You seem to misunderstand how these markets play out.
"Superior" synthetics are not superior in the way that counts: rarity. A very large part of what makes a diamond "special" is its rarity, as well as the time taken and amazing natural processes that occurred to produce it.
In addition, you have the cause and effect backwards for pearls. Prices dropped as demand decreased/supply increased, not the other way around.
The diamonds "ground up" for industrial uses are not of the same aesthetic quality that would go into your typical gemstone.
First, 55 billion is only about.4% of the GDP, even if that were accurate (which it isn't, as you're numbers assume 100% increase or more each year). Second, your numbers assume that there are no offsetting benefits, which again isn't accurate. Third, your definition of welfare is incorrect. I agree that storing much of this email is probably a waste of time and money, but that doesn't make it "welfare".
We don't have a complete enough picture of the effects of data storage requirements. First, they may have some economic benefits. Second, it seems unlikely that the costs are so massive that they have any serious impact on bottom-line product development. Third, welfare would imply that there was no productive benefit caused by these "computer people", which we know is untrue.
FTFA, RAID, TFA, COTS, CPU, FC, GigE, FRYS, JBOD, CFS, CIFS, EMC, DMX, HDS, IBM, FC, FICON... 17+ acronyms in one post...that's pretty impressive. Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?:)
SI does exist for a reason: to allow for short, precise, descriptive, standardized measurements. However, the point of the numbers in this article is to show how absurdly large this amount of data really is. This isn't a scientific paper, it's a piece of journalism. In that case, there's nothing wrong with using numbers that aren't completely reduced to demonstrate scale.
Capitalism has little to do with the inherent problem here, so you should save your words. Do you really think that corporations "buying" laws is a symptom of a capitalist economic system? Money is money for the heads of corporations, whether free market or state owned.
The largest issue is a simple lack of understanding or technical sophistication on the part of lawmakers.
That is true to an extent, but the real confidence boost from an auction where the seller is also the creator is that they have little to gain by actively falsifying information, assuming that they are well-known enough (and I'd classify Paramount as well-known in this case). In the same manner in which you wouldn't expect a Windows software product ordered from Best Buy to be pirated, as they purchase it single-source from Microsoft, so too would you have high confidence that props coming directly from a studio to Christie's would be as stated.
Now that more info has come to light, this particular case may be a bit more complex than originally thought, but the initial analysis stands for the conditions.
While I agree in spirit with your arguments, the fact is that this was a Christie's auction, and their reputation stands heavily on their authentication methods. This auction in particular could be considered "high-confidence" in regards to authenticity, as it was essentially a single-source auction between the studio and Christie's.
As a rule, when buying something from a single-source auction at a place like Christie's, you are not supposed to need to worry about authentication beyond Christie's itself.
Fraud is one of the few cases in tort law where punitive damages are somewhat commonly awarded...not usually on the order of what this guy is asking, but still to some degree.
Actually, I did not lose gun rights. I have been diagnosed and treated for PTSD and have looked extensively into the new legislation, as I am an avid shooter. Most of the worry and hand-wringing surrounding that legislation is unwarranted.
I'll try to make it as straightforward as possible: The vast majority of command line, as well as common graphical toolkit (gtk, qt, etc) software that people typically run on Linux systems has either already been ported, is available through some system like Fink/DarwinPorts/etc, or can be ported relatively trivially (i.e. a day's work). This is by no means a 100% guarantee of portability for all software systems that you can come up with, but for the vast majority of cases it holds true.
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Some of us still believe that the federal government should only provide for the common defense and perform a very limited range of services.
You seem to misunderstand how these markets play out.
"Superior" synthetics are not superior in the way that counts: rarity. A very large part of what makes a diamond "special" is its rarity, as well as the time taken and amazing natural processes that occurred to produce it.
In addition, you have the cause and effect backwards for pearls. Prices dropped as demand decreased/supply increased, not the other way around.
The diamonds "ground up" for industrial uses are not of the same aesthetic quality that would go into your typical gemstone.
Sensationalism at its finest.
I travel internationally to and from the US on a monthly basis and never see any of these "atrocities".
Patent != Copyright
Except in the case where virtual dollars have an actual exchange rate with 'real' dollars, they aren't so 'virtual' anymore.
First, 55 billion is only about .4% of the GDP, even if that were accurate (which it isn't, as you're numbers assume 100% increase or more each year). Second, your numbers assume that there are no offsetting benefits, which again isn't accurate. Third, your definition of welfare is incorrect. I agree that storing much of this email is probably a waste of time and money, but that doesn't make it "welfare".
I disagree.
We don't have a complete enough picture of the effects of data storage requirements. First, they may have some economic benefits. Second, it seems unlikely that the costs are so massive that they have any serious impact on bottom-line product development. Third, welfare would imply that there was no productive benefit caused by these "computer people", which we know is untrue.
FTFA, RAID, TFA, COTS, CPU, FC, GigE, FRYS, JBOD, CFS, CIFS, EMC, DMX, HDS, IBM, FC, FICON... 17+ acronyms in one post...that's pretty impressive. Do you kiss your mother with that mouth? :)
How do you figure that storage needs driving the increase in disk capacities and creating jobs is "a huge drain on the economy"?
And what do data-archiving rules have to do with welfare for programmers? Maybe for disk manufacturing firms or data admins, but programmers?
In the US (and I'm sure other places as well), companies are required to archive electronic data.
SI does exist for a reason: to allow for short, precise, descriptive, standardized measurements. However, the point of the numbers in this article is to show how absurdly large this amount of data really is. This isn't a scientific paper, it's a piece of journalism. In that case, there's nothing wrong with using numbers that aren't completely reduced to demonstrate scale.
I think maybe you just fail to see the potential of these types of interfaces.
If there are that many disorders, than I submit that they are not disorders at all, but rather the natural variance in the human condition.
Ego-stroking? You've got to be kidding me. It's more like feeling great about helping others. Did you donate?
Capitalism has little to do with the inherent problem here, so you should save your words. Do you really think that corporations "buying" laws is a symptom of a capitalist economic system? Money is money for the heads of corporations, whether free market or state owned.
The largest issue is a simple lack of understanding or technical sophistication on the part of lawmakers.
That is true to an extent, but the real confidence boost from an auction where the seller is also the creator is that they have little to gain by actively falsifying information, assuming that they are well-known enough (and I'd classify Paramount as well-known in this case). In the same manner in which you wouldn't expect a Windows software product ordered from Best Buy to be pirated, as they purchase it single-source from Microsoft, so too would you have high confidence that props coming directly from a studio to Christie's would be as stated.
Now that more info has come to light, this particular case may be a bit more complex than originally thought, but the initial analysis stands for the conditions.
While I agree in spirit with your arguments, the fact is that this was a Christie's auction, and their reputation stands heavily on their authentication methods. This auction in particular could be considered "high-confidence" in regards to authenticity, as it was essentially a single-source auction between the studio and Christie's.
As a rule, when buying something from a single-source auction at a place like Christie's, you are not supposed to need to worry about authentication beyond Christie's itself.
Fraud is one of the few cases in tort law where punitive damages are somewhat commonly awarded...not usually on the order of what this guy is asking, but still to some degree.
Well, one difference is that there is a REAL threat from pedophiles due to very, very high recidivism rates.
The real problem in this case is not with pedophiles, but with the fact that the system overuses the "sex offender" label.
Actually, I did not lose gun rights. I have been diagnosed and treated for PTSD and have looked extensively into the new legislation, as I am an avid shooter. Most of the worry and hand-wringing surrounding that legislation is unwarranted.
I'll try to make it as straightforward as possible:
The vast majority of command line, as well as common graphical toolkit (gtk, qt, etc) software that people typically run on Linux systems has either already been ported, is available through some system like Fink/DarwinPorts/etc, or can be ported relatively trivially (i.e. a day's work). This is by no means a 100% guarantee of portability for all software systems that you can come up with, but for the vast majority of cases it holds true.
You're kidding, right?
Maybe you just give out your info a lot, but the DNC list has been about 99% effective for me...I've seen a huge reduction in sales calls.
$50/year per user is actually quite inexpensive in comparison to typical corporate installs.
But then, I assume that like most slashdot posters, you don't have any real experience in the problem domain about which you are commenting.
Answering the guy's question makes me an "asshole fanboi"?
ACs are what make me puke;)
Incidentally, a VM isn't an emulator. Now that both "PCs" and Macs use the same essential hardware, there is no "emulation" required.