or punk planet
or tokion
or any old zine
and you'll find all kinds of music worth paying for.
i almost certainly will noit be boycotting Phish, the Grateful Dead, Medeski Martin and Wood, or any other of the RIAA-distributed musics that encourage and promote audience taping for non-commercial use. These bands were way ahead of the RIAA to begin with, and the taping certainly hasn't hurt their wallets... or the record labels' for that matter.
Has anyone seen the Megazone 23 series on DVD yet? I know that part 1 was released last year, but I recently heard that it's already out of print.
Besides, part 2 is the real star of the series IMHO. Radically different style of animation, a total departure from the first part of the series. I'm dying to find this subtitled on DVD someday.
A true great conspiracy story involving mass hypnosis and stolen government mecha-bikes. If you can find part 1 or 2, check it out. A true milestone in anime from the late 1980s that still holds up.
For the most part, that is true. Many entrepreneurs are highly conscious of how their employees are feeling and whether or not they are happy on a day-to-day basis. However, there are several species of entrepreneur that fail to meet employees demands -- for the most part because it would cost them (the boss, that is) money out of his or her pocket. We call this exploitation.
Now, i'm not a socialist or anything, but since these companies tend to live in the 50-150 employee range, and are for the most part rather unorganized, there is really nothing that the employees can do. once the small-business boss has made his first few bucks, he knows that he has found a system that works. if he chanegs it, he may lose his momentum -- something he cannot afford to do in the computer business.
Granted, i'm sure this is more prevalent in hardware than in software. Hardware people are easier to keep at lower salaries and lesser working conditions than programmers per se... and especially if the company is based somewhere other than the big tech-centers in the US or germany.
Taiwan, of course, is a whole different story. If you think you have it bad, think of 18 hour days, seven days a week, plus the oddly accepted social norm that your boss owns your soul and you must do everything he says.
All nice in theory, everyone agrees, but greed and dissent are far too strong, especially in the most capitolistic society on earth.
Even the guy who makes the "Information Wants to Be Free" bumper stickers has a copyright on them. Maybe the answer here is bootlegging.
lots and lots of bootlegging.
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I agree... though there are certain experiences that Lovegetty brings about that make you want to smash it.
I have an older lovegetty and I took to wearing it around malls just for fun (my girlfriend has one as well -- we would sneak up on each other with them). Sooner or later i would find my Lovegetty going beep-beep while some old japanese man with a cane and another Lovegetty grinned and laughed at me.
I think alot of people see them as a way to meet teenage girls. because, really, besides people like us, who buys them? teenage girls.
Sure it has a lot to do with intellectual property, but the WTO protests are more about keeping the environmental and labor legislative power out of the hands of the 500 or so global corporations that dominate the international trade scene. Insurrection is the only way to go.
actually they've been moving pretty strongly into embedded systems. from what i heard, the whole bru-hah-ha over secrets being leaked out to Microsoft was around Be's strategy in the embedded/handheld arena. now, they're even going as far as customizing the OS for particular environments.
as far as royalties go, i'm pretty sure at this point they're letting hardware manufacturers use it for free or at least almost free -- better to get the publicity and all. i'm not 100% sure about it, though. i guess we'd have to ask Be.
i'm interested to see what Be inc. will do now... the iToaster was on it's way to becoming a set-top. now that Sony's in the game, maybe the japanese connection Be has will lead to some sort of software development.
wishful thinking, yes (i'm a Be-o-phile i guess). but it seems that nobody could get the story straight as to wether or not the iToaster ran Linux or BeOS... so why not?
Slashdot Mirror
or punk planet
or tokion
or any old zine
and you'll find all kinds of music worth paying for.
i almost certainly will noit be boycotting Phish, the Grateful Dead, Medeski Martin and Wood, or any other of the RIAA-distributed musics that encourage and promote audience taping for non-commercial use. These bands were way ahead of the RIAA to begin with, and the taping certainly hasn't hurt their wallets... or the record labels' for that matter.
Has anyone seen the Megazone 23 series on DVD yet? I know that part 1 was released last year, but I recently heard that it's already out of print.
Besides, part 2 is the real star of the series IMHO. Radically different style of animation, a total departure from the first part of the series. I'm dying to find this subtitled on DVD someday.
A true great conspiracy story involving mass hypnosis and stolen government mecha-bikes. If you can find part 1 or 2, check it out. A true milestone in anime from the late 1980s that still holds up.
Now, i'm not a socialist or anything, but since these companies tend to live in the 50-150 employee range, and are for the most part rather unorganized, there is really nothing that the employees can do. once the small-business boss has made his first few bucks, he knows that he has found a system that works. if he chanegs it, he may lose his momentum -- something he cannot afford to do in the computer business.
Granted, i'm sure this is more prevalent in hardware than in software. Hardware people are easier to keep at lower salaries and lesser working conditions than programmers per se... and especially if the company is based somewhere other than the big tech-centers in the US or germany.
Taiwan, of course, is a whole different story. If you think you have it bad, think of 18 hour days, seven days a week, plus the oddly accepted social norm that your boss owns your soul and you must do everything he says.
Even the guy who makes the "Information Wants to Be Free" bumper stickers has a copyright on them. Maybe the answer here is bootlegging.
lots and lots of bootlegging.
Even the guy who makes the "Information Wants to Be Free" bumper stickers has a copyright on them. Maybe the answer here is bootlegging.
lots and lots of bootlegging.
I have an older lovegetty and I took to wearing it around malls just for fun (my girlfriend has one as well -- we would sneak up on each other with them). Sooner or later i would find my Lovegetty going beep-beep while some old japanese man with a cane and another Lovegetty grinned and laughed at me.
I think alot of people see them as a way to meet teenage girls. because, really, besides people like us, who buys them? teenage girls.
Sure it has a lot to do with intellectual property, but the WTO protests are more about keeping the environmental and labor legislative power out of the hands of the 500 or so global corporations that dominate the international trade scene. Insurrection is the only way to go.
it's see-through, too
i'm suprised they didn't call it the iTool.
is there going to be free beer?
as far as royalties go, i'm pretty sure at this point they're letting hardware manufacturers use it for free or at least almost free -- better to get the publicity and all. i'm not 100% sure about it, though. i guess we'd have to ask Be.
wishful thinking, yes (i'm a Be-o-phile i guess). but it seems that nobody could get the story straight as to wether or not the iToaster ran Linux or BeOS... so why not?