It's not so strage. I used to live in Austin Texas, home of Origin. Richard Garriot and Chris Roberts the owners of Origin Systems (makers of Wing Commander) bought one of the clubs there. It was cool because all of our product launches happened there at a invite-only party with a drink named after your game. You'd think it was male-only, but I happened to hook up with women at many of the events. I went to one of the Mozilla parties in SF and thought it was pretty happening, but it wasn't a balanced crowd.
I think it is a smart marketing move by JWZ, if not for a company for his personal image. I'm cracking up trying to image Richard Stallman hanging out at a nightclub. Not so say he doesn't, but it's a funny image.
I agree. I can only wonder what parents must think when their kids come home wearing this shirt. This seems akin to getting kids to write letters to your congressmen because you are upset about an issue. It's misleading and probably unethical.
By cheat, I mean the artist runs a perl script that reports their song was played thousands of times making them look more popular - thereby getting more money from the gov.
Opera is about live performance and have a night out so I don't think it would change significantly. Opera singers don't derive much of their income from CD sales.. and they still wouldn't because of a small audience.
Likewise, bands will still be able to charge for live performances - because it's about the experience and not the music.
Think of this as voting for an elected offical. Except here you are electing a musican by playing his/her music. The musican gets money instead of an office. To increase their odds of winning the musicans will obviously hire PR staff and tour the country trying to drum up support and interest (votes).
It seems a little evil if you carry this analogy the other way. Say.. Sony music inks a contract with George W. Bush saying : "we will get you elected, in return you must do this for us once elected"
Libraries already allow people to borrow music CDs and movies, it seems the next logical step would be to have this digital and online.
Then how do artist get paid? Simple, taxes. Everyone pays an "art tax" and artist get paid in proportion to how popular their music/movie is. Each time you play a song you increased that artists revenue. Of course barriers to cheating would have to be implemented.
The advertising industry still promotes artist in return for a cut of that artist's yearly earnings. There is no actual product changing hands - just a bid to make the artist more popular. So the only part of the industry that goes away is the brick and mortar stores that do actual sales.
Just a note: at $200 it doesn't come with a cable modem or hard-drive and will not be useful for anything other than gaming and watching DVDs. Sony's cable modem plans appear to still be up in the air, so it's definately no sure thing. I expect that the price of a cable modem and hard drive will make the PS2 no cheaper than PC counterparts.
If they did have 30-50 people working for them, I what the heck they do all day? They don't have any advertising, and their web site doesn't change much. I don't see much PR going on other than word of mouth. Their "jobs" page hasn't changed in several months indicating they haven't filled any positions (which indicates they don't have any money). hmm. I suspect napster is a tiny company - if it is more than one person.
Crime and morality are not binary issues. There is no dividing line that seperates good from bad and this is why the field of ethics is so huge. If real life where decidable like a math problem then we wouldn't need judges.
I also could be mistaken, but I've heard RSA allows non commercial export if you the reference library (rsaref). They would have a hard time collecting any money from these projects anyway!
from the ssleay FAQ:
"inside the USA RSA hold patents over the RSA algorithms, however if you use RSAREF (which SSLeay can link to) then non-commercial use is probably okay"
I haven't read the whole document but it looks like the commercial side of things haven't changed too much. The interesting part is that software that is "not subject to an express agreement for the payment of a licensing fee or royalty for commercial production or sale of any product" can export without review.
What is ironic about this is that :
a) The most commonly used public key algorithm is RSA which is patented by RSA. This patent is only valid in the US and the US has the strongest export. Though many countries respect US patents as well.
b) Now, open source projects will be able to export without review, but RSA will not collect any money from these projects.
c) Regulations are slowly changing, possibly by next year commercial vendors will be able to export. But in Sept 2000, RSA's patent expires and they won't be able to collect any money.
RSA really got screwed if you ask me. I'm glad their patent is expiring, but it was definately a valid one that the world has benifited from greatly.
It's kind of silly, but it's the most visible spot in the world. This year over 2 million peope where in downtown new york to see it and IIR more than a billion people saw it on TV. That is a lot of eyeballs.
I'm not sure what the ratings are for the Super Bowl or World Cup, but I think this is higher (though much shorter).
Who said you can't remove animated billboards? I can think of several ways to do it. have the system watch the corners of the billboard instead of the content. Then fill in blue between the 4 corners. After that it's the same problem as before.
You can't do that because you can't distinguish between a person and the billboard colors if the billboard colors aren't constant. This technology allows people to walk in front of the ad and not be obscured.
I was just thinking the same thing. Companies pay big money to put up billboards especially near the ball drop on New Years eve because it get's plastered on every TV around the world. Same goes for billboards at tennis, soccer, and football sporting events. If the TV stations refuse to show these ads, it makes them significantly dimished in value. Who cares about a crowd of 50,000 when there are millions watching on TV.
However, this technology won't work with animated billboards and it may force the companies spring for that. Another thought, you can buy ad space on the boxer's shorts for some prize fights. The ad is constantly moving and changes shape in regard to the boxer's movement. It is impossible for the near fututre to remove something like this.
Many people leave their machines on overnight for the soul purpose of distributed.net. I leave mine on overnight because I don't want to wait for a boot in the morning. heh. I also don't have to use my heater in the winter..
Seriously, I'd like to see a calculation on how many barrels of oil per hour/day go to distributed.net.
I have to admit, that is a pretty funny post. So many of the post moderated up as funny on/. these days look like they were written by scripts.
1. Convert headline/story in AP wire store or press release form.
2. Change microsoft to linux or linux to microsoft and add a few jabs at Bill Gates.
3. Misspell microsoft 5 different ways. (How is it an insult to them because you can't spell?)
4. If physical object, create a metaphore to windows and tell what would happen if it crashed. If metaphysical object, explain why the world would end if it was closed source.
Personally I think it gets old real quick, but if someone wanted karma points why not make a translator script like they used to have for Jive and Valley Girl.
This sounds like an old wives tale. How do you measure stress? If you count ulcers, people on Wall Street have a much more stressful job than tech support. I can think of quite a few jobs that are more stressful. Plus, "help desk" probably refers to the return department at a store, not tech support on the phone.
Sounds like one of those brain twisters. The real answer is the carjacker is also limited to 60km/hr so he never catches the first guy.:) Then you get those arguments, outlaw speed and only the criminals will have speed.
Yes the phone has had a big impact on our lives, but it's a fairly recent invention and I see it disappearing quickly.. at least in the analog form we know. In the grand scheme of things, the phone is just a novelty that just lasted a bit longer than the telegraph. I think we will always have something called "the phone," but you won't have a "phone line."
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Couple of corrections..
1. Sony does compete with other game cos. It's called 989 studio, but now being merged into SCEA (Sony Computer Entertainment of America).
2. Sega is working on their next console. Apparently they changed their minds after seen the dreamcast sales numbers.
It's not so strage. I used to live in Austin Texas, home of Origin. Richard Garriot and Chris Roberts the owners of Origin Systems (makers of Wing Commander) bought one of the clubs there. It was cool because all of our product launches happened there at a invite-only party with a drink named after your game. You'd think it was male-only, but I happened to hook up with women at many of the events. I went to one of the Mozilla parties in SF and thought it was pretty happening, but it wasn't a balanced crowd.
I think it is a smart marketing move by JWZ, if not for a company for his personal image. I'm cracking up trying to image Richard Stallman hanging out at a nightclub. Not so say he doesn't, but it's a funny image.
Jonathan
I agree. I can only wonder what parents must think when their kids come home wearing this shirt. This seems akin to getting kids to write letters to your congressmen because you are upset about an issue. It's misleading and probably unethical.
By cheat, I mean the artist runs a perl script that reports their song was played thousands of times making them look more popular - thereby getting more money from the gov.
Opera is about live performance and have a night out so I don't think it would change significantly. Opera singers don't derive much of their income from CD sales.. and they still wouldn't because of a small audience.
Likewise, bands will still be able to charge for live performances - because it's about the experience and not the music.
Think of this as voting for an elected offical. Except here you are electing a musican by playing his/her music. The musican gets money instead of an office. To increase their odds of winning the musicans will obviously hire PR staff and tour the country trying to drum up support and interest (votes).
It seems a little evil if you carry this analogy the other way. Say.. Sony music inks a contract with George W. Bush saying : "we will get you elected, in return you must do this for us once elected"
Libraries already allow people to borrow music CDs and movies, it seems the next logical step would be to have this digital and online.
Then how do artist get paid? Simple, taxes. Everyone pays an "art tax" and artist get paid in proportion to how popular their music/movie is. Each time you play a song you increased that artists revenue. Of course barriers to cheating would have to be implemented.
The advertising industry still promotes artist in return for a cut of that artist's yearly earnings. There is no actual product changing hands - just a bid to make the artist more popular. So the only part of the industry that goes away is the brick and mortar stores that do actual sales.
Just a note: at $200 it doesn't come with a cable modem or hard-drive and will not be useful for anything other than gaming and watching DVDs. Sony's cable modem plans appear to still be up in the air, so it's definately no sure thing. I expect that the price of a cable modem and hard drive will make the PS2 no cheaper than PC counterparts.
If they did have 30-50 people working for them, I what the heck they do all day? They don't have any advertising, and their web site doesn't change much. I don't see much PR going on other than word of mouth. Their "jobs" page hasn't changed in several months indicating they haven't filled any positions (which indicates they don't have any money). hmm. I suspect napster is a tiny company - if it is more than one person.
I wonder how they intend to stop hackers from hiding the health bar and sending it auto-click messages?
Reminds me of the episode homer starts his own dot com business and Bill Gates comes to shut him down. :)
Crime and morality are not binary issues. There is no dividing line that seperates good from bad and this is why the field of ethics is so huge. If real life where decidable like a math problem then we wouldn't need judges.
I also could be mistaken, but I've heard RSA allows non commercial export if you the reference library (rsaref). They would have a hard time collecting any money from these projects anyway!
from the ssleay FAQ:
"inside the USA RSA hold patents over the RSA algorithms, however if you use RSAREF (which SSLeay can link to) then non-commercial use is probably okay"
I haven't read the whole document but it looks like the commercial side of things haven't changed too much. The interesting part is that software that is "not subject to an express agreement for the payment of a licensing fee or royalty for commercial production or sale of any product" can export without review.
What is ironic about this is that :
a) The most commonly used public key algorithm is RSA which is patented by RSA. This patent is only valid in the US and the US has the strongest export. Though many countries respect US patents as well.
b) Now, open source projects will be able to export without review, but RSA will not collect any money from these projects.
c) Regulations are slowly changing, possibly by next year commercial vendors will be able to export. But in Sept 2000, RSA's patent expires and they won't be able to collect any money.
RSA really got screwed if you ask me. I'm glad their patent is expiring, but it was definately a valid one that the world has benifited from greatly.
It's kind of silly, but it's the most visible spot in the world. This year over 2 million peope where in downtown new york to see it and IIR more than a billion people saw it on TV. That is a lot of eyeballs.
I'm not sure what the ratings are for the Super Bowl or World Cup, but I think this is higher (though much shorter).
Who said you can't remove animated billboards? I can think of several ways to do it. have the system watch the corners of the billboard instead of the content. Then fill in blue between the 4 corners. After that it's the same problem as before.
You can't do that because you can't distinguish between a person and the billboard colors if the billboard colors aren't constant. This technology allows people to walk in front of the ad and not be obscured.
I was just thinking the same thing. Companies pay big money to put up billboards especially near the ball drop on New Years eve because it get's plastered on every TV around the world. Same goes for billboards at tennis, soccer, and football sporting events. If the TV stations refuse to show these ads, it makes them significantly dimished in value. Who cares about a crowd of 50,000 when there are millions watching on TV.
However, this technology won't work with animated billboards and it may force the companies spring for that. Another thought, you can buy ad space on the boxer's shorts for some prize fights. The ad is constantly moving and changes shape in regard to the boxer's movement. It is impossible for the near fututre to remove something like this.
Or you have a Kinesis keyboard. Ctrl, alt, and del are all right next to each oth....
500 AMD-K6 3d
128MB RAM...
twas a joke. I guess it missed the mark.
Many people leave their machines on overnight for the soul purpose of distributed.net. I leave mine on overnight because I don't want to wait for a boot in the morning. heh. I also don't have to use my heater in the winter..
Seriously, I'd like to see a calculation on how many barrels of oil per hour/day go to distributed.net.
I have to admit, that is a pretty funny post. So many of the post moderated up as funny on /. these days look like they were written by scripts.
1. Convert headline/story in AP wire store or press release form.
2. Change microsoft to linux or linux to microsoft and add a few jabs at Bill Gates.
3. Misspell microsoft 5 different ways. (How is it an insult to them because you can't spell?)
4. If physical object, create a metaphore to windows and tell what would happen if it crashed. If metaphysical object, explain why the world would end if it was closed source.
Personally I think it gets old real quick, but if someone wanted karma points why not make a translator script like they used to have for Jive and Valley Girl.
anyhow, thanks for real humor.
I wonder how many barrels of oil that wasted.
If he has a modified car why would he steal a slower one? eh? :)
This sounds like an old wives tale. How do you measure stress? If you count ulcers, people on Wall Street have a much more stressful job than tech support. I can think of quite a few jobs that are more stressful. Plus, "help desk" probably refers to the return department at a store, not tech support on the phone.
Sounds like one of those brain twisters. The real answer is the carjacker is also limited to 60km/hr so he never catches the first guy. :) Then you get those arguments, outlaw speed and only the criminals will have speed.
Yes the phone has had a big impact on our lives, but it's a fairly recent invention and I see it disappearing quickly.. at least in the analog form we know. In the grand scheme of things, the phone is just a novelty that just lasted a bit longer than the telegraph. I think we will always have something called "the phone," but you won't have a "phone line."