Craigslist rnr across the country has been a great place to read and collaborate on creative stuff. Great (and awful) stuff has been coming out of it for years because it's totally uncensored and unmoderated (for the most part). I'm not sure I would feel the same way about using it if I had to assign sole copyright ownership and enforcement powers to Craigslist. This really gives me pause.
And that's my point. If you want your software to be absolutely free, as in totally unencumbered by restriction, you will use a bsd or mit style license. Who the GPL effects is inconsequential. Whether or not I plan on using GPL'ed code doesn't matter. In a conversation about software freedom, the freedom is all we're talking about. And in terms of freedom to use and distribute, bsd and mit are more free. GPL is more than a license. It's a social contract. I love that people are modding down comments they don't agree with, by the way.
Algebra is useful, but my mind naturally breaks it down to basic arithmetic anyway. I used to get in trouble in grade school because I would do these things in my head without scratch paper. I don't think the subject is flawed so much, but the methods by which we insist on teaching it are hurting children... especially bright ones.
It's easy to reconcile. I love android, and am not crazy about apple. Therefore. I don't care if he's Jesus Christ. If he hasn't done anything for me lately, he's kind of inconsequential.
What's always amazed me about all of this is the idea (and I've heard some really bad app developers tell me this) that all you have to do is put your product in an app store, be it iTunes, Android, or anywhere, and just sit back and collect the money. On what planet do these people come from? It's a fair question, because here on earth, the paradigm for selling software hasn't really changed a lot since the 1990's. You have an app to sell? Awesome. Get online, get yourself listed everywhere, build a support ecosystem where you engage your users and make them feel like the product was worth it, be awesome, and then collect the money. You see it time and time again. Those that succeed do some variation of this. Those that don't... well, they're rightly upset that they're stuck with a bunch of eggs that never turned into chickens. That's what you get for counting them before they hatch.
Right. And for that matter, so was the Apple IIe. There was no DRM, or anything to stop you from moving games from one machine to another. Not only had DRM not been invented yet, but neither was activation.
How is it even possible, that people are sitting here talking about internet connections being too fast? Are you guys actually serious? When was the last time you heard anyone complain about how fast their internet connections are? Maybe... never? Look, if you really want a slower connection, order the 1000/1000 and run it exclusively over wifi. That'll bring you down to a nice and safe 50/50 connection that'll span your whole house. Problem solved.
Yeah, but then factor in the bandwidth caps you have with your current provider, and the fact that Google wants "bandwidth to be like water." With no caps. I don't know about you, but I go over my cap with AT&T every month. Just the reality of life with a media hungry spouse, and a two year old.
Who cares? Most of the DirectTV channels are complete crap anyway. When I had directTv, I only watched twelve channels to begin with. DirectTV literally has thousands of channels. Thousands. Complete with duplicates of exactly the same channel in different time zones, tens of religious channels that my hellbound self will never have any interest in, and foreign language channels that I can't watch because they don't have subtitles. I'm not concerned so much about the number of channels as much as I am about the quality of what's there. And if I get a free Nexus tablet out of it? Holy crap, man, it's a no brainer.
At least as far as it relates to scientific jargon, every specialized field in science has it's own distinct jargon, that's not compatible with the jargon from any other scientific field, even when you have objects, methods, and traits that cross disciplines. Scientific journalists, unless they specialize in one very specific field should be smart enough to notice this. That's why they're hostile towards jargon. If the jargon was standard across all scientific fields, journalists would use more of it; because while all this makes perfect sense to scientists... nobody else gets it. And why should they? Seriously people.
I think Mike Masnick from TechDirt has it right. The problem isn't piracy. It's lacking business models. If you don't engage with your users in a human, awesome way, you're screwed. Blaming piracy and coming off like an asshole is the exact opposite of what you need to be doing. Blaming the environment, or the culture of the people that created it is absurd. If you think you can do better though, by all means, build something better than Android. Please.
Never been to Korea, but I have been to Hong Kong, Israel, and India. To the best of my knowledge, it's never been a problem in any of those places. The problem with a project like this is that the nature of code is international to begin with. And support across the board sucks as it is. You have to write different code like they're proposing, your support is going to waver, and you're going to have an internationally fragmented Javascript unless everyone adopts some variation of their engine (unless they're running a moore machine to convert it back to mainline js. Ref website isn't clear at a glance).
I don't see what the problem is. Outside of the US, most anyone in business speaks english anyway. If you're educated, anywhere, you speak english. Most every programming language is in english. It's a misstatement to say that 94% of the world doesn't speak english. It's factually incorrect. It doesn't actually matter what the language they speak is. Foreign born programmers can look up the docs like anyone else when they don't know what a function does. This project is neat, because it's technical, and nobody actually needs it (as every fun project should be). But I see it as causing a more complex problem than the one it's trying to solve. Amazed it's still running though...
You know, it strikes me that it's odd that these idiots have nothing better to do. Why not just post youtube videos talking about how they wear womens underwear on their heads? It would be infinitely more entertaining.
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Parachute pants.
If they own the copyright... doesn't that also give them liability for defamation? That couldn't be good for them. What the hell are they thinking?
Craigslist rnr across the country has been a great place to read and collaborate on creative stuff. Great (and awful) stuff has been coming out of it for years because it's totally uncensored and unmoderated (for the most part). I'm not sure I would feel the same way about using it if I had to assign sole copyright ownership and enforcement powers to Craigslist. This really gives me pause.
Dude. That's awesome. What's your secret?
And that's my point. If you want your software to be absolutely free, as in totally unencumbered by restriction, you will use a bsd or mit style license. Who the GPL effects is inconsequential. Whether or not I plan on using GPL'ed code doesn't matter. In a conversation about software freedom, the freedom is all we're talking about. And in terms of freedom to use and distribute, bsd and mit are more free. GPL is more than a license. It's a social contract. I love that people are modding down comments they don't agree with, by the way.
Someone say porn? I feel misled.
The question is, how much do you really care about software freedom? If you care you use the bsd and mit licenses. GPL is too restrictive.
Algebra is useful, but my mind naturally breaks it down to basic arithmetic anyway. I used to get in trouble in grade school because I would do these things in my head without scratch paper. I don't think the subject is flawed so much, but the methods by which we insist on teaching it are hurting children... especially bright ones.
It was me. I've come up with a mind control scheme that involves satellites and pinpointing people with mod points.
It's easy to reconcile. I love android, and am not crazy about apple. Therefore. I don't care if he's Jesus Christ. If he hasn't done anything for me lately, he's kind of inconsequential.
What's always amazed me about all of this is the idea (and I've heard some really bad app developers tell me this) that all you have to do is put your product in an app store, be it iTunes, Android, or anywhere, and just sit back and collect the money. On what planet do these people come from? It's a fair question, because here on earth, the paradigm for selling software hasn't really changed a lot since the 1990's. You have an app to sell? Awesome. Get online, get yourself listed everywhere, build a support ecosystem where you engage your users and make them feel like the product was worth it, be awesome, and then collect the money. You see it time and time again. Those that succeed do some variation of this. Those that don't... well, they're rightly upset that they're stuck with a bunch of eggs that never turned into chickens. That's what you get for counting them before they hatch.
Don't call him dude, son.
Right. And for that matter, so was the Apple IIe. There was no DRM, or anything to stop you from moving games from one machine to another. Not only had DRM not been invented yet, but neither was activation.
Did you just call the capital markets disciplined? I seriously just spit half a cup of coffee at my screen. That's hilarious.
I think Google's got a fix for that.
How is it even possible, that people are sitting here talking about internet connections being too fast? Are you guys actually serious? When was the last time you heard anyone complain about how fast their internet connections are? Maybe... never? Look, if you really want a slower connection, order the 1000/1000 and run it exclusively over wifi. That'll bring you down to a nice and safe 50/50 connection that'll span your whole house. Problem solved.
Don't come here. You won't like it. Shoo!
Yeah, but then factor in the bandwidth caps you have with your current provider, and the fact that Google wants "bandwidth to be like water." With no caps. I don't know about you, but I go over my cap with AT&T every month. Just the reality of life with a media hungry spouse, and a two year old.
Who cares? Most of the DirectTV channels are complete crap anyway. When I had directTv, I only watched twelve channels to begin with. DirectTV literally has thousands of channels. Thousands. Complete with duplicates of exactly the same channel in different time zones, tens of religious channels that my hellbound self will never have any interest in, and foreign language channels that I can't watch because they don't have subtitles. I'm not concerned so much about the number of channels as much as I am about the quality of what's there. And if I get a free Nexus tablet out of it? Holy crap, man, it's a no brainer.
At least as far as it relates to scientific jargon, every specialized field in science has it's own distinct jargon, that's not compatible with the jargon from any other scientific field, even when you have objects, methods, and traits that cross disciplines. Scientific journalists, unless they specialize in one very specific field should be smart enough to notice this. That's why they're hostile towards jargon. If the jargon was standard across all scientific fields, journalists would use more of it; because while all this makes perfect sense to scientists... nobody else gets it. And why should they? Seriously people.
Nobody cares what nerds think? Ha! Keep telling yourself that, buddy.
I think Mike Masnick from TechDirt has it right. The problem isn't piracy. It's lacking business models. If you don't engage with your users in a human, awesome way, you're screwed. Blaming piracy and coming off like an asshole is the exact opposite of what you need to be doing. Blaming the environment, or the culture of the people that created it is absurd. If you think you can do better though, by all means, build something better than Android. Please.
but after this whole business with Bing, it's really starting to look like Facebook is aligning itself with losers.
Never been to Korea, but I have been to Hong Kong, Israel, and India. To the best of my knowledge, it's never been a problem in any of those places. The problem with a project like this is that the nature of code is international to begin with. And support across the board sucks as it is. You have to write different code like they're proposing, your support is going to waver, and you're going to have an internationally fragmented Javascript unless everyone adopts some variation of their engine (unless they're running a moore machine to convert it back to mainline js. Ref website isn't clear at a glance).
I don't see what the problem is. Outside of the US, most anyone in business speaks english anyway. If you're educated, anywhere, you speak english. Most every programming language is in english. It's a misstatement to say that 94% of the world doesn't speak english. It's factually incorrect. It doesn't actually matter what the language they speak is. Foreign born programmers can look up the docs like anyone else when they don't know what a function does. This project is neat, because it's technical, and nobody actually needs it (as every fun project should be). But I see it as causing a more complex problem than the one it's trying to solve. Amazed it's still running though...
You know, it strikes me that it's odd that these idiots have nothing better to do. Why not just post youtube videos talking about how they wear womens underwear on their heads? It would be infinitely more entertaining.