I'm with ya brother! There's a lot of things we can give up to liberate ourselves from the shackles of the rat race.
For instance, I don't own any pants. I don't intend to either. I save hundreds of dollars a year. Images the TSA saves from me on their backscatter x-ray devices are hardly a concern anymore. I never suffer the humiliation of realizing that my lost car keys are, in fact, in my pocket. It's great!
As a bonus, i don't have anything to undo when nature calls. I can afford to push off rushing to the bathroom by 2 or 3 seconds. Over a lifetime of not wearing pants that amounts to hours. That's HOURS people are wasting buckling and unbuckling their pants just to take a dump!
So, basically you're saying that mobile carriers are pants?
It won't. It's a waste of money that's not going to do anything to further education at that school and will likely do some harm.
What disappoints me is that these are consumption-only devices -- No User-Serviceable Parts Inside. This won't help students learn how computers work or how to write software.
To be fair to Disney, although they do push for longer copyrights, they certainly haven't stopped creating new content, nor have they stopped contributing to culture. While, yes, they are profitting from decades old creations, by reselling the same movie in a new format ever 10 years, they probably are one of the more creative companies out there today.
Hm, good point. The recipients didn't do anything illegal. However, ultimately the only harm to them would be the minor annoyance and the fees from the SMS message.
That being the case, though, the recipients could end up forming a class action (IANAL), which could turn, say, 1,000 people pirating the program and suing into 10,000 or even 100,000.
They are now, but only because the Catholic church finally admitted that it lost a hundred-year-long fight to prevent them from doing so. During that period, people were tortured and burned for suggesting that reading the bible was a good idea for christians. They were branded heretics, and the catholic church argued that anyone other than a priest who read the bible would fail to understand it correctly and would become a heretic (whose soul could only be saved by burning them alive).
I'm guessing this would fall under the "unclean hands" doctrine. Whatever arises from the malicious software is due to the user acting unethically in the first place, i.e. downloading pirated software.
First place? You mean second place -- the developer had to create and upload the trojan before the user could download it. Also, one faux pas is not carte blanche to cause collateral damage (pardon my French).
Since it's not an official product, the company makes no guarantees about its performance.
Disclaiming a warrantee of fitness for a particular purpose doesn't entitle you to run up a bill for third-party services or otherwise break the law.
Writing malicious software that the user chooses to install, versus copyright infringement... hmmm, I wonder which offense carries greater penalties in court?
Who cares? If you go to jail for maiming an unarmed intruder in your house, does that mean he gets acquitted of burglary? Two unequal wrongs remain two wrongs, not one.
This is semantic gibberish. Time is not a portable object that can be added or removed, so your statement makes about as much sense as Intelligent Design proponents talking about "adding intelligence" to something (as if you could pour it from a beaker) or the English translation of Zero Wing.
As best as I can interpret what "removing [one's] time" means: If I spend time making a creative work, for you to remove that time after the fact would require a time machine and would have the effect of canceling the work's creation, thereby depriving you of the chance to enjoy it, legally or otherwise -- contradicting your premise of using the work without permission.
"Stealing" what? The reason I think it's idiotic to use such terms in regards to 'piracy' is because taking away someone's exist physical property and copying data are two very different things. Copying data doesn't take away the author's time, resources, or existing property. It's called "copyright infringement."
Actually, it may not even be copyright infringement. What it definitely is is unauthorized copying.
For example, ripping a CD to my computer and then copying it to my digital audio player may not be specifically authorized by the copyright holder, but a court wouldn't consider it infringing.
Since the moon isn't covered by any legal jurisdiction, it would be a perfect place to set up a data haven. In fact, I believe one company already has plans to set up a lunar facility.
Here's another one: Identity theft. Language evolves. Deal with it.
Calling copyright infringement theft is a deliberate attempt to equate infringers with criminals (or the result of having been influenced by same) -- not an accidental evolution of language -- whereas identity theft is, in fact, a crime.
Furthermore, if someone copies your code then at worst you've "lost sales" but at least your program still works. If someone steals your identity, then your identity itself is compromised (in its function as a unique identifier) and your ability to use your identity is reduced. So yes, you have lost something, and 'theft' is not an inappropriate term.
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This is what happens when people go overboard with correlation vs causation bullshit.
True, but that doesn't imply a causal link.
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I'm with ya brother! There's a lot of things we can give up to liberate ourselves from the shackles of the rat race.
For instance, I don't own any pants. I don't intend to either. I save hundreds of dollars a year. Images the TSA saves from me on their backscatter x-ray devices are hardly a concern anymore. I never suffer the humiliation of realizing that my lost car keys are, in fact, in my pocket. It's great!
As a bonus, i don't have anything to undo when nature calls. I can afford to push off rushing to the bathroom by 2 or 3 seconds. Over a lifetime of not wearing pants that amounts to hours. That's HOURS people are wasting buckling and unbuckling their pants just to take a dump!
So, basically you're saying that mobile carriers are pants?
ICD10-V-F60.2 or maybe F60.8
George Lucas, is that you?
It won't. It's a waste of money that's not going to do anything to further education at that school and will likely do some harm.
What disappoints me is that these are consumption-only devices -- No User-Serviceable Parts Inside. This won't help students learn how computers work or how to write software.
Why in my day, we had to buy our own graphing calculators — in the snow, both ways, uphill!
Why in my day, graphing calculators had not yet been developed.
We had to buy our own abacus for a few month's pay.
Wow, sucks to be you. I have two abaci, both gifts from my wealthy grandfather.
Well, it's either that or Zoloft...
Why not? It comes in tablets.
Matthew 5:37, "But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil."
It's from the sermon on the mount, no less, so it's, you know, from the big JC himself.
If that's not an endorsement of binary code, I don't know what is :p
How about the Code of Hammurabi? Those are clearly a one and a zero he's handing down. :-)
When my interview for a job involved Monty Python humour I should have known it was doomed...
"Good niiiiiight, a-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding... FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE! ZERO!"
Does your family know that you think their photos are worthless? :)
No, they're unable to decrypt his email. :-P
Let's see, so if I sell bananas, but someone in the US decides to use my bananas to kill someone...
That scenario would be far more plausible in the UK than the US.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w
If "Tron: Legacy" is new content then why cannot I make a "Steamboat Willie: Legacy" film?
You're assuming that the original Tron was not also a Disney film. It was.
To be fair to Disney, although they do push for longer copyrights, they certainly haven't stopped creating new content, nor have they stopped contributing to culture. While, yes, they are profitting from decades old creations, by reselling the same movie in a new format ever 10 years, they probably are one of the more creative companies out there today.
Case in point: The story following this one is about Tron: Legacy, a Disney film.
Hm, good point. The recipients didn't do anything illegal. However, ultimately the only harm to them would be the minor annoyance and the fees from the SMS message.
That being the case, though, the recipients could end up forming a class action (IANAL), which could turn, say, 1,000 people pirating the program and suing into 10,000 or even 100,000.
Good odds for any Greek!
Catholics are encouraged to read the Bible.
They are now, but only because the Catholic church finally admitted that it lost a hundred-year-long fight to prevent them from doing so. During that period, people were tortured and burned for suggesting that reading the bible was a good idea for christians. They were branded heretics, and the catholic church argued that anyone other than a priest who read the bible would fail to understand it correctly and would become a heretic (whose soul could only be saved by burning them alive).
Kind of like OT III.
Legally, they'd be liable for SMS fees at the worst I imagine.
I'm pretty sure in a lot of jurisdictions you can't sue someone for what happened to you when you did something illegal (but I may be wrong).
What about the recipients of the SMS messages? They didn't do anything illegal.
I'm guessing this would fall under the "unclean hands" doctrine. Whatever arises from the malicious software is due to the user acting unethically in the first place, i.e. downloading pirated software.
First place? You mean second place -- the developer had to create and upload the trojan before the user could download it. Also, one faux pas is not carte blanche to cause collateral damage (pardon my French).
Since it's not an official product, the company makes no guarantees about its performance.
Disclaiming a warrantee of fitness for a particular purpose doesn't entitle you to run up a bill for third-party services or otherwise break the law.
Writing malicious software that the user chooses to install, versus copyright infringement... hmmm, I wonder which offense carries greater penalties in court?
Who cares? If you go to jail for maiming an unarmed intruder in your house, does that mean he gets acquitted of burglary? Two unequal wrongs remain two wrongs, not one.
Okay, so you're removing the developer's time
This is semantic gibberish. Time is not a portable object that can be added or removed, so your statement makes about as much sense as Intelligent Design proponents talking about "adding intelligence" to something (as if you could pour it from a beaker) or the English translation of Zero Wing.
As best as I can interpret what "removing [one's] time" means: If I spend time making a creative work, for you to remove that time after the fact would require a time machine and would have the effect of canceling the work's creation, thereby depriving you of the chance to enjoy it, legally or otherwise -- contradicting your premise of using the work without permission.
but not paying for your copy is stealing.
"Stealing" what? The reason I think it's idiotic to use such terms in regards to 'piracy' is because taking away someone's exist physical property and copying data are two very different things. Copying data doesn't take away the author's time, resources, or existing property. It's called "copyright infringement."
Actually, it may not even be copyright infringement. What it definitely is is unauthorized copying.
For example, ripping a CD to my computer and then copying it to my digital audio player may not be specifically authorized by the copyright holder, but a court wouldn't consider it infringing.
But the guy's blog has a "back-of-the-envelope" calculation that shows apple as the bestest company of all time.
This isn't your typical off-the-top-of-my-head speculation. ENVELOPES WERE INVOLVED!! ..and backs..
Did he make an envelope with two backs?
Since the moon isn't covered by any legal jurisdiction, it would be a perfect place to set up a data haven. In fact, I believe one company already has plans to set up a lunar facility.
This can't possibly be the least bit confusing to Mac users who've been double-clicking in the title bar to minimize for fifteen years. /sarcasm
I have a buddy that has told me the submarine he is on is always using boosted software.
Well, it's not like the BSA can bust in and conduct a surprise raid on a submarine.
You need to demon state that you have produced a substantially original work.
And I thought living in a police state was harsh...
Here's another one: Identity theft. Language evolves. Deal with it.
Calling copyright infringement theft is a deliberate attempt to equate infringers with criminals (or the result of having been influenced by same) -- not an accidental evolution of language -- whereas identity theft is, in fact, a crime.
Furthermore, if someone copies your code then at worst you've "lost sales" but at least your program still works. If someone steals your identity, then your identity itself is compromised (in its function as a unique identifier) and your ability to use your identity is reduced. So yes, you have lost something, and 'theft' is not an inappropriate term.