I agree with everything you just said...except "they steal from the open source community". I say it all the time regarding "pirate" conversations, and I'll say it here: intellectual property isn't real property, and it cannot be "stolen". Now, does Apple copy from FreeBSD without giving back? Yes, certainly. But not "steal".
Using apps during a solar eclipse, using apps during a lunar eclipse, using apps while using apps, using apps while listening to music, using apps while closing one's eyes, using apps while the phone is laying flat on a desk, using apps while the phone is laying slanted on a pillow...the patent possibilities are endless!
However, every illegal action is punishable by law. Whether or not it's ethical, it's generally wise to avoid illegal actions if you don't want to be punished by the law.
List of cosponsors, among other info Copypasta:
Mark Amodei [R-NV2]
Joe Baca [D-CA43]
John Barrow [D-GA12]
Karen Bass [D-CA33]
Howard Berman [D-CA28]
Marsha Blackburn [R-TN7]
Mary Bono Mack [R-CA45]
John Carter [R-TX31]
Steven Chabot [R-OH1]
Judy Chu [D-CA32]
John Conyers [D-MI14]
Jim Cooper [D-TN5]
Ted Deutch [D-FL19]
Elton Gallegly [R-CA24]
Robert Goodlatte [R-VA6]
Tim Griffin [R-AR2]
Tim Holden [D-PA17]
Peter King [R-NY3]
John Larson [D-CT1]
Ben Luján [D-NM3]
Thomas Marino [R-PA10]
Alan Nunnelee [R-MS1]
William Owens [D-NY23]
Ben Quayle [R-AZ3]
Dennis Ross [R-FL12]
Steve Scalise [R-LA1]
Adam Schiff [D-CA29]
Brad Sherman [D-CA27]
Lee Terry [R-NE2]
Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL20]
Melvin Watt [D-NC12]
They don't work when a woman has an ectopic pregnancy and would die if she actually had to undergo childbirth.
Stats on how often this actually happens, please. In no way do I belittle the women who have to go through this traumatizing experience, but it just isn't that common.
Rep Paul claims he is 100% against abortion under any circumstances
[citation needed]. I have a hard time believing Paul would actually side against the women whose lives could be saved via abortion. Even if he did side against them, as president he'd never get congress to support him.
He is an unbalanced old crank who would see the country fail before questioning a single one of his absolutist beliefs.
Meaningless sensationalism. I'd say it's unfounded, but you didn't actually say anything, and it's hard to call such a content-free sentence unfounded.
The place for unbalanced old cranks is the House of Representative
Your POV is showing. I have a hard time taking anything someone says seriously when they believe the sort of thing you'd expect from an 8-year-old: "[X]s rule! [Y]s drool!"
To promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation by combating the theft of U.S. property, and for other purposes.
"Combating the theft of U.S. property"...honestly? The words "theft" and "property" are HUGE red flags that these people have no clue what they are talking about.
The study only represents Flurry customers, however. All it really shows is a correlation between being a Flurry customer and choosing iOS over Android.
That would fall under the first rule: "post anything, trust nothing". And its natural extension into real life: "trust no one"...? Seriously, though. Don't give other people material to post against you. If they make crap up about you and post it, then simply refer your friends to the "trust nothing" part. Everybody wants the government to solve their problems, but then complains when the govt has so much power. Just be smart and deal with it yourself, people.
That, however, is entirely contrary to the idea of the internet. The natural extension of "post anything, trust nothing" into the web 2.0 era is "don't post anything you will regret the world knowing".
[Haskell] in my experience is considerably slower than Python.
I have serious doubts about your experience
Functional programming is...better suited for numerical calculations, while imperative programming is better suited for handling data.
I again have doubts; for absolute performance on true number crunching, imperative is probably better. And for "handling data", imho FP shines brighter; imperative approaches to manipulating complex data are much more error-prone.
Despite what I've said, I think we generally agree on most things.
As an hobbyist Haskeller, I tend to embrace the unofficial Haskell motto of "Avoid success at all costs!" Responding to your 4 points, though,
1. Limiting yourself to a functional paradigm has benefits. You can use equational reasoning about code, and the compiler can perform more vigorous optimizations. Plus, for those of us who program for fun, it's...well...fun!
2. In Haskell it seems there is always something more to learn. Feature or bug, you decide.
3. Lisp (+ descendants), Haskell, and OCaml have compilers that have shown themselves to produce code which is rather fast.
4. Minimizing execution time and memory usage aren't always the main requirements for a program. Functional programming is well suited for guarantees of correctness, for example.
The [mobile] devices are subsidized...by you. The ridiculously high monthly cost of a contract more than covers the cost of the device; astronomical cancellation fees pay for the device if you decide to jump ship. Also, this is about a lot more than just mobile devices.
It's not really fair to be disappointed that a grassroots hacking community can beat out a beaurocracy-laden megacorp at releasing bleeding-edge software.
is that it is such an easy target for the government to take advantage of. If the iPhone and iPad keep gaining traction with the masses as they have, then it just becomes that much easier for the government to, say, implement an "internet kill switch". Variety is a good thing.
Is he saying that the universe can be likened to a computer program or that a computer program can be written which can simulate the universe? Or is he exploring metaphysics and stating that the universe *is* a computer program?
Slashdot Mirror
I agree with everything you just said...except "they steal from the open source community". I say it all the time regarding "pirate" conversations, and I'll say it here: intellectual property isn't real property, and it cannot be "stolen". Now, does Apple copy from FreeBSD without giving back? Yes, certainly. But not "steal".
Using apps during a solar eclipse, using apps during a lunar eclipse, using apps while using apps, using apps while listening to music, using apps while closing one's eyes, using apps while the phone is laying flat on a desk, using apps while the phone is laying slanted on a pillow...the patent possibilities are endless!
Which is why Guild Wars will never have a sequel. Oh, wait...
At the rate they're developing GW2, I tend to believe your first statement.
MAFIAA should pay for his time in jail. I mean, it's waaaaay cheaper than the billions of dollars they would lose if he continued pirating, right?
However, every illegal action is punishable by law. Whether or not it's ethical, it's generally wise to avoid illegal actions if you don't want to be punished by the law.
List of cosponsors, among other info Copypasta: Mark Amodei [R-NV2] Joe Baca [D-CA43] John Barrow [D-GA12] Karen Bass [D-CA33] Howard Berman [D-CA28] Marsha Blackburn [R-TN7] Mary Bono Mack [R-CA45] John Carter [R-TX31] Steven Chabot [R-OH1] Judy Chu [D-CA32] John Conyers [D-MI14] Jim Cooper [D-TN5] Ted Deutch [D-FL19] Elton Gallegly [R-CA24] Robert Goodlatte [R-VA6] Tim Griffin [R-AR2] Tim Holden [D-PA17] Peter King [R-NY3] John Larson [D-CT1] Ben Luján [D-NM3] Thomas Marino [R-PA10] Alan Nunnelee [R-MS1] William Owens [D-NY23] Ben Quayle [R-AZ3] Dennis Ross [R-FL12] Steve Scalise [R-LA1] Adam Schiff [D-CA29] Brad Sherman [D-CA27] Lee Terry [R-NE2] Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL20] Melvin Watt [D-NC12]
The House of Reps may very well pass this bill since it's currently Republican controlled
You do realize that 16 of the 32 (current) sponsors are Democrats? Source
Let's sift through this lovely FUD...
They don't work when a woman has an ectopic pregnancy and would die if she actually had to undergo childbirth.
Stats on how often this actually happens, please. In no way do I belittle the women who have to go through this traumatizing experience, but it just isn't that common.
Rep Paul claims he is 100% against abortion under any circumstances
[citation needed]. I have a hard time believing Paul would actually side against the women whose lives could be saved via abortion. Even if he did side against them, as president he'd never get congress to support him.
He is an unbalanced old crank who would see the country fail before questioning a single one of his absolutist beliefs.
Meaningless sensationalism. I'd say it's unfounded, but you didn't actually say anything, and it's hard to call such a content-free sentence unfounded.
The place for unbalanced old cranks is the House of Representative
Your POV is showing. I have a hard time taking anything someone says seriously when they believe the sort of thing you'd expect from an 8-year-old: "[X]s rule! [Y]s drool!"
To promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation by combating the theft of U.S. property, and for other purposes.
"Combating the theft of U.S. property"...honestly? The words "theft" and "property" are HUGE red flags that these people have no clue what they are talking about.
The study only represents Flurry customers, however. All it really shows is a correlation between being a Flurry customer and choosing iOS over Android.
No, these people are debating about screaming "SOUP" in Spanish.
That would fall under the first rule: "post anything, trust nothing". And its natural extension into real life: "trust no one"...? Seriously, though. Don't give other people material to post against you. If they make crap up about you and post it, then simply refer your friends to the "trust nothing" part. Everybody wants the government to solve their problems, but then complains when the govt has so much power. Just be smart and deal with it yourself, people.
That, however, is entirely contrary to the idea of the internet. The natural extension of "post anything, trust nothing" into the web 2.0 era is "don't post anything you will regret the world knowing".
Oh my! That's almost as bad as killing a fly! They might become endangered!
Fortunately, this is slashdot. Nobody [of importance] actually clicks through.
[Haskell] in my experience is considerably slower than Python.
I have serious doubts about your experience
Functional programming is...better suited for numerical calculations, while imperative programming is better suited for handling data.
I again have doubts; for absolute performance on true number crunching, imperative is probably better. And for "handling data", imho FP shines brighter; imperative approaches to manipulating complex data are much more error-prone.
Despite what I've said, I think we generally agree on most things.
As an hobbyist Haskeller, I tend to embrace the unofficial Haskell motto of "Avoid success at all costs!" Responding to your 4 points, though,
1. Limiting yourself to a functional paradigm has benefits. You can use equational reasoning about code, and the compiler can perform more vigorous optimizations. Plus, for those of us who program for fun, it's...well...fun!
2. In Haskell it seems there is always something more to learn. Feature or bug, you decide.
3. Lisp (+ descendants), Haskell, and OCaml have compilers that have shown themselves to produce code which is rather fast.
4. Minimizing execution time and memory usage aren't always the main requirements for a program. Functional programming is well suited for guarantees of correctness, for example.
...if it were a life-sized replica...we would have quite a problem on our hands.
I wonder what implications this has for XBox, Wii, PlayStation, etc.
The [mobile] devices are subsidized...by you. The ridiculously high monthly cost of a contract more than covers the cost of the device; astronomical cancellation fees pay for the device if you decide to jump ship. Also, this is about a lot more than just mobile devices.
It still looks way too uncluttered, and black. Would definitely infringe even with the triangle shape.
It's not really fair to be disappointed that a grassroots hacking community can beat out a beaurocracy-laden megacorp at releasing bleeding-edge software.
I'm allergic to Apples.
is that it is such an easy target for the government to take advantage of. If the iPhone and iPad keep gaining traction with the masses as they have, then it just becomes that much easier for the government to, say, implement an "internet kill switch". Variety is a good thing.
Is he saying that the universe can be likened to a computer program or that a computer program can be written which can simulate the universe? Or is he exploring metaphysics and stating that the universe *is* a computer program?
Yes