My point wasn't that I couldn't put my stuff out there under a CC license, but that it didn't seem worth the trouble, as it would be lost in a sea of restrictively copyrighted stuff. Basically what I was getting at was that things like this which bring copyleft type licenses more effectively into the light of day make putting CC content out there a more appealing idea.
Of course, I've learned some good details about how to do so from reading the comments in this thread (especially yours), and that alone increases the likelihood that I'll be contributing to the Commons in the near future.
I know I'll use it at times. Sure, 95% of users will never know about it or utilize it. But of the small fraction of users who are content creators, I imagine a sizable number of them will utilize it.
And more importantly, the first thing that went through my mind upon seeing this was that I now have a much stronger incentive to get some of my better pictures posted and accessible. The reason for that is that I would allow my stuff to be used in this manner, but never bothered to put it out there, because who'll ever find it, and when someone does stumble across it in an image search, chances are they won't be aware of the whole CC thing. This changes both of those assumptions.
I agree, that's a much better analogy. Thanks. But recalls per model, seat belts per passenger and security patches per OS are all worthless metrics. That was my point.
Realized one more thing I should add, for those of you curious about OS X: I've been using it full time since 10.0.4, and I've never done the NetInfo thing to enable root. In fact, one of the things I really looked forward to about OS X was that it would force me to become a command line guru. Didn't work out. Sure, I can do a few things that impress Windows users, but rather than having to build up skills there to maintain my machine, instead I have to find excuses to hit Terminal.app.
Yep. Just tried it on my iBook under 10.3.8. I was then able to log in graphically as user "root," which showed up in my top right corner user menu as "System Administrator." Of course, I did have to enter my password, which is for an admin account.
So while it just don't seem right, I guess you can't really consider this a privilege escalation bug; from what I can tell it's just a shortcut for enabling root that requires admin credentials anyway.
I take the approach that there will eventually be exploits floating around that will pick off the low hanging fruit of clue-free Mac users that this article refers to. I don't spend a whole lot of energy worrying about it, I even laughed as I ripped out Symantec's software from this iBook I bought recently. But yes, it will happen. Details still hazy, but the fact that it will happen some how, at some point, I can guarantee you.
I view it kinda like that tale of the two men walking through the jungle: They come to a clearing, where a large, ferocious tiger is staring them down and snarling menacingly. They both freeze in utter terror. Slowly, so as not to startle the animal, one of the men reaches down to tighten the laces on his shoes. The other man asks, incredulous, "Surely you don't think you can outrun that thing, do you?" To which his friend replies, "I've just gotta outrun you."
The editor's article summary refers to the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) in the first sentence, referencing the C|Net article. But then for the rest of the blurb, the copy seems to be lifted from Napster's site, which instead refers to iPod when they're actually talking about the iTMS. I'm not trying to be pedantic here, but there's a very real difference that the Timothy has failed to either state clearly or understand himself. Look up at the window title for further confirmation of this.
Yes, the business models for iTMS and iPod are quite clearly intertwined, but they are not interchangeable. Comparing a temporary licensing system to a storage and playback device is just daft.
Now carry on arguing whether the magazine subscription or the nice hardwood magazine rack is the wiser investment.
More than 100 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) developers have signed a petition demanding the software company reconsider plans to end support for Visual Basic in its "classic" form.
Sounds to me like Microsoft refuses to kill off VB, and those who know its horrors best are demanding that it be extinguished so that another generation of programmers will not have to endure what they have gone through.
The semi-matte finish is nice. It's a very polished (heh) look when viewed on an LCD. Pity about the corners, though. Kinda distracting, at least at first glance.
[AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck' came on just as I hit Reply.]
Taking that logic to rediculous [sic, but when in Rome...] extremes, shouldn't he have come to each of our houses so that those of us with crappy amps and speakers could hear what it sounded like through his über-133+ system?
Yes, but since all the hamsters created were raw note and timing data, the original MIDI files would have been more appropriate. By posting only.MP3 and.WAV files, all he's done are A) waste bandwidth, and 2) hardcode the patches of the synthesizers in his equipment into the music.
This is akin to posting.GIF files of rendered type rather than just the ASCII of what was typed had the experiemnt focused on text rather than music.
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Somehow I don't think that the clickwheel is an appropriate interface for a phone...
I've been waiting to see someone hack an iPod into a cellphone with a rotary dial.
And those are, in the grand scheme of things, very few applications.
Some idea of what the average user (read: non-developer) does on a daily basis is an even greater indicator of how IT literate a person is.
"I've never had a living, breathing music executive come to Apple."
Kinda makes ya wonder what's hidden in that closet in the corner of Steve's office, doesn't it?
My point wasn't that I couldn't put my stuff out there under a CC license, but that it didn't seem worth the trouble, as it would be lost in a sea of restrictively copyrighted stuff. Basically what I was getting at was that things like this which bring copyleft type licenses more effectively into the light of day make putting CC content out there a more appealing idea.
Of course, I've learned some good details about how to do so from reading the comments in this thread (especially yours), and that alone increases the likelihood that I'll be contributing to the Commons in the near future.
Hey, doesn't using the B-word in that context violate Google's copyright?
I know I'll use it at times. Sure, 95% of users will never know about it or utilize it. But of the small fraction of users who are content creators, I imagine a sizable number of them will utilize it.
And more importantly, the first thing that went through my mind upon seeing this was that I now have a much stronger incentive to get some of my better pictures posted and accessible. The reason for that is that I would allow my stuff to be used in this manner, but never bothered to put it out there, because who'll ever find it, and when someone does stumble across it in an image search, chances are they won't be aware of the whole CC thing. This changes both of those assumptions.
So I say Yay! for Yahoo!
I agree, that's a much better analogy. Thanks. But recalls per model, seat belts per passenger and security patches per OS are all worthless metrics. That was my point.
Realized one more thing I should add, for those of you curious about OS X: I've been using it full time since 10.0.4, and I've never done the NetInfo thing to enable root. In fact, one of the things I really looked forward to about OS X was that it would force me to become a command line guru. Didn't work out. Sure, I can do a few things that impress Windows users, but rather than having to build up skills there to maintain my machine, instead I have to find excuses to hit Terminal.app.
The Volvo 740, in terms of seatbelts, is about on par with a Ford Fiesta.
Yep. Just tried it on my iBook under 10.3.8. I was then able to log in graphically as user "root," which showed up in my top right corner user menu as "System Administrator." Of course, I did have to enter my password, which is for an admin account.
So while it just don't seem right, I guess you can't really consider this a privilege escalation bug; from what I can tell it's just a shortcut for enabling root that requires admin credentials anyway.
I take the approach that there will eventually be exploits floating around that will pick off the low hanging fruit of clue-free Mac users that this article refers to. I don't spend a whole lot of energy worrying about it, I even laughed as I ripped out Symantec's software from this iBook I bought recently. But yes, it will happen. Details still hazy, but the fact that it will happen some how, at some point, I can guarantee you.
I view it kinda like that tale of the two men walking through the jungle: They come to a clearing, where a large, ferocious tiger is staring them down and snarling menacingly. They both freeze in utter terror. Slowly, so as not to startle the animal, one of the men reaches down to tighten the laces on his shoes. The other man asks, incredulous, "Surely you don't think you can outrun that thing, do you?" To which his friend replies, "I've just gotta outrun you."
Luna doesn't glisten.
Ever see how Stephen King uses that word in his stories? Luna does too glisten!
The editor's article summary refers to the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) in the first sentence, referencing the C|Net article. But then for the rest of the blurb, the copy seems to be lifted from Napster's site, which instead refers to iPod when they're actually talking about the iTMS. I'm not trying to be pedantic here, but there's a very real difference that the Timothy has failed to either state clearly or understand himself. Look up at the window title for further confirmation of this.
Yes, the business models for iTMS and iPod are quite clearly intertwined, but they are not interchangeable. Comparing a temporary licensing system to a storage and playback device is just daft.
Now carry on arguing whether the magazine subscription or the nice hardwood magazine rack is the wiser investment.
An effort is underway to require Congress to read laws in their entirety
If that's not indicative of how well and truly fucked we are...
If Osama was proscuted in Vermont, then he would probably get a medal and a free membership to the HateBush club.
If Osama was prosecuted in Texas....well, he would be lynched before he made it to the court house.
Neither of those sound like justice to me.
I'd just as soon see him blown up or shot dead on sight. No need to waste millions of dollars on a show trial for the likes of him
Yeah! Why even have a trial when everybody knows your're guilty? That would just be dumb.
Don't worry kid, next year you'll take Social Studies and they'll explain all this stuff.
First off, The USofA is not torturing people there.
Do you mean that the claims of what goes on are untrue, or that what goes on isn't technically torture?
Secondly, these people are not innocent. They were captured fighting for a terrorist cause on a battlefield.
Which would kinda make them Prisoners of War then, what with us being at war with terror, right?
Hey man, everybody's gotta have a hobby.
More than 100 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) developers have signed a petition demanding the software company reconsider plans to end support for Visual Basic in its "classic" form.
Sounds to me like Microsoft refuses to kill off VB, and those who know its horrors best are demanding that it be extinguished so that another generation of programmers will not have to endure what they have gone through.
I can respect that.
Umm, did ya click the link in my post?
my SPEEDOS!
Oh, what?
The semi-matte finish is nice. It's a very polished (heh) look when viewed on an LCD. Pity about the corners, though. Kinda distracting, at least at first glance.
[AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck' came on just as I hit Reply.]
Taking that logic to rediculous [sic, but when in Rome...] extremes, shouldn't he have come to each of our houses so that those of us with crappy amps and speakers could hear what it sounded like through his über-133+ system?
Liar. Your Mac only has one button.
True.
But there's a shitload of 'em on the mouse.
Yes, but since all the hamsters created were raw note and timing data, the original MIDI files would have been more appropriate. By posting only .MP3 and .WAV files, all he's done are A) waste bandwidth, and 2) hardcode the patches of the synthesizers in his equipment into the music.
.GIF files of rendered type rather than just the ASCII of what was typed had the experiemnt focused on text rather than music.
This is akin to posting
Don't give 'em too much credit. Most sentient beings figure out which end of a soldering iron to hold by about the third try.