The difference is that when I startup KDE, khtml doesn't get loaded until I launch a program that uses it. Once one such app is up, new apps can use the library without as much loading. IE's rendering engine gets preloaded when Windows boots up.
"In a democracy freedom of speech is never ever restricted when it comes to criticizing the government." This is not true. Lets say I want to make an alternate audio track to a pro-Bush movie critical of Bush and release it with the visuals intact. I can't. Copyright is a restriction on free speech of many different kinds (and I'm not saying we shouldn't have it, I'm just saying you are wrong).
Just to be fair, in my state the.54 decrease would decrease gas prices around.54. However I don't know how he is looking at this... Is this the price for ethanol before any state roads taxes that he is giving?
The multi-theft auto developers don't do as much as you seem to think. All of the GTAs have had a buggy multi-player mode included but locked away. The multi-theft guys just release a mod to unlock it and they fix a few of the bugs (and there are still tons of them at all times).
Let's say reader's digest released an issue where there was a centerfold but it was between two pages which were sealed together along the outside, so that all you had to do was run a letter opener between them for a surprise. The principle of the thing is the same (I would however completely agree with you had this just been an internet mod which actually added the content, not which unlocked it).
Likewise Google's servers in the US filter according to US laws. You won't find child pornography thumbnails on Google image search. Also, if Google receives a DMCA take-down notice they will immediately take down the cache and link to the page with little to no investigation. So why should we hold Google to a different standard when they operate in China? Infact there is no country in the world where google could allow completely uncensored information.
All those objections could be brought up with quantum electrodynamics as well. They result from a total lack of understanding of what we are even talking about. Please read up before you speak up.
They will already take down a page due to a DMCA request without any investigation and they did so even before they went public. So no, they aren't violating their ethics here, this fits in fine with their ethics. They are simply contradicting their motto in a publically visible way.
Linux could release the whole thing as BSD-alike tomorrow. He requires every submitted patch essentially "sign over" the copyright to him. Just like Trolltech with Qt, except thusfar Linus has kept things very reasonable.
"You should be fired" wasn't to be taken literally, and as someone in the literature business you are the last person who should be miffed as to my meaning there. Perhaps when you read manuscripts you can't understand subtle language hints like exagerration and that makes you think everything is "steaming piles of crap." "In this sentence the author said the man had the brain of a 3 year old! The man was 30 years old! This is STEAMING CRAP!" You should be fired.
Well as an editor you should still realize that you expose yourself to such (valid) criticism when you use such inflamatory language about the competency of writers while simultaneously making the same mistakes you so effortlessly deride them for.
"The invisible hand of the market does not solve all problems." It could have solved this one just fine: go to a bank that doesn't have these charges. They all have them? So what? The extra income they get from that winds up going into being more competitive on prices in other areas (i.e. you get a higher interest rate on your checking account). All the government's solution did was cause all the banks to stop allowing transfers from other bank's ATMs in the jurisdiction, even if it wasn't gonna cost them anything to do so.
Having the money come in from a current copyright even after you are dead is an incentive for you in the present to create work--i.e. you can sell publishing rights right now that will last past your death (and thus are more valuable than if they didn't) and experience the benefits right now, and this encourages you to create new work. I don't see what your point is. You just picked some arbitrary time to stop copyright and you say essentially "anything past this time is wrong because... it's wrong."
Because having the money come in from a current copyright even after you are dead is an incentive for you in the present to create work--i.e. you can sell publishing rights right now that will last past your death and experience the benefits now.
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The difference is that when I startup KDE, khtml doesn't get loaded until I launch a program that uses it. Once one such app is up, new apps can use the library without as much loading. IE's rendering engine gets preloaded when Windows boots up.
"In a democracy freedom of speech is never ever restricted when it comes to criticizing the government." This is not true. Lets say I want to make an alternate audio track to a pro-Bush movie critical of Bush and release it with the visuals intact. I can't. Copyright is a restriction on free speech of many different kinds (and I'm not saying we shouldn't have it, I'm just saying you are wrong).
An eye for an eye ey?
Just to be fair, in my state the .54 decrease would decrease gas prices around .54. However I don't know how he is looking at this... Is this the price for ethanol before any state roads taxes that he is giving?
Just to be fair IE 5 of course was always conviently preloaded into memory even if you weren't using it...
The multi-theft auto developers don't do as much as you seem to think. All of the GTAs have had a buggy multi-player mode included but locked away. The multi-theft guys just release a mod to unlock it and they fix a few of the bugs (and there are still tons of them at all times).
Let's say reader's digest released an issue where there was a centerfold but it was between two pages which were sealed together along the outside, so that all you had to do was run a letter opener between them for a surprise. The principle of the thing is the same (I would however completely agree with you had this just been an internet mod which actually added the content, not which unlocked it).
Their site is a "Dummies" site. Of course they will have Google ads for online poker, etc. etc.
Likewise Google's servers in the US filter according to US laws. You won't find child pornography thumbnails on Google image search. Also, if Google receives a DMCA take-down notice they will immediately take down the cache and link to the page with little to no investigation. So why should we hold Google to a different standard when they operate in China? Infact there is no country in the world where google could allow completely uncensored information.
All those objections could be brought up with quantum electrodynamics as well. They result from a total lack of understanding of what we are even talking about. Please read up before you speak up.
They will already take down a page due to a DMCA request without any investigation and they did so even before they went public. So no, they aren't violating their ethics here, this fits in fine with their ethics. They are simply contradicting their motto in a publically visible way.
Firefox only just got SVG ready for primetime in 1.5. So that "6 years" (while I totally agree with regards to CSS...) is a little harsh.
Linux could release the whole thing as BSD-alike tomorrow. He requires every submitted patch essentially "sign over" the copyright to him. Just like Trolltech with Qt, except thusfar Linus has kept things very reasonable.
With this logic everyone should just use cygwin inside of Windows instead of Linux. Some people just don't get it.
Why don't you put your money where your mouth is then and purchase some put options on Google.
You are right of course, but whoa... 1981? That is about as impressive as the Catholic Church's official apology to Galileo a few years back.
Yes, you are correct. Specifically it doesn't mean that legit digital downloads have passed illegit--which is all he claimed. Nice try though.
"You should be fired" wasn't to be taken literally, and as someone in the literature business you are the last person who should be miffed as to my meaning there. Perhaps when you read manuscripts you can't understand subtle language hints like exagerration and that makes you think everything is "steaming piles of crap." "In this sentence the author said the man had the brain of a 3 year old! The man was 30 years old! This is STEAMING CRAP!" You should be fired.
Oh yeah, because Marketing classes are sooo difficult.
Too far, yes. Too far, as in illegal, or should be illegal? No.
Well as an editor you should still realize that you expose yourself to such (valid) criticism when you use such inflamatory language about the competency of writers while simultaneously making the same mistakes you so effortlessly deride them for.
"The invisible hand of the market does not solve all problems." It could have solved this one just fine: go to a bank that doesn't have these charges. They all have them? So what? The extra income they get from that winds up going into being more competitive on prices in other areas (i.e. you get a higher interest rate on your checking account). All the government's solution did was cause all the banks to stop allowing transfers from other bank's ATMs in the jurisdiction, even if it wasn't gonna cost them anything to do so.
Having the money come in from a current copyright even after you are dead is an incentive for you in the present to create work--i.e. you can sell publishing rights right now that will last past your death (and thus are more valuable than if they didn't) and experience the benefits right now, and this encourages you to create new work. I don't see what your point is. You just picked some arbitrary time to stop copyright and you say essentially "anything past this time is wrong because... it's wrong."
Because having the money come in from a current copyright even after you are dead is an incentive for you in the present to create work--i.e. you can sell publishing rights right now that will last past your death and experience the benefits now.
Actually, my job, working for publishers, is to take the steaming piles of crap that authors produce and turn them into readable attractive priducts.
Few seem to know how to use the spellcheck for a start.
You should be fired.