Anybody else get a kick out of the headline which states M$ code at fault for half the crashes, yet has in the body text stating that 3rd party code is the result of the other 50%? I know its very obvious...but I found it kind of amusing how the anti-M$ line was put as the subject. Not trolling, just having a good chuckle.
"Also mp3 downloads let people sample music and recommend it to others who will in turn by the CD when they wouldn't have in the first place. Downloading DivX movies makes you more likely to buy DVDs with those actors in the future, etc. Yea, right. Stealing is stealing."
The big difference you are missing is that Adobe makes its money when the people who download their software go to big companies who won't take the legal risk of it and therefore pay. There is nothing like that with mp3s or DivX movies. Its an entirely different beast really.
And you're right, stealing IS stealing, except when its copyright-infringement. Then its just copyright-infringement.
My thoughts exactly. What I'd love more than anything right now is a Flash cartoon dramatization of SCO's impending doom at the hands of IBMs legal team. In fact, I'm surprised one hasn't been made already. Oh wait, this is Slashdot, nobody uses Flash.
"Just a thought: Become good with Photoshop, you can make a living (or at least augment it, career dependent of course) with it. In a case like that, Adobe wins."
Exactly, something tells me Adobe doesn't really care that much about how pirated photoshop and premiere are. Because when they're used in companies, the company will gladly pay them for the software, and by letting it be pirated, its free for them to get people hooked on it early. Same thing with M$. By pirating windows, you are locking yourself into using windows software.
" Diamonds are IMHO extremely fragile. Would you want to use a glass knife to cut pork?"
Would it be possible to make diamond composites then? I mean, ceramic is fragile, yet it is used in god knows how many things now...from car brakes to those bad ass knives Ming Tsai uses on his show on the Food Network.
No, for the same reason you wouldn't have access to IBMs patent portfolio if you owned stock in them. I don't know what this reason is really, I just know that you sure wouldn't have been the first to think of it, so there MUST be a reason nobody else has done it.
I could care less about mainstream media at this point. What I want to know is whether or not the SEC is going to descend upon them in a cloud of hellfire after this is over....or before....I don't know. Does anybody know when the SEC would most likely take action, if they were going to at all? Anything we can do to encourage them to send Darl to Federal Pound-me-in-the-ass Prison?
O please dear god let there be projectile weapons! I hope this thing is as moddable as Lego Mindstorms stuff. If they could make control and construction of these robots as simple as Mindstorms, I predict a huge culture will spring up overnight for these things.
Its funny, I always wished I could make Legos that I could control with a controller. Now Nintendo is doing it. Although I think it would be much cooler if you didn't need the mat to do it with. And if the robots could be scaled up a bit, and give you invidivual control over the limbs (think R.A.D. - Robot Alchemic Drive for the PS2) how insane would that be?
1.Buy high-level character in an MMORPG with a good Ebay economy. 2.Outsource playing and item acquistion to a net cafe in Korea or somewhere else in Asia. 3.Sell items and gold acquired on Ebay for money. 4.PROFIT!!!
Now, seriously, whats to stop that from happening? Sounds like it could be a feasible service-oriented business.
" I'm I the only one who finds this individual totally irresponsible for quitting his job doing this while he has to support a wife and child??? He's putting his addiction before his very own family. This guy needs professional help, and quick."
And what if he ends up making more than his old job...or close to it? What is so wrong with loving your job? Yes I realize MMORPGs have the tendency to be addictive, but if he can do this AND support his family, more power to him.
"I seem to recall a article where the founder of Eolas was talking about a patent war against Microsoft, not because they wanted royalties but because they objected to the I.E.ization of the web."
Yes, well, we've seen how well they stayed true to THAT idea.
I never have, yet my roommate at college had one of those little food chopper things, where you put the food ni a little cylinder, pound down on the top several times, and each time a series of blades chops down, turns, and chops down for however many times you push. I gotta tell you, this thing is an absolute lifesaver in the kitchen.
I cook a LOT of chinese food, and as such use minced garlic and ginger in practically every dish, and its a PAIN IN THE ASS to mince it by hand. Takes 10 seconds in this sucker.
"I dunno if it's a chain or my local mall is just 'lucky', but we have a store called "As Seen On TV" full of all the crap that by all rights shouldn't sell to anyone with sufficient IQ to navigate from their couch to the mall."
We have one at the Mall of America in Minneapolis. And occasionally, in the little performance area one floor below in the open area, there are gatherings of people who bring all their latest gadgets and cleaning products and whatever else they concocted at home that they try to sell to the people who run these kinds of As Seen on TV things. Its actually quite funny to watch.
Heh, I wonder, does M$ own any other companies that might be a Fortune 500 company which they had purchase licenses? (Goes back to sleep in his tin-foil bed)
"Maybe it's just 'cause I don't live in the US, but seriously when I was a kid, none of us called them legos (IIRC). Perhaps it's just another of your weird Americanisms:P When refering to them in plural it was still lego. "
Definitely a nationality issue. Where are you from that the singular is Lego and not Legos?
Ask any kid who has a Lego product what the pieces are called, and he will say "Lego's". Not "lego bricks", not "lego blocks". Frankly, kids don't really care about the correct usage of a term.
And there could be a seperate program that this 'virus' gets data from, which would contain your music interests, and specific titles you wish you had on your computer...which the handy virus then does searches for and downloads.
" I think it's time that people took some sort of responsibility for their net surfing. "
I'll do this as soon as companies like M$ start taking responsibility for their security.
SO let me get this straight.....
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This is a story.......debating the spelling of the word......posted on Slashdot? Boy are you preaching to the wrong crowd! Typical spellings of the word in question from Slashdotters would most likely include the following:
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The big difference you are missing is that Adobe makes its money when the people who download their software go to big companies who won't take the legal risk of it and therefore pay. There is nothing like that with mp3s or DivX movies. Its an entirely different beast really.
And you're right, stealing IS stealing, except when its copyright-infringement. Then its just copyright-infringement.
Exactly, something tells me Adobe doesn't really care that much about how pirated photoshop and premiere are. Because when they're used in companies, the company will gladly pay them for the software, and by letting it be pirated, its free for them to get people hooked on it early. Same thing with M$. By pirating windows, you are locking yourself into using windows software.
Would it be possible to make diamond composites then? I mean, ceramic is fragile, yet it is used in god knows how many things now...from car brakes to those bad ass knives Ming Tsai uses on his show on the Food Network.
Is that kinda similar to the suicide booths in Futurama?
"You are now dead. Thank you for using stop and drop. Americas favorite suicide booth since 2008."
Its funny, I always wished I could make Legos that I could control with a controller. Now Nintendo is doing it. Although I think it would be much cooler if you didn't need the mat to do it with. And if the robots could be scaled up a bit, and give you invidivual control over the limbs (think R.A.D. - Robot Alchemic Drive for the PS2) how insane would that be?
1.Buy high-level character in an MMORPG with a good Ebay economy.
2.Outsource playing and item acquistion to a net cafe in Korea or somewhere else in Asia.
3.Sell items and gold acquired on Ebay for money.
4.PROFIT!!!
Now, seriously, whats to stop that from happening? Sounds like it could be a feasible service-oriented business.
And what if he ends up making more than his old job...or close to it? What is so wrong with loving your job? Yes I realize MMORPGs have the tendency to be addictive, but if he can do this AND support his family, more power to him.
Yes, well, we've seen how well they stayed true to THAT idea.
"Awww look, its trying to sweep up the ***SMASH***.......oh....
I cook a LOT of chinese food, and as such use minced garlic and ginger in practically every dish, and its a PAIN IN THE ASS to mince it by hand. Takes 10 seconds in this sucker.
We have one at the Mall of America in Minneapolis. And occasionally, in the little performance area one floor below in the open area, there are gatherings of people who bring all their latest gadgets and cleaning products and whatever else they concocted at home that they try to sell to the people who run these kinds of As Seen on TV things. Its actually quite funny to watch.
"TELL THE MONKEYS TO BEGIN TYPING, I COMMAND IT!!!!!!"
Definitely a nationality issue. Where are you from that the singular is Lego and not Legos?
Better than my night....my pizza was made WITH birds.
I'll do this as soon as companies like M$ start taking responsibility for their security.
1.Flavore
2.Flevor
3.Flirst Porst
4.PROFIT!!!