This is one of the reasons why I release all the music I make on last.fm and in a torrent...both of which will be freely available and supported by me when the time comes to put my stuff up for sale.
Granted, I'm not trying to make a living off it, but still...the more access people have to it...
The article had a quote by the author that he posted on the 4chan boards that really got to me:
As for putting all the pages up here. What can I say? I get that this is how things go, and I'm trying to live in the same decade as everyone else. If nothing else, I'm flattered that someone thought enough of the book to take the time to scan and post it.
From that quote, I noticed two things: he didn't expect that he would get a huge boost in sales from the event, he was just kinda resigned that you can't stop piracy. However, the most important part was the whole bit about being flattered that people liked his book. Sometimes you forget this caliber of artist still exists: the guy who cares about the work more than the money. The money is nice, and I'm happy when the artists can survive and even get rich off it. However, that shouldn't be the motivation for what they do.
So, thanks for what you do, keeping the real art alive. I went to your website, and found the links to last.fm to your music, and I will take a listen. Obviously I don't know if I'll enjoy it, but if I do, you can count me on your list of customers as soon as they go on sale.
My sentiments exactly. You know the U.S. has fucked up priorities when the majority of the population puts the focus on benefits and returns as apposed to allowing your good will and creativity to drive your living. Money is a byproduct of what you do that benefits the human race.
You guys are way slow on the uptake. I stopped supporting blizzard when they changed focus with Warcraft3 and decided to stick with the same old game mechanics as the previous games. Same bat games, same bat channel.
Speaking of which, when I upgrade to ubuntu 10 they changed the bootloader and now it won't work with my multi-boot system, I agree with what this guys is saying they need to make sure whatever they do its compatible with how we operate instead of us having to always change to meet the new methods the distros use to handle things or it will never have enough impact to make a difference.
Since our government has been completely overrun by special interests and is no longer in a position to serve and protect its own people The "protect and defend" oath has lost all of its meaning. The same thing goes with US LAW. if its made not in the interest of its own people that who is the law for? Im not interested in protecting a country that has shown time and time again that its only out for a select few. When we destroy ourselves by our own greed hopefully we will all be in a position to have laws and morals that serve the great good of its people.
Next up is Centralized Healthcare Data Management, which describes how employees' health habits can be 'monitored, tracked or otherwise discovered' so employers can 'incentivize a user for an act or penalize for an omission to act.' Finally, there's Wearing Health on Your Sleeve, which describes a sort of high-tech Scarlet Letter designed to tip off 'doctors, potential dates, etc.' about your unhealthy behavior by converting information -- 'number of visits to the gym, workout activities, frequency of workouts, heart rate readings, blood pressure statistics, food consumption, vitamin intake, etc.' -- into a visual form so that others can see the data 'on mechanisms such as a mood ring, watch, badge, on a website etc.'"
Just to keep me honest health-wise. If left to my own devices I tend to do unhealthy things.:\
Yeah I agree, its really about following your own rule set. When you cut corners it just pisses people off and breaks people out of the fun of the game.
Yea, I remember that, it was very cool. I dont remember if you could do that with a full screen game running though.. I was using truespace3d in that day to do all my modeling and it was very cool to be able to work on other stuff while that was happening. Except it took alot of processing power and slowed the machine down.
You are a corporate shrill and all you care about is looking good. I would rather trust a journalist that goes out of his way to obtain good information, than one who toes the line.
You forget that there are groups that actively try and discredit opposing organizations. "The revolution will not be televised" is a great example of that.
Er no, the country is in the hands of Hugo Chavez, not "the people". Power corrupts. Right now there is crap going on that we will only find out about when Chavez is gone. It's always the same, be it Hitler, Stalin, Stroessner, Pinochet, Castro, Somoza, Marcos, Duvalier... how many more examples do you need?
Obviousley you have been paying attention to what is going on. Have you seen http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5832390545689805144&hl=en&emb=1"THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED" Its clear that Hugo Chavez works for the people and not against the people. The special interest who control the media (which is pretty much all of it) try to paint the president as a dictator but its a blatent lie. 80% of the population support him for the simple reason is that he works for the people and not against them. the wealthy class can fuck off, they have been raping the country for years.
Why is it "either" "or"? How come the only two options you put on the table are "american"-style government (which I agree is far from perfect), or dictatorship? Look around you - there is a whole range of differing government types that aren't American and aren't dictatorships either. Look at Russia for crying out loud. China. Japan. Germany. All of these countries are economic successes, and yet they are not dictatorships.
economic success has nothing to do with freedom. In America we have allot of financial success but the reality is we live in a dictatorship. Its dictated by special interests solely for financial gain. Our country is run but the select few and the system benefits them not the other 95% of the population, just look around you? you see it everywhere from health-care to the financial crisis.
My answer to you is, who cares? there are plenty of people left in the country smart enough not to accept a pro-american imperialistic government. When people live in a cooperative society lots of things can happen, and im sure they will be just fine because the country is in the hands of its people, and not in the hands of a select few that have no interest addressing the needs of the majority.
It makes people feel uncomfortable about the fact that they are not really living their own life. thats what freaks people out about people that dont accept large sums of money. If you are happy with your life you dont need money to make it better.
This all comes down to the general public putting to much emphasis on external things and putting to much stock in names, titles and associations. In an attempt to give themselves an identity they think it enables them to live though someone else's success, instead of living though their own achievements and accomplishments. Most people live desperate lives and this is what they do to make themselves feel better about the fact they are doing nothing to really live life. This story is a good lesson to remember to live your own life and not live through someone else.
ow, I had never heard of "Special Agent Oso" that I remember. Creepy. Still, we will do better in a democracy by creating alternatives than by censoring. We need to make it easier for parents to find better media alternatives, and better non-media alternatives to having their kids immersed in such things.
If you think we live in a democracy, you are living in a dream world. All our supposed system of democracy does is make people think they live in freedom, its an illusion.
The whole trial smells of planned incompetence. As if someone wants a legal precedence on the books. You dont go into court arguing that the law is wrong, the courts dont address those concerns, government does. The court is only interested in enforcing laws on the books it seems to me. But im not a lawer so I dont really know shit about the process.
I guess for me its about making room in my book bag. It doesn't replace a paperback, but its great if you need to carry a ton of books for research, which as a writer, I sometimes need to carry a bunch. But im not buying any device that contains drm so I stick to books or the occasional pdf.
Also keep in mind that people -- and companies -- do change. This isn't the case with Microsoft... yet.
I would say that people and companies have the POTENTIAL to change. Whether they change is entirely dependent on IF they learn from their mistakes. Microsoft has not yet proven they have learned from the past. They embrace and extend, They have no room in their business for win-win scenarios in regards to working with others. Part of this problem stems from our corrupt economic system. from my understanding I don't think they will GET IT until they get killed by their own greed, or Microsoft gets broken up into smaller more manageable parts that can be influenced from within.
The Kindle platform is based on a proprietary distribution model that has no interest in selling books that don't have rights associated with it. You should be putting your focus else where on Models that don't restrict choice. Especially since your works are public domain.
A privilege allot of people subscribe to because gadgets like the iphone enhance their identity in the minds of the people they surround themselves with. Proof that the human race, at least in the united states still has a long way to go.
Another reason why it takes a certain kind of people care about this. Free thinkers, who have broken off from the system are really the only ones that understand the ramifications these kinds of backward ass decisions will cause over time, chipping away little by little. The ones that dont wont realize what they have gotten themselves into until its too late.
With its own future secure for the next few years, Pandora is now turning its attention to the public performance debate here in the US, saying that the issue is a simple matter of fairness: why should webcasters have to pay more for music than traditional radio does?
I have an answer for you. Because you decided that you wanted to give in to the record labels and screw the small broadcasters in the process and now you you want other radio stations to feel your pain? Its not about fair, its about your inability to see past the record labels bullshit. Radio and Internet play is free advertising for the record labels why they hell should they have to pay? the system has worked for years, now all of a sudden they want to get even more greedy? The Record Labels days are numbered.
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This is one of the reasons why I release all the music I make on last.fm and in a torrent...both of which will be freely available and supported by me when the time comes to put my stuff up for sale.
Granted, I'm not trying to make a living off it, but still...the more access people have to it...
The article had a quote by the author that he posted on the 4chan boards that really got to me:
As for putting all the pages up here. What can I say? I get that this is how things go, and I'm trying to live in the same decade as everyone else. If nothing else, I'm flattered that someone thought enough of the book to take the time to scan and post it.
From that quote, I noticed two things: he didn't expect that he would get a huge boost in sales from the event, he was just kinda resigned that you can't stop piracy. However, the most important part was the whole bit about being flattered that people liked his book. Sometimes you forget this caliber of artist still exists: the guy who cares about the work more than the money. The money is nice, and I'm happy when the artists can survive and even get rich off it. However, that shouldn't be the motivation for what they do.
So, thanks for what you do, keeping the real art alive. I went to your website, and found the links to last.fm to your music, and I will take a listen. Obviously I don't know if I'll enjoy it, but if I do, you can count me on your list of customers as soon as they go on sale.
My sentiments exactly. You know the U.S. has fucked up priorities when the majority of the population puts the focus on benefits and returns as apposed to allowing your good will and creativity to drive your living. Money is a byproduct of what you do that benefits the human race.
You guys are way slow on the uptake. I stopped supporting blizzard when they changed focus with Warcraft3 and decided to stick with the same old game mechanics as the previous games. Same bat games, same bat channel.
Speaking of which, when I upgrade to ubuntu 10 they changed the bootloader and now it won't work with my multi-boot system, I agree with what this guys is saying they need to make sure whatever they do its compatible with how we operate instead of us having to always change to meet the new methods the distros use to handle things or it will never have enough impact to make a difference.
Since our government has been completely overrun by special interests and is no longer in a position to serve and protect its own people The "protect and defend" oath has lost all of its meaning. The same thing goes with US LAW. if its made not in the interest of its own people that who is the law for? Im not interested in protecting a country that has shown time and time again that its only out for a select few. When we destroy ourselves by our own greed hopefully we will all be in a position to have laws and morals that serve the great good of its people.
This is actually a good point. Mod Parent up.
Just to keep me honest health-wise. If left to my own devices I tend to do unhealthy things. :\
Yeah I agree, its really about following your own rule set. When you cut corners it just pisses people off and breaks people out of the fun of the game.
Yea, I remember that, it was very cool. I dont remember if you could do that with a full screen game running though.. I was using truespace3d in that day to do all my modeling and it was very cool to be able to work on other stuff while that was happening. Except it took alot of processing power and slowed the machine down.
Mod Parent Up.
You are a corporate shrill and all you care about is looking good. I would rather trust a journalist that goes out of his way to obtain good information, than one who toes the line.
You forget that there are groups that actively try and discredit opposing organizations. "The revolution will not be televised" is a great example of that.
Anyone that supports blueray and all of its DRM hardware complexities deserve what they get. It seems really stupid to support it.
Obviousley you have been paying attention to what is going on. Have you seen http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5832390545689805144&hl=en&emb=1"THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED" Its clear that Hugo Chavez works for the people and not against the people. The special interest who control the media (which is pretty much all of it) try to paint the president as a dictator but its a blatent lie. 80% of the population support him for the simple reason is that he works for the people and not against them. the wealthy class can fuck off, they have been raping the country for years.
economic success has nothing to do with freedom. In America we have allot of financial success but the reality is we live in a dictatorship. Its dictated by special interests solely for financial gain. Our country is run but the select few and the system benefits them not the other 95% of the population, just look around you? you see it everywhere from health-care to the financial crisis.
My answer to you is, who cares? there are plenty of people left in the country smart enough not to accept a pro-american imperialistic government. When people live in a cooperative society lots of things can happen, and im sure they will be just fine because the country is in the hands of its people, and not in the hands of a select few that have no interest addressing the needs of the majority.
It makes people feel uncomfortable about the fact that they are not really living their own life. thats what freaks people out about people that dont accept large sums of money. If you are happy with your life you dont need money to make it better.
This all comes down to the general public putting to much emphasis on external things and putting to much stock in names, titles and associations. In an attempt to give themselves an identity they think it enables them to live though someone else's success, instead of living though their own achievements and accomplishments. Most people live desperate lives and this is what they do to make themselves feel better about the fact they are doing nothing to really live life. This story is a good lesson to remember to live your own life and not live through someone else.
This post needs to be modded up. Very well said.
If you think we live in a democracy, you are living in a dream world. All our supposed system of democracy does is make people think they live in freedom, its an illusion.
The whole trial smells of planned incompetence. As if someone wants a legal precedence on the books. You dont go into court arguing that the law is wrong, the courts dont address those concerns, government does. The court is only interested in enforcing laws on the books it seems to me. But im not a lawer so I dont really know shit about the process.
I guess for me its about making room in my book bag. It doesn't replace a paperback, but its great if you need to carry a ton of books for research, which as a writer, I sometimes need to carry a bunch. But im not buying any device that contains drm so I stick to books or the occasional pdf.
I would say that people and companies have the POTENTIAL to change. Whether they change is entirely dependent on IF they learn from their mistakes. Microsoft has not yet proven they have learned from the past. They embrace and extend, They have no room in their business for win-win scenarios in regards to working with others. Part of this problem stems from our corrupt economic system. from my understanding I don't think they will GET IT until they get killed by their own greed, or Microsoft gets broken up into smaller more manageable parts that can be influenced from within.
The Kindle platform is based on a proprietary distribution model that has no interest in selling books that don't have rights associated with it. You should be putting your focus else where on Models that don't restrict choice. Especially since your works are public domain.
A privilege allot of people subscribe to because gadgets like the iphone enhance their identity in the minds of the people they surround themselves with. Proof that the human race, at least in the united states still has a long way to go.
Another reason why it takes a certain kind of people care about this. Free thinkers, who have broken off from the system are really the only ones that understand the ramifications these kinds of backward ass decisions will cause over time, chipping away little by little. The ones that dont wont realize what they have gotten themselves into until its too late.
The most important aspect of games is good AI, and world design/mechanics.
I have an answer for you. Because you decided that you wanted to give in to the record labels and screw the small broadcasters in the process and now you you want other radio stations to feel your pain? Its not about fair, its about your inability to see past the record labels bullshit.
Radio and Internet play is free advertising for the record labels why they hell should they have to pay? the system has worked for years, now all of a sudden they want to get even more greedy? The Record Labels days are numbered.