If I read the response right, it's not that Dan Heller has anything new to bring to the discussion, but that many folks might listen to him because he's an "artist" rather than a (by definition boring) lawyer (who also produces work for a living and uses CC licenses extensively). Since Lessig has generally covered these issues before, Dan Heller doesn't bring any new information to the table; rather, he tries to provide a wake up call to the folks who aren't interested in paying attention to what they're doing.
That said, I don't expect that the folks who aren't interested in reading a lawyer's site that provides information about the license he created will be any more likely to read a photographer's site about the license he understands moderately well.
I suspect that those who are inclined to treat the CC license as a click-through will continue to do so, regardless of who is trying to educate them about the consequences.
The bottom line is that I would not want ANYONE to get legal advice from a photographer/"artist" instead of a lawyer with expertise in the area of interest.
As far as I can tell, DHINAL (Dan Heller is not a lawyer). Why would I worry about his opinions, rather than the well informed opinion of Lawrence Lessig, the law professor who actually founded the Creative Commons, and uses the licenses extensively?
Fiber is coming. Actually, in my hometown, it's here -- 100 mbits to the home. Just did the math, and that means at most an hour and a half to download 50 gigs of data -- assuming it's a full Blu-Ray disc (most BR movies are only 25 gigs). Unless you live right next to NetFlix, or you're getting some 10 or 15 discs per day, that pretty much has you beat.
Hmmmm..... A residentail fiber offering, giving 100Mbps in the US? I think not. I don't know where you're getting that 100mbps number; the fastest I've seen mentioned (yet to be built, as far as I can tell) is supposed to be about 25mbps.
You say IT jobs should be treated as a "Skilled Trade" like plumbers, welders, electricians, etc... However, you only want Universities/Colleges to be allowed to teach this trade? Are you pushing for a University provided vocational program? Kind of like the B.A. in Plumbing the University of California system offers?
Actually, you touch on a really interesting subject. The US used to have a strong system of vocational education, which provided skilled labor for a number of industries' needs. Today, however, the vocational education system is increasingly abandoned, denigrated, and "replaced" by low-quality (low value) and inappropriate college education. As a result, vocational education is less focused and far more expensive than it needs to be.
Of course, universities love this trend, as it brings them money (at the expense of the traditional vocational schools and programs).
And no, I'm not going to support these opinions and assertions with any real data or references; this is Slashdot! (Actually, I'm not sure the best place to find statistics about this subject.)
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Mister Anonymous Coward, this is the most insightful, informative, and funny response that I can recall reading on Slashdot. I salute you. Unfortunately, I have no mod points, so it ends there.
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I don't know any "responsible parent" that would let their child go under the supervision of another adult without first speaking with said adult and sorting out things like not allowing them access to violent or pornographic media.
I expect that most people, if they thought that the other adult in question would NEED to be advised to keep the child away from violent or pornographic media, just wouldn't allow their children to visit. That is not where I see the potential problem.
The issue is where the adults in question don't supervise their children especially closely, and generally assume they are keeping out of trouble as long as they are not making too much noise. Add a teenager into the mix, and the likelihood that the children are properly supervised has potential to decline without any obvious negligent behaviour by the adults in question.
Essentially, someone who believes responsible parenting is easy/simple is not well informed; it requires a LOT of work and personal involvement.
Should make sure they don't play the particular games they are worried about. It beats the alternatives I can come up with.
True enough. However....
The problem I forsee is that while parents might be able to ensure their kids only play appropriate games at home, it is very difficult to do the same at the homes of their children's friends, where a different set of parents (or older siblings) are the responsible parties. It is entirely possible that a 15 year old kid, or some well-meaning, but "hands-off" parents wouldn't think to prevent a 6 year old neighbor from playing any game in their video game library.
In other words, being a responsible parent is harder than some people think.
Technology is changing the game so fast that monitoring a 30% rule seems mute because it's tough to measure now
If I may pick a nit (as an anonymous poster has done)....
Perhaps it is mute because it doesn't make noise. On the other hand, it may be moot because, as you say, it's tough to measure now.
In any case, you are quite right that it will be interesting to see the effect of IPTV as it develops, though it's not likely to threaten the markets controlled by fear of the Death Star (which appears, in its domain, to offer far lesser service for a far greater price than Verizon does in its areas).
[My game platform of choice] totally r00lz, and is going to pwn the game market this year! On the other hand, [your preferred game platform] is ugly, hard to use, buggy, and will soon be remembered as the game platform nobody can remember!
What we have here is a pissing contest between people who are deeply impressed with how "smart" they are. Can you do math quickly? Probably. Do you have an extraordinary memory? Almost certainly. Are you great a puzzles? Indubitably.....
So, when these two geniuses disagree, the argument is "I'm pretty sure I'm much, MUCH smarter than you are", followed by "I'm pretty sure you're not".
That is pathetic.
That is also a great demonstration that someone who is extraordinarily "smart" isn't necessarily wise or admirable.
This post reiterates the essence of the original post and my response:
1) Posts in this article supporting HD-DVD and decrying Blu-Ray don't appear to get modded down. 2) Posts in this article supporting Blu-Ray and decrying HD-DVD seem to get modded down unfairly. 3) For some reason, supporters of Microsoft's XBox 360 and the HD-DVD format seem to be particularly emotionally attached to their positions, as shown in many of the posts in this thread. 4) I know of no advantage to the consumer of HD-DVD over Blu-Ray, other than the lack of region coding in HD-DVD. 5) Microsoft does support HD-DVD, and it is not unreasonable to expect Microsoft to engage in the kind of "competitive" approaches against Blu-Ray that they have used against other competitors or competing technologies, possibly including the kind of approaches that led them to be found guilty of abusing their monopoly position in the US and Europe.
The parent (quoted following) was modded "Troll"?!?
BluRay should win. It has more space to store data. Of course when you take into account Microsoft and their underhanded acts and all the marketing hype then HD-DVD might win. It will be a sad day though because the technically better format should win.
From looking at the posts in this artical, I conclude that, as long as the post is Sony-bashing, it's okay or modded up, but if it's HD-DVD/Microsoft bashing it's a "Troll"?
Seriously, what does this reflect? Does this reflect the number of Microsoft or Toshiba employees on Slashdot? Or does this reflect the number of people who are emotionally attached to their belief that the Xbox360 is superiour to the PS3?
The first point in the parent is founded on this perspective: I have never heard a coherent technical argument that HD-DVD is superiour to Blu-Ray. The only advantage I know of (a significant one for many people, perhaps) is that HD-DVD does not have region coding. Otherwise, HD-DVD, from a consumer perspective, has zero advantages over Blue-Ray to the best of my knowledge.
The second point in the parent post is this: Microsoft is known for unethical and illegal business practices. The illegal ones are among those which caused it to lose its antitrust cases in the US and Europe. Personally, I have no knowledge of any bad behaviour by Microsoft in regard to HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray, but speculation along those lines is not unprecedented and certainly understandable considering that Microsoft does have a vested interest in HD-DVD's success because it provides development tools for HD-DVD, not Blu-Ray. The suggestion that Microsoft, in order to protect this business, is engaging in business practices which have previously landed it in legal trouble is not trolling. It may be unfounded speculation, but it is certainly understandable.
And I think that will be for those who have HD DVD players already and kids when shrek 3 comes out it will help HD DVD.
Hmmm... I think the tipping point will be when the movies kids and their parents actually enjoy (Disney/Pixar, anyone?) come out on HD-DVD. For now, the future is still uncertain.
Informative, but condescending to the point of insult. However, I have no mod points, so I can't mod either way. Instead, I will make a few comments:
Trivialising the technical underpinnings of Time Machine is unwise...
Hmmm... unwise? Perhaps uninformed, but surely not unwise, unless...
...and plays right into the hands of those who say Apple is all about show and lacks substance.
Plays right into their hands, eh? Well, then those people would have had their way with him, wouldn't they, had not some heroic Slashdotter stepped in to prevent that disaster by informing the poor ignoramus. It appears that we can consider this crisis averted.
Sometimes its fun to write an entire column based on an incredibly unlikely and impractical idea....
You nailed it. Clearly, we have here somebody who read and followed the instructions outlined yesterday in How to Be a Tech Blowhard by Michael Kanellos.
I don't know why it would tick off PS3 owners (or Xbox 360 owners, for that matter)....
1. If your point of view is that "next generation console" means "console that introduces a new model for interacting with the system", then it is generally true that the Wii is the true next generation system (though the PS3 does cautiously dip its toe in that water).
2. On the other hand, if "next generation console" means "console that provides the core functions of a next generation TV-based entertainment environment," then the Wii misses the boat and the PS3 (and perhaps the Xbox 360) is the true next gen console.
3. Now, if one asserts that what makes a console "next generation" is that it taps a new or expanded audience of users, then it is not the console that is "next generation" at all. In this case, one might understandably describe the audience as "next generation gamers".
In summary, having a new or expanded class of users means there is a "next generation" audience. Having a new or expanded class of functions means there is a "next generation" device.
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Thank you, that is a fair answer.
If I read the response right, it's not that Dan Heller has anything new to bring to the discussion, but that many folks might listen to him because he's an "artist" rather than a (by definition boring) lawyer (who also produces work for a living and uses CC licenses extensively). Since Lessig has generally covered these issues before, Dan Heller doesn't bring any new information to the table; rather, he tries to provide a wake up call to the folks who aren't interested in paying attention to what they're doing.
That said, I don't expect that the folks who aren't interested in reading a lawyer's site that provides information about the license he created will be any more likely to read a photographer's site about the license he understands moderately well.
I suspect that those who are inclined to treat the CC license as a click-through will continue to do so, regardless of who is trying to educate them about the consequences.
The bottom line is that I would not want ANYONE to get legal advice from a photographer/"artist" instead of a lawyer with expertise in the area of interest.
As far as I can tell, DHINAL (Dan Heller is not a lawyer). Why would I worry about his opinions, rather than the well informed opinion of Lawrence Lessig, the law professor who actually founded the Creative Commons, and uses the licenses extensively?
I'll believe it when Paramount announces it, not the Financial Times...
In my experience with large corporations, the strongest predictor of accuracy for a given rumor is an official denial. In any case, time will tell.
Fiber is coming. Actually, in my hometown, it's here -- 100 mbits to the home. Just did the math, and that means at most an hour and a half to download 50 gigs of data -- assuming it's a full Blu-Ray disc (most BR movies are only 25 gigs). Unless you live right next to NetFlix, or you're getting some 10 or 15 discs per day, that pretty much has you beat.
Hmmmm..... A residentail fiber offering, giving 100Mbps in the US? I think not. I don't know where you're getting that 100mbps number; the fastest I've seen mentioned (yet to be built, as far as I can tell) is supposed to be about 25mbps.
You say IT jobs should be treated as a "Skilled Trade" like plumbers, welders, electricians, etc... However, you only want Universities/Colleges to be allowed to teach this trade? Are you pushing for a University provided vocational program? Kind of like the B.A. in Plumbing the University of California system offers?
Actually, you touch on a really interesting subject. The US used to have a strong system of vocational education, which provided skilled labor for a number of industries' needs. Today, however, the vocational education system is increasingly abandoned, denigrated, and "replaced" by low-quality (low value) and inappropriate college education. As a result, vocational education is less focused and far more expensive than it needs to be.
Of course, universities love this trend, as it brings them money (at the expense of the traditional vocational schools and programs).
And no, I'm not going to support these opinions and assertions with any real data or references; this is Slashdot! (Actually, I'm not sure the best place to find statistics about this subject.)
I choose you, Pikachu!
Mister Anonymous Coward, this is the most insightful, informative, and funny response that I can recall reading on Slashdot. I salute you. Unfortunately, I have no mod points, so it ends there.
You're not alone. For those who dig eclipse, there do appear to be efforts related to this, such as eclim, vimplugin, and viPlugin.
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I think Roy Spire would suggest this caution is justified.
I don't know any "responsible parent" that would let their child go under the supervision of another adult without first speaking with said adult and sorting out things like not allowing them access to violent or pornographic media.
I expect that most people, if they thought that the other adult in question would NEED to be advised to keep the child away from violent or pornographic media, just wouldn't allow their children to visit. That is not where I see the potential problem.
The issue is where the adults in question don't supervise their children especially closely, and generally assume they are keeping out of trouble as long as they are not making too much noise. Add a teenager into the mix, and the likelihood that the children are properly supervised has potential to decline without any obvious negligent behaviour by the adults in question.
Essentially, someone who believes responsible parenting is easy/simple is not well informed; it requires a LOT of work and personal involvement.
Should make sure they don't play the particular games they are worried about. It beats the alternatives I can come up with.
True enough. However....
The problem I forsee is that while parents might be able to ensure their kids only play appropriate games at home, it is very difficult to do the same at the homes of their children's friends, where a different set of parents (or older siblings) are the responsible parties. It is entirely possible that a 15 year old kid, or some well-meaning, but "hands-off" parents wouldn't think to prevent a 6 year old neighbor from playing any game in their video game library.
In other words, being a responsible parent is harder than some people think.
Technology is changing the game so fast that monitoring a 30% rule seems mute because it's tough to measure now
If I may pick a nit (as an anonymous poster has done)....
Perhaps it is mute because it doesn't make noise. On the other hand, it may be moot because, as you say, it's tough to measure now.
In any case, you are quite right that it will be interesting to see the effect of IPTV as it develops, though it's not likely to threaten the markets controlled by fear of the Death Star (which appears, in its domain, to offer far lesser service for a far greater price than Verizon does in its areas).
Or maybe we can just use slashdot as a pulpit for more crackpot garbage instead of any real debate?
Yeah, sounds like fun; Lets choose this one! (Besides, after 10 years, it's tradition.)
they just saved money by switching to geico?
No.... and while they may not be marketing geniuses either they did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
tell me when "the right to privacy" became a right to injure others anonymously - safe from any consequences.
When it was discussed on Slashdot, of course. Silly.
Let me be the first to say:
[My game platform of choice] totally r00lz, and is going to pwn the game market this year! On the other hand, [your preferred game platform] is ugly, hard to use, buggy, and will soon be remembered as the game platform nobody can remember!
LittleBig Gears of Mariohunt 3 kicks A$$!
What we have here is a pissing contest between people who are deeply impressed with how "smart" they are. Can you do math quickly? Probably. Do you have an extraordinary memory? Almost certainly. Are you great a puzzles? Indubitably.....
So, when these two geniuses disagree, the argument is "I'm pretty sure I'm much, MUCH smarter than you are", followed by "I'm pretty sure you're not".
That is pathetic.
That is also a great demonstration that someone who is extraordinarily "smart" isn't necessarily wise or admirable.
Actually, I believe Sony produces quite a few pictures, as well. Game over will be when Sony starts producing HD-DVD content.
Strange moderation of this thread....
This post reiterates the essence of the original post and my response:
1) Posts in this article supporting HD-DVD and decrying Blu-Ray don't appear to get modded down.
2) Posts in this article supporting Blu-Ray and decrying HD-DVD seem to get modded down unfairly.
3) For some reason, supporters of Microsoft's XBox 360 and the HD-DVD format seem to be particularly emotionally attached to their positions, as shown in many of the posts in this thread.
4) I know of no advantage to the consumer of HD-DVD over Blu-Ray, other than the lack of region coding in HD-DVD.
5) Microsoft does support HD-DVD, and it is not unreasonable to expect Microsoft to engage in the kind of "competitive" approaches against Blu-Ray that they have used against other competitors or competing technologies, possibly including the kind of approaches that led them to be found guilty of abusing their monopoly position in the US and Europe.
The parent (quoted following) was modded "Troll"?!?
BluRay should win. It has more space to store data. Of course when you take into account Microsoft and their underhanded acts and all the marketing hype then HD-DVD might win. It will be a sad day though because the technically better format should win.
From looking at the posts in this artical, I conclude that, as long as the post is Sony-bashing, it's okay or modded up, but if it's HD-DVD/Microsoft bashing it's a "Troll"?
Seriously, what does this reflect? Does this reflect the number of Microsoft or Toshiba employees on Slashdot? Or does this reflect the number of people who are emotionally attached to their belief that the Xbox360 is superiour to the PS3?
The first point in the parent is founded on this perspective: I have never heard a coherent technical argument that HD-DVD is superiour to Blu-Ray. The only advantage I know of (a significant one for many people, perhaps) is that HD-DVD does not have region coding. Otherwise, HD-DVD, from a consumer perspective, has zero advantages over Blue-Ray to the best of my knowledge.
The second point in the parent post is this: Microsoft is known for unethical and illegal business practices. The illegal ones are among those which caused it to lose its antitrust cases in the US and Europe. Personally, I have no knowledge of any bad behaviour by Microsoft in regard to HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray, but speculation along those lines is not unprecedented and certainly understandable considering that Microsoft does have a vested interest in HD-DVD's success because it provides development tools for HD-DVD, not Blu-Ray. The suggestion that Microsoft, in order to protect this business, is engaging in business practices which have previously landed it in legal trouble is not trolling. It may be unfounded speculation, but it is certainly understandable.
And I think that will be for those who have HD DVD players already and kids when shrek 3 comes out it will help HD DVD.
Hmmm... I think the tipping point will be when the movies kids and their parents actually enjoy (Disney/Pixar, anyone?) come out on HD-DVD. For now, the future is still uncertain.
The links are helpful and informative, thank you.
Sometimes its fun to write an entire column based on an incredibly unlikely and impractical idea....
You nailed it. Clearly, we have here somebody who read and followed the instructions outlined yesterday in How to Be a Tech Blowhard by Michael Kanellos.
I don't know why it would tick off PS3 owners (or Xbox 360 owners, for that matter)....
1. If your point of view is that "next generation console" means "console that introduces a new model for interacting with the system", then it is generally true that the Wii is the true next generation system (though the PS3 does cautiously dip its toe in that water).
2. On the other hand, if "next generation console" means "console that provides the core functions of a next generation TV-based entertainment environment," then the Wii misses the boat and the PS3 (and perhaps the Xbox 360) is the true next gen console.
3. Now, if one asserts that what makes a console "next generation" is that it taps a new or expanded audience of users, then it is not the console that is "next generation" at all. In this case, one might understandably describe the audience as "next generation gamers".
In summary, having a new or expanded class of users means there is a "next generation" audience. Having a new or expanded class of functions means there is a "next generation" device.
A list of companies NOT named might be interesting, too. Among them are:
Apple
Samsung
Micron/Lexar
Sony
Each of these seems to be a major player in these markets....
What deals (if any) do these guys have with SanDisk so they aren't getting sued?
Hmmm.... The Scientific Method may be more accurately summarized as follows:
1. Observe
2. Develop Hypothesis
3. Make predictions based on hypothesis
4. Test predictions by experimentation
Remember: a Hypothesis is not the same as Theory