You know... the UI is now designed with the user in mind instead of... well, something else. They need to change it back to whatever they were designing for previously as that UI was awful.
I'm nearly an AMD fanboy, but I would have a hard time buying a notebook with their mobile processors in it. I think Via might have a good chance at cracking the notebook market with their new C7-M chip. Its max power output is 20W, while its idle output is only 100mW.
I doubt they'd have more than 10,000,000 downloads if they had charged any fee. If they had charged a fee, they'd probably use paypal for collections. I don't use paypal, but I assume it takes at least a minute or two to access your account and send your money to them. Your average Joe would think its not worth the time to try a new browser, especially if he has to take 5 minutes out of his day to pay $.50 for a browser he might not like.
Once again, I wasn't clear and it lead to most people taking what I said the wrong way.
You've pretty much got my position down. Everyone who is flaming me needs to re-read a very important part of the post:
I refuse to pay for software for this reason (though, this does not mean I will not donate money to a developer of a favorite app)
I'm making a very subtle (and probably meaningless) distinction between the software itself and the work put into making the software. In my opinion, the software has zero worth because the software can be reproduced with near zero cost. The work put in to the software has much worth because someone had to take time out of their day and peform work. In other words:
I will not pay for software, but I will pay a developer to develop software. I will not pay for an idea, but I will pay for the labor involved in the implementation of that idea.
As I said, it is a very nuanced position, but it is my own.
Good point. I'm reminded of a Bill Hicks routine about interactive porn. I don't recall the specifics off hand, but he basically said that if you're going to be doing porno, you shouldn't be coy about it. If GTA:SA is going to get an AO rating, they should go wild on the stuff they're going to put in the re-release. Enable every last bit of "strong sexual content" possible.
As explained in another part of this thread, I deserve to be paid for my labor, but not for the idea of the program.
As far as my career goals are concerned, the job market in this area isn't looking well unless you're willing to work for the DoD, so I might end up selling hot dogs. In a pefect world, my interests in computer graphics and borderline OCPD would hopefully get me a job writing drivers (I enjoy working with lower level languages) for graphics cards, etc.
And it is my position that the mechanic engaged in price gouging.
He is certainly free to charge whatever he wants for his services. I'd be glad to pay him upwards of $50/hr for labor and a good margin for the cost of materials.
Nut: $5.00 Labor: $50.00 (where it really should be $.83) Knowing where to put the nut: $0
I'll agree with you. Many things that I can't hold in my hand have intrinsic value. Knowlege is one of them. It is simply my position that knowlege has, or rather, ought to have, no monetary value since it takes nearly zero effort to reproduce.
I think the value of information/services/software surely has to be relative to the amount of effort you would have to undertake to reproduce it yourself.
I agree.
By your argument, if you want a decorator to paint your house you'll expect him (or her) to come round, paint your walls and just bill you for the paint!
Not at all. I'm contracting for a service and the painter is rendering that service, so he deserves to be paid for labor and materials.
I have realized that after re-reading my post I did not make it clear what I really meant. I meant that I would not pay for the information contained in the software, but I would gladly pay the developer for his work. In the analogy, I would refuse to pay for "parts", but would gladly pay for labor (which I alluded to regarding donations to developers). It is a very nuanced position that probably has no real world meaning, but I am very strict in that respect.
The price gouging claim comes from the idea that anything that is not a tangible object should cost nothing, since the costs of reproducing what is basically an abstract representation of information is nearly zero.
Think of it this way, if you took your car into the shop to get it fixed and the mechanic flipped a switch in a hidden compartment and then charged you $500 to fix it, you'd be insensed since little actual work was involved. Now if he had taken a few days to work on it and charged $500, you wouldn't think twice. You'd expect the price of the service to be proportional to how much work it takes to render the service.
Would you pay $20 to learn where to download a free (beer) copy of a program you wanted or would you rather pay $20 for that program (legal issues aside)? Paying for information is simply not something many people are ready to do. I refuse to pay for software for this reason (though, this does not mean I will not donate money to a developer of a favorite app). The idea that an idea has monetary value is not something I agree with.
I played football and wrestled in high school. I felt that I could look forward to practice as a way to take out my agressions so I wouldn't be doing so in school or home where I could get into trouble. Sports are just like video games (FPS for example) in that respect; they simply are an outlet for your rage and anger.
We didn't evolve to sit in front of computers/televisions/etc. all day. We need to have physical activity to get our daily stress out.
I'm not one to defend the practices of the RIAA or give them any edge in their war on their customers, but these statistics are pretty obvious. Of course those who use P2P are going to buy more music -- they're much more interested in listening to music than your average Joe. Whereas your average person listens to the radio or watches MTV for cues on what to buy, those who make music a larger part of their life use other methods in order to find music that better suits their taste. It would only make sense that they would buy more than those who don't actively seek out new music.
The world economy is a collaboration, not a competition!
You are aware that the global economy is far and away a capitalist system, I hope. While I agree with you that the aim of economic progress should be to better the lives of every last person on the earth, this certainly isn't the way it is now, and it isn't going to happen anytime soon.
I've always wondered how a 32-bit system could address more than 4GB of memory. It was always my understanding that since the memory bus is only 32 bits, it would be able to address 2^32 bits, or 4GB. When 64-bit architecture becomes the standard, we'll have to worry about hitting that crucial 16EB wall.
I would be interested in links to these tests to which you allude.
You have correctly defined the role of swapping, which is to emulate RAM via the hard drive when one runs out of RAM. So apparently, by using RAM to emulate RAM, I can get a speed increase? I don't believe that for a second. Swap files include some overhead such as TLBs and other such performance hits.
Oddly enough, someone with a 4-digit UID posted 1 minute before you talking about using this in his FreeBSD box as a swap file ('L4' cache as he called it). At the time of this post, he's modded "+4, Interesting".
Really, the shear amount of idiots make me laugh:
"Hey everyone! Lets use this RAM disk for a swap file!"
Obviously, the only reason why you'd want to do that is if you have reached your board's limitation on RAM, which, in that case, it would be much cheaper to simply upgrade to a new board and/or higher density RAM.
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You know ... the UI is now designed with the user in mind instead of ... well, something else. They need to change it back to whatever they were designing for previously as that UI was awful.
Agreed.
I'm nearly an AMD fanboy, but I would have a hard time buying a notebook with their mobile processors in it. I think Via might have a good chance at cracking the notebook market with their new C7-M chip. Its max power output is 20W, while its idle output is only 100mW.
I doubt they'd have more than 10,000,000 downloads if they had charged any fee. If they had charged a fee, they'd probably use paypal for collections. I don't use paypal, but I assume it takes at least a minute or two to access your account and send your money to them. Your average Joe would think its not worth the time to try a new browser, especially if he has to take 5 minutes out of his day to pay $.50 for a browser he might not like.
Once again, I wasn't clear and it lead to most people taking what I said the wrong way.
You've pretty much got my position down. Everyone who is flaming me needs to re-read a very important part of the post:
I refuse to pay for software for this reason (though, this does not mean I will not donate money to a developer of a favorite app)
I'm making a very subtle (and probably meaningless) distinction between the software itself and the work put into making the software. In my opinion, the software has zero worth because the software can be reproduced with near zero cost. The work put in to the software has much worth because someone had to take time out of their day and peform work. In other words:
I will not pay for software, but I will pay a developer to develop software. I will not pay for an idea, but I will pay for the labor involved in the implementation of that idea.
As I said, it is a very nuanced position, but it is my own.
You must be new here. People mod down stuff they don't agree with.
Not a big deal. I can take the karma hit for days.
Good point. I'm reminded of a Bill Hicks routine about interactive porn. I don't recall the specifics off hand, but he basically said that if you're going to be doing porno, you shouldn't be coy about it. If GTA:SA is going to get an AO rating, they should go wild on the stuff they're going to put in the re-release. Enable every last bit of "strong sexual content" possible.
I would prefer a Federal "pound-me-in-the-ass" prison ;-)
Unfortunately, in a court of law it does.
Just under 1C.
As explained in another part of this thread, I deserve to be paid for my labor, but not for the idea of the program.
As far as my career goals are concerned, the job market in this area isn't looking well unless you're willing to work for the DoD, so I might end up selling hot dogs. In a pefect world, my interests in computer graphics and borderline OCPD would hopefully get me a job writing drivers (I enjoy working with lower level languages) for graphics cards, etc.
And it is my position that the mechanic engaged in price gouging.
He is certainly free to charge whatever he wants for his services. I'd be glad to pay him upwards of $50/hr for labor and a good margin for the cost of materials.
Nut: $5.00
Labor: $50.00 (where it really should be $.83)
Knowing where to put the nut: $0
I'll agree with you. Many things that I can't hold in my hand have intrinsic value. Knowlege is one of them. It is simply my position that knowlege has, or rather, ought to have, no monetary value since it takes nearly zero effort to reproduce.
I think the value of information/services/software surely has to be relative to the amount of effort you would have to undertake to reproduce it yourself.
I agree.
By your argument, if you want a decorator to paint your house you'll expect him (or her) to come round, paint your walls and just bill you for the paint!
Not at all. I'm contracting for a service and the painter is rendering that service, so he deserves to be paid for labor and materials.
I have realized that after re-reading my post I did not make it clear what I really meant. I meant that I would not pay for the information contained in the software, but I would gladly pay the developer for his work. In the analogy, I would refuse to pay for "parts", but would gladly pay for labor (which I alluded to regarding donations to developers). It is a very nuanced position that probably has no real world meaning, but I am very strict in that respect.
Apple isn't using its OS monopoly (since it doesn't have one) to leverage a browser monopoly. Microsoft is.
The price gouging claim comes from the idea that anything that is not a tangible object should cost nothing, since the costs of reproducing what is basically an abstract representation of information is nearly zero.
Think of it this way, if you took your car into the shop to get it fixed and the mechanic flipped a switch in a hidden compartment and then charged you $500 to fix it, you'd be insensed since little actual work was involved. Now if he had taken a few days to work on it and charged $500, you wouldn't think twice. You'd expect the price of the service to be proportional to how much work it takes to render the service.
Would you pay $20 to learn where to download a free (beer) copy of a program you wanted or would you rather pay $20 for that program (legal issues aside)? Paying for information is simply not something many people are ready to do. I refuse to pay for software for this reason (though, this does not mean I will not donate money to a developer of a favorite app). The idea that an idea has monetary value is not something I agree with.
I agree.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy
It worked well for the American Indians.
Indeed!
I played football and wrestled in high school. I felt that I could look forward to practice as a way to take out my agressions so I wouldn't be doing so in school or home where I could get into trouble. Sports are just like video games (FPS for example) in that respect; they simply are an outlet for your rage and anger.
We didn't evolve to sit in front of computers/televisions/etc. all day. We need to have physical activity to get our daily stress out.
"I'm busting more shit than an incontinent man at a chilli cook-off"
-- M.C. Hawking
You beat me to the punch.
I'm not one to defend the practices of the RIAA or give them any edge in their war on their customers, but these statistics are pretty obvious. Of course those who use P2P are going to buy more music -- they're much more interested in listening to music than your average Joe. Whereas your average person listens to the radio or watches MTV for cues on what to buy, those who make music a larger part of their life use other methods in order to find music that better suits their taste. It would only make sense that they would buy more than those who don't actively seek out new music.
The world economy is a collaboration, not a competition!
You are aware that the global economy is far and away a capitalist system, I hope. While I agree with you that the aim of economic progress should be to better the lives of every last person on the earth, this certainly isn't the way it is now, and it isn't going to happen anytime soon.
For some reason you think his idea is to prop up SS with that loan. Quite a few people think the loan is designed to bring it down.
Wag The Dog parallels EVERY administration, sir.
I've always wondered how a 32-bit system could address more than 4GB of memory. It was always my understanding that since the memory bus is only 32 bits, it would be able to address 2^32 bits, or 4GB. When 64-bit architecture becomes the standard, we'll have to worry about hitting that crucial 16EB wall.
Then its cheaper to upgrade to a board that does, unless you have tons of unused RAM at your disposal.
I would be interested in links to these tests to which you allude.
You have correctly defined the role of swapping, which is to emulate RAM via the hard drive when one runs out of RAM. So apparently, by using RAM to emulate RAM, I can get a speed increase? I don't believe that for a second. Swap files include some overhead such as TLBs and other such performance hits.
Oddly enough, someone with a 4-digit UID posted 1 minute before you talking about using this in his FreeBSD box as a swap file ('L4' cache as he called it). At the time of this post, he's modded "+4, Interesting".
Really, the shear amount of idiots make me laugh:
"Hey everyone! Lets use this RAM disk for a swap file!"
Obviously, the only reason why you'd want to do that is if you have reached your board's limitation on RAM, which, in that case, it would be much cheaper to simply upgrade to a new board and/or higher density RAM.