It is clear to me that you are desperately trying to justify to yourself that your piracy is only aimed at hurting those "large evil faceless corporations." It makes you feel less bad about it. Worse, you probably convinced yourself that you are the good guy. The truth is that you are just a common criminal, stealing from real people trying to make an honest living.
Yes, mod me down again. It will make you feel better.
Have you ever considered WHY the software is so lousy? I it wasn't so easy to pirate the software, there would have been more money to employ more and better developers and/or reduce the cost. It cracks me up every time I hear a pirate complain about poor quality software...
Without piracy there would be a lot more content producers, more competition amongst them, better and cheaper content with less restrictions. And people with jobs instead of being pirates.
The sad part is I think you actually believe that.
I know, it is not your problem. And you don't see how it could possibly ever affect you.
That's the ONLY reason? Wow, your view of humanity is even lower than mine.
Well, I was hoping that most people would be able to tell right from wrong, but after reading some of the posts in this story, I am not so sure anymore.
When did people stop recognizing intellectual property rights? Is this really how people feel about intellectual property these days? Are you also saying that software has no real value, just because it is easy and cheap to copy? Are you also suggesting that the whole software industry just "give up and move on to something else"?
A great deal of economic value of anything is related to how scarce it is. With the world now capable of digitally replicating so many things, those things capable of replication simply aren't scarce anymore.
Intellectual property does have value, and there is a great demand for it. If that was not so, then there would be no people stealing it. But piracy is like a positive feedback loop. It causes more and more creative people to just give up and exit the market, making content even more scarce, expensive and restrictive - just increasing piracy further. In the end there will be no more quality content, because there is no-one left willing to work for free.
Without piracy there would be a lot more content producers, more competition amongst them, better and cheaper content with less restrictions. And people with jobs instead of being pirates.
Farm produce is physical, and you can protect your field physically from stealing in ways that do not affect the legal end-user of your product.
Not really. If the thieves have enough fire power you won't be able to stop them. The only reason we don't have anarchy, where everyone just take everything that they want, is because we have government, police, and the law. Why should the government protect the farmer but not the artists?
If I was a farmer struggling with people stealing from my fields, what would you suggest I do? Hold on tight or bail? Or just stop worrying so much about the potential loss? Surely not?
I am sorry, but that does not help the small guy who is struggling to make ends meet while watching others steal his work. I am not saying this bill will help either, but I would like to hear what all the consumers suggest he do?
How many people here are producers of content, as opposed to consumers of content? All I see is lots of people with a not-my-problem attitude. Does anyone actually have an alternative or better solution?
Please don't mention "aviation" and "IT" in the same sentence. There is a HUGE difference between something that must work all the time, and something that must work most of the time.
Yea, you got to love how they can scan a printed picture, then zoom in on a small silver vase in the background, and end up with a crystal clear picture of the person who took the photo along with everyone else who were standing behind the camera.
No wonder I see so many pixelated photos used in ads. Thanks to the movies, the average person now thinks that computers can enlarge a small web graphic back up to 300dpi for printing.
You said that SPF records "aren't part of reputation", but rather "if you emit junk, your reputation will be junk." But if others are allowed to forge your email addresses, then their junk will be attributed to you, and so affect you reputation. So it sounds to me like SPF can in fact affect reputation. There seems to be a contradiction here...
A vehicle also has limited space. If you look at the other axis of that graph (MJ/l), you will be a lot less excited about hydrogen. Unless of course your vehicle is a zeppelin, then space is not a problem.
Yes, the GPS system uses its own internal GPS time which is different from UTC. But the difference is always exactly an integer number of seconds and the GPS system is made aware of the changes to this difference (like when a leap second is added) so a GPS unit can and should display UTC correctly, ie 59, 60, 00.
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If something can be done on a small scale, it can be done better on a large scale This is why we have power stations.
Calm down, this is Slashdot. Nobody reads TFA.
Why are they updating the "flight software"? I thought they were done with the flying bit?
Are there any manufacturers of solar panels that uses solar power (ie from their own panels) for the manufacturing process?
It is clear to me that you are desperately trying to justify to yourself that your piracy is only aimed at hurting those "large evil faceless corporations." It makes you feel less bad about it. Worse, you probably convinced yourself that you are the good guy. The truth is that you are just a common criminal, stealing from real people trying to make an honest living.
Yes, mod me down again. It will make you feel better.
Have you ever considered WHY the software is so lousy? I it wasn't so easy to pirate the software, there would have been more money to employ more and better developers and/or reduce the cost. It cracks me up every time I hear a pirate complain about poor quality software...
Without piracy there would be a lot more content producers, more competition amongst them, better and cheaper content with less restrictions. And people with jobs instead of being pirates.
The sad part is I think you actually believe that.
I know, it is not your problem. And you don't see how it could possibly ever affect you.
That's the ONLY reason? Wow, your view of humanity is even lower than mine.
Well, I was hoping that most people would be able to tell right from wrong, but after reading some of the posts in this story, I am not so sure anymore.
When did people stop recognizing intellectual property rights? Is this really how people feel about intellectual property these days? Are you also saying that software has no real value, just because it is easy and cheap to copy? Are you also suggesting that the whole software industry just "give up and move on to something else"?
A great deal of economic value of anything is related to how scarce it is. With the world now capable of digitally replicating so many things, those things capable of replication simply aren't scarce anymore.
Intellectual property does have value, and there is a great demand for it. If that was not so, then there would be no people stealing it. But piracy is like a positive feedback loop. It causes more and more creative people to just give up and exit the market, making content even more scarce, expensive and restrictive - just increasing piracy further. In the end there will be no more quality content, because there is no-one left willing to work for free.
Without piracy there would be a lot more content producers, more competition amongst them, better and cheaper content with less restrictions. And people with jobs instead of being pirates.
Farm produce is physical, and you can protect your field physically from stealing in ways that do not affect the legal end-user of your product.
Not really. If the thieves have enough fire power you won't be able to stop them. The only reason we don't have anarchy, where everyone just take everything that they want, is because we have government, police, and the law. Why should the government protect the farmer but not the artists?
If I was a farmer struggling with people stealing from my fields, what would you suggest I do? Hold on tight or bail? Or just stop worrying so much about the potential loss? Surely not?
Not this. Stop worrying so much about the potential loss of potential profit. It's being treated as some kind of national security issue.
Ignoring the problem is not going to feed my family.
I am sorry, but that does not help the small guy who is struggling to make ends meet while watching others steal his work. I am not saying this bill will help either, but I would like to hear what all the consumers suggest he do?
How many people here are producers of content, as opposed to consumers of content? All I see is lots of people with a not-my-problem attitude. Does anyone actually have an alternative or better solution?
Nor did it say that scanners will prevent all deaths from terrorism.
Please don't mention "aviation" and "IT" in the same sentence. There is a HUGE difference between something that must work all the time, and something that must work most of the time.
What is 40 centimeters square? Is it 40cm x 40cm, or 40 square centimeters (40cm)?
Yea, you got to love how they can scan a printed picture, then zoom in on a small silver vase in the background, and end up with a crystal clear picture of the person who took the photo along with everyone else who were standing behind the camera. No wonder I see so many pixelated photos used in ads. Thanks to the movies, the average person now thinks that computers can enlarge a small web graphic back up to 300dpi for printing.
I am not letting you skew that graph.
Seriously, is somebody taking seriously the 1 to 10 ratio of the story?
Only 1 to10 ?!? I would have thought 1 to 100.
You said that SPF records "aren't part of reputation", but rather "if you emit junk, your reputation will be junk." But if others are allowed to forge your email addresses, then their junk will be attributed to you, and so affect you reputation. So it sounds to me like SPF can in fact affect reputation. There seems to be a contradiction here...
A vehicle also has limited space. If you look at the other axis of that graph (MJ/l), you will be a lot less excited about hydrogen. Unless of course your vehicle is a zeppelin, then space is not a problem.
Yes, the GPS system uses its own internal GPS time which is different from UTC. But the difference is always exactly an integer number of seconds and the GPS system is made aware of the changes to this difference (like when a leap second is added) so a GPS unit can and should display UTC correctly, ie 59, 60, 00.