Hmmm, not being a "true" geek (would not even consider... Don't know any programming languages), I notice sales of video game consoles aren't particularly sluggish (allbeit a slow running 128 bit). Sony promises a 256bit machine in a few years, and I imagine it will sell very well too (as well as any of the other competitors).
On top of being a top flight gaming machine (which is the lionshare of the consumer computer market), it will probably be able to do all of the things people use their desktops for now. And it will probably do it at about half the price. In which case, why do I even need a desktop (except damnit, I can't run Wavelab. Certainly an OS clone will follow)?
I think couching the argument in terms of Intel vs. AMD, etc. is shortsighted. I have heard the arguments of "you don't need more power", and historically, they has been proven wrong (the first killer app will sell the hardware).
Intel, please get your affairs in order. The last gasp of a dying breed.
Well, I guess you're going to have elitist in any field. But by definition, that would have to be a small number... and of the hordes of albums released in a given year, how many make it on the radio? Yeah, elitist.
Was schlepping around with my parents, listening to the radio, and much to my surprise, Slayer is played. I point out that same song would have NEVER been played when it was released (nevermind the fact my parents would be listening to Slayer, even if just sub-conciously). Is Slayer less cool now than then (or maybe cooler)? Hardly. It goes both ways.
Longing for the day when they play Therion on the radio so I can be cool and mainstream. Or maybe I just fail to care. But it would make it easier if a band with over a ten year history got played once, instead of it being my own newest discovery ("Oh wow. Like they've been around for how long, and I've never heard of them."). Maybe if I listen to Britany Spears for another ten years.
What was the phrase... We must believe in our freewill. We have no choice in the matter. More and more I grow suspicious of this thing called freedom (you can do anything you want except not be you). It seems all the steps you take to preserve your freedom is just serving another master. The argument is moot either way. You're here now. Just wing it... I feel justified to ignore any facts which make the problem less interesting.
To simply state that anyone who breaks copyrights as unethical/criminal is pretty naïve. You use law as the basis for what is ethical, when the two couldn't be further apart. Does it justify it, no. Does it condone it, yes... i.e.- is it really stealing if I obtain a copy of something you were gouging? Who is stealing from whom? The principled thing would be not to play (and it is one ethical choice of many)... or maybe play by the same rules you set up. If I am breaking an unethical law, exactly what is that? The situation is a little more complex. Please appreciate it to be so. Socrates is still dead.
Why on earth would anyone want Joe Sixpack to negotiate a peace accord with North Korea? Or a longshoreman to oversee Middle East peace talks? A politician that lives under the rules s/he makes would be nice. There was that novel idea of loss of citizenship for any politican caught taking bribes. Maybe arresting them for treason, but I digress. Maybe career criminals for the presidency. Should, Bush meet an unfortunate end, Cheney would fit the bill perfectly. And didn't the last elections prove it really doesn't matter who you vote for? "People tend to get the government they deserve."- TJ
I think the labeling is a bad idea because, in a way, it legitimizes what the RIAA is doing (effectively absolving fair-use rights). The perfect copy thing gets way too much press (if I re-EQ a CD to record, is it an exact copy? The code is different. Argue it either way.).
What about copying a CD that is out of print? What about making a 32 bit re-master? Fair-use rights supercede the DCMA (grand-father clause). If the RIAA wants copyright protections, they can spend the funds to develop a system that does not interfere with fair-use rights. All this shouldn't be on anyone else's head. Or start suing them under lemon laws. Two can play this game.
Vinyl is looking pretty tasty right now.
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Hmmm, not being a "true" geek (would not even consider... Don't know any programming languages), I notice sales of video game consoles aren't particularly sluggish (allbeit a slow running 128 bit). Sony promises a 256bit machine in a few years, and I imagine it will sell very well too (as well as any of the other competitors).
On top of being a top flight gaming machine (which is the lionshare of the consumer computer market), it will probably be able to do all of the things people use their desktops for now. And it will probably do it at about half the price. In which case, why do I even need a desktop (except damnit, I can't run Wavelab. Certainly an OS clone will follow)?
I think couching the argument in terms of Intel vs. AMD, etc. is shortsighted. I have heard the arguments of "you don't need more power", and historically, they has been proven wrong (the first killer app will sell the hardware).
Intel, please get your affairs in order. The last gasp of a dying breed.
Well, I guess you're going to have elitist in any field. But by definition, that would have to be a small number... and of the hordes of albums released in a given year, how many make it on the radio? Yeah, elitist.
Was schlepping around with my parents, listening to the radio, and much to my surprise, Slayer is played. I point out that same song would have NEVER been played when it was released (nevermind the fact my parents would be listening to Slayer, even if just sub-conciously). Is Slayer less cool now than then (or maybe cooler)? Hardly. It goes both ways.
Longing for the day when they play Therion on the radio so I can be cool and mainstream. Or maybe I just fail to care. But it would make it easier if a band with over a ten year history got played once, instead of it being my own newest discovery ("Oh wow. Like they've been around for how long, and I've never heard of them."). Maybe if I listen to Britany Spears for another ten years.
The radio still sucks.
What was the phrase... We must believe in our freewill. We have no choice in the matter. More and more I grow suspicious of this thing called freedom (you can do anything you want except not be you). It seems all the steps you take to preserve your freedom is just serving another master. The argument is moot either way. You're here now. Just wing it... I feel justified to ignore any facts which make the problem less interesting.
To simply state that anyone who breaks copyrights as unethical/criminal is pretty naïve. You use law as the basis for what is ethical, when the two couldn't be further apart. Does it justify it, no. Does it condone it, yes... i.e.- is it really stealing if I obtain a copy of something you were gouging? Who is stealing from whom? The principled thing would be not to play (and it is one ethical choice of many)... or maybe play by the same rules you set up. If I am breaking an unethical law, exactly what is that? The situation is a little more complex. Please appreciate it to be so. Socrates is still dead.
Why on earth would anyone want Joe Sixpack to negotiate a peace accord with North Korea? Or a longshoreman to oversee Middle East peace talks? A politician that lives under the rules s/he makes would be nice. There was that novel idea of loss of citizenship for any politican caught taking bribes. Maybe arresting them for treason, but I digress. Maybe career criminals for the presidency. Should, Bush meet an unfortunate end, Cheney would fit the bill perfectly. And didn't the last elections prove it really doesn't matter who you vote for? "People tend to get the government they deserve."- TJ
I think the labeling is a bad idea because, in a way, it legitimizes what the RIAA is doing (effectively absolving fair-use rights). The perfect copy thing gets way too much press (if I re-EQ a CD to record, is it an exact copy? The code is different. Argue it either way.). What about copying a CD that is out of print? What about making a 32 bit re-master? Fair-use rights supercede the DCMA (grand-father clause). If the RIAA wants copyright protections, they can spend the funds to develop a system that does not interfere with fair-use rights. All this shouldn't be on anyone else's head. Or start suing them under lemon laws. Two can play this game. Vinyl is looking pretty tasty right now.