Ok, light pollution is one thing, but a big billboard actually blocking an area of sky is another. Light pollution decreases your ability to see the stars, the billboard blocks them from view entirely
True, I accept your statement as true or at least fair (This coming from someone who would practically put out his eye to spite the RIAA or MPAA!) And I have no problem with paying the creator for how his work has in some way benifited society but I have two problems with IP.
First, IP can not be stolen in the same way as physical property, if I steal your IP then you are at no lose as you still have it yourself. I know this does not justify the breaking of IP law, but this is the kernel of doubt that makes me unwilling to accept the current system of IP. Not unwilling to accept any system of IP which benifits the creator, simply the current system.
Secondly, IP currently horded by large corporations and not actually owned buy the 'Man who created the world's best computer game'. I don't like the idea of a non-entity owning ideas. Corporations and Organizations can not create IP and therefore I don't think they should be able to own it. Part of my problem with this is the basic properties of a corporation.
I'm sure some of the people who work for the corporation (even the RIAA!) are good and decent people but the corporation as a whole is just a massive very powerful and infinitely greeding organization with no morals to speak of. The corporation is legally bounded to turn a profit and the worst people who work there take this as licence to ignore basic human morals in the name of corporate profit. The best people simply keep their heads down and swallow their morals or quit.
This is why I see the exploitation of this structure for organizing money and power as a horrible thing to do. When the guy who originally created the game owns all the rights to the IP I can at least talk to him human to human and say, 'Hey man, isn't this fee a little steep?' or somehow plea to him as a person. And under sane copywrite limitations I could just wait till his ownership wears out and not have to pay him.
Unfortunately Mickey Mouse will never hit the public domain and I think that is flagrent abuse of corporate power. Does anybody think that it is in the best interest of we the people that IP ownership lasts indefinitely? Wouldn't 5 or 6 years be enough for a video game or a movie, 8 to 10 years for software and such sane limitations be enough for the original IP creator to make back his input and a little profit?
Sadly the law can be corrupted and todays IP law is a maddening example of this. Modern IP law does not reflect what is best for the people but instead what is best for IP owning corporations. True we are breaking a law if we download movies and tv and games and the like, but it is an unjust law. I agree again that this does not justify IP 'theft' and we should work to change these laws if we do not like them, but that power has been nearly striped from us and handed to the corporations. This makes changing a law that normal people don't like far more difficult than changing a law a large corporation or organization does not like.
I don't think I should end this without providing at least a hint of a solution, although previous Slashdot mods have shown me its alright to simply provide the gloomy outlook and that reality is not even a necessity, but I choose to present the seed of a solution.
The industries have learned to organize, even the labor has organized in certain industries. Organization seems to lead to an amalgamation of power benifiting the members of the organization. For this reason I belive there should be some form of consumer union. Today, if Wal-mart commits some atrocity few are going to know about it and fewer are going to respond to it. With a consumer union decent sized boycotts could be organized, consumer knowledge would be increased (union newsletter can inform many of atrocites, etc) and our voice can be heard. Instead of one person sending an angry letter to a corporation, thousands of angry letters can be sent, boycotts can be enforced and we could even lobby the government (what's good for the goose is good for the gander!) so our interests are heard. People may call such a union a special interest group, but we are all consumers so is it really a special interest?
"They always say it was a near miss, well I say fuck them. There is no such thing as a near miss, its a near hit. A near miss is when they hit; and you say, 'Oh look, they nearly missed'. "
Umm, no. By the time this gets out to us,the consumers it will be a significantly smaller fraction of a hard drive. Think about it, your comparing the disk to a 40GB hard drive when you could also be comparing it to the new 400 GB hard drives or the 1TB ones they may have when burnable blu-rays finally come to a store near you.
Hard drive size isn't going to stall out while the industry piddles around trying to find a unified standard we (they) can all be happy about. They have to learn how to compromise and that to compromise means that both parties have to agree on something neither of them are happy with.
Naw, Lucas' bank account could take a hundred million dollar hit and shrug it off. That man is going to be rolling in 'it' (both shit sequals and rereleases of said shit sequals and wads of cash) till the day he dies.
But think of all the younger brothers and how they will be getting in great shape doing this! We older brothers are really doing it for their benefit, not ours!
Brought to you by the Association of Older Brothers of America
Congratulations for seeing this as an opportunity to bitch about the problems here on earth, but you are drawing a pretty thin simile between the earth and ISS. Without the oxygen generator astronauts have no other source of air, on earth we fuck up the air, die off and mother nature starts anew without us parasites. ISS won't start a new ecosystem sans humans when the oxygen runs out, it would just be a monumentally expensive example of the sucky space program.
I'm not sure but I think you would be trading having to store oxygen tanks for having to store water and fertilizer. Also, you would have to test what plant gives the most bang for your buck as the best earthborn producer of oxygen might not be so good at it in space. I believe trees are good at converting oxygen, but space and time constrictions restrict you from using many types of trees in space.
Naw, the government gave all those to the submarines. I wonder what a strong screen door would do in space, would you be sucked through in tiny pieces or get a major bruising?
If they are relying on reserves then they are more vulnerable to an accident or something. With an oxygen generator they have a supply of new air they can rely on to slowly but constantly build their reserves back up after an accident where oxygen is used (fire) or lost (micro-breach?).
I wouldn't like to know that I have a very finite and exactly known amount of oxygen left at my disposal with no chance of more until some guy I have no influence over decides my situation is desperate enough to warrent more. That and knowing I can't do anything at all about with all of my fancy training and experience.
Probably, because if I was up there and had some duct tape I know i would sneak up on the other astronaut in his sleep and double my oxygen reserve by taping his mouth and nose shut.
I think I've read in other articles that both the Revolution and PS3 will be backwards compatible, so now all three systems will be?
We seem to be having a next gen console heavy morning. Its great that Slashdot is always telling me about the next new thing I can't afford and how super amazing great its going to be. Thank God for (my) roommates who prioritize gaming before food, good to know at least a few peopel in this world have their priorities straight.
Come on, firefox's tabs half assed? I love just clicking my scroll wheel in an interesting link and having it tabbed nicely away for later reading. Please give me some points on how Opera's implementation is far far better (I've never used Opera)
In response to this recent spike in crime, the Australian authorities have doubled the size of their spyware taskforce to four detectives, sports at eleven.
What if they set it up as a non profit corporation, taking down the donate page when they have a ton of money saved up (a year of operating costs?), putting it back up once its spent and keeping detailed records of how it was spent. It is my understanding that they can even pay themselves a fair wage for operating it (the Breast Cancer Society must have paid administrators and stuff) as long as it is clear that the corporation is a non profit one making no money.
I'm the same way, but I'd rather pay by watching the commercials, even if there were twice as many. The convenience factor of being able to download and watch new and old shows whenever I want is astounding. I'm currently watching a bunch of new shows (Daily Show, Lost) and old shows (season 1 Scrubs, Quantum Leap) I download because they are no longer on the tv on at decent times. If they put commercials into the downloads I would still watch the shows and maybe feel a little better about doing it. (Not like I care about the MPAA, they can eat my asshole but I'd like to support the actors and hard working crew)
I know DRM is evil, but what if they made it uneditable and free, having the file send a signal every time it is copied so that they know what their ad revenue should be (more copies = more ad revenue) . With ads paying for the video program are imbedded in it they can let us distribute it for free as each copy we make directly makes them more money and costs them nothing.
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dude, your sig is awesome, either that or you should really take a look at your sig cause Mike fuckin hates you.
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Ok, light pollution is one thing, but a big billboard actually blocking an area of sky is another. Light pollution decreases your ability to see the stars, the billboard blocks them from view entirely
This is the obligatory middle so they can post a story tomorrow about how it is totally stuck again.
True, I accept your statement as true or at least fair (This coming from someone who would practically put out his eye to spite the RIAA or MPAA!) And I have no problem with paying the creator for how his work has in some way benifited society but I have two problems with IP.
First, IP can not be stolen in the same way as physical property, if I steal your IP then you are at no lose as you still have it yourself. I know this does not justify the breaking of IP law, but this is the kernel of doubt that makes me unwilling to accept the current system of IP. Not unwilling to accept any system of IP which benifits the creator, simply the current system.
Secondly, IP currently horded by large corporations and not actually owned buy the 'Man who created the world's best computer game'. I don't like the idea of a non-entity owning ideas. Corporations and Organizations can not create IP and therefore I don't think they should be able to own it. Part of my problem with this is the basic properties of a corporation.
I'm sure some of the people who work for the corporation (even the RIAA!) are good and decent people but the corporation as a whole is just a massive very powerful and infinitely greeding organization with no morals to speak of. The corporation is legally bounded to turn a profit and the worst people who work there take this as licence to ignore basic human morals in the name of corporate profit. The best people simply keep their heads down and swallow their morals or quit.
This is why I see the exploitation of this structure for organizing money and power as a horrible thing to do. When the guy who originally created the game owns all the rights to the IP I can at least talk to him human to human and say, 'Hey man, isn't this fee a little steep?' or somehow plea to him as a person. And under sane copywrite limitations I could just wait till his ownership wears out and not have to pay him.
Unfortunately Mickey Mouse will never hit the public domain and I think that is flagrent abuse of corporate power. Does anybody think that it is in the best interest of we the people that IP ownership lasts indefinitely? Wouldn't 5 or 6 years be enough for a video game or a movie, 8 to 10 years for software and such sane limitations be enough for the original IP creator to make back his input and a little profit?
Sadly the law can be corrupted and todays IP law is a maddening example of this. Modern IP law does not reflect what is best for the people but instead what is best for IP owning corporations. True we are breaking a law if we download movies and tv and games and the like, but it is an unjust law. I agree again that this does not justify IP 'theft' and we should work to change these laws if we do not like them, but that power has been nearly striped from us and handed to the corporations. This makes changing a law that normal people don't like far more difficult than changing a law a large corporation or organization does not like.
I don't think I should end this without providing at least a hint of a solution, although previous Slashdot mods have shown me its alright to simply provide the gloomy outlook and that reality is not even a necessity, but I choose to present the seed of a solution.
The industries have learned to organize, even the labor has organized in certain industries. Organization seems to lead to an amalgamation of power benifiting the members of the organization. For this reason I belive there should be some form of consumer union. Today, if Wal-mart commits some atrocity few are going to know about it and fewer are going to respond to it. With a consumer union decent sized boycotts could be organized, consumer knowledge would be increased (union newsletter can inform many of atrocites, etc) and our voice can be heard. Instead of one person sending an angry letter to a corporation, thousands of angry letters can be sent, boycotts can be enforced and we could even lobby the government (what's good for the goose is good for the gander!) so our interests are heard. People may call such a union a special interest group, but we are all consumers so is it really a special interest?
I'd appreciate any input please.
Obligatory Carlin quote:
"They always say it was a near miss, well I say fuck them. There is no such thing as a near miss, its a near hit. A near miss is when they hit; and you say, 'Oh look, they nearly missed'. "
Hey, I actually saw the Queen yesterday. She stills draws a croud of loyal colonials even in this day and age.
Of course she also brought rain with her, but I imagine we can use it.
Umm, no. By the time this gets out to us,the consumers it will be a significantly smaller fraction of a hard drive. Think about it, your comparing the disk to a 40GB hard drive when you could also be comparing it to the new 400 GB hard drives or the 1TB ones they may have when burnable blu-rays finally come to a store near you.
Hard drive size isn't going to stall out while the industry piddles around trying to find a unified standard we (they) can all be happy about. They have to learn how to compromise and that to compromise means that both parties have to agree on something neither of them are happy with.
Naw, Lucas' bank account could take a hundred million dollar hit and shrug it off. That man is going to be rolling in 'it' (both shit sequals and rereleases of said shit sequals and wads of cash) till the day he dies.
But think of all the younger brothers and how they will be getting in great shape doing this! We older brothers are really doing it for their benefit, not ours!
Brought to you by the Association of Older Brothers of America
Put one of these babies in a paint shaker and watch that counter fly up!
Hell yeah, I say double the licensing cost per chip just to stick the dick a little deeper in THEM for a change!
thats what I'm thinking, or finely diced astronaut
Congratulations for seeing this as an opportunity to bitch about the problems here on earth, but you are drawing a pretty thin simile between the earth and ISS. Without the oxygen generator astronauts have no other source of air, on earth we fuck up the air, die off and mother nature starts anew without us parasites. ISS won't start a new ecosystem sans humans when the oxygen runs out, it would just be a monumentally expensive example of the sucky space program.
I'm not sure but I think you would be trading having to store oxygen tanks for having to store water and fertilizer. Also, you would have to test what plant gives the most bang for your buck as the best earthborn producer of oxygen might not be so good at it in space. I believe trees are good at converting oxygen, but space and time constrictions restrict you from using many types of trees in space.
Naw, the government gave all those to the submarines. I wonder what a strong screen door would do in space, would you be sucked through in tiny pieces or get a major bruising?
Maybe money, or shuttles, or both.
If they are relying on reserves then they are more vulnerable to an accident or something. With an oxygen generator they have a supply of new air they can rely on to slowly but constantly build their reserves back up after an accident where oxygen is used (fire) or lost (micro-breach?).
I wouldn't like to know that I have a very finite and exactly known amount of oxygen left at my disposal with no chance of more until some guy I have no influence over decides my situation is desperate enough to warrent more. That and knowing I can't do anything at all about with all of my fancy training and experience.
Probably, because if I was up there and had some duct tape I know i would sneak up on the other astronaut in his sleep and double my oxygen reserve by taping his mouth and nose shut.
But seriously, I hope they don't die.
Sure NASA says the parts are coming, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Oh No He Didn't!
Oh Yes He Did!
Ha ha ha, but seriously, I hope they don't die.
I think I've read in other articles that both the Revolution and PS3 will be backwards compatible, so now all three systems will be?
We seem to be having a next gen console heavy morning. Its great that Slashdot is always telling me about the next new thing I can't afford and how super amazing great its going to be. Thank God for (my) roommates who prioritize gaming before food, good to know at least a few peopel in this world have their priorities straight.
Come on, firefox's tabs half assed? I love just clicking my scroll wheel in an interesting link and having it tabbed nicely away for later reading. Please give me some points on how Opera's implementation is far far better (I've never used Opera)
In response to this recent spike in crime, the Australian authorities have doubled the size of their spyware taskforce to four detectives, sports at eleven.
What if they set it up as a non profit corporation, taking down the donate page when they have a ton of money saved up (a year of operating costs?), putting it back up once its spent and keeping detailed records of how it was spent. It is my understanding that they can even pay themselves a fair wage for operating it (the Breast Cancer Society must have paid administrators and stuff) as long as it is clear that the corporation is a non profit one making no money.
I'm the same way, but I'd rather pay by watching the commercials, even if there were twice as many. The convenience factor of being able to download and watch new and old shows whenever I want is astounding. I'm currently watching a bunch of new shows (Daily Show, Lost) and old shows (season 1 Scrubs, Quantum Leap) I download because they are no longer on the tv on at decent times. If they put commercials into the downloads I would still watch the shows and maybe feel a little better about doing it. (Not like I care about the MPAA, they can eat my asshole but I'd like to support the actors and hard working crew)
I know DRM is evil, but what if they made it uneditable and free, having the file send a signal every time it is copied so that they know what their ad revenue should be (more copies = more ad revenue) . With ads paying for the video program are imbedded in it they can let us distribute it for free as each copy we make directly makes them more money and costs them nothing.
dude, your sig is awesome, either that or you should really take a look at your sig cause Mike fuckin hates you.