I've glanced through the comments so far, and they fit the/. norm. A lot of clueless fucks going "yeah! it's shut down!" and a lot of clueless fucks going "this is so wrong!"
Personally, I believe that there is no *right* to make money from an idea, concept, program, series of sounds, etc. And, frankly, the law of the land backs me up. (Go re-read the constitution, idiots.) I've had a number of pious developers try call me on this opinion over the years, but here's the thing: THEY DIDN'T OWN ANYTHING THEY'D EVER WRITTEN PROFESSIONALLY. You make money off of support and maintenance. Period. I get satisfaction from the fact that a very limited number of people can do what I do. I derive continuing income from that same fact. Go ahead. Write the "killer app." The only thing that can support it is a corporation, and that will make it's money from the ongoing fees. Collect your pay and buy a boat, house, Ferrari, whatever. Good for you. If you think you have the right to continue collect in perpituity, you're dreaming.
Bottom line: I can hold a piece of physical property against all comers for a long time. Add my kin into the equation, and we can hold it indefinitely. An idea I cannot hold.
20% of my mp3s, I have legitimate fair use of. 50% are out of publication, and I couldn't go buy the media if tried. 10-15% are whim material, and will probably be deleted in a week or two, unless they end up in the last category: Music that I will buy.
Not suprising. I had some issues with Gateway a few years ago while I was working for a startup that didn't quite quite make it (not Gateway's fault). Between the workstations that got delayed for n weeks, and the servers that shipped with cracked leads (which showed up under heavy use as memory errors), I have written Gateway off my personal and professional vendor list.
The price breaks were nice, but not at the expense of down time.
This isn't much of a suprise. Bleeding edge technology has a tenendency to break. Why do you think that all those mainstream IT managers wait 6 to 12 monthes to initiate blue sky projects?
My 700 Athlon is working just fine, thank you. If I need extra cycles at this point, I'll get a dual (quad) proc board. As far as I'm concerned, this post should have been a/. mini-bit, but I guess it's slow today.
DSL is not guaranteed bandwidth. The link between the CO and the ISP is shared, and can as easily oversubscribed as the link between a cable modem (hate that term) and the cable head end.
I absolutely love the paranoia level here. No sarcasm, it's a good thing. I do, however, wish people would do a little thinking/research before demonstrating their ignorance on the subject at hand.
Biometrics as an authentication scheme has been in the literature as far back as the the 50s. The US Department of Defense has spent very large $DOLLARAMMOUNTS on the subject. Recently, thanks to Moore's Law, the processor power to actually implement some of these ideas have become generally availble. Additionally, it has long been recognized that a single token is insufficient for access authentication. Bought groceries on your debit card recently? You need the physical access to the card (finger, eye?) plus a Personal Identification Number (PIN). Two tokens. We may get to the point that three tokens are necessary, but I'd be suprised to see it in my lifetime.
From Sony I want two things: 1) A white paper dealing with exactly how what they are selling works, for peer review purposes. (Sony is all about selling a better solution, so explaining the base method should have zero impact. Speed counts.)
2) The asurrance that Sony and the entities that it sells its solution to will not violate the privacy of the individuals who end up using the technology proposed.
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I will be calling my representative and senators tomorrow. Whatever side you take, I suggest you do the same.
Regards,
prong
OK. Fine.
/. norm. A lot of clueless fucks going "yeah! it's shut down!" and a lot of clueless fucks going "this is so wrong!"
I've glanced through the comments so far, and they fit the
Personally, I believe that there is no *right* to make money from an idea, concept, program, series of sounds, etc. And, frankly, the law of the land backs me up. (Go re-read the constitution, idiots.) I've had a number of pious developers try call me on this opinion over the years, but here's the thing: THEY DIDN'T OWN ANYTHING THEY'D EVER WRITTEN PROFESSIONALLY. You make money off of support and maintenance. Period. I get satisfaction from the fact that a very limited number of people can do what I do. I derive continuing income from that same fact. Go ahead. Write the "killer app." The only thing that can support it is a corporation, and that will make it's money from the ongoing fees. Collect your pay and buy a boat, house, Ferrari, whatever. Good for you. If you think you have the right to continue collect in perpituity, you're dreaming.
Bottom line: I can hold a piece of physical property against all comers for a long time. Add my kin into the equation, and we can hold it indefinitely. An idea I cannot hold.
20% of my mp3s, I have legitimate fair use of. 50% are out of publication, and I couldn't go buy the media if tried. 10-15% are whim material, and will probably be deleted in a week or two, unless they end up in the last category: Music that I will buy.
RIAA needs to look at the math.
Regards,
prong
Not suprising. I had some issues with Gateway a few years ago while I was working for a startup that didn't quite quite make it (not Gateway's fault). Between the workstations that got delayed for n weeks, and the servers that shipped with cracked leads (which showed up under heavy use as memory errors), I have written Gateway off my personal and professional vendor list.
The price breaks were nice, but not at the expense of down time.
-sigh-
/. mini-bit, but I guess it's slow today.
This isn't much of a suprise. Bleeding edge technology has a tenendency to break. Why do you think that all those mainstream IT managers wait 6 to 12 monthes to initiate blue sky projects?
My 700 Athlon is working just fine, thank you. If I need extra cycles at this point, I'll get a dual (quad) proc board. As far as I'm concerned, this post should have been a
Regards
DSL is not guaranteed bandwidth. The link between the CO and the ISP is shared, and can as easily oversubscribed as the link between a cable modem (hate that term) and the cable head end.
I absolutely love the paranoia level here. No sarcasm, it's a good thing. I do, however, wish people would do a little thinking/research before demonstrating their ignorance on the subject at hand.
Biometrics as an authentication scheme has been in the literature as far back as the the 50s. The US Department of Defense has spent very large $DOLLARAMMOUNTS on the subject. Recently, thanks to Moore's Law, the processor power to actually implement some of these ideas have become generally availble. Additionally, it has long been recognized that a single token is insufficient for access authentication. Bought groceries on your debit card recently? You need the physical access to the card (finger, eye?) plus a Personal Identification Number (PIN). Two tokens. We may get to the point that three tokens are necessary, but I'd be suprised to see it in my lifetime.
From Sony I want two things: 1) A white paper dealing with exactly how what they are selling works, for peer review purposes. (Sony is all about selling a better solution, so explaining the base method should have zero impact. Speed counts.)
2) The asurrance that Sony and the entities that it sells its solution to will not violate the privacy of the individuals who end up using the technology proposed.
Oh well. New sound card. Life is good.