On Macs it's a PPC vs. Intel thing. Fire it up on an Intel iMac and it zips along happily on Firefox and Safari. Try it on a G5-dual core, however, and get a whole lotta nothin'
...Sapphire is similar -- or identical -- to a product I saw demontstrated on... I think it was "Computer Chronicles" some years back called "Fluor-Inert".
As I recall, it was being pitched as a way to troubleshoot bad circuit boards. They had a clear vat full of the stuff, attached power leads to a board, and simply threw the whole thing in the liquid.
Wherever it bubbled was where the bad solder/connection was.
It was pretty cool. Too bad there's no money in board-level repair.
You beat me to the punch, but I think you're pretty much dead on.
I guess in their (the coders) case, the big issue would be... was a "work for hire" clause included in the RFB, or is the buyer trying to change the rules after the fact.
In the case of a musical composition, I agree with you to the extent that if someone commissions a specific work, then clearly it could be construed a "work for hire". I disagree when the clause "work for hire" is applied to anything the artist recorded while under contract to a particular record company, with said record company retaining copyright in perpetuity...copyright isn't supposed to be perpetual.
And now, if you will be so very kind as to allow me to mix metaphors....
This is only my two cents -- your mileage may vary.
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On Macs it's a PPC vs. Intel thing. Fire it up on an Intel iMac and it zips along happily on Firefox and Safari. Try it on a G5-dual core, however, and get a whole lotta nothin'
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...Sapphire is similar -- or identical -- to a product I saw demontstrated on... I think it was "Computer Chronicles" some years back called "Fluor-Inert".
As I recall, it was being pitched as a way to troubleshoot bad circuit boards. They had a clear vat full of the stuff, attached power leads to a board, and simply threw the whole thing in the liquid.
Wherever it bubbled was where the bad solder/connection was.
It was pretty cool. Too bad there's no money in board-level repair.
You beat me to the punch, but I think you're pretty much dead on.
I guess in their (the coders) case, the big issue would be... was a "work for hire" clause included in the RFB, or is the buyer trying to change the rules after the fact.
In the case of a musical composition, I agree with you to the extent that if someone commissions a specific work, then clearly it could be construed a "work for hire". I disagree when the clause "work for hire" is applied to anything the artist recorded while under contract to a particular record company, with said record company retaining copyright in perpetuity...copyright isn't supposed to be perpetual.
And now, if you will be so very kind as to allow me to mix metaphors....
This is only my two cents -- your mileage may vary.
=Rednoise