The article is a bit strangely worded. Replay hasn't announced this product, they've just sent out a survey. If they send out a survey about what features people would like last week, they're hardly gonna start selling them next week...
They might announce something then, presumably to be available at some later date, but bear in mind that "post-Labor Day" is a very long time...
So should Russian companies operating in the US be forced to pay Russian wages? If not, why should a US company pay US wages in Russia? You seem to claim that US laws should be applied all over the planet. But is it really so unfair that you are not the absolute ruler of the planet?
The US is already the richest country in the world with the richest population by far, and it's engineers are among the very top of professions in it in terms of pay. Still that is not enough. You only want more.
Calling this slave wages is just beyond silly, and a total mockery of victims of real slavery. These guys are among the best paid people there is in their society, and they're able to support many other people besides themselves.
Sure, the company is taking advantage of the developers, and they are taking advantage of the company. Just like any normal employment situation, or other business deal for that matter.
The idea that it's better to give rich americans a job than to give it to poor foreigners is based on the idea that americans are worth more than other people, and have an inherent right to be the richest people on the planet.
It is no less reprehensible because it comes from people who think of themselves as leftists.
"Better than nothing" is a pretty low standard though. The alternative wouldn't be to replace them with nothing, but with competing private schools. Harry Brown puts the argument pretty well here.
Oh, and comparing literacy rates from before public schools (1840?) and 2001 is of course of very litle value, since society has changed in 42 zillion other ways in between.
It's pretty well known that monopolies can only exist on a free market by producing excellent products at excellent prices. If you look closer at the nasty monopolies we all dislike, you'll normally find that they are not operating on a free market, but owe their position to government privilege. These days you buy that position using campaign contributions etc. The solution is to get the government out of that market, not to make it micro manage it further.
If you read the article you'll see that Holstein is never asked to provide an example, so claiming that he can't cite one is quite dishonest. That rw2 doesn't provide one example of these monopolies that "run forever" himself is also telling.
Were government run schools really around much when the constitution was written? I though they became the norm 50-100 years later.
The best solution to this whole mess would be to get the governemnt out of the school business altogether. It's not like they're doing a good job or anything...
Are you not aware that the FBI under J Edgar Hoovers 48 years as it's head was practically controlling the federal government of the USA? Mostly through blackmail, but also intimidation and murder.
Hoover spied on everyone and had incriminating files on pretty much every politician that could end their career, which enabled him to rule Washington.
That is not "miniscule" in my book.
Remember that those not aware of history are condemned to repeat it.
...stop developing drugs no one will ever pay you for
Which this is of course not a case of. All rich countries, where they no doubt make at least 95% of their profit, will still pay full price for their drugs.
According to rumor, you can't (easily) record other video than home movies on to the Apple/Panasonic DVD burner. Do we know anything about the restrictions in this one?
The press release says this, which sounds pretty free to me.
the HP DVD-writer dvd100i drive enables users to create DVDs from their own videos using the DVD+RW format. Users also can transfer analog or digital video directly from a camcorder or VCR to a DVD disc(Requires separately purchased video capture and compression hardware for download of video to PC), create and play digital music CDs and store large amounts of data safely and securely on both CD and DVD media.
The problem is that the people who love doing art will have to get regular jobs if the art doesn't pay. And at least my experience is that after putting in the work and dedication needed for a full time job, and whatever passes for a life, there is little energy left to produce masterworks of art, or to practice and develop your art skills.
Would your janitor friend have kept janiting if he didn't get paid?
wrongo. How do you know a text file is a text file?
Windows: It says ".txt"
Mac: It has an icon that people who've been using macs for a long time know means "text"
Or to use the same standard for both systems:
Windows: It's name ends in ".txt", which people who've been using PCs for a long time know means "text". Unless they're watching the file name with the extension hidden, which is often (but not always) the default setting
And of course.txt is pretty unique in that many people can guess that it probably means "text". Most extensions are not as clear, you just have to know them all by heart to be able to use them.
Mac files do take some extra space, but it is the resource fork that causes it, not the meta data. Since the resource fork is implemented as a separate file, a small Mac file uses 2 disk sections, not one. The type/creator meta data is only 8 bytes.
The article addresses the common misconception that the resource fork is meta data at some length in http://arstechnica.com/reviews/01q3/metadata/metad ata-6.html ("Second, I mention it because...")
I agree that handling metadata in MacOS should be easier. Just a simple command to view and edit them would solve most problems. But don't confuse that lack of tools with a fundamental problem with the nmeta data concept itself. And as someone else pointed out, there are rpetty good freeware tools available. to fix this.
This is so much fun. Thanx to the DMCA you can FUD any encryption scheme by just saying that you've broken it but doesn't dare to reveal the details. Now nobody will trust HDCP, and they have no way of defending it. It's a fun way of getting back at "the man".
Another thing: Once some other expert claims that he also has cracked HDCP, but of course can't divulge the details, Ferguson or the other guy can leak the information to the net, and "they" will have no way of knowing which of the guys who leaked it.
I'm guessing that Open Source project are only populated by programmers, and don't have either UI designers or graphic atrists on board. For a good game you need all three skills well prepresented.
It doesn't help that while all UI designers and graphic artists know that they shouldn't be writing code, many programmers don't have any such insight about their limitations.
Just as an anecdote I talked to someone at a major game company last week, and they have less than 10 programmers out of over 50 people working on building their current next big game.
Due to really annoying federal regulations DTV cannot legally offer a lot of people the channels they would like to get.
Taco can't legally get Fox, no matter how much he pays. Still the signal for many Fox stations are transmitted to his receiver, but it just won't show them. Pretty frustrating situation.
I'm in the same position regarding WB and UPN. If I could I would pirate the signal and continue to pay my $40/month...
Several people voice the opinion that since the DTV signal is broadcast onto their property, they should have the right to do whatever they please with it. And I do have some sympathy with that position.
But as far as I can see, if that were to be the law, I can't see how a satellite TV system could possibly be viable. Those satellites cost billions to put up and run, and with no revenue stream that would simply not happen.
We can all see that the world would be much better, at least in some ways, if we all could cooperate. That's not the problem. The problem is that we do not in fact cooperate in that way. A very different thing. Think about it.
I'm not interested in having a handheld computer. I just want a magic notebook for phone numbers etc.
I'm disappointed that almost all development of the PDA is in adding power and features. My old Palm Profesional had 500k memory, and that was 5 times more than I ever used. My new m500 is about half the size and weight but has 8Meg, and a bundle of new features.
I guess memory doesnt really take much space, but I still wonder if it couldn't be possible to build a much smaller PDA if you just stuck to what the Pilot of 4 years ago could do, and focus on making it easy to carry around everywhere.
I've bought dozens of DVDs, and have never seen one on sale for $35. Most can be had for $18-$22 at online discounters line buy.com
No big deal, but in a post that complains about bad and misleading information of others, it's pretty damning.
DVD discs are actually cheaper to make then a VHS tape.
Which is completely irrelevant, since you're not paying for the blank medium, but for the content. And the content on the DVD is far superior, thus naturally commanding a higher price.
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The article is a bit strangely worded. Replay hasn't announced this product, they've just sent out a survey. If they send out a survey about what features people would like last week, they're hardly gonna start selling them next week...
They might announce something then, presumably to be available at some later date, but bear in mind that "post-Labor Day" is a very long time...
So should Russian companies operating in the US be forced to pay Russian wages? If not, why should a US company pay US wages in Russia? You seem to claim that US laws should be applied all over the planet. But is it really so unfair that you are not the absolute ruler of the planet?
The US is already the richest country in the world with the richest population by far, and it's engineers are among the very top of professions in it in terms of pay. Still that is not enough. You only want more.
Calling this slave wages is just beyond silly, and a total mockery of victims of real slavery. These guys are among the best paid people there is in their society, and they're able to support many other people besides themselves.
Sure, the company is taking advantage of the developers, and they are taking advantage of the company. Just like any normal employment situation, or other business deal for that matter.
The idea that it's better to give rich americans a job than to give it to poor foreigners is based on the idea that americans are worth more than other people, and have an inherent right to be the richest people on the planet.
It is no less reprehensible because it comes from people who think of themselves as leftists.
"Better than nothing" is a pretty low standard though. The alternative wouldn't be to replace them with nothing, but with competing private schools. Harry Brown puts the argument pretty well here.
Oh, and comparing literacy rates from before public schools (1840?) and 2001 is of course of very litle value, since society has changed in 42 zillion other ways in between.
It's pretty well known that monopolies can only exist on a free market by producing excellent products at excellent prices. If you look closer at the nasty monopolies we all dislike, you'll normally find that they are not operating on a free market, but owe their position to government privilege. These days you buy that position using campaign contributions etc. The solution is to get the government out of that market, not to make it micro manage it further.
If you read the article you'll see that Holstein is never asked to provide an example, so claiming that he can't cite one is quite dishonest. That rw2 doesn't provide one example of these monopolies that "run forever" himself is also telling.
Were government run schools really around much when the constitution was written? I though they became the norm 50-100 years later.
The best solution to this whole mess would be to get the governemnt out of the school business altogether. It's not like they're doing a good job or anything...
Are you not aware that the FBI under J Edgar Hoovers 48 years as it's head was practically controlling the federal government of the USA? Mostly through blackmail, but also intimidation and murder.
Hoover spied on everyone and had incriminating files on pretty much every politician that could end their career, which enabled him to rule Washington.
That is not "miniscule" in my book.
Remember that those not aware of history are condemned to repeat it.
Here a New York Times article with a bit more information. This is apparenty pretty standard procedure in Brazil.
P -B razil-AIDS-Drugs.html?searchpv=aponline
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/A
Carpet bombing? Yeah, that's very smart.
...stop developing drugs no one will ever pay you for
Which this is of course not a case of. All rich countries, where they no doubt make at least 95% of their profit, will still pay full price for their drugs.
According to rumor, you can't (easily) record other video than home movies on to the Apple/Panasonic DVD burner. Do we know anything about the restrictions in this one?
The press release says this, which sounds pretty free to me.
the HP DVD-writer dvd100i drive enables users to create DVDs from their own videos using the DVD+RW format. Users also can transfer analog or digital video directly from a camcorder or VCR to a DVD disc(Requires separately purchased video capture and compression hardware for download of video to PC), create and play digital music CDs and store large amounts of data safely and securely on both CD and DVD media.
The problem is that the people who love doing art will have to get regular jobs if the art doesn't pay. And at least my experience is that after putting in the work and dedication needed for a full time job, and whatever passes for a life, there is little energy left to produce masterworks of art, or to practice and develop your art skills.
Would your janitor friend have kept janiting if he didn't get paid?
"It's not my fault I'm stealing it, since they made me want it"
You are responsible for your actions. If you're proud of your them, defend them. If not, don't do them.
wrongo. How do you know a text file is a text file?
.txt is pretty unique in that many people can guess that it probably means "text". Most extensions are not as clear, you just have to know them all by heart to be able to use them.
Windows: It says ".txt"
Mac: It has an icon that people who've been using macs for a long time know means "text"
Or to use the same standard for both systems:
Windows: It's name ends in ".txt", which people who've been using PCs for a long time know means "text". Unless they're watching the file name with the extension hidden, which is often (but not always) the default setting
And of course
Mac files do take some extra space, but it is the resource fork that causes it, not the meta data. Since the resource fork is implemented as a separate file, a small Mac file uses 2 disk sections, not one. The type/creator meta data is only 8 bytes.
d ata-6.html ("Second, I mention it because...")
The article addresses the common misconception that the resource fork is meta data at some length in http://arstechnica.com/reviews/01q3/metadata/meta
I agree that handling metadata in MacOS should be easier. Just a simple command to view and edit them would solve most problems. But don't confuse that lack of tools with a fundamental problem with the nmeta data concept itself. And as someone else pointed out, there are rpetty good freeware tools available. to fix this.
This is so much fun. Thanx to the DMCA you can FUD any encryption scheme by just saying that you've broken it but doesn't dare to reveal the details. Now nobody will trust HDCP, and they have no way of defending it. It's a fun way of getting back at "the man".
Another thing: Once some other expert claims that he also has cracked HDCP, but of course can't divulge the details, Ferguson or the other guy can leak the information to the net, and "they" will have no way of knowing which of the guys who leaked it.
I'm guessing that Open Source project are only populated by programmers, and don't have either UI designers or graphic atrists on board. For a good game you need all three skills well prepresented.
It doesn't help that while all UI designers and graphic artists know that they shouldn't be writing code, many programmers don't have any such insight about their limitations.
Just as an anecdote I talked to someone at a major game company last week, and they have less than 10 programmers out of over 50 people working on building their current next big game.
Without the tax, they could have charged 1.07 themselves, and made more money.
If it tries to run without the required libs being present, it is a bug.
Surely there is sonme way for the program to determine this at startup?
Due to really annoying federal regulations DTV cannot legally offer a lot of people the channels they would like to get.
Taco can't legally get Fox, no matter how much he pays. Still the signal for many Fox stations are transmitted to his receiver, but it just won't show them. Pretty frustrating situation.
I'm in the same position regarding WB and UPN. If I could I would pirate the signal and continue to pay my $40/month...
Several people voice the opinion that since the DTV signal is broadcast onto their property, they should have the right to do whatever they please with it. And I do have some sympathy with that position.
But as far as I can see, if that were to be the law, I can't see how a satellite TV system could possibly be viable. Those satellites cost billions to put up and run, and with no revenue stream that would simply not happen.
Or do I miss something?
We can all see that the world would be much better, at least in some ways, if we all could cooperate. That's not the problem. The problem is that we do not in fact cooperate in that way. A very different thing. Think about it.
I'm not interested in having a handheld computer. I just want a magic notebook for phone numbers etc.
I'm disappointed that almost all development of the PDA is in adding power and features. My old Palm Profesional had 500k memory, and that was 5 times more than I ever used. My new m500 is about half the size and weight but has 8Meg, and a bundle of new features.
I guess memory doesnt really take much space, but I still wonder if it couldn't be possible to build a much smaller PDA if you just stuck to what the Pilot of 4 years ago could do, and focus on making it easy to carry around everywhere.
NPR had a 10 minute interview with the EFF lawyer who talked to the DoJ today. You can hear it here:
r mm
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/totn/20010727.totn.
VHS tapes are still $17 while a dvd movie is $35.
I've bought dozens of DVDs, and have never seen one on sale for $35. Most can be had for $18-$22 at online discounters line buy.com
No big deal, but in a post that complains about bad and misleading information of others, it's pretty damning.
DVD discs are actually cheaper to make then a VHS tape.
Which is completely irrelevant, since you're not paying for the blank medium, but for the content. And the content on the DVD is far superior, thus naturally commanding a higher price.
"Land of the fee, Home of the slave"