Nature kinda has a delicate balance that we tend to screw up for an immediate solution to minor annorances. See cane toads vs cane beetles for an example.
reading that post gave me deja vu Not that I don't partially agree. I'd say conflicting projects, lack of hardware vendor support, tier 1 (or even 2) games, the reliance on the console (I'm not complaining but the average user would), and vaporware- see For Details- is probably far more dangerous.
I would
1.) Rather be notified if I was in violation of someone elses licence/copyright/patent/trademark. I like not getting randomly sued for... say... using a coca-cola logo on my homepage which sells homebrew snowboarding t-shirts.
2.) Would like the ability to notify others if they were violating my intellectual property.
Maybe I'm missing something... how is this so different than a "friendly" notice. It's better than a supoena, no?
Last time I checked, its not just coorporations that can have IP.
I agree entirely with your post- except for your comment on the mod decision. Never said otherwise. I'd honestly mod you up if I still had points and if you weren't at +5, insightful already... this is the first time I've seen a new idea in a rehashed story such as this. But do you think he deserved to be modded troll? It still was a civilised dissenting opinion. It is important to have those even on stories that are done to death.
I always thought that was the entire point of alternatives. That's why use Linux and FreeBSD instead of a pirated windows, OpenOffice instead of a pirated Office, gimp instead of a pirated photoshop, all while listening to my favorite indy bands or a webradio service. I don't need the RIAA's manufactured crap especialy if they won't give it to me at a fair price.
The problem may just be exactly that no one is profiting from other peoples work. The only analogy I have heard that fits is this: If you walk into a play house and watch an entire play without buying a ticket. Does it hurt the theatre? I would think so especially whether you took someones seat or not (maybe it was a full house that night). You haven't made a dime but you did get to see the show. But then it still boils down to what is perceived losses.
This shouldn't have been modded down. Though I'm sure no one or very few who read this site agrees with the tactics or business practices (I find it disgusting) of the RIAA, they are in the right by the simple fact that She has no right to distribute the works they publish. None. Whether distribution of there copyrighted material actually harms them is up for debate, but the legal fact of the matter is that they may pursue copyright infringers. It is not her content to distribute.
but I don't know anyone who reads InternetWeek. Not even my more tech inclined friends. If this was from maybe a national newspaper or something- something read by average users- then maybe I would find this newsworthy. Not that I'm actually surprised of course. I've never heard anyone say they love their windows. Of course the headline does ignore that 48% wouldn't likely drop MS and that 17% might and that 11% other.
Seriously! The source for "#8: US/British forces knowingly use illegal depleted uranium weapons in Gulf War" is Hustler magazine! There arebetter sources
Running Gnome apps under a faster lighter KDE (my preffered desktop) sounds good to me. It is probably better as a selling point for moving forward with the whole linux on the desktop thing.
I thought the guys who did something similar with the xbox were getting sued... or am I mistaken. I know they were being Threatened with legal action at the very least. Anyway why would a guy leave out his information like that (see the bottom of the article) after taunting a gigantic company like Sony in this way?
I thought water vapor was the most serious greenhouse gas contributing 95% of all global warming. If there is more water isn't it more likely to get more vapor? Of course our contribution is something that wasn't there before us but that's another thread.
Well said but what about those guys who do have an honest problem but describe it with pure lies? Or those people who exaggerate their skills and act just as arrogant as the next tech? And what about the people who care more about weeping about the problem than actually getting it fixed? People should be educated in how to ask for help. Techies are human. There is only so much patience.
I'm not going to waste my energy quoting you off. Hopefully you read your own damn post because you cleary didn't read mine (past the shut up part- wasn't the most tactful way to reply. Oh well). While I agree with some of your off topic points. I posted what I did for the simple reason that I'm sick of the America bashing done here (but I don't mind the Bush Bashing too much). There is free speech here and if people have a problem with the way its implemented they should do something about it that's more constructive than posting crap.
But not your right to enjoy erotic material that the "moral" majority don't approve of?
My point is that those rights are guaranteed yet people- like you did in the post that was my parent- continuously give off the idea that the constitution is and always has been nothing but a piece of paper in this country. Look, whether you like it or not morality has been at the core of all our laws and for what ever reason (think religion- and please, for the love of God don't flame for this) obscenity is perceived to be a threat to our society as big as rape and murder.
Letting the majority censor the minority is a wholly different concept from free speech.
Dude, I know that. I didn't tell you to write your rep for nothing.
Also, what if the hardliners who run run Texas decide to declare that Howard Dean's anti-Bush commercials that started running there this week are "obscene". Should the SCOTUS still bug out, on the basis that obscenity is best defined parochially?
Now sorry if I'm too blunt but that's just bullshit. We don't have hundreds of counties, cities, and states (well there aren't a hudred of those...) writing nullification laws on the PATRIOT act for nothing. We don't have a king for President.
There's a reason the Bill of Rights insisted on various forms of freedom of expression.
um... no, it didn't. It insisted that the people can petition government, assemble for any reason, and practice any form of religion without interference/support from the state (and please don't start an argument about those other things, i.e. the faith-based initiative. I'm not illiterate. and I want to keep this on topic.) This why we have the courts in the first place... to interpret the law.
IOW, there isn't really any free speech... This may be "normal" in the USA, but it isn't "liberty and justice for all".
shut the hell up! I am sick and tired of people continuously saying "there is no free speech in America". My country has will and continually defends my right to criticize every institution of government. I'm not going to be shot or put in jail for saying things like the Patriot act won't make me safe or George Bush is a bigger threat to this nation than Al-qaeda and the so called Axis of Evil. So what if precedent says the case doesn't need to be heard in the highest court? The law was decided to benefit the majority in the most specific way and if need be the law will change to benefit the majority in the most specific way. If you don't like it don't post crap. Write your reps and put substance in the letter.
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Nature kinda has a delicate balance that we tend to screw up for an immediate solution to minor annorances. See cane toads vs cane beetles for an example.
reading that post gave me deja vu Not that I don't partially agree. I'd say conflicting projects, lack of hardware vendor support, tier 1 (or even 2) games, the reliance on the console (I'm not complaining but the average user would), and vaporware- see For Details- is probably far more dangerous.
I would 1.) Rather be notified if I was in violation of someone elses licence/copyright/patent/trademark. I like not getting randomly sued for... say... using a coca-cola logo on my homepage which sells homebrew snowboarding t-shirts. 2.) Would like the ability to notify others if they were violating my intellectual property. Maybe I'm missing something... how is this so different than a "friendly" notice. It's better than a supoena, no? Last time I checked, its not just coorporations that can have IP.
I agree entirely with your post- except for your comment on the mod decision. Never said otherwise. I'd honestly mod you up if I still had points and if you weren't at +5, insightful already... this is the first time I've seen a new idea in a rehashed story such as this. But do you think he deserved to be modded troll? It still was a civilised dissenting opinion. It is important to have those even on stories that are done to death.
Which is why I put the thing about taking someones seat... maybe you stood the whole play and it was a full house.
I always thought that was the entire point of alternatives. That's why use Linux and FreeBSD instead of a pirated windows, OpenOffice instead of a pirated Office, gimp instead of a pirated photoshop, all while listening to my favorite indy bands or a webradio service. I don't need the RIAA's manufactured crap especialy if they won't give it to me at a fair price.
The problem may just be exactly that no one is profiting from other peoples work. The only analogy I have heard that fits is this: If you walk into a play house and watch an entire play without buying a ticket. Does it hurt the theatre? I would think so especially whether you took someones seat or not (maybe it was a full house that night). You haven't made a dime but you did get to see the show. But then it still boils down to what is perceived losses.
This shouldn't have been modded down. Though I'm sure no one or very few who read this site agrees with the tactics or business practices (I find it disgusting) of the RIAA, they are in the right by the simple fact that She has no right to distribute the works they publish. None. Whether distribution of there copyrighted material actually harms them is up for debate, but the legal fact of the matter is that they may pursue copyright infringers. It is not her content to distribute.
you forgot the robot porn. The evil bit robot porn!
but I don't know anyone who reads InternetWeek. Not even my more tech inclined friends. If this was from maybe a national newspaper or something- something read by average users- then maybe I would find this newsworthy. Not that I'm actually surprised of course. I've never heard anyone say they love their windows. Of course the headline does ignore that 48% wouldn't likely drop MS and that 17% might and that 11% other.
Seriously! The source for "#8: US/British forces knowingly use illegal depleted uranium weapons in Gulf War" is Hustler magazine! There are better sources
Running Gnome apps under a faster lighter KDE (my preffered desktop) sounds good to me. It is probably better as a selling point for moving forward with the whole linux on the desktop thing.
I thought the guys who did something similar with the xbox were getting sued... or am I mistaken. I know they were being Threatened with legal action at the very least. Anyway why would a guy leave out his information like that (see the bottom of the article) after taunting a gigantic company like Sony in this way?
I thought water vapor was the most serious greenhouse gas contributing 95% of all global warming. If there is more water isn't it more likely to get more vapor? Of course our contribution is something that wasn't there before us but that's another thread.
Well said but what about those guys who do have an honest problem but describe it with pure lies? Or those people who exaggerate their skills and act just as arrogant as the next tech? And what about the people who care more about weeping about the problem than actually getting it fixed? People should be educated in how to ask for help. Techies are human. There is only so much patience.
I'm not going to waste my energy quoting you off. Hopefully you read your own damn post because you cleary didn't read mine (past the shut up part- wasn't the most tactful way to reply. Oh well). While I agree with some of your off topic points. I posted what I did for the simple reason that I'm sick of the America bashing done here (but I don't mind the Bush Bashing too much). There is free speech here and if people have a problem with the way its implemented they should do something about it that's more constructive than posting crap.
My point is that those rights are guaranteed yet people- like you did in the post that was my parent- continuously give off the idea that the constitution is and always has been nothing but a piece of paper in this country. Look, whether you like it or not morality has been at the core of all our laws and for what ever reason (think religion- and please, for the love of God don't flame for this) obscenity is perceived to be a threat to our society as big as rape and murder. Letting the majority censor the minority is a wholly different concept from free speech.
Dude, I know that. I didn't tell you to write your rep for nothing. Also, what if the hardliners who run run Texas decide to declare that Howard Dean's anti-Bush commercials that started running there this week are "obscene". Should the SCOTUS still bug out, on the basis that obscenity is best defined parochially?
Now sorry if I'm too blunt but that's just bullshit. We don't have hundreds of counties, cities, and states (well there aren't a hudred of those...) writing nullification laws on the PATRIOT act for nothing. We don't have a king for President. There's a reason the Bill of Rights insisted on various forms of freedom of expression.
um... no, it didn't. It insisted that the people can petition government, assemble for any reason, and practice any form of religion without interference/support from the state (and please don't start an argument about those other things, i.e. the faith-based initiative. I'm not illiterate. and I want to keep this on topic.) This why we have the courts in the first place... to interpret the law.
IOW, there isn't really any free speech... This may be "normal" in the USA, but it isn't "liberty and justice for all". shut the hell up! I am sick and tired of people continuously saying "there is no free speech in America". My country has will and continually defends my right to criticize every institution of government. I'm not going to be shot or put in jail for saying things like the Patriot act won't make me safe or George Bush is a bigger threat to this nation than Al-qaeda and the so called Axis of Evil. So what if precedent says the case doesn't need to be heard in the highest court? The law was decided to benefit the majority in the most specific way and if need be the law will change to benefit the majority in the most specific way. If you don't like it don't post crap. Write your reps and put substance in the letter.