I dl'ed it, read it, liked it, and would gladly have paid a dollar if needed. However, filling out an online order form is kind of a hassle if not required. Seeing as how my buck isn't really going to make a difference as to whether or not I get to read the conclusion, I didn't pay. For the same reason most people don't vote. To be honest with you, I feel a lot worse about not voting than I do about jipping King out of a buck. This first experiment may work, but I don't think that is a good indication of this as a viable means of distribution, even for the most famous of authors. Can you say, "Declining voter turn-out."
Well said. I've found the likes of Napster usefull only for finding the obscure stuff that no one I know has. I doubt someone would want to waste their time altering the contents of every song in existence. What I find more annoying is the hacked clients on gnutella (and the bloody thing isn't really even open source yet) that will return something (most likely an add/promotion for the particular user's interest) to any and every search.
There is really no denying this fact. Given that its aim has been complete prohibition, is it any wonder? We tried this sort of thing once before in this country, only then people still had the balls to eventually bite the bullet and just chalk it up as a loss.
People will make, distribute, and consume all manner and sorts of drugs. The WoD has only served to make this fact more obvious. The problems any person or society experience because of drugs is not simply the result of use, but that of abuse. Crossing the line that divides these two states is completely up to the individual user. An abundance of available, reliable, and truthful information is the only way to make sure that people understand the implications of whatever it is they choose to do.
We're bombarded by public service propaganda encouraging us to talk to our children about drugs. Seeing as how I'm no chemist and there are more drugs out there that I haven't done than those that I have, what am I suppose to tell them, "Just say No"? I hate to tell you this, but that just doesn't cut. If we are unable to learn for ourselves about drugs, and child's only option is experimentation... guess what.
Quote: "if someone tries to tamper with a service, be it a paid-off staff member, a raiding Church of Scientology commando group, or whatever, the server's contents will be destroyed."
I can delete a HDD after the fact by myself, thank you very much. What I want is a deterant against these attacks ever occuring. In this respect the law enforcement agencies of established nations protect the security of my data rather than compromise it. The price of this protection is that these agencies, when such action is warranted, can themselves gain access to my data. Should the day arrive that I have more to fear from my own government than I do from the aforementioned groups, then perhaps I will consider becoming a client of HavenCo. Until then I would feel rather ashamed and stupid to even consider it. As nice as it may be in my dreams, I am not above the law. What's to stop them from getting everything up and running for a few months and then holding all your data hostage or just selling it off to the highest bidder. All you have is their word. This may make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but a lawbook, a contract, and the FBI get the job done for me. HavenCo may not be targeting legitamite businesses as its primary clientel, but... well, I think that speaks for itself. They're advertising the fact that they have no laws. This is suppose to help me make money?
On one hand, Java is modern, well designed, comprehensive, and platform independant, which could do a good job teaching fundamentals all the way through most any project, at which point its similarities to C++ would be of great help as well. However, the difficulty of distributing Java apps to the average associate of a 10 year old is quite a disadvantage. As interesting as any project may be, there's nothing like the satisfaction of seeing your friends enjoy the fruit of your labor along with you. If you want to crank out interesting, professional looking, user-friendly apps from the get go there's nothing like VB. Actually, if you could let them at both Java via a plain old text editor and VB via the wizz-bangness that is Visual Studio it'd be interesting to see how they take to each. Whatever you do, don't just stick em with some "fring" language. They'll thank you for it later.
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I dl'ed it, read it, liked it, and would gladly have paid a dollar if needed. However, filling out an online order form is kind of a hassle if not required. Seeing as how my buck isn't really going to make a difference as to whether or not I get to read the conclusion, I didn't pay. For the same reason most people don't vote. To be honest with you, I feel a lot worse about not voting than I do about jipping King out of a buck. This first experiment may work, but I don't think that is a good indication of this as a viable means of distribution, even for the most famous of authors. Can you say, "Declining voter turn-out."
Well said. I've found the likes of Napster usefull only for finding the obscure stuff that no one I know has. I doubt someone would want to waste their time altering the contents of every song in existence. What I find more annoying is the hacked clients on gnutella (and the bloody thing isn't really even open source yet) that will return something (most likely an add/promotion for the particular user's interest) to any and every search.
People will make, distribute, and consume all manner and sorts of drugs. The WoD has only served to make this fact more obvious. The problems any person or society experience because of drugs is not simply the result of use, but that of abuse. Crossing the line that divides these two states is completely up to the individual user. An abundance of available, reliable, and truthful information is the only way to make sure that people understand the implications of whatever it is they choose to do.
We're bombarded by public service propaganda encouraging us to talk to our children about drugs. Seeing as how I'm no chemist and there are more drugs out there that I haven't done than those that I have, what am I suppose to tell them, "Just say No"? I hate to tell you this, but that just doesn't cut. If we are unable to learn for ourselves about drugs, and child's only option is experimentation ... guess what.
I can delete a HDD after the fact by myself, thank you very much. What I want is a deterant against these attacks ever occuring. In this respect the law enforcement agencies of established nations protect the security of my data rather than compromise it. The price of this protection is that these agencies, when such action is warranted, can themselves gain access to my data. Should the day arrive that I have more to fear from my own government than I do from the aforementioned groups, then perhaps I will consider becoming a client of HavenCo. Until then I would feel rather ashamed and stupid to even consider it. As nice as it may be in my dreams, I am not above the law. What's to stop them from getting everything up and running for a few months and then holding all your data hostage or just selling it off to the highest bidder. All you have is their word. This may make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but a lawbook, a contract, and the FBI get the job done for me. HavenCo may not be targeting legitamite businesses as its primary clientel, but ... well, I think that speaks for itself. They're advertising the fact that they have no laws. This is suppose to help me make money?
On one hand, Java is modern, well designed, comprehensive, and platform independant, which could do a good job teaching fundamentals all the way through most any project, at which point its similarities to C++ would be of great help as well. However, the difficulty of distributing Java apps to the average associate of a 10 year old is quite a disadvantage. As interesting as any project may be, there's nothing like the satisfaction of seeing your friends enjoy the fruit of your labor along with you. If you want to crank out interesting, professional looking, user-friendly apps from the get go there's nothing like VB. Actually, if you could let them at both Java via a plain old text editor and VB via the wizz-bangness that is Visual Studio it'd be interesting to see how they take to each. Whatever you do, don't just stick em with some "fring" language. They'll thank you for it later.