Okay. But what is it about the near field that makes it drop off so quickly? It's all e-m waves, right? So it seems that it ought to drop off using the inverse-square law. That's what I don't get.
Hah! You fools, with your non-automatically-spell-checking text entry fields! I scoff at you! And laugh! I both scoff and laugh! WE shall rule the spelling wars! Us Mac users, with our automatically-spell-checking text entry fields! And, while ruling, we shall laugh and scoff!
I'd say the author might be correct, but not because of a lock-in effect, but because of the power law. Google is on the A-list, and it will stay on the A-list. People will prefer Google to new companies since they know about Google.
(1) The child did not know she was stealing. A website fooled her into thinking she was downloading these songs legally. This is akin to someone setting up a fake checkout in a store. Who would be prosecuted in that case? I would imagine in any court in the land would prosecute the person who put up the fake checkout. She had no intent to break the law, and the website in question had intent to mislead her.
No, it's not that the web-site fooled her. KaZaA's web-site says that you shouldn't use it to trade copyrighted materials. She and her family simply assumed that they were downloading the songs legally. There was no intent to mislead here!
Besides, does anybody still truly think trading copyrighted material is legal?
Seems to me that they weren't trading, they were downloading. Do the awareness campaigns say it's illegal to download music? I bet they don't; Apple et al. would be kinda upset by that.
But mostly "Seppuku" has been replaced with public apology and crying on press-conferences. Disgracing yourselves in that way on TV is equal to dying for some of these men I guess...
Somehow I doubt that. Though I can certainly understand why they say apology & cry is as bad as dying.
Part of the value inherent with purchasing music cd's etc is its transferability. It could be argued too, that...the value of the music...is substantially lower...
That's a very easy argument to defeat. You can buy a CD from the iTunes Music Store for $10. You can buy a real CD for $17 or so. That seven dollars difference? The lost transferability value.
it is somewhat comforting to know that the sky may be falling, but I'll still be able to bounce some HTTP requests for autopr0n.com through the emergency 802.11b network and get a last wank in before the world comes tumbling down.
I'm with you, man! If the world comes tumbling down, I'd like to get one last wank in, too. Or actual sex. Hey, it's all good.
Here's an idea: maybe Hollywood could start making movies people actually want to see more than once, and make their movie that way.
I don't think that's a good idea. I never want to see a movie more than once. Even if the plot is complex enough so that I would benefit from a second viewing, it's too much money.
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They never taught this stuff in high school, or even undergrad physics. So much for my "education". (-1 Bitter)
Okay. But what is it about the near field that makes it drop off so quickly? It's all e-m waves, right? So it seems that it ought to drop off using the inverse-square law. That's what I don't get.
Are we all fruit flies?
No, but those of us that are would like to know more.
I've never heard of the "near field". I can't find a good explanation via Google. Anybody got a link?
Hah! You fools, with your non-automatically-spell-checking text entry fields! I scoff at you! And laugh! I both scoff and laugh! WE shall rule the spelling wars! Us Mac users, with our automatically-spell-checking text entry fields! And, while ruling, we shall laugh and scoff!
Users almost never know what's good for them. They know what they like when they see it, but don't believe a word of it before then.
I'd say the author might be correct, but not because of a lock-in effect, but because of the power law. Google is on the A-list, and it will stay on the A-list. People will prefer Google to new companies since they know about Google.
See this page.
He did say the man was a PHB...
I, for one, welcome our new apple toting overlords!
Hey, insect, alien, and machine overlords are one thing, but you're actually welcoming gummint overlords?!? That's going too far!
So how does one do that, then?
Then you have a sadly limited imagination and social conscience.
(1) The child did not know she was stealing. A website fooled her into thinking she was downloading these songs legally. This is akin to someone setting up a fake checkout in a store. Who would be prosecuted in that case? I would imagine in any court in the land would prosecute the person who put up the fake checkout. She had no intent to break the law, and the website in question had intent to mislead her.
No, it's not that the web-site fooled her. KaZaA's web-site says that you shouldn't use it to trade copyrighted materials. She and her family simply assumed that they were downloading the songs legally. There was no intent to mislead here!
Besides, does anybody still truly think trading copyrighted material is legal?
Seems to me that they weren't trading, they were downloading. Do the awareness campaigns say it's illegal to download music? I bet they don't; Apple et al. would be kinda upset by that.
Wait...how would a horse wear a clown outfit?
But mostly "Seppuku" has been replaced with public apology and crying on press-conferences. Disgracing yourselves in that way on TV is equal to dying for some of these men I guess...
Somehow I doubt that. Though I can certainly understand why they say apology & cry is as bad as dying.
Wusses.
...if the cat observes it, the bird dies?
Part of the value inherent with purchasing music cd's etc is its transferability. It could be argued too, that...the value of the music...is substantially lower...
That's a very easy argument to defeat. You can buy a CD from the iTunes Music Store for $10. You can buy a real CD for $17 or so. That seven dollars difference? The lost transferability value.
it is somewhat comforting to know that the sky may be falling, but I'll still be able to bounce some HTTP requests for autopr0n.com through the emergency 802.11b network and get a last wank in before the world comes tumbling down.
I'm with you, man! If the world comes tumbling down, I'd like to get one last wank in, too. Or actual sex. Hey, it's all good.
Huh. "Honesty"? That is weird. I wonder if it could take off over here?
Didn't Kirk use that trick to blow up one o' those pesky planetary-control computers? (And of course he abandoned the now civilization-less natives.)
You know, at times like this, I truly believe that mathematicians have an unhealthy interest in numbers.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Oooh! Ahhh! That's how it always starts. Then later there's running and screaming.
The Register? Ethics? Something is not computing...
I'd like to see battle-girl ported to OS X. It wouldn't need much, I think, just HID support and LCD flicker elimination.
Here's an idea: maybe Hollywood could start making movies people actually want to see more than once, and make their movie that way.
I don't think that's a good idea. I never want to see a movie more than once. Even if the plot is complex enough so that I would benefit from a second viewing, it's too much money.