n essence, it has all the advantages of using a limited resource, without the disadvantage that you have to carry or store this limited resource physically and without any chance of forgery. Where does the value of bitcoins come from?
The "limited resource" has no intrinsic value. Again, why should anyone accept them in exchange for something that has intrinsic value or in exchange for fiat money?
So, I will give you US$1.00 for all 21 million bitcoins.
What backs the medium of exchange? Why should anyone trust a medium of exchange that has no intrinsic value and is not backed by the faith and credit of anyone or anything?
Why should I or anyone accept bitcoins when there is no guarantee bitcoins will be redeemable for anything of value?
But, the value of the currency is based on something no one actually cares about: solving cryptographic functions. Solving the functions creates nothing of value. It seems to me that one may as well base a currency on holes dug in sand or chiseled into rock by hand.
Dollars and other national currencies, including the Euro, are based on the faith and credit of the backing government. What are bitcoins backed by? Where does the value come from?
The problem with his thesis is that most people do not care about literacy as much as they care about the appearance of literacy. Parents don't care if their children can read and understand what they have read nor do they care if their child can actually solve a mathematics problem. Parents only care that their child get a good grade, even if the grade is not deserved.
That is why there are so many idiots in the world today.
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If teachers are teaching to the test rather than teaching the children to think, then the fault is lies in the teacher.
What you don't seem to know is that social promotion and teaching to the lowest common denominator are even worse than what you are describing. Children don't fail, and are not held back. No, an education is no where near as important as self-esteem.
I remember a time when children didn't have to make any effort at all. I remember the stories of social promotion leading to illiterate high school graduates. Even to day, many students have no respect for their teachers and have no problem disrupting class for everyone solely because they don't want to learn.
We live in a society that does not value intelligence, full of people who do not value an education any where near as much as they value good grades and a diploma, even if they are neither earned nor deserved.
I am not the greedy sociopath claiming my selfish behavior is for the betterment of mankind. You are. You are the one that needs to get better. I suggest you go check yourself into an asylum and get some counseling.
You don't get anything, except the right to take the work of others with impunity. You can try to hide behind "the benefit of mankind" but it is blatantly obvious you only really care about getting something for nothing.
Yes, you feel entitled. The tone of your posts show it.
You aren't doing shit because if you were, you wouldn't be whining on slashdot.
Fanfic doesn't make you a published anything, Samy. Neither does vanity press.
It takes a lot of balls to compare a tax imposed without representation to a granted right provided with representation that you don't like. It is kind of like comparing raped to fucking a fat chink and regretting it the next day.
Especially when the only reason you don't like the right is because you are greedy, selfish, and feel you are entitled to whatever you want because mommy and daddy spoiled you. You are not fighting back, you are being an asshole. Fighting back would be pressuring your representatives and senators. No, you are merely trying justify your illegal, immoral, unethical actions. And, failing.
Copyright is still a legally granted right. It does not matter if you don't like it. It doesn't matter if you think it is unfair. And, it doesn't matter if "they" can prove the amount of damage because even if the damages were zero, it is still against the law and a violation of someone's legal rights.
The patent is not for "page turning animation" it is for a VIRTUAL PAGE TURN, which consists of a page turning gesture made on a touch-screen device which causes a page turn animation as well as changes the displayed page and allows a kind of half-turn allowing the user to see the next page without actually turning the page.
While it may or may not worthy of a patent, there is no excuse for the misleading title. Nor is there any excuse for all the "there is prior art for page turning animation" comments when simply reading the summary shows what is actually being patented.
One or more pages are displayed on a touch display. A page-turning gesture directed to a displayed page is recognized. Responsive to such recognition, a virtual page turn is displayed on the touch display. The virtual page turn actively follows the page-turning gesture. The virtual page turn curls a lifted portion of the page to progressively reveal a back side of the page while progressively revealing a front side of a subsequent page. A lifted portion of the page is given an increased transparency that allows the back side of the page to be viewed through the front side of the page. A page-flipping gesture quickly flips two or more pages.
It is on having the animation follow the page turning gesture, displaying the next page, just like flipping through a book, not just an animation.
Also, it is not about Linux. It is about the multiple applications needed to put out a newspaper.
And, as I said, newspapers are in the business of making newspapers, not software. They have no reason to spend money and time developing software when it is more efficient to purchase off-the-shelf software.
Option C can be frustrating and expensive if one has to fight with the developers to get the options one wants. And, what happens when one wants something that has been patented?
Quit drinking the koolaid, flossie, and wake up to the fact that businesses who are not in the I.T. industry do not want to contribute to FLOSS to possibly get the features they want in the future. They most especially do not want to use a half-baked knock-off of a commercial product that doesn't have features they want and need and doesn't support the formats they want and need.
Please, make a business case for paying for things to be added to a FLOSS application that one can not use until those things are added, which means still paying for the closed source solution, instead of just paying for the closed-source solution and occasional upgrades. Remember, you are not going to get a refund for the closed-source solution which you will have to pay for anyway.
Those are not wrongs. Those are legally defined punishment for breaking the laws. The laws which were established by society to protect the members of society from those who believe they are above the rest of society and have a right to take or kill with impunity.
You seem to see punishment for breaking the law as wrong. Would you feel the same way if it was yourself or your loved-ones who were the victims?
And, who made you the arbiter of right and wrong? Why do you believe that because you do not like the law, you have a right to break the law?
If you do not like the law, work to change the law. Breaking the law is almost always wrong. By doing so, you are saying that you are above the rest of society and the law.
And what about when I break the law by lighting-up this marijuana cigarette...
I am doing nothing wrong here.
You are doing something wrong. You are breaking the law. You do not have a right nor does it make it legal or acceptable to break a law merely because you do not like the law.
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The "limited resource" has no intrinsic value. Again, why should anyone accept them in exchange for something that has intrinsic value or in exchange for fiat money?
So, I will give you US$1.00 for all 21 million bitcoins.
What backs the medium of exchange? Why should anyone trust a medium of exchange that has no intrinsic value and is not backed by the faith and credit of anyone or anything?
Why should I or anyone accept bitcoins when there is no guarantee bitcoins will be redeemable for anything of value?
Where does the value of bitcoins come from?
Gold is a rare metal. It has intrinsic value. Fiat money is based on the faith in and credit of the issuing country.
Bitcoins have no intrinsic value and has no value as a fiat currency.
Where does the value of bitcoins come from?
But, the value of the currency is based on something no one actually cares about: solving cryptographic functions. Solving the functions creates nothing of value. It seems to me that one may as well base a currency on holes dug in sand or chiseled into rock by hand.
Seriously, where does the value come from? The dollar is backed by the U.S. Government. The Euro is backed by the European Union.
What, exactly, provides bitcoins with value? Solving mathematical problems no one cares about?
Where does the value come from?
Dollars and other national currencies, including the Euro, are based on the faith and credit of the backing government. What are bitcoins backed by? Where does the value come from?
The problem with his thesis is that most people do not care about literacy as much as they care about the appearance of literacy. Parents don't care if their children can read and understand what they have read nor do they care if their child can actually solve a mathematics problem. Parents only care that their child get a good grade, even if the grade is not deserved.
That is why there are so many idiots in the world today.
If teachers are teaching to the test rather than teaching the children to think, then the fault is lies in the teacher.
What you don't seem to know is that social promotion and teaching to the lowest common denominator are even worse than what you are describing. Children don't fail, and are not held back. No, an education is no where near as important as self-esteem.
I remember a time when children didn't have to make any effort at all. I remember the stories of social promotion leading to illiterate high school graduates. Even to day, many students have no respect for their teachers and have no problem disrupting class for everyone solely because they don't want to learn.
We live in a society that does not value intelligence, full of people who do not value an education any where near as much as they value good grades and a diploma, even if they are neither earned nor deserved.
Most computer games do not require creativity. They require quick reflexes and/or the ability to do mindless actions repeatedly for little reward.
I am not the greedy sociopath claiming my selfish behavior is for the betterment of mankind. You are. You are the one that needs to get better. I suggest you go check yourself into an asylum and get some counseling.
You do not have the right to take the work of others with impunity. That you believe you do shows you are megalomaniacal sociopath.
You care about the betterment of mankind the way psychopathic totalitarian dictators care about their people.
If those weren't your only credentials you would have listed them.
You don't get anything, except the right to take the work of others with impunity.
You can try to hide behind "the benefit of mankind" but it is blatantly obvious you only really care about getting something for nothing.
Yes, you feel entitled. The tone of your posts show it.
You aren't doing shit because if you were, you wouldn't be whining on slashdot.
Fanfic doesn't make you a published anything, Samy. Neither does vanity press.
So, you are saying that piracy is justified because it is " a product of the jungle", because it is "natural"?
You know what else is natural in humans? Killing those we consider "others" and invaders.
So, I guess, using your own world view, murder is perfectly fine.
It takes a lot of balls to compare a tax imposed without representation to a granted right provided with representation that you don't like. It is kind of like comparing raped to fucking a fat chink and regretting it the next day.
Especially when the only reason you don't like the right is because you are greedy, selfish, and feel you are entitled to whatever you want because mommy and daddy spoiled you. You are not fighting back, you are being an asshole. Fighting back would be pressuring your representatives and senators. No, you are merely trying justify your illegal, immoral, unethical actions. And, failing.
Copyright is still a legally granted right. It does not matter if you don't like it. It doesn't matter if you think it is unfair. And, it doesn't matter if "they" can prove the amount of damage because even if the damages were zero, it is still against the law and a violation of someone's legal rights.
Apparently you didn't even bother to read the summary on slashdot, never mind the actual patent application.
The patent is not for "page turning animation" it is for a VIRTUAL PAGE TURN, which consists of a page turning gesture made on a touch-screen device which causes a page turn animation as well as changes the displayed page and allows a kind of half-turn allowing the user to see the next page without actually turning the page.
While it may or may not worthy of a patent, there is no excuse for the misleading title. Nor is there any excuse for all the "there is prior art for page turning animation" comments when simply reading the summary shows what is actually being patented.
It is on having the animation follow the page turning gesture, displaying the next page, just like flipping through a book, not just an animation.
Please list the prior art in question and demonstrate how it applies to this patent with references to the patent.
Wow, I didn't know that system had a touch screen display. Oh, wait, it didn't.
Red hat. Your argument has been proven false.
Also, it is not about Linux. It is about the multiple applications needed to put out a newspaper.
And, as I said, newspapers are in the business of making newspapers, not software. They have no reason to spend money and time developing software when it is more efficient to purchase off-the-shelf software.
Option C can be frustrating and expensive if one has to fight with the developers to get the options one wants. And, what happens when one wants something that has been patented?
Quit drinking the koolaid, flossie, and wake up to the fact that businesses who are not in the I.T. industry do not want to contribute to FLOSS to possibly get the features they want in the future. They most especially do not want to use a half-baked knock-off of a commercial product that doesn't have features they want and need and doesn't support the formats they want and need.
Please, make a business case for paying for things to be added to a FLOSS application that one can not use until those things are added, which means still paying for the closed source solution, instead of just paying for the closed-source solution and occasional upgrades. Remember, you are not going to get a refund for the closed-source solution which you will have to pay for anyway.
So, you believe anything anyone tells you? Good. You owe me everything you have, so give everything you have to me.
Go learn basic civics and get back to me.
Those are not wrongs. Those are legally defined punishment for breaking the laws. The laws which were established by society to protect the members of society from those who believe they are above the rest of society and have a right to take or kill with impunity.
You seem to see punishment for breaking the law as wrong. Would you feel the same way if it was yourself or your loved-ones who were the victims?
And, who made you the arbiter of right and wrong? Why do you believe that because you do not like the law, you have a right to break the law?
If you do not like the law, work to change the law. Breaking the law is almost always wrong. By doing so, you are saying that you are above the rest of society and the law.
You are doing something wrong. You are breaking the law. You do not have a right nor does it make it legal or acceptable to break a law merely because you do not like the law.