True, but what if I want to the dates so that I can get all of the files that were created in january, 2005 from a folder where a lot of the files have the name Janice buried in the name. I'm sure all of the *nix Gods here can do this without thinking, but since it will be YEARS before I could do command line parsing like this without thinking, it would be cool to be able to do something like ask the file object for its date.
*Diverging into machine learning* Enough classifiers, with slightly better than random knowledge on the concept, were able to produce a strong classifier by combining the individual results. */Diverging*
But seriously, they needed some technical knowledge, and it's been shown before that crowds with some knowledge can outdo an expert. And what better crowd than a/. mob.
IANAL, so I would just get lost in your documents, but it's a shame that when someone says:
You can use my code if:
1. when you make any kind of money off it, you must give them my code
2. you add to or modify my code, then you must redistribute it because i would like to benefit from your changes
3. you can't restrict someone from using my code
If you violate these, you are not allowed you use my code.
that not only do you have to explain what every letter means, but you have to make sure that they don't try to interpret the spaces between words to mean that they can ignore you.
Novell, in buying SuSE, understood that they were acquiring a company built on the work of others. Just like Microsoft, a corporation, can end a license with another company because of a violation, the developers of Linux can revoke their license under the GPL.
The article presupposes that all innovation is just translating the concept of physically owning CDs to owning the music on the internet. The article itself isn't even very innovative.
Here about some real innovations that the internet would allow? These are off the top of my head: 1. Online radio stations. (Yes I know they are using other laws to shut these down, too.) 2. Music attracting fans to a bands website to show concert dates, where you could buy show tickets, airplane tickets, etc. (Some independent bands do this.) 3. Advertising on a site where you listen to the music you have searched for. 4. Once I buy a song, I own the right to listen to it however, whenever. Use the internet to stream it into my phone, my computer at home or work, and into my home entertainment system.
The music industries have a problem with the internet. Sony Music is a distribution system. They don't make the music, they put it on CDs, ship it and sell it. What are they needed for if a website can do that. Yes, I know they take money from one artist to pay for another, but do we really need 18 crappy bands before they find a band, like Green Day, which is worth listening to. Oh, that's right, Green Day was good before they became popular.
Yeah, but we're talking about "intellectual property" here, and the hallmark of intellectual property is that I can steal it from you, not because I actually took it from you, but because it is perceived that you can no longer use it to make money, which is all that people think of these days when they think of use.
Most internet users, either people who post or those who read, do not understand that a copy of the page and any other content, is made to the users machine before it is read. Most of the people who put content on the web would be horrified if they knew there were 300million copies of their copyrighted work.
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True, but what if I want to the dates so that I can get all of the files that were created in january, 2005 from a folder where a lot of the files have the name Janice buried in the name. I'm sure all of the *nix Gods here can do this without thinking, but since it will be YEARS before I could do command line parsing like this without thinking, it would be cool to be able to do something like ask the file object for its date.
*Diverging into machine learning*
/. mob.
Enough classifiers, with slightly better than random knowledge on the concept, were able to produce a strong classifier by combining the individual results.
*/Diverging*
But seriously, they needed some technical knowledge, and it's been shown before that crowds with some knowledge can outdo an expert. And what better crowd than a
IANAL, so I would just get lost in your documents, but it's a shame that when someone says:
You can use my code if:
1. when you make any kind of money off it, you must give them my code
2. you add to or modify my code, then you must redistribute it because i would like to benefit from your changes
3. you can't restrict someone from using my code
If you violate these, you are not allowed you use my code.
that not only do you have to explain what every letter means, but you have to make sure that they don't try to interpret the spaces between words to mean that they can ignore you.
Novell, in buying SuSE, understood that they were acquiring a company built on the work of others. Just like Microsoft, a corporation, can end a license with another company because of a violation, the developers of Linux can revoke their license under the GPL.
Actually, the last part was a question, a real question.
Sounds like evolution to me. I wonder if there are biological instances of a "merger" after branching for a while?
The article presupposes that all innovation is just translating the concept of physically owning CDs to owning the music on the internet. The article itself isn't even very innovative.
Here about some real innovations that the internet would allow? These are off the top of my head:
1. Online radio stations. (Yes I know they are using other laws to shut these down, too.)
2. Music attracting fans to a bands website to show concert dates, where you could buy show tickets, airplane tickets, etc. (Some independent bands do this.)
3. Advertising on a site where you listen to the music you have searched for.
4. Once I buy a song, I own the right to listen to it however, whenever. Use the internet to stream it into my phone, my computer at home or work, and into my home entertainment system.
The music industries have a problem with the internet. Sony Music is a distribution system. They don't make the music, they put it on CDs, ship it and sell it. What are they needed for if a website can do that. Yes, I know they take money from one artist to pay for another, but do we really need 18 crappy bands before they find a band, like Green Day, which is worth listening to. Oh, that's right, Green Day was good before they became popular.
Now we can ask for that remote control (VR?) robot to do this work for us. There's always a solution that requires more hardware.
Yeah, but we're talking about "intellectual property" here, and the hallmark of intellectual property is that I can steal it from you, not because I actually took it from you, but because it is perceived that you can no longer use it to make money, which is all that people think of these days when they think of use.
Most internet users, either people who post or those who read, do not understand that a copy of the page and any other content, is made to the users machine before it is read. Most of the people who put content on the web would be horrified if they knew there were 300million copies of their copyrighted work.
No, more like "so?"