This is to say that if an artist produces a limited edition of 1000 CDs (let's say for a fan club) he has no right to stop a buyer of this CD from reselling it at a profit unless explicitly stated in a contract. However a potential end user also doesn't have the right to decide that the artist should produce more. If they want a limit of 1000 than so be it. Especially when the said end user is also trying to dictate terms of what is and is not an acceptable price.
Artists, just like anyone else, shouldn't be forced to bend to your will. Period. They have rights. Why is it their rights are taken as an aside to your desire to be entertained? Get off your high horse and join us in the human race.
Further more, if Fred has it but you don't feel like paying his price why should Artist X be forced to produce it? I'm sick of this feeling of entitlement today by people who feel that they shouldn't have to invest anything of themselves into a system but they should reap all the fruit from it. The artist has the right to produce or not produce their work, Fred has the right to resell the work but you do not have the right to determine what is a reasonable price to force someone else to produce it for you.
Oh? By telling an artist how they have to use their art or risk having it taken from them? At least with a contract you know the terms up front. This is going to lead to artists being stripped of their works if they feel that the work is no longer suitable for public release. I don't know how anyone can read this as a victory for anyone but those counting the dollars.
You mean the portable solution that costs about a dime and you can give them away like candy and not care? If I were only worried about my own data I would agree but if I'm giving data to others? CDs are the safe bet and they're more durable in shipping than a drive is.
Given the number of lies that went unchallenged by the mainstream media after the vice presidential debate, I find it hard to trust the mainstream media any more than anyone else. Journalistic integrity is at an extremely low level and our only option is to do all the research ourselves. The only sad thing is that we have no legal recourse to do anything about these bastard liars except for to boycott them.
The article is actually a rant against the 2112 Millenialism of a particular strain of people that have imprinted the mayan great cycle myth at a precognitive level through the influence of McKenna (whether they know it or not).
Um, I thought that was the Temple of Syrinx and Rush.
My Commodore 64 booted many times quicker than that and was probably far more useful.
Well, it did run the popular games of it's day...
Sometimes I become nostalgic for the days of the C=64 and think about getting back into it all again with some of the groups that are still out there but I stop and catch myself, do I really want to waste all those hours writing demo code for the 120 people who are likely to ever see it?
You kidding? With all the critters out in those woods I doubt they'd find a body after a year. Unless his bones are in that plane I doubt they'll ever have any real proof. Who is going to spend days and weeks in that terrain in October looking for a body? It would be like firemen in an active house fire looking for the match used to set it ablaze...
But the conspiracy people may still have a point, He could have attempted to make it look like he died... think about it, a plane slams into the side of a hill and his stuff is found a half mile away? I don't know anything about the plane but I find it hard to believe he survived the impact from the way the news states it. I'm guessing he bailed. That's not to say he isn't dead but if he really did want to run away and live with Elvis and Jim Morrison in Africa he could have left those items behind to explain why they don't find him in the plane itself. Otherwise it would seem a bit more suspicious.
Ultimately I don't subscribe to the conspiracy nuts and hope that his departure was quick and painless. I would hate to be lost in that kind of area for days with no food and water, basically waiting to die.
If he was taking a suitcase full of cash I would say you have something but a guy as rich as Fossett probably just sees it as a normal amount to keep on him. I know people who never carry more than 20 dollars, some carry no less than a couple of hundred. What's the big deal?
She's Amelia's second cousin who has been missing since an odd, but hilarious, kite flying mishap on the shores of the Outer Banks, you insensitive clod.
What the hell are people doing to Li-ion batteries that they only last 500 cycles? I have several Li-ion devices and none of them have ever needed a battery replacement after 500 cycles.
You probably think you are above your current job, and it comes out in the interview process. People don't like people who are like this.
If you weren't above your current job why would you be trying to get another one?
Seriously, I would look down on the applicant more if they came in with the attitude that they wanted more of the same but just under a different roof. It means that they like or at least tolerate the actual work but they're trying to leave behind the situation they were in. And don't get me wrong, I wouldn't sum it up to a bad company/manager. We've all worked for them. But if they said they were looking for an opportunity to step above the rut they were in I'd be more likely to give it a nod.
It seems that the poster doesn't want a tech job. He seems to want to be a developer. At least that's what I'm taking from their post.
But it would have been wise for the poster to also talk about their job goals a bit too. The best advice anyone here can give his as what to do next is find another job. What can you really say to someone who says that they're when you don't know where they want to go?
Programmers spend far too much time in front of a computer and far too little time in the real world, having real relationships and fixing real problems.
Let me guess, you're one of the people who call it "playing on the computer"?
Maybe even one of the people who think that technology is the problem and having some vision of a fantastical world of old where people enjoyed a leisurely way of life with little or no worries?
If any of this is true I'm really surprised that you bother with slashdot.
Republicans placed the blame for the Waco fiasco squarely on Clinton's shoulders, when he'd been in office for only 38 days, and then Reno when she had to deal with it as soon as she was appointed. If 38 days and a few hours were enough time for Clinton and Reno, 9 months was an eternity for George W. Bush.
Excuse me but wasn't it the ATF's choice to invade the compound? That's very much different from being attacked.
Ok, boys! It's America to blame for Pearl Harbor being so ill prepared for an attack! Woohoo!
How ridiculous. They're two very different affairs that you want to make sound the same.
Sure it does. There are a ton of things that are wrong with the industry today but there is no easy solution such as most people like to make it seem. These companies simply can not offer drugs at such a low cost that they can't afford R&D to say nothing of their shareholder's interest in it all.
It may sound crappy but these companies do have to answer up to their shareholders with reasonable profit. That's the nature of capitalism. Think of it what you will but it has spurred a ton of the innovation in medicine that we've seen in the last century+.
Simply, there is no easy solution because either you kill profit and damage innovation or you risk a certain sector of the population being left out due to financial issues. I'm sure a majority of the people would like to find a middle road but I honestly don't know where that is.
Granted, I think it's sad that users of a game need to go over a EULA to feel good about their purchase but I guess that is the nature of the beast today.
By that time, i'll have enough canned food, bottles of fresh water and a little boat, sailing in the south atlantic:D
Really? Thanks for the info. Now I know where I can get tons of canned food, bottles of fresh water and a little boat for just the cost of a 45 ACP round.
Seriously, ammo is the best investment of your survivalist dollar.
Early adopters didn't have 4USD/gallon gas either. So it only makes sense that early adopters didn't focus on that. And what about people who do it for both reasons? I'm hoping my current car lasts the better part of a decade for me, so I won't be in the car market for a while but when I do I'm hoping for both a cheap car (as in fuel) and low emissions. If I can get one that is about the same amount for fuel as mine is but with low or zero emissions I'll still feel good about it, but a cheap fuel would be an added plus, if possible.
What's wrong with win-win situations in the minds of these people anyway?
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I remember wanting to be Lord British when I was in my early teens... Now I want to be him again.
This guy leads a pretty charmed life, IMHO.
Ownership infers rights, at least here in the US.
This is to say that if an artist produces a limited edition of 1000 CDs (let's say for a fan club) he has no right to stop a buyer of this CD from reselling it at a profit unless explicitly stated in a contract. However a potential end user also doesn't have the right to decide that the artist should produce more. If they want a limit of 1000 than so be it. Especially when the said end user is also trying to dictate terms of what is and is not an acceptable price.
Artists, just like anyone else, shouldn't be forced to bend to your will. Period. They have rights. Why is it their rights are taken as an aside to your desire to be entertained? Get off your high horse and join us in the human race.
Further more, if Fred has it but you don't feel like paying his price why should Artist X be forced to produce it? I'm sick of this feeling of entitlement today by people who feel that they shouldn't have to invest anything of themselves into a system but they should reap all the fruit from it. The artist has the right to produce or not produce their work, Fred has the right to resell the work but you do not have the right to determine what is a reasonable price to force someone else to produce it for you.
Oh? By telling an artist how they have to use their art or risk having it taken from them? At least with a contract you know the terms up front. This is going to lead to artists being stripped of their works if they feel that the work is no longer suitable for public release. I don't know how anyone can read this as a victory for anyone but those counting the dollars.
You mean the portable solution that costs about a dime and you can give them away like candy and not care? If I were only worried about my own data I would agree but if I'm giving data to others? CDs are the safe bet and they're more durable in shipping than a drive is.
unlike, say, the operating system market
Mkay. Thanks.
Given the number of lies that went unchallenged by the mainstream media after the vice presidential debate, I find it hard to trust the mainstream media any more than anyone else. Journalistic integrity is at an extremely low level and our only option is to do all the research ourselves. The only sad thing is that we have no legal recourse to do anything about these bastard liars except for to boycott them.
The article is actually a rant against the 2112 Millenialism of a particular strain of people that have imprinted the mayan great cycle myth at a precognitive level through the influence of McKenna (whether they know it or not).
Um, I thought that was the Temple of Syrinx and Rush.
My Commodore 64 booted many times quicker than that and was probably far more useful.
Well, it did run the popular games of it's day...
Sometimes I become nostalgic for the days of the C=64 and think about getting back into it all again with some of the groups that are still out there but I stop and catch myself, do I really want to waste all those hours writing demo code for the 120 people who are likely to ever see it?
You kidding? With all the critters out in those woods I doubt they'd find a body after a year. Unless his bones are in that plane I doubt they'll ever have any real proof. Who is going to spend days and weeks in that terrain in October looking for a body? It would be like firemen in an active house fire looking for the match used to set it ablaze...
But the conspiracy people may still have a point, He could have attempted to make it look like he died... think about it, a plane slams into the side of a hill and his stuff is found a half mile away? I don't know anything about the plane but I find it hard to believe he survived the impact from the way the news states it. I'm guessing he bailed. That's not to say he isn't dead but if he really did want to run away and live with Elvis and Jim Morrison in Africa he could have left those items behind to explain why they don't find him in the plane itself. Otherwise it would seem a bit more suspicious.
Ultimately I don't subscribe to the conspiracy nuts and hope that his departure was quick and painless. I would hate to be lost in that kind of area for days with no food and water, basically waiting to die.
If he was taking a suitcase full of cash I would say you have something but a guy as rich as Fossett probably just sees it as a normal amount to keep on him. I know people who never carry more than 20 dollars, some carry no less than a couple of hundred. What's the big deal?
She's Amelia's second cousin who has been missing since an odd, but hilarious, kite flying mishap on the shores of the Outer Banks, you insensitive clod.
What the hell are people doing to Li-ion batteries that they only last 500 cycles? I have several Li-ion devices and none of them have ever needed a battery replacement after 500 cycles.
You probably think you are above your current job, and it comes out in the interview process. People don't like people who are like this.
If you weren't above your current job why would you be trying to get another one?
Seriously, I would look down on the applicant more if they came in with the attitude that they wanted more of the same but just under a different roof. It means that they like or at least tolerate the actual work but they're trying to leave behind the situation they were in. And don't get me wrong, I wouldn't sum it up to a bad company/manager. We've all worked for them. But if they said they were looking for an opportunity to step above the rut they were in I'd be more likely to give it a nod.
It seems that the poster doesn't want a tech job. He seems to want to be a developer. At least that's what I'm taking from their post.
But it would have been wise for the poster to also talk about their job goals a bit too. The best advice anyone here can give his as what to do next is find another job. What can you really say to someone who says that they're when you don't know where they want to go?
Programmers spend far too much time in front of a computer and far too little time in the real world, having real relationships and fixing real problems.
Let me guess, you're one of the people who call it "playing on the computer"?
Maybe even one of the people who think that technology is the problem and having some vision of a fantastical world of old where people enjoyed a leisurely way of life with little or no worries?
If any of this is true I'm really surprised that you bother with slashdot.
Republicans placed the blame for the Waco fiasco squarely on Clinton's shoulders, when he'd been in office for only 38 days, and then Reno when she had to deal with it as soon as she was appointed. If 38 days and a few hours were enough time for Clinton and Reno, 9 months was an eternity for George W. Bush.
Excuse me but wasn't it the ATF's choice to invade the compound? That's very much different from being attacked.
Ok, boys! It's America to blame for Pearl Harbor being so ill prepared for an attack! Woohoo!
How ridiculous. They're two very different affairs that you want to make sound the same.
Does this mean that Gerald Ford wasn't really eaten by wolves?
Sure it does. There are a ton of things that are wrong with the industry today but there is no easy solution such as most people like to make it seem. These companies simply can not offer drugs at such a low cost that they can't afford R&D to say nothing of their shareholder's interest in it all.
It may sound crappy but these companies do have to answer up to their shareholders with reasonable profit. That's the nature of capitalism. Think of it what you will but it has spurred a ton of the innovation in medicine that we've seen in the last century+.
Simply, there is no easy solution because either you kill profit and damage innovation or you risk a certain sector of the population being left out due to financial issues. I'm sure a majority of the people would like to find a middle road but I honestly don't know where that is.
When lots of people have weapons, the rules of decent social conduct will continue, and the necessity for communal support will never go away.
Ha! We don't have "decent social conduct" today.
Call me up when they make a bourbon from some ancient, preserved corn.
Spore's EULA.
Granted, I think it's sad that users of a game need to go over a EULA to feel good about their purchase but I guess that is the nature of the beast today.
Editing text files isn't a basic function?
Just because you don't use it doesn't mean that it's not a basic function.
By that time, i'll have enough canned food, bottles of fresh water and a little boat, sailing in the south atlantic :D
Really? Thanks for the info. Now I know where I can get tons of canned food, bottles of fresh water and a little boat for just the cost of a 45 ACP round.
Seriously, ammo is the best investment of your survivalist dollar.
Early adopters didn't have 4USD/gallon gas either. So it only makes sense that early adopters didn't focus on that. And what about people who do it for both reasons? I'm hoping my current car lasts the better part of a decade for me, so I won't be in the car market for a while but when I do I'm hoping for both a cheap car (as in fuel) and low emissions. If I can get one that is about the same amount for fuel as mine is but with low or zero emissions I'll still feel good about it, but a cheap fuel would be an added plus, if possible.
What's wrong with win-win situations in the minds of these people anyway?