>The trick of open source as opposed, say, to communism is that it takes the basic idea of "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" - and makes it compeltely voluntary and self-service. That's pretty crazy stuff, actually.
It is my understanding that the original idea was the it would all be 'completely voluntary and self-service', but that's not how things turned out.
However, if you take scarcity out of the equation, a similar model could work rather well.
Where it DOESN'T work as well is when you begin breaking up complex phonemes or diphthongs in short words. Konw what I'm sayin'?
Where it also doesn't work is in a society where people aren't conditioned to understand properly spelled words. This is an exception that proves a rule (understanding is more powerful that spelling), not a new rule (spelling is unimportant to understanding).
I dunno, I didn't even read your comment. However, umm, a little bird (that lives in my head) has noticed that more and more files are showing up on P2P with little (Archos) tags in their title names.
Considering the previous difficulty of ripping DVDs, that you own and want to watch on the road from a VCR that fits in your pocket, this is a useful convention.
When Britneys Pears is played on a webcaster, the song writer still gets theirs, but in addition Britney and her label get a royalty based on the number of listeners..Hence if you can afford the equipment, its cheaper to broadcast rather than webcast.
The anti-competitive part comes in when you wonder what would happen if a webcaster was able to gain an audience size similar to that of say, Z100 in NYC. Seeing as how there are a limited number of possible frequencies on which to broadcast (rather than bitcast) the market in being regulated in a manner that makes it impossible for the mediums to compete head-to-head (as the naturally limited one (broadcast frequency) is not constrained by audience size, and the unlimited one (IP based) is constrained by audience size, having to increase revenue to break even with more listeners, a problem that clear channel does not have).
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I dunno what report you read. This one you linked included this tidbit. -- REPUBLICANS 1980 2000 Winner (Reagan) (G.W. Bush) Percent donations over $750 19% 74%
Which, along with the other numbers, would seem to confirm, without a doubt, that much of the Republican campaign money from individuals, comes from rather rich ones. No surprise there.
So this assertion (<i>The Republican Party leans heavily on large donations from individuals. These individuals generally are in the financial "upper crust", and generally benefit financially from a Republican administration (massive tax cuts, etc.</i>) would seem to be correct. And in fact, investing a bit of the windfall from the tax cuts in the form of campaign donations would probably be prudent for many of them, as no doubt, many Republicans fundraisers are reminding them.
There's a reason Bush will raise more money than any candidate in history, he's a tried, tested, and successful investment.
I agree totally. And it's not even 'continuing', it's doing it at all. Selling a product under a licence like the GPL and then trying a 'takeback' later, seem rather indefensibly on the face of it.
I'm just saying that being a hypocrite is something that can pass for lawful from time to time. If it is argued effectively, or against uneffectively.
I'd love to see someting like this go the Supreme Court. That would be a wild ride.
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I know it will be tough, but I'm sure that the towns can work together, and work with other organizations, such as Underwriters' Laboratories, to develop "open source model codes" that can be used by many towns.
That's pretty much what is going to happen. Now one can take someone else's code and modify it to scratch local itches. Publish said code and the cycle continues. Since this ruling will open the code all across the country, it shouldn't be too hard to find something, somewhere, that's pretty close to what a certain municipality desires.
no kidding. To think they couldn't effectively argue this point is to miss the whole point of the legal system.
Heck, just blame it on some techie who spends all day reading/. and didn't take the time to comb the (very complex and confusing) webserver for old code.
If they stopped offering commercial support (or whatever it was they were doing before taking up suing as a business model) when they noticed the problem, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to convince a judge that they "missed a spot" while cleaning up.
not really. The only time MP3's are mentioned is under the question of whether the use is 'transformative'.
For instance, reproducing music CDs in computer MP3 format does not change the fact that both formats are used for entertainment purposes. Likewise, reproducing news footage into a different format does not change the ultimate purpose of informing the public about current affairs.
Under the question of 'fair use', it is this 'use' that is the question. If you take a low quality version of something, and use it for the same thing (i.e. for music, it would still be creative expression in any bit-rate MP3), that's bad. If you use it to teach someone (i.e. for music, how a certain riff should sounds) then it might be o.k.
There is not a mention of the quality aspect as a 'trump card' for fair use. Also this direct use is just one of the four factors they weighed to determine fair use.
There might be something to argue for a really low quality MP3 that could not function for its intended use (to entertain/express creativity), and was used merely to promote the work of others, generally inform the public, and used in a framework where the work of the creators are directly promoted, but we haven't seen one of those (or at least I haven't).
You seem to be describing the web of '99 where all that crap you hate was everywhere. It seems to me that things have improved a great deal over the past few years.
This is probably because all of those 'web designers' who went for 'cool' over 'works' no longer have jobs, and the ones that went the other way now do a whole lot more work.
This is the biggest problem with the Treos. They threw an entire qwerty keyboard on a phone. No matter what funcationality is EVER added to a phone, the buttons with numbers on them should be big and easy to press while holding the phone in one hand. I want a phone with a PDA built into it. Not the other way around.
Who types in numbers? Just hit the first couple letters of the name and the space bar. The Treo is pretty one-handed IME, YMMV. There's also a full screen dial pad that is fairly accessible (two 'clicks' from start, less with a bit of work). Again, IMHO, I'd take qwerty over grafiti any day, I used to hate adding info to my palm, it's much easier with the keyboard.
i've got the 300 and agree, the buttons aren't too small. And like you, my fingers ain't small (I wear a 13 on my ring finger). These buttons look a little bit smaller, but should be o.k. Try before you buy, especially for stuff like this, which is pretty much a little laptop.
BTW, while I didn't, it is entirely possible to post here from one of these phones. I did a number of posts on my site from my phone during my last trip to new york city. Worked pretty well, although no copy and paste kinda limits posting, and looking up URLS is rather tough.
When you see a group of young black men walking down the street dressed a certain way, you behave in a rational, self-protecting manner by crossing to the other side of the street. Does this mean you are a racist?
If by 'dressed in a certain way' you mean 'in clothes', then, yes, it is quite racist. Actually this example is pretty weak, as the perception that a group of young black men is about to attack you can be based on racist logic, regardless of what they are wearing (Oh my god, he's got baggy pants on, run!!). The degree to which their clothes affect one's street crossing is a mitigating factor in that stereotyping.
From my understanding the racism inherent in Zionism rises from the fact that race is a determining factor in what opportunities and freedoms are available in a state founded on such principles, i.e. a homeland for a particular race where they get preferential treatment.
not that it will make a whit of difference, but as to your analogy, you forgot to mention that this box has a big frickin' sign on the front that says, 'YOU CANNOT LOCK THIS BOX'.
Selling something like that without looking in it is stupid, although stupid and the Law intersect in curious ways. And of course the analogy of the 'priceless family heirloom' is akin to a lawn-mower, and people have been building new lawn-mowers for nearly thirty years. And fighting over who owns the particular workings of the first one for just as long.
Anyway, it'll be an interesting court case, during which any offending code can be re-written...or so one would think.
Slashdot Mirror
looks like it.
Seems to have written a book on it.
even better. Something about the idea of walking around and radiating information appeals to me.
I'd like to try and see them stop file trading done like that.
Yes, Chinese government I'm looking at you.
was when I noticed that key-drives had replaced floppies.
USB slots should be on the front, back, and everywhere.
>The trick of open source as opposed, say, to communism is that it takes the basic idea of "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" - and makes it compeltely voluntary and self-service. That's pretty crazy stuff, actually.
It is my understanding that the original idea was the it would all be 'completely voluntary and self-service', but that's not how things turned out.
However, if you take scarcity out of the equation, a similar model could work rather well.
Where it DOESN'T work as well is when you begin breaking up complex phonemes or diphthongs in short words. Konw what I'm sayin'?
Where it also doesn't work is in a society where people aren't conditioned to understand properly spelled words. This is an exception that proves a rule (understanding is more powerful that spelling), not a new rule (spelling is unimportant to understanding).
where's the button to send this comment to every /. user?
The only poll I've seen shows a slightly different opinion. It is limited to baghdad, and was taken previous to the latest round of bombings.
I'm curious to see a more timely one.
I dunno, I didn't even read your comment. However, umm, a little bird (that lives in my head) has noticed that more and more files are showing up on P2P with little (Archos) tags in their title names.
Considering the previous difficulty of ripping DVDs, that you own and want to watch on the road from a VCR that fits in your pocket, this is a useful convention.
When Britneys Pears is played on a webcaster, the song writer still gets theirs, but in addition Britney and her label get a royalty based on the number of listeners..Hence if you can afford the equipment, its cheaper to broadcast rather than webcast.
The anti-competitive part comes in when you wonder what would happen if a webcaster was able to gain an audience size similar to that of say, Z100 in NYC. Seeing as how there are a limited number of possible frequencies on which to broadcast (rather than bitcast) the market in being regulated in a manner that makes it impossible for the mediums to compete head-to-head (as the naturally limited one (broadcast frequency) is not constrained by audience size, and the unlimited one (IP based) is constrained by audience size, having to increase revenue to break even with more listeners, a problem that clear channel does not have).
I dunno what report you read. This one you linked included this tidbit.
--
REPUBLICANS
1980 2000
Winner (Reagan) (G.W. Bush)
Percent donations over $750 19% 74%
DEMOCRATS
1980 2000
Winner (Carter) (Gore)
Percent donations over $750 35% 48%
--
Which, along with the other numbers, would seem to confirm, without a doubt, that much of the Republican campaign money from individuals, comes from rather rich ones. No surprise there.
So this assertion (<i>The Republican Party leans heavily on large donations from individuals. These individuals generally are in the financial "upper crust", and generally benefit financially from a Republican administration (massive tax cuts, etc.</i>) would seem to be correct. And in fact, investing a bit of the windfall from the tax cuts in the form of campaign donations would probably be prudent for many of them, as no doubt, many Republicans fundraisers are reminding them.
There's a reason Bush will raise more money than any candidate in history, he's a tried, tested, and successful investment.
I wonder if they will count the costs of the commercials in the money they are loosing every year to piracy...
Not a problem. This is made back from the commercials you watch before every movie. Oh wait, they will be one in the same, so it's a wash.
I agree totally. And it's not even 'continuing', it's doing it at all. Selling a product under a licence like the GPL and then trying a 'takeback' later, seem rather indefensibly on the face of it.
I'm just saying that being a hypocrite is something that can pass for lawful from time to time. If it is argued effectively, or against uneffectively.
I'd love to see someting like this go the Supreme Court. That would be a wild ride.
looks kinda cool to me.
I know it will be tough, but I'm sure that the towns can work together, and work with other organizations, such as Underwriters' Laboratories, to develop "open source model codes" that can be used by many towns.
That's pretty much what is going to happen. Now one can take someone else's code and modify it to scratch local itches. Publish said code and the cycle continues. Since this ruling will open the code all across the country, it shouldn't be too hard to find something, somewhere, that's pretty close to what a certain municipality desires.
no kidding. To think they couldn't effectively argue this point is to miss the whole point of the legal system.
/. and didn't take the time to comb the (very complex and confusing) webserver for old code.
Heck, just blame it on some techie who spends all day reading
If they stopped offering commercial support (or whatever it was they were doing before taking up suing as a business model) when they noticed the problem, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to convince a judge that they "missed a spot" while cleaning up.
There is not a mention of the quality aspect as a 'trump card' for fair use. Also this direct use is just one of the four factors they weighed to determine fair use.
There might be something to argue for a really low quality MP3 that could not function for its intended use (to entertain/express creativity), and was used merely to promote the work of others, generally inform the public, and used in a framework where the work of the creators are directly promoted, but we haven't seen one of those (or at least I haven't).
You seem to be describing the web of '99 where all that crap you hate was everywhere. It seems to me that things have improved a great deal over the past few years.
This is probably because all of those 'web designers' who went for 'cool' over 'works' no longer have jobs, and the ones that went the other way now do a whole lot more work.
It's there, just not so easy to use for creating posts. More of a result of a lack of multiple browser windows, than a lack of the feature itself.
This is the biggest problem with the Treos. They threw an entire qwerty keyboard on a phone. No matter what funcationality is EVER added to a phone, the buttons with numbers on them should be big and easy to press while holding the phone in one hand. I want a phone with a PDA built into it. Not the other way around.
Who types in numbers? Just hit the first couple letters of the name and the space bar. The Treo is pretty one-handed IME, YMMV. There's also a full screen dial pad that is fairly accessible (two 'clicks' from start, less with a bit of work). Again, IMHO, I'd take qwerty over grafiti any day, I used to hate adding info to my palm, it's much easier with the keyboard.
i've got the 300 and agree, the buttons aren't too small. And like you, my fingers ain't small (I wear a 13 on my ring finger). These buttons look a little bit smaller, but should be o.k. Try before you buy, especially for stuff like this, which is pretty much a little laptop.
BTW, while I didn't, it is entirely possible to post here from one of these phones. I did a number of posts on my site from my phone during my last trip to new york city. Worked pretty well, although no copy and paste kinda limits posting, and looking up URLS is rather tough.
"you'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar, but if you really want flies, nothing beats roadkill and feces."
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When you see a group of young black men walking down the street dressed a certain way, you behave in a rational, self-protecting manner by crossing to the other side of the street. Does this mean you are a racist?
If by 'dressed in a certain way' you mean 'in clothes', then, yes, it is quite racist. Actually this example is pretty weak, as the perception that a group of young black men is about to attack you can be based on racist logic, regardless of what they are wearing (Oh my god, he's got baggy pants on, run!!). The degree to which their clothes affect one's street crossing is a mitigating factor in that stereotyping.
From my understanding the racism inherent in Zionism rises from the fact that race is a determining factor in what opportunities and freedoms are available in a state founded on such principles, i.e. a homeland for a particular race where they get preferential treatment.
nah, not many individuals.
Just a bunch of groups. Well, and a few million individuals.
not that it will make a whit of difference, but as to your analogy, you forgot to mention that this box has a big frickin' sign on the front that says, 'YOU CANNOT LOCK THIS BOX'.
Selling something like that without looking in it is stupid, although stupid and the Law intersect in curious ways. And of course the analogy of the 'priceless family heirloom' is akin to a lawn-mower, and people have been building new lawn-mowers for nearly thirty years. And fighting over who owns the particular workings of the first one for just as long.
Anyway, it'll be an interesting court case, during which any offending code can be re-written...or so one would think.