New york is epsecially guilty of making stupid laws like this.
I actually went through and read this one. I was going to post a quote, but slashdot's lameness filter cought it. And for good reason, although I suspect that slashodot checks more for formatting than subject matter.
These kinds of things should be written by people who have some idea of what would be involved technically.
The way it's written right now, spyware is defined as an "executable program." That's all fine and good, but it doesn't specify where this program lives. If applied to to the internet, (and there's no reason it couldn't be in it's present form,) the results could easily affect every site in the world that takes statistics.
If I were a betting man, I would predict that this is probably an Enterprise movie. Especially if Enterprise dissapears next season like I keep hearing about on the web. Remember when the first plot leaks were coming out, everyone refered to it as "the prequel." Maybe that's paramount speak for the whole series. It could be interesting. Especially if they mess with the whole star trek time line sending the whole continuity into peril again. The time warps just keep getting better and bettter. I would love to see a movie devoted to the great star trek time warp.
Everything.
By the time the average user has access to that kind of speed, there will be a wealth of everything from commercially available music, to usable movie rentals, and possibly even personal fabrication printers. Fun!
I'm not going to dispute that there is a lot of work that goes into machinima movies. But there are some serious IP issues with some of the Machinima out there. For example, if you take a video game, and create a derivative work based on that video game, who owns the work? Well, under American copyright law, the creators of the video game do. And that's true weather you spent five minutes or five years making it.
There are other issues with it that are tied to the idea that gamers are just cretins who sit in their mother's basements playing their [insert gaming platform here]. Is that justified? I suspect it's not. But it's there none the less.
If I were going to seriously suggest something that I thought could improve the state of this very interesting art, I would propose that someone (if they haven't already) create a movie making engine. Maybe based on one of the open source gaming engines that is specifically designed for movie making. Maybe that way Machinima could get some respect as a legit art form.
Yeah, but the thing about this particular tool is that you can click on "buy this song" and get sent to a page where you can buy the album. No matter what song it is! This is a huge improvement over the whole p2p thing. Programs like this one are geared to make money for the recording industry. I don't know how the RIAA could possibly be against this.
The day PostgreSQL is even half as well supported as mySQL, maybe I'll switch. My issue when adopting stuff like this is what tools are available for it? I could care less about how poorly designed it is. It works. It's well supported by the community and other software vendors. You people are bit snobs.
" Or does a 206 MHz processor with 64 MB of ram seem like DRASTIC OVERKILL for a parking meter?"
I don't know about that. It sounds like their "aggressive power management scheme" probably takes a lot of processor power. Besides, even if it is overkill, it's better to have more power than you need than less. Just a thought.
Who says you have to be old to have seven to ten years of experience? Some of us started doing this after high school.
If you had ten years what makes you think you're going to want to use 50 year old technology?
Going green screen is a valuable skill, especially on Linux systems.
I tell you man.
Experience is the ONLY thing that keeps you employable. The more good references you can chalk up, the better.
That and education. Education is very helpful. Certifications are even better. There's no gray area with them.
If a company or organization is intimidated by you, they never should have hired you in the first place. If it's a bad fit, it doesn't matter how much experience you have.
And when they're done with Apple, there are many other companies in the industry to piss off. For example, they haven't offended red hat, ibm, novell, macromedia (linspire mx?), adobe, corel, documentum(?), or yahoo. I wonder if there's a way for them to get in on all that SCO law suit action.
In Seattle, IT workers with seven to ten years of experience are a dime a dozen. The same can be said for places like LA, Chicago, and many other major cities.
On the other hand, how likely is it that there will be someone with your skills and experience in Indiana, or Wyoming?
There are many places in the US, where IT jobs are not getting outsourced, and not getting filled for the simple reason that there just aren't any qualified IT workers near bye.
Who uses sound cards anymore? I've had my $15 USB sound system for a couple of years now, and have never had trouble with it under Linux.
At least he's complaining about something that is actually part of Linux though. I remember a similar article where the guy was complaining about Linux, but he really meant to complain about Gnome.
The only thing sadder than articles like this, is the fact that people give credence to it.
Right. I think the one thing companies who use offshoring don't understand is that this whole movement, while saving them money, actually makes them less competitive.
Anyone with the know how to do a google search can outsource their projects incredibly cheaply. Even people who never would have had the ability to complete them on their own. So I don't think it's a far cry to assume that Joe Blow can get an idea, and compete with the big guys for a fraction of what it would have cost before.
We're already seeing the beginings of this. So maybe instead of looking at it like "hey we're giving up jobs here," we should look at it as an opertunity to rock the establishment.
In order to catch a prion, you have to actually injest it. You eat a cow whose proteins have the prion, and now your proteins contain the prion, but you can only give it to someone else if they eat you. Similar to the GPL, which only applies if you link the things you created into already-GPLed code; your code becomes GPL iff it incorporates something GPL. On the other hand you can catch a virus just by being near someone, or interacting with them, which isn't how the GPL works.
That assumes that you ingest something substantial enough to be considered a dirivitive work. And even then it may not include everything you ate. Simply the stuff that came from the original work. It's kind of a gross metephor, but I think it works.
My Mom's in her 60's and has an engineering degree. She actually prefers Linux because of the stability. Granted, she's been using Windows since the begining, and before that, DOS.
I don't think the author of this article gives old people enough credit.
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There's nothing viral about the GPL. And there's nothing in the GPL that says you can't sell your GPL'ed code. If there was, companies like IBM and Redhat couldn't sell their open source products.
But like with any other license agreement, there are terms to go by. In this case, it sounds like the vendor didn't disclose their improvements.
If you use GPLe'd code, you agree to those terms. This idea that GPL is somehow the public domain are nuts. There's a huge difference between free and public domain. I'm glad there's a court that agrees.
Lawrence Lessig's new book talks about the perils of intelectual property law. In regard to the Sunny Bono Act in particular he was saying that the law only protects those with money.
In fact he went on to say that the ones with incredible amounts on money are the ones that are actually constructing law. Not exactly top secret information, but it still doesn't make me tingly when I hear it again. I don't know about you, but I can't think of anyone who has more money than Microsoft. It's a shame too. The only way to fix this situation, in my opinion is to have a complete reform in both congress and the house in how laws are made. Namely, get all that fucking special interest money out of the picture.
It kills me to think that these assholes that I vote for every year or so would rather take money and make laws to benefit the interests of companies like Microsoft and Disney than work for my interests.
Cringely also had a column on the subject of Microsoft.
My only question with all of this would be: What happens when the costs of legal action exceeds sales for an extended period of time? Yeah, they have their cash flow, but that could only last so long. And the more of these law suits get settled out of court, the more of them there are going to be. So it seems logical to me to think that at some point, litigation may kill the beast. Although, it could probably go on for quite some time.
True. But by the same token, one could say the same thing about Cray. Their systems have been out moded for some time. I honestly didn't even know they were still in business until this article.
Still,
It's only a state law for new hampshire, and other states like it that require two party consent. I have a hard time seeing how this could apply to anyone outside of new hampshire, and law enforcement, unless of course they're recording chat room discussions of people in that state. And if they were, how would they know? Can you break the law in one state, while not actually setting foot in that state? That could potentially be very interesting...
Finally, a tool for those born again christians to completely seperate themselves from the real world. I wonder if such a sensor could be built into pvr devices and deployed (also through walmart). Just think what the evening news would look like in Kentucky.
So if that's the case, and Robertson's cause is just, then why haven't we seen Microsoft sue Xandros under the same grounds. This is an easy trademark case. Plain and simple.
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New york is epsecially guilty of making stupid laws like this.
I actually went through and read this one. I was going to post a quote, but slashdot's lameness filter cought it. And for good reason, although I suspect that slashodot checks more for formatting than subject matter.
These kinds of things should be written by people who have some idea of what would be involved technically.
The way it's written right now, spyware is defined as an "executable program." That's all fine and good, but it doesn't specify where this program lives. If applied to to the internet, (and there's no reason it couldn't be in it's present form,) the results could easily affect every site in the world that takes statistics.
If I were a betting man, I would predict that this is probably an Enterprise movie. Especially if Enterprise dissapears next season like I keep hearing about on the web. Remember when the first plot leaks were coming out, everyone refered to it as "the prequel." Maybe that's paramount speak for the whole series. It could be interesting. Especially if they mess with the whole star trek time line sending the whole continuity into peril again. The time warps just keep getting better and bettter. I would love to see a movie devoted to the great star trek time warp.
Everything. By the time the average user has access to that kind of speed, there will be a wealth of everything from commercially available music, to usable movie rentals, and possibly even personal fabrication printers. Fun!
I'm not going to dispute that there is a lot of work that goes into machinima movies. But there are some serious IP issues with some of the Machinima out there. For example, if you take a video game, and create a derivative work based on that video game, who owns the work? Well, under American copyright law, the creators of the video game do. And that's true weather you spent five minutes or five years making it.
There are other issues with it that are tied to the idea that gamers are just cretins who sit in their mother's basements playing their [insert gaming platform here]. Is that justified? I suspect it's not. But it's there none the less.
If I were going to seriously suggest something that I thought could improve the state of this very interesting art, I would propose that someone (if they haven't already) create a movie making engine. Maybe based on one of the open source gaming engines that is specifically designed for movie making. Maybe that way Machinima could get some respect as a legit art form.
Yeah, but the thing about this particular tool is that you can click on "buy this song" and get sent to a page where you can buy the album. No matter what song it is! This is a huge improvement over the whole p2p thing. Programs like this one are geared to make money for the recording industry. I don't know how the RIAA could possibly be against this.
The day PostgreSQL is even half as well supported as mySQL, maybe I'll switch. My issue when adopting stuff like this is what tools are available for it? I could care less about how poorly designed it is. It works. It's well supported by the community and other software vendors. You people are bit snobs.
" Or does a 206 MHz processor with 64 MB of ram seem like DRASTIC OVERKILL for a parking meter?"
I don't know about that. It sounds like their "aggressive power management scheme" probably takes a lot of processor power. Besides, even if it is overkill, it's better to have more power than you need than less. Just a thought.
First off,
Who says you have to be old to have seven to ten years of experience? Some of us started doing this after high school.
If you had ten years what makes you think you're going to want to use 50 year old technology?
Going green screen is a valuable skill, especially on Linux systems.
I tell you man.
Experience is the ONLY thing that keeps you employable. The more good references you can chalk up, the better.
That and education. Education is very helpful. Certifications are even better. There's no gray area with them.
If a company or organization is intimidated by you, they never should have hired you in the first place. If it's a bad fit, it doesn't matter how much experience you have.
And when they're done with Apple, there are many other companies in the industry to piss off. For example, they haven't offended red hat, ibm, novell, macromedia (linspire mx?), adobe, corel, documentum(?), or yahoo. I wonder if there's a way for them to get in on all that SCO law suit action.
In Seattle, IT workers with seven to ten years of experience are a dime a dozen. The same can be said for places like LA, Chicago, and many other major cities.
:)
On the other hand, how likely is it that there will be someone with your skills and experience in Indiana, or Wyoming?
There are many places in the US, where IT jobs are not getting outsourced, and not getting filled for the simple reason that there just aren't any qualified IT workers near bye.
Translation: You'll be hard to replace
Who uses sound cards anymore?
I've had my $15 USB sound system for a couple of years now, and have never had trouble with it under Linux.
At least he's complaining about something that is actually part of Linux though. I remember a similar article where the guy was complaining about Linux, but he really meant to complain about Gnome.
The only thing sadder than articles like this, is the fact that people give credence to it.
No way man, the 79 was much harder core. Automatic transmissions are for losers.
Right.
I think the one thing companies who use offshoring don't understand is that this whole movement, while saving them money, actually makes them less competitive.
Anyone with the know how to do a google search can outsource their projects incredibly cheaply. Even people who never would have had the ability to complete them on their own. So I don't think it's a far cry to assume that Joe Blow can get an idea, and compete with the big guys for a fraction of what it would have cost before.
We're already seeing the beginings of this.
So maybe instead of looking at it like "hey we're giving up jobs here," we should look at it as an opertunity to rock the establishment.
But what do I know?
So that begs the obvious question... Anybody have a copy of the agreement between baystar and SCO?
There's always Sealand.
That assumes that you ingest something substantial enough to be considered a dirivitive work. And even then it may not include everything you ate. Simply the stuff that came from the original work. It's kind of a gross metephor, but I think it works.
My Mom's in her 60's and has an engineering degree. She actually prefers Linux because of the stability. Granted, she's been using Windows since the begining, and before that, DOS.
I don't think the author of this article gives old people enough credit.
There's nothing viral about the GPL. And there's nothing in the GPL that says you can't sell your GPL'ed code. If there was, companies like IBM and Redhat couldn't sell their open source products. But like with any other license agreement, there are terms to go by. In this case, it sounds like the vendor didn't disclose their improvements. If you use GPLe'd code, you agree to those terms. This idea that GPL is somehow the public domain are nuts. There's a huge difference between free and public domain. I'm glad there's a court that agrees.
Lawrence Lessig's new book talks about the perils of intelectual property law. In regard to the Sunny Bono Act in particular he was saying that the law only protects those with money.
In fact he went on to say that the ones with incredible amounts on money are the ones that are actually constructing law. Not exactly top secret information, but it still doesn't make me tingly when I hear it again. I don't know about you, but I can't think of anyone who has more money than Microsoft. It's a shame too. The only way to fix this situation, in my opinion is to have a complete reform in both congress and the house in how laws are made. Namely, get all that fucking special interest money out of the picture.
It kills me to think that these assholes that I vote for every year or so would rather take money and make laws to benefit the interests of companies like Microsoft and Disney than work for my interests.
Cringely also had a column on the subject of Microsoft.
My only question with all of this would be:
What happens when the costs of legal action exceeds sales for an extended period of time? Yeah, they have their cash flow, but that could only last so long. And the more of these law suits get settled out of court, the more of them there are going to be. So it seems logical to me to think that at some point, litigation may kill the beast. Although, it could probably go on for quite some time.
I don't know about that. It looks like padlock has a hardware componant that it needs to run.
True. But by the same token, one could say the same thing about Cray. Their systems have been out moded for some time. I honestly didn't even know they were still in business until this article.
Still, It's only a state law for new hampshire, and other states like it that require two party consent. I have a hard time seeing how this could apply to anyone outside of new hampshire, and law enforcement, unless of course they're recording chat room discussions of people in that state. And if they were, how would they know? Can you break the law in one state, while not actually setting foot in that state? That could potentially be very interesting...
Damn straight.
Finally, a tool for those born again christians to completely seperate themselves from the real world. I wonder if such a sensor could be built into pvr devices and deployed (also through walmart). Just think what the evening news would look like in Kentucky.
So if that's the case, and Robertson's cause is just, then why haven't we seen Microsoft sue Xandros under the same grounds. This is an easy trademark case. Plain and simple.