"For someone my age, the shuttle really *IS* space travel. I'm going to be really sad to see STS-133 land."
Reading that, I feel lucky to have grown up watching the space program when we were testing the limits of our abilities and every flight brought us closer to landing on the moon. There was a sense of adventure that's been missing since then.
It's not true that this is a GPL-specific problem. On the other hand, it does blow a big hole through the argument that the GPL is better than BSD because the former "keeps the code free" and the latter doesn't.
Isn't more like you sold your girlfriend to another guy and he sold her to another guy and you want people to sign a petition to free here from guy #2?
"Whatever happened to live performances and the "work ethic" of the tour? If singers and entertainers want to get paid, then they have to get out there and entertain."
Apparently only the artists are required to be ethical, not their fans. What is the ethical argument for listening to music on a recording instead of paying to attend a live performance?
Yes, we know young people don't have much cash but still like to enjoy music. It's OK. Just man-up and don't try to hide behind the skirt of a phony ethics issue.
No, we older people pay for content because it's the right thing to do. We also would rather not have home-made videos on youtube represent the highest quality entertainment available.
Enjoy films like Avatar while you can. If your theory is correct, you won't be seeing anything on the cutting edge once the "old folks" stop paying for it.
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Actually, I never vote for the guy who promises lower taxes.
"For someone my age, the shuttle really *IS* space travel. I'm going to be really sad to see STS-133 land."
Reading that, I feel lucky to have grown up watching the space program when we were testing the limits of our abilities and every flight brought us closer to landing on the moon. There was a sense of adventure that's been missing since then.
Sometimes a phone is just a phone.
Are you talking about MS and Judge Jackson?
There's all kinds of definitions of "open", but I'm not sure vulnerability is an aspect of an open system.
I think the goal is to design the security in the infrastructure from the ground up, so that clients can't compromise the network.
It's not true that this is a GPL-specific problem. On the other hand, it does blow a big hole through the argument that the GPL is better than BSD because the former "keeps the code free" and the latter doesn't.
"Basically Monty fell into the classic pitfall technical people with great ideas fall into."
I'm not sure if MySQL qualifies as a "great idea", but how clueless do you have to be to not understand the VCs are in it for the money?
Do people actually sign contracts covering their dream project without reading them or consulting a lawyer?
Isn't more like you sold your girlfriend to another guy and he sold her to another guy and you want people to sign a petition to free here from guy #2?
[Mother]
Now far off to your right, we have a welcome neighbor...
[Father]
Our GE nuclear power plant, dear.
I don't see the connection between downloading music you didn't pay for and free speech.
"whether I download the album or not makes no difference to his income."
In which case it's neither an example of incurring a loss or a failure to incur a profit, because those two scenarios aren't revenue-neutral.
Welfare has worked rather well for US corporations.
"The music industry is just like any other private industry who has to solve their own problems."
Here in the US there's a long tradition of government helping private industry; ever hear of corporations?
We had to destroy the village to save it.
My definition of a "real job" is one that most Slasdotters have no experience in.
So I can start selling David Beckham clothing without being sued by anybody? Being that he doesn't worry about anything off the field and all.
Actually Bono was around when physical products had reasonable prices. It was the advent of the CD that triggered the overpricing.
"Whatever happened to live performances and the "work ethic" of the tour? If singers and entertainers want to get paid, then they have to get out there and entertain."
Apparently only the artists are required to be ethical, not their fans. What is the ethical argument for listening to music on a recording instead of paying to attend a live performance?
Yes, we know young people don't have much cash but still like to enjoy music. It's OK. Just man-up and don't try to hide behind the skirt of a phony ethics issue.
Please explain the difference.
No, we older people pay for content because it's the right thing to do. We also would rather not have home-made videos on youtube represent the highest quality entertainment available.
Enjoy films like Avatar while you can. If your theory is correct, you won't be seeing anything on the cutting edge once the "old folks" stop paying for it.
Or Slashdotters will boycott his music and no longer download it and ... Oh wait.
It's well understood that raising the standard of living in a country brings down its population growth rate.
"Half the damn stuff in my house I don't really own, I license or lease or rent it or whatever."
And the other half you pirated?
"A lot of people who may remix music"
I thought we were talking about artists?