I'm not defending software "pirates", but I wish people would stop equating copying bits on a hard disk to theft of physical goods
Why shouldn't the two equate?
I write software for a small, yet growing company. I spend many long hours and put a great deal of effort into what I do. This software equates to hard work, sweat, and time away from my family. Why shouldn't I be extremely pissed off if someone rips it off?
Software = developers + time = money. If a company charges too much for a product, that's their problem, and doesn't even begin to justify theft -- physical theft or no.
Star Trek traditionally has predictable plots. That's part of the fun and culture of the series. I suppose the movies could be a little more original with their plot lines, but leave the series alone:)
Besides, I like knowing in advance that any "extra" in a landing party is doomed to a painful, yet entertaining death. Too bad they didn't take care of Wes when he was a borderline extra.
I'm not what most would consider a trekkie, but I do enjoy the shows. I never really got into Voyager, though...
I seem to remember France having even more restrictive pirating/distribution laws than the US. I could very well be wrong about, though. If true, it seems odd that this technology would come from a French company.
I have to admit that I, too, was intellectually blue-balled by his answer.
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If you had been paying attention, the "dot.bomb shakeup", as you call it, had very little to do with technology and far more to do with business models
I don't agree with the original post, but I think you've misunderstood his point regarding the "dot.bomb" thing. The tech down-turn did force a lot of fat-trimming, and this was a Good Thing. There were way too many IT folks out there that just didn't know what they were doing.
The original post was mostly pointless, IMO, so maybe it doesn't matter that it's interpreted correctly.
a so-called "war" on Afghanistan, despite no real proof's ever coming out that Afghanistan was really involved in the Sept. 11th attacks;
This doesn't even merit a response.
a looming "war" with Iraq, for no apparent reason other than that GWB doesn't like Saddam Hussein;
President Bush is right to threaten Iraq. They have been a constant threat and have backed anti-US establishments and have been a destabilizing influence in the Middle East for some time. I doubt the international community, either outwardly expressed or inwardly maintained, will feel sorry for Saddam when he is ousted and Iraq is established as a country with the good of it's people at the forefront, as opposed to one man's insane desire for power. If a war with the US is the catalyst for that, then so be it. Nobody will express gratitude and we will not expect it. But will will have removed a threat, and that's all we care about.
a $50B increase in military spending in the US, an increase which by itself alone is more than the military budget of any other country in the world;
I don't know why you're complaining. Having a strong neighbor to the south is very beneficial to Canada. What do you care what we spend?
a steady erosion of US civil liberties and rights, including the imprisonment without due process of two American citizens on spurious charges (Lindh and Padilla) as "enemy combatants";
There is little precidence for Lindh and Padilla's situation. They abandoned their nation and the rights and liberties that go along with that. To hell with them. We will spend more money prosecuting and protecting these two "Americans" than they deserve.
an extraterritorial concentration camp for unfortunate POWs in Guantanamo Bay;
"Unfortunate?" I'd say they're pretty goddamn lucky. We all saw what they did when Americans were captured.
the odious phrase "regime change" and a resurgence in the belief that the US has the right to effect such changes worldwide by dictatorial fiat, military force, or covert operations;
Nobody will be sorry for seeing Saddam go. I hope Bush can make his case on this tomorrow so everyone can understand. Do we have the right to effect a regime change in any country? If that country threatens us and we have the means, then yes we do. Remember, though, that we could not and will not do this without international support, expressed or otherwise.
a steadily worsening situation in the Middle East, particularly involving Israel, Palestine, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, possibly because of the eschatological beliefs of the US government's three major players;
I fail to see how you can blame the US for centries of conflict in this region. The primary issues at heart far surpass the involvement of the United States. The US is a new player here... I don't believe we've made things any better, but they're not worse.
a "perpetual war for perpetual peace" bred out of (as far as I can see) a revenge mentality and a refusal to accept the last death. (As Martin Luther King said, "An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.");
A perpetual war for perpetual peace will be fought mostly with diligence and diplomacy, not guns and bombs. There must be a spirit of constant war, if not the act of war itself. Don't be so literal.
you've just wasted 10 seconds of your pitiful life posting such a lame comment
And you've just wasted 20 seconds of yours reading it and telling everyone about how lame it is. And I've just wasted another 20 seconds reading yours... etc., etc., etc. I suppose we could keep going, but I'll prevent that by saying that yes, it was lame. You win. I suck.
While everything's getting patented, I'm going to go take out a patent for sex, smoking, and eating. That should be a little more profitable than online auctions.
Legal or not, there is certainly an ethical question here... not so with skateboarding. Don't sniff around other folks' networks, regardless of your intentions. No good will come of it.
I didn't really make myself clear on that. I was actually trying (in a pretty lame way, I admit) to emphasize that a t1 could carry multiple 200k streams (figuratively speaking), vs. a slower line which could not.
You can have a fast pipe, but one of the advantages to a t1 is that it's a wider pipe... who cares if you get 200kb/s downloads if only one user can sustain that. When I start talking about t1's, I care more about how much data I can push through, vs. how fast I can sustain a single download. Your response is somewhat shortsighted, I think
I worked on a db project for a client who insisted that the Gartner Group needed to be brought in to design the database. They paid an obscene amount of money for a high-level conceptual schema for a relatively small and unimportant database.
So not only will companies pay large amounts of money for software, but they'll do the same just for some useless high-level consulting.
But at least it was professionally bound with pretty pictures.
I'm not deaf, but wouldn't that solve the bulk of their communication problems? Those who are deaf are motivated to learn to read lips... Most people who CAN hear are not motivated to learn sign language. This allows the deaf to have more control over being able to effectively communicate.
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I'm sorry, but I just don't see Dell as a quality "canned" pc anymore. They do have some good packages (w/monitor/printer/etc.), but I don't think I would buy one... with or without an OS.
It is nice to know they didn't completely cave in to M$ pressure, though.
For public sites, I usually develop in mozilla, then test with IE (the opposite of what you say).
Internet Explorer, like it or not, has an extended DOM with some pretty nifty widgets. But when you develop for the public, you should use the greatest common denominator. Not saying that mozilla is sub-standard, it just has a tighter DOM.
I know what you mean... I would guess about 60-70% of our worm traffic from what appears to be non-commercial home boxes. The majority of the rest seem to be mom-and-pop web servers.
I would do a more detailed scan, but since code red and nimda, looking at my logs gives me a headache.
Sounds like a case of supply and demand... if only 60 theaters are running the latest and greatest and nobody complains loud enough, they're not going to spend the dough. Why lay down 150K if nobody cares either way?
I know I'd like to see the multiplexes in our town do some upgrading, but they're not going to do it if they know people are going to come regardless.
It'll be the same as when DSL and cable started becoming more popular... people will have to learn how to protect themselves. Even my parents know what a firewall is, now... (it's built into that old computer on the floor in the basement that doesn't run windows and keeps their recipies and email safe)
I worked for a medium-sized IT consulting firm. When we moved into a larger office space, they saved money by making everyone in the office make patch cables. Office Admin., everybody. Glad I was billable:)
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I'm not defending software "pirates", but I wish people would stop equating copying bits on a hard disk to theft of physical goods
Why shouldn't the two equate?
I write software for a small, yet growing company. I spend many long hours and put a great deal of effort into what I do. This software equates to hard work, sweat, and time away from my family. Why shouldn't I be extremely pissed off if someone rips it off?
Software = developers + time = money. If a company charges too much for a product, that's their problem, and doesn't even begin to justify theft -- physical theft or no.
Star Trek traditionally has predictable plots. That's part of the fun and culture of the series. I suppose the movies could be a little more original with their plot lines, but leave the series alone :)
Besides, I like knowing in advance that any "extra" in a landing party is doomed to a painful, yet entertaining death. Too bad they didn't take care of Wes when he was a borderline extra.
I'm not what most would consider a trekkie, but I do enjoy the shows. I never really got into Voyager, though...
I seem to remember France having even more restrictive pirating/distribution laws than the US. I could very well be wrong about, though. If true, it seems odd that this technology would come from a French company.
I have to admit that I, too, was intellectually blue-balled by his answer.
If you had been paying attention, the "dot.bomb shakeup", as you call it, had very little to do with technology and far more to do with business models
I don't agree with the original post, but I think you've misunderstood his point regarding the "dot.bomb" thing. The tech down-turn did force a lot of fat-trimming, and this was a Good Thing. There were way too many IT folks out there that just didn't know what they were doing.
The original post was mostly pointless, IMO, so maybe it doesn't matter that it's interpreted correctly.
a so-called "war" on Afghanistan, despite no real proof's ever coming out that Afghanistan was really involved in the Sept. 11th attacks;
This doesn't even merit a response.
a looming "war" with Iraq, for no apparent reason other than that GWB doesn't like Saddam Hussein;
President Bush is right to threaten Iraq. They have been a constant threat and have backed anti-US establishments and have been a destabilizing influence in the Middle East for some time. I doubt the international community, either outwardly expressed or inwardly maintained, will feel sorry for Saddam when he is ousted and Iraq is established as a country with the good of it's people at the forefront, as opposed to one man's insane desire for power. If a war with the US is the catalyst for that, then so be it. Nobody will express gratitude and we will not expect it. But will will have removed a threat, and that's all we care about.
a $50B increase in military spending in the US, an increase which by itself alone is more than the military budget of any other country in the world;
I don't know why you're complaining. Having a strong neighbor to the south is very beneficial to Canada. What do you care what we spend?
a steady erosion of US civil liberties and rights, including the imprisonment without due process of two American citizens on spurious charges (Lindh and Padilla) as "enemy combatants";
There is little precidence for Lindh and Padilla's situation. They abandoned their nation and the rights and liberties that go along with that. To hell with them. We will spend more money prosecuting and protecting these two "Americans" than they deserve.
an extraterritorial concentration camp for unfortunate POWs in Guantanamo Bay;
"Unfortunate?" I'd say they're pretty goddamn lucky. We all saw what they did when Americans were captured.
the odious phrase "regime change" and a resurgence in the belief that the US has the right to effect such changes worldwide by dictatorial fiat, military force, or covert operations;
Nobody will be sorry for seeing Saddam go. I hope Bush can make his case on this tomorrow so everyone can understand. Do we have the right to effect a regime change in any country? If that country threatens us and we have the means, then yes we do. Remember, though, that we could not and will not do this without international support, expressed or otherwise.
a steadily worsening situation in the Middle East, particularly involving Israel, Palestine, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, possibly because of the eschatological beliefs of the US government's three major players;
I fail to see how you can blame the US for centries of conflict in this region. The primary issues at heart far surpass the involvement of the United States. The US is a new player here... I don't believe we've made things any better, but they're not worse.
a "perpetual war for perpetual peace" bred out of (as far as I can see) a revenge mentality and a refusal to accept the last death. (As Martin Luther King said, "An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.");
A perpetual war for perpetual peace will be fought mostly with diligence and diplomacy, not guns and bombs. There must be a spirit of constant war, if not the act of war itself. Don't be so literal.
And let's not forget that Mexico is also a "growing" market...
Yep... that's where all my spam comes from! (kinda kidding, kinda not)
You've confused your idiot-sidekick vp's.
Since I've already lost precious karma...
you've just wasted 10 seconds of your pitiful life posting such a lame comment
And you've just wasted 20 seconds of yours reading it and telling everyone about how lame it is. And I've just wasted another 20 seconds reading yours... etc., etc., etc. I suppose we could keep going, but I'll prevent that by saying that yes, it was lame. You win. I suck.
While everything's getting patented, I'm going to go take out a patent for sex, smoking, and eating. That should be a little more profitable than online auctions.
Legal or not, there is certainly an ethical question here... not so with skateboarding. Don't sniff around other folks' networks, regardless of your intentions. No good will come of it.
Now all I need is a tattoo to tell me when I've had too much coffee...
I didn't really make myself clear on that. I was actually trying (in a pretty lame way, I admit) to emphasize that a t1 could carry multiple 200k streams (figuratively speaking), vs. a slower line which could not.
:)
That's what the hell i meant
You can have a fast pipe, but one of the advantages to a t1 is that it's a wider pipe... who cares if you get 200kb/s downloads if only one user can sustain that. When I start talking about t1's, I care more about how much data I can push through, vs. how fast I can sustain a single download. Your response is somewhat shortsighted, I think
I worked on a db project for a client who insisted that the Gartner Group needed to be brought in to design the database. They paid an obscene amount of money for a high-level conceptual schema for a relatively small and unimportant database.
So not only will companies pay large amounts of money for software, but they'll do the same just for some useless high-level consulting.
But at least it was professionally bound with pretty pictures.
I'm not deaf, but wouldn't that solve the bulk of their communication problems? Those who are deaf are motivated to learn to read lips... Most people who CAN hear are not motivated to learn sign language. This allows the deaf to have more control over being able to effectively communicate.
Oh, it's YOU again. Go away.
I'm sorry, but I just don't see Dell as a quality "canned" pc anymore. They do have some good packages (w/monitor/printer/etc.), but I don't think I would buy one... with or without an OS.
It is nice to know they didn't completely cave in to M$ pressure, though.
So, exactly HOW many internets do you want? 2? 20?
For public sites, I usually develop in mozilla, then test with IE (the opposite of what you say).
Internet Explorer, like it or not, has an extended DOM with some pretty nifty widgets. But when you develop for the public, you should use the greatest common denominator. Not saying that mozilla is sub-standard, it just has a tighter DOM.
I can't really agree that IE is the standard.
I know what you mean... I would guess about 60-70% of our worm traffic from what appears to be non-commercial home boxes. The majority of the rest seem to be mom-and-pop web servers.
I would do a more detailed scan, but since code red and nimda, looking at my logs gives me a headache.
Sounds like a case of supply and demand... if only 60 theaters are running the latest and greatest and nobody complains loud enough, they're not going to spend the dough. Why lay down 150K if nobody cares either way?
I know I'd like to see the multiplexes in our town do some upgrading, but they're not going to do it if they know people are going to come regardless.
Mom makes a mean cheescake... I'd hate for it to fall into the wrong hands!
It'll be the same as when DSL and cable started becoming more popular... people will have to learn how to protect themselves. Even my parents know what a firewall is, now... (it's built into that old computer on the floor in the basement that doesn't run windows and keeps their recipies and email safe)
I worked for a medium-sized IT consulting firm. When we moved into a larger office space, they saved money by making everyone in the office make patch cables. Office Admin., everybody. Glad I was billable :)