Come on people, you can't have it both ways. If you can't "steal" music, you can't "steal" code. MS "stealing" this code didn't deprive the Open Source community from using the code (i.e. stealing my car), or at least that's the argument/.er use whenever the word is used in conjunction with music and movies. Eat your own dog food.
Yeah, well, problem is they are subsidizing the retail value of the OS with hardware. You get OS X for $129 because they are more interested in selling hardware. Take that away and they become another MS and the cost of the OS jumps. It also becomes big bloated mess like Windows (and Linux, sorry) because they have to support unlimited permutations of hardware.
How is copying someone else's game innovation? Seems like them having to figure out a different (better) game is what the real innovation was, and that was "because" of the copyright laws.
And the conrporate media wants to keep it that way so the corporations only have two candidates to bribe.
What a load of crap. The media is more than happy to cover 3rd party candidates if anyone cared. Ross Perot got lots of coverage and so did Nader back in 2000. It's just that the 3rd party candidates this year are longer than long shots and no one cares.
Yeah sure there are some mega-hit songs and some blockbuster movies I would have to go without, but there are other things in life. In fact it might be better for the art of music and movies as every work would have to be an indie work.
Those two things are not unconnected. A lot of Indie films get made (financed) because of the profits of block busters. Hollywood is very good at farming new talent through Indie films. This isn't to say that no Indie films would get made, but I bet that several of your favorite films would not have.
Be thankful for the sheep-masses, they help fund the good stuff you and I like.
I've been using Subverison for 2 years on game related projects. Most of our assets are binary (photoshop files, images, 3D models, etc), plus all the text based code. I love subversion. Best thing out there that doesn't cost $800/seat.
What I don't like about this article is that it implies I should have to restructure my development environment to deal with a flaw in my version control. The binary issue is huge with subverison, but most of the people working on subversion don't use binary storage as much as game projects. Subversion should have an option to store the head as a full file, not a delta, and this problem would be solved. True, it would slowdown the commit time, but commits happen a lot less than updates (at least for us). Also the re-delta-ing of the head-1 revision could happen on the server in the background, keeping commits fast.
I fly on Air Force flights, which are not subject to FAA regulations, and the main problem with cell phones on airplanes is the fact that they DO NOT WORK.
Then you said:
A claim that multiple private pilots here on Slashdot have already shown to be false.
I took that to mean that you believed that cell phone would work on planes. I apologize if I misread you comment.
I am a private pilot, and I can say that I have NEVER been able to get my cell phone to work much above 20,000. Period. It might work in some denser areas like the east coast, but along the west coast and much of the Midwest it does not work. This is first hand experience from 100's of hours of flying.
If cell phone were allow on planes, the first thing that would happen is thousand of people bitching and complaining that their phones don't work. They would bitch first to the airline and then to their cell phone carrier.
This is easy to test. Next time you're at cruise altitude, turn on your cell phone. It's a pretty safe time to turn on the phone and I'm sure one or two are already on in someone carry on.
I wish slashdotters would stop thinking they are experts on everything, but as a long time slashdot reader, I know that will never happen.
No, this is not exactly true. Take off and landing are very dangerous times because planes are a lot closer together, plus the plane might be in the clouds (a rare thing at cruise) and it's soul form of navigation is instruments (IFR). That little "bing" you hear when the flight attendant lets you know to turn off electronics happens at 10,000 ft. This is a magic altitude when different procedures go into and out of affect (in the cockpit as well as the cabin). This phase of flight takes a lot of work and concentration of the pilots and any equipment failure can be critical.
(Though, personally, if a piece of software I wrote was being pirated, I'd be flattered knowing people wanted it bad enough to invest their time into doing so.)
You might not be so flattered if you realized it meant you could no longer pay your rent or feed your family.
The problem with the book analogy is that I don't want to read a book on the computer, I want to read it on my couch with a nice soft paperback.
Music is different. CD's are nothing more than packaging these days. You *want* the music on your computer.
Movies are a little different. Most people want the movie on their TV and most people don't have the computer hooked up to the TV, but that is changing (and fast)
Books will always be "protected" until digital readers become the primary way to read a book. This is why Cory Doctorow giving away digital copies of his books is meaningless.
Before posting, replace "doctor" with "IT guy" or "Linux expert" and "patient" with "user" and tell me if you still believe what you're about to write.
You know, I wish people would look up "Freedom of Speech". Companies copy protecting content is stupid, silly and a long list of other horrible things, but it is NOT a violation of your freedom of speech. Every time you use this you undercut the true meaning and importance of the first amendment. Please stop.
Why do you have to call people "idiots"? You bring up good points, why bring it all down with insults. The Internet is too full of angry rude people already.
I think there is a 4th. research-o-ware. Companies spend time exploring different things, sometimes with no direct intent to produce a product. Companies and employees often talk about these projects at conferences, blogs, etc. Someone picks up on it and it starts to gain life as a real product. When it fails to materialize, the company is accused of vaporware.
It's really hard to get all morally upright over copyright infringement when you know the crack dealing executives aren't actually sharing the profits with the artists
While I agree with everything you said, it is important to point out that in this case the FBI did have a completely legal warrant, as spelled out in the constitution.
Last time I checked, Firefox was still open source software. If they're not fixing bugs fast enough for your liking, by all means, download the source and fix them yourself. That's not meant as a smart-ass excuse for not fixing a bug, but the article's author says:
You know, not everyone on the planet is a programmer. I know you find this hard to believe, but it is true. Your comment is arrogant and typical of a lot of programmers that don't feel someone has worth unless they can code.
Because that would skew towards people that had computers, a higher education level and income. We tend forget that not everyone has a computer or an internet connection. As you stated, people could still vote on paper, the fact is that Internet voting would be so easy that you'd get a much higher turn-out then from paper ballots. As sad as it is, voting must be equally as cumbersome for everyone.
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Come on people, you can't have it both ways. If you can't "steal" music, you can't "steal" code. MS "stealing" this code didn't deprive the Open Source community from using the code (i.e. stealing my car), or at least that's the argument /.er use whenever the word is used in conjunction with music and movies. Eat your own dog food.
Yeah, well, problem is they are subsidizing the retail value of the OS with hardware. You get OS X for $129 because they are more interested in selling hardware. Take that away and they become another MS and the cost of the OS jumps. It also becomes big bloated mess like Windows (and Linux, sorry) because they have to support unlimited permutations of hardware.
And how would they recover the device? You watch too much TV if you think they are tracking these in real time. :-)
How is copying someone else's game innovation? Seems like them having to figure out a different (better) game is what the real innovation was, and that was "because" of the copyright laws.
So they need a disclaimer at the end of video games. This one in WoW's case:
So, in WoW's case, you'd never see the warning. :-)
And the conrporate media wants to keep it that way so the corporations only have two candidates to bribe.
What a load of crap. The media is more than happy to cover 3rd party candidates if anyone cared. Ross Perot got lots of coverage and so did Nader back in 2000. It's just that the 3rd party candidates this year are longer than long shots and no one cares.
Yeah sure there are some mega-hit songs and some blockbuster movies I would have to go without, but there are other things in life. In fact it might be better for the art of music and movies as every work would have to be an indie work.
Those two things are not unconnected. A lot of Indie films get made (financed) because of the profits of block busters. Hollywood is very good at farming new talent through Indie films. This isn't to say that no Indie films would get made, but I bet that several of your favorite films would not have.
Be thankful for the sheep-masses, they help fund the good stuff you and I like.
I can't see any reason this same research can't be done through prayer.
That's a bad assumption. What you want to think about is being forced to pay a royalty for every copy they distribute.
Or even better yet, told they just can't use it at all. Just because it's free and someone does make money off it, doesn't let you off the hook.
I've been using Subverison for 2 years on game related projects. Most of our assets are binary (photoshop files, images, 3D models, etc), plus all the text based code. I love subversion. Best thing out there that doesn't cost $800/seat.
What I don't like about this article is that it implies I should have to restructure my development environment to deal with a flaw in my version control. The binary issue is huge with subverison, but most of the people working on subversion don't use binary storage as much as game projects. Subversion should have an option to store the head as a full file, not a delta, and this problem would be solved. True, it would slowdown the commit time, but commits happen a lot less than updates (at least for us). Also the re-delta-ing of the head-1 revision could happen on the server in the background, keeping commits fast.
Maybe I misread your reply:
First poster said:
I fly on Air Force flights, which are not subject to FAA regulations, and the main problem with cell phones on airplanes is the fact that they DO NOT WORK.
Then you said:
A claim that multiple private pilots here on Slashdot have already shown to be false.
I took that to mean that you believed that cell phone would work on planes. I apologize if I misread you comment.
I am a private pilot, and I can say that I have NEVER been able to get my cell phone to work much above 20,000. Period. It might work in some denser areas like the east coast, but along the west coast and much of the Midwest it does not work. This is first hand experience from 100's of hours of flying.
If cell phone were allow on planes, the first thing that would happen is thousand of people bitching and complaining that their phones don't work. They would bitch first to the airline and then to their cell phone carrier.
This is easy to test. Next time you're at cruise altitude, turn on your cell phone. It's a pretty safe time to turn on the phone and I'm sure one or two are already on in someone carry on.
I wish slashdotters would stop thinking they are experts on everything, but as a long time slashdot reader, I know that will never happen.
No, this is not exactly true. Take off and landing are very dangerous times because planes are a lot closer together, plus the plane might be in the clouds (a rare thing at cruise) and it's soul form of navigation is instruments (IFR). That little "bing" you hear when the flight attendant lets you know to turn off electronics happens at 10,000 ft. This is a magic altitude when different procedures go into and out of affect (in the cockpit as well as the cabin). This phase of flight takes a lot of work and concentration of the pilots and any equipment failure can be critical.
P.S. IAAP
(Though, personally, if a piece of software I wrote was being pirated, I'd be flattered knowing people wanted it bad enough to invest their time into doing so.)
You might not be so flattered if you realized it meant you could no longer pay your rent or feed your family.
The problem with the book analogy is that I don't want to read a book on the computer, I want to read it on my couch with a nice soft paperback.
Music is different. CD's are nothing more than packaging these days. You *want* the music on your computer.
Movies are a little different. Most people want the movie on their TV and most people don't have the computer hooked up to the TV, but that is changing (and fast)
Books will always be "protected" until digital readers become the primary way to read a book. This is why Cory Doctorow giving away digital copies of his books is meaningless.
Before posting, replace "doctor" with "IT guy" or "Linux expert" and "patient" with "user" and tell me if you still believe what you're about to write.
You know, I wish people would look up "Freedom of Speech". Companies copy protecting content is stupid, silly and a long list of other horrible things, but it is NOT a violation of your freedom of speech. Every time you use this you undercut the true meaning and importance of the first amendment. Please stop.
>>When you ask a carpenter "are you done ?", almost anyone can verify the answer just by looking at it.
:-)
You've never had a house built, have you.
why not? Am I missing something?
Why do you have to call people "idiots"? You bring up good points, why bring it all down with insults. The Internet is too full of angry rude people already.
I think there is a 4th. research-o-ware. Companies spend time exploring different things, sometimes with no direct intent to produce a product. Companies and employees often talk about these projects at conferences, blogs, etc. Someone picks up on it and it starts to gain life as a real product. When it fails to materialize, the company is accused of vaporware.
It's really hard to get all morally upright over copyright infringement when you know the crack dealing executives aren't actually sharing the profits with the artists
Then why is Britney Spears worth over $120M?
While I agree with everything you said, it is important to point out that in this case the FBI did have a completely legal warrant, as spelled out in the constitution.
Last time I checked, Firefox was still open source software. If they're not fixing bugs fast enough for your liking, by all means, download the source and fix them yourself. That's not meant as a smart-ass excuse for not fixing a bug, but the article's author says:
You know, not everyone on the planet is a programmer. I know you find this hard to believe, but it is true. Your comment is arrogant and typical of a lot of programmers that don't feel someone has worth unless they can code.
>>Why can't we just vote on the Internet?
Because that would skew towards people that had computers, a higher education level and income. We tend forget that not everyone has a computer or an internet connection. As you stated, people could still vote on paper, the fact is that Internet voting would be so easy that you'd get a much higher turn-out then from paper ballots. As sad as it is, voting must be equally as cumbersome for everyone.