But taking that into account, I'll be there are still a huge number of copyright violators who would be outraged if their own copyright was violated.
I'd be outraged if someone violated my copyright for profit and didn't give me a cut. Someone giving a story of mine to a friend to read without money changing hands simply because he or she liked it would actually be pretty cool.
Of course, I write for fun rather than to make a living, so I have different goals than a professional author. Still, there is a value to writing that goes beyond the monetary return, and I bet there are a few pros that would forgo the profit on one of their works if it would make a lasting impression on a worldwide audience.
Wal-Mart may hate the idea and threaten and moan, but if all the studios jump onto the iTMS then Wal-Mart will buckle. They can't drop their entire DVD line unless they want to drop a whole market.
You say that now, but wait until all the shelves are stocked with Japanese anime and Bollywood movies.
Actually, considering the recent offerings from Hollywood, that wouldn't be such a bad idea. Stick to your guns, Wal-Mart!
I believe they were only required to remove links from Google News, but for whatever reasons they decided to effectively eradicate the site from Google completely. Read into that what you will.
So you believe Google indexing has some value to this newspaper, yet they paid exactly nothing to Google for this service. It seems to me they have absolutely no claim. If I'm receiving free electricity but complain to the power company about the power lines on my property, I can't very well complain if they cut me off when they remove the lines.
JACK CADE. I thank you, good people:- there shall be no money; all shall eat and drink on my score; and I will apparel them all in one livery, that they may agree like brothers, and worship me their lord.
DICK. The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
You missed the part that shows it to be comic relief:
JACK CADE. Be brave, then; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be in England seven half-penny loaves sold for a penny: the three-hoop'd pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common; and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass: and when I am king,- as king I will be...
Nowadays, it would be something like "A chicken in every pot, two cars in every garage, and NO LAWYERS!"
Lawyers are just like any other people. There are good people and bad people. The people who come out the strongest against 'trial lawyers' are the big corporations' PR departments. They want the 'common folk' to think ill of lawyers, because the law -- as imperfect as it is -- is the only equalizer left. And it's being eroded rapidly. And people dissing lawyers all the time helps that process.
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part II, act 4, scene 2
It doesn't seem too rapid, merely universal and perpetual.
Our economic system is based on the idea of "profit at all costs." I mean, isn't this what we wanted and fought the cold war for?
That's because companies are able to externalize costs, meaning that the cost is paid by others. The trick is to make them internalize costs, via legislation if necessary -- if I suffer losses because they don't protect my info, they should pay the entire cost for my time, money, and inconvenience.
Imagine the chaos and reboots as the program analyzes a George W. Bush speech.
That's just part of his strategery to get people to misunderestimate him.
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I'm not so sure. Once a flawed implementation has been broken, there will be tools to crack it.
Plus, if there is *no* encryption, people are less likely to put sensitive information in the application.
To use an analogy, consider two locker rooms. Room A does not have locks on any of the lockers. Room B has locks, but all of them have the same combination. In which one is a person more likely to leave their wallet?
The theory you are referring to is called Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. So far it is neither confirmed nor busted, but there are strong arguments against it. I suggest further reading on the subject.
There are arguments against the strong version of Sapir-Whorf, but there are also arguments against language having *no* influence on thought. Most of the argument is on which form of "weak" Sapir-Whorf is the correct one.
As a side note, the idea that language affects thought is no more radical than the idea that computer language affects how a program is processed -- we probably won't see Duke Nukem Forever come out in COBOL, even if we wait another decade.
Anyway, while crafting my scathing reply, I forgot whether I usually call Oregon California's Canada or Washington's Mexico. So I went to the Internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia to check their extensive entry on this show. I love Wikipedia. Any site that has a longer entry on truthiness than on Lutherans has its priorities straight. Anyway, it turns out I call Oregon both California's Canada and, on April 6th, Washington's Mexico. But thinking about it now, that's giving Oregon too much credit. They're more like Idaho's Portugal. So what I'm going to do is, I'm just going to log on to Wikipedia here and I'm going to change it. You see, any user can change any entry and if enough other users agree with them it becomes true. There. Now, "Oregon is Idaho's Portugal" is the opinion I've always held; you can look it up. If only the entire body of human knowledge worked this way... and it can, thanks to tonight's word: wikiality. Now, folks, I'm no fan of reality, and I'm no fan of encyclopaedias. I've said it before...
What is it with the high percentage of Apple stories that make the front page?
In order to increase traffic to the website since Mac users are easy prey, thus generating more advertisement revenue. Wait, that's why John Dvorak makes fun of Macs (according to Wikipedia).
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Grow some balls Steve...
Actually, the CEO of Wal-Mart is H. Lee Scott, Jr.
I just hope Wal-Mart isn't corrupted by the pomaceous behemoth.
Did they just call the visible universe only a bit?
Compared to the multiverse, it's just a trifle.
But taking that into account, I'll be there are still a huge number of copyright violators who would be outraged if their own copyright was violated.
I'd be outraged if someone violated my copyright for profit and didn't give me a cut. Someone giving a story of mine to a friend to read without money changing hands simply because he or she liked it would actually be pretty cool.
Of course, I write for fun rather than to make a living, so I have different goals than a professional author. Still, there is a value to writing that goes beyond the monetary return, and I bet there are a few pros that would forgo the profit on one of their works if it would make a lasting impression on a worldwide audience.
Isn't that a bit like saying "Rembrandt's Masterpiece of Art"? There are so many to choose from, each one brilliant and unique in its own way.
Unless the title is referring to the piece of work a journeyman turns in to become a master craftsmen, in which case he's scaring me.
Wal-Mart may hate the idea and threaten and moan, but if all the studios jump onto the iTMS then Wal-Mart will buckle. They can't drop their entire DVD line unless they want to drop a whole market.
You say that now, but wait until all the shelves are stocked with Japanese anime and Bollywood movies.
Actually, considering the recent offerings from Hollywood, that wouldn't be such a bad idea. Stick to your guns, Wal-Mart!
rather than sue? If you sue automakers, the best you'll get is a one-time payoff. Taxes, though, can stretch on forever.
I'm disappointed that our elected officials are missing such an obvious cash cow.
SLASHDOT IS FOR TOOLS AND FOOLS!
You forgot Ghouls, Mules, and Pools.
Hmm, no wonder the cylinders keep falling off the platter.
...the wax cylinders on my Gramophone
I believe they were only required to remove links from Google News, but for whatever reasons they decided to effectively eradicate the site from Google completely. Read into that what you will.
So you believe Google indexing has some value to this newspaper, yet they paid exactly nothing to Google for this service. It seems to me they have absolutely no claim. If I'm receiving free electricity but complain to the power company about the power lines on my property, I can't very well complain if they cut me off when they remove the lines.
JACK CADE.
I thank you, good people:- there shall be no money; all shall eat and drink on my score; and I will apparel them all in one livery, that they may agree like brothers, and worship me their lord.
DICK.
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
You missed the part that shows it to be comic relief:
JACK CADE.
Be brave, then; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be in England seven half-penny loaves sold for a penny: the three-hoop'd pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common; and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass: and when I am king,- as king I will be...
Nowadays, it would be something like "A chicken in every pot, two cars in every garage, and NO LAWYERS!"
Or something like that.
Lawyers are just like any other people. There are good people and bad people. The people who come out the strongest against 'trial lawyers' are the big corporations' PR departments. They want the 'common folk' to think ill of lawyers, because the law -- as imperfect as it is -- is the only equalizer left. And it's being eroded rapidly. And people dissing lawyers all the time helps that process.
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part II, act 4, scene 2
It doesn't seem too rapid, merely universal and perpetual.
will be my preferred Bluetooth device.
Bah, that's not old-fashioned. In my day, we called it terminological inexactitude.
That's a dangerous animal! Quick, throw it in the trough!
Our economic system is based on the idea of "profit at all costs." I mean, isn't this what we wanted and fought the cold war for?
That's because companies are able to externalize costs, meaning that the cost is paid by others. The trick is to make them internalize costs, via legislation if necessary -- if I suffer losses because they don't protect my info, they should pay the entire cost for my time, money, and inconvenience.
sounds like it just speeds up existing AI routines..... and existing AI routines, well, SUCK.
This will suck 200 times faster, though. That's like a straw compared to a fire hose.
Imagine the chaos and reboots as the program analyzes a George W. Bush speech.
That's just part of his strategery to get people to misunderestimate him.
I'm not so sure. Once a flawed implementation has been broken, there will be tools to crack it.
Plus, if there is *no* encryption, people are less likely to put sensitive information in the application.
To use an analogy, consider two locker rooms. Room A does not have locks on any of the lockers. Room B has locks, but all of them have the same combination. In which one is a person more likely to leave their wallet?
The theory you are referring to is called Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. So far it is neither confirmed nor busted, but there are strong arguments against it. I suggest further reading on the subject.
There are arguments against the strong version of Sapir-Whorf, but there are also arguments against language having *no* influence on thought. Most of the argument is on which form of "weak" Sapir-Whorf is the correct one.
As a side note, the idea that language affects thought is no more radical than the idea that computer language affects how a program is processed -- we probably won't see Duke Nukem Forever come out in COBOL, even if we wait another decade.
Stephen Colbert:
... and it can, thanks to tonight's word: wikiality. Now, folks, I'm no fan of reality, and I'm no fan of encyclopaedias. I've said it before ...
Anyway, while crafting my scathing reply, I forgot whether I usually call Oregon California's Canada or Washington's Mexico. So I went to the Internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia to check their extensive entry on this show. I love Wikipedia. Any site that has a longer entry on truthiness than on Lutherans has its priorities straight. Anyway, it turns out I call Oregon both California's Canada and, on April 6th, Washington's Mexico. But thinking about it now, that's giving Oregon too much credit. They're more like Idaho's Portugal. So what I'm going to do is, I'm just going to log on to Wikipedia here and I'm going to change it. You see, any user can change any entry and if enough other users agree with them it becomes true. There. Now, "Oregon is Idaho's Portugal" is the opinion I've always held; you can look it up. If only the entire body of human knowledge worked this way
Anyway, you get the gist.
Sony didn't invent the transistor radio. An American company did with the help of Texas Instruments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_radio
This sounds like a truthiness challenge. I'd say Sony is TI's Portugal.
What is it with the high percentage of Apple stories that make the front page?
In order to increase traffic to the website since Mac users are easy prey, thus generating more advertisement revenue. Wait, that's why John Dvorak makes fun of Macs (according to Wikipedia).
Anyway, flame wars generate page views.
Fantasies of "first against the wall, motherfuckers!" are briefly satisfying, but ultimately degrading to the person having the fantasy.
Not if they turn it into a popular game. "Grand Theft Auto: Primate Freedom Project" sounds like a lot of fun.
Four legs good! Two legs bad!
Third leg popular!