You have a strange way of backing up your arguments with data that proves the opposite. Your thesis:
"It denies the victim revenue."
Your supporting arguments: In the case of AutoDesk, pirated copies of AutoCAD propelled it into the dominant market position much faster than it would have ever arrived there otherwise.
By the same token, the record companies are being short-sighted if they think that pirated MP3s aren't helping to sell more music.
How'd you like it if you owned Kleenex and then heard everyone call every tissue Kleenex?
I think it would be great! How does it hurt Kleenex? So people go to the store with Kleenex on their list, they are MORE likely to buy the Kleenex brand, not less. How do the other brands benefit? They can't say Joe's Kleenex on the box.
I'm going to Google that... now what was that URL? Hmmm... yahoo.com, right?
...these were all games that I could literally lose myself for days in. What are you trying to say, that your physical body got misplaced? Surely you mean you figuratively lost yourself for days.
Digital Rights Management. The experience of downloading music from Kazaa, even though it can't beat the old Napster, is still miles above the new legal downloading systems, because you can do whatever you want with the music when you get it, unencumbered by artifical limitations. I want my MP3s.
OK, It's now Thursday morning at 8:30 on the East Coast. Where's my free stuff? When are those lazy West Coast hippies going to get up and give me my free stuff?
You make an interesting point. For the most part I agree with the pro-open-source posters, that forking is like evolution, and it leads to better and better software. The problem, as you point out, is the burden on the individual companies who bear the cost. The Borg just keeps growing and getting stronger, while the individual suffers.
But what you have to realize is that no matter what choice you make, whether you are going to use someone's software package or forge ahead on your own, the future costs can't be known in advance. You always have to make such decisions with incomplete information. And the costs of switching is always going to be high.
Perhaps trying to save money on maintenace is not a strong enough reason to support your own software inhouse. But surely that bank got some competitive advantage, by getting exactly the software they needed? I work in the Health field, and my company was able to be flexible when Medicare buffeted us with huge changes, just because we had made the choice to take control of our own software. We grew while our competitor shrank.
Perhaps for Interview questions, the moderation system might be modified to remove the limit of +5?
I've been thinking about that for a while now, but I've realized that to do it right it would really require a separate system of "interview only" mod points. This is because there needs to be a bigger pool of points when the interview questions come out, and having them in the same pool would dilute their value.
It's not clear to me how well this would work, but there is definitely a problem with the +5 limit on interviews. Did he really answer the 10 that people wanted to hear? Just trying the experiment of lifting the cap might be informative. Perhaps trial and error could find a solution. After all, that is apparently how the Slashdot system was developed in the first place. The concept of user moderation is great, it appeals to my sense of democracy and free speech. There are so many variations on this theme of user moderation, and slashcode works pretty well for most things. But I always wonder if there could be a new twist to solve the little problems and make it better.
Nah, it's just that Linux users are geeks, which is a subculture closly related to hardcore gamers. Windows users are a much broader array of type. Someone who is just interesting in learning more about games and will try a free version here and there, is probably going to be running Windows.
I hadn't heard that one before. And yes, it is disturbing.
eructation ( P ) (-rk-tshn, rk-) n.
The act or an instance of belching.
Source: The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright (C) 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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You have a strange way of backing up your arguments with data that proves the opposite.
Your thesis:
"It denies the victim revenue."
Your supporting arguments:
In the case of AutoDesk, pirated copies of AutoCAD propelled it into the dominant market position much faster than it would have ever arrived there otherwise.
By the same token, the record companies are being short-sighted if they think that pirated MP3s aren't helping to sell more music.
a v'irus has been fo)und on Your"r sys:tem. Press F1 for mor'e in!format%ion.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from terrorism."--Not Arthur C. Clarke
How'd you like it if you owned Kleenex and then heard everyone call every tissue Kleenex?
I think it would be great! How does it hurt Kleenex? So people go to the store with Kleenex on their list, they are MORE likely to buy the Kleenex brand, not less. How do the other brands benefit? They can't say Joe's Kleenex on the box.
I'm going to Google that... now what was that URL? Hmmm... yahoo.com, right?
You are forgetting that the surface temperature on Mars is extremely cold. That ain't no water puddle.
...these were all games that I could literally lose myself for days in.
What are you trying to say, that your physical body got misplaced? Surely you mean you figuratively lost yourself for days.
You are welcome.
-English Police
Digital Rights Management.
The experience of downloading music from Kazaa, even though it can't beat the old Napster, is still miles above the new legal downloading systems, because you can do whatever you want with the music when you get it, unencumbered by artifical limitations.
I want my MP3s.
How will this help us build Space Elevators?
They touched down in a Walmart parking lot!
OK, It's now Thursday morning at 8:30 on the East Coast. Where's my free stuff? When are those lazy West Coast hippies going to get up and give me my free stuff?
Space Elevator. Everything else is too dangerous and expensive.
*has idea*
Darn! Linum.com is already taken!
Coming soon, the worlds first combination PDA-cigarette lighter!
I have to admit that was a clever way to avoid the Slashdot link marking. We'll all have to be more careful now.
I would have found it much more interesting
if there had been purty pictures to look at! Slobber Slobber Drool Drool Gah Gah
You make an interesting point. For the most part I agree with the pro-open-source posters, that forking is like evolution, and it leads to better and better software. The problem, as you point out, is the burden on the individual companies who bear the cost. The Borg just keeps growing and getting stronger, while the individual suffers.
But what you have to realize is that no matter what choice you make, whether you are going to use someone's software package or forge ahead on your own, the future costs can't be known in advance. You always have to make such decisions with incomplete information. And the costs of switching is always going to be high.
Perhaps trying to save money on maintenace is not a strong enough reason to support your own software inhouse. But surely that bank got some competitive advantage, by getting exactly the software they needed? I work in the Health field, and my company was able to be flexible when Medicare buffeted us with huge changes, just because we had made the choice to take control of our own software. We grew while our competitor shrank.
I run a very small site, and get about 20 to 50 visits a day, until I posted a link to it on Slashdot.
I've been thinking about that for a while now, but I've realized that to do it right it would really require a separate system of "interview only" mod points. This is because there needs to be a bigger pool of points when the interview questions come out, and having them in the same pool would dilute their value.
It's not clear to me how well this would work, but there is definitely a problem with the +5 limit on interviews. Did he really answer the 10 that people wanted to hear? Just trying the experiment of lifting the cap might be informative. Perhaps trial and error could find a solution. After all, that is apparently how the Slashdot system was developed in the first place. The concept of user moderation is great, it appeals to my sense of democracy and free speech. There are so many variations on this theme of user moderation, and slashcode works pretty well for most things. But I always wonder if there could be a new twist to solve the little problems and make it better.
I for one welcome our new swallow overlords.
Nah, it's just that Linux users are geeks, which is a subculture closly related to hardcore gamers. Windows users are a much broader array of type. Someone who is just interesting in learning more about games and will try a free version here and there, is probably going to be running Windows.
I hadn't heard that one before. And yes, it is disturbing.
eructation ( P ) (-rk-tshn, rk-)
n.
The act or an instance of belching.
Source: The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright (C) 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Read the Tufte article here
The real problem is that geeks have morals.
I agree, very interesting article. But no pics?!?
10K on a skateboard? Ouch.