Every great coder and hardware geek I know either is or used to be socially retarded. You either understand computers intuitively or people intuitively. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
"Copyright law "contains built-in First Amendment accommodations," Justice Ginsburg said, including the concept of "fair use" that permits copyrighted material to be reproduced for scholarship and other purposes."
This coming from a court that, in all likelyhood will take away fair use in the near future.
I wonder if I just violated someones copyright?
Last I heard, India alredy has educated programmers with world class experience. During the dotcom boom, US companies were importing them left and right.
Entirely possible, assuming that some sort of copy protection becomes ubiquitous. I mean, after all, someone with good enough equipment should be able to make a damn good analog copy of any cd, but doing so would be difficult enough that it'd be quicker to download it.
What is the Internet? If these ISPs get their way, the Internet will turn into nothing more than a corporate sponsered content delivery system. The only use of the net by their customers that they feel is legitimate is the WWW, which is mostly a one-way system. Any kind of sharing violates their acceptable use policy, and I'm willing to bet they're not the only one. They want to set up a two-level system, with content providers who pay more and consumers who pay less but contribute nothing. Banning P2P is just the first step in insuring corporate domination. Of course, if we, the consumers, insist on the right to share, ISPs and corps won't have a leg to stand on.
I hated Dune Messiah. The only reason I read it was because I liked the first one so much. The series seemed to pick itself back up again with the third, and only got deeper and richer from then on. Why does everyone keep knocking the later books? If I had to pick a favorite, I'd be torn between the first Dune and Heretics of Dune. Somebody's gotta be with me on this one.
You're missing the point. The poster was merely giving his take on the book series. Although he does seem to be a little worked up about it, I don't think it was the readers he was really trying to insult.
Lucas' borrowing an idea or two from Herbert, or even a whole "ambiance," does not constitute plagiarism. Artists borrow ideas from each other all the time. Remember, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
I'll bet those screwdrivers are made by taking molds of either a nintendo-made screwdriver or of the system itself. Does that mean they violate Nintendo's IP rights? Could Nintendo prevent their sale too? Or do restrictions like that only apply to software?
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There's a solution for people like us: console games. Maybe not too popular around here but at least they're cheap. Some console stuff is better than pc too, especially if you're into the right genres.
As much as we all appreciate the mirrors, I have to wonder what would happen if someone less than friendly was mirrored (maybe without permission because it takes longer to get permission than it does to get slashdotted) by some well-meaning slashdotters. Would there be copyright issues involved?
You can also do that with a tv with a VGA input (there aren't many of them out there) or with a tv that takes progressive scan input from a set-top DVD player that can output progressive scan. These are easier to find but are usually pretty expensive as they are videophile-type stuff.
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I agree, BTW SG1 is quite a bit more sci-fi oriented than the movie (thank God).
I was going to mention the excellent fantasy novels by Robert Jordan (and their plethora of apostrophe'd names) but everyone on the net seems to hate them. Oh well.
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At any given time on any given P2P network, twice as many people are downloading Debbie Does Dallas as are downloading Daredevil.
Every great coder and hardware geek I know either is or used to be socially retarded. You either understand computers intuitively or people intuitively. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Last I heard, India alredy has educated programmers with world class experience. During the dotcom boom, US companies were importing them left and right.
Entirely possible, assuming that some sort of copy protection becomes ubiquitous. I mean, after all, someone with good enough equipment should be able to make a damn good analog copy of any cd, but doing so would be difficult enough that it'd be quicker to download it.
But what chance do small-cap companies have against the likes of Sony, Philips and Microsoft?
What is the Internet?
If these ISPs get their way, the Internet will turn into nothing more than a corporate sponsered content delivery system. The only use of the net by their customers that they feel is legitimate is the WWW, which is mostly a one-way system. Any kind of sharing violates their acceptable use policy, and I'm willing to bet they're not the only one. They want to set up a two-level system, with content providers who pay more and consumers who pay less but contribute nothing. Banning P2P is just the first step in insuring corporate domination.
Of course, if we, the consumers, insist on the right to share, ISPs and corps won't have a leg to stand on.
I hated Dune Messiah. The only reason I read it was because I liked the first one so much. The series seemed to pick itself back up again with the third, and only got deeper and richer from then on. Why does everyone keep knocking the later books? If I had to pick a favorite, I'd be torn between the first Dune and Heretics of Dune. Somebody's gotta be with me on this one.
You're missing the point. The poster was merely giving his take on the book series. Although he does seem to be a little worked up about it, I don't think it was the readers he was really trying to insult.
Lucas' borrowing an idea or two from Herbert, or even a whole "ambiance," does not constitute plagiarism. Artists borrow ideas from each other all the time. Remember, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
I'll bet those screwdrivers are made by taking molds of either a nintendo-made screwdriver or of the system itself. Does that mean they violate Nintendo's IP rights? Could Nintendo prevent their sale too? Or do restrictions like that only apply to software?
There's a solution for people like us: console games. Maybe not too popular around here but at least they're cheap. Some console stuff is better than pc too, especially if you're into the right genres.
As much as we all appreciate the mirrors, I have to wonder what would happen if someone less than friendly was mirrored (maybe without permission because it takes longer to get permission than it does to get slashdotted) by some well-meaning slashdotters. Would there be copyright issues involved?
You can also do that with a tv with a VGA input (there aren't many of them out there) or with a tv that takes progressive scan input from a set-top DVD player that can output progressive scan. These are easier to find but are usually pretty expensive as they are videophile-type stuff.
I agree, BTW SG1 is quite a bit more sci-fi oriented than the movie (thank God).
I was going to mention the excellent fantasy novels by Robert Jordan (and their plethora of apostrophe'd names) but everyone on the net seems to hate them. Oh well.