I think the idea that we need the patent office to encourage people to innovate is a false one. We already have the free market system to do that. People have been innovating for thousands of years (long before we had patents;) so it's a fairly natural thing for humans to do.
Hmmm, I wonder how many of some of the things we consider indispensable to modern life and commerce came as a result of NASA and "irrelevant" research in general. Although I agree that it seems like there are more pressing issues here on Earth...I bet you were one of the kids who was always whining about having to learn math.
God I hope he wrote this with sarcasm=1, otherwise this guy is a racist freak.
This sounds like Nazi trash.
It's not like our government (USA) doesn't go stir the pot of hate every now and then.
Please be kidding!
The way I see it, if someone has 90% gross margin, pretty soon he's going to have more competition than he can deal with and the price will have to come down.
To me, THAT's how capitalism works.
I find that to be a pretty interesting but apalling notion. That's giving the government way to much power and puts us more in the situation of being slaves rather than citizens.
If that's the way it's supposed to work, then thank you very much, I'll pack my bags.It's only around 50 large for citizenship for many countries and I've paid much more than that.
So if you can't pay your "rent" we should evict you?
I pay taxes for my fellow citizens to provide services (police, fire, military, etc).If I'm paying for those services then I have a say in how they are provided.
I'm sure other countries have similarly frightening organizations. A little donation to the club and an address to make a visit to - nonviolently. A little verbal warning might make a world of difference: Your online actions do have real world consequences.
If I make my living from writing software and people decide to "share" my work then I am no longer able to feed myself, run my business, or create new software.
If you do not pay me for my work, then "sharing" software is the same thing as the biggest kid in school getting everyone to "share" their lunch money with him.
The communists in China get the peasants to "share" their crops. As a result many peasants in China find themselves with nothing to eat.
How would you like it if I asked you to share your paycheck with me?
"Sharing" software that has not been released under a free license is stealing, period.
If you want something that you can share, write it yourself.
Not to say that Microsoft's lawyers haven't been getting out of line...
So you're saying that students should be allowed to share their papers?
1. MS is the mainstream... if you teach a child a radically different system than from what they will face a few years down the road, either in terms of software or the core OS, they are unprepared for college and/or the working world they are supposed to enter into. Seriously, how much of the world is open source in business? Not nearly as much as MS or even Mac (or both), not even close. These kids need realistic education.
And how much of business is Wordperfect 5.1 for DOS and Apple IIs (what we were using when I went to grade school)?
Why worry about where your software came from in the educational system when by the time they have to use those wizzy & wiggy features computing has evolved into something completely different in five to ten years?
Give them the tools that they have to use to get the job done now and make it so they don't look like a User Friendly poster child when confronted with something new.
If you are really interested, pick up the book he wrote "Zhong wen zi pu".
Fascinating thumbing and overall excellent reference for wai guo ren (foreigners). I picked it up from bn.com for $12.95. It's a bargain.
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I think the idea that we need the patent office to encourage people to innovate is a false one. ;) so it's a fairly natural thing for humans to do.
We already have the free market system to do that.
People have been innovating for thousands of years (long before we had patents
Hmmm, I wonder how many of some of the things we consider indispensable to modern life and commerce came as a result of NASA and "irrelevant" research in general.
Although I agree that it seems like there are more pressing issues here on Earth...I bet you were one of the kids who was always whining about having to learn math.
I just called Sen. Boxers office and didn't even have to wait.
God I hope he wrote this with sarcasm=1, otherwise this guy is a racist freak.
This sounds like Nazi trash.
It's not like our government (USA) doesn't go stir the pot of hate every now and then.
Please be kidding!
How many "pro" closed source projects have comments?
In my experience, not a lot.
The way I see it, if someone has 90% gross margin, pretty soon he's going to have more competition than he can deal with and the price will have to come down.
To me, THAT's how capitalism works.
Hey! How about that? Meta-Whining :)!
Seriously, it's part of the community and the escape. Just roll your eyes and move onto the next post.
Don't invest in anything with which you are not intimately familiar.
If people would obey this rule it would pretty much stop scams in their tracks.
Oh, yeah. If people want to do research and keep it closed, then that makes it a business loan.
I find that to be a pretty interesting but apalling notion. That's giving the government way to much power and puts us more in the situation of being slaves rather than citizens.
If that's the way it's supposed to work, then thank you very much, I'll pack my bags.It's only around 50 large for citizenship for many countries and I've paid much more than that.
So if you can't pay your "rent" we should evict you?
I pay taxes for my fellow citizens to provide services (police, fire, military, etc).If I'm paying for those services then I have a say in how they are provided.
If scientists get a dime of my tax money they damn well better publish it!
"This network protected by Hells Angels"
I'm sure other countries have similarly frightening organizations. A little donation to the club and an address to make a visit to - nonviolently. A little verbal warning might make a world of difference: Your online actions do have real world consequences.
If I make my living from writing software and people decide to "share" my work then I am no longer able to feed myself, run my business, or create new software.
If you do not pay me for my work, then "sharing" software is the same thing as the biggest kid in school getting everyone to "share" their lunch money with him.
The communists in China get the peasants to "share" their crops. As a result many peasants in China find themselves with nothing to eat.
How would you like it if I asked you to share your paycheck with me?
"Sharing" software that has not been released under a free license is stealing, period.
If you want something that you can share, write it yourself.
Not to say that Microsoft's lawyers haven't been getting out of line...
So you're saying that students should be allowed to share their papers?
And how much of business is Wordperfect 5.1 for DOS and Apple IIs (what we were using when I went to grade school)?
Why worry about where your software came from in the educational system when by the time they have to use those wizzy & wiggy features computing has evolved into something completely different in five to ten years?
Give them the tools that they have to use to get the job done now and make it so they don't look like a User Friendly poster child when confronted with something new.
If you are really interested, pick up the book he wrote "Zhong wen zi pu". Fascinating thumbing and overall excellent reference for wai guo ren (foreigners). I picked it up from bn.com for $12.95. It's a bargain. Eric