Of course it's not extortion... but I wonder... Do you wander over to Bob's Computer Shack when you need to upgrade to the latest ATI BFG9900-OMG graphics card or do you just go to NewEgg (or online vendor of choice) because they offer lower prices and a better selection? I would argue that a purchase from a local Walmart does more for the local economy than one from an online vendor. Are computer and technology purchases exempt from local responsibility? Or just ones that you are interested in making?
Commercial discs, whether they are music, video or software, are pressed, not burned. The data pattern is physically imprinted on the aluminum layer as opposed to the 'burning' method used by home based systems. 'Gone Gold' doesn't mean that the software has achieved first place in a competition, it means that the gold metal physical master has been created.
Commercial discs are an entirely different physical/chemical beast from privately burned discs.
I agree with many of your points, particularly the pain associated w/ V6 of Acrobat Reader. V7 is MUCH faster. The biggest benefit of PDF over the image formats you're so fond of is the fact that PDF can encapsulate text in a searchable and extractable format.
Also, I recall quite clearly a report that out of grocers in my area (Southwest Ohio), those with unions actually had lower average prices on the same products compared to those without unions. So much for that theory.
Ok, so unionized stores which are typically part of a large chain (Kroger, Giant Eagle, etc) have better prices than non-unionized stores which are typically mom & pop shops. I'm sure that the price difference is more directly attributable to the economies of scale associated with buying thousands of bottles of olive oil per year vs tens of bottles, not to the presence of union employees.
correlation...causation... these are not the same. You could also argue that unions are responsible for a large selection of products and better product presentation, using your logic.
Nothing about destruction implies that the material is gone, just rearranged into a non-functional configuration. A big hammer is adequate for defunctionalizing most people, it's a bit messy, but we'll clean up the process in the next release. You must be thinking disintegration, which still doesn't imply the elimination of matter, just that it is broken down into really itsy bitsy pieces, atoms, molecules and the like. I can't really get there with a hammer, so maybe a blow torch will have to do... We'll see.
Nah.. that sounds like too much effort. Besides... the local copy will probably whine too much if given the opportunity. I say, fire up the destruct-o-matic as soon as the 3-sigma telecopy duration period has expired. You'll have some loss this way, but it will streamline the process. It also opens up a secondary revenue stream. Pay a first class fare and the destruct-o-matic allows a 6-sigma window.
I really think this could work... Coach: 2 sigma window 16% 'breakage' Business Class: 3 sigma window 7% First Class: 6 sigma window.001%
I really think people would be dropping big bucks for first class.
I can do destruction, so as soon as someone gets the telecopy process done, I'm good to go... or does this count as placing something into the public record and prevent me from patenting it? Hmm... better rethink this post....
What part of 'I'm not in favor of gun control...' didn't you read?
I'm not trying to divert attention with this issue. I am trying to make the point that P2P software causes hypothetical harm to legal entities and the people who don't profit from the creation of said software are going to be subject to punishment, whereas the corporations that make and market guns, and make big money doing so, which cause actual harm to actual people are not held liable for their actions. I am a firm believer that 'guns don't kill people, people kill people'. I believe the same is true for software. Just because a program can be used to violate copyright doesn't mean that it will. So, don't punish the developer, punish the infringer. Don't limit the arms manufacturer, send the person who misuses his handgun to prison, or death row.
So... when are they going to pass a law requiring gun makers to take reasonable care to prevent their product from being used to commit crimes? Or is it because guns hurt puny, worthless individuals and P2P hurts large, rich corporations that the congress-critters care?
Just a thought...
btw... I'm not in favor of gun control, but if you're gonna regulate something make it something meaningful.
Heh... if my office 'gets archived' to another city, I've got much bigger worries than 'What was that pesky password.' Besides after a week, the password is instinctive anyway. The mnemonic is more for when the old password times out on Friday and I have to change it, then go on travel/vacation/whatever the next week, then come back to a new password. It's amazing how the littlest hint can help in that situation.
My solution to secure passwords is to look around my office, at my bookshelf, at the documents/notes/references on my desk and pick an unusual set of words, hAx0r the spelling, and mix in some special chars *$&% as appropriate and out comes a secure password, with locational mnemonics if I forget it. If someone manages to brute force 3tt3r_4Tran77 then I have got lots of other problems. Fortran77 w/ Numerical Methods by Etter if you're curious, and no... it's not actually a password in use.
Surveys have shown that people who agree with me are 22.6% more intelligent than those who do not! They are also found to be more attractive and live longer.
You forget something very important here. There are more reasons to kill than for food or for entertainment. These reasons include self-defense and defense of territory.
Since they are ground nesting they probably kill the lions out of self-defense. There are lots of 'peaceful' herbivores that kill predators, you mention elephants yourself.
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Of course it's not extortion... but I wonder... Do you wander over to Bob's Computer Shack when you need to upgrade to the latest ATI BFG9900-OMG graphics card or do you just go to NewEgg (or online vendor of choice) because they offer lower prices and a better selection? I would argue that a purchase from a local Walmart does more for the local economy than one from an online vendor. Are computer and technology purchases exempt from local responsibility? Or just ones that you are interested in making?
Actually 800 MY... 400 there, 400 back...
Nice idea but wrong in practice... The real world looks more like this:
while ($demand > $supply) cost++;
Commercial discs, whether they are music, video or software, are pressed, not burned. The data pattern is physically imprinted on the aluminum layer as opposed to the 'burning' method used by home based systems. 'Gone Gold' doesn't mean that the software has achieved first place in a competition, it means that the gold metal physical master has been created.
Commercial discs are an entirely different physical/chemical beast from privately burned discs.
I agree with many of your points, particularly the pain associated w/ V6 of Acrobat Reader. V7 is MUCH faster. The biggest benefit of PDF over the image formats you're so fond of is the fact that PDF can encapsulate text in a searchable and extractable format.
Pee....
Dee....
Eff....
Also, I recall quite clearly a report that out of grocers in my area (Southwest Ohio), those with unions actually had lower average prices on the same products compared to those without unions. So much for that theory.
Ok, so unionized stores which are typically part of a large chain (Kroger, Giant Eagle, etc) have better prices than non-unionized stores which are typically mom & pop shops. I'm sure that the price difference is more directly attributable to the economies of scale associated with buying thousands of bottles of olive oil per year vs tens of bottles, not to the presence of union employees.
correlation...causation... these are not the same. You could also argue that unions are responsible for a large selection of products and better product presentation, using your logic.
My question is this... are his veggies traceable to the NIST standard?
Isn't breathing underwater considered drowning and as such voids the warrantee on you lungs?
... Or someone hacking into a computer with 3 keystrokes.
control-alt-delete...
well, and three keystrokes and a knoppix CD.
Karma burn or no... Mod it up!!!
Nothing about destruction implies that the material is gone, just rearranged into a non-functional configuration. A big hammer is adequate for defunctionalizing most people, it's a bit messy, but we'll clean up the process in the next release.
You must be thinking disintegration, which still doesn't imply the elimination of matter, just that it is broken down into really itsy bitsy pieces, atoms, molecules and the like. I can't really get there with a hammer, so maybe a blow torch will have to do... We'll see.
Nah.. that sounds like too much effort. Besides... the local copy will probably whine too much if given the opportunity. I say, fire up the destruct-o-matic as soon as the 3-sigma telecopy duration period has expired. You'll have some loss this way, but it will streamline the process. It also opens up a secondary revenue stream. Pay a first class fare and the destruct-o-matic allows a 6-sigma window.
.001%
I really think this could work...
Coach: 2 sigma window 16% 'breakage'
Business Class: 3 sigma window 7%
First Class: 6 sigma window
I really think people would be dropping big bucks for first class.
Telecopy + local destruction = teleportation.
I can do destruction, so as soon as someone gets the telecopy process done, I'm good to go... or does this count as placing something into the public record and prevent me from patenting it? Hmm... better rethink this post....
What part of 'I'm not in favor of gun control...' didn't you read?
I'm not trying to divert attention with this issue. I am trying to make the point that P2P software causes hypothetical harm to legal entities and the people who don't profit from the creation of said software are going to be subject to punishment, whereas the corporations that make and market guns, and make big money doing so, which cause actual harm to actual people are not held liable for their actions. I am a firm believer that 'guns don't kill people, people kill people'. I believe the same is true for software. Just because a program can be used to violate copyright doesn't mean that it will. So, don't punish the developer, punish the infringer. Don't limit the arms manufacturer, send the person who misuses his handgun to prison, or death row.
So... when are they going to pass a law requiring gun makers to take reasonable care to prevent their product from being used to commit crimes? Or is it because guns hurt puny, worthless individuals and P2P hurts large, rich corporations that the congress-critters care?
Just a thought...
btw... I'm not in favor of gun control, but if you're gonna regulate something make it something meaningful.
Just FYI... copper and aluminum aren't considered heavy metals.
Heh... if my office 'gets archived' to another city, I've got much bigger worries than 'What was that pesky password.' Besides after a week, the password is instinctive anyway. The mnemonic is more for when the old password times out on Friday and I have to change it, then go on travel/vacation/whatever the next week, then come back to a new password. It's amazing how the littlest hint can help in that situation.
My solution to secure passwords is to look around my office, at my bookshelf, at the documents/notes/references on my desk and pick an unusual set of words, hAx0r the spelling, and mix in some special chars *$&% as appropriate and out comes a secure password, with locational mnemonics if I forget it. If someone manages to brute force 3tt3r_4Tran77 then I have got lots of other problems. Fortran77 w/ Numerical Methods by Etter if you're curious, and no... it's not actually a password in use.
My kingdom for a mod point!!!
I can't believe that the parent was modded as flamebait! I guess the left-leaning slashbots can't understand a reasonable response.
I stole your sig... but I decided to stop. Please contact me for the address to send the $500.
Thanks,
Surveys have shown that people who agree with me are 22.6% more intelligent than those who do not! They are also found to be more attractive and live longer.
Film at 11!
Geez, is this guy made of tissue paper and popsicle sticks? Or is the reporter being a little melodramatic?
Hmmm... seems like a decent way to cut down on the 'slashvertisements' we are seeing so many of these days.
You forget something very important here. There are more reasons to kill than for food or for entertainment. These reasons include self-defense and defense of territory.
Since they are ground nesting they probably kill the lions out of self-defense. There are lots of 'peaceful' herbivores that kill predators, you mention elephants yourself.