To me this just smells of lawsuit from the users. False advertising anyone? How about selling a device known to be defective?
Given all the insane shit I see go to court, I am sure that some lawyer, somewhere, could come up with something nasty to sue over with this.
People are missing a VERY important piece of language in the the bill.
Payment must be on behalf of a CLIENT. As in, somebody is paying you SPECIFICALLY TO INFLUENCE *FOR THEM*.
Just having a political blog with ads is not affected. The Ad people are paying you to display images, not to peddle influence for them through your actions.
Though it could be said that advertising IS peddling influence, your writing/posting isn't the primary method of influence. The Ad is, and the Ad comes directly from the client.
Last I checked all 3 were doing quite well. Really, Apple doesn't have to worry about anything by doing this. They will piss off a couple 'fanboys' but most of them will keep buying Apple's stuff cause it is cool. And for every fanboy they lose, if they successfully keep their product the 'stylish fashionable gotta have it' product, they win a bunch of trendsetter types. Those people are actually much more valuable. You probably just don't notice cause basically none of them bother with sites like slashdot.
OF COURSE they are going to sue. A lot of Apple's selling power is how COOL it looks. If everybody has something that looks the same (even if it doesn't work the same) then it dilutes the cool factor.
AH! But you see their culture is changing. The elite want to be like Americans - their image of what it is to be wealthy, powerful, & middle class comes from watching TV with images of america. They want a bunch of space, cars, etc. "Getting it now" has a very strong appeal, psychologically, because it is rewarding. For most of china's history, "Getting it now" wasn't even an option, if you wanted to get anything at all, it would take a long time. This fits with standard cognitive biases (see the wikipedia article). However, as things can be acquired more quickly, people prefer the short term gain over the long term, even if the long term is better (provided the time difference between the two rewards is large enough).
So, when China gets more 'modern' it will rapidly become at LEAST as retarded as the west is now.
Yeah, the peice of paper thing bit me in the ass a few times. The key is to find a way, ANY way, to get a silly slip of paper that says you know what you are doing. The obvious way is a degree...but if you can get a job (even freelance) that involves the necessary skill, and thus a reference, then BOOM, your RESUME! is that bit of paper. Even better, it doesn't have to be anything particularly big or impressive. It just has to be something that impressed your client so that they talk you up.
Thats how it went for me... Small bit of art, larger bit of art, real art stuff (and this time I got it on paper, having learned my lesson)....job at game company as artist.......
I disagree...It is my very versatility that keeps me with a nice job and plenty of options. The issue I think most people have is that they don't know how to tailor their resume to a particular opening/market.
Having a wide skillset means you can get a job many places as opposed to just a few. Think of it as insurance.
Then again, only a small set of my skills are strictly IT, it is nice to have enough skill to be a freelance artist as well, have medical training, and teaching experience....
Its not biased, its true. When trusted computing was announced it was to 'foil malware'. Now it has been switched to 'foil owner's use of own property'. Realistically, every company is going to demand this feature to lock down their software on user PCs and to try and make piracy stop completely. For a while, this will seem reasonable, but then it will inevitably be abused. Forced upgrades and time outs that can't be undone or reset come to mind. And once software demands it, people (like myself) that use older equipment will be forced to upgrade to the new hardware in order to use the new software, even if the old hardware is 'powerful' enough to run said software adequately. Its really just a cash out for the assorted industries at the user's expense.
So, while the current incarnation may seem ok, things are only a few steps from being really bad and invasive. Couple this with the DMCA, and half the things we take for granted with computers now could be taken away, and it will be illegal to 'break' things to get those abilities back.
The reason why linux will have a problem getting games is because of the 'Casual Gamer'. The casual gamer generally does work on their computer, and only occasionally plays games. The thing is, they don't want to mess with their computer, they just want it to allow them to get stuff done, including the games. This would seem to make them want to use linux, but it instead pushes them away. Why? Because windows works 'good enough'. XP and win2k both are relatively stable compared to win98. As for security, they would rather not mess with that as well.
So what does this mean for linux? It means that dual booting isn't going to happen, because it is too much work as soon as a single peice of hardware doesn't come automatically configured, if they even bother to mess with it at all. Security? The last thing these people want to do is have to care about that. They DO NOT want to admin a linux box, its not worth messing with.
What about their productivity software? Sure, you can get OSS replacements for most of it, but that STILL entails getting used to a bunch of new software before you can get back to 'using your computer as a tool' as many linux advocates like to say.
So, its a simple equation: take the time and effort of learning and installing linux + time to learn new software, and compare it to the effort and time of making the windows box 'good enough' by installing norton and zonealarm and occassionally updating your computer.
Linux loses, big time. What linux needs to work on is making itself as user friendly as possible, to help balance that equation.
So, anyone feel like copying OS X?
Watch how all the end of the world loonies start going crazy and selling all their stuff. Anyone looking to get into the real estate market? Now is the time!
first post?
Does this mean that when buddhists answer questions with nothing, they are breaking the law? and wouldn't that also mean they are having their freedom of religion infringed upon?
This isn't Machiavellian at all, for that the case, microsoft would have to choose between us loving it, or fearing it. He specifically warned about fear turning to hate. How many of these posts sound scared, and how many sound angry?
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To me this just smells of lawsuit from the users. False advertising anyone? How about selling a device known to be defective? Given all the insane shit I see go to court, I am sure that some lawyer, somewhere, could come up with something nasty to sue over with this.
People are missing a VERY important piece of language in the the bill. Payment must be on behalf of a CLIENT. As in, somebody is paying you SPECIFICALLY TO INFLUENCE *FOR THEM*. Just having a political blog with ads is not affected. The Ad people are paying you to display images, not to peddle influence for them through your actions. Though it could be said that advertising IS peddling influence, your writing/posting isn't the primary method of influence. The Ad is, and the Ad comes directly from the client.
Last I checked all 3 were doing quite well. Really, Apple doesn't have to worry about anything by doing this. They will piss off a couple 'fanboys' but most of them will keep buying Apple's stuff cause it is cool. And for every fanboy they lose, if they successfully keep their product the 'stylish fashionable gotta have it' product, they win a bunch of trendsetter types. Those people are actually much more valuable. You probably just don't notice cause basically none of them bother with sites like slashdot.
OF COURSE they are going to sue. A lot of Apple's selling power is how COOL it looks. If everybody has something that looks the same (even if it doesn't work the same) then it dilutes the cool factor.
AH! But you see their culture is changing. The elite want to be like Americans - their image of what it is to be wealthy, powerful, & middle class comes from watching TV with images of america. They want a bunch of space, cars, etc. "Getting it now" has a very strong appeal, psychologically, because it is rewarding. For most of china's history, "Getting it now" wasn't even an option, if you wanted to get anything at all, it would take a long time. This fits with standard cognitive biases (see the wikipedia article). However, as things can be acquired more quickly, people prefer the short term gain over the long term, even if the long term is better (provided the time difference between the two rewards is large enough).
So, when China gets more 'modern' it will rapidly become at LEAST as retarded as the west is now.
I weep for humanity.
Yeah, the peice of paper thing bit me in the ass a few times. The key is to find a way, ANY way, to get a silly slip of paper that says you know what you are doing. The obvious way is a degree...but if you can get a job (even freelance) that involves the necessary skill, and thus a reference, then BOOM, your RESUME! is that bit of paper. Even better, it doesn't have to be anything particularly big or impressive. It just has to be something that impressed your client so that they talk you up.
Thats how it went for me... Small bit of art, larger bit of art, real art stuff (and this time I got it on paper, having learned my lesson)....job at game company as artist.......
you get the idea.
I disagree...It is my very versatility that keeps me with a nice job and plenty of options. The issue I think most people have is that they don't know how to tailor their resume to a particular opening/market.
Having a wide skillset means you can get a job many places as opposed to just a few. Think of it as insurance.
Then again, only a small set of my skills are strictly IT, it is nice to have enough skill to be a freelance artist as well, have medical training, and teaching experience....
Clearly the message is to just give up and pay the anti-virus/anti-spyware people a bunch of cash.
The real way to combat this is to hold website owners responsible if they are hosting such malware.
Its not biased, its true. When trusted computing was announced it was to 'foil malware'. Now it has been switched to 'foil owner's use of own property'. Realistically, every company is going to demand this feature to lock down their software on user PCs and to try and make piracy stop completely. For a while, this will seem reasonable, but then it will inevitably be abused. Forced upgrades and time outs that can't be undone or reset come to mind. And once software demands it, people (like myself) that use older equipment will be forced to upgrade to the new hardware in order to use the new software, even if the old hardware is 'powerful' enough to run said software adequately. Its really just a cash out for the assorted industries at the user's expense.
So, while the current incarnation may seem ok, things are only a few steps from being really bad and invasive. Couple this with the DMCA, and half the things we take for granted with computers now could be taken away, and it will be illegal to 'break' things to get those abilities back.
The reason why linux will have a problem getting games is because of the 'Casual Gamer'. The casual gamer generally does work on their computer, and only occasionally plays games. The thing is, they don't want to mess with their computer, they just want it to allow them to get stuff done, including the games. This would seem to make them want to use linux, but it instead pushes them away. Why? Because windows works 'good enough'. XP and win2k both are relatively stable compared to win98. As for security, they would rather not mess with that as well. So what does this mean for linux? It means that dual booting isn't going to happen, because it is too much work as soon as a single peice of hardware doesn't come automatically configured, if they even bother to mess with it at all. Security? The last thing these people want to do is have to care about that. They DO NOT want to admin a linux box, its not worth messing with. What about their productivity software? Sure, you can get OSS replacements for most of it, but that STILL entails getting used to a bunch of new software before you can get back to 'using your computer as a tool' as many linux advocates like to say. So, its a simple equation: take the time and effort of learning and installing linux + time to learn new software, and compare it to the effort and time of making the windows box 'good enough' by installing norton and zonealarm and occassionally updating your computer. Linux loses, big time. What linux needs to work on is making itself as user friendly as possible, to help balance that equation. So, anyone feel like copying OS X?
Watch how all the end of the world loonies start going crazy and selling all their stuff. Anyone looking to get into the real estate market? Now is the time! first post?
Does this mean that when buddhists answer questions with nothing, they are breaking the law? and wouldn't that also mean they are having their freedom of religion infringed upon?
This isn't Machiavellian at all, for that the case, microsoft would have to choose between us loving it, or fearing it. He specifically warned about fear turning to hate. How many of these posts sound scared, and how many sound angry?