I definitely agree. I got my Outlaw receiver a couple of months ago after doing 2-3 months of research and I am completely happy with it. Not only does it sound great, but it's built like a tank. with humpy love,
As far as I've seen, the majority of dot com layoffs are content and marketing people, not people with technical skills. Obviously, this is just from my limited observation and anecdotal evidence. Anyone have any reliable data on this?
True. It would be easier if area codes were more logically assigned. My point, though, is just that even randomly assigned area codes group numbers together the same way a network id does. Take your example of a city with 10 random area codes (fictitious I believe since I don't know of any city with that many. Maybe LA...). Having to remember 1 of 10 area codes is essentially the same as remembering a single extra digit, not 3 extra digits.
Actually, a quick survey of "Aliens Built the Pyramids" type books and article shows healthy representation from many nations, not just the US. In fact, I believe that the most famous (at least widely published) proponent of this nonsense is English. with humpy love,
Why is his father a prick for selling cheap bicycles? Should he instead screw his customers so that his competitors might have a better chance? with humpy love,
What exactly is it about.Net that you think requires you to entrust your personal documents to anything?.Net is simply a technology platform, not an application. with humpy love,
Merriam-Webster's online collegiate dictionary dates "societal" back to 1898. I'm not sure why you claim that is is "incredibly wrong" since the definition lists it as a synonym for "social".
By the way, you might want to proofread your.sig before invoking the Grammar Nazi. I think you mean "you're".
I think the word you meant is 'dearth' and it means the opposite of what you seem to think it does. 'Dearth' means scarcity or lack of something.
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I don't really know for sure, but I always assumed that imported cars were named differently for sale here in the US, presumably by US-based marketing groups. Is a Honda Accord known as an Accord in Japan?
They are submitting C# and CLI (the Common Language Infrastructure) to ECMA for standardization. Earlier I posted a link to the minutes from the most recent ECMA T39 group meeting.
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Aside from the "clueless" jab, I agree with you: The MPAA and RIAA do use loaded terms. However, their opponents are just as guilty of trying to confuse the real issue. To paraphrase you, when there is a well-established and accurate word for this, why do Napster (for example) advocates repeatedly insist on making the argument that it's not stealing because the original is left behind? According to you the correct response should be, "It's not stealing, it's copyright infringement"? Just like your "Copyright Cartel", Napster advocates appeal to perception by arguing about what sharing mp3s is _not_ rather than what it _is_.
The statement "Copying mp3s is not stealing because the original is left behind" is pretty clearly true, but it says absolutely nothing about the act of copying mp3s except that it is not stealing. However, the implication is that since it is not stealing, it is ok. The whole point of my counterfeiting analogy was to disprove this implication by counterexample. Counterfeiting is an act which clearly leaves the original intact, yet which just as clearly has been deemed 'not ok' and made illegal.
Arguing that copying mp3s is ok because it is not stealing just confuses the issue. It's not kidnapping either, but that doesn't imply that it is ok. The real debate should be based on two questions: what are the economic and social effects of freely copying digital property, and do those effects provide a net benefit versus the effects of suppressing copying via legal and physical means.
Ok. Here's a better analogy for you: I have a 10 dollar bill. Should you or should you not be allowed to make a copy of it? (Assuming that you have access to the technology to make an undetectable duplicate) Society has decided that the overall advantages of a stable medium of exchange outweigh the benefit to you as an individual of being able to print your own money. This decision is enforced via laws against counterfeiting and the inclusion of anti-copying technologies in the currency itself. (roughly equivalent to digital encryption methods such as SDMI)
Every time this subject comes up, whether related to Napster or software piracy or whatever, somebody brings up this red herring that it's not stealing because you are making a copy. Fine, don't call it stealing; call it counterfeiting or sharing or whatever you want. It's irrelevant; a semantic wild-goose chase. The only relevant issues are the costs and benefits of the behavior vs. the costs and benefits of discouraging or preventing the behavior.
It seems to me that this could be a good thing for those who like violent video games. Now video game manufacturers can make games as violent or sexually explicit as they want. If anyone complains, they can point to the law and claim that they reasonably expect that their games will only be seen/played by adults.
Granted, for this to happen the law would have to be more widespread than Indianapolis, but still . . .
Those are all good points, and I fully agree that online distribution via something like napster can be a net benefit to artists if a new system of rewarding them can be devised - like the one you describe. My only point, and the reason for the phrase 'only a means of distribution', was that napster does nothing to make music a non-scarce good. The original analogy of cars and air misses the point entirely, music is nothing like air. Maybe it was just nitpicking, but I hate seeing people throw around economic terms that they don't understand.
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Intelligence is definatly (sic) a recessive trait. QED
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I definitely agree. I got my Outlaw receiver a couple of months ago after doing 2-3 months of research and I am completely happy with it. Not only does it sound great, but it's built like a tank.
with humpy love,
As far as I've seen, the majority of dot com layoffs are content and marketing people, not people with technical skills. Obviously, this is just from my limited observation and anecdotal evidence. Anyone have any reliable data on this?
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How would you know?
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Just out of curiosity, which industries are being killed?
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Stop being so shortsighted. We should go with 15 digits.
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It's the same case with area code + number dialing. The area code is analagous to the network.
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Actually, a quick survey of "Aliens Built the Pyramids" type books and article shows healthy representation from many nations, not just the US. In fact, I believe that the most famous (at least widely published) proponent of this nonsense is English.
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Kind of ironic that you refer to .Net as "shackles" and then complain that it gives programmers the freedom to use native code.
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Why is his father a prick for selling cheap bicycles? Should he instead screw his customers so that his competitors might have a better chance?
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What exactly is it about .Net that you think requires you to entrust your personal documents to anything? .Net is simply a technology platform, not an application.
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It could just as likely be a Linux based .Net server that they (or a Windows user for that matter) connect to.
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By the way, you might want to proofread your .sig before invoking the Grammar Nazi. I think you mean "you're".
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I think the word you meant is 'dearth' and it means the opposite of what you seem to think it does. 'Dearth' means scarcity or lack of something.
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They use .cs
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HumpMonkey begins vigorously humping your bitchy leg.By the way, I agree with your post.
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They are submitting C# and CLI (the Common Language Infrastructure) to ECMA for standardization. Earlier I posted a link to the minutes from the most recent ECMA T39 group meeting.
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Here is a link to minutes from a recent ECMA T39 meeting where they discuss the submission of C# and CLI.
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The statement "Copying mp3s is not stealing because the original is left behind" is pretty clearly true, but it says absolutely nothing about the act of copying mp3s except that it is not stealing. However, the implication is that since it is not stealing, it is ok. The whole point of my counterfeiting analogy was to disprove this implication by counterexample. Counterfeiting is an act which clearly leaves the original intact, yet which just as clearly has been deemed 'not ok' and made illegal.
Arguing that copying mp3s is ok because it is not stealing just confuses the issue. It's not kidnapping either, but that doesn't imply that it is ok. The real debate should be based on two questions: what are the economic and social effects of freely copying digital property, and do those effects provide a net benefit versus the effects of suppressing copying via legal and physical means.
with humpy love,
Every time this subject comes up, whether related to Napster or software piracy or whatever, somebody brings up this red herring that it's not stealing because you are making a copy. Fine, don't call it stealing; call it counterfeiting or sharing or whatever you want. It's irrelevant; a semantic wild-goose chase. The only relevant issues are the costs and benefits of the behavior vs. the costs and benefits of discouraging or preventing the behavior.
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Granted, for this to happen the law would have to be more widespread than Indianapolis, but still . . .
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Mmmmmm...veal
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