I care that my personal info is being used in order to watermark it. As someone posted above, they could use a private key to hide personal info and keep the watermark instead of potentially allowing a third party to get my info (in the case of someone nicking my ipod or a friend taking liberties with my music collection). I'm not in the habit of uploading copyrighted content but there are ways in which it could happen without my consent and as such I want my privacy should it happen. Any legal repercussions of that happening should be the only headache I get and not having to worry about where my personal info has gone to.
All that said I'm happy to see Apple ditching the DRM, I just think they need to modify their watermarking strategy.
Considering the UK is half in and half out of the EU (they still have their opt-opt status for many things), that most of the UKs people don't want to be further dragged into Europe and having the EU constitution pass allowing many freedoms in the UK taken away by Eurocrats, I'd say having email retained vs being dictated to by unelected officials is actually not as bad.
Note I said not *as* bad. The poor old UK has Europe on one side trying to erode their rights and their own government on the other doing the same but having to be more careful about it as they, unlike most EU politicians, actually get elected by the UK voters.
I currently live in the UK but also possess citizenship in another, non-EU, country and am getting more and more tempted to hop on a plane and go live somewhere a little freer.
The initial curve is small though. Pick up racket, hit ball over net, wait for return. Not exactly rocket science and to get to a reasonable level takes a short amount of time unless you're really not co-ordinated.
From my experience staff-student collaboration usually starts with the staff member asking if it would be OK for the university to be involved with the work and as such be part owner. The student can most likely negotiate the conditions of this. Otherwise IIRC the same rules that apply to the staff member will apply to the collaborative project.
I can't speak for the post grads or researchers but at the UK university I studied CS at the policy was a bit different. We were all given log books and encouraged to use them so that if we had a good idea we could claim legal ownership of it. Also, during my third year research project I asked about ownership and was told that my project would remain mine unless I gave permission for the University could take it and run with it later (which incidentally I did and got a publication out of it).
I believe the answer to that is that the BBC only have legal permission to show the iPlayer content within the UK (which I find confusing as I always thought they owned copyright to BBC funded programmes but I could be wrong).
Perhaps a few of the shows are only supposed to be available in the UK and they just can't be bothered to come up with a neat solution so they just blanket block connections from outside of the UK...
Because then it'd give way to British people wanting ads instead of the license tax...er...I mean fee. The BBC have a good thing going revenue-wise and they'll not let up. I'd love for it to become subscription or advert payrolled but this would mean the BBC have to work for their money.
All BBC programmes are paid for with the license fee money, not advertising. IIRC any advertising outside of the UK to non-British audiences is because the BBC sold a show overseas (and the buyer network is the one advertising) or are using it for money to operate in that country.
We did it the other way around and learned Java and C++ before Scheme. The point of doing it that way was to make us productive enough to be able to learn about other things that required programming to do in practice (distributed systems, writing a file system, learning about data structures, etc). Then we could do the functional languages thing while being able to continue with other parts of our education. For the record, I have a love-hate relationship with brackets now:)
You know that it doesn't have to come first right? In my Uni we had to learn the basics first (variables, conditional statements, loops, etc). Then we got onto Java and C++. After that we were exposed to a whole bunch of different languages, including Scheme. In fact a whole class was dedicated to Scheme and the concepts behind functional programming. It was a lot more useful to be able to code in Java/C++/[enter non-functional language here] to get other subjects done (really, how can you learn software engineering concepts or write a simple filesystem if you can't code anything) than wait until everybody had learned functional programming before learning anything else.
It was made rather clear to us though that programming was much more than Java or OO though so I guess we all knew it was only a part of the programming world that we were being taught.
While I've only really gone for graduate jobs (they don't expect experience so that problem's sorted, you might want to consider it), I found that having some sort of side project on sourceforge helped a lot. I could talk about the technologies involved and why I made various design decisions. This showed that not only was I interested enough in programming to do it in my own time but could make intelligent tech decisions for the software design. It can also count as experience with some employers so get yourself an idea and get coding! You've only got some personal time to lose by doing it.
That's because it's "owned" by some nutbags who think that using loopholes in UK law gives them credibility. If the UK wants sealand they'll take it. If sealand ever got recognition as a sovereign country then I'm sure that the UK could make life impossible for them through legal channels.
Sealand continues to exist because they're not hurting anyone and there's no advantage to kicking them off their little platform. Killing the inhabitants via an armed takeover would be easy but silly.
And if I want to develop for the PS3 I have to buy one of those so why not skip the PC and Mac and get a PS3? Because that'd be silly? Yep! Seriously, just because a small percent of people want to develop for a certain device doesn't mean I should go buy one just in case I want to do so some time in the future. I'd rather get a nice cheap mac mini if I ever feel the need to write an iPhone app, or if my work requires it they can get me a mac.
However, I have no specific need for a Mac so why pay more for the sake of a shiny white box?
I'm not even sure the mouse will get replaced. I'm thinking it'll evolve into something else. I'd love to see hand gestures, mouse and keyboard all present in a system so I can use the mouse for pointing and clicking (saves my arms getting tired!), the keyboard for typing words and hand gestures for manipulating data or images in a much more versatile way than a mouse can ever hope for.
The number of times I've been trying to do something on a computer and wished I could just reach out and sort something on the screen out manually!
And a really good, solid PC is cheaper and just as good as a Mac but without the silly price tag. When it comes to power use a Mac is good but Apple don't have anything worth me paying the extra since I can get the same for less elsewhere.
Macs are bought for preference, not because they're more suited to development. Sure, they have some really good points but very few that justify the cost.
They're not gaining any either. Macs have also been something I'd like to try but I want a good, solid machine at a fair price. This means buying a PC.
And it provides this incentive by making sure authors are protected from having their work copied and claimed by someone else.
Originally copyright law was created in Britain in order to protect authors from the completely unregulated copying of books. It was just for protecting authors from getting their work copied without their consent. It was later that law in the US made it more specifically to do with making an incentive (by way of giving the creators a time limited legal monopoly to make profit).
So you're both right. Copyright is meant to protect authors, give them control over their works AND provide an incentive to continue creating via financial benefit.
Which university you went to 5 years ago doesn't even come up.
Actually, with the diluting of degrees it's starting to become more and more important if you've only been a graduate for 5 or so years. After that time people generally look at your experience because the previous employers did the vetting for them. A degree from an ex-poly with a bad reputation is never going to help you get a job whereas a degree from a good University with a quality program for your degree is going to only help you make the cut and get an interview.
Over here we don't pay to receive text messages and if you're leaving voicemail, quite often you get charged ~10p anyway as you're getting connected to the answering machine. I don't like having to pay to pick up my messages (which I do). It's cheaper all round if someone just texts me in the first place.
And don't forget that you can't use those eeevvil proprietry drivers for your graphics card! I'm sure ATI and Nvidia have done something DRMish sometime in their histories.
You're right, Sony aren't worse than the rest and I really wish people would stop being stupid and blanket boycotting a company for some of their branches mistakes.
In the UK when you get to the polling station you get your name crossed off the list so they know you showed up.
If 100% of people show up and 90% spoil their votes it shows that 90% feel that there's no one worth voting for or that they're pissed off about something. If 90% are no shows it's normally assumed that they're apathetic and may or may not be happy about the candidates. Spoiling your vote is a much better way of saying that you're unhappy than not bothering to show up at all.
I have to say, running on 512K ram and it seems to be fine. The only time I've had a real problem with X is when I start fiddling with Nvidia drivers and 3D acceleration. I've always put that down to the drivers not playing nicely though.
Hence the reason there are sports clubs and leagues that all play on the same day and are organised to be helpful to those who work during the week. That said it can be a pain if you work odd hours, aren't very good at the sport of your choice (or at least good enough to make a team) or simply want to get a bit fitter without paying for ridiculous gym fees.
I play social sports but I also like to go to the gym on my own. Being able to spend an hour running around in a game instead would be way more fun!
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I care that my personal info is being used in order to watermark it. As someone posted above, they could use a private key to hide personal info and keep the watermark instead of potentially allowing a third party to get my info (in the case of someone nicking my ipod or a friend taking liberties with my music collection). I'm not in the habit of uploading copyrighted content but there are ways in which it could happen without my consent and as such I want my privacy should it happen. Any legal repercussions of that happening should be the only headache I get and not having to worry about where my personal info has gone to.
All that said I'm happy to see Apple ditching the DRM, I just think they need to modify their watermarking strategy.
Considering the UK is half in and half out of the EU (they still have their opt-opt status for many things), that most of the UKs people don't want to be further dragged into Europe and having the EU constitution pass allowing many freedoms in the UK taken away by Eurocrats, I'd say having email retained vs being dictated to by unelected officials is actually not as bad.
Note I said not *as* bad.
The poor old UK has Europe on one side trying to erode their rights and their own government on the other doing the same but having to be more careful about it as they, unlike most EU politicians, actually get elected by the UK voters.
I currently live in the UK but also possess citizenship in another, non-EU, country and am getting more and more tempted to hop on a plane and go live somewhere a little freer.
The initial curve is small though. Pick up racket, hit ball over net, wait for return. Not exactly rocket science and to get to a reasonable level takes a short amount of time unless you're really not co-ordinated.
From my experience staff-student collaboration usually starts with the staff member asking if it would be OK for the university to be involved with the work and as such be part owner. The student can most likely negotiate the conditions of this. Otherwise IIRC the same rules that apply to the staff member will apply to the collaborative project.
I can't speak for the post grads or researchers but at the UK university I studied CS at the policy was a bit different. We were all given log books and encouraged to use them so that if we had a good idea we could claim legal ownership of it. Also, during my third year research project I asked about ownership and was told that my project would remain mine unless I gave permission for the University could take it and run with it later (which incidentally I did and got a publication out of it).
I believe the answer to that is that the BBC only have legal permission to show the iPlayer content within the UK (which I find confusing as I always thought they owned copyright to BBC funded programmes but I could be wrong).
Perhaps a few of the shows are only supposed to be available in the UK and they just can't be bothered to come up with a neat solution so they just blanket block connections from outside of the UK...
Because then it'd give way to British people wanting ads instead of the license tax...er...I mean fee. The BBC have a good thing going revenue-wise and they'll not let up. I'd love for it to become subscription or advert payrolled but this would mean the BBC have to work for their money.
All BBC programmes are paid for with the license fee money, not advertising. IIRC any advertising outside of the UK to non-British audiences is because the BBC sold a show overseas (and the buyer network is the one advertising) or are using it for money to operate in that country.
Except, you know, having to make a class just to print out "Hello World".
In contrast to;
print "Hello World"
Java is bogged down in OO, which isn't necessarily a bad thing when you're an OO language.
We did it the other way around and learned Java and C++ before Scheme. The point of doing it that way was to make us productive enough to be able to learn about other things that required programming to do in practice (distributed systems, writing a file system, learning about data structures, etc). Then we could do the functional languages thing while being able to continue with other parts of our education. For the record, I have a love-hate relationship with brackets now :)
You know that it doesn't have to come first right? In my Uni we had to learn the basics first (variables, conditional statements, loops, etc). Then we got onto Java and C++. After that we were exposed to a whole bunch of different languages, including Scheme. In fact a whole class was dedicated to Scheme and the concepts behind functional programming. It was a lot more useful to be able to code in Java/C++/[enter non-functional language here] to get other subjects done (really, how can you learn software engineering concepts or write a simple filesystem if you can't code anything) than wait until everybody had learned functional programming before learning anything else.
It was made rather clear to us though that programming was much more than Java or OO though so I guess we all knew it was only a part of the programming world that we were being taught.
But you'll also find that Google makes extensive use of Python for various projects and lists it as one of their 3 'official languages'.
PHP certainly has its place but so do a lot of other languages. Use the best tool for the job and don't be afraid of mixing technologies.
While I've only really gone for graduate jobs (they don't expect experience so that problem's sorted, you might want to consider it), I found that having some sort of side project on sourceforge helped a lot. I could talk about the technologies involved and why I made various design decisions. This showed that not only was I interested enough in programming to do it in my own time but could make intelligent tech decisions for the software design. It can also count as experience with some employers so get yourself an idea and get coding! You've only got some personal time to lose by doing it.
That's because it's "owned" by some nutbags who think that using loopholes in UK law gives them credibility. If the UK wants sealand they'll take it. If sealand ever got recognition as a sovereign country then I'm sure that the UK could make life impossible for them through legal channels.
Sealand continues to exist because they're not hurting anyone and there's no advantage to kicking them off their little platform. Killing the inhabitants via an armed takeover would be easy but silly.
Currently, yes. I'm working with the whole just in time JavaScript stuff at the moment and, IMHO, it'll be ready soon but not just yet.
And if I want to develop for the PS3 I have to buy one of those so why not skip the PC and Mac and get a PS3? Because that'd be silly? Yep! Seriously, just because a small percent of people want to develop for a certain device doesn't mean I should go buy one just in case I want to do so some time in the future. I'd rather get a nice cheap mac mini if I ever feel the need to write an iPhone app, or if my work requires it they can get me a mac.
However, I have no specific need for a Mac so why pay more for the sake of a shiny white box?
I'm not even sure the mouse will get replaced. I'm thinking it'll evolve into something else. I'd love to see hand gestures, mouse and keyboard all present in a system so I can use the mouse for pointing and clicking (saves my arms getting tired!), the keyboard for typing words and hand gestures for manipulating data or images in a much more versatile way than a mouse can ever hope for.
The number of times I've been trying to do something on a computer and wished I could just reach out and sort something on the screen out manually!
And a really good, solid PC is cheaper and just as good as a Mac but without the silly price tag. When it comes to power use a Mac is good but Apple don't have anything worth me paying the extra since I can get the same for less elsewhere.
Macs are bought for preference, not because they're more suited to development. Sure, they have some really good points but very few that justify the cost.
They're not gaining any either. Macs have also been something I'd like to try but I want a good, solid machine at a fair price. This means buying a PC.
And it provides this incentive by making sure authors are protected from having their work copied and claimed by someone else.
Originally copyright law was created in Britain in order to protect authors from the completely unregulated copying of books. It was just for protecting authors from getting their work copied without their consent. It was later that law in the US made it more specifically to do with making an incentive (by way of giving the creators a time limited legal monopoly to make profit).
So you're both right. Copyright is meant to protect authors, give them control over their works AND provide an incentive to continue creating via financial benefit.
Which university you went to 5 years ago doesn't even come up.
Actually, with the diluting of degrees it's starting to become more and more important if you've only been a graduate for 5 or so years. After that time people generally look at your experience because the previous employers did the vetting for them. A degree from an ex-poly with a bad reputation is never going to help you get a job whereas a degree from a good University with a quality program for your degree is going to only help you make the cut and get an interview.
Over here we don't pay to receive text messages and if you're leaving voicemail, quite often you get charged ~10p anyway as you're getting connected to the answering machine. I don't like having to pay to pick up my messages (which I do). It's cheaper all round if someone just texts me in the first place.
And don't forget that you can't use those eeevvil proprietry drivers for your graphics card! I'm sure ATI and Nvidia have done something DRMish sometime in their histories.
You're right, Sony aren't worse than the rest and I really wish people would stop being stupid and blanket boycotting a company for some of their branches mistakes.
In the UK when you get to the polling station you get your name crossed off the list so they know you showed up.
If 100% of people show up and 90% spoil their votes it shows that 90% feel that there's no one worth voting for or that they're pissed off about something. If 90% are no shows it's normally assumed that they're apathetic and may or may not be happy about the candidates. Spoiling your vote is a much better way of saying that you're unhappy than not bothering to show up at all.
I have to say, running on 512K ram and it seems to be fine. The only time I've had a real problem with X is when I start fiddling with Nvidia drivers and 3D acceleration. I've always put that down to the drivers not playing nicely though.
Hence the reason there are sports clubs and leagues that all play on the same day and are organised to be helpful to those who work during the week. That said it can be a pain if you work odd hours, aren't very good at the sport of your choice (or at least good enough to make a team) or simply want to get a bit fitter without paying for ridiculous gym fees.
I play social sports but I also like to go to the gym on my own. Being able to spend an hour running around in a game instead would be way more fun!