Artists will create no matter what. It's what they do. This whole argument of copyrights and patents is based on the incorrect assumption that creativity is motivated purely by financial gain. Since this first assumption is incorrect, everything else that follows from there is also incorrect. Artists have always created throughout history, even before the invention of "protection" laws. Some managed to find patrons, others did not. However the real limit to creativity throughout history has been persecution - usually on religious grounds.
Are you really in favor of a word where some idiot can write a 3 minute song of horrible lyrics, an even worse melody, and earn enough money to flaunt his private jet in your face every chance he gets? Do you hold that your own work has so little value? For some reason western society idolizes the entertainer, our modern day gladiators that distract us from living. In the long run this is not healthy - every day the entertainers have to be more and more outrageous to get the attention they crave, with the corresponding degradation in social norms.
And I doubt that running a computer 24/7 has a serious impact on it's longevity.
Nope, actually turning it on and off is way harder on the electronics than just leaving it on. However with the watts sucked up by modern CPU's and GPU's you will easily save enough on your electric bill to buy a new computer if you turn it off when you're done using it by the time it "burns out" or becomes obsolete, whichever comes first.
Still I think th
Which is why I dual boot my machine, backup my windows to a folder via linux from time to time, and wipe the OS completely every couple months or so. When I reinstall programs I do it selectively, so not everything is installed every time I install my OS.
If there's ever a bot on my machine, it's not there for very long.
OK - but what is the point of this claim if everyone is ignoring the fakes anyway? Just because there are more fakes listed doesn't mean that there will be more fakes downloaded.
perhaps convincing people to pay for the real thing.
Considering the deafening quiet I would venture to guess that this strategy did not work. Furthermore it goes a long way towards defeating the "every pirated copy is a lost sale" excuse that is used to claim ridiculous damages.
Considering that I have not once downloaded a fake on TBP in the past 10 years or so that I have been using it, I think that either the "researcher" is fiddling with the numbers or has no idea how to download something.
But the scare game is what it has already been about for almost 50 years! I remember when videos used to ship with an "FBI WARNING" that scared people (except when you actually read it, all it said was that Interpol had met and decided that copyright infringement was against (at the time) CIVIL law - what Interpol or the FBI were doing discussing civil issues in the first place is another matter). Boo.
Although lying to your electorate has become standard procedure, you could argue that it is a "false pretense" when you do exactly the opposite of what you promised to do if elected.
Is he really a bad guy?
I've never met him. But anyone smug enough to think they deserve to run an entire country and vicious enough to win is not going to be a "nice guy" by default.
I prefer to believe that he's a good guy
Some people think there was only ever one good guy. And he got nailed to a cross.
So the French Revolution didn't change things for them?
Well, if you count Napoleon as change and as "a good thing", then yes I guess it did. Instead of starving in the streets of Paris, they got to starve in the Russian steppes.
And after Napoleon France even got a king back. So exactly how much "change" was directly and permanently effected by the storming of the Bastille? Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. If you think today's government in France is a direct descendant of the revolution you are mistaken. There is a reason it's called the FIFTH republic.
History disagrees with you. If you shoot enough of them it's called a "revolution". But over the long run even this won't change things. We are the victims of our nature, and human government is a reflection of what we are.
How do you expect them to use patents, exactly? If you paid for the Kinect and incorporate it in your own project, Microsoft doesn't acquire any "rights" over your work. What, you think that seat belt manufacturers get a cut from every commercial flight?
It seems like the sort of activity you'd want to be a bit more discreet about, you know?
Not if you're complying with FAA regulations and not breaking any laws. After all, what does the government have to worry about if it's not doing anything wrong?
I think there are limits to this kind of thinking. Would you like to be watched by the cops in the toilet? How about in your bedroom? What about your back yard?
I myself am not really bothered by CCTV cameras everywhere in public, but my house and my property are not public. It's one thing for a helicopter to momentarily follow a crook as he dashes across people's back yards, and it's another to be under potential observation 24/7.
Think old fashioned - Napoleon used hot air balloons to spot for his troops over 100 years before the airplane was invented. If you want an eye in the sky over a fixed location, a big strong helium balloon will work for you. Not saying it's a responsible use for the world's limited supply of helium, but still...
Well the government has these "catch all" laws, like "obstruction of justice" and "destruction of government property" if they fail to come up with specific charges to throw against you.
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Artists will create no matter what. It's what they do. This whole argument of copyrights and patents is based on the incorrect assumption that creativity is motivated purely by financial gain. Since this first assumption is incorrect, everything else that follows from there is also incorrect. Artists have always created throughout history, even before the invention of "protection" laws. Some managed to find patrons, others did not. However the real limit to creativity throughout history has been persecution - usually on religious grounds. Are you really in favor of a word where some idiot can write a 3 minute song of horrible lyrics, an even worse melody, and earn enough money to flaunt his private jet in your face every chance he gets? Do you hold that your own work has so little value? For some reason western society idolizes the entertainer, our modern day gladiators that distract us from living. In the long run this is not healthy - every day the entertainers have to be more and more outrageous to get the attention they crave, with the corresponding degradation in social norms.
But it's ok to pay real pirates in Somalia to get your oil tanker back, though. This world is fucked up.
Nope, actually turning it on and off is way harder on the electronics than just leaving it on. However with the watts sucked up by modern CPU's and GPU's you will easily save enough on your electric bill to buy a new computer if you turn it off when you're done using it by the time it "burns out" or becomes obsolete, whichever comes first. Still I think th
There's something wrong with a corporation that charges $10 for a cup of coffee, too. This is nothing new.
There's nothing any "ordinary" catholic contributes to that election.
Except for the money to pay for the caviar.
Which is why I dual boot my machine, backup my windows to a folder via linux from time to time, and wipe the OS completely every couple months or so. When I reinstall programs I do it selectively, so not everything is installed every time I install my OS.
If there's ever a bot on my machine, it's not there for very long.
OK - but what is the point of this claim if everyone is ignoring the fakes anyway? Just because there are more fakes listed doesn't mean that there will be more fakes downloaded.
perhaps convincing people to pay for the real thing.
Considering the deafening quiet I would venture to guess that this strategy did not work. Furthermore it goes a long way towards defeating the "every pirated copy is a lost sale" excuse that is used to claim ridiculous damages.
Considering that I have not once downloaded a fake on TBP in the past 10 years or so that I have been using it, I think that either the "researcher" is fiddling with the numbers or has no idea how to download something.
But the scare game is what it has already been about for almost 50 years! I remember when videos used to ship with an "FBI WARNING" that scared people (except when you actually read it, all it said was that Interpol had met and decided that copyright infringement was against (at the time) CIVIL law - what Interpol or the FBI were doing discussing civil issues in the first place is another matter). Boo.
Does he have a hidden agenda?
All politicians have a hidden agenda.
Was he elected under false pretenses?
Although lying to your electorate has become standard procedure, you could argue that it is a "false pretense" when you do exactly the opposite of what you promised to do if elected.
Is he really a bad guy?
I've never met him. But anyone smug enough to think they deserve to run an entire country and vicious enough to win is not going to be a "nice guy" by default.
I prefer to believe that he's a good guy
Some people think there was only ever one good guy. And he got nailed to a cross.
So the French Revolution didn't change things for them?
Well, if you count Napoleon as change and as "a good thing", then yes I guess it did. Instead of starving in the streets of Paris, they got to starve in the Russian steppes.
And after Napoleon France even got a king back. So exactly how much "change" was directly and permanently effected by the storming of the Bastille? Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. If you think today's government in France is a direct descendant of the revolution you are mistaken. There is a reason it's called the FIFTH republic.
History disagrees with you. If you shoot enough of them it's called a "revolution". But over the long run even this won't change things. We are the victims of our nature, and human government is a reflection of what we are.
Yes because "voting" really is how you change things.
How do you expect them to use patents, exactly? If you paid for the Kinect and incorporate it in your own project, Microsoft doesn't acquire any "rights" over your work. What, you think that seat belt manufacturers get a cut from every commercial flight?
No, but most TV stations surround themselves with a plague (my collective term for a group) of lawyers.
But, if it's true, and repeatable by others, well, wouldn't this just solve all our energy problems.
But if pigs could fly, we'd solve our transportation problems at the same time.
They are already commercializing a small reactor.
And let me guess - they are looking for "investors" too?
You've obviously never heard of Simon Wiesenthal, Yad Vashem, and their relentless pursuit of 90 year old prison guards even today.
Old people certainly do ripen with age, that's for sure.
It seems like the sort of activity you'd want to be a bit more discreet about, you know?
Not if you're complying with FAA regulations and not breaking any laws. After all, what does the government have to worry about if it's not doing anything wrong?
so I do my own weather forecast. Is that forbidden now?
In the land of the free, it probably is.
I think there are limits to this kind of thinking. Would you like to be watched by the cops in the toilet? How about in your bedroom? What about your back yard?
I myself am not really bothered by CCTV cameras everywhere in public, but my house and my property are not public. It's one thing for a helicopter to momentarily follow a crook as he dashes across people's back yards, and it's another to be under potential observation 24/7.
Think old fashioned - Napoleon used hot air balloons to spot for his troops over 100 years before the airplane was invented. If you want an eye in the sky over a fixed location, a big strong helium balloon will work for you. Not saying it's a responsible use for the world's limited supply of helium, but still...
Well the government has these "catch all" laws, like "obstruction of justice" and "destruction of government property" if they fail to come up with specific charges to throw against you.