In trials using 140 volunteers those told to ACT!!! suspicious...
So wait, people who were only acting could fool the sensors into thinking they had bad intent when in fact, they did not have bad intent... And... We are to believe that acting like you have good intent when you don't can't possibly work?
"It is therefor logical to charge a fee for reproduction in order to repay the debt that development incurred. It's also not too impolite to try to make a profit."
There really is another logical way to do this and some day, someone may actually try it. Have they already and I have missed it?
Let's take say the American Locksmiths Association. A decent sized group of people. Likely very similar software needs. Already in an association and paying dues for the privilege. They could likely pay another $10 each a year in dues and fund the development of Free Software to meet all their needs. Adjust the dollar figure if needed. I would guess the figure needed year after year would be smaller than what they pay under the current model.
"They do a good job of pointing out that the main drawback of open source is that there's often little support, or the support makes it cost as much as a commercial solution, so it's not a "silver bullet" option. But that in many cases, it can be used in place of otherwise commercial apps."
One way to look at things is that even if you spend dollar for dollar now, with Free Software you are not only getting the software now, but insurance for the future. Businesses buy insurance for the future all the time right? And they spend good money for that insurance right? Therefore...
"What makes me laugh is that there is such an "Us Vs Them" tone in all of it. It's like the nice business people think that all the open source guys are just waiting to kill their babies! I mean settle down."
See, I think they are focusing on the wrong businessmen.
When are the other professors in the department(s) going to offer a course teaching how businessmen can use Free Software to make profits for their company? Never mind those guys in the other course who want you to reduce your bottom line for their benefit. Do the right thing for your company.
I just had a wild idea that I will write up a bit more on:
But in a nutshell, how about we start to make Free Music but geared for elevator music needs and music on hold needs. Perhaps the good profs can extend the course to cover the needs of the current elevator music folks as well.
Then (perhaps) businessmen will see the parallels.
'taxation without representation' - that's been thrown out a long time ago.
There are loads of people in the US who have not right to vote but who still must pay taxes. Including US income taxes.
You could require that anyone you tax has a right to vote at the various levels. City, county, state, federal. But somehow I doubt that will fly. I have been suggesting it for years and everyone thinks it is a crazy idea. I also propose it for my country and the reaction is pretty much the same. Which is a surprising (well not really) thing for people who supposedly believe in democracy. And especially for the US where (according to myth at least) the principle was one of the main reasons they fought their war of independence (well, I kind of picked up that idea from just living exposed to their culture.)
"Strangely, this doesn't come with a laser package."
"I thought dolphins came with explosive charges?"
I don't know about either of these...
The sharks inspired model comes with lasers, this one would need to come with a laser defense system. (System to defend against lasers, not necessarily defense system consisting of lasers folks.)
"I think this is more to the point. People have an idea that certain information is sensitive, like SSNs, credit card numbers, and a few other things."
Seriously though, even possession of this "sensitive" information should not be enough to enable such easy "identity theft." I mean, how many people have this information about most people now? Certainly more than 10 for most people right? Would you care to go up and order of magnitude or two?
"#2 is a little more understandable since people tend to trust people in uniform, but giving anyone the kind of information they would need to steal your identity is just foolish unless you initiated the interaction yourself (say, by calling the gas company directly)."
Perhaps, but what is truly foolish is to set up the system where an identity can be stolen with such easily obtained information.
'The law says, "A person violating this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or by a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both."'
Seems like the law hasn't kept up with inflation.
Reminds me of the old joke...
A guy is found guilty and the judge says the fine is 30 dollars.
The guy smiles and says "No problem judge, I got that right here in my left pocket."
The judge says "Well, check your right pocket and see if you have 30 days in there."
"One of the reasons for the way the scoring was changed is so that gymnasts who do attempt harder skills (say, a double back instead of a back) are rewarded more for it."
Sure, this is more in line with diving. I watch some of both, not for the competition aspects, but for the amazing skills displayed.
Oh, no, I can sell you some that you can own pretty much as far as it can be owned in the US by anyone. I know that's not the thrust of the comment you responded to though. ~;-)
"IANAL. Does this mean I could seal a flashdrive in a letter-class envelope, put a US Mail stamp on it, and they would need a court order to unseal it?"
It said it actually had to be in the mail... Didn't it?
If you do try to mail something like that in a letter class envelope, it might get sen't back as not suitable for mailing...
I had a fun experience with this little problem a long time ago.
I was in Melbourne, Fla and before leaving to come home to the Bahamas, I dropped a gift in a mailbox for someone also in town. (It has a piece of a small tree in the envelope. Under a quarter inch thick and less than two inches in diameter most likely.
Months later (I guess) it shows up in my mail in the Bahamas with a stamp on it that it is unsuitable for mailing. The markings show it went over to Orlando for the first sorting so I am goessing letters mailed in Melbourne at the time for delivery also to Melbourne first were shipped to orlando for sorting and then shipped back ot Melbourne for delivery.
in any case, something that was unsuitable for mailing could not make it down the street but somehow could make it over the sea to another country... by mail...
Slashdot Mirror
You are giving figures on a completely different aspect of the business.
In fact, one possible reason why the bars pay the bands so little is because they have to pay the collections societies so much.
So, one of two things should result from this:
1. The band is doing cover tunes and so don't "deserve" the money, they need to pay the people who wrote the music who do deserve it.
2. The band is doing their own music and will get paid once by the bar owner and a second time by the collection society.
Now, somehow, I think it might not all work out this way and be cool but whose "fault" is that exactly?
all the best,
drew
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http://zotz.kompoz.com/
Check out "She Took Me Nowhere"
So, every time you release a song, buy a lottery ticket for the song? You may hit it big even if the song flops.
all the best,
drew
http://zotz.kompoz.com/
Check out She Took Me Nowhere
HEY! You have something here...
So they are going to have to make flying a pleasant experience again if they hope to have this system work! Wow. Now that is going to be a tall order.
all the best,
drew
I feel certain you could build that into the code? Is this code going to be secret by the way?
all the best,
drew
In trials using 140 volunteers those told to ACT!!! suspicious...
So wait, people who were only acting could fool the sensors into thinking they had bad intent when in fact, they did not have bad intent... And... We are to believe that acting like you have good intent when you don't can't possibly work?
all the best,
drew
"It is therefor logical to charge a fee for reproduction in order to repay the debt that development incurred. It's also not too impolite to try to make a profit."
There really is another logical way to do this and some day, someone may actually try it. Have they already and I have missed it?
Let's take say the American Locksmiths Association. A decent sized group of people. Likely very similar software needs. Already in an association and paying dues for the privilege. They could likely pay another $10 each a year in dues and fund the development of Free Software to meet all their needs. Adjust the dollar figure if needed. I would guess the figure needed year after year would be smaller than what they pay under the current model.
all the best,
drew
"They do a good job of pointing out that the main drawback of open source is that there's often little support, or the support makes it cost as much as a commercial solution, so it's not a "silver bullet" option. But that in many cases, it can be used in place of otherwise commercial apps."
One way to look at things is that even if you spend dollar for dollar now, with Free Software you are not only getting the software now, but insurance for the future. Businesses buy insurance for the future all the time right? And they spend good money for that insurance right? Therefore...
all the best,
drew
"Software Developers: Lock in your customers in every conceivable way."
Which is this advice right here:
"to keep its product "closed" so the open source product cannot tap into the network already built by the commercial product,"
So there you go. That's what the profs say. I wonder if they use any Free Software themselves?
all the best,
drew
"What makes me laugh is that there is such an "Us Vs Them" tone in all of it. It's like the nice business people think that all the open source guys are just waiting to kill their babies! I mean settle down."
See, I think they are focusing on the wrong businessmen.
When are the other professors in the department(s) going to offer a course teaching how businessmen can use Free Software to make profits for their company? Never mind those guys in the other course who want you to reduce your bottom line for their benefit. Do the right thing for your company.
I just had a wild idea that I will write up a bit more on:
http://zotzbro.blogspot.com/
But in a nutshell, how about we start to make Free Music but geared for elevator music needs and music on hold needs. Perhaps the good profs can extend the course to cover the needs of the current elevator music folks as well.
Then (perhaps) businessmen will see the parallels.
all the best,
drew
'taxation without representation' - that's been thrown out a long time ago.
There are loads of people in the US who have not right to vote but who still must pay taxes. Including US income taxes.
You could require that anyone you tax has a right to vote at the various levels. City, county, state, federal. But somehow I doubt that will fly. I have been suggesting it for years and everyone thinks it is a crazy idea. I also propose it for my country and the reaction is pretty much the same. Which is a surprising (well not really) thing for people who supposedly believe in democracy. And especially for the US where (according to myth at least) the principle was one of the main reasons they fought their war of independence (well, I kind of picked up that idea from just living exposed to their culture.)
all the best,
drew
"This is the problem with truth : Everything most people know to be true is wrong"
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That should about settle things for everyone.
drew
"Strangely, this doesn't come with a laser package."
"I thought dolphins came with explosive charges?"
I don't know about either of these...
The sharks inspired model comes with lasers, this one would need to come with a laser defense system. (System to defend against lasers, not necessarily defense system consisting of lasers folks.)
drew
"The Land of the Free, where the allowable length of the grass in your yard is regulated."
Don't worry, the issue will soon be solved:
http://www.jefflindsay.com/NLCN.shtml "National Lawn Care Now!"
all the best,
drew
"I think this is more to the point. People have an idea that certain information is sensitive, like SSNs, credit card numbers, and a few other things."
Seriously though, even possession of this "sensitive" information should not be enough to enable such easy "identity theft." I mean, how many people have this information about most people now? Certainly more than 10 for most people right? Would you care to go up and order of magnitude or two?
all the best,
drew
There ya go!
A 110% tax rate on illegal income perhaps?
all the best,
drew
"#2 is a little more understandable since people tend to trust people in uniform, but giving anyone the kind of information they would need to steal your identity is just foolish unless you initiated the interaction yourself (say, by calling the gas company directly)."
Perhaps, but what is truly foolish is to set up the system where an identity can be stolen with such easily obtained information.
all the best,
drew
I think you might be missing the main reason. If we don't reduce software logging, pretty soon there will be no old growth software left.
all the best,
drew
'The law says, "A person violating this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or by a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both."'
Seems like the law hasn't kept up with inflation.
Reminds me of the old joke...
A guy is found guilty and the judge says the fine is 30 dollars.
The guy smiles and says "No problem judge, I got that right here in my left pocket."
The judge says "Well, check your right pocket and see if you have 30 days in there."
all the best,
drew
"One of the reasons for the way the scoring was changed is so that gymnasts who do attempt harder skills (say, a double back instead of a back) are rewarded more for it."
Sure, this is more in line with diving. I watch some of both, not for the competition aspects, but for the amazing skills displayed.
all the best,
drew
"Now I'm sure that no Slashdot reader will intentionally watch any "sport" that has judges determine the winner"
Oh, but I will... even though I don't like that part of things.
I like the ski jumping / flying stuff. Never understood why style points would count except as a tie break when two people jumped the same distance.
And I will watch the occasional fight but there, at least, it is possible that the judges will not determine things.
all the best,
drew
'Although I believe airport security checkpoints and border controls are considered "not US soil".'
Interesting, if so, where does the authority stem from? (In theory.)
all the best,
drew
"You can't actually own it."
Oh, no, I can sell you some that you can own pretty much as far as it can be owned in the US by anyone. I know that's not the thrust of the comment you responded to though. ~;-)
all the best,
drew
You wouldn't wan't your "memory" that you come to depend on confiscated at the border...
all the best,
drew
"IANAL. Does this mean I could seal a flashdrive in a letter-class envelope, put a US Mail stamp on it, and they would need a court order to unseal it?"
It said it actually had to be in the mail... Didn't it?
If you do try to mail something like that in a letter class envelope, it might get sen't back as not suitable for mailing...
I had a fun experience with this little problem a long time ago.
I was in Melbourne, Fla and before leaving to come home to the Bahamas, I dropped a gift in a mailbox for someone also in town. (It has a piece of a small tree in the envelope. Under a quarter inch thick and less than two inches in diameter most likely.
Months later (I guess) it shows up in my mail in the Bahamas with a stamp on it that it is unsuitable for mailing. The markings show it went over to Orlando for the first sorting so I am goessing letters mailed in Melbourne at the time for delivery also to Melbourne first were shipped to orlando for sorting and then shipped back ot Melbourne for delivery.
in any case, something that was unsuitable for mailing could not make it down the street but somehow could make it over the sea to another country... by mail...
all the best,
drew
"This is crazy, people. Make sure you're not wearing any clothing with text on it, you might have to enter the USA naked."
And not just slogans and the like... Be sure you cut out all your labels right? And that "Passed by Inspector 53v3n" sticker...
all the best,
drew