It is not *useless*, however a private industry would be faster, better and cheaper. Everything else you say it's true, but has no relevance in the contest of a choice between gov't-run agencies and private enterprises.
Ridiculously overeaching regulation of this specific market kill innovation. With the kind of laws regulating this industry, you wouldn't even be able to research *aspirin* today, let alone have it approved or sold.
Wow, basically you just said that there was no art up to and during the Renaissance. Besides, "the very purpose of art" has been debated for centuries and no definitve answer has come up yet, so I doubt you can dismiss the issue in 4 rows. "Your deepest instinct as a creator -- your primal need -- will be to do X" is a constantly wrong statement, seeing as creators are not created equal. It reeks of arrogance on your part to believe you speak on the whole world's behalf.
But really, your gem: "Someone who is that focused on getting paid for their ideas obviously can't have anything of importance to say to humanity". Now I understand, the only problem is that hippies think they can speak with any authority about, oh, anything at all. Luckily nobody even considers your opinions.
Ok, ok, there's a reason I use SSL or SSH when I can, maybe secure email too, TrueCrypt for sensitive stuff... you get the idea. As you say, one must be *reasonable* though. Wild claims that IE is spying on me and I dare you to prove otherwise *and* you cannot prove it because of a variant on the brain-in-a-vat theory are not reasonable. Not that YOU said so, it was the GP.
Fine. We're all running NSAOS. Microsoft controls the kernel and all the software we run is actually running on top of a deception layer. Hey, it's technically possible and easier than wiretapping ISPs. Also, all routers have a specially crafted firmware that enables IE to punch through firewalls and whatnot.
What's next, MS is in your computer, stealing your internets?
Let me assure you that a game like Dark Messiah or BF2 with full eye candy will most definitely max out my computing power. I wouldn't be drooling over the 8 series otherwise. Not enough money though.
Fine. He'll write his book and sell it at $ 50K to his closest, richest friends/art lovers/commissioners: *THEY* will not copy and share it because they paid it so much and they just don't care about you. Is that what you want?
It's not like it takes a rocket scientist to sniff your own traffic with Ethereal, buddy. Fire it up and look for yourself if you are so concerned.
What's that you say, you don't even know what Ethereal is?
Well then why did they bother to put a maximize button in Windows at all - just move the window into the corner and resize it... Guess what, people want buttons to make things happen as easily as possible.
The problem is that people on a mission tend to escalate this kind of stuff pretty quickly, to a governmental level if necessary, and the press is all too happy to report it because it makes for great polarizing. But I still believe that everyone should be free to put out whatever game they wish, and this includes me publishing Hello Kitty 40.000 (in the grim future of Hello Kitty there is only war) and they publishing this kind of game.
The gov't in my country is trying to censor games right now - a leftist gov't - and even though I won't play e.g. Rule of Rose because it must really suck, I still believe it must be let loose on the market.
For the same reason people started to love web forums when usenet had existed for years and was better - they don't buy what's best, but what is marketed.
I think the virus writer is responsible for the damage caused. Otherwise, it'd be like blaming gun manufacturers instead of murderers. Or knife makers, for that matter.
Democracy is defined as "rule by the people": it has no other purpose or definition, expressed or implied. It is simply a form of government where all the people take part in the decision making process, as opposed to monarchy (rule by one), theocracy (rule by god('s representatives)), aristocracy (rule by the best ones) and other forms.
It is NOT related to what you actually DO with the power you are given or the way you choose to benefit some at the expense of others: it simply sets the basic rules of the discussion, while the outcome of such process can (and does) vary.
Besides, it looks to me like executing someone takes one (1) bullet, while maintaining him in prison costs a fortune. If you're really cheap you can even ask his family for reimbursement - hey the Chinese do it, even though I find it evil.
I will google execution costs but I suspect I will find info about how much it costs to maintain someone in prison for 15 years before you kill him, how expensive the machinery is, how you have to train people to use it and manage the audience...
Finally I never said that the govt should take care of the vengeance. It'd be a surefire way to mess even THAT up.
The interests of society trump the interests of the individual.
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA oh man you're so funny
It is not in the interest of society to exact revenge.
Wait... are you... are you serious?!
If they're irretrievable, then by all means kill them. Otherwise, why should the rest of us pay for replacing your sorrow with a perverted warm and fuzzy feeling, when we could instead get some value for our taxes?
WTF do you pay for, exactly, if one carries out his revenge?
You know, there are people out there who know full well that they are simply being cheap when they d/l tons of music or movies for free. Oh yes, unlicensed anime are not available in my country so I'm justified in downloading them... good corner case. Everything else, though, is pure and simple theft, motivated by a perceived lack of victims and virtual impunity.
But nobody wants to shaft the artists - in fact, some might even buy special editions of their works after years of piracy, or support them by buying merchandising etc. And most people just plain don't care.
Well, I think providers should simply provide connectivity: no filtering, no anti-spam, no anything, and let users choose what to do with the power they are given; but I also suspect that would upset, rather than please, most users. Anyway, having an entry-level colocated server is cheap nowadays, and you get to tinker as much as you like. Power to the brave?
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Yeah right, in fact a gov't-run economy has constantly proved to be superior to a free one.
It is not *useless*, however a private industry would be faster, better and cheaper. Everything else you say it's true, but has no relevance in the contest of a choice between gov't-run agencies and private enterprises.
Uhm that'd be "overreaching" and "kills". So much for posting after lunch while I'm half asleep.
Ridiculously overeaching regulation of this specific market kill innovation. With the kind of laws regulating this industry, you wouldn't even be able to research *aspirin* today, let alone have it approved or sold.
Yet you think weapons must be banned. Oh the irony.
Wow, basically you just said that there was no art up to and during the Renaissance. Besides, "the very purpose of art" has been debated for centuries and no definitve answer has come up yet, so I doubt you can dismiss the issue in 4 rows. "Your deepest instinct as a creator -- your primal need -- will be to do X" is a constantly wrong statement, seeing as creators are not created equal. It reeks of arrogance on your part to believe you speak on the whole world's behalf.
But really, your gem: "Someone who is that focused on getting paid for their ideas obviously can't have anything of importance to say to humanity". Now I understand, the only problem is that hippies think they can speak with any authority about, oh, anything at all. Luckily nobody even considers your opinions.
Ok, ok, there's a reason I use SSL or SSH when I can, maybe secure email too, TrueCrypt for sensitive stuff... you get the idea. As you say, one must be *reasonable* though. Wild claims that IE is spying on me and I dare you to prove otherwise *and* you cannot prove it because of a variant on the brain-in-a-vat theory are not reasonable. Not that YOU said so, it was the GP.
Fine. We're all running NSAOS. Microsoft controls the kernel and all the software we run is actually running on top of a deception layer. Hey, it's technically possible and easier than wiretapping ISPs. Also, all routers have a specially crafted firmware that enables IE to punch through firewalls and whatnot.
What's next, MS is in your computer, stealing your internets?
Why? Tor was created to grant perfect anonimity. That would seem to be a prerequisite for anti censorship software, wouldn't it.
Let me assure you that a game like Dark Messiah or BF2 with full eye candy will most definitely max out my computing power. I wouldn't be drooling over the 8 series otherwise. Not enough money though.
Fine. He'll write his book and sell it at $ 50K to his closest, richest friends/art lovers/commissioners: *THEY* will not copy and share it because they paid it so much and they just don't care about you. Is that what you want?
It's not like it takes a rocket scientist to sniff your own traffic with Ethereal, buddy. Fire it up and look for yourself if you are so concerned.
What's that you say, you don't even know what Ethereal is?
Well then why did they bother to put a maximize button in Windows at all - just move the window into the corner and resize it... Guess what, people want buttons to make things happen as easily as possible.
There you go! :D
The problem is that people on a mission tend to escalate this kind of stuff pretty quickly, to a governmental level if necessary, and the press is all too happy to report it because it makes for great polarizing. But I still believe that everyone should be free to put out whatever game they wish, and this includes me publishing Hello Kitty 40.000 (in the grim future of Hello Kitty there is only war) and they publishing this kind of game.
The gov't in my country is trying to censor games right now - a leftist gov't - and even though I won't play e.g. Rule of Rose because it must really suck, I still believe it must be let loose on the market.
For the same reason people started to love web forums when usenet had existed for years and was better - they don't buy what's best, but what is marketed.
I think the virus writer is responsible for the damage caused. Otherwise, it'd be like blaming gun manufacturers instead of murderers. Or knife makers, for that matter.
Apparently you ask the UN to protect you in... some ways... such as harsh words, yeah, or maybe some demonstration. I'm just sure it'll do the trick.
Fission and geothermal.
Democracy is defined as "rule by the people": it has no other purpose or definition, expressed or implied. It is simply a form of government where all the people take part in the decision making process, as opposed to monarchy (rule by one), theocracy (rule by god('s representatives)), aristocracy (rule by the best ones) and other forms.
It is NOT related to what you actually DO with the power you are given or the way you choose to benefit some at the expense of others: it simply sets the basic rules of the discussion, while the outcome of such process can (and does) vary.
Besides, it looks to me like executing someone takes one (1) bullet, while maintaining him in prison costs a fortune. If you're really cheap you can even ask his family for reimbursement - hey the Chinese do it, even though I find it evil.
I will google execution costs but I suspect I will find info about how much it costs to maintain someone in prison for 15 years before you kill him, how expensive the machinery is, how you have to train people to use it and manage the audience...
Finally I never said that the govt should take care of the vengeance. It'd be a surefire way to mess even THAT up.
The interests of society trump the interests of the individual.
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA oh man you're so funny
It is not in the interest of society to exact revenge.
Wait... are you... are you serious?!
If they're irretrievable, then by all means kill them. Otherwise, why should the rest of us pay for replacing your sorrow with a perverted warm and fuzzy feeling, when we could instead get some value for our taxes?
WTF do you pay for, exactly, if one carries out his revenge?
You know, there are people out there who know full well that they are simply being cheap when they d/l tons of music or movies for free. Oh yes, unlicensed anime are not available in my country so I'm justified in downloading them... good corner case. Everything else, though, is pure and simple theft, motivated by a perceived lack of victims and virtual impunity.
But nobody wants to shaft the artists - in fact, some might even buy special editions of their works after years of piracy, or support them by buying merchandising etc. And most people just plain don't care.
Well, I think providers should simply provide connectivity: no filtering, no anti-spam, no anything, and let users choose what to do with the power they are given; but I also suspect that would upset, rather than please, most users. Anyway, having an entry-level colocated server is cheap nowadays, and you get to tinker as much as you like. Power to the brave?
Well if you don't mind, I'll do whatever I like on MY mail server - including dropping mail based on arbitrary criteria.