When are these people going to learn that there is no especial significance to a file being on someone's harddrive? I can download an mp3 every time I want to listen to it as easily as open it off my harddrive.
Thus, there is no meaning to making sure it is "deleted" via DRM.
You are quite right, but on the other hand that's what VM's or for. When I've faced this situation, I've used Linux as the host for Windows VM's that are not updateable. So they get a virus on the VM, no problem, just reboot it.
No, you're wrong. You don't say stupid shit on IM, in email, or on Slashdot, unless you're willing for it to be spread all over the internet. Any other attitude is asinine.
No, you don't understand--what if he didn't have the right to release it under GPL in the first place? It's like if someone stole your bike and then sold it to someone else under the stipulation that it only be ridden on Tuesdays.
I would actually like to hear some informed ideas about what this will actually likely be used for. I'm sure it's really cool...I'm just not sure exactly how.
I have often wondered (living in the mosquito-ridden South), if mosquitoes have any benefit to the ecosystem at all. We often hear about how if you remove one creature from the ecosystem, the whole thing changes. But mosquitoes? I'm not sure they would be missed by any creature.
This is why I am fanatical about civil liberties. I know my Libertarian paradise will never come to pass, but everything that pulls in that direction is a Good Thing. Gotta keep up the pressure.
Someone who doesn't really get it has a big soapbox. News at eleven.
As a side note, I actually bought my first music online the other day--because it was mp3, and I couldn't find it anywhere else.
They're competing with free, and no amount of hand waving will change that.
Now if they'll just get the prices in line with the value they are providing (I reckon about 4 cents a song), I'll be buying digital music left and right, just like I used to buy cd's.
It seems to me that they are (still) dying to make the internet a one-to-many model like traditional tv and radio. Sure, you upload requests, but this technology clearly could not handle a high "up" bandwidth.
Don't worry, America has always been this way. If you really study your history, I think you'll see that it is actually slightly better than it used to be, on the whole, although is is a roller coaster ride...
Why on earth would you not want money to have ANY influence on legislation?
It has too much, now, to be sure, but you do realize that it is our economy, that is business, that is money, that creates our standard of living, don't you? It is very, very important, and should have some say.
Although I am highly enthusiastic at the idea, I have long wondered how you can get the image to focus correctly on the retina without the user having to strain his eyes to see an image which is SO close.
The only people they are thumbing their nose at are those who want to deny reality. As an aspiring game developer myself, it's clear that one's business model needs to take "piracy" in account. Frankly, we need to find ways to think of the Pirate Bay as doing us a favor by offering torrents of our games.
Any business model that depends on people acknowleding your "reasonableness" is doomed to fail. And if it's not failing, it must not be that bad of a problem.
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When are these people going to learn that there is no especial significance to a file being on someone's harddrive? I can download an mp3 every time I want to listen to it as easily as open it off my harddrive.
Thus, there is no meaning to making sure it is "deleted" via DRM.
Hmm, well I guess it is pretty abstract.
Wow, the inconvenience of p2p teamed with the inconvenience of DRM. I'm sure it'll be a huge hit.
You are quite right, but on the other hand that's what VM's or for. When I've faced this situation, I've used Linux as the host for Windows VM's that are not updateable. So they get a virus on the VM, no problem, just reboot it.
No, you're wrong. You don't say stupid shit on IM, in email, or on Slashdot, unless you're willing for it to be spread all over the internet. Any other attitude is asinine.
No, you don't understand--what if he didn't have the right to release it under GPL in the first place? It's like if someone stole your bike and then sold it to someone else under the stipulation that it only be ridden on Tuesdays.
I would actually like to hear some informed ideas about what this will actually likely be used for. I'm sure it's really cool...I'm just not sure exactly how.
I have often wondered (living in the mosquito-ridden South), if mosquitoes have any benefit to the ecosystem at all. We often hear about how if you remove one creature from the ecosystem, the whole thing changes. But mosquitoes? I'm not sure they would be missed by any creature.
This is why I am fanatical about civil liberties. I know my Libertarian paradise will never come to pass, but everything that pulls in that direction is a Good Thing. Gotta keep up the pressure.
Good points, thanks.
It's free as in beer, and there's a eula in the installer, and yes, windows only right now. There will be mac and linux later...
Someone who doesn't really get it has a big soapbox. News at eleven.
As a side note, I actually bought my first music online the other day--because it was mp3, and I couldn't find it anywhere else.
They're competing with free, and no amount of hand waving will change that.
Now if they'll just get the prices in line with the value they are providing (I reckon about 4 cents a song), I'll be buying digital music left and right, just like I used to buy cd's.
They can't make an operating system; what makes anyone think they can make a standard file format for the ages?
What losses?
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20040903-4156.html
am I the only one who gets the willies from their calling such a thing "dream"?
Well put, but what do you mean by "sticky"?
I don't need a personal radio station to tell me that a thunderhead will be following me around all day. I already know that.
You know, I'd be a lot more nervous about an article touting that there were not any flaws in the new system.
Oh God when did AOL become the hero?
I die.
It seems to me that they are (still) dying to make the internet a one-to-many model like traditional tv and radio. Sure, you upload requests, but this technology clearly could not handle a high "up" bandwidth.
Don't worry, America has always been this way. If you really study your history, I think you'll see that it is actually slightly better than it used to be, on the whole, although is is a roller coaster ride...
It is, literally, Republicans. The Republican politicians have always been skillful at pulling the wool over the eyes of ordinary Americans.
NB the Dems aren't much better. But they are better.
Why on earth would you not want money to have ANY influence on legislation?
It has too much, now, to be sure, but you do realize that it is our economy, that is business, that is money, that creates our standard of living, don't you? It is very, very important, and should have some say.
Although I am highly enthusiastic at the idea, I have long wondered how you can get the image to focus correctly on the retina without the user having to strain his eyes to see an image which is SO close.
The only people they are thumbing their nose at are those who want to deny reality. As an aspiring game developer myself, it's clear that one's business model needs to take "piracy" in account. Frankly, we need to find ways to think of the Pirate Bay as doing us a favor by offering torrents of our games.
Any business model that depends on people acknowleding your "reasonableness" is doomed to fail. And if it's not failing, it must not be that bad of a problem.
But 99 out of 100 words correct still makes for a pretty lousy experience if you're trying to do anything serious.
Personally, I think so much when I'm writing that typing is quite fast enough. Of course, I know not everyone is so fortunate.
Apparently Microsoft isn't the only unpopular U.S. entity buying votes in Sweden.