Thanks eh.;-) However I still have a few questions that maybe someone can answer.
First, does Kazaa really make that much from selling adspace on their homepage?
Secondly, isn't it better that artists, and the support staff they work with, aren't going to continue working for record labels which have a poor record in promoting lesser bands?
As far as I can see, the Internet is setting the stage for a cultural renaissance. Does anyone else think this is so?
First off, since they give Kazaa away, where is the money for the ad campaign coming from?
Secondly, if the MPAA & RIAA are both doing so badly, where are all the broke movie and music superstars?
Now some editorial comments.;~)
The real theft is the loss of freedom which comes as corporations work to stripmine the benefits of common property. We all gain when something is created, discovered or shared. People who create should be rewarded if even only for the reason they can then create more. By restricting what is commonly and freely available, we all lose, and for the sole benefit of those who are already affluent.
Furthermore, as the overly affluent use this unearned excessive wealth to further corrupt the legal and political processes, we all move closer to the prepice of corruption which all previous great civilizations have fallen off.
IANAL but I think this would apply to the topic and many of the replies:
"Most legal definitions of due diligence say something like "due diligence is a measure of prudence, activity, or assiduity, as is properly to be expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a reasonable and prudent person under the particular circumstances; not measured by any absolute standard but depends on the relative facts of the special case." Due Diligence
Since wealth and authority go hand in hand, I feel that I was questioning authority. As well, posting a link to a left wing site hardly implies I'm a communist. Nor does it imply the information is not useful or factual. As for growing up in a communist state, that doesn't guarantee that you understand political theory.
As for the link, it's my pleasure. Sorry if I came across so hard, I tend to whenever someone falsely accuses me of being a communist.
I suspect we'd agree on quite a bit if we really sat down and really discussed most issues. These brief opinion bytes really leave a lot out.
By the way, thanks, I really do appreciate any and all comments.
How does questioning authority make one into a communist? I'd bet you don't even know what "communist" means. It really has little to do with either wealth or power. In fact, it actually means a socialist who doesn't believe in private land ownership. As well, it's a typically abusive, derogatory and narrow-minded comment from those who are sadly uninformed and have nothing factual to contribute to the discussion at hand. See:
As for your position on excessive affluence, it's clear you're not a student of history. Try reading, it's very informative. As well, if I were you, I'd learn something about the terms you bandy about. You came off as someone who's quite ignorant about the entire issue. Furthermore, you should always troll anonymously.
See where you are: Go ahead, take this test, I bet you score better than 85% of all people. Yes, that's pretty privileged.
What those beneath you get: Poverty is not only low income and no assets. It is a condition of exclusion from the institutions and organizations of modern life. In many countries law courts, banks, education, health services, roads, water, electricity, even respect, are not available to the poor. It is harder for them to get permissions to open businesses, and they are often forced to pay bribes. I first became aware of this in 1972, when Robin and I wrote a check to a Kenyan family. When they tried to bank it, they were told they needed to file a lengthy application, with two recommendations by "respectable persons," to open an account. Neither an illiterate person nor one with no connections would have been able to do that. In most of the world, the poor live in a society distinct from the affluent - different institutions, organizations, and customs, and little communication between the two. The poor are looked down on and denied the courtesies available to others.
The growing disparity between you and them Gini Index "Estimates for the early years should be taken only as rough guides, but it's safe to say that income inequality is at levels not seen since the climax of the 1920s boom and the collapse into Depression. After peaking in 1932, the gini began a long downtrend that ended in 1968. It's been almost straight up ever since, pausing only during the mid-1970s and early-1990s recessions."
No proof that that there's a growing wage disparity? How comfortable it must be to live in denial. Go ahead, enjoy your priviliged position... while it lasts.
Typical... no respect for the opinions or positions of others.
The same rules your parent's were supposed to teach you. Treat others fairly and honestly. I guess you missed that day...
Oh, as for the past, there was less of a wage disparity thirty years ago then there is today. Go ahead, ignore the evidence and hope that you remain among the overpaid.
Yes, it's crippled. If you compare where we are to where we could or should be, you'd realize how much we've all lost.
Go ahead, glorify greed and self service. Anything that makes you feel better must be good eh.
The gap between top and bottom salaries is at a historic all time high. The powerful simply bent the rules so they gain more than their fair share at the expense of all of the rest of us. This cripples our economy as it's a clear disincentive to labor. At the current rate of mismanagement, it surely won't be too long before the whole rotten house of cards collapses again. Excessive affluence is a sure sign of a corrupt society and I, for one, wish there was even some justice in America. Really, the real enemy isn't overseas, they inhabit the top floors of our institutions.
In this paper, we presented a measurement study performed over the population of peers that choose to participate in the Gnutella and Napster peer-to-peer file sharing systems. Our measurements captured the bottleneck bandwidth, latency,availability, and file sharing patterns of these peers. Several lessons emerged from the results of our measure-ments. First, there is a significant amount of heterogeneity inboth Gnutella and Napster; bandwidth, latency, availability,and the degree of sharing vary between three and five orders of magnitude across the peers in the system. This implies that similar peer-to-peer system must be very deliberate andcareful about delegating responsibilities across peers. Second,even though these systems were designed with a symmetry ofresponsibilities in mind, there is clear evidence of client-likeor server-like behavior in a significant fraction of systems'populations. Third, peers tend to deliberately misreport in-formation if there is an incentive to do so. Because effectivedelegation of responsibility depends on accurate information,this implies that future systems must either have built-in in-centives for peers to tell the truth or systems must be able to directly measure and verify reported information.
Re:Well, since the conclusion of his last book
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Sure, it's true, there are racial differences, but where many people err is not by assuming that there are differences between races, but rather, they assume that someone can ascribe either a particular race or it's associated characteristics to any particular individual. In fact, any such generalization is indicative of scientific fundamentalism.
I agree that there's often a need for revenue in order to support professional development, but I believe that open platforms and standards spur development far more than closed or proprietary systems do. Sure, ownership guarantees profits but one only has to look at the net or OS's to see the obvious disadvantages of overcontrol. I suspect that MMOG's will never become massively popular until the those worlds become "free" worlds. This also applies to other game genres. Imagine if you will a protocol / server that allows Q3A players to fight against UT players. In this regard, I can only hope that open alternatives are developed that allow users to interact without being forced to pay someone to do so.
I found FreeWRL by following your informative post about X3D, it's a Canadian governmaent supported development which looks very cool. Could this be the 3D browser I've been hoping for? I hope so. I can't wait to actually travel through 3D cyberspace ala Lawnmower Man or Neuromancer. There's also WorldForge which looks cool, but is more limited to game development.
Thanks to both of you for steering me in the right direction. Oh, and thanks to those who modded my orignal comment up. Of course, no thanks for the over-rated from some bitter poor soul with nothing more positive to do with thier points. Some people eh. (shakin head)
Well, it's a cool but hardly a new or novel concept or implementation. I suspect it will never reach it's full potential for the basic reason that it's elitist, non-productive, proprietary and restrictive.
How is it elitist? Why, of course, the prices. The cost is simply too high for more than a few affluent first-worlders to afford.
It's not very productive other than sheer entertainment. How could spending time there be profitable other than as a diversion from real life?
As well it's OWNED. The company tells you what you can, and can't do.
I propose someone, (hey Carmack) create an open 3D system that anyone can access or contribute to. What we really need is an evolving 3D net world. Wouldn't it be cool to have a way to do this that's not dependant on one company?
Perhaps some clever hacker could create an open 3D protocol that would allow for 3D worlds to be easily created and used by everyone. On this note, WTF ever happened to VRML?
Not necessarily true. I moved from TechPubs doing in-house development of an internal database of company documentation to a project team. As soon as the project got into trouble, the penny pinching "leader" started laying off anybody he could. Bye bye.
The sad truth is the higher you go, in the larger the company, the more incompetence you will encounter. Cronyism, nepotism and patronism are the methodology of corporatism. Larger organization are simply less efficient, less responsible and less humane. They serve only to concentrate wealth at the top for the few. If the laws weren't so bent, they'd never actually prosper. Personally, I fear for our society as it is becoming increasing corrupt and I see no way around it other than to disengage from it.
Wealth is good, but only if it's actually honestly earned. Next time you see a job given to an "acquaintance" just remember, you're most likely seeing it taken from someone who actually worked hard to deserve it.
I think this might be worth considering, no?
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The internet, in fact, even Unix, is a way of distributing, managing and manipulating text. Every book these days is produced via computers. Why isn't it available as easily as such? One word. GREED. We don't share, we hoard. Publishers are no better than the RIAA or the MPAA. They are all self serving parasites. Of course they don't want to give up their free ride. Ebooks are a copy protection scheme, nothing more. If we could "rip" books as easy as somgs or movies, the publishing industry would be in the same quandry as all the other corporate thieves. Thank god for OCR and XML. It will free authors as much as musicians and other artists. I personally can't wait for the future as it promises to be an interesting battle between the good and evil. Thank god for geeks! Take a bow all you freedom fighters. As for the overly affluent, you suck big time. But no worries, you'll get exactly what you deserve in the end. Cosmic justice always prevails eventually.
Fortunately, the iGods have smiled apon thee and provide for thee the Google Toolbar. You too can be blessed by the ability to personalize your location in your search for the answer and resist evil when it pops up. Do this so that your searches may multiply and be fruitful and you find your way well through the wide web worlds and may that the Good Lord preserve us all.
Slashdot Mirror
Yup, TAOP1 is indeed a totally awesome geek book and a must read. Indeed, it is considered a definitive work of cyber culture.
The Cyberpunk Reading List
Sadly, I was unable to find any reference to the book on Amazon's increasing lame site. (03/17/04)Instant Music
HTPC motherboard
P4R800
ROTLMAO ... notamod
Thanks eh. ;-) However I still have a few questions that maybe someone can answer.
First, does Kazaa really make that much from selling adspace on their homepage?
Secondly, isn't it better that artists, and the support staff they work with, aren't going to continue working for record labels which have a poor record in promoting lesser bands?
As far as I can see, the Internet is setting the stage for a cultural renaissance. Does anyone else think this is so?
First off, since they give Kazaa away, where is the money for the ad campaign coming from?
;~)
Secondly, if the MPAA & RIAA are both doing so badly, where are all the broke movie and music superstars?
Now some editorial comments.
The real theft is the loss of freedom which comes as corporations work to stripmine the benefits of common property. We all gain when something is created, discovered or shared. People who create should be rewarded if even only for the reason they can then create more. By restricting what is commonly and freely available, we all lose, and for the sole benefit of those who are already affluent.
Furthermore, as the overly affluent use this unearned excessive wealth to further corrupt the legal and political processes, we all move closer to the prepice of corruption which all previous great civilizations have fallen off.
IANAL but I think this would apply to the topic and many of the replies:
"Most legal definitions of due diligence say something like "due diligence is a measure of prudence, activity, or assiduity, as is properly to be expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a reasonable and prudent person under the particular circumstances; not measured by any absolute standard but depends on the relative facts of the special case."
Due Diligence
... as for SCO's management, it seems that in business, even evil can incorporate and prosper.
Since wealth and authority go hand in hand, I feel that I was questioning authority. As well, posting a link to a left wing site hardly implies I'm a communist. Nor does it imply the information is not useful or factual. As for growing up in a communist state, that doesn't guarantee that you understand political theory.
As for the link, it's my pleasure. Sorry if I came across so hard, I tend to whenever someone falsely accuses me of being a communist.
I suspect we'd agree on quite a bit if we really sat down and really discussed most issues. These brief opinion bytes really leave a lot out.
By the way, thanks, I really do appreciate any and all comments.
How does questioning authority make one into a communist? I'd bet you don't even know what "communist" means. It really has little to do with either wealth or power. In fact, it actually means a socialist who doesn't believe in private land ownership. As well, it's a typically abusive, derogatory and narrow-minded comment from those who are sadly uninformed and have nothing factual to contribute to the discussion at hand. See:
The Art Of Controversy - Stratagem XXXII"
As for your position on excessive affluence, it's clear you're not a student of history. Try reading, it's very informative. As well, if I were you, I'd learn something about the terms you bandy about. You came off as someone who's quite ignorant about the entire issue. Furthermore, you should always troll anonymously.
See where you are:
Go ahead, take this test, I bet you score better than 85% of all people. Yes, that's pretty privileged.
What those beneath you get:
Poverty is not only low income and no assets. It is a condition of exclusion from the institutions and organizations of modern life. In many countries law courts, banks, education, health services, roads, water, electricity, even respect, are not available to the poor. It is harder for them to get permissions to open businesses, and they are often forced to pay bribes. I first became aware of this in 1972, when Robin and I wrote a check to a Kenyan family. When they tried to bank it, they were told they needed to file a lengthy application, with two recommendations by "respectable persons," to open an account. Neither an illiterate person nor one with no connections would have been able to do that. In most of the world, the poor live in a society distinct from the affluent - different institutions, organizations, and customs, and little communication between the two. The poor are looked down on and denied the courtesies available to others.
The growing disparity between you and them
Gini Index
"Estimates for the early years should be taken only as rough guides, but it's safe to say that income inequality is at levels not seen since the climax of the 1920s boom and the collapse into Depression. After peaking in 1932, the gini began a long downtrend that ended in 1968. It's been almost straight up ever since, pausing only during the mid-1970s and early-1990s recessions."
No proof that that there's a growing wage disparity? How comfortable it must be to live in denial. Go ahead, enjoy your priviliged position ... while it lasts.
Typical ... no respect for the opinions or positions of others.
...
The same rules your parent's were supposed to teach you. Treat others fairly and honestly. I guess you missed that day
Oh, as for the past, there was less of a wage disparity thirty years ago then there is today. Go ahead, ignore the evidence and hope that you remain among the overpaid.
Yes, it's crippled. If you compare where we are to where we could or should be, you'd realize how much we've all lost.
Go ahead, glorify greed and self service. Anything that makes you feel better must be good eh.
The gap between top and bottom salaries is at a historic all time high. The powerful simply bent the rules so they gain more than their fair share at the expense of all of the rest of us. This cripples our economy as it's a clear disincentive to labor. At the current rate of mismanagement, it surely won't be too long before the whole rotten house of cards collapses again. Excessive affluence is a sure sign of a corrupt society and I, for one, wish there was even some justice in America. Really, the real enemy isn't overseas, they inhabit the top floors of our institutions.
In this paper, we presented a measurement study performed over the population of peers that choose to participate in the Gnutella and Napster peer-to-peer file sharing systems. Our measurements captured the bottleneck bandwidth, latency,availability, and file sharing patterns of these peers. Several lessons emerged from the results of our measure-ments. First, there is a significant amount of heterogeneity inboth Gnutella and Napster; bandwidth, latency, availability,and the degree of sharing vary between three and five orders of magnitude across the peers in the system. This implies that similar peer-to-peer system must be very deliberate andcareful about delegating responsibilities across peers. Second,even though these systems were designed with a symmetry ofresponsibilities in mind, there is clear evidence of client-likeor server-like behavior in a significant fraction of systems'populations. Third, peers tend to deliberately misreport in-formation if there is an incentive to do so. Because effectivedelegation of responsibility depends on accurate information,this implies that future systems must either have built-in in-centives for peers to tell the truth or systems must be able to directly measure and verify reported information.
Sure, it's true, there are racial differences, but where many people err is not by assuming that there are differences between races, but rather, they assume that someone can ascribe either a particular race or it's associated characteristics to any particular individual. In fact, any such generalization is indicative of scientific fundamentalism.
I agree that there's often a need for revenue in order to support professional development, but I believe that open platforms and standards spur development far more than closed or proprietary systems do. Sure, ownership guarantees profits but one only has to look at the net or OS's to see the obvious disadvantages of overcontrol. I suspect that MMOG's will never become massively popular until the those worlds become "free" worlds. This also applies to other game genres. Imagine if you will a protocol / server that allows Q3A players to fight against UT players. In this regard, I can only hope that open alternatives are developed that allow users to interact without being forced to pay someone to do so.
I found FreeWRL by following your informative post about X3D, it's a Canadian governmaent supported development which looks very cool. Could this be the 3D browser I've been hoping for? I hope so. I can't wait to actually travel through 3D cyberspace ala Lawnmower Man or Neuromancer. There's also WorldForge which looks cool, but is more limited to game development.
Thanks to both of you for steering me in the right direction. Oh, and thanks to those who modded my orignal comment up. Of course, no thanks for the over-rated from some bitter poor soul with nothing more positive to do with thier points. Some people eh. (shakin head)
Well, it's a cool but hardly a new or novel concept or implementation. I suspect it will never reach it's full potential for the basic reason that it's elitist, non-productive, proprietary and restrictive.
How is it elitist? Why, of course, the prices. The cost is simply too high for more than a few affluent first-worlders to afford.
It's not very productive other than sheer entertainment. How could spending time there be profitable other than as a diversion from real life?
As well it's OWNED. The company tells you what you can, and can't do.
I propose someone, (hey Carmack) create an open 3D system that anyone can access or contribute to. What we really need is an evolving 3D net world. Wouldn't it be cool to have a way to do this that's not dependant on one company?
Perhaps some clever hacker could create an open 3D protocol that would allow for 3D worlds to be easily created and used by everyone. On this note, WTF ever happened to VRML?
Not necessarily true. I moved from TechPubs doing in-house development of an internal database of company documentation to a project team. As soon as the project got into trouble, the penny pinching "leader" started laying off anybody he could. Bye bye.
The sad truth is the higher you go, in the larger the company, the more incompetence you will encounter. Cronyism, nepotism and patronism are the methodology of corporatism. Larger organization are simply less efficient, less responsible and less humane. They serve only to concentrate wealth at the top for the few. If the laws weren't so bent, they'd never actually prosper. Personally, I fear for our society as it is becoming increasing corrupt and I see no way around it other than to disengage from it.
Wealth is good, but only if it's actually honestly earned. Next time you see a job given to an "acquaintance" just remember, you're most likely seeing it taken from someone who actually worked hard to deserve it.
Asus Instant Music
hmmm, do you really think so? ;~\^
The internet, in fact, even Unix, is a way of distributing, managing and manipulating text. Every book these days is produced via computers. Why isn't it available as easily as such? One word. GREED. We don't share, we hoard. Publishers are no better than the RIAA or the MPAA. They are all self serving parasites. Of course they don't want to give up their free ride. Ebooks are a copy protection scheme, nothing more. If we could "rip" books as easy as somgs or movies, the publishing industry would be in the same quandry as all the other corporate thieves. Thank god for OCR and XML. It will free authors as much as musicians and other artists. I personally can't wait for the future as it promises to be an interesting battle between the good and evil. Thank god for geeks! Take a bow all you freedom fighters. As for the overly affluent, you suck big time. But no worries, you'll get exactly what you deserve in the end. Cosmic justice always prevails eventually.
Fortunately, the iGods have smiled apon thee and provide for thee the Google Toolbar. You too can be blessed by the ability to personalize your location in your search for the answer and resist evil when it pops up. Do this so that your searches may multiply and be fruitful and you find your way well through the wide web worlds and may that the Good Lord preserve us all.
~ Apeople
that's nothing ... lousy sound compared to my electrostats
j .p hp?file=radford1_prj.htm
... mmmm tube power
http://headwize2.powerpill.org/projects/showpro
I also own a set of Bill Perkins custom built PR2 speakers. 5k cdn and they eat 50k US speakers for breakfast
also, the M-Audio Audiophile soundcard rocks compared to any othe consumer PC audio solution
http://www.misterhouse.net/
Seems to be a relevant, useful & worth project
... then the number of lawyers it'll retire.