I don't think the Open Source license has any requirement that the end-user be required to understand the language that the program is written in. Otherwise, you'd have to recode every so that any potential "dumbass" who used it would understand it.
You've pretty much spelled out the death of programming under the OSS license.
from DRM is that once I purchase something, I own it - not the rights to distribute to others, but the right to make copies onto various media as I see fit for my own use. I don't mind paying for music or video, but I want to know that I don't have to pay every time I want to listen to a particular song.
I also want a persistent rights checker that recognizes that even though I purchased a copy previously, I am licensed to use that product even if I'm not in the original purchasing location.
It should be easy to use, secure, and should only be used for rights management, not marketing.
And it should be optional on some devices. If I choose not to install it, I can't use the licensed media on that machine - so be it. But I should have the ability to opt out of the system.
I dunno, it sounds kind of half-assed to me. My preference would be that the President either ask for a formal declaration of war or invoke his emergency powers of national defense. Any other way and it looks like Congress has forgotten their constitional duties.
Even in a time of war, Congress still has oversight on the Executive Branch.
I wear prescription glasses. Would this cause any problems?
Is it possible to use this with a Windows-based computer? (Don't freak out - I have my reasons and they are valid ones)
Can you drop the price a hair?
Seriously, I can foresee a great number of uses for this. I would suggest you go for it, but hire a patent lawyer to do some research for you. There's probably a ton of prior art on this by other companies, but there might be some government research you can base off of.
I rather like his work. It's relatively harmless fun, and fairly funny. Give the guy a break here.
I plan on getting "Young Einstein" and "Reckless Kelly" on DVD at some point.
Practical example for musician: I'm planning on building a system to run Reason, Logic Audio Gold, SoundForge and Premiere, plus some as-yet-undetermined others. The first two packages have to compensate for a certain amount of MIDI lag that can be minimized with a faster processor. SoundForge can get pretty processor intensive working on large files, and Premiere just eats up processor time rendering previews.
In addition, I'm adding an external multi-channel audio recording device and an AV-quality time synchronizer.
All this so to that the machine will actually play the note I hit when I hit the keyboard or will be able to keep up with audio being digitized at 48KHz across eight channels with no skips. (If I had tons of money, I could get a ProTools system, but it is not at all portable.)
Ideally, all of this would run from a notebook, but there just isn't one fast enough yet. This is a fairly reasonable software loadout (my opinion) for a good multimedia rig.
For normal purposes (word processing, browsing, even some design work) I don't need an ultra-fast processor. My 700MHz machine does just fine. But it sure isn't portable.
All that aside, speed is good. The less time I spend waiting for the machine to boot up and sort itself out, the better.
And IBM has a vested interest in the success of what operating system? Maybe... Li-NUX?
It all depends on who you trust - me, I don't trust any camp, MS or OS. There's just too much religious fanaticism and not enough rational discussion on either side.
By allowing patented technology to become an officially recognized standard, you essentially favor the creator of the patent in such a manner as to drive all business in that technology to a small group of vendors. The only official standards should be those that are open and freely available to all users.
For example, GIF should not be a recognized standard, because of the encumbrances by Unisys. The PNG standard is a much better choice because it does not base itself on one company's technology and can be adopted by all. The software used to create a patent can be trademarked, copyrighted, etc., in the author's mannter of choosing, but it does not restrict the file format itself. The PNG format will never undergo the kinds of hassles various authors of GIF-related programs due to Unisys entanglements.
A consequence of recognizing patented technology is that the W3C runs a severe risk of appearing biased in favor of one company's standard. This will open the W3C up to lawsuits by those whose technologies failed to make the standard. Even the argument of technological superiority would not hold up in court because there is no way to empirically prove that one technology is better than another for all applications.
Oh, so everyone should be allowed to use whatever tools they want in the corporate workplace and to hell with tech support trying to keep their heads above water supporting a billion different standards? Is that it?
Well, shit, son. Start your own goddamn corporation and run it however you want, but don't come begging for a job when the cost of experts in everything under the sun consumes way more than your gross profit margin.
Oh, wait! Let me guess, you wouldn't work for a corporation that would hire you, would you?
No, he's partly right about perceived needs. Clients not only buy on the basis of real needs, but on the basis of what other companies tell them they need to stay ahead of the competition. This is primarily a management thing, not a tech thing. Management responds far more to marketing than tech does (except in matters of caffeine and sugar content).
I have been in a similar situation (key person in the company). Personally, I hate that. If I am not immediately replaceable after getting hit by a bus, then there are two problems:
1. the company did not prepare adequately by lining up a replacement
2. i should avoid buses
Anway, being the key person is a huge responsibility, but it really sucks as well. It lessens my mobility because I feel horribly guilty about even looking for another job.
that NATO work on weapons to kill the enemy more effectively, rather than preserve the environment. I mean, my concept of war is that at the end of it, the enemy is either dead or is your bitch, preferably dead. A live enemy only lives to fight again. A dead enemy can be used to fertilize the garden.
Of course, we don't fight wars anymore - we have "police actions" and "peacekeeping missions". I really sincerely wish we could get past all this "feel-good" crap and really go out and beat the living holy shit out of our enemies. I mean, consider the "Gulf War" -- what was that shit? We had the capability of decisively ending that little abortion of a war quickly and removing one of the greater threats to world stability at the same time, and yet we didn't.
I just don't understand these modern wars. What's the point?
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So ... write a virus and get rewarded for it? What kind of world do we live in where criminals get rewarded?!
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I guess crime does pay
I don't think the Open Source license has any requirement that the end-user be required to understand the language that the program is written in. Otherwise, you'd have to recode every so that any potential "dumbass" who used it would understand it.
You've pretty much spelled out the death of programming under the OSS license.
from DRM is that once I purchase something, I own it - not the rights to distribute to others, but the right to make copies onto various media as I see fit for my own use. I don't mind paying for music or video, but I want to know that I don't have to pay every time I want to listen to a particular song.
I also want a persistent rights checker that recognizes that even though I purchased a copy previously, I am licensed to use that product even if I'm not in the original purchasing location.
It should be easy to use, secure, and should only be used for rights management, not marketing.
And it should be optional on some devices. If I choose not to install it, I can't use the licensed media on that machine - so be it. But I should have the ability to opt out of the system.
I dunno, it sounds kind of half-assed to me. My preference would be that the President either ask for a formal declaration of war or invoke his emergency powers of national defense. Any other way and it looks like Congress has forgotten their constitional duties.
Even in a time of war, Congress still has oversight on the Executive Branch.
Like you can stop them? I'd LOVE to see the legislation and/or resulting lawsuits on that one.
Why not just take LT at his word - that he really doesn't care about some issues instead of trying to read subtext into it?
Is it so hard to believe that he has other fish to fry?
Probably chumming for free labor ...
Three questions:
I wear prescription glasses. Would this cause any problems?
Is it possible to use this with a Windows-based computer? (Don't freak out - I have my reasons and they are valid ones)
Can you drop the price a hair?
Seriously, I can foresee a great number of uses for this. I would suggest you go for it, but hire a patent lawyer to do some research for you. There's probably a ton of prior art on this by other companies, but there might be some government research you can base off of.
Anyway, good luck and all.
I rather like his work. It's relatively harmless fun, and fairly funny. Give the guy a break here.
I plan on getting "Young Einstein" and "Reckless Kelly" on DVD at some point.
Paul Hogan, OTOH, what is that all about?
Practical example for musician: I'm planning on building a system to run Reason, Logic Audio Gold, SoundForge and Premiere, plus some as-yet-undetermined others. The first two packages have to compensate for a certain amount of MIDI lag that can be minimized with a faster processor. SoundForge can get pretty processor intensive working on large files, and Premiere just eats up processor time rendering previews.
In addition, I'm adding an external multi-channel audio recording device and an AV-quality time synchronizer.
All this so to that the machine will actually play the note I hit when I hit the keyboard or will be able to keep up with audio being digitized at 48KHz across eight channels with no skips. (If I had tons of money, I could get a ProTools system, but it is not at all portable.)
Ideally, all of this would run from a notebook, but there just isn't one fast enough yet. This is a fairly reasonable software loadout (my opinion) for a good multimedia rig.
For normal purposes (word processing, browsing, even some design work) I don't need an ultra-fast processor. My 700MHz machine does just fine. But it sure isn't portable.
All that aside, speed is good. The less time I spend waiting for the machine to boot up and sort itself out, the better.
Let's see ...
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musicians - software sythesis and sequencing software
engineers - real-time data gathering/processing in the field
students - practice games of quake
the list goes on
Oh, wait - was your question rhetorical?
And IBM has a vested interest in the success of what operating system? Maybe ... Li-NUX?
It all depends on who you trust - me, I don't trust any camp, MS or OS. There's just too much religious fanaticism and not enough rational discussion on either side.
Well, at least not here anyway.
By allowing patented technology to become an officially recognized standard, you essentially favor the creator of the patent in such a manner as to drive all business in that technology to a small group of vendors. The only official standards should be those that are open and freely available to all users.
For example, GIF should not be a recognized standard, because of the encumbrances by Unisys. The PNG standard is a much better choice because it does not base itself on one company's technology and can be adopted by all. The software used to create a patent can be trademarked, copyrighted, etc., in the author's mannter of choosing, but it does not restrict the file format itself. The PNG format will never undergo the kinds of hassles various authors of GIF-related programs due to Unisys entanglements.
A consequence of recognizing patented technology is that the W3C runs a severe risk of appearing biased in favor of one company's standard. This will open the W3C up to lawsuits by those whose technologies failed to make the standard. Even the argument of technological superiority would not hold up in court because there is no way to empirically prove that one technology is better than another for all applications.
Thank you,
signature follows, etc. etc.
no one has that much disk space ...
Shoulda, woulda, coulda ...
Keep dreaming.
Oh, so everyone should be allowed to use whatever tools they want in the corporate workplace and to hell with tech support trying to keep their heads above water supporting a billion different standards? Is that it?
Well, shit, son. Start your own goddamn corporation and run it however you want, but don't come begging for a job when the cost of experts in everything under the sun consumes way more than your gross profit margin.
Oh, wait! Let me guess, you wouldn't work for a corporation that would hire you, would you?
Lameass whiner.
No, he's partly right about perceived needs. Clients not only buy on the basis of real needs, but on the basis of what other companies tell them they need to stay ahead of the competition. This is primarily a management thing, not a tech thing. Management responds far more to marketing than tech does (except in matters of caffeine and sugar content).
I have been in a similar situation (key person in the company). Personally, I hate that. If I am not immediately replaceable after getting hit by a bus, then there are two problems:
1. the company did not prepare adequately by lining up a replacement
2. i should avoid buses
Anway, being the key person is a huge responsibility, but it really sucks as well. It lessens my mobility because I feel horribly guilty about even looking for another job.
My two cents.
Object oriented programming is NOT the answer to everything. Linear mode code, when properly written, has never failed.
Oh, holy crap, someone is actually sane here on Slashdot.
...
To summarize: what he said
With bells on.
OK. That was funny. If I knew how to mod you up, I would. But I can't. Sorry.
that NATO work on weapons to kill the enemy more effectively, rather than preserve the environment. I mean, my concept of war is that at the end of it, the enemy is either dead or is your bitch, preferably dead. A live enemy only lives to fight again. A dead enemy can be used to fertilize the garden.
Of course, we don't fight wars anymore - we have "police actions" and "peacekeeping missions". I really sincerely wish we could get past all this "feel-good" crap and really go out and beat the living holy shit out of our enemies. I mean, consider the "Gulf War" -- what was that shit? We had the capability of decisively ending that little abortion of a war quickly and removing one of the greater threats to world stability at the same time, and yet we didn't.
I just don't understand these modern wars. What's the point?
Either that, or block the domain at the router.
That would be my suggestion.
This article on WIRED shows what is probably the general level of concern for most Americans. Especially the final quote.
So a bunch of drunk geeks in a quonset hut throw a beer bash ...
I can't wait to see the women.