I just don't get the pirate movie thing. Here's why:
1) Why would I watch some camcorder piece of garbage when I can wait for something more fitting my big screen tv?
2)As a developer, I find intellectual property theft too be distasteful and disgusting.
3)In Toronto, there are fools who are selling this bootleg crap on Spadina (Chinatown) and I can't wait till the authorities enforce the laws on these scum (now that's a movie I would download).
4) Piracy hurts the other connected industries (lots of people make their living on secondary industries).
5) Theft is theft. It's a poor way to live life if you steal. What will you teach your children? That sampling food in the grocery store is ok because they make money on you?!
6) Don't you want all the extras on the dvd?
I just don't understand this crime.
I am currently taking a great course on the Introduction of Linguistists.
I have been exposed to the rather complex process a human being uses to make a sound (phoneme). You can go here to get a good idea of what it truly entails
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosop hy/24-900Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm
The main obstacles to this is the fact each langauge uses different places and manners of articulation as well as the fact that intonation can change the meaning of a word. In Mandarin the word ma can change meaning based on tone.
This is not a factor in English but certainly is for most Asian languages.
The ability to use phonemes is one thing but paralinguistics is another (sarcasm).
It seems quite obvious from reading responses to this article from members of the community that you simply do not understand the simple principle of economy of scale.
Countries like China (with over 1 BILIION people) and India (with over 1 BILIION people) are able to keep mass production costs low ( and thereby keep their manufactured products ultra competitive against 'Western' nations) because they have a larger segment of population who are willing to work for lower wages.
There are numerous reasons why wages are lower in China and India: 1) Their domestic currencies are kept artificially low to encourage foreign investments and export based industries. 2) The cost of living is significantly lower than the 'West'. 3) There are very few powerful labour unions and labour union based disputes are relatively few and far between. 4) Their government's keep the prices of raw source materials (including water and electricity) low for industry and the infrastructure costs (sewage, garbage disposal) are also kept low.
The bottom line is that India and China will not simply disappear because Vietnam decides they can match prices. The simple fact is that both China and India have BILIION + populations and that population (including their relative growth rates) can far exceed the supply of other competing nations like : Vietnam, Indonesia or Romania. These countries may try to pose a threat to the India or China but, they simply can not match populations (larger populations = larger segment of population that will work for lower wages).
In the West we can see this in competitive industries: there are always people or pockets of population who will work for less money than you or I will.
What few people understand at Slashdot is that India and China will simply not disappear from the manufacturing world because they are being challenged by South Africa or a country as such. Both India and China have booming economies because they have booming populations..chock full of people who that keep labour prices ultra-competitive (sometimes as is the case in China..this translates into gross humanitarian violations - something we mostly forget when shopping for bargains).
I am always amazed as to where people in here think India and Chian will go once Vietnam decides to challenge either or both on the basis of lower labour rates?! China and India outnumber other countries and therefore, challenge directly the power of other nations to compete in the labour market for manufacturing jobs.
Just look at what is happening in the programming world. How many jobs have been sent to India (India pumps out an astonishing 25 000+ programmers yearly). You simply can not compete against this ( no matter how much we complain that are quality levels are better in the 'West' there are still companies who will outsource to India or China simply because they save $).
Please remember that history tells us that the 'West' came looking for the 'East' and not the other way around.
I once had a very smart University Professor who warned about the power of India and China. He simply said that if everyone in the USA drank one coke can each/day this would translate into 250 million+ cans per day. But if either India or China were to do the same, this translates into 1 Billion+ cans/day ( if both do then we are talking about 2 Billion + cans consumed). This is why he argued, the West will always want market share in India and China and why 'Western' nations view these countries in terms of economics when setting foreign policy regarding them.
I work for a company that is working with vending as its main channel of business.
The utlimate 24/7 365 vending machines that our described in the article are on their way to North America where the consumer can get product consumption at their desired rate of consumption and not limited to time or money(as there are systems that accept wireless transactions).
We are working on some very WEIRD products that might seem normal to Japan or Hong Kong but not here in North America.
BTW...Linux is starting to make serious inroads for the vending business.
Barring contractual language to the contrary, the copyright to the source code will lie with the client if the author was an employee and will lie with the author if the author was an independent contractor.
State your precedent for implying copyright law adheres to what you have claimed in the above. I believe you may be incorrect in the assumption of ownership. Give me ruling by a district court on the matter and the precedent it set(active web sites only). Otherwise, this is just your interpretation of copyright law. What section of the law are you refering to and what is your argument?
Are you stating the author owns the work if there is no contractual agreement but payment i9s being served? You better have a good ruling to back you on this to prove your point instead of the typical slashdot answer of "you suck" or "I am right because I said so".
Is it any wonder why people poured millions of dollars into stupid dot com ideas and why so many of these stupid ideas folded.
You children should not be givent the chance to exercise such dumb ideas.
Should FORD give you its blueprints so you can start making cars to because information needs to be free and because they should allow their competition to have the same designs as they have.
It just doesn't make sense but too inexperienced programmers and there are millions, they have this naive belief that everyone will fall into line with this idea. Obviously, with the dot com market imploding on itself, there are clearly people who don't believe all this crap.
Open Source is good, but you can't have your cake and expect others to share theirs for free.
Play by the rules of life.
The client may own the code if the arrangement is as such. If the contract is clearly stating that this is the case then the client owns the code.
You must be aware that the right of ownership for code is not inherited by either party. You can not simply assume you own the code unless you have this documented and signed by the other party. I here a lot in slashdot about IP Law but very little about specific since most people in here no nothing about the law. If they did they would state precedents that supported their position or rulings in their particular state since IP Law is not defines solely on a federal level.
Besides the point, there are clear moral obligations on both parties to divulge changes to the agreement or unconversed decision making (ie: the plan to Open Source code).
You can not assume you own the code without legal documentation and without a clear understanding of what you own.
Most people in slashdot don't understand this point or simply ignore it. So be very careful about your choices since some states now have begun plans to introduce liability laws for software (or so e-week and others claim).
Why would this be any different then what the American government is actually planning to do.
The idea that the above statement is proposing is not that far fetched when you think about how long humans have repeated historical mistakes....
Opening these secret locations in say 1000 years or so woulod be no different than us opening up mummy wraps to peek inside. Its just as stupid and dangerous since we are unaware of the consequences of such action.
My proposal is to send this crap into outer space on a course towards the closest galaxy next to us as it would ultimately solve 2 problems:
1) Problems with storing such matter where humans live (since most of us will not be around to warn the generations after us).
2) Whether or not E.T or his buddies actually live in the next galaxy. Just imagine the response from them if we were to launch this radioactive crap at them. Hmmmmm...E.T will give up the phone call business as launch some of his species septic waste at us. (No doubt helping our nutrient sources on this planet)
See, we can't lose if we launch this stuff in outer space. Of course it may just explode on the launch pad and seriously damage the environment. But, who knows until we try has always been the human way of trying stuff out.
I believe that mummy were in so much abundance that they were actually burned in very rich households similar to fire logs....
I saw a pbs show on this once and believe that they couldn't have exaggeratted this act as they claimed few and far between practiced it. But there were some real elitist types who got a "kick" out of throwing another mummy on the fireplace.
What a christmas party story that must have made.
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I just don't get the pirate movie thing. Here's why: 1) Why would I watch some camcorder piece of garbage when I can wait for something more fitting my big screen tv? 2)As a developer, I find intellectual property theft too be distasteful and disgusting. 3)In Toronto, there are fools who are selling this bootleg crap on Spadina (Chinatown) and I can't wait till the authorities enforce the laws on these scum (now that's a movie I would download). 4) Piracy hurts the other connected industries (lots of people make their living on secondary industries). 5) Theft is theft. It's a poor way to live life if you steal. What will you teach your children? That sampling food in the grocery store is ok because they make money on you?! 6) Don't you want all the extras on the dvd? I just don't understand this crime.
I am currently taking a great course on the Introduction of Linguistists. I have been exposed to the rather complex process a human being uses to make a sound (phoneme). You can go here to get a good idea of what it truly entails http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosop hy/24-900Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm
The main obstacles to this is the fact each langauge uses different places and manners of articulation as well as the fact that intonation can change the meaning of a word. In Mandarin the word ma can change meaning based on tone.
This is not a factor in English but certainly is for most Asian languages.
The ability to use phonemes is one thing but paralinguistics is another (sarcasm).
It seems quite obvious from reading responses to this article from members of the community that you simply do not understand the simple principle of economy of scale.
Countries like China (with over 1 BILIION people) and India (with over 1 BILIION people) are able to keep mass production costs low ( and thereby keep their manufactured products ultra competitive against 'Western' nations) because they have a larger segment of population who are willing to work for lower wages.
There are numerous reasons why wages are lower in China and India:
1) Their domestic currencies are kept artificially low to encourage foreign investments and export based industries.
2) The cost of living is significantly lower than the 'West'.
3) There are very few powerful labour unions and labour union based disputes are relatively few and far between.
4) Their government's keep the prices of raw source materials (including water and electricity) low for industry and the infrastructure costs (sewage, garbage disposal) are also kept low.
The bottom line is that India and China will not simply disappear because Vietnam decides they can match prices. The simple fact is that both China and India have BILIION + populations and that population (including their relative growth rates) can far exceed the supply of other competing nations like : Vietnam, Indonesia or Romania. These countries may try to pose a threat to the India or China but, they simply can not match populations (larger populations = larger segment of population that will work for lower wages).
In the West we can see this in competitive industries: there are always people or pockets of population who will work for less money than you or I will.
What few people understand at Slashdot is that India and China will simply not disappear from the manufacturing world because they are being challenged by South Africa or a country as such. Both India and China have booming economies because they have booming populations..chock full of people who that keep labour prices ultra-competitive (sometimes as is the case in China..this translates into gross humanitarian violations - something we mostly forget when shopping for bargains).
I am always amazed as to where people in here think India and Chian will go once Vietnam decides to challenge either or both on the basis of lower labour rates?! China and India outnumber other countries and therefore, challenge directly the power of other nations to compete in the labour market for manufacturing jobs.
Just look at what is happening in the programming world. How many jobs have been sent to India (India pumps out an astonishing 25 000+ programmers yearly). You simply can not compete against this ( no matter how much we complain that are quality levels are better in the 'West' there are still companies who will outsource to India or China simply because they save $).
Please remember that history tells us that the 'West' came looking for the 'East' and not the other way around.
I once had a very smart University Professor who warned about the power of India and China. He simply said that if everyone in the USA drank one coke can each/day this would translate into 250 million+ cans per day. But if either India or China were to do the same, this translates into 1 Billion+ cans/day ( if both do then we are talking about 2 Billion + cans consumed). This is why he argued, the West will always want market share in India and China and why 'Western' nations view these countries in terms of economics when setting foreign policy regarding them.
I work for a company that is working with vending as its main channel of business.
The utlimate 24/7 365 vending machines that our described in the article are on their way to North America where the consumer can get product consumption at their desired rate of consumption and not limited to time or money(as there are systems that accept wireless transactions).
We are working on some very WEIRD products that might seem normal to Japan or Hong Kong but not here in North America.
BTW...Linux is starting to make serious inroads for the vending business.
Barring contractual language to the contrary, the copyright to the source code will lie with the client if the author was an employee and will lie with the author if the author was an independent contractor.
State your precedent for implying copyright law adheres to what you have claimed in the above. I believe you may be incorrect in the assumption of ownership. Give me ruling by a district court on the matter and the precedent it set(active web sites only). Otherwise, this is just your interpretation of copyright law. What section of the law are you refering to and what is your argument?
Are you stating the author owns the work if there is no contractual agreement but payment i9s being served? You better have a good ruling to back you on this to prove your point instead of the typical slashdot answer of "you suck" or "I am right because I said so".
Is it any wonder why people poured millions of dollars into stupid dot com ideas and why so many of these stupid ideas folded. You children should not be givent the chance to exercise such dumb ideas. Should FORD give you its blueprints so you can start making cars to because information needs to be free and because they should allow their competition to have the same designs as they have. It just doesn't make sense but too inexperienced programmers and there are millions, they have this naive belief that everyone will fall into line with this idea. Obviously, with the dot com market imploding on itself, there are clearly people who don't believe all this crap. Open Source is good, but you can't have your cake and expect others to share theirs for free. Play by the rules of life.
The client may own the code if the arrangement is as such. If the contract is clearly stating that this is the case then the client owns the code.
You must be aware that the right of ownership for code is not inherited by either party. You can not simply assume you own the code unless you have this documented and signed by the other party. I here a lot in slashdot about IP Law but very little about specific since most people in here no nothing about the law. If they did they would state precedents that supported their position or rulings in their particular state since IP Law is not defines solely on a federal level.
Besides the point, there are clear moral obligations on both parties to divulge changes to the agreement or unconversed decision making (ie: the plan to Open Source code).
You can not assume you own the code without legal documentation and without a clear understanding of what you own.
Most people in slashdot don't understand this point or simply ignore it. So be very careful about your choices since some states now have begun plans to introduce liability laws for software (or so e-week and others claim).
Why would this be any different then what the American government is actually planning to do. The idea that the above statement is proposing is not that far fetched when you think about how long humans have repeated historical mistakes.... Opening these secret locations in say 1000 years or so woulod be no different than us opening up mummy wraps to peek inside. Its just as stupid and dangerous since we are unaware of the consequences of such action. My proposal is to send this crap into outer space on a course towards the closest galaxy next to us as it would ultimately solve 2 problems: 1) Problems with storing such matter where humans live (since most of us will not be around to warn the generations after us). 2) Whether or not E.T or his buddies actually live in the next galaxy. Just imagine the response from them if we were to launch this radioactive crap at them. Hmmmmm...E.T will give up the phone call business as launch some of his species septic waste at us. (No doubt helping our nutrient sources on this planet) See, we can't lose if we launch this stuff in outer space. Of course it may just explode on the launch pad and seriously damage the environment. But, who knows until we try has always been the human way of trying stuff out.
I believe that mummy were in so much abundance that they were actually burned in very rich households similar to fire logs.... I saw a pbs show on this once and believe that they couldn't have exaggeratted this act as they claimed few and far between practiced it. But there were some real elitist types who got a "kick" out of throwing another mummy on the fireplace. What a christmas party story that must have made.