uhh didn't they resolve this issue earlier this week?
The US is free to impose tarrifs and duties however they choose. The free trade treaties give a legal framework to fight them if they are unfair. If we didn't have a free trade treaty, we'd have no recourse.
If the Austrailian deal it's anything like the Canada US free trade agreement you DO want it. The free trade agreements between Canada and the US have been good for both countries. The amount of cross border trade has been huge and contributed to significant growth in both countries.
Trademark arguements have nothing to do with free trade, just trademark law. I understand you're upset, but trademark suits will happen anyway. The other point is that if something is in widespread use in commerce, you can't trademark it. By your reasoning it is invalid, someone just needs to challenge it.
I think the problem with the current IP systems are that it is too difficult and costly to fight someone.
Of course, even though financially I'm not ahead having gone to school, I think I'm ahead.
This fancy $50k piece of paper has given me the opportunity to have a nice job. Good work environment, interesting work, more opportunity.
Sure my friends from HS working in a factory have a few year head start, and no education debt, but I think today I'm already living a better life. They grumble about the monotonous job they do, I complain about the challenges I'm faced with.
I've got a new problem to solve every day (or every few minutes some days).
I have had community college engineers with only 2 calculus course tell me they know "all of calculus". I had 3 calculus courses, then 2 differential equations courses. They seem unable to grasp there is more to learn beyond what they have been taught. I think it would be similarly ignorant to assume that advanced degrees are a waste of time.
Many people with less education, like some 2 year design college grads think they got the same education. I took all of calculus in 2 courses, it took you 3 years, obviously my instructors were better. If you haven't taken it, you really shouldn't discount it as worthless.
Now as to the value, good grad school research can be valuable. You can probaly get better technical direction than a typical work project, and might have the time to do it technically right. You can take grad courses which are more advanced and ideally generate some new theory or ideas on your field.
It is correct that most of this doesn't typically apply directly to the normal job as a code monkey. However it can certainly add value if you delve into similar fields. Even if you are working in an 'unrelated' topic, the advanced knowledge you gained might be somewhat transferable. At the very least you will have had the opportunity to apply the years of education to a problem, and make judgements on how to attack it. If you actually get your Masters PhD at the end, you should have even done a not awful job of it.
Actually I see it as an irc type system, where each network could provide its own geography. Each user would provide their own information, and they could host their own universe.
There would be no artificial game to it, although each universe could implement its own set of rules.
If someone wanted a game would be owned by their creator server, not by the carrying user. Individual nodes could choose if they accept items created by that node. One could trust items from "valid" server and give them special rules in their node. Widely accepted authorities would have more value. Which isn't all that different from the DNS system we have today. Anyone could have their own servers, but people tend to ignore them.
The pay for labour in the other countries is lower, so you can more efficiently spend your money. The other point is that if there is enough demand for their labour, their wages will increase, this is already happening. Not equal yet, but it is coming.
We have the same basic opportunities, it has just worked out that some people have been very successful. Bill Gates, Arnold Schwarzenegger are just two examples of people that have really gone quite far just from the opportunities presented.
I understand the feel good aspect of equal distribution, and how it seems inherintly unfair. But with limited resources I think we should all have the opportunity to gain some, but they should basically go where they will best be utilized.
I agree, the liars can cause a problem, but this is an implementation issue, not a system issue. If there was greater depth and awareness this problem would go away. This is similar to democracy, a current problem is the uneducated electorate. If this problem was solved democracy might work a bit better.
If an entity can not create more value then it consumes it should die. This goes for both companies, ideas and people. Harsh, but that is the nature of the system. It is also the way of natural selection.
This is a good. Let the grunt work go, then maybe keep some of the story design and character development.
Beats the alternative of completely offshore anime.
Face it, if the same basic product costs 1/10th if it is produced in a cheap country, people will likley buy that version. Many goods can't cover a cost difference of this magnitude. My only hope is that the market will adjust and this spread is something that we (expensive countries) can compete with.
1. It is less work for me to download and burn then go to the local CD store, and I live in the city. 2. Longevity, download them again. 3. I did mention cover art as an issue, but I don't care about it. 4. Download the live tracks, download the download. Ticket discounts is a plus, but it likely won't exceed the CD price. 5. Yawn, good vibes I'll buy a ticket to the show. 6. Quality is a plus, but you could always put higher quality online. 7. Supporting the artist, I'll buy a ticket to the show. 8. Legality, if the law wasn't enforced people would think it is okay. Now because of the RIAA they know they can't legally do this.
I only agree with #3 and #8 as being valid reasons. #3 isn't worth $20, #8 is.
If I can download the music and burn it to a CD for only a few cents, why would I buy a CD? It's cheaper, faster, and more flexible (ie a mix CD).
If the RIAA wasn't suing and shutting people down, most people would burn their own, or have someone burn it for them. There really isn't much added value in an 'official' CD.
The reason they haven't yet is burners weren't widely available, you can't trivially pick up all the songs you want, the average person still has trouble burning stuff to CD, and the threat of legal action.
Take away those problems, and I can't think of a reason to buy it, unless you have some sort of cover art fetish.
uh, Intel has done this. Actually many chipmakers do this, take a partially defective chip, disable the defective portion, product from scrap. Or if it doesn't meet high performance specs, downgrade it (this was well known in the pentium days)
Well when it isn't a consumer product pricing it out of the consumer market makes sense.
When I bought my SLR, I played with new consumer cameras (Rebels), and used mid range/ pro bodies.
The feel of the upper end cameras, even used is much better then the consumer cameras. Until you go and try both it is hard to understand how different they really are.
Because the cost of even fuel grade vegetable oil is too much. Take a gallon of oil from the store, add the refining cost (his $0.41) it is more than conventional diesel at the pumps.
Of course if the price of oil goes higher, then this becomes competative, which is exactly why OPEC doesn't want the price to be too high, people will seek out alternatives.
Sun and MS are software companies, obviously they will tell everyone the future is in software, not hardware.
MS is obviously a software company. Sun wants to be a hardware company, but they are realizing they can't compete with the price performance of commodity x86 boxes.
Sure, you can charge me rent for GPL software. But I can just stop paying, once I get a copy, you can't revoke my right to use it. I can even give it to others.
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uhh didn't they resolve this issue earlier this week?
The US is free to impose tarrifs and duties however they choose. The free trade treaties give a legal framework to fight them if they are unfair.
If we didn't have a free trade treaty, we'd have no recourse.
If the Austrailian deal it's anything like the Canada US free trade agreement you DO want it.
The free trade agreements between Canada and the US have been good for both countries. The amount of cross border trade has been huge and contributed to significant growth in both countries.
Trademark arguements have nothing to do with free trade, just trademark law. I understand you're upset, but trademark suits will happen anyway.
The other point is that if something is in widespread use in commerce, you can't trademark it. By your reasoning it is invalid, someone just needs to challenge it.
I think the problem with the current IP systems are that it is too difficult and costly to fight someone.
The GPL encourages expansion of the GPL body of work.
The BSD licence encourages use of the code by everyone.
Framed this way, you can decide what your #1 goal is, then select that license.
That is precisely why companies fold.
My point was there is more to life than money.
I think my degree got me a nicer job, not just a little more money.
Of course, even though financially I'm not ahead having gone to school, I think I'm ahead.
This fancy $50k piece of paper has given me the opportunity to have a nice job.
Good work environment, interesting work, more opportunity.
Sure my friends from HS working in a factory have a few year head start, and no education debt, but I think today I'm already living a better life.
They grumble about the monotonous job they do, I complain about the challenges I'm faced with.
I've got a new problem to solve every day (or every few minutes some days).
Sorry that was poorly written.
I have had community college engineers with only 2 calculus course tell me they know "all of calculus".
I had 3 calculus courses, then 2 differential equations courses. They seem unable to grasp there is more to learn beyond what they have been taught.
I think it would be similarly ignorant to assume that advanced degrees are a waste of time.
I have a B ASc (Mechanical) Honours (4 year).
Many people with less education, like some 2 year design college grads think they got the same education. I took all of calculus in 2 courses, it took you 3 years, obviously my instructors were better.
If you haven't taken it, you really shouldn't discount it as worthless.
Now as to the value, good grad school research can be valuable. You can probaly get better technical direction than a typical work project, and might have the time to do it technically right.
You can take grad courses which are more advanced and ideally generate some new theory or ideas on your field.
It is correct that most of this doesn't typically apply directly to the normal job as a code monkey. However it can certainly add value if you delve into similar fields.
Even if you are working in an 'unrelated' topic, the advanced knowledge you gained might be somewhat transferable.
At the very least you will have had the opportunity to apply the years of education to a problem, and make judgements on how to attack it. If you actually get your Masters PhD at the end, you should have even done a not awful job of it.
To compete you must add value, or offer a lower price.
Competing with free removes the price driver.
I don't see that many options to add value. But it isn't my job to dream up business models for others.
I like this idea.
Actually I see it as an irc type system, where each network could provide its own geography.
Each user would provide their own information, and they could host their own universe.
There would be no artificial game to it, although each universe could implement its own set of rules.
If someone wanted a game would be owned by their creator server, not by the carrying user. Individual nodes could choose if they accept items created by that node.
One could trust items from "valid" server and give them special rules in their node. Widely accepted authorities would have more value. Which isn't all that different from the DNS system we have today.
Anyone could have their own servers, but people tend to ignore them.
The pay for labour in the other countries is lower, so you can more efficiently spend your money. The other point is that if there is enough demand for their labour, their wages will increase, this is already happening. Not equal yet, but it is coming.
We have the same basic opportunities, it has just worked out that some people have been very successful.
Bill Gates, Arnold Schwarzenegger are just two examples of people that have really gone quite far just from the opportunities presented.
I understand the feel good aspect of equal distribution, and how it seems inherintly unfair. But with limited resources I think we should all have the opportunity to gain some, but they should basically go where they will best be utilized.
There are two values and some choose to neglect one or the other.
1. Those who sell it see the value they get, the price for the product and related services.
2. Those who use it see the usage value of the product.
Some are scared that open source will lower value #1, what the others MUST realize is that this doesn't change #2 at all.
I think we should promote linuxtoday MORE!
It offers some interesting news, updated quite regularly.
MS is going to spew their advertising, the money might as well go to a Linux site.
I agree, the liars can cause a problem, but this is an implementation issue, not a system issue. If there was greater depth and awareness this problem would go away.
This is similar to democracy, a current problem is the uneducated electorate. If this problem was solved democracy might work a bit better.
If an entity can not create more value then it consumes it should die. This goes for both companies, ideas and people. Harsh, but that is the nature of the system. It is also the way of natural selection.
What is wrong with the current allocation system.
Yes it doesn't allow equal distribution, however the key idea behind a capitalist free market IS the unequal distribution.
Capital and resources flow to those which generate more value. This creates a net increase in total value.
This is a good. Let the grunt work go, then maybe keep some of the story design and character development.
Beats the alternative of completely offshore anime.
Face it, if the same basic product costs 1/10th if it is produced in a cheap country, people will likley buy that version. Many goods can't cover a cost difference of this magnitude. My only hope is that the market will adjust and this spread is something that we (expensive countries) can compete with.
1. It is less work for me to download and burn then go to the local CD store, and I live in the city.
2. Longevity, download them again.
3. I did mention cover art as an issue, but I don't care about it.
4. Download the live tracks, download the download. Ticket discounts is a plus, but it likely won't exceed the CD price.
5. Yawn, good vibes I'll buy a ticket to the show.
6. Quality is a plus, but you could always put higher quality online.
7. Supporting the artist, I'll buy a ticket to the show.
8. Legality, if the law wasn't enforced people would think it is okay. Now because of the RIAA they know they can't legally do this.
I only agree with #3 and #8 as being valid reasons. #3 isn't worth $20, #8 is.
If I can download the music and burn it to a CD for only a few cents, why would I buy a CD?
It's cheaper, faster, and more flexible (ie a mix CD).
If the RIAA wasn't suing and shutting people down, most people would burn their own, or have someone burn it for them. There really isn't much added value in an 'official' CD.
The reason they haven't yet is burners weren't widely available, you can't trivially pick up all the songs you want, the average person still has trouble burning stuff to CD, and the threat of legal action.
Take away those problems, and I can't think of a reason to buy it, unless you have some sort of cover art fetish.
I forget the exact company
uh, Intel has done this.
Actually many chipmakers do this, take a partially defective chip, disable the defective portion, product from scrap.
Or if it doesn't meet high performance specs, downgrade it (this was well known in the pentium days)
Well when it isn't a consumer product pricing it out of the consumer market makes sense.
When I bought my SLR, I played with new consumer cameras (Rebels), and used mid range/ pro bodies.
The feel of the upper end cameras, even used is much better then the consumer cameras.
Until you go and try both it is hard to understand how different they really are.
Diesel engines don't meet the emissions requirements for automobiles.
This is because the regulations are tailored to modern gas engines not diesel engines.
A modern catalytic converter can take care of most chemicals, a good filter can help the soot.
The problem is that todays fuels have too much sulfur, I don't think vegetable oil is a high sulfur fuel. Maybe this will help.
Because the cost of even fuel grade vegetable oil is too much.
Take a gallon of oil from the store, add the refining cost (his $0.41) it is more than conventional diesel at the pumps.
Of course if the price of oil goes higher, then this becomes competative, which is exactly why OPEC doesn't want the price to be too high, people will seek out alternatives.
Sun and MS are software companies, obviously they will tell everyone the future is in software, not hardware.
MS is obviously a software company.
Sun wants to be a hardware company, but they are realizing they can't compete with the price performance of commodity x86 boxes.
Sure, you can charge me rent for GPL software.
But I can just stop paying, once I get a copy, you can't revoke my right to use it.
I can even give it to others.