Would you go to your employer and say "Hey, I've figured out how to save money on my bills at home, could you cut down my salary by 10% to compensate for that please?"
I used to be a Christian/creationist (it's how I was brought up), but am no longer.
However, I know a few people that are highly intelligent as well as religious. The human brain is very good at compartmentalising various things, and therefore holding completely different sets of standards for different parts of life. Religious people can still make very good mathematicians and scientists.
For example. the head of the Computer Science dept at my old University was very into biology/genetics and AI despite being a member of the Free Church, which is pretty "fanatical" as denominations go, and holds a creationist viewpoint. Likewise an old head of the Geography dept at the same Uni was a devout Christian. I find biology and geography to be strange topics for creationists to be teaching at such a high level, but some people obviously can still do scientific jobs to a very high standard, despite having religious beliefs that are essentially untenable from a scientific point of view. The human brain is very good at compartmentalising.
PS Why can't you use wordwrap to let your text flow smoothly on any screen, rather than manually creating jarring gaps in your writing?
I wouldn't really want to go into orbit with current levels of technology, but I would be interested in taking part in a project to launch, communicate with and research via a probe..
I was referring to the official apps only setting, which is on the cheap Chinese tablet I initially bought to mess around with Android, and my phone (which has a custom ROM on it anyway, but it did have the setting beforehand). It's insane the things that telcos can get away with, especially in the US..
Android is so full of "use Google" that I would not want it near anything I own..
"iOS is so full of "use iTunes" that I would not want it near anything I own.."
"Windows is so full of "use Windows Live!" that I would not want it near anything I own.."
What exactly are you going to use if you ever get a phone?
What is even wrong with using Google services? Just don't use them for anything private if you're bothered. There are also non-Google alternatives to Maps/Navigation/Mail/Search, etc, etc, if you're seriously that paranoid.
In particular, our infringer with a sick mother could absolutely find an ambulance chaser to sue google for his own lost legit revenue
Hardly. If he's doing anything illegal with his account, Google are well within their rights to terminate it. It's their private service, they are probably legally allowed to terminate people for any reason, even outside of abuses of the system.
I don't get your "my mother was sick, so I'm entitled to break the law" bullshit. Real courts might "take it into account", but the guy is still responsible for his own actions. By doing something illegal, he's just increasing the chances his sick mother won't have anyone around to help her when he goes to jail.
As for "cheating to test the waters" - wtf? I don't understand your reasoning behind any of this. Who the hell even thinks like that? Would you illegally upload someone else's work and charge people for it? If I was wanting to test the waters, I'd write my own app, or read blogs and ask questions to other developers. I certainly wouldn't start off by doing something illegal. If someone is willing to do that, why would they bother to even write their own software later on?
What the hell are you talking about? The Xbox 360 uses DirectX just the same as Windows.
If you could change graphics settings on consoles the same as PCs, you'd probably notice the difference, but I'd assume that playing games on a console is often the equivalent of using "medium" settings on a PC. I say this as someone with both a PS3 and 360, not trying to say that the consoles are inferior in terms of gameplay, just that obviously a modern day PC is going to kick their ass. That's how things work. Consoles come out with competitive graphics, PCs quickly overtake them in capabilities.
So there will be more computers with crappy integrated graphics. Hopefully, it will still be possible to upgrade them with a decent graphics card.
Yes, and yes.
Oh, and btw, wasn't the plan until recently to basically replace the CPU with the GPU? I'm confused...
No. Graphics Processor Units make very poor Central Processing Units. GPUss work nicely to augment CPUs when doing specialised calculations (encryption, video encoding, physics, etc) that would take the CPU a long time to do on its own, but there are no plans to replace CPUs with GPUs.
The Dell XPS 15" has a 1920x1080 option and decent graphics capabilities, with nVidia Optimus which apparently switches between low power and full graphics mode depending on your usage.
Not quite 1200, but for a 15" widescreen, I think any res over 1680x1050 is going to be equivalent, since you'll have to increase font sizes anyway (unless you have some very good eyesight or hunch really close to the screen).
I used a pack of window cleaning wipes when I bought my car (used) and it worked pretty well. I dried with a clean cloth (better to use one that isn't going to leave little fibers everywhere) after to get rid of any residue. Make sure not to get any finger oils on the part of the cloth you're going to dry the window with otherwise it will obviously just end up greasy.
If you've got really thick muck, then I'd say give the windows a good old fashioned clean with soapy water once or twice, drying with a towel after each wash. The towel will help to collect up loosened muck that's still sticking to the screen before you go to the next layer. Then you can go with the special window wipes or glass cleaning fluid.
This and only this should be what claims of copyright infringement is.
As others have said, this story is about "plagiarism and misappropriation", ie stealing real sales by selling someone else's software as your own. Copyright infringement doesn't only apply in situations where you feel it's to your own advantage.
Normal people downloading crap instead of buying them should just be labelled smart people.
Actually, they're very obviously copyright infringers who are making copies of things without the legal right. It might be "smart" to avoid costs where you can, though if you're breaking the law to do so, it's risky, and seen by many (including myself) as immoral. The record companies are pretty immoral too of course. It's not a black and white decision, but there's nothing particularly noble about infringing copyright.
For what it's worth, I think of you as just the same type of scum as these guys who are sell other people's software for their own gain. You're saving money by not buying music. You're not getting the same level of financial benefit as these professional pirates, but you still are on the same scale, just at a lower level. I'm not saying you'd buy all of the music/movies/software you download, but presumably if you like any of it enough to keep it, you'd have bought some of that if piracy wasn't an option.
We shouldn't clump Apple and Google's App gardens under the same roof
Well duh, for one Apple doesn't let you install an app unless it's from their official App Store. Google lets you install anything you want. There is a user setting to ensure that you are only installing "official" apps, but it doesn't sound like it does that much use overall, what with all these malware and fraud stories. I'd still consider developing for Android, but I am disappointed at the way things are being portrayed as heading, and hope Google turns it around.
4. Exactly what you said ( "90% of the world is "third" because its people think stealing is a sacrament.). 90% of the world is definitely "most people" in the world.
5. Close to what you said. "You're utterly free to say what you want, just so long as you don't steal it from me." So, nobody is allowed to say what you said if they know you said it. Copyright doesn't actually care about such distinctions though, you can break copyright without knowing it (for example if something is copied and then distributed as part of what is apparently fully GPL compatible code, so you assume you are allowed to copy it).
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What about it? How is this any different to using PayPal?
MasterCard?
Would you go to your employer and say "Hey, I've figured out how to save money on my bills at home, could you cut down my salary by 10% to compensate for that please?"
You don't seem to know many creationists then.
I used to be a Christian/creationist (it's how I was brought up), but am no longer.
However, I know a few people that are highly intelligent as well as religious. The human brain is very good at compartmentalising various things, and therefore holding completely different sets of standards for different parts of life. Religious people can still make very good mathematicians and scientists.
For example. the head of the Computer Science dept at my old University was very into biology/genetics and AI despite being a member of the Free Church, which is pretty "fanatical" as denominations go, and holds a creationist viewpoint. Likewise an old head of the Geography dept at the same Uni was a devout Christian. I find biology and geography to be strange topics for creationists to be teaching at such a high level, but some people obviously can still do scientific jobs to a very high standard, despite having religious beliefs that are essentially untenable from a scientific point of view. The human brain is very good at compartmentalising.
PS Why can't you use wordwrap to let your text flow smoothly on any screen, rather than manually creating jarring gaps in your writing?
It is discrimination against women! You should give them a drug test and then fake the results.
I wouldn't really want to go into orbit with current levels of technology, but I would be interested in taking part in a project to launch, communicate with and research via a probe..
I was referring to the official apps only setting, which is on the cheap Chinese tablet I initially bought to mess around with Android, and my phone (which has a custom ROM on it anyway, but it did have the setting beforehand). It's insane the things that telcos can get away with, especially in the US..
I shudder at the thought of trying to explain to them how to beam contact information from their iPhone to some other random piece of technology.
Bump it?
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Hey Microsoft, keep up the good work, I look forward to you further aggravating terro.. uh, saving the world!
*chair flies through the front door*
Ohshit it's STEVE!! Run, everyone! We just have to get outside - he'll get out of breath after 20 metres of monkey skipping!
Still, it's a far cry from banging directly on the hardware.. they could be doing even more on the Xbox if they were allowed to do that.
Ah, it's using Flash and Silverlight and has an internet connection. At least it will be secure!
Android is so full of "use Google" that I would not want it near anything I own..
"iOS is so full of "use iTunes" that I would not want it near anything I own.."
"Windows is so full of "use Windows Live!" that I would not want it near anything I own.."
What exactly are you going to use if you ever get a phone?
What is even wrong with using Google services? Just don't use them for anything private if you're bothered. There are also non-Google alternatives to Maps/Navigation/Mail/Search, etc, etc, if you're seriously that paranoid.
like if the linux people take over the system and save MS taxes so later the smaller car can be cheaper.
One tank of fuel's worth of cost difference on a $50,000 car is hardly a big deal.. I don't see why they'd go with MS on this anyway.
In particular, our infringer with a sick mother could absolutely find an ambulance chaser to sue google for his own lost legit revenue
Hardly. If he's doing anything illegal with his account, Google are well within their rights to terminate it. It's their private service, they are probably legally allowed to terminate people for any reason, even outside of abuses of the system.
I don't get your "my mother was sick, so I'm entitled to break the law" bullshit. Real courts might "take it into account", but the guy is still responsible for his own actions. By doing something illegal, he's just increasing the chances his sick mother won't have anyone around to help her when he goes to jail.
As for "cheating to test the waters" - wtf? I don't understand your reasoning behind any of this. Who the hell even thinks like that? Would you illegally upload someone else's work and charge people for it? If I was wanting to test the waters, I'd write my own app, or read blogs and ask questions to other developers. I certainly wouldn't start off by doing something illegal. If someone is willing to do that, why would they bother to even write their own software later on?
What the hell are you talking about? The Xbox 360 uses DirectX just the same as Windows.
If you could change graphics settings on consoles the same as PCs, you'd probably notice the difference, but I'd assume that playing games on a console is often the equivalent of using "medium" settings on a PC. I say this as someone with both a PS3 and 360, not trying to say that the consoles are inferior in terms of gameplay, just that obviously a modern day PC is going to kick their ass. That's how things work. Consoles come out with competitive graphics, PCs quickly overtake them in capabilities.
So there will be more computers with crappy integrated graphics. Hopefully, it will still be possible to upgrade them with a decent graphics card.
Yes, and yes.
Oh, and btw, wasn't the plan until recently to basically replace the CPU with the GPU? I'm confused...
No. Graphics Processor Units make very poor Central Processing Units. GPUss work nicely to augment CPUs when doing specialised calculations (encryption, video encoding, physics, etc) that would take the CPU a long time to do on its own, but there are no plans to replace CPUs with GPUs.
The Dell XPS 15" has a 1920x1080 option and decent graphics capabilities, with nVidia Optimus which apparently switches between low power and full graphics mode depending on your usage.
Not quite 1200, but for a 15" widescreen, I think any res over 1680x1050 is going to be equivalent, since you'll have to increase font sizes anyway (unless you have some very good eyesight or hunch really close to the screen).
I used a pack of window cleaning wipes when I bought my car (used) and it worked pretty well. I dried with a clean cloth (better to use one that isn't going to leave little fibers everywhere) after to get rid of any residue. Make sure not to get any finger oils on the part of the cloth you're going to dry the window with otherwise it will obviously just end up greasy.
If you've got really thick muck, then I'd say give the windows a good old fashioned clean with soapy water once or twice, drying with a towel after each wash. The towel will help to collect up loosened muck that's still sticking to the screen before you go to the next layer. Then you can go with the special window wipes or glass cleaning fluid.
This and only this should be what claims of copyright infringement is.
As others have said, this story is about "plagiarism and misappropriation", ie stealing real sales by selling someone else's software as your own. Copyright infringement doesn't only apply in situations where you feel it's to your own advantage.
Normal people downloading crap instead of buying them should just be labelled smart people.
Actually, they're very obviously copyright infringers who are making copies of things without the legal right. It might be "smart" to avoid costs where you can, though if you're breaking the law to do so, it's risky, and seen by many (including myself) as immoral. The record companies are pretty immoral too of course. It's not a black and white decision, but there's nothing particularly noble about infringing copyright.
For what it's worth, I think of you as just the same type of scum as these guys who are sell other people's software for their own gain. You're saving money by not buying music. You're not getting the same level of financial benefit as these professional pirates, but you still are on the same scale, just at a lower level. I'm not saying you'd buy all of the music/movies/software you download, but presumably if you like any of it enough to keep it, you'd have bought some of that if piracy wasn't an option.
"Same goes for fraud or any other criminal activity"
We shouldn't clump Apple and Google's App gardens under the same roof
Well duh, for one Apple doesn't let you install an app unless it's from their official App Store. Google lets you install anything you want. There is a user setting to ensure that you are only installing "official" apps, but it doesn't sound like it does that much use overall, what with all these malware and fraud stories. I'd still consider developing for Android, but I am disappointed at the way things are being portrayed as heading, and hope Google turns it around.
Hamm would probably be a bank in Luxembourg..
4. Exactly what you said ( " 90% of the world is "third" because its people think stealing is a sacrament.). 90% of the world is definitely "most people" in the world.
5. Close to what you said. "You're utterly free to say what you want, just so long as you don't steal it from me." So, nobody is allowed to say what you said if they know you said it. Copyright doesn't actually care about such distinctions though, you can break copyright without knowing it (for example if something is copied and then distributed as part of what is apparently fully GPL compatible code, so you assume you are allowed to copy it).
I've been told before that I have a "way with words" ;)