Magnatune experimented with what I would term "tipware". Here, you pay a certain amount in excess of a minimum (like at a restaurant) as opposed to donationware where the minimum is $0. Data is available from this, and it might surprise you.
Aren't we libertarian geeks, not "liberals"? Weapons in space is very cool. And it shouldn't be regulated. I want to rent a space laser to zap anyone who tresspasses my perimeter.
The mp3s are a bit hidden (you see streaming mp3). Also, the non-lossy and less lossy versions are locked until you buy it. But it's a great example of what I call tipware--adding a bit extra to your purchase amount.
This is essentially what the recording industry deals in. The better they do, the worse the world is. I don't even have much problem with something like a TicketMaster--they deal in a limited quantity.
Geeks tend to be monolingual (spoken language of course!), so has anyone considered if Spanish would lead to less problems with homonyms? Hmm, I see a ???, then a profit!
Check out stuff like lojban that really seek to take languages to the next level. Lojban is built so voice and text can be converted. Lojban is even computer parsable.
This is a well known case of possibly independent discovery of a simple tune. In theory independent discovery should protect you, but in practice it's too hard to prove.
I want to be able to run everything off hard disks, which can easily handle it now. But I can't because of "intellectual property"/artificial scarcity..
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What if you argued that no new slaves should be imported--but those here should remain property?
Sure, and make sure it's done right.
Hopefully these will encourage others to be pro-choice with regards to offing oneself. I think the right to leave is very fundamental.
Well, isn't it clear enough that /.ers and other nerds are quite libertarian (a word the media hasn't even heard of).
Magnatune experimented with what I would term "tipware". Here, you pay a certain amount in excess of a minimum (like at a restaurant) as opposed to donationware where the minimum is $0. Data is available from this, and it might surprise you.
If it is, you're making the common mistake of mistaking copyright versus encryption. Geeks hate copyright and love encryption, got it?
I don't think robots conducting or generating music is as interesting as a single brain playing every instrument.
Aren't we libertarian geeks, not "liberals"? Weapons in space is very cool. And it shouldn't be regulated. I want to rent a space laser to zap anyone who tresspasses my perimeter.
Maybe it's not so simple after all. Oh, and magnatune, blender...
In a region where artificial scarcity of AIDS drugs (patents) kills--any sort of stand against "intellectual property" is a good thing.
In the far term we're looking at uploading ourselve to computers. In the near term, we already have artificial uteruses.
Does anybody really think we'll reproduce the way we do for long?
The mp3s are a bit hidden (you see streaming mp3). Also, the non-lossy and less lossy versions are locked until you buy it. But it's a great example of what I call tipware--adding a bit extra to your purchase amount.
This is essentially what the recording industry deals in. The better they do, the worse the world is. I don't even have much problem with something like a TicketMaster--they deal in a limited quantity.
Could it scroll smooth? I like how it has no decimal.
Slashdotters tend to be more intelligent, and so dislike commercials more. But not everyone is this intelligent.
Will the experience of especially fiction be different when you don't know when it's going to end?
Classic what, I don't know. But lemme file this away.
Geeks tend to be monolingual (spoken language of course!), so has anyone considered if Spanish would lead to less problems with homonyms? Hmm, I see a ???, then a profit!
Check out stuff like lojban that really seek to take languages to the next level. Lojban is built so voice and text can be converted. Lojban is even computer parsable.
This is a well known case of possibly independent discovery of a simple tune. In theory independent discovery should protect you, but in practice it's too hard to prove.
I said information. Besides, an idea, in all its forms (expressions), can be independently discovered.
"For the purposes of this Act, the author of a work is the person who creates it." Nobody can create information. You can only discover it.
I want to be able to run everything off hard disks, which can easily handle it now. But I can't because of "intellectual property"/artificial scarcity..
It's like getting water to run upwards, but they keep trying.