Much easier to just patent it, so you OWN it, and once you OWN it, you can then declare that it is free for the world.
Thank you, that's a much better idea. That's what I'd do. Now I just need to become smart enough to discover a cure for cancer... I bet there's some technique to improve how smart you are but I won't be able to afford the rights to it...
Y'know, if I was smart enough to work out how to help people fight cancer, the last thing on my mind would be how to patent the technique. I'd want to help as many people as possible.
How come something that emulates the MT-32 1987 sound module that most people haven't heard of gets into trouble, yet programs like Propellerheads's Rebirth, which emulates three much-sought after pices of Roland gear, seems to have no trouble? Did they pay royalties or something? What about Native Instruments cloning Yamaha's DX-7 synthesiser and Sequential Circuits's Prophet 5?
I put it all in a big box that retracts into the wall, so I can quickly hide it when girls come over. Wouldn't want my chances to be killed by the sight of that Commodore 64-powered particle accelerator, now would I?
That'd kill your chances? Don't tell me I'm the only person that finds geekiness sexy?
(I'm still mildly annoyed that my partner encouraged me to throw away my C64... And after we made an X-1541 cable together as well...)
When people of the same sex can marry each other, transsexuals can marry anyone (at the moment they can't marry anyone at all) and intersexed babies don't have their genitals mutilated at birth (or their parents told to lie to them about their condition), then we can talk about wording.
Remember how the generic pronoun "he" was considered sexist, and now we're supposed to write the contraction "s/he" to mean "she or he"? Well, it's pretty clear that this discriminates against nongendered species as well as inorganic objects.
Um, there are intersexed and also intergendered people in our species too, you know. Hence the need (in my opinion, at least) for non-gender-specific pronouns: to include everyone in speech, not just those that fit into the gender dichotomy.
There are several sets of non-gender-specific pronouns at various stages of popularity. A useful essay is cached here.
And please note that I'm not suggesting anyone should be forced into using such pronouns, it's just that I personally use them in my day to day life to try and be inclusive. I wouldn't get offended if someone calls me "she" or "he" (which does happen), but probably would be offended at being called "it".
I propose the much more politically correct terms "dom" and "sub" (actually, that should probably be "domme" and "sub" as computer parts are apparently all female... Motherboards, daughterboards, etc).
The "Information wants to be free" argument invariably falls down when a person who'll quite glibly throw out that catchphrase suddenly falls quiet when asked to "free" their full address and credit card number.
That's not quite the same thing. I don't freely give out my debit card number. I do freely give out my music.
Although I will concede that ideally people should only take the free music rather than illegally copied music. That'd make the most people happy, I think.
I know what this person did was illegal, and, depending on who you ask, probably immoral... But doesn't $3,500 seem a little bit on the steep side?
I'm not saying we should all violate copyright wherever we see it, I'm just saying that the punishment shouldn't be quite that severe. How long would it take a 12-year-old or 15-year-old to pay off that kind of money?
Just for the record, I didn't mean this as flamebate. I like retrogaming and cute characters, and you can't really beat the Gameboy for that (well, except for maybe MAME or real old games). I just think that's what they should focus on.
If CDs get replaced in five years, it'll probably only be by DVD-A or SACD, not by anything smaller than a 120mm shiny disc. There's a very simple reason for this. It's not practical. It's psychological.
No one's going to spend $15 or more on an album if it's smaller than that. It just won't "feel" that expensive.
Why don't they just stick to the Gameboy? They're good at that. They've pretty much cornered the retrogame market and the cute-and-fluffy-characters market.
do we get to see iso's of cds on kazaa instead of mp3s?
Unfortunately ISOs can only store CD data, that silent track one that hybrid discs have. It just won't work for CD audio, as it's stored in a different way.
I'd settle for one big FLAC file per disc with data in them to store where each track begins and ends.
If any of us were actually getting laid, we wouldn't be posting here on Slashdot. Let's see, this is a hard choice: Be with a girl I really love; get in a flame war on Slashdot; be with a girl I really love; get in a flame war on Slashdot.
Well, I'm right next to the woman I really love, who reads The Register, but I won't hold that against em.
Just out of curiosity, when you're in a court and have to put one hand on the bible and swear to tell the truth, if you're not a Christian/Catholic/etc, do you still need to use that book? I remember an atheist I know not having to, but this is in the UK.
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Much easier to just patent it, so you OWN it, and once you OWN it, you can then declare that it is free for the world.
Thank you, that's a much better idea. That's what I'd do. Now I just need to become smart enough to discover a cure for cancer... I bet there's some technique to improve how smart you are but I won't be able to afford the rights to it...
Y'know, if I was smart enough to work out how to help people fight cancer, the last thing on my mind would be how to patent the technique. I'd want to help as many people as possible.
How come something that emulates the MT-32 1987 sound module that most people haven't heard of gets into trouble, yet programs like Propellerheads's Rebirth, which emulates three much-sought after pices of Roland gear, seems to have no trouble? Did they pay royalties or something? What about Native Instruments cloning Yamaha's DX-7 synthesiser and Sequential Circuits's Prophet 5?
Remember, the Japanese version of Mortal Kombat II had to have green blood instead of red in it. There was probably a reason.
...I guess Cats will give back all our base next.
I put it all in a big box that retracts into the wall, so I can quickly hide it when girls come over. Wouldn't want my chances to be killed by the sight of that Commodore 64-powered particle accelerator, now would I?
That'd kill your chances? Don't tell me I'm the only person that finds geekiness sexy?
(I'm still mildly annoyed that my partner encouraged me to throw away my C64... And after we made an X-1541 cable together as well...)
When people of the same sex can marry each other, transsexuals can marry anyone (at the moment they can't marry anyone at all) and intersexed babies don't have their genitals mutilated at birth (or their parents told to lie to them about their condition), then we can talk about wording.
Um, there are intersexed and also intergendered people in our species too, you know. Hence the need (in my opinion, at least) for non-gender-specific pronouns: to include everyone in speech, not just those that fit into the gender dichotomy.
There are several sets of non-gender-specific pronouns at various stages of popularity. A useful essay is cached here.
And please note that I'm not suggesting anyone should be forced into using such pronouns, it's just that I personally use them in my day to day life to try and be inclusive. I wouldn't get offended if someone calls me "she" or "he" (which does happen), but probably would be offended at being called "it".
I hope that helps.
You can prise gunzip from my cold, dead hands.
I propose the much more politically correct terms "dom" and "sub" (actually, that should probably be "domme" and "sub" as computer parts are apparently all female... Motherboards, daughterboards, etc).
The "Information wants to be free" argument invariably falls down when a person who'll quite glibly throw out that catchphrase suddenly falls quiet when asked to "free" their full address and credit card number.
That's not quite the same thing. I don't freely give out my debit card number. I do freely give out my music.
Although I will concede that ideally people should only take the free music rather than illegally copied music. That'd make the most people happy, I think.
I know what this person did was illegal, and, depending on who you ask, probably immoral... But doesn't $3,500 seem a little bit on the steep side?
I'm not saying we should all violate copyright wherever we see it, I'm just saying that the punishment shouldn't be quite that severe. How long would it take a 12-year-old or 15-year-old to pay off that kind of money?
Just for the record, I didn't mean this as flamebate. I like retrogaming and cute characters, and you can't really beat the Gameboy for that (well, except for maybe MAME or real old games). I just think that's what they should focus on.
If CDs get replaced in five years, it'll probably only be by DVD-A or SACD, not by anything smaller than a 120mm shiny disc. There's a very simple reason for this. It's not practical. It's psychological.
No one's going to spend $15 or more on an album if it's smaller than that. It just won't "feel" that expensive.
Why don't they just stick to the Gameboy? They're good at that. They've pretty much cornered the retrogame market and the cute-and-fluffy-characters market.
do we get to see iso's of cds on kazaa instead of mp3s?
Unfortunately ISOs can only store CD data, that silent track one that hybrid discs have. It just won't work for CD audio, as it's stored in a different way.
I'd settle for one big FLAC file per disc with data in them to store where each track begins and ends.
Slashdot says:I wonder when the game will be placed (i.e. before Revolutions or after)
The actual site says: Plot lines by the creators of the Matrix, that continues the Matrix story where the movie triology leaves off.
No wonder people don't read the articles if the moderators don't...
...Apache wanks as high as any in Wome, but IITH may be of thome aththithtanthe.
What's wrong with :wq? It's already used by many geeks :)
If any of us were actually getting laid, we wouldn't be posting here on Slashdot. Let's see, this is a hard choice: Be with a girl I really love; get in a flame war on Slashdot; be with a girl I really love; get in a flame war on Slashdot.
Well, I'm right next to the woman I really love, who reads The Register, but I won't hold that against em.
If Fox is suing itself over spoofing itself, it really won't like the FQX spotlight logo at the beginning of each episode of Excel Saga...
It said that this book won't get me laid, and guess what. It didn't. 4 stars.
So if you got laid, would you have given it five stars?
And I thought companies were supposed to set themselves high goals...
That's something then. Thanks.
Just out of curiosity, when you're in a court and have to put one hand on the bible and swear to tell the truth, if you're not a Christian/Catholic/etc, do you still need to use that book? I remember an atheist I know not having to, but this is in the UK.