I'm curious about your idea. I'll try not to troll or flamebait but why do you think the latter is not wrong?
I hope you'll agree that all intellectual works released commercially are for profit (on the part of the releaser). You say that if I grab a copy of a song/book/poem/knitting-pattern/MS Office 3000 Plus Plus and then resell it at the flea market that is wrong.
But if I give a free copy to my buddy, that's not. Even though in both cases I'm causing for someone to get a copy without compensating the original releaser for it when he *explicitly* provides the goods for money. I understand the arguments about the flawed business model, but I think it's flawed not in spirit but in implementation. It's flaw is that there are ways for people to get around the payment and just get the goods for free.
On a physical goods exchange if you bake a loaf of bread and I eat it, I have benefited from your work and you no longer have the fruits of your labor. It's easier to understand why you expect some compensation for your loss, you are now one loaf short so how will you make up for it? You charge me. The price should cover the materials and the effort put into producing the good, with some other considerations factored in such as economies of scale, demand and supply, competition, etc.
On an intellectual goods exchange if Robert Smith writes and performs a song and I make a copy of his recording, now both of us have the whole product. This is where it becomes murkier, I think because of misuse of physical metaphors. He still has to factor in his costs which may or may not be different from the baker's. But he is not selling the "song", i.e. he is not selling a bunch of words strung together, or a collection of sounds. He is selling a copy of a particular rendition of that song. The fact that we can now duplicate it with negligible effort opens up the potential for us to benefit from his work without compensating him. That's why I think that copyright is not theft but fraud. And whether you charge or not for the copy, the fraud is the same: obtaining a benefit without compensating the originator.
Whether or not his expectations of obtaining any benefit under this model are reasonable or not should be a matter of separate discussion IMHO.
Maybe the government is realizing that copyright law is outdated? (...) How about a new model that doesn't require any enforcement, where people fully pay for the labor used to create the product, then it becomes freely available?
I agree with the sentiment and there are new models emerging that integrate freeloaders into the equation, i.e. Radiohead's stunt or Saul Williams' (yes I bought the album, that's why I keep pushing it =D ) but only time will tell if they work or not. It's hard to make sweeping generalizations about people, as cultural differences account for a lot of our behaviors. I've lived in places where $10 USD was an outrageous price for a CD, and others where it would be the perfect price point but they sell them for $22 USD. Also in some of those places people would grab for free anything they could get away with and on some others they would feel compelled to offer some kind of compensation.
I guess some "content providers" (artists, software engineers, book authors) will have to try different models and maybe even use two or three of them depending on their target audience. It might be different selling to those hippie Canadian commies than to people on the US or Brazil for instance.
On the one hand it is excellent that a govt. realized they have more pressing issues. On the other this is a bad precedent, they are essentially saying that "if you can't beat them, ignore them". Illegal file-sharing is not proper theft but it is without a doubt a fraud, as you are getting a service (entertainment) without paying for it. Interesting times ahead.
While on LAN parties my friends used to complain about my "unplayable" (to them) key setup. I always use the ASD part, but map the advance to button two on the mouse, fire to button one, and secondary fire to button three. Plus I had a trackball, which is great for maneuverability and saves milliseconds of dragging the mouse around, also less RSD injuries. I guess the best layout is the one that works for one, and it's a great advantage I feel PC games have over consoles.
I got this email from NIN's ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_inch_nails )website where Trent Reznor was pitching this dude Saul somebody, with a scheme similar to Radiohead's except that you can choose between FLAC, 192 and 256 mp3 (or aprox, you look it up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niggy_tardust ). And the price was $5 flat if you want to pay for it, or you can get the 192 version for free.
So I went there, "preordered" as it was to be available by Nov 1st and it was around the 27 of Oct, and when the date came I downloaded my FLAC album. The music is not bad for my taste, and I thought this is an interesting model. I don't think I would have found about him and much less buy the thing if it wasn't recommended by some artist whose work I like, so the new names trying to find a fan base will have to resort to partnering like this and will still have some means of publicity even if they no longer needed distribution.
Someone, Somewhere doesn't exist. It's an algorithm.
The algorithm didn't spring into being out of thin air. Someone, somewhere had a goal in mind. And that algorithm is a mean to achieve that goal. The goal being making us give them our money rather than giving it to someone else. Yes, that someone isn't watching *me* in particular, deciding on individual basis what to pitch to me, but his decisions and categorizations in which I'm stuffed along with the others do. I understand it's more indirect and impersonal than the average paranoid believes it to be, but there most definitely is intent in there.
One thing I don't like about this whole targeted ad business is that more often than not they miss the mark with oddballs like me. Take Amazon for instance, they keep pitching the same dreg to me all the time because they do this "users that got X also got Y" thing. While it does rarely recommend something I might be interested, it mostly tries to shove crap I wouldn't waste more than two seconds looking at.
But the biggest downside is that someone, somewhere is deciding what sort of stuff expose me to. If (er, when) this catches on and becomes mainstream, these bozos will have most of us surrounded in infomercial bubbles where nothing new will rarely enter because most of it will be subordinated to previous choices, consumer history, etc. While this is not the end of the world, it will end up hurting them. I may not need those tampons, and I don't have the cash for the Ashton, but there are some times when I've seen/heard something advertised that was interesting enough for me to look up. I think these technologies have the potential to make advertisement even more boring and invasive than it already is. At least now they are sweeping generalizations, but if I start getting personalized Ads saying "hey Raider, scores of mindless borg worship the iPod, we know you like music so you totally should get yourself one" will rollaly piss me off and ensure none of the implicated ever see a dime of mine. If I can help it. Ideally. Maybe. Whatever...:p
I agree with your sentiment, but sadly this will only work with people that are polite themselves in general terms and perhaps just unaware that they are annoying somebody. There are always assholes that WANT to get in your face, and will not only double their voice volume but then go and pick a fight with you after they are done for daring tell them what to do.
So I guess we should use politeness at first and then enforcement for those that keep offending. But the rules should always be made clear, so there is none of this vigilantism.
I sincerely hope they don't confuse "clean interface" with "bare bones". Google's interface is good for what we use it for, but I kinda like the bling on modern cellphones. Cue the "I just want a cell phone that..."-people in 3, 2, 1...
It would be amazing if they could get a single cell to hold a whole byte instead of a bit. That would be some serious capacity there. Imagine your Zen, but with your DVD collection PLUS your music collection.
The article doesn't specify if they kissed co-workers while at work. I have kissed co-workers, (we weren't even dating at times) but never at the workplace. As some have pointed out you spend at least 1/3 of your life at work, some ties develop.
Obviously this being/. nobody has RTFA so I'm not surprised that there are no comments about alcohol consumption on the workplace. I don't know if this is common around here or not, but it would appear so. At least in my company we used to have a BBQ every month and there was always beer, and you would always be able to take your beer to your desk and week working. We haven't had those since we relocated to another facility, but our manager takes us to lunch from time to time to show appreciation for a good work and all that rant, and still get to have a couple of beers and head back to keep pounding the keyboard.
Man, am I glad I moved. On my previous-to-last job on a different continent I once had a total of 12 hours of sleep in five days. After I finished the job I told the complete retard we had for manager where to stick it and quit. I will never again do that unless it's my own business and there is no alternative.
You don't mention what kind of medical test you had done, but assuming you were checked up for sleeping disorders it may also be a case of mild depression. Depression often alters sleep patterns, some people have insomnia, others feel drowsy all the time, and yet some more sleep a lot but don't get rest. Perhaps there is some event in your life that is troubling you, or maybe you are unhappy about some aspect of your life. At times it isn't sharp enough to be easily recognized as depression, but there may be other related symptoms such as eating too much or too little (as related to your past habits). Stress can also diminish the quality of sleep. Obviously without more info is hard to guess.
"This building is watched by Surveillance Cameras. Any illegal activity will be recorded and taken to the police."
Este edificio se encuentra vigilado por Cámaras de Monitoreo. Toda actividad ilegal será grabada y entregada a la policía.
There are of course many other ways to put it, but if they laugh this time will be because they don't give a hoot about the cameras or the police. I hope your problem gets solved!
I don't think we would see to many of those laws. The final draft will be reviewed by a relevant body before submitting it for approval. Not doing so would be insane, as all manner of abuse could find their way into the law otherwise. The thing is, it will be reviewed by those same people that we are supposing take "financial aids" from interest groups. So they will just snip out whatever doesn't suit their agendas.
I know this is a police law, but think of the possibilities in other areas. What if I want to expand the definition of Fair Use? Or if I want to shorten copyright duration? Do you see those amends surviving even on the face of overwhelming public support on the wiki? On top of lobbyists there would be astroturfers for one thing. And let's not forget that usually the only people that are vocal about something are those with a vested interest. I wouldn't want the nosy bastards from some retarded Home-Owners association slipping in some ordinances that would, for example, prevent me from installing a solar array on my backyard because it "ruins the aesthetics of the neighborhood" or such. Particularly if I don't even live on their area but get covered by this laws.
I think is a good publicity stunt and it may even generate some novel ideas, but I just don't see it suddenly making sense of the legal landscape in any meaningful way. I'd much rather they put the existing laws in a database with strong referential integrity. That would be interesting.
I haven't watched more than 20 hours of TV for the whole of 2007, and I don't quite browse all that much but I'm permanently logged in to some instant messenger from the word go, as soon as I open my eyes in the morning until right before I close them at night. Due to some personal circumstances it is a palliative for lack of physical closeness (spare the tips, you wouldn't guess what I'm talking about and its beside the point).
I can very well see how some of those people come to rely on a tech tool so much that it can be borderline or outright dependence. But mate, having less sex? I'd be browsing the net because I'm getting less, never the other way around. Perhaps they're just afraid of going out and being Tazered, or Pain-rayed, or having their identity stolen, or being express-kidnapped, or having their arteries clogged by Evil Fast Food, or...
As long as it's not a Gom Jar Jar, otherwise the pain would be unendurable AND it will leave deep psychological scarring. There is an userfriendly strip about this but couldn't find it =P
Well I didn't want to come across as a whinger and I did want to get the first post so I had to make it quick;) but I was referring to a general sluggishness. It does work. It does work well and I use it as my main suite at home, and I have never had any problems with MS formats (other than some obscure PPSs with macros but I understand why this is like that [and how to fix it] so I don't complain about that). Nevertheless it does take its sweet time to load the application and to open large, heavily-formatted files. Also the fact that it freezes while saving is annoying. So my point was: it is good, but rather than adding extra functionality I would like it better that they made the excellent stuff they have now to work faster. Like somebody else rightly said, making it feel smoother adds a lot to the "it's a serious and professional app" experience.
When will they focus on usability and speed rather than adding features. It may or may not be feature-complete (whatever that is) but it certainly is not yet quite as easy and streamlined to use even as some early nineties suites...
Just my $0.02, don't bite my head off =)
While the sociopath is trying to kill you, compassion and $3.33 will get you a Venti Latte at Starbucks. So, of course, will $3.35 without the compassion. Aha! So compassion IS worth $.02!
+R
You can also install Firefox and use one of the IE-look-alike themes. I have one for Luna at home (the XP Fisher-Price interface) and one for Vista at work, and suddenly Firefox behaves a lot like IE. You can also set IE Tabs and have it open IE-only sites on an IE tab by default, this requires nothing more than two mouse clicks. Obviously, you need to get IE patched up if you are going to use IE tabs =)
Then you can slowly add nifty FF extensions and slowly win her over to the Dark Side, bwahahaha... er, to the Good side I mean, yeah, the good side...
Well, I guess that's because its marketed to women, not men. Surprisingly, women tend to regard sex from a female perspective and if they are going to buy a sex toy in general terms they would be more interested in themselves. They do not have "Rods" and probably think of similar terminology as immature guy-slang. But they do have orgasms. I say the name was well chosen.
Well, the reason for these predictions is the rise on connected devices. When they started plugging fridges to the net, somebody realized that this would be The Way Of The Future (tm). Right here I have desktop PC, an iPaq and a Nokia all with internet access. That would be 3 IP addresses for yours truly just at this location. Back home I have two connected computers. Some creative guys dreamed to make available a number of addresses for every living human and all their devices, which is patently impossible with IPv4. Not that you would magically get famine-ridden countries connected when they can barely stay alive, but with IPv6 the possibility is there should we some day overcome more pressing matters like the hunger issue. And every single internet-capable gadget could have its unique address in a MAC-like fashion so we could do away with NAT and the world would be prettier:P
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I'm curious about your idea. I'll try not to troll or flamebait but why do you think the latter is not wrong?
I hope you'll agree that all intellectual works released commercially are for profit (on the part of the releaser). You say that if I grab a copy of a song/book/poem/knitting-pattern/MS Office 3000 Plus Plus and then resell it at the flea market that is wrong.
But if I give a free copy to my buddy, that's not. Even though in both cases I'm causing for someone to get a copy without compensating the original releaser for it when he *explicitly* provides the goods for money. I understand the arguments about the flawed business model, but I think it's flawed not in spirit but in implementation. It's flaw is that there are ways for people to get around the payment and just get the goods for free.
On a physical goods exchange if you bake a loaf of bread and I eat it, I have benefited from your work and you no longer have the fruits of your labor. It's easier to understand why you expect some compensation for your loss, you are now one loaf short so how will you make up for it? You charge me. The price should cover the materials and the effort put into producing the good, with some other considerations factored in such as economies of scale, demand and supply, competition, etc.
On an intellectual goods exchange if Robert Smith writes and performs a song and I make a copy of his recording, now both of us have the whole product. This is where it becomes murkier, I think because of misuse of physical metaphors. He still has to factor in his costs which may or may not be different from the baker's. But he is not selling the "song", i.e. he is not selling a bunch of words strung together, or a collection of sounds. He is selling a copy of a particular rendition of that song. The fact that we can now duplicate it with negligible effort opens up the potential for us to benefit from his work without compensating him. That's why I think that copyright is not theft but fraud. And whether you charge or not for the copy, the fraud is the same: obtaining a benefit without compensating the originator.
Whether or not his expectations of obtaining any benefit under this model are reasonable or not should be a matter of separate discussion IMHO.
I agree with the sentiment and there are new models emerging that integrate freeloaders into the equation, i.e. Radiohead's stunt or Saul Williams' (yes I bought the album, that's why I keep pushing it =D ) but only time will tell if they work or not. It's hard to make sweeping generalizations about people, as cultural differences account for a lot of our behaviors. I've lived in places where $10 USD was an outrageous price for a CD, and others where it would be the perfect price point but they sell them for $22 USD. Also in some of those places people would grab for free anything they could get away with and on some others they would feel compelled to offer some kind of compensation.
I guess some "content providers" (artists, software engineers, book authors) will have to try different models and maybe even use two or three of them depending on their target audience. It might be different selling to those hippie Canadian commies than to people on the US or Brazil for instance.
Right you are, I forgot about that. Well, I guess it makes sense then =)
On the one hand it is excellent that a govt. realized they have more pressing issues. On the other this is a bad precedent, they are essentially saying that "if you can't beat them, ignore them". Illegal file-sharing is not proper theft but it is without a doubt a fraud, as you are getting a service (entertainment) without paying for it. Interesting times ahead.
While on LAN parties my friends used to complain about my "unplayable" (to them) key setup. I always use the ASD part, but map the advance to button two on the mouse, fire to button one, and secondary fire to button three. Plus I had a trackball, which is great for maneuverability and saves milliseconds of dragging the mouse around, also less RSD injuries. I guess the best layout is the one that works for one, and it's a great advantage I feel PC games have over consoles.
I got this email from NIN's ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_inch_nails )website where Trent Reznor was pitching this dude Saul somebody, with a scheme similar to Radiohead's except that you can choose between FLAC, 192 and 256 mp3 (or aprox, you look it up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niggy_tardust ). And the price was $5 flat if you want to pay for it, or you can get the 192 version for free.
So I went there, "preordered" as it was to be available by Nov 1st and it was around the 27 of Oct, and when the date came I downloaded my FLAC album. The music is not bad for my taste, and I thought this is an interesting model. I don't think I would have found about him and much less buy the thing if it wasn't recommended by some artist whose work I like, so the new names trying to find a fan base will have to resort to partnering like this and will still have some means of publicity even if they no longer needed distribution.
One thing I don't like about this whole targeted ad business is that more often than not they miss the mark with oddballs like me. Take Amazon for instance, they keep pitching the same dreg to me all the time because they do this "users that got X also got Y" thing. While it does rarely recommend something I might be interested, it mostly tries to shove crap I wouldn't waste more than two seconds looking at.
But the biggest downside is that someone, somewhere is deciding what sort of stuff expose me to. If (er, when) this catches on and becomes mainstream, these bozos will have most of us surrounded in infomercial bubbles where nothing new will rarely enter because most of it will be subordinated to previous choices, consumer history, etc. While this is not the end of the world, it will end up hurting them. I may not need those tampons, and I don't have the cash for the Ashton, but there are some times when I've seen/heard something advertised that was interesting enough for me to look up. I think these technologies have the potential to make advertisement even more boring and invasive than it already is. At least now they are sweeping generalizations, but if I start getting personalized Ads saying "hey Raider, scores of mindless borg worship the iPod, we know you like music so you totally should get yourself one" will rollaly piss me off and ensure none of the implicated ever see a dime of mine. If I can help it. Ideally. Maybe. Whatever ... :p
I agree with your sentiment, but sadly this will only work with people that are polite themselves in general terms and perhaps just unaware that they are annoying somebody. There are always assholes that WANT to get in your face, and will not only double their voice volume but then go and pick a fight with you after they are done for daring tell them what to do.
So I guess we should use politeness at first and then enforcement for those that keep offending. But the rules should always be made clear, so there is none of this vigilantism.I sincerely hope they don't confuse "clean interface" with "bare bones". Google's interface is good for what we use it for, but I kinda like the bling on modern cellphones. Cue the "I just want a cell phone that..."-people in 3, 2, 1...
It would be amazing if they could get a single cell to hold a whole byte instead of a bit. That would be some serious capacity there. Imagine your Zen, but with your DVD collection PLUS your music collection.
Neat. Also vaporware, but still neat.
The article doesn't specify if they kissed co-workers while at work. I have kissed co-workers, (we weren't even dating at times) but never at the workplace. As some have pointed out you spend at least 1/3 of your life at work, some ties develop.
Obviously this being /. nobody has RTFA so I'm not surprised that there are no comments about alcohol consumption on the workplace. I don't know if this is common around here or not, but it would appear so. At least in my company we used to have a BBQ every month and there was always beer, and you would always be able to take your beer to your desk and week working. We haven't had those since we relocated to another facility, but our manager takes us to lunch from time to time to show appreciation for a good work and all that rant, and still get to have a couple of beers and head back to keep pounding the keyboard.
Man, am I glad I moved. On my previous-to-last job on a different continent I once had a total of 12 hours of sleep in five days. After I finished the job I told the complete retard we had for manager where to stick it and quit. I will never again do that unless it's my own business and there is no alternative.
You don't mention what kind of medical test you had done, but assuming you were checked up for sleeping disorders it may also be a case of mild depression. Depression often alters sleep patterns, some people have insomnia, others feel drowsy all the time, and yet some more sleep a lot but don't get rest. Perhaps there is some event in your life that is troubling you, or maybe you are unhappy about some aspect of your life. At times it isn't sharp enough to be easily recognized as depression, but there may be other related symptoms such as eating too much or too little (as related to your past habits). Stress can also diminish the quality of sleep. Obviously without more info is hard to guess.
Este edificio se encuentra vigilado por Cámaras de Monitoreo. Toda actividad ilegal será grabada y entregada a la policía.
There are of course many other ways to put it, but if they laugh this time will be because they don't give a hoot about the cameras or the police. I hope your problem gets solved!
I don't think we would see to many of those laws. The final draft will be reviewed by a relevant body before submitting it for approval. Not doing so would be insane, as all manner of abuse could find their way into the law otherwise. The thing is, it will be reviewed by those same people that we are supposing take "financial aids" from interest groups. So they will just snip out whatever doesn't suit their agendas.
I know this is a police law, but think of the possibilities in other areas. What if I want to expand the definition of Fair Use? Or if I want to shorten copyright duration? Do you see those amends surviving even on the face of overwhelming public support on the wiki? On top of lobbyists there would be astroturfers for one thing. And let's not forget that usually the only people that are vocal about something are those with a vested interest. I wouldn't want the nosy bastards from some retarded Home-Owners association slipping in some ordinances that would, for example, prevent me from installing a solar array on my backyard because it "ruins the aesthetics of the neighborhood" or such. Particularly if I don't even live on their area but get covered by this laws.
I think is a good publicity stunt and it may even generate some novel ideas, but I just don't see it suddenly making sense of the legal landscape in any meaningful way. I'd much rather they put the existing laws in a database with strong referential integrity. That would be interesting.
Just some ramble =)
I can very well see how some of those people come to rely on a tech tool so much that it can be borderline or outright dependence. But mate, having less sex? I'd be browsing the net because I'm getting less, never the other way around. Perhaps they're just afraid of going out and being Tazered, or Pain-rayed, or having their identity stolen, or being express-kidnapped, or having their arteries clogged by Evil Fast Food, or...
Surprise! Again I ramble =)
For some reason I picture the cop yelling "Crucio!" as he pulls the trigger...
As long as it's not a Gom Jar Jar, otherwise the pain would be unendurable AND it will leave deep psychological scarring. There is an userfriendly strip about this but couldn't find it =P
Well I didn't want to come across as a whinger and I did want to get the first post so I had to make it quick ;) but I was referring to a general sluggishness. It does work. It does work well and I use it as my main suite at home, and I have never had any problems with MS formats (other than some obscure PPSs with macros but I understand why this is like that [and how to fix it] so I don't complain about that). Nevertheless it does take its sweet time to load the application and to open large, heavily-formatted files. Also the fact that it freezes while saving is annoying. So my point was: it is good, but rather than adding extra functionality I would like it better that they made the excellent stuff they have now to work faster. Like somebody else rightly said, making it feel smoother adds a lot to the "it's a serious and professional app" experience.
When will they focus on usability and speed rather than adding features. It may or may not be feature-complete (whatever that is) but it certainly is not yet quite as easy and streamlined to use even as some early nineties suites... Just my $0.02, don't bite my head off =)
You can also install Firefox and use one of the IE-look-alike themes. I have one for Luna at home (the XP Fisher-Price interface) and one for Vista at work, and suddenly Firefox behaves a lot like IE. You can also set IE Tabs and have it open IE-only sites on an IE tab by default, this requires nothing more than two mouse clicks. Obviously, you need to get IE patched up if you are going to use IE tabs =)
Then you can slowly add nifty FF extensions and slowly win her over to the Dark Side, bwahahaha... er, to the Good side I mean, yeah, the good side...
Well, I guess that's because its marketed to women, not men. Surprisingly, women tend to regard sex from a female perspective and if they are going to buy a sex toy in general terms they would be more interested in themselves. They do not have "Rods" and probably think of similar terminology as immature guy-slang. But they do have orgasms. I say the name was well chosen.
Well, the reason for these predictions is the rise on connected devices. When they started plugging fridges to the net, somebody realized that this would be The Way Of The Future (tm). Right here I have desktop PC, an iPaq and a Nokia all with internet access. That would be 3 IP addresses for yours truly just at this location. Back home I have two connected computers. Some creative guys dreamed to make available a number of addresses for every living human and all their devices, which is patently impossible with IPv4. Not that you would magically get famine-ridden countries connected when they can barely stay alive, but with IPv6 the possibility is there should we some day overcome more pressing matters like the hunger issue. And every single internet-capable gadget could have its unique address in a MAC-like fashion so we could do away with NAT and the world would be prettier :P
Yeah but if people here seem to think it would be a fight to get the addresses off Apple, try to pry them from the bloody DoD! ;D