This quote from one of the articles sums it up: "The policy against booth babes attempts to foster an environment where women are around to SELL the products, not to BE the products"
One of the articles has a great quote that sums it up: "The policy against booth babes (at PAX) attempts to foster an environment where women are around to sell the products, not to be the products".
Think of it this way: do you want to deal with a knowledgeable salesperson where it's a plus that she's an attractive woman? Or deal with a woman dressed as a hooker twhose purpose is to activate your hindbrain so you buy something w/o a clue as to what it is or whether you want it?
The fact that they are dressed up as bimbos defines them as objects rather than people. Or to put it another way... when you see one of these women, are you tempted to go up to them and ask them about the gameplay in CoD 7? Or to ask them out on a date? If it's B, they are objects.
It's like an episode of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me... lots of ridiculous-sounding lies, but with an occasional nugget of truth inserted, just enough to make people think twice. He's clearly a superb self-promoter.
So if & when he actually goes to trial, will anyone remember this ridiculous assertion? Or will Kim have to announce that the "evidence" has "mysteriously disappeared"?
Being clear and direct is fine. Being a dick is worse than useless, it's counterproductive. It generates anger and locks people into positions they would otherwise not take. Furthermore, being a dick is usually a sign that you have a weak case that you can't argue on merits, so you resort to name-calling.
What it comes down to for me is either you respect the rights of the creator of a work, or you don't. If you respect those rights, then you don't pass the work off as your own, but you also don't take that work & use it w/o permission. The two go hand in hand.
Yes, there is something wrong with being a dick. It is very, VERY rare that people need to be dicks. What I've find is that people who enjoy being dicks find excuses to be dicks, no matter what.
Well, what if creating the software required 10 people for 2 years? Once one copy has been shipped, do they charge $3,000,000 for that one copy? No, they charge a reasonable amount, based on the expectation that they will sell X copies. When someone decides that that software "wants to be free" (how do you figure what some bits want?) and steals it, the makers of the software are no longer being paid fairly based on value. Which is the same as when someone else takes credit for your work... you are no longer receiving value from that work, because you can't use it as a reference for future work.
The two cases are closer than you think. The poster is complaining about credit for the code because it directly impacts his ability to generate income. Similarly, when "information" such as software is copied without permission, it deducts from the revenue of the creator. In each case, the creator is losing income.
Nothing more needs to be sad - the way you ignore what is being said and create statements that couldn't reasonably be implied says it all.
Really? Then explain to me why you'd like your plane to be hijacked / destroyed. That's the choice... you can either check people out, or you can lose a plane every now and again. There isn't any option 3.
Yeah, I would much rather that people be able to lug as many machine guns and bombs onto the planes as they can carry. I mean, it's not like there are crazed terrorists wanting to hijack planes and fly them into important buildings...
I go thru them because it's fast, easy, and other than paranoid speculation has no detrimental effects. I suppose I could opt for some sort of invasive pat-down but I'm really not looking for that sort of thing.
Nonsense. That's like saying that the ability to photoshop my head onto a naked body is the same as my posting nudes on the Internet. Just not comparable.
"I created a video of how I played X game and narrated it" is very very different than "I made a movie based on your book"
Actually, making a video of playing a video game sounds MUCH more derivative than making a movie of a book. Everything in the video of the game, the sound, the art, the gameplay, is the creation of the game maker. In a movie, everything you see other than (some of) the story line was created by the movie maker.
the whole argument for going thru the pain of adopting a new currency is that it's immune to the problems of the existing currencies. If it's going to have the same sort of problems, what's the point? Does it really matter to you whether the result of your currency being devalued is due to government policy or a bug?
Try reading and comprehending before posting. He gets FIFTEEN MINUTES per patient. Which means he has ZERO time to enter during the day. And he has a LOT of patient data to enter. So that's how he spends his evenings. When IT comes along with some crappy security plan that involves him jumping thru five hoops backwards, he's not going to be pleased about it.
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Let me clue you in. Sex sells.
READ what I wrote. I said nothing against dating.
This quote from one of the articles sums it up:
"The policy against booth babes attempts to foster an environment where women are around to SELL the products, not to BE the products"
One of the articles has a great quote that sums it up: "The policy against booth babes (at PAX) attempts to foster an environment where women are around to sell the products, not to be the products".
Think of it this way: do you want to deal with a knowledgeable salesperson where it's a plus that she's an attractive woman? Or deal with a woman dressed as a hooker twhose purpose is to activate your hindbrain so you buy something w/o a clue as to what it is or whether you want it?
The fact that they are dressed up as bimbos defines them as objects rather than people. Or to put it another way... when you see one of these women, are you tempted to go up to them and ask them about the gameplay in CoD 7? Or to ask them out on a date? If it's B, they are objects.
That's my question... so the NSA *might* be able to access your source... if that's your biggest problem, I want to invest in your company!
It's like an episode of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me... lots of ridiculous-sounding lies, but with an occasional nugget of truth inserted, just enough to make people think twice. He's clearly a superb self-promoter.
So if & when he actually goes to trial, will anyone remember this ridiculous assertion? Or will Kim have to announce that the "evidence" has "mysteriously disappeared"?
Being clear and direct is fine. Being a dick is worse than useless, it's counterproductive. It generates anger and locks people into positions they would otherwise not take. Furthermore, being a dick is usually a sign that you have a weak case that you can't argue on merits, so you resort to name-calling.
Sounds like we better get the NSA on it.
What it comes down to for me is either you respect the rights of the creator of a work, or you don't. If you respect those rights, then you don't pass the work off as your own, but you also don't take that work & use it w/o permission. The two go hand in hand.
Yes, there is something wrong with being a dick. It is very, VERY rare that people need to be dicks. What I've find is that people who enjoy being dicks find excuses to be dicks, no matter what.
Well, what if creating the software required 10 people for 2 years? Once one copy has been shipped, do they charge $3,000,000 for that one copy? No, they charge a reasonable amount, based on the expectation that they will sell X copies. When someone decides that that software "wants to be free" (how do you figure what some bits want?) and steals it, the makers of the software are no longer being paid fairly based on value. Which is the same as when someone else takes credit for your work... you are no longer receiving value from that work, because you can't use it as a reference for future work.
The two cases are closer than you think. The poster is complaining about credit for the code because it directly impacts his ability to generate income. Similarly, when "information" such as software is copied without permission, it deducts from the revenue of the creator. In each case, the creator is losing income.
Call me when they take down the slashthinkers who don't do anything useful themselves but feel free to denigrate those who do.
You're an idiot.
Nothing more needs to be sad - the way you ignore what is being said and create statements that couldn't reasonably be implied says it all.
Really? Then explain to me why you'd like your plane to be hijacked / destroyed. That's the choice... you can either check people out, or you can lose a plane every now and again. There isn't any option 3.
Yeah, I would much rather that people be able to lug as many machine guns and bombs onto the planes as they can carry. I mean, it's not like there are crazed terrorists wanting to hijack planes and fly them into important buildings...
I go thru them because it's fast, easy, and other than paranoid speculation has no detrimental effects. I suppose I could opt for some sort of invasive pat-down but I'm really not looking for that sort of thing.
Nonsense. That's like saying that the ability to photoshop my head onto a naked body is the same as my posting nudes on the Internet. Just not comparable.
In other words, exactly how Bitcoin worked...
I think you missed a couple of random kneejerk sayings... how about "Go Amerika" and "sheeple"?
Cue the ominous sound of black helicopters.
"gl4ss... gl4ss...????"
"I created a video of how I played X game and narrated it" is very very different than "I made a movie based on your book"
Actually, making a video of playing a video game sounds MUCH more derivative than making a movie of a book. Everything in the video of the game, the sound, the art, the gameplay, is the creation of the game maker. In a movie, everything you see other than (some of) the story line was created by the movie maker.
the whole argument for going thru the pain of adopting a new currency is that it's immune to the problems of the existing currencies. If it's going to have the same sort of problems, what's the point? Does it really matter to you whether the result of your currency being devalued is due to government policy or a bug?
the use case being "output only"
Try reading and comprehending before posting. He gets FIFTEEN MINUTES per patient. Which means he has ZERO time to enter during the day. And he has a LOT of patient data to enter. So that's how he spends his evenings. When IT comes along with some crappy security plan that involves him jumping thru five hoops backwards, he's not going to be pleased about it.