I'm sure they did. I remember hearing about at some point as a little kid. I don't remember how though. It may honestly have been the Tabloid TV show "A current Affair", but don't quote me. This all happened in grade school, and the RIAA lost. Why would CNN cover a decades old story?
If you ask me, I think the right price for a CD is about $5. $12.98 is a bit much (and why 98? do they think consumers have gotten wise to the whole $n+.99 thing?)
It'll eventualy happen.
I just hope they don't try to emulate the 'printer ink' market as far as revinue goes. I wouldn't be suprised to see $5/cart, even though the contents would cost less then a nickle if you could refill them.
Isn't Telstra one of the most hated companies in geekdom? I'm serious, I've never seen anyone say anything nice about it. If I were an aussy geek I'd probably be a little pissed:P
Your phone probably supports J2Me, so you might be able to write code in java and upload it to the phone. Check out http://java.sun.com/j2me/. I'm not sure how much of the cell's functionality is exposed to the jvm. But if you can get to the Camera and do IP you should be set.
One of the cooler things about Using the JVM as a scripting platform is that you can write a simple script->bytecode JIT, and have the actual JVM compiler recompile your bytecode into actual machine code.
Sure, scripting is easy, but so is Java. Now, you're probably not going to come up with these monster projects for tiny cell phones (yet) so the lack of scalability in most "scrypt-y" scripting languages.
And anyway, isn't the line between "Scripting" and "Compiled code" kind of getting blurred. I mean Perl is far more verbose then plain C. Scheme and Lisp (which are designed to be interpreted textually) are more difficult for more people then Java.
To me "scripting" these days basically means a language that makes it easy to write and modify quick little one-off applications, while "programming languages" are designed to scale to huge projects. But that doesn't mean that "Programming languages" can't be used for small one-off apps.
Except the scientists would probably have figured that out from his PATENT, not from reading his books. Anyway, one example does not mean much of anything. There may be some instances, but that doesn't mean that science would be nowhere without Sci-fi. I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of scientific advances are not based on things in sci fi
There is a diffrence between a piano and a book. But there is also a diffrence between software and a book. In fact, you can write software that actualy does the same thing as a piano.
But how is a physical device not an expression of ideas? I mean, you can see it, you can see the schematics, they hold ideas.
The big problem I see with the 'software is just ideas' or 'software is just math' is that everything can be reduced to 'ideas' or 'math'. I mean, you could after all implement that software with an ASIC or whatever, should you be able to patent it then? It's hardware.
Once more, I find myself educating those who should not need it... IT is more than just programming, people! Yes, programming jobs are going overseas. Phone support is going overseas. But in-your-office-today support? That's not going anywhere.
So we won't be able to design waterparks, but we can still clean toliets!
Unlike steal or textiles, coding can be done anywhere. You just won't see the same rates that you did before. There will be plenty of Americans willing to code for $20k and by then Indian rates may have gone up for good coders.
Since you don't need big factories and infrastructure you can move these jobs around too whatever's cheaper.
It's not any more difficult for an Indian to "sound American" then it is for an American to sound British. I know of one Indian chick that spoke with no discernable accent when I talked with her, but spoke with a very acute Indian accent when talking to other Indians.
Lots of Indians grow up using English anyway, but speak with the same accent everyone else does. But they can drop or change theirs as well as any other native speaker.
They can't install antivirus software on someone's system. They can't set up the phone+new PC for a new employee. They can't head over to the hosting center and install that new rackmount server. They don't form a working relationship with their coworkers that makes assisting them and understanding their problems easier.
They can't take out the trash either. Whats your point?
In fact, you could then get another job, and another Indian and so on and so forth. You could become a millionaire.
And then everyone on slashdot would talk about how evil you are for not paying them 6 times as much to do that work, even though you couldn't possibly afford it...
Just because you believe in freedom doesn't mean your supposed to sit still while someone takes a dump on your face.
Hah. So not being paid five times as much money as another person for doing the same thing is equivalent to getting shit on now? What a ridiculous sense of entitlement you have.
Freedom means nothing if you can't support yourself and your family (if you have one). Businesses are sending jobs overseas to increase profits at the cost of American jobs. This won't stop with Tech jobs. All jobs that can be moved overseas all in the name of increased profits will be if nothing is done to stop it
So go on welfare. And don't act like taking away other people's freedom and chance for economic well-being in the name of your own isn't the same thing. "Providing for you and your family" isn't the same thing as making $50k/year doing what someone else could for $10k/year. All you're doing is asking for a handout.
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I'm sure they did. I remember hearing about at some point as a little kid. I don't remember how though. It may honestly have been the Tabloid TV show "A current Affair", but don't quote me. This all happened in grade school, and the RIAA lost. Why would CNN cover a decades old story?
If you ask me, I think the right price for a CD is about $5. $12.98 is a bit much (and why 98? do they think consumers have gotten wise to the whole $n+.99 thing?) It'll eventualy happen.
I just hope they don't try to emulate the 'printer ink' market as far as revinue goes. I wouldn't be suprised to see $5/cart, even though the contents would cost less then a nickle if you could refill them.
I didn't mean that it took more code to write something in perl then in C, but rather that Perl has much more syntax.
Having watched David Boies in action in the Microsoft, Florida and Napster cases I am convinced that his reputation is vastly over-rated.
Lets not forget this one, Boies is Lead Counsel for SCO.
The jobs will be going from Americans to Indians, rather then Australians to Indians, so it's no net loss for the AUers.
Isn't Telstra one of the most hated companies in geekdom? I'm serious, I've never seen anyone say anything nice about it. If I were an aussy geek I'd probably be a little pissed :P
Your phone probably supports J2Me, so you might be able to write code in java and upload it to the phone. Check out http://java.sun.com/j2me/. I'm not sure how much of the cell's functionality is exposed to the jvm. But if you can get to the Camera and do IP you should be set.
Actually I think VBA comes with windows. After all, those .vbs viruses didn't seem to have much trouble finding hosts :P
One of the cooler things about Using the JVM as a scripting platform is that you can write a simple script->bytecode JIT, and have the actual JVM compiler recompile your bytecode into actual machine code.
But I doubt most cellphones have a JIT...
Sure, scripting is easy, but so is Java. Now, you're probably not going to come up with these monster projects for tiny cell phones (yet) so the lack of scalability in most "scrypt-y" scripting languages.
And anyway, isn't the line between "Scripting" and "Compiled code" kind of getting blurred. I mean Perl is far more verbose then plain C. Scheme and Lisp (which are designed to be interpreted textually) are more difficult for more people then Java.
To me "scripting" these days basically means a language that makes it easy to write and modify quick little one-off applications, while "programming languages" are designed to scale to huge projects. But that doesn't mean that "Programming languages" can't be used for small one-off apps.
Except the scientists would probably have figured that out from his PATENT, not from reading his books. Anyway, one example does not mean much of anything. There may be some instances, but that doesn't mean that science would be nowhere without Sci-fi. I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of scientific advances are not based on things in sci fi
Talk about ironic.
They can say whatever they want in those things. It dosn't that it would hold up in court. 99% of the stuff in those things is BS.
There is a diffrence between a piano and a book. But there is also a diffrence between software and a book. In fact, you can write software that actualy does the same thing as a piano.
But how is a physical device not an expression of ideas? I mean, you can see it, you can see the schematics, they hold ideas.
The big problem I see with the 'software is just ideas' or 'software is just math' is that everything can be reduced to 'ideas' or 'math'. I mean, you could after all implement that software with an ASIC or whatever, should you be able to patent it then? It's hardware.
Once more, I find myself educating those who should not need it... IT is more than just programming, people! Yes, programming jobs are going overseas. Phone support is going overseas. But in-your-office-today support? That's not going anywhere.
So we won't be able to design waterparks, but we can still clean toliets!
Unlike steal or textiles, coding can be done anywhere. You just won't see the same rates that you did before. There will be plenty of Americans willing to code for $20k and by then Indian rates may have gone up for good coders.
Since you don't need big factories and infrastructure you can move these jobs around too whatever's cheaper.
It's not any more difficult for an Indian to "sound American" then it is for an American to sound British. I know of one Indian chick that spoke with no discernable accent when I talked with her, but spoke with a very acute Indian accent when talking to other Indians.
Lots of Indians grow up using English anyway, but speak with the same accent everyone else does. But they can drop or change theirs as well as any other native speaker.
They can't install antivirus software on someone's system. They can't set up the phone+new PC for a new employee. They can't head over to the hosting center and install that new rackmount server. They don't form a working relationship with their coworkers that makes assisting them and understanding their problems easier.
They can't take out the trash either. Whats your point?
The typical indian programmer makes $10k now.
In fact, you could then get another job, and another Indian and so on and so forth. You could become a millionaire.
And then everyone on slashdot would talk about how evil you are for not paying them 6 times as much to do that work, even though you couldn't possibly afford it...
Just because you believe in freedom doesn't mean your supposed to sit still while someone takes a dump on your face.
Hah. So not being paid five times as much money as another person for doing the same thing is equivalent to getting shit on now? What a ridiculous sense of entitlement you have.
I hope a robot takes your job.
So, how do you really feel about Indians?
Freedom means nothing if you can't support yourself and your family (if you have one). Businesses are sending jobs overseas to increase profits at the cost of American jobs. This won't stop with Tech jobs. All jobs that can be moved overseas all in the name of increased profits will be if nothing is done to stop it
So go on welfare. And don't act like taking away other people's freedom and chance for economic well-being in the name of your own isn't the same thing. "Providing for you and your family" isn't the same thing as making $50k/year doing what someone else could for $10k/year. All you're doing is asking for a handout.
The upper 1% of wage earners pay for 35% of government income.