The problem with opt-out is that you confirm that a real person is reading the spam. You might not get messages from that exact source again, but you may well get on even more spam lists.
Recipes can be copyrighted (the prose/description at least, not merely the ingredient list). To claim the kind of rights they're talking about here would require a patent. Of course, qualifying as novel and non-obvious would be difficult.
A friend of mine wrestled in high school and likes to tell the story about the toughest match he ever had. His opponent was an amputee: one arm missing. This gave him several advantages.
- his weight class was effectively lowered
- many moves would became ineffective against him (you can't grab an arm if it isn't there).
- years of living with one arm had made that arm very, very strong. This combined with the weight class issue meant that his arm was generally absurdly stronger that his opponent's.
- surprise. Most folks had no experience wrestling a one-armed opponent and were not prepared. It changed the game.
Of course, there were also disadvantages. Many moves require two arms, and his armless side was a zone he could not reach into. My friend was able to capitalize on this, attacking from the armless side. In the end, my friend won, but not easily.
All this without prosthetics even.
Do I think this guy and an unfair advantage? Well no. But it is not an easy situation to analyze.
I can agree the monopoly arose more or less naturally, however it was not all the consumers' choices. Most of them got their OS bundled with their hardware. Most consumers don't even understand what an operating system is.
+1, though I'm probably more overweight than you. 5'9.5" 221.5lbs for a BMI of 32.2 (waist is 38, chest about 46). I accept that I'm overweight, but obese doesn't fit. In fact, my percent body fat measures as 24.7%, which is considered high (for a man), but not obese.
The "normal" BMI range is 18.5 - 24.9. At my height, that corresponds to 127 - 171 lbs. The non-fat in my body weighs 166 based on the numbers above. 171 would put me at 2.9% body fat (dangerously low, yet only barely "normal" according to BMI).
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it will be interesting to see how Red Hat goes about publishing updates since I somehow don't see some of their larger customers downloading and compiling source code and then rdisting....
You "vote" every time you do business with a company
First off, I *do* agree with this idea, but it does have its problems. For one thing uninformed consumers are just as prevalent (if not more so) as uninformed voters. Then you have the problem that many consumers don't even realize that they are "voting" with their purchases. And of course, there is the economic class favoritism issue, since wealthier people get more votes.
Most people don't realize that there are efficient ways to generate hydrogen from water and solar energy. I would not be surprised if this was cheaper than drilling 2 miles into the earths crust. Not to mention it solves one of the biggest problems of solar energy: storage. Here are some links for those interested:
These companies need to realize what dinosaurs they are. Their business model is doomed -- it relies on artificial scarcity that they want to maintain by crippling information technology.
I think Eben Moglen's article,
Liberation Musicology has some very interesting ideas about the future of music distribution.
Whether or not the trial is fair, it will almost certainly not be seen that way in the Muslim world. It will probably even be compared to Nuremburg by some. Bin Laden could be seen as a martyr.
However, I've heard a very interesting idea regarding this. A friend of mine has suggested the following:
"We have a Muslim community. Ask American citizens who are Islamic clerics who specialize in Islamic law to serve on Shariyah courts. Whatever members of the organizations in question that we can capture through various means may be brought into such courts in a compulsory manner. Alternatively, a double-bind choice may be offered. If convicted, the sentences and executions, broadcast on international television, will affect the minds of sympathizers in a way that nothing else can match. The declared adherence to Islam is turned into an enemy weakness, and opposition to the USA is slightly moderated."
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So who gets the money?
The lawyers of course. This is America after all.
The problem with opt-out is that you confirm that a real person is reading the spam. You might not get messages from that exact source again, but you may well get on even more spam lists.
All this confusion over IP terminology...
Recipes can be copyrighted (the prose/description at least, not merely the ingredient list). To claim the kind of rights they're talking about here would require a patent. Of course, qualifying as novel and non-obvious would be difficult.
How long before they start going after Google for linking to 'blaspheming' sites.
I note that Wolfram|Alpha happily deep-links to Google Maps.
A friend of mine wrestled in high school and likes to tell the story about the toughest match he ever had. His opponent was an amputee: one arm missing. This gave him several advantages.
- his weight class was effectively lowered
- many moves would became ineffective against him (you can't grab an arm if it isn't there).
- years of living with one arm had made that arm very, very strong. This combined with the weight class issue meant that his arm was generally absurdly stronger that his opponent's.
- surprise. Most folks had no experience wrestling a one-armed opponent and were not prepared. It changed the game.
Of course, there were also disadvantages. Many moves require two arms, and his armless side was a zone he could not reach into. My friend was able to capitalize on this, attacking from the armless side. In the end, my friend won, but not easily.
All this without prosthetics even.
Do I think this guy and an unfair advantage? Well no. But it is not an easy situation to analyze.
"USAF botnet hijacked by spammers"
I can agree the monopoly arose more or less naturally, however it was not all the consumers' choices. Most of them got their OS bundled with their hardware. Most consumers don't even understand what an operating system is.
> Why use a scalpel to remove a liver when you can just beam it out?
;)
I always figured this was the reason there were no bathrooms on the ship
+1, though I'm probably more overweight than you. 5'9.5" 221.5lbs for a BMI of 32.2 (waist is 38, chest about 46). I accept that I'm overweight, but obese doesn't fit. In fact, my percent body fat measures as 24.7%, which is considered high (for a man), but not obese.
The "normal" BMI range is 18.5 - 24.9. At my height, that corresponds to 127 - 171 lbs. The non-fat in my body weighs 166 based on the numbers above. 171 would put me at 2.9% body fat (dangerously low, yet only barely "normal" according to BMI).
d((x0,y0),(x1,y1)) = |x1-x0| + |y1-y0|
You can think of it as 1st in the series of metrics
d((x0,y0),(x1,y1)) = ( |x1-x0|^p + |y1-y0|^p )^(1/p)
where for p=1 you get this metric and for p=2 you get the traditional Euclidian one.
Um,.... how about Red Hat Network
$ expr $(date +%s) - $(date -d "0:00" +%s)
62347
You "vote" every time you do business with a company
First off, I *do* agree with this idea, but it does have its problems. For one thing uninformed consumers are just as prevalent (if not more so) as uninformed voters. Then you have the problem that many consumers don't even realize that they are "voting" with their purchases. And of course, there is the economic class favoritism issue, since wealthier people get more votes.
www.solarhydrogensystems.com
www.solar-h.com
www.hionsolar.com
These companies need to realize what dinosaurs they are. Their business model is doomed -- it relies on artificial scarcity that they want to maintain by crippling information technology.
I think Eben Moglen's article, Liberation Musicology has some very interesting ideas about the future of music distribution.
That link points to part 2 of the article.
You might want to start at the beginning. html)
( http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7466555948
Whether or not the trial is fair, it will almost certainly not be seen that way in the Muslim world. It will probably even be compared to Nuremburg by some. Bin Laden could be seen as a martyr.
However, I've heard a very interesting idea regarding this. A friend of mine has suggested the following:
"We have a Muslim community. Ask American citizens who are Islamic clerics who specialize in Islamic law to serve on Shariyah courts. Whatever members of the organizations in question that we can capture through various means may be brought into such courts in a compulsory manner. Alternatively, a double-bind choice may be offered. If convicted, the sentences and executions, broadcast on international television, will affect the minds of sympathizers in a way that nothing else can match. The declared adherence to Islam is turned into an enemy weakness, and opposition to the USA is slightly moderated."