I could not find the OECD report being referred to in the article (maybe a searchspert can help us here), but couldn't this just as well be an indicator of increasing *legal* p2p use?
It's easy to mentally throw in an [illegal] before movies and software in the context of p2p. Did the article author do this too?
Think about it: What do YOU share?
I'm sharing several hundred impossible-to-find/older drivers and freeware/shareware packages that I saved before the manufacturers went out of business and their websites disappeared forever.
I specifically don't share freeware from companies like Adobe/Apple/etc, who's download terms were so all-encompassing that they made me wonder if it's legal to redistribute (unmodified).
There are also quite a few funny/cool videos on my share list. People will line up to see a good Star Wars Kid take-off ALL DAY LONG.
Just because there is more software and video sharing out there does not necessarily mean it's an increase in illegal trading of those types. It could just as well be an increase in legal P2P use, with the lack any real sampling data in the article.
BTW, be smart and *DON'T* run anything (even stuff that looks legal) you download with p2p unless you get the hash from a reliable source (NOT THE SEARCH FEATURE). Think of it this way: You might *read* the sign that the crazy guy on the corner is wearing, but would you *drink* anything he handed you?
The difference between this and robotics is that you don't have to worry about the loyalty of robots.
Your example has a problem: it is not outsourcing.
If it were outsourcing, you would have to begin by saying you have five local coders already working for you. Presumably, these five guys are competent, hard workers, doing what it takes to keep your operation afloat (or you would have fired them before this).
Now, you have an automagic software-writing program. Do the coders automatically become useless? No. Software can always be improved, and machines can't be creative (any more than they're programmed to be, at least), so it's doubtful that the software could improve itself without instruction.
So put the five guys to work improving your software. Better yet, have them turn it into a distributed app and give them jobs managing the server farm. Bam, 10000% increase in profits (you must have been profitable to begin with, to have five loyal employees) and no one had to lose their job.
But no, there's no magic software and you have simply fired the local guys because you could get the Bangalorians cheaper. But, now you have a problem:
Why should the Bangalorians show any company loyalty, when the company just showed it has no loyalty to its employees?
The first chance they get, the 5 Bangalorians will jump ship to a better job - preferably with a company that actually recognizes the kinds of personal sacrifices regularly made by employees. And, if there's any God, the story will end ironically, when they leave you employeeless to join a company headquartered in their own country (to improve the local economy and help their families and friends).
And, since you gave them no reason to be loyal, they will probably take a copy of every line of code from the software that is your livelyhood.
>> Now imagine him in loose clothing, layered, telling you to give him the fucking iPod right fucking now and tell me you're willing to bet your life on something as fragile as a Taser.
I wonder how much it hurts to get Tased in the face.
>> Now imagine him in loose clothing, layered, telling you to give him the fucking iPod right fucking now and tell me you're willing to bet your life on something as fragile as a Taser.
I wonder how much it hurts to be Tased in the face.
>> Not to be corny, (too late, I know) but it seems that the bright periods in human history are often during the full-scale exploration of a new frontier.
I think you might get some disagreement from native Americans, Incans, and the others that were already habitating a lot of those new frontiers.
Imagine pissing off space-indians with neutron death rays and Vogon poetry. The horror... the horror.
I think I'd rather have an underground base on the moon. The problem with space stations is that space junk goes through them like BB's through a tin can - and the junk's just getting worse.
I also can't see assembling an interplanetary rocket anywhere near a space station. ONE incident and your *entire* investment goes up in a silent bang (well probably not too silent for the people that get to hear explosive decompression and all).
An underground moon base could be a huge bunker, impervious to exploding fragments from a failed launch.
I hear it's going to be the last one because they kill him off in the movie.
WhAt?!?! They've done it before?!?! The first one? No way!
Well this doesn't bode well at all. When writers/producers create big media events out of a finale, the character should stay retired... Just like how those Death of Superman collectors comic books were the last time we saw Superman.
While I agree that there are WAY too many frivolous lawsuits nowadays, it's irritating that people always refer to the McD lawsuit as one.
Have you investigated the case at all? 7 days in the hospital and numerous skin grafts. The $480,000 she got (not millions) probably barely covered her injuries, with the cost of medical care nowadays. A recent trip to the emergency room for a small cut that took 30 seconds to glue shut (after a 4 hour wait) came back as a $1,500 bill before my insurance.
More than 700 people had been previously scalded, but McDonalds knowingly kept their coffee at 185 degrees with no warning signs at all that it was abnormally hot. I've even heard they did it purposely to cut down on free refills, because people had to wait longer for it to cool - but that's not a fact to my knowledge.
Microwaves, gamma waves, X-rays, etc. are all forms of electromagnetic radiation and travel at the same speed; the transmitter strength has nothing to do with it.
It sucks that he's found himself in the cage with the 800-kiloton gorilla, but then again the 'soft' in his domain name has no other purpose than to lean on MS's trademark. If he were developing software or something and it was and abreviation for "software blah blah blah..." then the line might be fuzzier.
He should show his good faith and register an alternate name for his business that is less obviously a play on their trademark. Something like: mikerowesoftworx.com
I'm sure Microsoft wouldn't have any problem with tha... err... nm.
In all seriousness, I *can* think of at least one such possible use: Put it in the nose of one of those big-ass amateur rockets and rig it to take a stream of downward looking photos about 10 seconds after the parachute deployment.
>> ALso, you can use it in situation where you know you will destroy it, such as taking close up pics of explosions, etc.
I've tried this several times now, but I'm having a problem: I'm not quite sure how you download pics from a smoking crater. I'm not even sure these are USB 2.0 compliant craters.
Oh geez.. I've been so totally ranked by an anonymous coward who is obviously a master of wit and prose and must be one handsome devil too, judging from the raking which he gave me! Oh, the humility!
Did I mention you're a moron?
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I could not find the OECD report being referred to in the article (maybe a searchspert can help us here), but couldn't this just as well be an indicator of increasing *legal* p2p use?
It's easy to mentally throw in an [illegal] before movies and software in the context of p2p. Did the article author do this too?
Think about it: What do YOU share?
I'm sharing several hundred impossible-to-find/older drivers and freeware/shareware packages that I saved before the manufacturers went out of business and their websites disappeared forever.
I specifically don't share freeware from companies like Adobe/Apple/etc, who's download terms were so all-encompassing that they made me wonder if it's legal to redistribute (unmodified).
There are also quite a few funny/cool videos on my share list. People will line up to see a good Star Wars Kid take-off ALL DAY LONG.
Just because there is more software and video sharing out there does not necessarily mean it's an increase in illegal trading of those types. It could just as well be an increase in legal P2P use, with the lack any real sampling data in the article.
BTW, be smart and *DON'T* run anything (even stuff that looks legal) you download with p2p unless you get the hash from a reliable source (NOT THE SEARCH FEATURE). Think of it this way: You might *read* the sign that the crazy guy on the corner is wearing, but would you *drink* anything he handed you?
Yes, yes.. because penguins live at the south pole. Thank you Encyclopedia Brown, you've saved the day again.
And/or for that matter, post something funny/insightful as an AC? It blows the mind.
Juggernaut was not a mutant. His power came from a magical ruby he 'liberated' from the temple of Cyttorak.
He was not an outcast because of his size or strength. He was an outcast because he was a S.O.B. *before* he got his power.
Awww nuts, there goes any chance I ever had of passing for a non-geek.
I'd love to do this!
Let's see... convert UTC to my time... carry the one....
YAY! I won't be needing all those protective glasses/filters for my observations; the sun doesn't hurt the eyes as much AT MIDNIGHT.
Damn.
RARGGHH... HTML formatted? Yes! Not! Sorry about the loss of four or five paragraph breaks. :(
The difference between this and robotics is that you don't have to worry about the loyalty of robots. Your example has a problem: it is not outsourcing. If it were outsourcing, you would have to begin by saying you have five local coders already working for you. Presumably, these five guys are competent, hard workers, doing what it takes to keep your operation afloat (or you would have fired them before this). Now, you have an automagic software-writing program. Do the coders automatically become useless? No. Software can always be improved, and machines can't be creative (any more than they're programmed to be, at least), so it's doubtful that the software could improve itself without instruction. So put the five guys to work improving your software. Better yet, have them turn it into a distributed app and give them jobs managing the server farm. Bam, 10000% increase in profits (you must have been profitable to begin with, to have five loyal employees) and no one had to lose their job. But no, there's no magic software and you have simply fired the local guys because you could get the Bangalorians cheaper. But, now you have a problem: Why should the Bangalorians show any company loyalty, when the company just showed it has no loyalty to its employees? The first chance they get, the 5 Bangalorians will jump ship to a better job - preferably with a company that actually recognizes the kinds of personal sacrifices regularly made by employees. And, if there's any God, the story will end ironically, when they leave you employeeless to join a company headquartered in their own country (to improve the local economy and help their families and friends). And, since you gave them no reason to be loyal, they will probably take a copy of every line of code from the software that is your livelyhood.
>> With digital music, the idea of the "album" is dead. A piece of music and be 5 minutes or three weeks long. It's up to the artist.
Man, I can't wait for the extended version of Inna Godda Davida. Because, you know, I already have the bullets and a gun.
>> Now imagine him in loose clothing, layered, telling you to give him the fucking iPod right fucking now and tell me you're willing to bet your life on something as fragile as a Taser.
I wonder how much it hurts to get Tased in the face.
>> Now imagine him in loose clothing, layered, telling you to give him the fucking iPod right fucking now and tell me you're willing to bet your life on something as fragile as a Taser.
I wonder how much it hurts to be Tased in the face.
>> Not to be corny, (too late, I know) but it seems that the bright periods in human history are often during the full-scale exploration of a new frontier.
I think you might get some disagreement from native Americans, Incans, and the others that were already habitating a lot of those new frontiers.
Imagine pissing off space-indians with neutron death rays and Vogon poetry. The horror... the horror.
>> Can America be referred to as Yankee?
Go ahead. But, you'll experience 93% less ass-kicking if you don't do it in front of Southerners.
I think I'd rather have an underground base on the moon. The problem with space stations is that space junk goes through them like BB's through a tin can - and the junk's just getting worse. I also can't see assembling an interplanetary rocket anywhere near a space station. ONE incident and your *entire* investment goes up in a silent bang (well probably not too silent for the people that get to hear explosive decompression and all). An underground moon base could be a huge bunker, impervious to exploding fragments from a failed launch.
I hear it's going to be the last one because they kill him off in the movie.
WhAt?!?! They've done it before?!?! The first one? No way!
Well this doesn't bode well at all. When writers/producers create big media events out of a finale, the character should stay retired... Just like how those Death of Superman collectors comic books were the last time we saw Superman.
WhAT?!?!
While I agree that there are WAY too many frivolous lawsuits nowadays, it's irritating that people always refer to the McD lawsuit as one.
Have you investigated the case at all? 7 days in the hospital and numerous skin grafts. The $480,000 she got (not millions) probably barely covered her injuries, with the cost of medical care nowadays. A recent trip to the emergency room for a small cut that took 30 seconds to glue shut (after a 4 hour wait) came back as a $1,500 bill before my insurance.
More than 700 people had been previously scalded, but McDonalds knowingly kept their coffee at 185 degrees with no warning signs at all that it was abnormally hot. I've even heard they did it purposely to cut down on free refills, because people had to wait longer for it to cool - but that's not a fact to my knowledge.
http://lawandhelp.com/q298-2.htm
How did the parent get modded +5 insightful?
Microwaves, gamma waves, X-rays, etc. are all forms of electromagnetic radiation and travel at the same speed; the transmitter strength has nothing to do with it.
It sucks that he's found himself in the cage with the 800-kiloton gorilla, but then again the 'soft' in his domain name has no other purpose than to lean on MS's trademark. If he were developing software or something and it was and abreviation for "software blah blah blah..." then the line might be fuzzier.
He should show his good faith and register an alternate name for his business that is less obviously a play on their trademark. Something like: mikerowesoftworx.com
I'm sure Microsoft wouldn't have any problem with tha... err... nm.
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In all seriousness, I *can* think of at least one such possible use: Put it in the nose of one of those big-ass amateur rockets and rig it to take a stream of downward looking photos about 10 seconds after the parachute deployment.
>> ALso, you can use it in situation where you know you will destroy it, such as taking close up pics of explosions, etc.
I've tried this several times now, but I'm having a problem: I'm not quite sure how you download pics from a smoking crater. I'm not even sure these are USB 2.0 compliant craters.
If the original poster knew this, I hereby donate my left kidney. Well, maybe he did and wasn't just drunk. You learn something new every day.
Oh geez.. I've been so totally ranked by an anonymous coward who is obviously a master of wit and prose and must be one handsome devil too, judging from the raking which he gave me! Oh, the humility! Did I mention you're a moron?
Lunix?!?! Is that even an OS?
No. The answer is "no".
I would beg to ask which OS you suggest they run, but then I'd have to explain that "TV's Incredible Hulk" is not an OS.
> I bet you're all virgins.
Shhhh.... Don't tell my kids.
Oh my god... I must say: That == != = joke was pretty damned funny, coming from a C background.