Who says you'd print it? Maybe you'd just read it once and then move on? I've got a TON of soft cover books at home that I read once and put aside (to be either given away or thrown out). If they were available (cheaply) on an E-Book reader, a lot of trees would be saved...
Or are they? If its all out there for free and if it is (or becomes) very easy to access it, why would anyone go to the bookstore (except diehard "I hate reading books on CRTs" types)? Maybe its not this way now, but how long do you wait before you step in and try to regain control over your works?
Perhaps a different approach to fighting this issue would be to apply the judge's decision "ad absurdium" to show how ridiculous it could be. Consider:
A video recorder (its decrypting the data stream to make the tape...)
The FBI (they decrypt email in search of criminals)
NSA (the biggest decrypters of all)
Can you come up with others to apply it to that might be more demonstrable of an "ad absurdium" argument?
Didn't notice, but this may very well be true. In order to make commercials "stick" in your memory more, advertisers have been broadcasting them at a higher intensity than the regular show. I think I remember hearing of a VCR that could "skip" commercials by simply monitoring the intensity of the signal. Wonder what ever happened to that VCR?
There are holes in every idea, but you gotta start somewhere. I mean, if you're afraid of the postal service, then you could provide a dropoff spot for ballots. Oh, but then you gotta worry about the people collecting the ballots...
Why does this article remind me of an old Star Trek episode where people willingly went to disintegrator stations because a computer told them they were casualties in war. How long will it be before it becomes so safe to have wars that people won't think twice about starting them?
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Who says you'd print it? Maybe you'd just read it once and then move on? I've got a TON of soft cover books at home that I read once and put aside (to be either given away or thrown out). If they were available (cheaply) on an E-Book reader, a lot of trees would be saved...
Or are they? If its all out there for free and if it is (or becomes) very easy to access it, why would anyone go to the bookstore (except diehard "I hate reading books on CRTs" types)? Maybe its not this way now, but how long do you wait before you step in and try to regain control over your works?
How does one post on Advogato? It appears to be a Slashdot-like system, but I can't figure out how to participate...
Answer: When you work in an area where everything you deal with is M$ related, there will be little time to switch back to Linux.
Perhaps a different approach to fighting this issue would be to apply the judge's decision "ad absurdium" to show how ridiculous it could be. Consider:
Can you come up with others to apply it to that might be more demonstrable of an "ad absurdium" argument?
Didn't notice, but this may very well be true. In order to make commercials "stick" in your memory more, advertisers have been broadcasting them at a higher intensity than the regular show. I think I remember hearing of a VCR that could "skip" commercials by simply monitoring the intensity of the signal. Wonder what ever happened to that VCR?
There are holes in every idea, but you gotta start somewhere. I mean, if you're afraid of the postal service, then you could provide a dropoff spot for ballots. Oh, but then you gotta worry about the people collecting the ballots...
Why does this article remind me of an old Star Trek episode where people willingly went to disintegrator stations because a computer told them they were casualties in war. How long will it be before it becomes so safe to have wars that people won't think twice about starting them?