Just to suggest this, but perhaps Mr. Adams was not entirely aware of his bias, which would be entirely possible. It's also possible that the fact that he said this, to pardon my possible blasphemy, does not mean that he didn't lie, becuase (for example) he felt that the story was sufficiently mudane that people would think it sucked. Plus alot of the speculation was amazingly cool.
Sure, the software that you need/want eventually comes out. However, it takes forever before it does.
However, large corporations can crank out huge software projects that are high quality such as Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Office, Studio MX, etc. Perhaps part of it is also because their programmers don't have to worry about having enough money to eat and pay their rent.
Let's examine this for a second. You think that OSS applikcations take longer to code. Closed source applications, however, are quicker. This, however, seems not to be true. You say that Photoshop, Office, etc. come out quickly. This isn't true, there is a one to three year lag between successive versions. This isn't so much faster (if faster at all!)
Not only is your assertion wrong factually, but conceptually OSS software has a huge advantage, that of not reinventing the wheel. How many programmers at Adobe spend their time redoing what has been done already fifty other places. We don't have to deal with that. If you were to compute a project-per-programmer-per-day ratio, OSS would crush any commercial house, and not just because our coders are better.
As for the food and housing arguement, how many people that work on OSS software do it as their living? Is it 10%? or even 2%? No, I think that most of them have jobs, and as amazingly compotent Sysadmins or tech support or coders at commercial houses, they can spend their free time doing what they wish.
You seem to be missing the idea behind OSS completely. Maybe instead of whining, you should just run back to MSFT and get your on-time, $500 software packages that may (though usually don't) come out faster than their free counterparts.
And if you want it to happen quicker, try contributing code.
That if it's a self installer, and It dpesn't com packaged with another application, It would need to pop up a Window. This in itself would slow the spywear installation trend.
And no-one would mind a lawsuit for no-compliance... except the bastards who are trying to invade our computers in the first place.
Actually, this class isn't mandatory attendance, but I want to hear the lecture. Not all of the 3 hour lecture, but being in the class Mudding is an occupation that allows me just enough leeway that when the professor comes to a subject that I don't already know, or would like clarification on, I can ask about it.
This is a suprisingly good idea, since the material that is being presented at _________(college name left blank so as not to offend) is not really at the level that a normally intelligent person should have to pay more than minimal attention. The downside is that there are only 3 ppl with laptops in class, and no easy to use network protocol for chatting in class, so very little class work gets done.
Another benefit is that I can look up subjects and read about them while ignoring questions that are being asked for the 2nd and 3rd times.
Basically, for any class where you can't use a calculator (soft sciences, arts, etc.) I think a laptop is a good idea, just in case you decide to stay for the lecture.
The fact that it's primary vindication is for blood pressure/hypertension shouldn't worry you, because that seems to be the mechanism whereby it helps with ADHD...
Most medicines used for ADHD were originally not used for it, and since they are effective, they are used instead, since ritalin's side effects include lack of appetite, and, suprise, affects blood pressure and hypertension.
Really, it's almost as sad that the people warning you not to listen to "slashdot MD's" are retarded as the idea that someone might listen to one in the first place.
PS. I recoomend asking your doctor about wellbutrin, I have found that the SR works significantly better than most other medicines/combos I have taken (and I've been around the block with this)
It's interesting that people see no problem with medicating "natural" headaches with asprin, or "natural" colds with cold medicine, but whatever they decide is "natural" destractability is a handicap you should live with.
Since he's leaving, is he allowed to touch code developed while he worked for AOL?
It also seems strange that I haven't seen anybody discuss the question of how to continue development of the possibly GPL'ed program, especially in terms of the fact that hypothetically it would make an amazing encrypted filesharing engine, once someone can get it to scale.
on NPR, it was pointed out explicitly that they should notify the company, and not publish the exploit. They want to protect their rear ends, and get all the benefit of other's work.
Basically, if it is a fair complaint, then you are mostly out of luck. If it is unfair, or untrue, threaten to sue (or actually sue, since you Post guys have the money) for libel.
In any case, this seems to be a particularly bad topic. I am going to posit that the noise/signal ration grows as a function of the log of the log of time elapsed since slashdot started, approximately.
I find it difficult to beleive that somehow Europeans are societally more environmentally conscious because of (even partially) moral reasons, as European morals have been shown to be about par for the course over the last century.
There is no reason to beleive that European consumers are more thoughtfulthan Americans, especially because our consumer cultures are nearly identical. I do not deny our cultural imperialism or incredible ethnocentrism, but I fail to see how our environmental defects reflect this.
No, I was not referring to the final paragraph of your post, I was in fact parodizing a well known television show, named Jeopardy.
The randomness I referred to isn't referring to the relevance, but the degree of organization and coherence.
I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.
Actually, in the vernacular, the United states of America is referred to as "America" in much of the English-speaking world. Europe, however, is not a coutry, it is a group of socialist democracies that are curently desperately attempting to get their "international" "governing body" (The EU) to actaully govern, in regards to more than currency.
By the way, since Europe is a continent, England cannot truly be considered a part of the continent, since any peices of its' empire that is on the continent, are now no longer part of "the British Empire." Sorry, you lose (the American revolutionary war, specifically.)
Ummm, Europe deals with feul efficiencies better than the united states for a simple reason: Gas is very expensive.
The fact that very few Us teams entered a EUROPEAN contest says very little.
I own a car in Georgia, and it gets 42 miles to the gallon, andit is considered pretty efficient, but I miss your point.
I'm sorry, that is incorrect. You must state your post in the form of a reasonably intelligent statement (not just a bunch of random thoughts that occured to you.)
Visiting the intermediary pages makes it more likely that people will listen to NPR programs they see discussed, which is helpful to them. NOt that the policy's fair or workable, but it's not dumb to try...
I don't want to have the right to own a.22 rifle. I want the right to own crew manned weaponry, such as apache helicopters, f-16's and nuclear submarines, suitable for military overthrow of the government, becuase if a situation should arise, overthrow of the government could be a good thing. (That is what the framers intended.)
PS I mean, who doesn't want a black hawk helicopter to get to work in...
If you want evidence, you have it. during the many other recessions that have occured, CD sales didn't even slowdown (the growth rate in sales continued to increase, in fact.) Historically economic Slowdowns only reflect themselves in certain types of luxury sales, esp. High ticket items. Entertainment usually does well. And of course, people are only pissed at the industry now, since they realized they didn't have to pay money...
As for a drop in the quality of music, I'm not saure what yuo are referring to, because music could not get any worse then it has been in the last 20 years, throught the 80's and most of the 90's. In any case, the evidence is NOT straightforward, but it IS evidence, and that's all I ever said it was. If you want proofs, try math instead of the humanities.
Oh, I get it, you like not having to pay for things! OK, that AND cursing.
TANSTAAFB (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Beer!) Basically, what you are advocating (aside from your request that the previous poster move out of his house or apartment and into a cave that I assume is conveniently nearby) is that you should get free music because the music industry is overprotective.
However, your logic is as bad as your command of Invective:
You refuted an arguement different than the one presented (because HE did not say that each download = a lost sale, "The Industry" did, supposedly.) You then Argued by exageration that preventing theft is a slippery slope, a position I don't understand, as no-one has discussed methods of preventing theft at this point in the discussion. You once again Argued by exaggeration that fair use is... something, which I don't quite follow, as it does not proceed from the post before yours.
So, to synopsoize your comment, basically you: A) Enjoy insulting others B) Have nothing original to say
(Ob.Re-digression.back.to.the.subject.at.hand) Why do people not understand that most people are not really interested in finding "new and exciting" music, and just want to listen to bands and songs they hear all day on the radio. (Has anyone noticed the proliferation of Boy bands and Eminem on Kazaa or whatever sharing software you use?) Oce the 5 CD's someone wants are burned for them, they do not need to buy the CD, and therefore don't. Lost Sale.
Obviously this is not the only paradigm out there, and many people are legitimately looking for new music, but for everyone else (a vast majority, I should add) downloading is simply theft of music you want anyways, but would prefer not to pay for.
There is no direct link between the number of CD's downloaded and the number bought, but there is a different type of evidence: in 1999, Music sales were up 10% in the us, and there wasn't WIDESPREAD piracy. In 2001, for the first time ever, CD sales were down, (by 5%) and the reduction in growth rate only dates to 2000, as pirating began to gain popularity.
Are the prices fair? no. Is stealing wrong? yes. Is there some middle ground? probably. (Do I pirate Music? Not Anymore.) Of course, in reality, piracy increases music sales, industry is good for the environment, and smoking is good for your health, so this is all irrelevant.
PS. Are you really dumb enough not to be able to figure this out yourself? or are you just being a jerk asking someone to produce documentation?
Who is really worried that someone will send depth charges down to disrupt international fiberoptic lines? (Al-Qaida, hint hint, you need an underwater cell next)
This new organization is composed of (among others): Chaos Computer Club, the internationally famous cracking society, one of the leaders in The ideals of Ethical Hacking. Privacy International, An international group that researches and acts on Human Rights issues regarding privacy. Quintessenz, a group that espouses the open source software model, and privacy rights. VIBE!AT another Privacy/Linux group.
Is it just me, or does it seem like privacy is a fringe cause in Europe? Not a single large organization like America's EFF actually does anything in Europe! Correect me if I'm wrong here, but isn't this too little, too late?
If you don't wanmt biased news, I have a solution for you. It was used by a segment of the population in the 80's, and was considered a wonderful idea for relaxation and unclouded thinking.
What you need is a sensory deprivation chamber.
If you don't expect bias, and aren't more than happy to search for truth behind the many veils of lies, why bother even trying to follow current events? And on the other hand, I see no reason to believe the biased reporting of the globe over the biased information on slashdot.
Slashdot Mirror
Just to suggest this, but perhaps Mr. Adams was not entirely aware of his bias, which would be entirely possible. It's also possible that the fact that he said this, to pardon my possible blasphemy, does not mean that he didn't lie, becuase (for example) he felt that the story was sufficiently mudane that people would think it sucked. Plus alot of the speculation was amazingly cool.
Let's examine this for a second. You think that OSS applikcations take longer to code. Closed source applications, however, are quicker. This, however, seems not to be true. You say that Photoshop, Office, etc. come out quickly. This isn't true, there is a one to three year lag between successive versions. This isn't so much faster (if faster at all!)
Not only is your assertion wrong factually, but conceptually OSS software has a huge advantage, that of not reinventing the wheel. How many programmers at Adobe spend their time redoing what has been done already fifty other places. We don't have to deal with that. If you were to compute a project-per-programmer-per-day ratio, OSS would crush any commercial house, and not just because our coders are better.
As for the food and housing arguement, how many people that work on OSS software do it as their living? Is it 10%? or even 2%? No, I think that most of them have jobs, and as amazingly compotent Sysadmins or tech support or coders at commercial houses, they can spend their free time doing what they wish.
You seem to be missing the idea behind OSS completely. Maybe instead of whining, you should just run back to MSFT and get your on-time, $500 software packages that may (though usually don't) come out faster than their free counterparts.
And if you want it to happen quicker, try contributing code.
That if it's a self installer, and It dpesn't com packaged with another application, It would need to pop up a Window. This in itself would slow the spywear installation trend.
And no-one would mind a lawsuit for no-compliance... except the bastards who are trying to invade our computers in the first place.
As I sit in my Intro to macro-Economics class...
Actually, this class isn't mandatory attendance, but I want to hear the lecture. Not all of the 3 hour lecture, but being in the class Mudding is an occupation that allows me just enough leeway that when the professor comes to a subject that I don't already know, or would like clarification on, I can ask about it.
This is a suprisingly good idea, since the material that is being presented at _________(college name left blank so as not to offend) is not really at the level that a normally intelligent person should have to pay more than minimal attention. The downside is that there are only 3 ppl with laptops in class, and no easy to use network protocol for chatting in class, so very little class work gets done.
Another benefit is that I can look up subjects and read about them while ignoring questions that are being asked for the 2nd and 3rd times.
Basically, for any class where you can't use a calculator (soft sciences, arts, etc.) I think a laptop is a good idea, just in case you decide to stay for the lecture.
The fact that it's primary vindication is for blood pressure/hypertension shouldn't worry you, because that seems to be the mechanism whereby it helps with ADHD...
Most medicines used for ADHD were originally not used for it, and since they are effective, they are used instead, since ritalin's side effects include lack of appetite, and, suprise, affects blood pressure and hypertension.
Really, it's almost as sad that the people warning you not to listen to "slashdot MD's" are retarded as the idea that someone might listen to one in the first place.
PS. I recoomend asking your doctor about wellbutrin, I have found that the SR works significantly better than most other medicines/combos I have taken (and I've been around the block with this)
It's interesting that people see no problem with medicating "natural" headaches with asprin, or "natural" colds with cold medicine, but whatever they decide is "natural" destractability is a handicap you should live with.
Since he's leaving, is he allowed to touch code developed while he worked for AOL?
It also seems strange that I haven't seen anybody discuss the question of how to continue development of the possibly GPL'ed program, especially in terms of the fact that hypothetically it would make an amazing encrypted filesharing engine, once someone can get it to scale.
on NPR, it was pointed out explicitly that they should notify the company, and not publish the exploit. They want to protect their rear ends, and get all the benefit of other's work.
Basically, if it is a fair complaint, then you are mostly out of luck. If it is unfair, or untrue, threaten to sue (or actually sue, since you Post guys have the money) for libel.
In any case, this seems to be a particularly bad topic. I am going to posit that the noise/signal ration grows as a function of the log of the log of time elapsed since slashdot started, approximately.
I find it difficult to beleive that somehow Europeans are societally more environmentally conscious because of (even partially) moral reasons, as European morals have been shown to be about par for the course over the last century.
There is no reason to beleive that European consumers are more thoughtfulthan Americans, especially because our consumer cultures are nearly identical. I do not deny our cultural imperialism or incredible ethnocentrism, but I fail to see how our environmental defects reflect this.
No, I was not referring to the final paragraph of your post, I was in fact parodizing a well known television show, named Jeopardy.
The randomness I referred to isn't referring to the relevance, but the degree of organization and coherence.
I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.
Actually, in the vernacular, the United states of America is referred to as "America" in much of the English-speaking world. Europe, however, is not a coutry, it is a group of socialist democracies that are curently desperately attempting to get their "international" "governing body" (The EU) to actaully govern, in regards to more than currency.
By the way, since Europe is a continent, England cannot truly be considered a part of the continent, since any peices of its' empire that is on the continent, are now no longer part of "the British Empire."
Sorry, you lose (the American revolutionary war, specifically.)
Ummm, Europe deals with feul efficiencies better than the united states for a simple reason: Gas is very expensive.
The fact that very few Us teams entered a EUROPEAN contest says very little.
I own a car in Georgia, and it gets 42 miles to the gallon, andit is considered pretty efficient, but I miss your point.
I'm sorry, that is incorrect. You must state your post in the form of a reasonably intelligent statement (not just a bunch of random thoughts that occured to you.)
Your comment truly upsets me: you seem to imply that there are areas in which a congressperson (sic) might show competency!
that suddenly want to see something I have a copyright for being traded by warez-kiddies on AOL???
Visiting the intermediary pages makes it more likely that people will listen to NPR programs they see discussed, which is helpful to them. NOt that the policy's fair or workable, but it's not dumb to try...
I don't want to have the right to own a .22 rifle. I want the right to own crew manned weaponry, such as apache helicopters, f-16's and nuclear submarines, suitable for military overthrow of the government, becuase if a situation should arise, overthrow of the government could be a good thing. (That is what the framers intended.)
PS I mean, who doesn't want a black hawk helicopter to get to work in...
Do you really beleive that Europeans have MORE freedoms? Like the right to bear arms?
If you want evidence, you have it. during the many other recessions that have occured, CD sales didn't even slowdown (the growth rate in sales continued to increase, in fact.) Historically economic Slowdowns only reflect themselves in certain types of luxury sales, esp. High ticket items. Entertainment usually does well. And of course, people are only pissed at the industry now, since they realized they didn't have to pay money...
As for a drop in the quality of music, I'm not saure what yuo are referring to, because music could not get any worse then it has been in the last 20 years, throught the 80's and most of the 90's. In any case, the evidence is NOT straightforward, but it IS evidence, and that's all I ever said it was. If you want proofs, try math instead of the humanities.
Oh, I get it, you like not having to pay for things!
OK, that AND cursing.
TANSTAAFB (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Beer!)
Basically, what you are advocating (aside from your request that the previous poster move out of his house or apartment and into a cave that I assume is conveniently nearby) is that you should get free music because the music industry is overprotective.
However, your logic is as bad as your command of Invective:
You refuted an arguement different than the one presented (because HE did not say that each download = a lost sale, "The Industry" did, supposedly.)
You then Argued by exageration that preventing theft is a slippery slope, a position I don't understand, as no-one has discussed methods of preventing theft at this point in the discussion.
You once again Argued by exaggeration that fair use is... something, which I don't quite follow, as it does not proceed from the post before yours.
So, to synopsoize your comment, basically you:
A) Enjoy insulting others
B) Have nothing original to say
(Ob.Re-digression.back.to.the.subject.at.hand)
Why do people not understand that most people are not really interested in finding "new and exciting" music, and just want to listen to bands and songs they hear all day on the radio. (Has anyone noticed the proliferation of Boy bands and Eminem on Kazaa or whatever sharing software you use?) Oce the 5 CD's someone wants are burned for them, they do not need to buy the CD, and therefore don't. Lost Sale.
Obviously this is not the only paradigm out there, and many people are legitimately looking for new music, but for everyone else (a vast majority, I should add) downloading is simply theft of music you want anyways, but would prefer not to pay for.
There is no direct link between the number of CD's downloaded and the number bought, but there is a different type of evidence: in 1999, Music sales were up 10% in the us, and there wasn't WIDESPREAD piracy. In 2001, for the first time ever, CD sales were down, (by 5%) and the reduction in growth rate only dates to 2000, as pirating began to gain popularity.
Are the prices fair? no.
Is stealing wrong? yes.
Is there some middle ground? probably.
(Do I pirate Music? Not Anymore.)
Of course, in reality, piracy increases music sales, industry is good for the environment, and smoking is good for your health, so this is all irrelevant.
PS. Are you really dumb enough not to be able to figure this out yourself? or are you just being a jerk asking someone to produce documentation?
Who is really worried that someone will send depth charges down to disrupt international fiberoptic lines? (Al-Qaida, hint hint, you need an underwater cell next)
With 10gbps ethernet, imagine the parallel processing! ummmmmm.... large primes.....
Hurling After a frag fest will now be limited to those who havew also been participants of a beer-fest simultaneously.
Ob-on-topic:
Don't Play 3d shooters while drunk. Dizzyness and barfing aren't the problem, cleaning the keyboard the next morning is!
This new organization is composed of (among others):
Chaos Computer Club, the internationally famous cracking society, one of the leaders in The ideals of Ethical Hacking.
Privacy International, An international group that researches and acts on Human Rights issues regarding privacy.
Quintessenz, a group that espouses the open source software model, and privacy rights.
VIBE!AT another Privacy/Linux group.
Is it just me, or does it seem like privacy is a fringe cause in Europe? Not a single large organization like America's EFF actually does anything in Europe! Correect me if I'm wrong here, but isn't this too little, too late?
If you don't wanmt biased news, I have a solution for you. It was used by a segment of the population in the 80's, and was considered a wonderful idea for relaxation and unclouded thinking.
What you need is a sensory deprivation chamber.
If you don't expect bias, and aren't more than happy to search for truth behind the many veils of lies, why bother even trying to follow current events? And on the other hand, I see no reason to believe the biased reporting of the globe over the biased information on slashdot.