Any game can be opensource, with official servers having p2p or microtransaction.
Well some more discussion of how to pay people to do open-sourced stuff is certainly needed IMO. These days I'm thinking some bounties or variation of that should work more, but it has to be more organized.
And here I thought accounting based on the principle losing-money-is-profitable was invented by the much-maligned dotcom industry in Silicon Valley in the late 90s. Or was that on Wall st in the 80s? Well it seems like it's a bit older in Hollywood...
long winded rant> Long story short, you can't really convert the world into a safe environment for kids, without trying to and making the world safe for all human beings. That would be a real government job. Other than that, you can put in all the filters, censors, and spies you want, and achieve only partial success at best, creating a vibrant information-black-market in the meantime. Just look at drugs, alcohol, piracy, MP3, and porn. Desired by many, but filled with silly, ineffective rules, prohibitions, restrictions, and regulations, all a waste of time. So, lock the kids up into a disneyland censored world, or teach them to be smart, learn about how things are, defend themselves, and let them go outside and grow up. I'm not advocating throwing two-year-olds into downtown red districts and say "ok, just walk home alone". But expecting the city police or secret government to just tell every drug addict and nutcase along the way to shut up and watch in respect the passing children with blinders or magical-beauty-filter-goggles, but otherwise continue business as usual, is pathetic. If they wanted the world safer, they should do something about it, call the UN, Unesco, the Dalai Lama, human rigthts people, ask what to do, and not call the spies and the police, who are just part of the problem of everyone against everyone. --/long winded rant>
Well, whether you are against patent and copyright law or not, China is doing it's best to erode the spirit and application of these laws. For most intents and purposes, those laws do not work and barely exist there. Ideas circulate freely, DRM-free, patent-law-free, and copyright-free. Not legally - but in practice they do. Just as at Pirate Bay. If you ask me, the strongest political force to modify patent and copyright laws is piracy, not open-source. The reason is, there is strength in numbers. Many more people use pirate-sourced products than commercial or open-source. Therefore, the Pirate Party, and http://www.stealthisfilm.com/.
It seems that the headline and article is written, not to illuminate or inform, but rather to garner attention and be provocative regardless of the facts.
That's most often how news is made - pointless recent events, with lots of drama added. Say something relevant and of consequence, and the newspaper has to take a stand or have trouble with someone who doesn't want it published. Say it without drama, and the public won't care about it.
So, just to make it clear I'm playing the devil's advocate there, I really think we should make shirts saying "I am a Pirate", and "I copy mp3 music", and explain the legal and historical precedents of the Corsicans and of intellectual property, such as in http://www.stealthisfilm.com/
Yup, official law allows that, too. Someone in the White House could have used a dozen laws to stop use of presidential "endorsements" in ads, but somehow the first that came to their mind was copyright. Legal and strategic mistake, it won't work. Shows something though. A generally accepted social tendency for abuse of copyright powers, for protection in general in all kinds of issues. A certain large burger chain also uses "unathorized copyright use" to shut up people. The law is actually on the side of allowing these and many more uses, but the legal and business environment at the moment says otherwise. Businesses can abuse the law, copyright holders have infinite powers, that is the social-moral "law" of the moment. It influences interpretation of the actual law, modifying application of the law, modifying public behavior, and so IP owners get away with it. Ask thousands of people to join a protest with shirts saying "I copy mp3 music", and they will be afraid, thinking someone somehow will investigate, sue or arrest them. There is nothing illegal on the shirt, but it's going against the current political-business-legal-moral rules-climate.
I thought we were here to politely discuss copyrights, and then you go and bring logic and facts and fairness into this. Clearly you've never negotiated with **AA's before.
Well, no, I haven't. I just try to follow the law or not as reasonably as I care for. Please share your experiences.
bio-identification, like it or not, works great. can't lose it or fake it easily. fast and convenient. all the usual problems, of privacy vs anonymity vs rights vs security vs abuse of power, apply. those are perhaps mostly social quandaries, which can't be solved with this or that technology at all. the evolution of technology follows ahead, but socially we're really not advancing anywhere near as fast.
I suspect pen and most importantly, paper will continue to rule for a long, long time. Costs 1 cent. Extremely portable, folds, fits in envelope, notebook, folder, wallet, under school test sheet, under door. Universal compatibility with humans and future generations of pens. Accepts multi-individual notes, in between lines, in any color. Accepts drawings. Lasts generations. The old lady at the store and the five-year-old can use it, update, store, retreive, and afford it.
There are always several laws, frequently very contradictory, everywhere. The long-written "offcial" law, is supposed to be universally accepted, but isn't. There is acceptance and interpretation of it, first. Then the cultural customs, the political momentum, religious laws, individual morality, social morality, community rules, family rules, secret rules, business rules, contracts, all of which usually conflict in dozens of ways. The wise citizen knows which law to follow in each situation, and more importantly, which is more moral or immoral. Political and business momentum and rules, at this historical moment, basically says copyright law can almost always be used to stop someone who isn't the copyright holder, who is frequently whoever has the most power and lawyers, and some sort of legal argument. Clearly the president, in this case. Even if dozens of public and fair use long-held-written laws say otherwise. In this case however it should also be interesting to investigate how do government produced and owned intellectual property rules work in general. I'm no lawyer, though.
I think most people learned enough about wall st during the crisis. They did nothing. People don't know how to organize, they are afraid of government and corporate spies and sabotage, misinformed of the real causes, and ignorant and greedy, looking out for their own good, incapable of having a cool-headed debate and analysis of situations... it's pretty sad.
and take a barista class. a couple classes in rebellions and revolutions 101, too. and perhaps some study of war, peace, and public speaking. shoot the computers.
I imagine that by the time a civilization has the power to go to another solar system for colonization issues of overcrowding would be overcome by technology.
Well we do have technology advanced enough to overcome most of our issues, but mostly misused, we are stopped from going anywhere mostly by our own political and economic interests, or rather, lack of human civilization advancement. Technology will apparently eventually produce a more advanced civilization, but it's a hell of a tortuous route.
Under those 30 MB or so of binaries, libraries and other stuff, I'm sure exists a small feature subset set which would give all Internet users a compelling reason to switch to and stick with Firefox, if that feature subset were promoted correctly.
Except for whatever browser comes with windows, which many users don't know about, and for sites which force users to use IE, such as activex, etc, which are several. I work in a cyber cafe with about 100 inexperienced users a day. Many of them actually are arrogant with me saying IE is better, it always works with the site. And unfortunately, with many sites, I will be forced to admit it is true - without IE and windows, you can't get your job done, things won't work. It happens on government sites and bank sites, occasionally.
there's no good answer to this. who's the responsible, moral, educated, fair decision-maker as to what is the best education children can get? the parents or the state? frequently, neither. but sometimes, the parent, other times, the state. i myself, would bet on the state, especially if i lived in california, and if anything, complement the education at home or somewhere else. as to the germans, their education is fine, and i would rather leave them in germany, legel precedents of political asylum notwithstanding. as to what this has to with linux, programming, and the internet, and/. -- nada.
i once went to three police stations to denounce a fraudster, who i had phone, name, address and several victims for. all three police stations turned me away. one told me it's not crime, as people handed their money voluntarily, so it's actually just a civil case. he was later in the news for being arrested. http://manhattanda.org/whatsnew/press/2003-04-23.shtml -- i don't really know what's the deal, but i did notice these cases are hard to prosecute. i'll never forget hanging out with sultan al-sabah as he trailed japanese girls, and later trying to get money back from the royal fraudster.
So are they now going to propose a Homeland Defense Firewall, to protect and defend american business and citizens against foreign cyber attacks? Or will they be "simply monitoring" the routers coming in and out of the country? I wouldn't be surprised. Of course, no privacy invasions, no espionage will occur over the monitoring channels. Only criminal and terrorist investigation. And even then, only with a warrant. Of course we can be assured of that. Of course you can trust the military to always defend Americans and respect American law and use of decency. Of course. We all agree on that.
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Almost all our boxes at work are p4. But now I would like to move some of them into some sort of virtual infrastructure rather than upgrade them all.
he claimed bikers cooked a cat on a grill in his district;
What's wrong with my cat steak? It's not like I'm mixing it with the dog soup.
Any game can be opensource, with official servers having p2p or microtransaction.
Well some more discussion of how to pay people to do open-sourced stuff is certainly needed IMO. These days I'm thinking some bounties or variation of that should work more, but it has to be more organized.
And here I thought accounting based on the principle losing-money-is-profitable was invented by the much-maligned dotcom industry in Silicon Valley in the late 90s. Or was that on Wall st in the 80s? Well it seems like it's a bit older in Hollywood...
long winded rant> Long story short, you can't really convert the world into a safe environment for kids, without trying to and making the world safe for all human beings. That would be a real government job. Other than that, you can put in all the filters, censors, and spies you want, and achieve only partial success at best, creating a vibrant information-black-market in the meantime. Just look at drugs, alcohol, piracy, MP3, and porn. Desired by many, but filled with silly, ineffective rules, prohibitions, restrictions, and regulations, all a waste of time. So, lock the kids up into a disneyland censored world, or teach them to be smart, learn about how things are, defend themselves, and let them go outside and grow up. I'm not advocating throwing two-year-olds into downtown red districts and say "ok, just walk home alone". But expecting the city police or secret government to just tell every drug addict and nutcase along the way to shut up and watch in respect the passing children with blinders or magical-beauty-filter-goggles, but otherwise continue business as usual, is pathetic. If they wanted the world safer, they should do something about it, call the UN, Unesco, the Dalai Lama, human rigthts people, ask what to do, and not call the spies and the police, who are just part of the problem of everyone against everyone. -- /long winded rant>
Well, whether you are against patent and copyright law or not, China is doing it's best to erode the spirit and application of these laws. For most intents and purposes, those laws do not work and barely exist there. Ideas circulate freely, DRM-free, patent-law-free, and copyright-free. Not legally - but in practice they do. Just as at Pirate Bay. If you ask me, the strongest political force to modify patent and copyright laws is piracy, not open-source. The reason is, there is strength in numbers. Many more people use pirate-sourced products than commercial or open-source. Therefore, the Pirate Party, and http://www.stealthisfilm.com/.
It seems that the headline and article is written, not to illuminate or inform, but rather to garner attention and be provocative regardless of the facts.
That's most often how news is made - pointless recent events, with lots of drama added. Say something relevant and of consequence, and the newspaper has to take a stand or have trouble with someone who doesn't want it published. Say it without drama, and the public won't care about it.
So, just to make it clear I'm playing the devil's advocate there, I really think we should make shirts saying "I am a Pirate", and "I copy mp3 music", and explain the legal and historical precedents of the Corsicans and of intellectual property, such as in http://www.stealthisfilm.com/
Yup, official law allows that, too. Someone in the White House could have used a dozen laws to stop use of presidential "endorsements" in ads, but somehow the first that came to their mind was copyright. Legal and strategic mistake, it won't work. Shows something though. A generally accepted social tendency for abuse of copyright powers, for protection in general in all kinds of issues. A certain large burger chain also uses "unathorized copyright use" to shut up people. The law is actually on the side of allowing these and many more uses, but the legal and business environment at the moment says otherwise. Businesses can abuse the law, copyright holders have infinite powers, that is the social-moral "law" of the moment. It influences interpretation of the actual law, modifying application of the law, modifying public behavior, and so IP owners get away with it. Ask thousands of people to join a protest with shirts saying "I copy mp3 music", and they will be afraid, thinking someone somehow will investigate, sue or arrest them. There is nothing illegal on the shirt, but it's going against the current political-business-legal-moral rules-climate.
I thought we were here to politely discuss copyrights, and then you go and bring logic and facts and fairness into this. Clearly you've never negotiated with **AA's before.
Well, no, I haven't. I just try to follow the law or not as reasonably as I care for. Please share your experiences.
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bio-identification, like it or not, works great. can't lose it or fake it easily. fast and convenient. all the usual problems, of privacy vs anonymity vs rights vs security vs abuse of power, apply. those are perhaps mostly social quandaries, which can't be solved with this or that technology at all. the evolution of technology follows ahead, but socially we're really not advancing anywhere near as fast.
I suspect pen and most importantly, paper will continue to rule for a long, long time. Costs 1 cent. Extremely portable, folds, fits in envelope, notebook, folder, wallet, under school test sheet, under door. Universal compatibility with humans and future generations of pens. Accepts multi-individual notes, in between lines, in any color. Accepts drawings. Lasts generations. The old lady at the store and the five-year-old can use it, update, store, retreive, and afford it.
There are always several laws, frequently very contradictory, everywhere. The long-written "offcial" law, is supposed to be universally accepted, but isn't. There is acceptance and interpretation of it, first. Then the cultural customs, the political momentum, religious laws, individual morality, social morality, community rules, family rules, secret rules, business rules, contracts, all of which usually conflict in dozens of ways. The wise citizen knows which law to follow in each situation, and more importantly, which is more moral or immoral. Political and business momentum and rules, at this historical moment, basically says copyright law can almost always be used to stop someone who isn't the copyright holder, who is frequently whoever has the most power and lawyers, and some sort of legal argument. Clearly the president, in this case. Even if dozens of public and fair use long-held-written laws say otherwise. In this case however it should also be interesting to investigate how do government produced and owned intellectual property rules work in general. I'm no lawyer, though.
I think most people learned enough about wall st during the crisis. They did nothing. People don't know how to organize, they are afraid of government and corporate spies and sabotage, misinformed of the real causes, and ignorant and greedy, looking out for their own good, incapable of having a cool-headed debate and analysis of situations... it's pretty sad.
and take a barista class. a couple classes in rebellions and revolutions 101, too. and perhaps some study of war, peace, and public speaking. shoot the computers.
Actually, yes, we were just planted here a few millenia ago, and the farmers will be back soon, at harvest time.
I imagine that by the time a civilization has the power to go to another solar system for colonization issues of overcrowding would be overcome by technology.
Well we do have technology advanced enough to overcome most of our issues, but mostly misused, we are stopped from going anywhere mostly by our own political and economic interests, or rather, lack of human civilization advancement. Technology will apparently eventually produce a more advanced civilization, but it's a hell of a tortuous route.
Under those 30 MB or so of binaries, libraries and other stuff, I'm sure exists a small feature subset set which would give all Internet users a compelling reason to switch to and stick with Firefox, if that feature subset were promoted correctly.
Except for whatever browser comes with windows, which many users don't know about, and for sites which force users to use IE, such as activex, etc, which are several. I work in a cyber cafe with about 100 inexperienced users a day. Many of them actually are arrogant with me saying IE is better, it always works with the site. And unfortunately, with many sites, I will be forced to admit it is true - without IE and windows, you can't get your job done, things won't work. It happens on government sites and bank sites, occasionally.
Whenever I hear the word activist, I reach for my revolver.
activist. activist. activist. activist. activist. activist. activist. activist. activist. activist. activist.
but perhaps these germans will a good education about what life is like in germany around some confederate flags.
there's no good answer to this. who's the responsible, moral, educated, fair decision-maker as to what is the best education children can get? the parents or the state? frequently, neither. but sometimes, the parent, other times, the state. i myself, would bet on the state, especially if i lived in california, and if anything, complement the education at home or somewhere else. as to the germans, their education is fine, and i would rather leave them in germany, legel precedents of political asylum notwithstanding. as to what this has to with linux, programming, and the internet, and /. -- nada.
i once went to three police stations to denounce a fraudster, who i had phone, name, address and several victims for. all three police stations turned me away. one told me it's not crime, as people handed their money voluntarily, so it's actually just a civil case. he was later in the news for being arrested. http://manhattanda.org/whatsnew/press/2003-04-23.shtml -- i don't really know what's the deal, but i did notice these cases are hard to prosecute. i'll never forget hanging out with sultan al-sabah as he trailed japanese girls, and later trying to get money back from the royal fraudster.
after weird gets weirder where do you go?
So are they now going to propose a Homeland Defense Firewall, to protect and defend american business and citizens against foreign cyber attacks? Or will they be "simply monitoring" the routers coming in and out of the country? I wouldn't be surprised. Of course, no privacy invasions, no espionage will occur over the monitoring channels. Only criminal and terrorist investigation. And even then, only with a warrant. Of course we can be assured of that. Of course you can trust the military to always defend Americans and respect American law and use of decency. Of course. We all agree on that.