That's an interesting theory, and might be true of other areas like in industry, but in creative endeavours, the prospect of becoming rich does not lead to better art.
I don't care if book publishers, news outlets, IBM, Intel and drug companies all rely on it. Did you know that the pharmaceutical industry makes an *average* return on investment of 18%? That is obscene. In any other industry 8% ROI is considered ahead of the curve. So let's say we reduced the number of years a drug patent can be held. Does that mean that if they're "only" making 12% ROI that they will stop doing research? Of course not.
So the real question is: would they be doing the research anyway, even if they'd be making less money.
So the same question applies to musicians. If there was less money to be made on music. Let's say only from live performances, or just a small copyright window of, say, five years. Would they stop making music?
Here's the interesting part: If the music industry were less lucrative, there would be less money at stake, and therefore less money would be spent on advertising, and "payola" in the form of paying radio station owners to play singles ($250,000). And if there'd be less of this advertising and "payola," production costs would go down. The reason music is so expensive to produce, or more accurately, the reason the music industry spends so much to make and promote music, is because there is so much money to be made.
I think ever since the internet bubble burst people have become more realistic and stopped believing in a "weightless" economy".
While a lot of people are concerned about their privacy, somehow, I don't think that the fact that they won't be able to tie the answers to you will lead to any more truthful answering.
Yes, but the only way that could work is if you would have the other consoles each calculating a different frame, which would mean you would have to calculate frames ahead of time which would mean the consoles would have to predict the future, which is something already established as impossible. But if all the consoles would focus on the current (next) frame, then latency would become an issue, so either way it doesn't work out.
This has nothing to do with terrorists. Most people do in fact show their true ID when asked, and this helps the FBI with their investigations. It's that simple.
Actually I think he was saying that you didn't take into account the fact that things often get worse and worse if you don't stop them in time. Yes, I am fully aware that "slippery slope" is supposedly a logical fallacy. But consider the following.
Many parts of the government (especially law enforcement) have a certain, very consistent agenda which doesn't change much. Also consider the fact that the public quickly gets used to the status quo. Under those two criteria, slippery slope is no longer a logical fallacy. The government changes the rules slightly, but not too much, so that people don't really make a big deal about it. Then people get used to it, and they change it some more.
So like I said, yes I'm aware that in general "slippery slope" can be a logical fallacy, but that doesn't mean it's fallacious in this instance.
That's kind of the point. I went to boston a few months ago, and I took the amtrak, and when I bought my ticket they required I show them ID. This means, for any normal citizen, you cannot travel anywhere without being "in the system". The thing is, the only ID I have on me is a flimsy laminated college ID, filled out in hand by myself. It doesn't really matter what I showed them, they just took the name on the card. Of course, I'm not going to lie to them and show them a fake ID, but a "terrorist" would. What kind of security is that?
I'm not criticising them for not being secure enough. I'm just saying that if you're going to have certain requirements (ID) in order to meet certain goals (security), then at least make sure you're making things safer. Now we don't have security or privacy.
Well that's why I said I wouldn't particularly mind targeted advertising. I was just extrapolating, and I think in the future, when everything is so customized, that if you pick up a newspaper it will hide the stories from you that you supposedly don't want to see, then it gets more complicated.
And that's exactly how advertisers want it. They like certainty. They want to know you perfectly and know exactly what you want, and I guess that is the way to do it.
Well it puts people in a well defined box so you can't discover new things.
I'm not saying I wouldn't prefer targeted advertisting, but I can see a time in the future when everything is so customized that people don't learn about new things outside their "demographic".
What if I don't run linux? This card sounds pretty sweet.
That being said, I'm not buying a new videocard until Doom 3 is actually out.
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I think Aaron Mcgruder is the perfect example of that. He got a lot of cheers and laughs, even from me, but I have to admit he wasn't really informed and didn't really have anything insightful to say.
Maybe you're just lucky. I've had a pretty good experience with XP, it's quite stable, but ME? ME is the worst piece of shit I've ever used. I can't imagine that you were able to run ME for *weeks* let alone *months* at a time.
Not to nitpick, but actually, they were already arranging atoms by mass. His genius was to ignore the "increasing mass" rule, when he felt there ought to be an exception to the rule, because he noted the periodicity of the properties of the elements. Of course, they later discovered it wasn't an exception to the rule, it was just following a different rule.
I've been using Windows XP since september, and it didn't require any product activation. It's some corporate version or something, so it didn't need any product activation. If you'd like I can send you the ISO.
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That's an interesting theory, and might be true of other areas like in industry, but in creative endeavours, the prospect of becoming rich does not lead to better art.
motivation
Of course, as with everything, you should consider the source.
I don't care if book publishers, news outlets, IBM, Intel and drug companies all rely on it. Did you know that the pharmaceutical industry makes an *average* return on investment of 18%? That is obscene. In any other industry 8% ROI is considered ahead of the curve. So let's say we reduced the number of years a drug patent can be held. Does that mean that if they're "only" making 12% ROI that they will stop doing research? Of course not.
So the real question is: would they be doing the research anyway, even if they'd be making less money.
So the same question applies to musicians. If there was less money to be made on music. Let's say only from live performances, or just a small copyright window of, say, five years. Would they stop making music?
Here's the interesting part: If the music industry were less lucrative, there would be less money at stake, and therefore less money would be spent on advertising, and "payola" in the form of paying radio station owners to play singles ($250,000). And if there'd be less of this advertising and "payola," production costs would go down. The reason music is so expensive to produce, or more accurately, the reason the music industry spends so much to make and promote music, is because there is so much money to be made.
I think ever since the internet bubble burst people have become more realistic and stopped believing in a "weightless" economy".
You left out the big red graphic 'W' from the beginning of the article.
While a lot of people are concerned about their privacy, somehow, I don't think that the fact that they won't be able to tie the answers to you will lead to any more truthful answering.
What in God's name are you talking about? How about posting a relevant reply?
Yes, but the only way that could work is if you would have the other consoles each calculating a different frame, which would mean you would have to calculate frames ahead of time which would mean the consoles would have to predict the future, which is something already established as impossible. But if all the consoles would focus on the current (next) frame, then latency would become an issue, so either way it doesn't work out.
This has nothing to do with terrorists. Most people do in fact show their true ID when asked, and this helps the FBI with their investigations. It's that simple.
Actually I think he was saying that you didn't take into account the fact that things often get worse and worse if you don't stop them in time. Yes, I am fully aware that "slippery slope" is supposedly a logical fallacy. But consider the following.
Many parts of the government (especially law enforcement) have a certain, very consistent agenda which doesn't change much. Also consider the fact that the public quickly gets used to the status quo. Under those two criteria, slippery slope is no longer a logical fallacy. The government changes the rules slightly, but not too much, so that people don't really make a big deal about it. Then people get used to it, and they change it some more.
So like I said, yes I'm aware that in general "slippery slope" can be a logical fallacy, but that doesn't mean it's fallacious in this instance.
That's kind of the point. I went to boston a few months ago, and I took the amtrak, and when I bought my ticket they required I show them ID. This means, for any normal citizen, you cannot travel anywhere without being "in the system". The thing is, the only ID I have on me is a flimsy laminated college ID, filled out in hand by myself. It doesn't really matter what I showed them, they just took the name on the card. Of course, I'm not going to lie to them and show them a fake ID, but a "terrorist" would. What kind of security is that?
I'm not criticising them for not being secure enough. I'm just saying that if you're going to have certain requirements (ID) in order to meet certain goals (security), then at least make sure you're making things safer. Now we don't have security or privacy.
Well that's why I said I wouldn't particularly mind targeted advertising. I was just extrapolating, and I think in the future, when everything is so customized, that if you pick up a newspaper it will hide the stories from you that you supposedly don't want to see, then it gets more complicated.
And that's exactly how advertisers want it. They like certainty. They want to know you perfectly and know exactly what you want, and I guess that is the way to do it.
Well it puts people in a well defined box so you can't discover new things.
I'm not saying I wouldn't prefer targeted advertisting, but I can see a time in the future when everything is so customized that people don't learn about new things outside their "demographic".
What if I don't run linux? This card sounds pretty sweet.
That being said, I'm not buying a new videocard until Doom 3 is actually out.
I think Aaron Mcgruder is the perfect example of that. He got a lot of cheers and laughs, even from me, but I have to admit he wasn't really informed and didn't really have anything insightful to say.
Looks like that one Aaron guy didnt follow his own advice to "shut the hell up, you don't know anything
I was thinking the same thing. He was an entertaining speaker, but it didn't seem like he thought out his speech too much.
Well how a speaker makes you feel is the difference between a good speaker and a good writer. That's what they mean by "speaking skills".
1 inch = 2.54 cm
Saying that 12 inches ~= 36 cm is really stretching the meaning of the "~=" symbol.
I believe complaining is a way of expediting the process of making it go away.
Yeah, it's a teaser, not much to see. I just saw it, it's very cool. I just finished the book, which is really great.
I believe what you're saying, it's just that I've had a completely different experience.
Maybe you're just lucky. I've had a pretty good experience with XP, it's quite stable, but ME? ME is the worst piece of shit I've ever used. I can't imagine that you were able to run ME for *weeks* let alone *months* at a time.
I don't understand...the 30$ I paid the first time doesn't cover the royalties? Bull Oney, I say!
Not to nitpick, but actually, they were already arranging atoms by mass. His genius was to ignore the "increasing mass" rule, when he felt there ought to be an exception to the rule, because he noted the periodicity of the properties of the elements. Of course, they later discovered it wasn't an exception to the rule, it was just following a different rule.
I've been using Windows XP since september, and it didn't require any product activation. It's some corporate version or something, so it didn't need any product activation. If you'd like I can send you the ISO.
Haha jokes on me
Should've read: Actually, you're too stupid to know what this is: "</blockquote>"
Actually, you're too stupid to know what this is: " "