I know this is not really on topic or a welcome question, but I just don't understand how developers are supposed to check through all that code to see what it does..
I mean, it's hard enough to check your own code, how can you be expected to validate another programmers code?
Do any of you really see through and understand the function of the code of every application you install on every system?
Not trying to be a troll here, I was just hoping to be enlightened on how the world turns:)
What I would really like to see, is an entire day in the entrepreneuring spirit - ya know, without all the "What's the point", "Waste of money", "Why would anybody want to do THAT" kind of comments..
It really sickens me, that every time someone has done something extraordinary, be it digging a tunnel under Boston, making an unmanned spacecraft in the backyard or walking to the peak of Mount Everest backwards, someone is going to complain that it's boring, expensive, waste of time etc. etc. etc.
People! Do you think that you would have your precious Internet without that spirit you're so profoundly mocking?
In Denmark, the crazy wikings are at it again - we have a sales tax at 25%.
Not to troll, but this is a prime example of a society gone wrong - income tax at 66%, sales tax at 25%, additional taxes for any item you can name (and even taxes for some items you can't name)..
When you look at it, Denmark has more in common with communism than any other system - and yeah, I live here...
Noone I know is buying cds, listening to them and THEN deciding to sell or keep it.
Think about it, if you bought a new DVD player, but decided that it sucked, would you just throw it away?
I know I wouldn't, I'd try to sell it again - but when I buy a cd that sucks, I'll probably keep it anyway.
My point is, that this is to RIAAs advantage - if everybody just kept the cds that they liked and sold the rest, new cd sales would probably be down more than the 15% attributed to piracy..
My guess is that piracy and extra sales generated from used cds NOT entering the market again probably evens each other out..
Just a thought - but there are some fine balances involved in this game, and if it suddenly became everyones business selling used cds, the RIAA would have something real to complain about.
I don't get this - but granted, I didn't read the article.
I sell Microsoft Office for a living, and the installation files for Microsoft Office (or any other product) can be purchased from us at approx. $40 a piece.
For this amount of money, you get an original, holographic cd complete with codes and all.
This is perfectly legal - but in order to actually use the program, you have to buy a license, but this is in no way coupled to the physical installation files...
In other words, if you have a copy of Office lying around, it has a value of $40. Not a lot, eh?
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I know this is not really on topic or a welcome question, but I just don't understand how developers are supposed to check through all that code to see what it does..
:)
I mean, it's hard enough to check your own code, how can you be expected to validate another programmers code?
Do any of you really see through and understand the function of the code of every application you install on every system?
Not trying to be a troll here, I was just hoping to be enlightened on how the world turns
What I would really like to see, is an entire day in the entrepreneuring spirit - ya know, without all the "What's the point", "Waste of money", "Why would anybody want to do THAT" kind of comments..
/rant off
It really sickens me, that every time someone has done something extraordinary, be it digging a tunnel under Boston, making an unmanned spacecraft in the backyard or walking to the peak of Mount Everest backwards, someone is going to complain that it's boring, expensive, waste of time etc. etc. etc.
People! Do you think that you would have your precious Internet without that spirit you're so profoundly mocking?
Uh... Stockholm is in Sweden, but good luck with your new moving-to-a-different-continent-project ;)
Well, it wouldn't be the first time.
:)
/Krumme
According to The Smoking Gun, Billy was arrested back in 1977 after a traffic violation: The Smoking Gun
Nothing like the good ole Internet to bring back memories long gone, eh?
Interesting.. 10%?
In Denmark, the crazy wikings are at it again - we have a sales tax at 25%.
Not to troll, but this is a prime example of a society gone wrong - income tax at 66%, sales tax at 25%, additional taxes for any item you can name (and even taxes for some items you can't name)..
When you look at it, Denmark has more in common with communism than any other system - and yeah, I live here...
Noone I know is buying cds, listening to them and THEN deciding to sell or keep it.
Think about it, if you bought a new DVD player, but decided that it sucked, would you just throw it away?
I know I wouldn't, I'd try to sell it again - but when I buy a cd that sucks, I'll probably keep it anyway.
My point is, that this is to RIAAs advantage - if everybody just kept the cds that they liked and sold the rest, new cd sales would probably be down more than the 15% attributed to piracy..
My guess is that piracy and extra sales generated from used cds NOT entering the market again probably evens each other out..
Just a thought - but there are some fine balances involved in this game, and if it suddenly became everyones business selling used cds, the RIAA would have something real to complain about.
I don't get this - but granted, I didn't read the article.
I sell Microsoft Office for a living, and the installation files for Microsoft Office (or any other product) can be purchased from us at approx. $40 a piece.
For this amount of money, you get an original, holographic cd complete with codes and all. This is perfectly legal - but in order to actually use the program, you have to buy a license, but this is in no way coupled to the physical installation files...
In other words, if you have a copy of Office lying around, it has a value of $40. Not a lot, eh?