhaps you should "implore" them through a legimimate channel...
Hmm, does that mean that since playing copyrighted music on crappy speakers heavily modifies the original sound, are you breaking copyright law???!!!
Intel's web site is at www.intel.com
Late.
Ryan Kirk
And in all fairness, what can you do with them? Not much. You can hook it up to some equipment in your physics lab, and do a little modeling on it for your math class, and that's about it. In Clovis's case, they never asked themselves the question, "What will be the point of having every kid have a laptop? What will they gain from this?"
Everyone is so eager to jump on the technology bandwagon, yet often we haven't stopped to think about what we will be able to do with a laptop. Every industry uses its own proprietary software (often a UNIX-based database). High Schools cannot possibly aspire to teach kids how to use every software package they will ever need to know. At best, they will be able to teach the kids the ins and outs of Microsoft Office (I know, I know, but still, it's the industry standard). And does this require a laptop? Or could the same exact thing be accomplished in a class called Introduction to Computer Applications?
In Clovis, these questions were not even considered. Instead, a massive contract was signed with IBM, which also, by the way, forced all the graphics people (newspapers, yearbooks, etc.) to throw away their Macs and start using PCs. Some people right now are not too happy.
I urge everyone to consider the issues carefully, and if you believe big spending on technology to be wasteful, speak out! The "Information Superhighway," as the politicians like to call it, is what's hip right now, and mark my words, if your area hasn't already jumped on the bandwagon, they soon will.
Don't let the cart go before the horse.
Ryan Kirk
-Ryan
well, he is a journalist... that means he's always trying to find a scoop or some type of angle. he wants to have something fresh to say, that no one else has said before, so he comes up with this stuff... guess he doesn't realize that no one else is saying this stuff NOT because they're not as quick-thinking as him, but because it's just plain stupid... HELLO JON! CAN YOU HEAR THIS? PLEASE stop making us read this stuff... you know w're addicted to slashdot and are still going to write about anything! so just please stop...