I expect to be paid $1 for every person who views this post. If you don't pay me, then you are a thief, despite the facts that: a) I can't tell if you read it. b) You reading it doesn't take anything from the people who paid me. c) I put it in a public place where anyone with the proper equipment (computer, at least one eye) can see it.
I really liked the line "I remain natural at the ball..."
I don't care what it really means, because the image of german case designers going to a fancy dress ball "au natural" brings me great, if disturbing, pleasure.
Related to the conflicting messages ("you must decide to pay" and "this is so cheap it's nearly worthless") is people's perception of the value of arbitrary length strings of 1s and 0s.
For a lot of people, digital data is not regarded as "real". It's not a material object that you can hold, fold, spindle, or mutilate; so it's not something that has value. Paying anything at all for it seems a bit much.
Also, even if it is only pennies, most people will not accept the hassle of paying for things they can get free elsewhere. I can pay $0.99 for a song or nothing. Guess which I'll go for...
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I expect to be paid $1 for every person who views this post. If you don't pay me, then you are a thief, despite the facts that:
a) I can't tell if you read it.
b) You reading it doesn't take anything from the people who paid me.
c) I put it in a public place where anyone with the proper equipment (computer, at least one eye) can see it.
That and the attendant mushrooming, splintering, or abrading that goes on when a bullet hits someone.
Well, customers is one concern. The other is that a working faraday cage that size is doubleplusexpensive. No one would want to pay for the tickets.
I really liked the line "I remain natural at the ball..." I don't care what it really means, because the image of german case designers going to a fancy dress ball "au natural" brings me great, if disturbing, pleasure.
Related to the conflicting messages ("you must decide to pay" and "this is so cheap it's nearly worthless") is people's perception of the value of arbitrary length strings of 1s and 0s. For a lot of people, digital data is not regarded as "real". It's not a material object that you can hold, fold, spindle, or mutilate; so it's not something that has value. Paying anything at all for it seems a bit much. Also, even if it is only pennies, most people will not accept the hassle of paying for things they can get free elsewhere. I can pay $0.99 for a song or nothing. Guess which I'll go for...