For one, I congratulate you on the irony here. This is a very clever analogy of the whole free software versus proprietary software debate.
The person who believes by hiding their discovery away (because the world cannot handle it in their opinion) is obviously driven by a need to hold their proprietary code and not share. Although locking away what they believe to be intellectual capital is a damn foolish idea, they do it anyway.
A little question to the author: What happens when someone else makes the discovery on their own and shares that idea? Maybe like the GNU and Linux phenomenon? Does that count as a social upheaval in your opinion?
Personally I think it illustrates quite well the fallacy that discoveries can be judged to be "harmful" by any ONE individual or small group. The chance that your discovery would remain secret are small. In my opinion man does share similar interests and there is a high degree that someone else will make the same "discovery".
This is also an argument against "patents" - as they are very similar in nature. The case of Forgent around the JPEG patent is proof-positive of the "bad" nature of the "hidden secret" idea.
So perhaps we need to re-phrase the question to this: Suppose I stumbled across a secret that I thought I alone had found. Would it be morally correct for me to deny anyone else the knowledge?
I do not suppose it would. If the world was going to end tomorrow, would you believe it correct to withhold that information? I suppose you could and none would know you did withhold that information, except yourself. Would you honestly not share that information with even ONE other person?
GNU/Linux is the best OS around - althought they all suck to one degree or another. The performance and stability are amazing. Yet people continue to pay for things that do not work well. Sad. Just sad.
Yes, I checked. It is for real. I am not an MS Hater, I am an individual. You sir, have that 1 degree of separation - reality from fiction. Your fiction, the world's reality.
Tripwire makes Tripwire for Routers - Tripwire has been in the business of ensuring integrity for your systems for some time. Thet even make the Open-Source version of Tripwire for Servers, Web Pages (Apache) and have a Linux-capable Tripwire Manager (management system for reports) available as well. Definitely worthy of investigation.
P.S. - I don't work for Tripwire, but I do like their products. 8-)
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Just when did anyone vote for the RIAA?
I wasn't aware that they had dictatorial powers over the Internet. This seems highly illegal, and should be stopped immediately.
I guess it's time to step up and hurt them where it counts. Boycott the music industry.
This is either a) bogus or b) an example of the fascist thinking going on at the RIAA. Somebody really needs to explain the principles of fair use to those people, or maybe we should just stop buying music altogether.
If you are in need of assistance - the number one place to go is to a NELA lawyer. The National Employment Lawyers Association can fix this problem. They used to eat at our Restaraunt every week, and they have helped when needed (I'm not an attorney). Don't let yourself be bullied - and don't post slander either on a public board. Your opinions are yours, but because they are posted on a public stock board, they may legally be considered slander (if they are extremely harsh and they can prove you wrote them), or they may even be considered an SEC violation if they are publicly traded. If, however, you put them somewhere else - then they can go jump in a lake. Just my two cents, but if you need help - go to a NELA lawyer. It is worth it.
Starband's website only claims to do 150kBps downloads and 50Kbps uploads during "peak" internet times such as "weekday evenings". Yeah, and I only want to pay $70/month for substandard "broader than broadband" service too. If you buy this one, it would have to be because it is your only option. Anyone in a metropolitan area will be better off checking out Cable/DSL/Sprint ION (if that ever shows up within the next forty months or so and is not overly priced). I have seen some late entries into the marketplace, but this one is late AND lame. What happened to QoS? It went the way of the "commitment to below ISDN speeds" during those "peak" traffic times of weekday evenings!
Cool. I haven't opened my Jornada just yet, but I am going to try to get that going. I find the base OS annoying and there ought to be a way to get an IBM 1" Microdrive (1GB hopefully!) in there to make this thing run. The Screen may be an issue (don't know yet) - but I would like to get that going (I have a Pocket Ethernet Adapter already - I guess Mozilla would be my browser of choice unless I ran Konqueror). Anyone want to start a project to do this?
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For one, I congratulate you on the irony here. This is a very clever analogy of the whole free software versus proprietary software debate.
The person who believes by hiding their discovery away (because the world cannot handle it in their opinion) is obviously driven by a need to hold their proprietary code and not share. Although locking away what they believe to be intellectual capital is a damn foolish idea, they do it anyway.
A little question to the author: What happens when someone else makes the discovery on their own and shares that idea? Maybe like the GNU and Linux phenomenon? Does that count as a social upheaval in your opinion?
Personally I think it illustrates quite well the fallacy that discoveries can be judged to be "harmful" by any ONE individual or small group. The chance that your discovery would remain secret are small. In my opinion man does share similar interests and there is a high degree that someone else will make the same "discovery".
This is also an argument against "patents" - as they are very similar in nature. The case of Forgent around the JPEG patent is proof-positive of the "bad" nature of the "hidden secret" idea.
So perhaps we need to re-phrase the question to this: Suppose I stumbled across a secret that I thought I alone had found. Would it be morally correct for me to deny anyone else the knowledge?
I do not suppose it would. If the world was going to end tomorrow, would you believe it correct to withhold that information? I suppose you could and none would know you did withhold that information, except yourself. Would you honestly not share that information with even ONE other person?
GNU/Linux is the best OS around - althought they all suck to one degree or another. The performance and stability are amazing. Yet people continue to pay for things that do not work well. Sad. Just sad.
Yes, I checked. It is for real. I am not an MS Hater, I am an individual. You sir, have that 1 degree of separation - reality from fiction. Your fiction, the world's reality.
Have a nice day.
Tripwire makes Tripwire for Routers - Tripwire has been in the business of ensuring integrity for your systems for some time. Thet even make the Open-Source version of Tripwire for Servers, Web Pages (Apache) and have a Linux-capable Tripwire Manager (management system for reports) available as well. Definitely worthy of investigation.
P.S. - I don't work for Tripwire, but I do like their products. 8-)
Just when did anyone vote for the RIAA?
I wasn't aware that they had dictatorial powers over the Internet. This seems highly illegal, and should be stopped immediately.
I guess it's time to step up and hurt them where it counts. Boycott the music industry.
This is either a) bogus or b) an example of the fascist thinking going on at the RIAA. Somebody really needs to explain the principles of fair use to those people, or maybe we should just stop buying music altogether.
If you are in need of assistance - the number one place to go is to a NELA lawyer. The National Employment Lawyers Association can fix this problem. They used to eat at our Restaraunt every week, and they have helped when needed (I'm not an attorney). Don't let yourself be bullied - and don't post slander either on a public board. Your opinions are yours, but because they are posted on a public stock board, they may legally be considered slander (if they are extremely harsh and they can prove you wrote them), or they may even be considered an SEC violation if they are publicly traded. If, however, you put them somewhere else - then they can go jump in a lake. Just my two cents, but if you need help - go to a NELA lawyer. It is worth it.
Starband's website only claims to do 150kBps downloads and 50Kbps uploads during "peak" internet times such as "weekday evenings". Yeah, and I only want to pay $70/month for substandard "broader than broadband" service too. If you buy this one, it would have to be because it is your only option. Anyone in a metropolitan area will be better off checking out Cable/DSL/Sprint ION (if that ever shows up within the next forty months or so and is not overly priced). I have seen some late entries into the marketplace, but this one is late AND lame. What happened to QoS? It went the way of the "commitment to below ISDN speeds" during those "peak" traffic times of weekday evenings!
Cool. I haven't opened my Jornada just yet, but I am going to try to get that going. I find the base OS annoying and there ought to be a way to get an IBM 1" Microdrive (1GB hopefully!) in there to make this thing run. The Screen may be an issue (don't know yet) - but I would like to get that going (I have a Pocket Ethernet Adapter already - I guess Mozilla would be my browser of choice unless I ran Konqueror). Anyone want to start a project to do this?
Thanks for the links - looks interesting. Really valuable information there!