eBay credit card scams are not new. I've received half a dozen of them in my spambox. Strangely enough, they were all addressed to the email-address I only use for eBay. What a strange coincidence.
Insurance fraud means that the insurance company is actually PAYING OUT money where they shouldn't have to. There is, in other words, an actual cost to the insurance company.
Piracy on the other hand, means that someone makes a copy of something, an action that doesn't cost the producer of the original anything.
Now, if you had a painting for sale and I took it from you, that's theft. That's comparable to insurance fraud, because I actually take something of value from you. If I instead photograph that painting, I might be violating copyright law, but you still have the painting and you're still able to sell it, hence no theft. Of course, there might be the issue of indirect costs if I print large number of copies of your painting, so that people will buy those instead, but that's a completely different thing.
Customers want to do the right thing, if they can.
I'd say that this is completely true. I myself and many (if not most) of my friends "pirate" software, movies and music frequently. In fact, we've got several terabytes worth of pirated material between us just among me and my closest friends. Does that mean we never buy software, movies or music?
Definitely NOT, in fact I've never bought as much software, movies and music as I do now. I've got a couple of shelves filled with game boxes, many of those from producers that would normally be far too obscure for me to purchase otherwise, had I not tried out their software in advance. Our DVD collection is starting to rival our VHS collection, and we shouldn't mention how much I've been to the movies recently. As for music... well, I never listen much to music anyway but thanks to the net I've had the opportunity to find performers I'd never think of buying normally.
If I find something I like, feel I have a use for or just plain want to support, I do the right thing and buy a copy of my own. My friends do too, and I think so do most people.
Windows NT. And before you start laughing, I've seen it. It's not very reassuring to walk by a set of ATMs, all of them displaying either an error-message (asking you to click on Ok, or press F1 to make it even better), or even bluescreens.
A couple of months ago, I was standing in line to deposit money into one of those weird reverse-ATM type machines. The lady in front of me had already deposited 4000SEK (about $400), when the machine bluescreened and ate her money. This was around 7pm, so no one was available to help her.
I just walked away, happy it wasn't me, and kept the cash on hand instead.
True. After all, they're only mentioned three times on idg.se, and only one of those is for ComputerSweden. On the other hand, think about it. Are they releasing new products and technologies almost every day? Is their primary customer base the "IT companies", or big corporation that might invest heavily in a brand new Project Entropia IT-Infrastructure?
No, their primary focus is on gamers, hence the relatively low coverage in magazines that are about technology and consulting, and the relatively high coverage in publications that are about... (suspense) g@Mi/|/G!!!!1
As for the $15M, doesn't sound too unrealistic. Considering that they employ 70 people today, assume 50 people average. Salary, say $30k average, which would cost the company about $45k per employee due to our nifty Swedish tax laws (Not only does employees have to pay taxes, companies have to pay employer-fees as well). Now, multiply that with the 3 years that I know for sure that the company has existed (earliest mention of them was June 1999). That's about $6.75M in just salaries alone. Now, add office rental, equipment, internet access, electricity etc. Suddenly, the $15M doesn't sound too unrealistic anymore, now does it? =)
I admit though, I too doubt that they'll ever make a profit, but who knows. The market has surprised me before.
I live in Sweden, work in the "Internet industry" and have been hearing about this company for... oh, say the last couple of years or so. Perhaps you'd like to check Fragzone a bit more frequently. =)
So, why are they attacking in court a company that they are willing to support by buying their software.
I own some Microsoft software (more precisely, Close Combat and Mechwarrior). That does not mean I'm not critical to other software they've produced. I'm also sure that the DoJ owns Microsoft software, still they're attacking Microsoft in court. Now, I'm not saying that Adobe is right in attacking Elcomsoft, I'm just saying that owning a piece of software, or any other product for that matter, does not prevent you from suing the maker of said product if you believe that they've acted illegally.
Gateway Inc, increasing their profit by a total of $2000, $1000 of which will go to the Long Island, NY store that found the winning key. Gateway stock (NYSE:GTW) immediately went up to to 3.51 from a previous $3.50 per share following the announcement.
It's very doubtful that Microsoft will ever be able to defeat Linux, so the obvious choice would be to become part of it. The question would be, what part would Microsoft take?
The desktop side of Linux is, unfortunately, rather lacking. Sure, you can do a lot with Linux, if you only know how, but that's also one of its biggest weaknesses. The average desktop user Does Not have the necessary skills to hack textconfigs and xdefaults, not to mention changing window manager. A company such as Microsoft could easily build a desktop GUI that would outclass all current GUIs for Linux. Of course, it's been done before, and perhaps I'm just comparing pears to Apples. =)
On the server-side though, would Microsoft really give up their strategy and platform? Wouldn't a Linux-adoption indicate that they feel Linux is as good as, if not better than Windows? I doubt it. Admitting that Linux is good enough for home use, or possibly even small office is one thing. Admitting that it's capable and stable enough for enterprise class configurations is an entirely different matter.
Of course, I might be mistaken. A few years ago, I'd laugh at whoever claimed that Macintosh would be a serious contender for the Unix desktop market. And for that matter, anyone remember a Microsoft that didn't believe in the Internet? Just look at them now.
No, I wouldn't like it, but I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft went with Linux in the end. Well, not much anyway. =)
Piracy in all its forms is not a technical problem, but a social problem.
Technical solutions to social problems will never succeed. Build a better lock? Someone will build a better lockpick. Unless the social problem is dealt with, the technical solutions will continue to fail.
Nothing big will ever come out of a radio show. =)
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50% of the web? No, but perhaps 50% of the results returned. Considering that most people never check beyond the first page of results, and most people search for the same things, such as sex, free donkey pr0n and stripped backplanes, I could imagine reindexing the 50% most popular searches quite easily.
The paperless office will finally become a reality. Not because of more efficient methods of storing scribbles and notes, but because of the hazards it presents to the propagation of wireless transmissions.
Do the math. At approximately 200,000km/s for the speed of electrons in copper, you have a wavelength of 20m for 1GHz. 100GHz would mean a wavelength of 20cm. Now, take into account the different pathways a signal has to take through a processor, various delays of different kinds and of course the size of the die.
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eBay credit card scams are not new. I've received half a dozen of them in my spambox. Strangely enough, they were all addressed to the email-address I only use for eBay. What a strange coincidence.
Oh, I got the point. I just disagree with the analogy because it's not accurate.
As I stated, insurance fraud is a direct cost to the insurance companies whereas piracy isn't.
It might be argued if there's an indirect cost, but IMHO, that's too distant to make this an accurate analogy.
Whoa! Big difference!
Insurance fraud means that the insurance company is actually PAYING OUT money where they shouldn't have to. There is, in other words, an actual cost to the insurance company.
Piracy on the other hand, means that someone makes a copy of something, an action that doesn't cost the producer of the original anything.
Now, if you had a painting for sale and I took it from you, that's theft. That's comparable to insurance fraud, because I actually take something of value from you. If I instead photograph that painting, I might be violating copyright law, but you still have the painting and you're still able to sell it, hence no theft. Of course, there might be the issue of indirect costs if I print large number of copies of your painting, so that people will buy those instead, but that's a completely different thing.
Customers want to do the right thing, if they can.
I'd say that this is completely true. I myself and many (if not most) of my friends "pirate" software, movies and music frequently. In fact, we've got several terabytes worth of pirated material between us just among me and my closest friends. Does that mean we never buy software, movies or music?
Definitely NOT, in fact I've never bought as much software, movies and music as I do now. I've got a couple of shelves filled with game boxes, many of those from producers that would normally be far too obscure for me to purchase otherwise, had I not tried out their software in advance. Our DVD collection is starting to rival our VHS collection, and we shouldn't mention how much I've been to the movies recently. As for music... well, I never listen much to music anyway but thanks to the net I've had the opportunity to find performers I'd never think of buying normally.
If I find something I like, feel I have a use for or just plain want to support, I do the right thing and buy a copy of my own. My friends do too, and I think so do most people.
Windows NT. And before you start laughing, I've seen it. It's not very reassuring to walk by a set of ATMs, all of them displaying either an error-message (asking you to click on Ok, or press F1 to make it even better), or even bluescreens.
A couple of months ago, I was standing in line to deposit money into one of those weird reverse-ATM type machines. The lady in front of me had already deposited 4000SEK (about $400), when the machine bluescreened and ate her money. This was around 7pm, so no one was available to help her.
I just walked away, happy it wasn't me, and kept the cash on hand instead.
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...and I thought sending an SMS to the boss by mistake was bad. =)
Will I be able to watch my (legally obtained, of course) DivX movies on my Nokia soon? =)
True. After all, they're only mentioned three times on idg.se, and only one of those is for ComputerSweden. On the other hand, think about it. Are they releasing new products and technologies almost every day? Is their primary customer base the "IT companies", or big corporation that might invest heavily in a brand new Project Entropia IT-Infrastructure?
No, their primary focus is on gamers, hence the relatively low coverage in magazines that are about technology and consulting, and the relatively high coverage in publications that are about... (suspense) g@Mi/|/G!!!!1
As for the $15M, doesn't sound too unrealistic. Considering that they employ 70 people today, assume 50 people average. Salary, say $30k average, which would cost the company about $45k per employee due to our nifty Swedish tax laws (Not only does employees have to pay taxes, companies have to pay employer-fees as well). Now, multiply that with the 3 years that I know for sure that the company has existed (earliest mention of them was June 1999). That's about $6.75M in just salaries alone. Now, add office rental, equipment, internet access, electricity etc. Suddenly, the $15M doesn't sound too unrealistic anymore, now does it? =)
I admit though, I too doubt that they'll ever make a profit, but who knows. The market has surprised me before.
I live in Sweden, work in the "Internet industry" and have been hearing about this company for... oh, say the last couple of years or so. Perhaps you'd like to check Fragzone a bit more frequently. =)
I mean, they've even had job openings listed on Arbetsförmedlingen. =)
So, why are they attacking in court a company that they are willing to support by buying their software.
I own some Microsoft software (more precisely, Close Combat and Mechwarrior). That does not mean I'm not critical to other software they've produced. I'm also sure that the DoJ owns Microsoft software, still they're attacking Microsoft in court. Now, I'm not saying that Adobe is right in attacking Elcomsoft, I'm just saying that owning a piece of software, or any other product for that matter, does not prevent you from suing the maker of said product if you believe that they've acted illegally.
Gateway Inc, increasing their profit by a total of $2000, $1000 of which will go to the Long Island, NY store that found the winning key. Gateway stock (NYSE:GTW) immediately went up to to 3.51 from a previous $3.50 per share following the announcement.
It's very doubtful that Microsoft will ever be able to defeat Linux, so the obvious choice would be to become part of it. The question would be, what part would Microsoft take?
The desktop side of Linux is, unfortunately, rather lacking. Sure, you can do a lot with Linux, if you only know how, but that's also one of its biggest weaknesses. The average desktop user Does Not have the necessary skills to hack textconfigs and xdefaults, not to mention changing window manager. A company such as Microsoft could easily build a desktop GUI that would outclass all current GUIs for Linux. Of course, it's been done before, and perhaps I'm just comparing pears to Apples. =)
On the server-side though, would Microsoft really give up their strategy and platform? Wouldn't a Linux-adoption indicate that they feel Linux is as good as, if not better than Windows? I doubt it. Admitting that Linux is good enough for home use, or possibly even small office is one thing. Admitting that it's capable and stable enough for enterprise class configurations is an entirely different matter.
Of course, I might be mistaken. A few years ago, I'd laugh at whoever claimed that Macintosh would be a serious contender for the Unix desktop market. And for that matter, anyone remember a Microsoft that didn't believe in the Internet? Just look at them now.
No, I wouldn't like it, but I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft went with Linux in the end. Well, not much anyway. =)
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Piracy in all its forms is not a technical problem, but a social problem.
Technical solutions to social problems will never succeed. Build a better lock? Someone will build a better lockpick. Unless the social problem is dealt with, the technical solutions will continue to fail.
So, why don't you just ask your boss if you can watch it with him?
UT is Universal Time, aka GMT.
Ahh... Nothing like a hot meteor shower in the morning. =)
Of course, having to get up at 4 am isn't really my daily routine...
Audio? Like, a radio show?
Nothing big will ever come out of a radio show. =)
50% of the web? No, but perhaps 50% of the results returned. Considering that most people never check beyond the first page of results, and most people search for the same things, such as sex, free donkey pr0n and stripped backplanes, I could imagine reindexing the 50% most popular searches quite easily.
The benefit that the microprocessor has brought to human society far outweighs any environmental cost.
What? Like, the digital watch?
Don't tempt fate, or you might make them release a CD-based console, or worse! (CDOne, anyone =))
The paperless office will finally become a reality. Not because of more efficient methods of storing scribbles and notes, but because of the hazards it presents to the propagation of wireless transmissions.
Bleh.
Do the math. At approximately 200,000km/s for the speed of electrons in copper, you have a wavelength of 20m for 1GHz. 100GHz would mean a wavelength of 20cm. Now, take into account the different pathways a signal has to take through a processor, various delays of different kinds and of course the size of the die.
What do you think? =)