Perhaps they could bring out a monthly magazine to help explain it all and keep us up to date with the process. A "Jazz Mag" developers could read when they had a few quiet moments alone.
They are however allowed to enter if the get a warrant issued by a local magistrate.
If a warrant is applied for, not having a tv licence, (everyone has a tv right?) is sufficient grounds to get the warrant issued. At which point the police are allowed to come and break your door down so that the TV Licensing people can check you do not have a TV.
So you probably end up out of pocket by more than the cost of a TV licence..
A strangely familiar business model.
Your logic is flawed; it is a subset of the broken window fallacy. In your line of reasoning, you claim that people benefit from free copying of software, and no one gets hurt. This neglects the opportunity cost for software makers.
Erm? How are you applying the broken window fallacy here? The way I see it those copying software are the equivalent of the shopkeeper who now doesn't have to pay for broken Windows! Microsoft is the glazier, and the copyright law is the boy with the stone.
The success of capitalism is dependent on the practice of certain theories of economics.
This is like saying that the orbit of the planets is dependent on the practice of certain theories of astronomy!
The reason this affects you is that it is one of the hidden assumptions of our economic system. You might not care about Microsoft, but you certainly would care if someone broke your bedroom window and claimed they benefited society. Now, you might not be claiming to benefit anyone but yourself by stealing software, but to claim no one is hurt is short-sighted.
What is this paragraph trying to say? I should be paying for broken windows AND software? If I buy software I deserve to have my windows broken? Who is hurt as seen by the long sighted?
You seem to be running arround in the same dark box as most economists and applying theories based on scarcity to the infinite abundance of bits.
Putting a cross in a big box is a good way to limit your choices to big party one vs almost identical big party two, without actually offering the possibility of real represntation. Which is probably why the big parties like it so much.
It's also interesting to note that UK voting is NOT anonymous. It is "secret" yes - which means that no-one actually watches you put down your x, but it is not anonymous. Each ballot has a serial number that is matched to your individual voting number. This is supposed to be 'to control fraud', er how? It's not like they publish lists of who everyone voted for so you can check... I wouldn't recommend voting for any candidate with ties to a "radical" organisation, unless you don't mind the security services keeping a close eye on you. They're unlikely to win anyway given the above big party problem.
the public transit system (esp. the underground) is incredible... you can get just about anywhere via bus/tube... whereas out here, if you don't have a car, you're basically screwed.
If you're in London maybe. Anywhere else the public transport is both expensive and unreliable.
When it is cheaper for 2 people to hire a car (including the over priced petrol) for a 2 hour journey than it is to take the train you've got to worry about the priorities of the government.
And dont even expect it to arrive on time at either end of the journey too often. You will probably get there eventually though.
Now Switzerland, there's a nice public transport system.
Why would you turn down someone for being over qualified?
Surely if they want to do the job, and are willing to accept whatever you are willing to pay them for it it would be BETTER to have someone who you think is over qualified?
We do at my house, probably for a combination of reason 2) and reason 1) (in that order.) In fact we only use the AOL ones for 'best'. On my desk it's just dud CDRs.
I am trying to bocott the movie industry, I am not a Sothern Baptist*, therefore it seems I am an idiot. oh well. At least I am an idiot not supporting the commoditisation of 'popular' culture and the continuing erosion of 'fair use' rights to any sort of content.
How many people with a day job are out there writing great code in their spare time? How many people with a day job are out there playing great sport in their spare time? How many people with a day job are out there painting great paintings, patching great quilts, and nailing together great doll houses in their spare time?
There is NO great shortage of art in the world, despite what the RIAA et al would have you believe. Those who believe in the art will still be making it regardless of how much they get paid in their day job.
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Wouldn't this fall under "government regulation" ?
Or you could just read these two discussions that we've already had:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/08/01/17/1947215/Prosthetic-Limbed-Runner-Disqualified-from-Olympic-Games
http://science.slashdot.org/story/08/05/16/210229/Amputee-Sprinter-Wins-Olympic-Appeal-to-Compete
The thing is, if you don't pay for any content, content will no longer be produced because there is no incentive to do so.
<sarcasm> Because there is not currently enough content in the world. </sarcasm>
Perhaps they could bring out a monthly magazine to help explain it all and keep us up to date with the process.
A "Jazz Mag" developers could read when they had a few quiet moments alone.
They are however allowed to enter if the get a warrant issued by a local magistrate. If a warrant is applied for, not having a tv licence, (everyone has a tv right?) is sufficient grounds to get the warrant issued. At which point the police are allowed to come and break your door down so that the TV Licensing people can check you do not have a TV. So you probably end up out of pocket by more than the cost of a TV licence.. A strangely familiar business model.
I never would have seen these 'motivational spam' messages. They all would have ended up in my spam bin.
It's just the old "If a tree falls in a forest.." question again.
On a more worldwide level perhaps the Mindsports Olympiad is the sort of thing you mean?
Math(s) will never be an 'Olympic' 'sport' in it's own right because it doesn't make good TV.
Erm? How are you applying the broken window fallacy here? The way I see it those copying software are the equivalent of the shopkeeper who now doesn't have to pay for broken Windows! Microsoft is the glazier, and the copyright law is the boy with the stone.
This is like saying that the orbit of the planets is dependent on the practice of certain theories of astronomy!
What is this paragraph trying to say? I should be paying for broken windows AND software? If I buy software I deserve to have my windows broken?
Who is hurt as seen by the long sighted?
You seem to be running arround in the same dark box as most economists and applying theories based on scarcity to the infinite abundance of bits.
Does this mean we'll see Americans on the streets protesting about their right to bare arms?
Putting a cross in a big box is a good way to limit your choices to big party one vs almost identical big party two, without actually offering the possibility of real represntation. Which is probably why the big parties like it so much.
It's also interesting to note that UK voting is NOT anonymous. It is "secret" yes - which means that no-one actually watches you put down your x, but it is not anonymous. Each ballot has a serial number that is matched to your individual voting number. This is supposed to be 'to control fraud', er how? It's not like they publish lists of who everyone voted for so you can check...
I wouldn't recommend voting for any candidate with ties to a "radical" organisation, unless you don't mind the security services keeping a close eye on you. They're unlikely to win anyway given the above big party problem.
More details on ballot 'secrecy' from the electoral commission
Most people don't realise this.
Because they are different sets of people?
Who would the US be racing then?
It would have been shorter if they'd just listed the questions and linked to the answers.
Or even shorter if they'd had links for both questions AND answers.
Or perhaps I've been playing too much perlgolf.
I'm sure that will be in violation of one of those "bad business model protection" laws the US seem keen on passing these days.
Do you think these guys might be related to the Digital Convergence guys?
Does anyone remember a game from about 10 years ago that was a shuttle simulator?
I remember it ran on a pc and was amazingly hard to figure out with no instructions. There were about a million knobs and buttons to play with.
There were many screens of the shuttle interior and you could also switch to an external view.
Anyone know what I am talking about?
If you're in London maybe. Anywhere else the public transport is both expensive and unreliable.
When it is cheaper for 2 people to hire a car (including the over priced petrol) for a 2 hour journey than it is to take the train you've got to worry about the priorities of the government.
And dont even expect it to arrive on time at either end of the journey too often. You will probably get there eventually though.
Now Switzerland, there's a nice public transport system.
I've always wondered..
Why would you turn down someone for being over qualified?
Surely if they want to do the job, and are willing to accept whatever you are willing to pay them for it it would be BETTER to have someone who you think is over qualified?
We do at my house, probably for a combination of reason 2) and reason 1) (in that order.)
In fact we only use the AOL ones for 'best'. On my desk it's just dud CDRs.
I feel no shame.
I am trying to bocott the movie industry, I am not a Sothern Baptist*, therefore it seems I am an idiot. oh well.
At least I am an idiot not supporting the commoditisation of 'popular' culture and the continuing erosion of 'fair use' rights to any sort of content.
(* although I was once a southern hemespherist.)
So?
How many people with a day job are out there writing great code in their spare time?
How many people with a day job are out there playing great sport in their spare time?
How many people with a day job are out there painting great paintings, patching great quilts, and nailing together great doll houses in their spare time?
There is NO great shortage of art in the world, despite what the RIAA et al would have you believe.
Those who believe in the art will still be making it regardless of how much they get paid in their day job.
(for a suitable definition of great)