It used to be that you had to put on a few decades of living before a man really worked up a real mindless hatred of the opposite sex, usually fueled by a bitter divorce.
What you are saying is that if we can't control the copying of content then it should not be produced?
That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying, "If you can't make money by releasing copies of your work, don't release copies."
This is not at all the same as "can't control copying" or "not be produced"
Limit your movies to theaters and your music to live performances if your DVDs and CDs are ending up on bittorrent
There are masnicktons of people giving stuff away AND making money. It just requires an innovative business plan.
Hollywood and the recording industry don't want to change business plans. They want governments to violate civil rights and cripple technology so that they can go on using their old business plans.
Most things done or built by robots, 3D printing, nanotech
All people get a basic level of shelter, food, medical care.
Anyone who wants more than the standard living is free to start a business.
Unless status and aesthetics are suddenly no longer a part of human nature, quality hand-made items will retain or increase their value - everything from artwork to enchiladas.
Initially auto-driving cars will probably require someone to be sitting there ready to take over at a moment's notice.
I replied to you previously because it seemed like I wasn't clear about the purpose of the breathalyzer, i.e., to restrict control, not just refuse to start.
If enlightenment is anything like their website...
Oh yeah.
I started using Enlightenment when Gnome was really clunky.
E has never been "easy" to install, but the sparse desktop, keyboard customization and the mesmerizing transparent ETerm. Well, at the time there was no contest.
I still prefer it to Gnome, though I won't go through the hassle to install it on my Ubuntu Myth box.
Trust me, the windowing experience is much nicer than the website, the instructions or the downloadables.
Slashdot Mirror
"You need to have development processes that are oriented toward quality, not some arbitrary measure of stupid."
Should Microsoft's Amdocs Deal Worry Data Center Operators?
I wouldn't get too worried about it.
Microsoft is just trying to stay ahead of Apple, Sony, Disney and Oracle as the world's most odious hi-tech/media company.
The ball was in their court this month.
Twelve-and-a-half! (x4)
It is guaranteed that there will be remarks, double entendres and innuendos with huge potential of getting worse.
And, of course, if they hired a guy in a wheelchair, there'd be lots of jokes about "gimps" and "short people", because that's just how guys are.
It used to be that you had to put on a few decades of living before a man really worked up a real mindless hatred of the opposite sex, usually fueled by a bitter divorce.
Okay, that made me laugh.
It is guaranteed that there will be remarks...
What the hell?
Are you all twelve or are some of you thirteen yet?
Get off my lawn and take your adolescent misogyny with you!
Drat!
Wish I'd seen your post before I submited my link below. We think alike!
Yet another shameless link to one of my cartoons
What you are saying is that if we can't control the copying of content then it should not be produced?
That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying, "If you can't make money by releasing copies of your work, don't release copies."
This is not at all the same as "can't control copying" or "not be produced"
Limit your movies to theaters and your music to live performances if your DVDs and CDs are ending up on bittorrent
There are masnicktons of people giving stuff away AND making money. It just requires an innovative business plan.
Hollywood and the recording industry don't want to change business plans. They want governments to violate civil rights and cripple technology so that they can go on using their old business plans.
Just added your blog to my daily reads.
Looks good!
A friggin' laundry list of privacy invasion, rights violations and technology crippling.
All because a business model has become obsolete.
Just incomprehensible if you have even a faint grasp of technology, business and capitalism.
</grar>
My suggestion: The Digital Sanity Act
(Not that it will make a difference...)
With any luck, the future will look like this:
Unless status and aesthetics are suddenly no longer a part of human nature, quality hand-made items will retain or increase their value - everything from artwork to enchiladas.
We can hope, at least...
And I agree with you.
Initially auto-driving cars will probably require someone to be sitting there ready to take over at a moment's notice.
I replied to you previously because it seemed like I wasn't clear about the purpose of the breathalyzer, i.e., to restrict control, not just refuse to start.
I'm hoping for an improved system in which the breathalyzer does not prevent the car from starting, but instead only allows it to drive itself.
I mean, what's the point of a self-driving car if it needs someone sitting behind the wheel waiting to take over? Seems like a waste of technology.
We'll see, I guess...
I expect DUI laws to play as much or more of a role in auto-car adoption.
How about mandated breathalyzers forcing cut over to auto-driving?
What happens to MADD and DUI task forces when no one can drive intoxicated any more?
At first glance I thought "Christian Tablet" referred to a drug you could use to become Christian.
Why Ultra-Efficient 4,000 mph Vacuum-Tube Trains Aren't Being Built
Well duh. Not much of anything uses vacuum tubes any more.
Frickin' HTML formatting
grumble, grumble submit without preview, grumble,curse.
First we copy them then we sue them then we win
So, if I haven't ordered any cocaine in the last couple of weeks, I should be okay?
This is all I have to say about that!
Now I remember when I started using Enlightenment - different backgrounds on different desktops.
I had forgotten. At the time, Gnome was incapable of that rather simple trick and I use it to keep track of which desktop I'm on.
I use different desktops for different things - browser/email, artwork, video, audio - and I group the applications in the different desktops.
As in Silicon Graphics Incorporated?
I thought they went out of business.
Ah. They are Rackable
Har!
I actually looked at Funnyjunk yesterday to see if any of my stuff is there - it's too hard to tell.
If enlightenment is anything like their website...
Oh yeah.
I started using Enlightenment when Gnome was really clunky.
E has never been "easy" to install, but the sparse desktop, keyboard customization and the mesmerizing transparent ETerm. Well, at the time there was no contest.
I still prefer it to Gnome, though I won't go through the hassle to install it on my Ubuntu Myth box.
Trust me, the windowing experience is much nicer than the website, the instructions or the downloadables.