If it's so simple to create "Art" by just gathering stuff lying around, than people would just do it themselves. Not only would they not pay others for their work, but they wouldn't even bother to download it for free.
The fact that they do desire to experience it proves that the Artist is adding something significant and valuable to the mix.
It's plausible that you might wish to convey an idea by referencing a small part of a large copyrighted work. It's not plausible that you wish to convey the exact full content of War and Peace.
The more pertinent question is, how much will we distort the meaning of free speech in order to avoid paying for something we don't want to pay for.
As I said, it succeeded to benefit MS's competitors such as Sun and AOL, who spearheaded the investigation. After MS was found to be an abusive monopoly, those companies sued MS using the court verdict as evidence. Eventually MS paid them off.
How would it have helped the consumer if MS had been ordered to use Netscape's old browser (which isn't Firefox) or bundle Sun's JVM with Windows? The remedies that MS didn't end up having to agree to were also transparently designed to benefit other companies and not the consumer.
Spending a decade or more investigating and suing MS in court and finally winning. If you don't like the result, blame the instigators of the investigation (Sun, AOL, etc). They got big bucks from MS so the government efforts succeeded as planned.
I'm sure there's a few college jocks that are willing to pretend they are geeks for some free pizza. On the other hand, the company looking for free workers is pretending to be a professional company, so it's all good.
"If people tell each other that Microsoft sucks, and that Microsoft products are buggy and easily penetrated, would you say there is a 'whisper campaign' against Microsoft?"
I'd say it's more of a shouting campaign around here.
What's bad about Ubuntu is the crazy upgrade restrictions. Often you can only upgrade to the newest version from the immediately previous version. Then you try to upgrade to the previous version and find that the upgrade is no longer available. What a mess!
"While I agree with your main point, I believe it is "fair" to call people idiots if they are ignorant about something and then complain that it does not work for them."
Once my car broke down, I didn't know how to fix it, and I complained a lot.
Talk about your leaky abstractions
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If everything is a file, shouldn't I be able to flush my mouse?
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Yes, I agree that Unix is a culture, but No, it wasn't based on sweetness and light.
You can thank monopolies
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Like it or not, most of the key innovations in computers came from monopolies: Xerox, IBM, AT&T. When you have more money than you know how to spend, you can afford letting people play. Why not Microsoft? Although it has had some innovation, MS was never a monopoly in the same league as the other three. Also, there was a lot more low-hanging fruit in the computer world of the 60's and 70's than there was later.
Yes, that was my answer as well. If he's addicted to the Internet and has no other alternatives, he could always move his private stuff to flash drive or encrypt it. As one college IT guy posted, the school isn't really interested in him specifically anyway.
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Not at all. That's why CS graduates are qualified only to teach CS undergrads.
"I do not have the time in the day to make my music.."
I suspect it's more a matter of lack of talent than lack of time.
If it's so simple to create "Art" by just gathering stuff lying around, than people would just do it themselves. Not only would they not pay others for their work, but they wouldn't even bother to download it for free.
The fact that they do desire to experience it proves that the Artist is adding something significant and valuable to the mix.
So basically you want the media to spend 10% of their advertising budget to manipulate Average Joes to think like you?
It's plausible that you might wish to convey an idea by referencing a small part of a large copyrighted work. It's not plausible that you wish to convey the exact full content of War and Peace.
The more pertinent question is, how much will we distort the meaning of free speech in order to avoid paying for something we don't want to pay for.
As I said, it succeeded to benefit MS's competitors such as Sun and AOL, who spearheaded the investigation. After MS was found to be an abusive monopoly, those companies sued MS using the court verdict as evidence. Eventually MS paid them off.
How would it have helped the consumer if MS had been ordered to use Netscape's old browser (which isn't Firefox) or bundle Sun's JVM with Windows? The remedies that MS didn't end up having to agree to were also transparently designed to benefit other companies and not the consumer.
Spending a decade or more investigating and suing MS in court and finally winning. If you don't like the result, blame the instigators of the investigation (Sun, AOL, etc). They got big bucks from MS so the government efforts succeeded as planned.
I'm sure there's a few college jocks that are willing to pretend they are geeks for some free pizza. On the other hand, the company looking for free workers is pretending to be a professional company, so it's all good.
"If people tell each other that Microsoft sucks, and that Microsoft products are buggy and easily penetrated, would you say there is a 'whisper campaign' against Microsoft?"
I'd say it's more of a shouting campaign around here.
Actually, if it was a troll, it wouldn't be a very clever one IMHO.
See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes
What's bad about Ubuntu is the crazy upgrade restrictions. Often you can only upgrade to the newest version from the immediately previous version. Then you try to upgrade to the previous version and find that the upgrade is no longer available. What a mess!
"You've never used email before?"
Only since 1983. Unless I'm misinformed, SMS has nothing to do with email.
"I use twitter a little differently from most, but to me, twitter is really just group SMS."
Fine, but I don't get the attraction for SMS either.
It doesn't have RAID or ECC RAM.
"I'm going to bet Yahoo has more return visitors."
I would too, given that Yahoo's pool of potential return visitors is orders of magnitude greater than Bing's.
No, but if you had your fly unzipped, I'd consider you a risk-taker.
"While I agree with your main point, I believe it is "fair" to call people idiots if they are ignorant about something and then complain that it does not work for them."
Once my car broke down, I didn't know how to fix it, and I complained a lot.
If everything is a file, shouldn't I be able to flush my mouse?
Yes, I agree that Unix is a culture, but No, it wasn't based on sweetness and light.
Like it or not, most of the key innovations in computers came from monopolies: Xerox, IBM, AT&T. When you have more money than you know how to spend, you can afford letting people play. Why not Microsoft? Although it has had some innovation, MS was never a monopoly in the same league as the other three. Also, there was a lot more low-hanging fruit in the computer world of the 60's and 70's than there was later.
Of course there were many operating systems before Unix, but in the embedded world OS's were rarely used until the 90's.
I think you intended to respond to the GP, not me.
Yes, that was my answer as well. If he's addicted to the Internet and has no other alternatives, he could always move his private stuff to flash drive or encrypt it. As one college IT guy posted, the school isn't really interested in him specifically anyway.
I agree. Often cutting staff is a panic move by timid management.
The point is that paying staff is part of the cost of doing business. It enables a corporation to make profit, it doesn't consume it.