Why are we boycotting RIAA? Because they are trying to stop greedy corporate interest from pirating their work?
Don't get me wrong, I like MP3s and I have downloaded quite a bit, but that isn't the issue. I don't profit, nor do I attempt to profit (in monetary terms, anyway) from my pirating of music.
Napster does profit (or attempts to) from pirating. Doesn't anyone here find that in the least bit odious? Napster has taken what used to be a minor annoyance to the recording industry and turned it into what will become a supreme-court decision. Why? For your money.
Online Privacy. Now that's an oxymoron if ever one existed. Speaking as an American citizen, I am pretty sure that, when it comes to the individual's rights online, the United States is one of the more totalitarian regimes on the market today.
I am of the opinion that individual rights will be placed further and further below the concerns of corporate and government concerns. Privacy online will be completely eliminated in the name of national security or (worse yet) capitalism.
Is that really a bad thing (Well, it probably is, but let's assume for now that it isn't...)?
What if marketers and spies openly kept track of ever online move we made? Am I going to stop surfing for porn, cracks, and political muckraking? Naw -- I know they are surreptitiously keeping track of me now, and I still go to the good websites... Maybe once everyone knows and accepts that tabs are being kept on them they will just lose their inhibitions, drop the façade, and loosen up.
Hmmm.... is it possible that de Icaza is saying that we (that is, the open software community) talk a lot about how good things are, but we don't really deliver the goods. And maybe, just possibly, he is trying to "encourage" the open software developers to do something worthwhile with their skills...
Naw, nobody who is an "open admirer of how Microsoft does software development" could possibly understand the nuiances of reverse psychology. I guess we really do suck...
What would you rather? That noone question your (ie: slashdot's integrity)? That would be a rather weak iron fist, wouldn't it? FascDot may have been shooting without aiming, but at least his/her questions got to the answer. But maybe we should only seek the truth when we know the right questions to ask...
Dr Underwood [Head of SST] added: "I think its true to say that Snap is the most sophisticated nanosatellite built. The Americans launched a few a month ago but Snap is more advanced than them."
Damn snooty, highbrow Brits... Think that just because they know how to use the metric system correctly that they are better than NASA... hehehe...
Admittedly, I was thinking of the more commercial phase of the 'net (say, the last 10 years or so) when I implied that the internet has had more of an impact than radio (or tv or the telephone).
Still, if we look at what radio did in its first 31 years (1898 to 1929) and what the internet has done it that time-span, I would still contend that the internet is more important in its impact.
I wonder how long the other advancements took to really make an impact on our society. The sheer size/speed of distribution of the internet has far surpassed the size/speed of distribution of radio, tv, and telephones.
How often do we see the older generations (ie: 'boomers and older) belittle new technology so that they can make their own nostalgic waxing over the "good 'ol days" more poignant.
Make no mistake. This is a revolution. Just because the old folks can't understand it doesn't make it any less of a fundamental paradigm shift.
Maybe I'm cynical (paranoid?), but how do we know that this site wasn't set up (or monitored) by someone wanting a free think-tank that might produce a market-viable idea?
Does this mean that the media's portrayal of reedy, pale, disturbed youth hacking your computer will fade away in favor of reedy, pale, disturbed youth hacking your genome? Or will these new hackers be strong and tan (being that they will be masters of genetic manipulation). That would be ironic, wouldn't it... alienated because you look like a jock...
All this new technology.. This "MIT" sounds like a really great company. If their stock isn't too expensive, I'm gonna get a couple thousand shares tomorrow...
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Don't get me wrong, I like MP3s and I have downloaded quite a bit, but that isn't the issue. I don't profit, nor do I attempt to profit (in monetary terms, anyway) from my pirating of music.
Napster does profit (or attempts to) from pirating. Doesn't anyone here find that in the least bit odious? Napster has taken what used to be a minor annoyance to the recording industry and turned it into what will become a supreme-court decision. Why? For your money.
I hope RIAA reams the bastards.
Or Biorythms... Then I could test the moderator water before attempting jokes
Online Privacy. Now that's an oxymoron if ever one existed. Speaking as an American citizen, I am pretty sure that, when it comes to the individual's rights online, the United States is one of the more totalitarian regimes on the market today.
I am of the opinion that individual rights will be placed further and further below the concerns of corporate and government concerns. Privacy online will be completely eliminated in the name of national security or (worse yet) capitalism.
Is that really a bad thing (Well, it probably is, but let's assume for now that it isn't...)?
What if marketers and spies openly kept track of ever online move we made? Am I going to stop surfing for porn, cracks, and political muckraking? Naw -- I know they are surreptitiously keeping track of me now, and I still go to the good websites... Maybe once everyone knows and accepts that tabs are being kept on them they will just lose their inhibitions, drop the façade, and loosen up.
I hope so, anyway.
Hmmm.... is it possible that de Icaza is saying that we (that is, the open software community) talk a lot about how good things are, but we don't really deliver the goods. And maybe, just possibly, he is trying to "encourage" the open software developers to do something worthwhile with their skills...
Naw, nobody who is an "open admirer of how Microsoft does software development" could possibly understand the nuiances of reverse psychology. I guess we really do suck...
It may be noble, but it certainly leaves him open to accusations of making up his stories and sources, doesn't it?
What would you rather? That noone question your (ie: slashdot's integrity)? That would be a rather weak iron fist, wouldn't it? FascDot may have been shooting without aiming, but at least his/her questions got to the answer. But maybe we should only seek the truth when we know the right questions to ask...
Damn snooty, highbrow Brits... Think that just because they know how to use the metric system correctly that they are better than NASA... hehehe...
Still, if we look at what radio did in its first 31 years (1898 to 1929) and what the internet has done it that time-span, I would still contend that the internet is more important in its impact.
How often do we see the older generations (ie: 'boomers and older) belittle new technology so that they can make their own nostalgic waxing over the "good 'ol days" more poignant.
Make no mistake. This is a revolution. Just because the old folks can't understand it doesn't make it any less of a fundamental paradigm shift.
Maybe I'm cynical (paranoid?), but how do we know that this site wasn't set up (or monitored) by someone wanting a free think-tank that might produce a market-viable idea?
Does this mean that the media's portrayal of reedy, pale, disturbed youth hacking your computer will fade away in favor of reedy, pale, disturbed youth hacking your genome? Or will these new hackers be strong and tan (being that they will be masters of genetic manipulation). That would be ironic, wouldn't it... alienated because you look like a jock...
Any indication why they aren't trying realtime? Does the distributor know they can't do it, or are they just worried they might screw up?
It's Ironic - the free software movement seems to be bogging down in the same litigious contortions of the commercial boys.
All this new technology.. This "MIT" sounds like a really great company. If their stock isn't too expensive, I'm gonna get a couple thousand shares tomorrow...