but we can't curb our consumption and waste when our lives are on the line.
The United States has cut its annual ozone output from 306,000 ozone depletion potential tonnes (ODP tonnes) to 2,500. The 12 nations that were then members of the European Union have reduced their use from 301,000 to 4,300 ODP tonnes, while Japan has cut its output from 118,000 ODP tonnes to zero.
In fact, the only non-consensual thing is the theft of the music, which you seem to think you have the right to do. And the only reason that is because you can get away with it.
The only reason I can do that is because someone else was willing to share it. To contribute (since they arent getting paid) their time and resources to a further appreciation of an artist. The people who have the biggest problem with this arrangement are the ones who have to be paid to perform a similar function.
People seem to think that they are big corporate entities that just rip people off.
Re-writing copyright law so that an entity recieves 50% of ALL streaming revenues is a great example of this. --
you need to play the Final Fantasy series. As far as moving ever closer to "art" I think this is one of the best.
It is also an art of interpreting experience, if a game succeeds at convincing you that you are a part of its reality, it is successful as a piece of interpretive art. Art makes you feel, not necessarily feel proud. --
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Re: if so, author must be an incompetent writer!
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We have seen this only a couple times so far, and generally only with regard to video coverage: the Rodney King video is the prime example, of course.
"Distributed Reporting" seems to work pretty well with/. (that is, it would work a LOT better if they had some real editors) and will get better. The nature of the gatekeepers is changing and we seem to do a lot better at exploring and explaining the various sides of most technical issues. It's messy as all hell but still in it's infancy as a media genre. I definitely think this is the way to go though...just get some real editors (or learn how to act like them). --
This technique also would have caught "Ice Ice Baby" (really "Under Pressure") and "Come As You Are" (really "Eighties").
Which pretty much invalidates any confidence you might have as to knowing what file you have. Not to mention covers, and how does this thing deal with real bootlegs (i.e. live recordings)? --
I pretty much agree with you, but statistics like this are hard to ignore. Obviously something was amiss. There have already been lawsuits filed so this thing will drag for a bit. Either way it is going to paint the winner in a negative light (Gore, whining and sueing to win; Bush, winning without popular vote and because of screwy ballots). --
Bandwith may be infinite, but creativity and time are still finite. Finite resources must be valued.
Even with this argument it is only the time of musicians that has value, not what they produce. The multiplying nature of digital media makes the effort of one artist supplying an amount of creativity to one person the same as supplying it to all people. Any value that becomes inherent to digital media will be directly proportional to the amount spent protecting it. Only by enforcing an unnatural scarcity (outlined excellectly on one side by JWZ) can the "music industry" continue to gain profits and guide the musical culture of this country. --
which he provides in the next question when asked about "consumer" (or "citizen") privacy.
Notice and Consent. Everyone has the right to know what information is collected and how it will be used, and to accept or decline the collection or dissemination of this information - particularly financial and medical information.
So you've got the first cast iron contradiction from this interview. --
I'm not advocated voting for the winner- just for someone who represents a large enough consensus to potentially win. Nader doesn't and NEVER will.
If you mean by "NEVER" the next four days, you're probably right, if you mean by "NEVER" never, then you sir, are an idiot.
I don't see why it's nuts to think that moving left would help the Democrats, I always grew up thinking that's what they were. One issue doesn't define a party. Abortion is a non-issue for me, and campaign finance reform will come from legislators, if at all. Most of it will be blocked by the media lobby, which Gore is buddy-buddy with (they don't want to give away air time that hard earned industrial campaign contributions can buy quite easily).
The bottom line is, if Gore doesn't win, you can kiss goodbye the very issue you claim to care so much about.
And if Gore gets elected, the continuing growth of the market interfering with government on a high level will stop, eh? Gore doesn't stand for my issues, why would I vote for him?
I think the average American voter is quite well informed: it's you who has their head up their ass.
If someone with a head up their ass can take four seconds and find you contradicting yourself, well, I guess I have a pretty smart ass. --
it's also used at all the colleges I've been to or lived around as a chance for alumni to return back to the school and meet old friends again. The weak team scheduling trick is a definite PR move. The team I played on once played a christian science school from somewhere in middle america. This was a(n american) football team who practiced the philosophy of recieving NO medical attention whatsoever. They fielded 36 brave young men. Which was one more than how many points we scored in the first period. 72-0 is a thrashing in any sport.
And before you judge my comment too harshly, try and grasp the significance of the entire HM, eh? (just to slow you down) --
It's a governmental function that monitors fraud in the market. WebTV is outright lying in their advertisements. This is a public channel that warns consumers about such actions, allowing them to be the informed consumers our country needs to function properly under the tenets of the free market. Personally I plan on using this as a reference when warning others away from such devices, they are severely limited and always will be. But that's not what the AOLTv commercials will say.
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thanks, you outlined a number of the reasons I run a website.
And the first time I read about patent craziness was only a couple years ago. Change is what you make it. --
You actually think that Americans don't know what Nader supports?
and
You know, I'll give you- the two parties are unfairly squashing third party candidates.
go together nicely. Gore is treading water because he's gone about as far right as he can. It's not all people that are brainwashed and sheltered, but they are affected by what they hear and see. Many people have their own legitimate political postions, mine happens to be that I don't like the influence large corps have in my gov't. That *alone* is enough reason for me to stay away from Gore and Bush.
And no, I don't buy into the bullshit philosophy that if you don't vote for the winner, you didn't really vote. --
Slashdot Mirror
but we can't curb our consumption and waste when our lives are on the line.
Sad indeed.
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while not sci-fi has some hilarious kiddie editing.
"Yippee-ky-yeah, Major Falcon."
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When microsoft publishes 'NT' or 'new technology'.
Don't forget about Win2000, which according to marketing materials is "built on NT technology".
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In fact, the only non-consensual thing is the theft of the music, which you seem to think you have the right to do. And the only reason that is because you can get away with it.
The only reason I can do that is because someone else was willing to share it. To contribute (since they arent getting paid) their time and resources to a further appreciation of an artist. The people who have the biggest problem with this arrangement are the ones who have to be paid to perform a similar function.
People seem to think that they are big corporate entities that just rip people off.
Re-writing copyright law so that an entity recieves 50% of ALL streaming revenues is a great example of this.
--
you need to play the Final Fantasy series. As far as moving ever closer to "art" I think this is one of the best.
It is also an art of interpreting experience, if a game succeeds at convincing you that you are a part of its reality, it is successful as a piece of interpretive art. Art makes you feel, not necessarily feel proud.
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following this...
is that why it seems on slashdot that all big media comapnies are "boogeymen"? Is it all just a matter of perspective?
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English is Infinitely Obsfucatable.
which when interpreted under the correct socio-economic condtions spells...Ebonics!
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here's the link that wasn't working earlier.
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buy "Ant i-M onopoly"
(or at least read about another nasty lawsuit involving a billion dollar corp and anti-trust law)
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We have seen this only a couple times so far, and generally only with regard to video coverage: the Rodney King video is the prime example, of course.
/. (that is, it would work a LOT better if they had some real editors) and will get better. The nature of the gatekeepers is changing and we seem to do a lot better at exploring and explaining the various sides of most technical issues. It's messy as all hell but still in it's infancy as a media genre. I definitely think this is the way to go though...just get some real editors (or learn how to act like them).
"Distributed Reporting" seems to work pretty well with
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This technique also would have caught "Ice Ice Baby" (really "Under Pressure") and "Come As You Are" (really "Eighties").
Which pretty much invalidates any confidence you might have as to knowing what file you have. Not to mention covers, and how does this thing deal with real bootlegs (i.e. live recordings)?
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Criticising these things is just oh-so-smart intellectual masturbation.
/., it's intellectual group masturbation, and is one of the large dangers with huge crowds of geeks (most being male, single, and smart)
No, this is
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think "trolls"
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I pretty much agree with you, but statistics like this are hard to ignore. Obviously something was amiss. There have already been lawsuits filed so this thing will drag for a bit. Either way it is going to paint the winner in a negative light (Gore, whining and sueing to win; Bush, winning without popular vote and because of screwy ballots).
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back in the old days we had MTV for that.
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Bandwith may be infinite, but creativity and time are still finite. Finite resources must be valued.
Even with this argument it is only the time of musicians that has value, not what they produce. The multiplying nature of digital media makes the effort of one artist supplying an amount of creativity to one person the same as supplying it to all people. Any value that becomes inherent to digital media will be directly proportional to the amount spent protecting it. Only by enforcing an unnatural scarcity (outlined excellectly on one side by JWZ) can the "music industry" continue to gain profits and guide the musical culture of this country.
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he spoke pretty well for this one.
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and we all know that networks and polls are inviolate. *coughFloridacough*
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software
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which he provides in the next question when asked about "consumer" (or "citizen") privacy.
Notice and Consent. Everyone has the right to know what information is collected and how it will be used, and to accept or decline the collection or dissemination of this information - particularly financial and medical information.
So you've got the first cast iron contradiction from this interview.
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I'm not advocated voting for the winner- just for someone who represents a large enough consensus to potentially win. Nader doesn't and NEVER will.
If you mean by "NEVER" the next four days, you're probably right, if you mean by "NEVER" never, then you sir, are an idiot.
I don't see why it's nuts to think that moving left would help the Democrats, I always grew up thinking that's what they were. One issue doesn't define a party. Abortion is a non-issue for me, and campaign finance reform will come from legislators, if at all. Most of it will be blocked by the media lobby, which Gore is buddy-buddy with (they don't want to give away air time that hard earned industrial campaign contributions can buy quite easily).
The bottom line is, if Gore doesn't win, you can kiss goodbye the very issue you claim to care so much about.
And if Gore gets elected, the continuing growth of the market interfering with government on a high level will stop, eh? Gore doesn't stand for my issues, why would I vote for him?
I think the average American voter is quite well informed: it's you who has their head up their ass.
If someone with a head up their ass can take four seconds and find you contradicting yourself, well, I guess I have a pretty smart ass.
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it's also used at all the colleges I've been to or lived around as a chance for alumni to return back to the school and meet old friends again. The weak team scheduling trick is a definite PR move. The team I played on once played a christian science school from somewhere in middle america. This was a(n american) football team who practiced the philosophy of recieving NO medical attention whatsoever. They fielded 36 brave young men. Which was one more than how many points we scored in the first period. 72-0 is a thrashing in any sport.
And before you judge my comment too harshly, try and grasp the significance of the entire HM, eh? (just to slow you down)
--
It's a governmental function that monitors fraud in the market. WebTV is outright lying in their advertisements. This is a public channel that warns consumers about such actions, allowing them to be the informed consumers our country needs to function properly under the tenets of the free market. Personally I plan on using this as a reference when warning others away from such devices, they are severely limited and always will be. But that's not what the AOLTv commercials will say.
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thanks, you outlined a number of the reasons I run a website.
And the first time I read about patent craziness was only a couple years ago. Change is what you make it.
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You actually think that Americans don't know what Nader supports?
and
You know, I'll give you- the two parties are unfairly squashing third party candidates.
go together nicely. Gore is treading water because he's gone about as far right as he can. It's not all people that are brainwashed and sheltered, but they are affected by what they hear and see. Many people have their own legitimate political postions, mine happens to be that I don't like the influence large corps have in my gov't. That *alone* is enough reason for me to stay away from Gore and Bush.
And no, I don't buy into the bullshit philosophy that if you don't vote for the winner, you didn't really vote.
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