Wrong, the one with the best technology (who uses it competently) will always win. We didn't use our best technology (nuclear) because of other factors. Technology always trumps, and those who disagree can't argue long because they'll be dead.
Just because DNA is base 4 does not make just like computers! I bet every computer type thinks this--omigosh, that's 2 bits per unit! Yet another example of an expert in one field thinking it automatically transfers to others. Step away from the computer, please...
We gotta harvest antimatter through worm holes in space-time. And anyone who disagrees is gonna get the business end of my phaser, set to "kill". You damn luddite fusion proponents. Get with much better technology!
Gah, insightful. It's freely copyable, that's what is meant. Information wants to be free once it has been produced. It's a plain fact, and no matter of distractions takes that away.
Is this a computer thing, or do you just give rough estimates in powers of 2? Like, "There must have been 128 people at the wedding, maybe 256!" Oh by the way, decimal is evil and causes cancer.
I agree, but that's what slashdot has become. Now I've gotten some actually useful information from this sight, but just about every other article can be summed up as "information wants to be free". By the way it's ALL intellectual property that are evil, not just software patents. But there's nothing more to say about it really.
Sample the photons and generate new ones of the same type. Well I know I'm just another/.er commenting on math and physics matters knowing barely anything about it, but couldn't it work?
Now I'm rabidly anti-IP, but I think there are some non-evil uses for DRM, even as you define it. What about on the battlefield? I would think hardware DRM would have a big role there. Sharing music is fine, sharing battefield plans is not. I don't really see the technologies as being bad or good...mostly it's the laws that are evil.
One good example is the google puzzle contest I'm sure many tried. You downloaded the.pdf before, and got a password when the time started. While nobody should go to jail for cracking the password, it was an example of a good (not evil) use of DRM.
There will always be a chance that something will go wrong, and people will die. If they had to test every last thing like this, nothing would get done.
I think I skipped some classes entirely and got an 'A'. Mainly the ones that followed the book pretty well. Frankly I'd like a setup that could have existed since the printing press--just Q&A and maybe professor time, tests, and a good book.
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It's not groupthink--it's just we all come to the same logical conclusion. Groupthink is, hey there's these magical places called heaven and hell!
Wrong, the one with the best technology (who uses it competently) will always win. We didn't use our best technology (nuclear) because of other factors. Technology always trumps, and those who disagree can't argue long because they'll be dead.
Dead people don't debate.
Because dead people can't rant against technology. The one with the best technology will be the only one alive!
Why bother with games that have restrictive copyrights? Information wants to be free. When I copy it, I don't deprive the original owner.
Just because DNA is base 4 does not make just like computers! I bet every computer type thinks this--omigosh, that's 2 bits per unit! Yet another example of an expert in one field thinking it automatically transfers to others. Step away from the computer, please...
Oh this must make us geeks happy.
We gotta harvest antimatter through worm holes in space-time. And anyone who disagrees is gonna get the business end of my phaser, set to "kill". You damn luddite fusion proponents. Get with much better technology!
Funny? Hexadecimal is about logic, which is about the opposite of funny. I'm serious about this!
Good post! Some people just can't think beyond the way things work now. Must be a brain deficiency.
Isn't much more elegant to use hexadecimal?
Information wants to be free!
Gah, insightful. It's freely copyable, that's what is meant. Information wants to be free once it has been produced. It's a plain fact, and no matter of distractions takes that away.
Code+data=hunk of information.
Is this a computer thing, or do you just give rough estimates in powers of 2? Like, "There must have been 128 people at the wedding, maybe 256!" Oh by the way, decimal is evil and causes cancer.
Better yet, have games that are free (as all information should be). America's army is a good, completely free game.
Outlaw ALL intellectual property laws. Change the constitution. This is worth going to war over (just like over slavery).
I agree, but that's what slashdot has become. Now I've gotten some actually useful information from this sight, but just about every other article can be summed up as "information wants to be free". By the way it's ALL intellectual property that are evil, not just software patents. But there's nothing more to say about it really.
Sample the photons and generate new ones of the same type. Well I know I'm just another /.er commenting on math and physics matters knowing barely anything about it, but couldn't it work?
Now I'm rabidly anti-IP, but I think there are some non-evil uses for DRM, even as you define it. What about on the battlefield? I would think hardware DRM would have a big role there. Sharing music is fine, sharing battefield plans is not. I don't really see the technologies as being bad or good...mostly it's the laws that are evil.
Huh? DRM is almost all about encryption anyway--except I suppose for that weird DVD that supposed to chemically fade after a few days.
One good example is the google puzzle contest I'm sure many tried. You downloaded the .pdf before, and got a password when the time started. While nobody should go to jail for cracking the password, it was an example of a good (not evil) use of DRM.
There will always be a chance that something will go wrong, and people will die. If they had to test every last thing like this, nothing would get done.
Why not put a dvorak keyboard on it? I suppose it may be software-configurable like every other OS.
I think I skipped some classes entirely and got an 'A'. Mainly the ones that followed the book pretty well. Frankly I'd like a setup that could have existed since the printing press--just Q&A and maybe professor time, tests, and a good book.
How about, "Remember, abolishment of slavery doesn't sound like a bad idea on paper, either." Oops, that worked.