Suffice to say, we'll agree to disagree here, but if you have time to post to slashdot throughout the day, I'm guessing you can spare a few minutes to go online and request and absentee ballot. Maybe I'm wrong.
Well in some cases of epilepsy light can already trigger an attack, so it could be possible the "faulty" neurons already have something which will allow use of light without creating any chloride pumps.
I know nothing about it though, so that's purely speculative. The article did put a nice big "give us more money" spin on things didn't it. I was also intrigued that they published in an online journal "Public Library of Science One" rather than a more recognized journal. To me that automatically implies their work isn't up to peer scrutiny, but again, that's a biased impression.
Thanks for the information. That system doesn't seem too bad, though I would have had a different opinion a couple years back when I was still a struggling student.
"If you don't have 2 kids under the age of 2, you don't know what the hell you're talking about."
So, yes I do know what I'm talking about (well used to...mine are older now). Good that I have your approval.
You're completely correct about absentee ballots. I've done it that way in the past, and it just makes my point that much more valid. People don't vote because they're lazy, not because they can't.
"o MS's credit they had no time limits; all they cared about was getting the customer's issue fixed even if you were on one call all day."
Doesn't MS charge per call for tech support for "home useres"? I've never called MS tech support, but I seem to remember hearing complaints about that at one time. Or is my memory faulty?
Warranty doesn't generally cover only manufacturer defect but any general failure within warranty limits. Most warranties cover "normal wear & tear" but won't cover anything that is deemed "misuse" or "accidental" damage (such as dropping the computer).
Those waivers don't hold up in court, ask any lawyer. You can sign it away, sure. It just doesn't have any significant weight if you actually decide to sue. It will give them some ammunition that you signed a waiver and still participated in whatever activity willingly, but it doesn't mean you can't still sue them if they did something wrong and you get hurt.
Which is why polls are open early and late. It's still a cop-out. Saying you can't leave work to vote because you won't get paid is as bogus as saying "it's because of my kids and my long work day". It's a non-starter because polls are specifically set up to accomodate that.
People don't vote because they don't care enough to make the effort. In the past, I would agree, there were plenty of systemic barriers for people of minorities and of lower social standing. In some cases they can still be seen, primarily for people of lower incomes who have to use public transportation to get to polling locations and work etc.
The majority of people however don't vote because they couldn't be bothered to get off their asses.
I think you may be able to write that license ("everyone can use this apart from the RIAA" but I don't think you can dictate what it's to be used for. Certainly you can mandate that if it's used in a certain manner other things need to be done, but especially your first item is suspsect to say the least.
I don't believe using someone's binary executable (assuming you produce one) constitutes "violating someone elses copyright" because the executable presumably would be freely distributed or sold.
Either way, it still doesn't get around the fact the tool is being used to illegally tranfer copyrighted materials and the owner of the copyright is legally allowed to pursue infringement.
I think you'd also find it difficult to force all P2P coders to follow your license, though I might be wrong about that. For that matter the RIAA (or police or whomever) could write their own P2P client that interacts with other clients and would totally circumvent your solution anyway. Not everyone uses the same client, right? Or are P2P networks essentially "private" networks and not interoperable with each other? (I really don't know so it's just speculation on my part that some P2P clients can communicate "across networks" with dissimilar clients.)
The only problem with this, at least in the USA is you can't sign away your right to sue people. I'm sure there are limitations on that, (maybe it's sue for negligence or physical harm or whatever) but I'm guessing your EULA wouldn't hold up in court.
You can't be serious. Voting begins at 0800 or earlier in most places, and runs until well after "normal" work hours. And employers are legally obligated to let you leave the office to go vote any time you choose throughout the day. Saying you "don't have time" to vote is just a bullshit cop-out.
Being too lazy to vote is simply that, laziness. It has nothing to do with difficulty getting to the booths because you "work 10+ hours a day and have kids to take care of when they get home".
I don't recall that step, but I could be mistaken. In either case, you lose quality, but the point is, it's possible to do, thus negating the "iTunes monopoly" talk.
Gotcha. That however compares apples (no pun intended) and oranges. You can't buy an iPhone with a contract to get a reduced price. In order to make a valid [price] comparison you have to compare the closest matching models and availabilities, which would assume no contract on the samsung and a 4gb card, assuming it will support one, against the 4gb iPhone. At that comparison, the iPhone is not double, and certainly not quadruple the price of the samsung.
So trespassing on my property against posted signs is okay? The article states that the code was used without crediting its author and the images were used without copying the source to the users page. According to the article both were expressly stated as "forbidden" and that if you wanted the code you should credit the author.
In either case, the guy effectively changed his signs from "no trespassing" to "no trespassing you dirty hippy" or something else. He's done no intentional harm and certainly hasn't broken any laws since he changed his own "property".
Until Apple removes the ability to encode iTunes songs in variant formats, which is possible although unlikely, then there is still not a monopoly. You can re-encode songs in mp3 using various codecs directly from iTunes. Then you can load them on the player of your choice.
Your iTunes example isn't a good example of a monopoly (though I don't disagree with your overall assessment) because a) there are plenty of mp3 players out there that aren't iPods b)many manufacturers produce their own software to interact with the player they produce c) there are other avenues of purchasing music online, d)apple dominates the market, but doesn't control the prices of the other players.
Sure there are other ways to work. Why does his choice of work matter to us? To you complain when a Ford goes into the car business? Or what about a Hilton chooses to work in the hotel business (if any have, I don't really know)? People choose work for their own reasons, but at least they are doing something ostensibly productive for society. Will it please everyone? No, but if you go around trying to please everyone, you please no one.
Just because you would prefer those unpublished manuscripts had stayed unpublished doesn't mean others aren't glad to read them. Personally, I don't care, I stopped reading Tolkien at 10 years old after finishing the Silmarillion and being bored to tears with it. Tolkien was a great story teller, no question, but I prefer the style of many others better, even if they don't actually create as full a story.
"Oh, and by the way, Tolkien pretty much despised his greatest fans. That probably includes you." So, no, actually it doesn't include me. It'd be interesting to see a source for that comment tthough. I knew Tolkien wasn't a media whore, but I'd never heard he didn't like his "fans".
I recognize that in the particular instance of "Philosopher's Stone" my argument is a bit weak, to say the least. I've always thought most publishers and certainly hollywood don't give children enough credit with what they are able to grasp. Certainly by the end of the book most children will understand what the Philosopher's Stone actually is and understand the book title as a result.
I've never read any Terry Pratchett, so I can't speak to that at all and I'll take your word for it.
Not to be a dick, but why should it be assumed that "anyone on Slashdot should have a basic understanding of the history of science"? Sure, I understand the scientific method, I understand what Alchemy was and approximately when it was practiced, I understand the history of computers, the industrial age, and many other things completely unrelated. That proves nothing, nor does it mandate that I should know something else.
I don't see any reasonable correlation, however to knowing that information and being expected to know the nuances of some of the finer details. It's like saying everyone on slashdot should understand particle physics, or be conversant in string theory. You can't pick and choose the details you want people to be capable of understanding (or remembering many years later without use) unless you teach them yourself. It's simply unrealistic.
They may be sent that way, but they are also labeled as such, and the sender's typically have some sort of license to transfer bio-hazardous materials for testing etc. I have no information on the actual packaging requirements, but I imagine it has to do with sample size.
"He's definitely out to make a buck on his father's work."
I ask you, which is worse, trying to capitalize on your parent's fortune or just sitting back and inheriting it and acting like a spoiled brat? At least he's tryiing to actually work, even if it's not all original. Some people wouldn't even bother working and just collect royalties. It's not like the work has disappeared or somehow been forgotten. I'd bet it's selling more copies today than ever before.
That said, I hated the Silmarillion, bored me to tears. And I haven't read any of Chirstopher's original works.
Fair warning, don't put a return address on that. It's a federal offense to send hazardous material (feces being classified as biohazard) through the mail. At least in the USA.
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Suffice to say, we'll agree to disagree here, but if you have time to post to slashdot throughout the day, I'm guessing you can spare a few minutes to go online and request and absentee ballot. Maybe I'm wrong.
Well in some cases of epilepsy light can already trigger an attack, so it could be possible the "faulty" neurons already have something which will allow use of light without creating any chloride pumps.
I know nothing about it though, so that's purely speculative. The article did put a nice big "give us more money" spin on things didn't it. I was also intrigued that they published in an online journal "Public Library of Science One" rather than a more recognized journal. To me that automatically implies their work isn't up to peer scrutiny, but again, that's a biased impression.
Thanks for the information. That system doesn't seem too bad, though I would have had a different opinion a couple years back when I was still a struggling student.
Someone mod this "informative" please.
"If you don't have 2 kids under the age of 2, you don't know what the hell you're talking about."
So, yes I do know what I'm talking about (well used to...mine are older now). Good that I have your approval.
You're completely correct about absentee ballots. I've done it that way in the past, and it just makes my point that much more valid. People don't vote because they're lazy, not because they can't.
"o MS's credit they had no time limits; all they cared about was getting the customer's issue fixed even if you were on one call all day."
Doesn't MS charge per call for tech support for "home useres"? I've never called MS tech support, but I seem to remember hearing complaints about that at one time. Or is my memory faulty?
Warranty doesn't generally cover only manufacturer defect but any general failure within warranty limits. Most warranties cover "normal wear & tear" but won't cover anything that is deemed "misuse" or "accidental" damage (such as dropping the computer).
Those waivers don't hold up in court, ask any lawyer. You can sign it away, sure. It just doesn't have any significant weight if you actually decide to sue. It will give them some ammunition that you signed a waiver and still participated in whatever activity willingly, but it doesn't mean you can't still sue them if they did something wrong and you get hurt.
Which is why polls are open early and late. It's still a cop-out. Saying you can't leave work to vote because you won't get paid is as bogus as saying "it's because of my kids and my long work day". It's a non-starter because polls are specifically set up to accomodate that.
People don't vote because they don't care enough to make the effort. In the past, I would agree, there were plenty of systemic barriers for people of minorities and of lower social standing. In some cases they can still be seen, primarily for people of lower incomes who have to use public transportation to get to polling locations and work etc.
The majority of people however don't vote because they couldn't be bothered to get off their asses.
I think you may be able to write that license ("everyone can use this apart from the RIAA" but I don't think you can dictate what it's to be used for. Certainly you can mandate that if it's used in a certain manner other things need to be done, but especially your first item is suspsect to say the least.
I don't believe using someone's binary executable (assuming you produce one) constitutes "violating someone elses copyright" because the executable presumably would be freely distributed or sold.
Either way, it still doesn't get around the fact the tool is being used to illegally tranfer copyrighted materials and the owner of the copyright is legally allowed to pursue infringement.
I think you'd also find it difficult to force all P2P coders to follow your license, though I might be wrong about that. For that matter the RIAA (or police or whomever) could write their own P2P client that interacts with other clients and would totally circumvent your solution anyway. Not everyone uses the same client, right? Or are P2P networks essentially "private" networks and not interoperable with each other? (I really don't know so it's just speculation on my part that some P2P clients can communicate "across networks" with dissimilar clients.)
I stand corrected. I remembered this slashdot article incorrectly: http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/26/ 1918239
So wow, it's even more expensive now than I thought it was. Good thing I wasn't planning on switching just for the iPhone.
The only problem with this, at least in the USA is you can't sign away your right to sue people. I'm sure there are limitations on that, (maybe it's sue for negligence or physical harm or whatever) but I'm guessing your EULA wouldn't hold up in court.
You can't be serious. Voting begins at 0800 or earlier in most places, and runs until well after "normal" work hours. And employers are legally obligated to let you leave the office to go vote any time you choose throughout the day. Saying you "don't have time" to vote is just a bullshit cop-out.
Being too lazy to vote is simply that, laziness. It has nothing to do with difficulty getting to the booths because you "work 10+ hours a day and have kids to take care of when they get home".
I don't recall that step, but I could be mistaken. In either case, you lose quality, but the point is, it's possible to do, thus negating the "iTunes monopoly" talk.
Gotcha. That however compares apples (no pun intended) and oranges. You can't buy an iPhone with a contract to get a reduced price. In order to make a valid [price] comparison you have to compare the closest matching models and availabilities, which would assume no contract on the samsung and a 4gb card, assuming it will support one, against the 4gb iPhone. At that comparison, the iPhone is not double, and certainly not quadruple the price of the samsung.
So trespassing on my property against posted signs is okay? The article states that the code was used without crediting its author and the images were used without copying the source to the users page. According to the article both were expressly stated as "forbidden" and that if you wanted the code you should credit the author.
In either case, the guy effectively changed his signs from "no trespassing" to "no trespassing you dirty hippy" or something else. He's done no intentional harm and certainly hasn't broken any laws since he changed his own "property".
Until Apple removes the ability to encode iTunes songs in variant formats, which is possible although unlikely, then there is still not a monopoly. You can re-encode songs in mp3 using various codecs directly from iTunes. Then you can load them on the player of your choice.
Your iTunes example isn't a good example of a monopoly (though I don't disagree with your overall assessment) because a) there are plenty of mp3 players out there that aren't iPods b)many manufacturers produce their own software to interact with the player they produce c) there are other avenues of purchasing music online, d)apple dominates the market, but doesn't control the prices of the other players.
Uh, $200 more than $300 isn't "more than twice the price". Did I miss something?
So you've never taken anything from your parents? You've never used their position to better yours? You're a better person than most.
Is he a good writer? I have no idea and don't really care, but if he's putting out something, anything, that someone will buy, why is that a problem?
Maybe it's just me, but it seems a whole lot of slashdotters are crying about sour grapes when they would do the same thing if given the chance.
Sure there are other ways to work. Why does his choice of work matter to us? To you complain when a Ford goes into the car business? Or what about a Hilton chooses to work in the hotel business (if any have, I don't really know)? People choose work for their own reasons, but at least they are doing something ostensibly productive for society. Will it please everyone? No, but if you go around trying to please everyone, you please no one.
Just because you would prefer those unpublished manuscripts had stayed unpublished doesn't mean others aren't glad to read them. Personally, I don't care, I stopped reading Tolkien at 10 years old after finishing the Silmarillion and being bored to tears with it. Tolkien was a great story teller, no question, but I prefer the style of many others better, even if they don't actually create as full a story.
"Oh, and by the way, Tolkien pretty much despised his greatest fans. That probably includes you."
So, no, actually it doesn't include me. It'd be interesting to see a source for that comment tthough. I knew Tolkien wasn't a media whore, but I'd never heard he didn't like his "fans".
I recognize that in the particular instance of "Philosopher's Stone" my argument is a bit weak, to say the least. I've always thought most publishers and certainly hollywood don't give children enough credit with what they are able to grasp. Certainly by the end of the book most children will understand what the Philosopher's Stone actually is and understand the book title as a result.
I've never read any Terry Pratchett, so I can't speak to that at all and I'll take your word for it.
Not to be a dick, but why should it be assumed that "anyone on Slashdot should have a basic understanding of the history of science"? Sure, I understand the scientific method, I understand what Alchemy was and approximately when it was practiced, I understand the history of computers, the industrial age, and many other things completely unrelated. That proves nothing, nor does it mandate that I should know something else.
I don't see any reasonable correlation, however to knowing that information and being expected to know the nuances of some of the finer details. It's like saying everyone on slashdot should understand particle physics, or be conversant in string theory. You can't pick and choose the details you want people to be capable of understanding (or remembering many years later without use) unless you teach them yourself. It's simply unrealistic.
They may be sent that way, but they are also labeled as such, and the sender's typically have some sort of license to transfer bio-hazardous materials for testing etc. I have no information on the actual packaging requirements, but I imagine it has to do with sample size.
"He's definitely out to make a buck on his father's work."
I ask you, which is worse, trying to capitalize on your parent's fortune or just sitting back and inheriting it and acting like a spoiled brat? At least he's tryiing to actually work, even if it's not all original. Some people wouldn't even bother working and just collect royalties. It's not like the work has disappeared or somehow been forgotten. I'd bet it's selling more copies today than ever before.
That said, I hated the Silmarillion, bored me to tears. And I haven't read any of Chirstopher's original works.
Fair warning, don't put a return address on that. It's a federal offense to send hazardous material (feces being classified as biohazard) through the mail. At least in the USA.