Tempest 2000 was also released for DOS in the mid 90s. It was awesome. I'm still bitter about getting ripped off by an eBay seller a few years later when I paid for a copy that I never received.
a : the act of stealing; specifically : the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it b : an unlawful taking (as by embezzlement or burglary) of property
Abstrackt was referring to the definition of (a), which specifically mentions 'depriving' the rightful owner of their property. In the case of making an 'unauthorized' copy of digital data, no-one is being deprived of anything, unless you consider the opportunity the owner had of selling that item to the copier as 'property'. In many cases, the copier/pirate had no intention of buying the product in the first place, so there's no deprivation going on anywhere....but maybe you already knew that and were just being facetious.
To me what it comes down to is does someone have the right to create, distribute, and claim ultimate control over all subsequent uses of a thing. The thing being a song, a computer program, a book, a thought,...
I don't thing they do. People should have the right to do whatever the hell they want to with the things they buy. If someone wants to stop someone from sharing a thing with their friends and cutting into their profits, they'd better figure out how to lock that thing up or hire some goons to follow people around and make sure they follow their rules... Oh, wait. That's kinda what the RIAA is trying to do...
Who says I don't have a right to listen to, look at, or read whatever the hell is out there for me to see? The law? Just because something is the law doesn't mean it is the truth.
If I sing a song, do I have the right to force people to plug their ears because they didn't pay to listen? They are putting the stuff out there, they either need to figure out a way to control it or adapt to a new model of doing business. Hopefully they don't end up convincing those goons.
hmmm. maybe the doj should investigate this. sounds like a lack of competition in that market. hope noone is wielding their monopoly power to stifle the market...
from what i've heard, they haven't explored this much because they can't tell when you are actually watching the TV and when you have it on, but are oh, say reading slashdot (or responding to a post). I think I heard not too long ago though that neilson (sp?) was using tivos to get information from the houses they had already chosen for ratings, but that's just in combination with other more intrusive stuff (like you have to hit a button whenever you start watching tv, etc.)
If the CS department is worth a 1/2 a crap it doesn't really matter what language[s] they teach the classes in
To be honest, most CS departments probably aren't worth 1/10th of one.
It's clear to me after 7 years of programming in industry that most people don't "understand" much of anything about programming. People learn the syntax and some of the semantics of a particular programming language, and it's very difficult for them to learn anything new. It is also the case that most (probably over 90%) people are *not* rational beings, they would likely choose to use C# because they were 'used to it', rather than something that is better suited to the task.
Microsoft knows this, and that's precisely why they pushed to get C# added to the curriculum. While it is likely true (I have no C# experience) that one can learn the principles of CS by using C#, it is also true that it gives M$ a big leg up in the minds of future programmers. That's what people should be questioning...
Does anyone know if and where the public's responses might be posted for public review? Or, will they just be routed directly to Ashcroft's Outlook trashcan by his rules wizard...
There are a few companies making desks primarily for digital music workstations that have racks built in. If you've got the money, I imagine they would work real well. Check out this site
Actually, they offered close to 2 million shares at the IPO price to artists and customers of mp3.com. I'm not sure if I consider myself 'normal,' but I got in on it (because I bought a $7 CD a few months ago) and I'm certainly not priveledged. It was a very cool thing for mp3.com to do, and I'll bet a bunch of 'normal' people made a lot of money because of it.
Check out "Mingus Ah Um," if you're interested. "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady" is better IMO but might be harder to get into if you're not into jazz much.
Only difference I can see is one of form vs. function, code having a side effect of being extremely functional (well some code anyway). The line between form and function gets pretty damned fuzzy sometimes though, and it seems odd to categorize art as purely non-functional. That would rule out this garth brooks tape I have been using as a doorstop (jk).
Besides, jazz improvisation and hacking have a lot in common, the main difference is that jazz is done realtime while programmers get a little more time to think. (Most hackers would disagree with that around code freezes i bet)
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Tempest 2000 was also released for DOS in the mid 90s. It was awesome. I'm still bitter about getting ripped off by an eBay seller a few years later when I paid for a copy that I never received.
According to webster, theft is:
a : the act of stealing; specifically : the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it
b : an unlawful taking (as by embezzlement or burglary) of property
Abstrackt was referring to the definition of (a), which specifically mentions 'depriving' the rightful owner of their property. In the case of making an 'unauthorized' copy of digital data, no-one is being deprived of anything, unless you consider the opportunity the owner had of selling that item to the copier as 'property'. In many cases, the copier/pirate had no intention of buying the product in the first place, so there's no deprivation going on anywhere. ...but maybe you already knew that and were just being facetious.
To me what it comes down to is does someone have the right to create, distribute, and claim ultimate control over all subsequent uses of a thing. The thing being a song, a computer program, a book, a thought, ...
I don't thing they do. People should have the right to do whatever the hell they want to with the things they buy. If someone wants to stop someone from sharing a thing with their friends and cutting into their profits, they'd better figure out how to lock that thing up or hire some goons to follow people around and make sure they follow their rules... Oh, wait. That's kinda what the RIAA is trying to do...
Who says I don't have a right to listen to, look at, or read whatever the hell is out there for me to see? The law? Just because something is the law doesn't mean it is the truth.
If I sing a song, do I have the right to force people to plug their ears because they didn't pay to listen? They are putting the stuff out there, they either need to figure out a way to control it or adapt to a new model of doing business. Hopefully they don't end up convincing those goons.
hmmm. maybe the doj should investigate this. sounds like a lack of competition in that market. hope noone is wielding their monopoly power to stifle the market...
from what i've heard, they haven't explored this much because they can't tell when you are actually watching the TV and when you have it on, but are oh, say reading slashdot (or responding to a post). I think I heard not too long ago though that neilson (sp?) was using tivos to get information from the houses they had already chosen for ratings, but that's just in combination with other more intrusive stuff (like you have to hit a button whenever you start watching tv, etc.)
If the CS department is worth a 1/2 a crap it doesn't really matter what language[s] they teach the classes in
To be honest, most CS departments probably aren't worth 1/10th of one.
It's clear to me after 7 years of programming in industry that most people don't "understand" much of anything about programming. People learn the syntax and some of the semantics of a particular programming language, and it's very difficult for them to learn anything new. It is also the case that most (probably over 90%) people are *not* rational beings, they would likely choose to use C# because they were 'used to it', rather than something that is better suited to the task.
Microsoft knows this, and that's precisely why they pushed to get C# added to the curriculum. While it is likely true (I have no C# experience) that one can learn the principles of CS by using C#, it is also true that it gives M$ a big leg up in the minds of future programmers. That's what people should be questioning...
Does anyone know if and where the public's responses might be posted for public review? Or, will they just be routed directly to Ashcroft's Outlook trashcan by his rules wizard...
Found another site I I'd seen, looks like they might be a little better quality. You can buy some of the models at Computers and Music.
There are a few companies making desks primarily for digital music workstations that have racks built in. If you've got the money, I imagine they would work real well. Check out this site
Actually, they offered close to 2 million shares at the IPO price to artists and customers of mp3.com. I'm not sure if I consider myself 'normal,' but I got in on it (because I bought a $7 CD a few months ago) and I'm certainly not priveledged. It was a very cool thing for mp3.com to do, and I'll bet a bunch of 'normal' people made a lot of money because of it.
I agree, move the offices to downtown portland and maybe we can get a real good seattle/portland rivalry going...
That had to be a joke, right?
How about because Glide is an API and its ridiculous to allow copyrights on API's ?
Check out "Mingus Ah Um," if you're interested. "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady" is better IMO but might be harder to get into if you're not into jazz much.
Ed
Only difference I can see is one of form vs. function, code having a side effect of being extremely functional (well some code anyway). The line between form and function gets pretty damned fuzzy sometimes though, and it seems odd to categorize art as purely non-functional. That would rule out this garth brooks tape I have been using as a doorstop (jk).
Besides, jazz improvisation and hacking have a lot in common, the main difference is that jazz is done realtime while programmers get a little more time to think. (Most hackers would disagree with that around code freezes i bet)
Ed
I was thinking ange-ftp myself
We live in a nation where we couldn't convince people to change to the METRIC system for god sakes,
That's because the metric system is a tool of the devil....duh!
> Sort of like rebuilding during the a.out->ELF switch, eh?
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Only if you happen to work for every company whose software you use and thus have access to the source code