BMG/Napster shouldn't be forced to facilitate the trading of Nazi music any more than you should be forced to listen to it.
Granted, the actual implementation of blocking certain material in a Peer to Peer system would possibly be fruitless, but people should just look at the system they have in place and decide whether to use it or not. The major downside is that all the Nazis will be using Gnutella now. ---
Ben Garvey
While everyone is on the subject of introductory languages...
In my opinion, Perl would be a great language to teach begining comp sci students, as nearly all first level programming concepts can be taught with it. In addition, the hasssles associated with compiling code in the begining are avoided. I can remember my first Comp Sci course in C, half the class couldn't even get their compilers working right.
Granted, this was probably due to a sub-par prof (and sub-par students), but getting the programming/problem solving mindset into a student is the main goal, and the more unecessary things you can cut away, the better.
I cringe, however, at Perl-only programmers learning about C strings! ---
Ben Garvey
The punishment is supposed to fit the crime, and I can't agree that it would take 7 years to straighten this guy out. Inprisonment is not to be taken lightly. What would this guy learn in 7 years that he would not learn in 5? 3? ---
Ben Garvey
I wouldn't exactly call $60 Canadian "dirt cheap" compared to the US prices. Everyone saw how quickly dial up access dropped in price with minimal government intrervention (the 53.3k/sec cap on speed comes to mind), and who knows, Canada might actually be able to pull off their goal of cheap, reliable, fast internet access for all, but why spend tax payer money on building something when companies can do it? ---
Ben Garvey
How would your local Tower Records know whether you own the White Album or not? Why assume that your "right to listen" extends to listening on any platform (and future platform) you want?
In my opinion, as long as it's physical media we're talking about, you're going to have to pay the full price. There is no lawing saying that companies MUST provide you with upgrades and such, but maybe that would benefit one that tried it out. I, for one, think something like a discount for buying multiple albums of the same artist would be pretty beneficial to record companies. ---
Ben Garvey
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BMG/Napster shouldn't be forced to facilitate the trading of Nazi music any more than you should be forced to listen to it. Granted, the actual implementation of blocking certain material in a Peer to Peer system would possibly be fruitless, but people should just look at the system they have in place and decide whether to use it or not. The major downside is that all the Nazis will be using Gnutella now.
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Ben Garvey
While everyone is on the subject of introductory languages...
In my opinion, Perl would be a great language to teach begining comp sci students, as nearly all first level programming concepts can be taught with it. In addition, the hasssles associated with compiling code in the begining are avoided. I can remember my first Comp Sci course in C, half the class couldn't even get their compilers working right.
Granted, this was probably due to a sub-par prof (and sub-par students), but getting the programming/problem solving mindset into a student is the main goal, and the more unecessary things you can cut away, the better.
I cringe, however, at Perl-only programmers learning about C strings!
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Ben Garvey
The punishment is supposed to fit the crime, and I can't agree that it would take 7 years to straighten this guy out. Inprisonment is not to be taken lightly. What would this guy learn in 7 years that he would not learn in 5? 3?
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Ben Garvey
I wouldn't exactly call $60 Canadian "dirt cheap" compared to the US prices. Everyone saw how quickly dial up access dropped in price with minimal government intrervention (the 53.3k/sec cap on speed comes to mind), and who knows, Canada might actually be able to pull off their goal of cheap, reliable, fast internet access for all, but why spend tax payer money on building something when companies can do it?
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Ben Garvey
How would your local Tower Records know whether you own the White Album or not? Why assume that your "right to listen" extends to listening on any platform (and future platform) you want? In my opinion, as long as it's physical media we're talking about, you're going to have to pay the full price. There is no lawing saying that companies MUST provide you with upgrades and such, but maybe that would benefit one that tried it out. I, for one, think something like a discount for buying multiple albums of the same artist would be pretty beneficial to record companies.
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Ben Garvey
Why not send it farther out into space? By now it probably has some sort of Andromeda Strain growing inside.
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Ben Garvey