Seriously, I think it's time we all banded together. There's got to be a/.'er in just about every geographical location on earth, so I say we set up a site to report spammers, get a few volunteers to track them down (electronically) and get who ever lives closest to break into the place with base ball bats.
It's about time, finally our protable devices won't have to trade off performance for longevity.
Of course in the not so distant future we will need to find new energy scources as our consumptions rise. Which of course would stem from manufacturers no longer trying to make energy efficient portable devices.
Yes it is... intelectual property is still property by all definitions of the word, AND by all current laws in existance.
And you can say copyright infringement is different because it doesn't diminish the holders property, but it does, it diminishes the holders potential for returns.
We live in the information age and things like this need to be policed more than anything. If we allowed information based things to slide we'd see things like insider trading flourish and we'd all be a hell of a lot worse off.
Best Line:
"Or a contraption which hits the
user on the head for every mail they send. So if they send 1 an hour,
it's a mild nuisance. But if they send 100 a minute, it'll probably kill
them."
I think the possible consequences of sharing copywrited music, are now well known. If you are one of the ones to be caught then it's your fault for assuming you could get away with it.
I personally would not want to hire someone who partakes in this activity. Not because they have broken a law but because it shows somthing about their moral grounding.
It shows the person will try to cheat you if they think they can get away with it.
People like that should be exposed, and held up as examples.
Besides punishments should be worse than the crime to deter others from partaking in it. Otherwise crime would be profitable. I.e. steal $X worth of equiptment and then be fined $(X-100). Logically think about what you are saying.
And wrong doers all get punished, which you guys seem to have a problem with as well.
And besides lets be honest for a minute, what do you really think KaZaA intends their product to be used to. We arn't stupid, it may not be provable, but it is geared up to distribute copywrited material.
Also for a car or gun you need a liscence, not any one can get one, you need to have been aproved by the powers that be. In Australia certain knives are illeagal, because they are geared up for unfavorable uses. And for all those items you mentioned people using them illeagaly are the minority not the majority, unlike KaZaA users.
I just can't belive the gov isn't investigating SCO yet. Surly no one really belives SCO belive what they are doing is in their shareholders best interest. That alone is enough to have them put in jail.
I saw one of these,
I think they call them hand gliders,
Honastly, what a stupid invention, some people have too much time and money for their level of sense.
It's sad that corporations are sending jobs overseas in the name of cheap labour.
This is quite healthy, we are in a capitalist system, and it will only work by people leagally trying to do the best thing for themselves.
Actually by golbalization and companies outsourcing to poorer countries, those countries average wage rises. They get wealth investments and capital investments from wealthier countries, and will eventually lead to equal standards of living accross the world. What is happening is really for the best... in the long run at least.
If you are in the wrong, and people who steal this music are, then how are they being mistreated, treated a little harshly maybe, but not mistreated. You can say that these folks don't belive what they are doing is wrong, or that they don't want to support these people for one reason or another. But then I'm sure rapists, and murders in their own minds that they are doing a public good. You cant pick and choose from the justice system.
I can't belive it has come to this... Peoples greed amazes me. If you have a problem with the current record companies and their policy, why not start your own up. Do it by the policies you prefess to be reasonable now. Set them a good example rather than bitching and moaning.
And if you fail then we will know for certain that you were wrong, otherwise you could change this market forever.
Surely we have all had enough of this anarchy, them vs us crap by now.
2.6.0 is now in freeze mode and it will be really hard to remove all the lines that SCO alleges are infringement. Had they released this while 2.6 still was 2.5, the community could (at least in theory) have done a halt in development and spend some time on removing these lines.
Becuase then they loose the ability to charge people licensing fees after the upgrade.
I just look forward to computers equipt with multiple PCI express slots, think about how many screens you could hook up then, and with out the loss of picture quality by splitting one graphics card onto two monitors.
This won't really do much for RPG's (although a sepperate screen for game stats would be cool), but imagine the possibilities for sims and stratergy games.
Another thing that ammuses me is that the Human eye can only see arround 24fps yet gammers boast about getting much more. Do they realize most screens perk at about 60 refreshes, while TV/Digital/HD/cinema is only 24-30fps (broadcast, not necesarly what your TV is capable of, which brings to mind another marketing gimick). That's why when you watch a car on TV the wheels speed up untill they eventually appear to be moving backwards slowly. The fact is that the human eye perceives the typical cinema film motion as being fluid at about 18fps (with motion blur).
It really shouldn't cost as much to get in to space as NASA makes it. I bet the Russians could service it for less than half the price.
I tend to think the execs at NASA just sit arround all day thinking up new ways to burn money. The shuttle idea was stupid from the start. It is more dangerous, and less ecconomical. Wings have no possible pourpose in space, and only mean the shuttle has to do the falling leaf thing on re-entry to stop the wings falling apart from the heat.
Nothing was ever wrong with ocean landings, or even the retro rocket thing the Russians are using.
And for an Example of NASA wasting money just look at the tires on the shuttle. They get them specially made, and the specs say they can cope with 6 high impact (as in higher than usual for a shuttle) landings. Now these tires cost millions of dollars per tire. Now the Shuttle has 6 tires I think. So there's a few million dollars to start with, which wouldn't be needed for a pod. I also ask how they manage to make tyres that cost that much, seeing as they are made similarly to other aviation tires (which cost far less). But that isn't really the issue, the best part is that they replace them after each landing. Now I agree they should not be pushed to the limit, but they should at least get 3 landings out of them. Hell that would be a saving of 8 million dollars each flight, assuming by a few million dollars they mean 2, and ignoring all labor and machinery costs.
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Unless you install a rocket in the back of the Honda it will never break the 4 seccond mark. Plus the AM will be much nicer to drive, and and have a much higher top speed.
Now I dont compleatly disagree with your argmuent, but the analogy was a bad one.
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I think it's the other way:
The souped up cars are for the dudes with somthing to make up for, while the Aston Martin, a relatively unflashy car, is for people who like luxury and/or prestigue. AM's are a great example of enginreering master peices.
The AM is a plain Lian-Li case with a solid system underneith, while the souped up Honda, is a stock IBM with heaps of mods and neon lights. While the AM is more expencive it is a much more solid, and valuble car, also from a logical point of view, it will have a much longer life and a comparitively much higher re-sale value.
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Seriously, I think it's time we all banded together. There's got to be a /.'er in just about every geographical location on earth, so I say we set up a site to report spammers, get a few volunteers to track them down (electronically) and get who ever lives closest to break into the place with base ball bats.
And NO this isn't sarcasm or a joke.
...just wait till we find some aliens who cure all our ailments.
It's about time, finally our protable devices won't have to trade off performance for longevity.
Of course in the not so distant future we will need to find new energy scources as our consumptions rise. Which of course would stem from manufacturers no longer trying to make energy efficient portable devices.
Yes it is... intelectual property is still property by all definitions of the word, AND by all current laws in existance.
And you can say copyright infringement is different because it doesn't diminish the holders property, but it does, it diminishes the holders potential for returns.
We live in the information age and things like this need to be policed more than anything. If we allowed information based things to slide we'd see things like insider trading flourish and we'd all be a hell of a lot worse off.
I remember seeing somthing about the US Navy being currently in the development stage of a 3 hulled aircraft carrier.
Best Line: "Or a contraption which hits the user on the head for every mail they send. So if they send 1 an hour, it's a mild nuisance. But if they send 100 a minute, it'll probably kill them."
I thought it was funny... No non aussie would get it, not even sure if all aussies would.
It's a song... bah... just read the links.
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I think the possible consequences of sharing copywrited music, are now well known. If you are one of the ones to be caught then it's your fault for assuming you could get away with it.
I personally would not want to hire someone who partakes in this activity. Not because they have broken a law but because it shows somthing about their moral grounding.
It shows the person will try to cheat you if they think they can get away with it.
People like that should be exposed, and held up as examples.
Besides punishments should be worse than the crime to deter others from partaking in it. Otherwise crime would be profitable. I.e. steal $X worth of equiptment and then be fined $(X-100). Logically think about what you are saying.
Not even the earth is completely spherical... whoops looks like we all now live on the moon.
And wrong doers all get punished, which you guys seem to have a problem with as well.
And besides lets be honest for a minute, what do you really think KaZaA intends their product to be used to. We arn't stupid, it may not be provable, but it is geared up to distribute copywrited material.
Also for a car or gun you need a liscence, not any one can get one, you need to have been aproved by the powers that be. In Australia certain knives are illeagal, because they are geared up for unfavorable uses. And for all those items you mentioned people using them illeagaly are the minority not the majority, unlike KaZaA users.
I just can't belive the gov isn't investigating SCO yet. Surly no one really belives SCO belive what they are doing is in their shareholders best interest. That alone is enough to have them put in jail.
I saw one of these, I think they call them hand gliders, Honastly, what a stupid invention, some people have too much time and money for their level of sense.
It's sad that corporations are sending jobs overseas in the name of cheap labour.
This is quite healthy, we are in a capitalist system, and it will only work by people leagally trying to do the best thing for themselves.
Actually by golbalization and companies outsourcing to poorer countries, those countries average wage rises. They get wealth investments and capital investments from wealthier countries, and will eventually lead to equal standards of living accross the world. What is happening is really for the best... in the long run at least.
If you are in the wrong, and people who steal this music are, then how are they being mistreated, treated a little harshly maybe, but not mistreated. You can say that these folks don't belive what they are doing is wrong, or that they don't want to support these people for one reason or another. But then I'm sure rapists, and murders in their own minds that they are doing a public good. You cant pick and choose from the justice system.
I can't belive it has come to this... Peoples greed amazes me. If you have a problem with the current record companies and their policy, why not start your own up. Do it by the policies you prefess to be reasonable now. Set them a good example rather than bitching and moaning.
And if you fail then we will know for certain that you were wrong, otherwise you could change this market forever.
Surely we have all had enough of this anarchy, them vs us crap by now.
thus driving demands up and prices down
Ahhhh, our good friend ecconomics has taught us quite the opposite.
2.6.0 is now in freeze mode and it will be really hard to remove all the lines that SCO alleges are infringement. Had they released this while 2.6 still was 2.5, the community could (at least in theory) have done a halt in development and spend some time on removing these lines.
Becuase then they loose the ability to charge people licensing fees after the upgrade.
I just feel sorry for SGI, who are now facing trouble due to other companies decisions.
First they were skrewed arround when MIPS failed to break the GHz mark, and now by Intel for signing the death of the Itanium.
I can't belive someone actually asked: "is [SCO] even going to sue?"
I just look forward to computers equipt with multiple PCI express slots, think about how many screens you could hook up then, and with out the loss of picture quality by splitting one graphics card onto two monitors.
This won't really do much for RPG's (although a sepperate screen for game stats would be cool), but imagine the possibilities for sims and stratergy games.
See title...
Another thing that ammuses me is that the Human eye can only see arround 24fps yet gammers boast about getting much more. Do they realize most screens perk at about 60 refreshes, while TV/Digital/HD/cinema is only 24-30fps (broadcast, not necesarly what your TV is capable of, which brings to mind another marketing gimick). That's why when you watch a car on TV the wheels speed up untill they eventually appear to be moving backwards slowly. The fact is that the human eye perceives the typical cinema film motion as being fluid at about 18fps (with motion blur).
It really shouldn't cost as much to get in to space as NASA makes it. I bet the Russians could service it for less than half the price.
I tend to think the execs at NASA just sit arround all day thinking up new ways to burn money. The shuttle idea was stupid from the start. It is more dangerous, and less ecconomical. Wings have no possible pourpose in space, and only mean the shuttle has to do the falling leaf thing on re-entry to stop the wings falling apart from the heat.
Nothing was ever wrong with ocean landings, or even the retro rocket thing the Russians are using.
And for an Example of NASA wasting money just look at the tires on the shuttle. They get them specially made, and the specs say they can cope with 6 high impact (as in higher than usual for a shuttle) landings. Now these tires cost millions of dollars per tire. Now the Shuttle has 6 tires I think. So there's a few million dollars to start with, which wouldn't be needed for a pod. I also ask how they manage to make tyres that cost that much, seeing as they are made similarly to other aviation tires (which cost far less). But that isn't really the issue, the best part is that they replace them after each landing. Now I agree they should not be pushed to the limit, but they should at least get 3 landings out of them. Hell that would be a saving of 8 million dollars each flight, assuming by a few million dollars they mean 2, and ignoring all labor and machinery costs.
Unless you install a rocket in the back of the Honda it will never break the 4 seccond mark. Plus the AM will be much nicer to drive, and and have a much higher top speed.
Now I dont compleatly disagree with your argmuent, but the analogy was a bad one.
I think it's the other way:
The souped up cars are for the dudes with somthing to make up for, while the Aston Martin, a relatively unflashy car, is for people who like luxury and/or prestigue. AM's are a great example of enginreering master peices.
The AM is a plain Lian-Li case with a solid system underneith, while the souped up Honda, is a stock IBM with heaps of mods and neon lights. While the AM is more expencive it is a much more solid, and valuble car, also from a logical point of view, it will have a much longer life and a comparitively much higher re-sale value.