Re:Uncle Sam is too fat. You need to trim it.
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You're confusing simplicity with brevity. While there is overlap, they are not equivalent.
Re:Uncle Sam is too fat. You need to trim it.
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An anarchist who supports big government... Next up, a vegan espouses the virtues of pork chops.
Uncle Sam is too fat. You need to trim it.
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Larger government only makes more holes for corruption to hide in. Laws in this way are a lot like computer code, the more complex they become the more places bugs can hide.
If you want to cut down on corruption, simplify the laws and reduce the role of government.
No, actually nitrogen impurities are the one thing keeping synthetic diamonds out of the jewelry market right now. Nitrogen turns diamonds a canary yellow, which can be considered desirable in fancy grades but is hardly desirable in the fiery rock category. Info here:
And consequently the Republican party is working to distance itself from that legacy. Notice how everyone (including Democrats) are comparing themselves to a Republican from almost 30 years ago?
Key word being dissolves. This almost never happens in the game world. If Valve goes away, it'll be because they were bought by a larger company. Think, EA, Vivendi, or God help us Infogrammes.
And what happens when Valve decides that they don't want you to have a game any more? What happens if/when Valve goes out of business or is bought by a less scrupulous company? Oops, sorry. EA owns your ass now.
I understand that you now have a personal stake in the enforcement of copyrights, and that it is likely to color your opinion of things. You need to understand that most of the negative backlash coming from the more intelligent corners of Slashdot and other places is from the heavy-handed tactics used by the self-proclaimed enforcers of copyright.
You also need to recognize that the world of knowledge and art is not the world it was 10, 20, 50, 100, or 570 years ago.
Before Gutenberg's printing press, written knowledge was precisely that, written by hand. Access to the written wisdom of the ancients was tightly restricted to the upper classes. The printing press became the disruptive technology that ultimately brought literacy to the masses.
Similarly disruptive technologies are now popping up with increasing frequency, each one lowering the boundary between the haves and the have-nots of the information age: amateur radio, personal computers, the internet, and now computerized duplication of physical objects with plastic printers. Even physical artifacts are not beyond the reach of duplication by your average Joe.
Like it or not, the world is changing. Copyrights were at one time enforceable simply by virtue of the resources required to copy. This is no longer the case.
As an author, you are now at the mercy of the public. If the quality of your work is good enough, and your price is reasonable enough, most people will be willing to pay you for your work. Supply-side economics does work in this instance.
On the flip side, if someone has no intention of paying for your work, no price except free will be low enough. There are always people who have an unjustified sense of entitlement, and there is very little that can be done to deter them. If you can't accept that these people exist, don't publish.
It hasn't stopped judges in the past. All Nintendo had to do was frame the lawsuit as an infringement on their right to privacy. Then the Judge will have no choice but to not only drop the case, but immediately create a new class of laws.
Judges don't have the power to legislate, and there is no right to privacy outlined in the constitution. Neither of these facts seem to matter though.
Really not trying to be a pedantic jerk, but EEPROM and flash are distinct technologies. You used the terms interchangeably.
Please mods, this was an attempt at humor (piling on). Maybe with your help I can be rehabilitated. In the mean time, I've never seen a +5 redundant. BRING ON THE UNDERRATED POINTS!
I have long experienced wild inconsistency in the quality and quantity of my programs. In retrospect my periods of greatest productivity coincide with my times of shaggiest bearditude.
Now that I see this, I'm sure that the beard is what enabled me to possess the clarity of mind to produce my finest code.
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You're confusing simplicity with brevity. While there is overlap, they are not equivalent.
An anarchist who supports big government... Next up, a vegan espouses the virtues of pork chops.
Larger government only makes more holes for corruption to hide in. Laws in this way are a lot like computer code, the more complex they become the more places bugs can hide.
If you want to cut down on corruption, simplify the laws and reduce the role of government.
Perhaps some day in my lifetime we can get some feet on mars. God only knows it won't happen in the current climate.
Oops, better picture here:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html
No, actually nitrogen impurities are the one thing keeping synthetic diamonds out of the jewelry market right now. Nitrogen turns diamonds a canary yellow, which can be considered desirable in fancy grades but is hardly desirable in the fiery rock category. Info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond
Too obscure, man. I laughed though.
Ok, then we'll go with this. The asshole is still there, it just doesn't have the official capacity to spew shit anymore. See, my analogy still works.
I consider this a colostomy for the legal system (one less asshole).
So as a developer, which do you think I choose?
Either this post is first or it isn't. I won't know until I press submit.
And consequently the Republican party is working to distance itself from that legacy. Notice how everyone (including Democrats) are comparing themselves to a Republican from almost 30 years ago?
Key word being dissolves. This almost never happens in the game world. If Valve goes away, it'll be because they were bought by a larger company. Think, EA, Vivendi, or God help us Infogrammes.
And what happens when Valve decides that they don't want you to have a game any more? What happens if/when Valve goes out of business or is bought by a less scrupulous company? Oops, sorry. EA owns your ass now.
Your argument ad hominems the strawman and is clearly non sequitur. QED motherfucker.
You forgot to close your tag: /rant
I understand that you now have a personal stake in the enforcement of copyrights, and that it is likely to color your opinion of things. You need to understand that most of the negative backlash coming from the more intelligent corners of Slashdot and other places is from the heavy-handed tactics used by the self-proclaimed enforcers of copyright.
You also need to recognize that the world of knowledge and art is not the world it was 10, 20, 50, 100, or 570 years ago.
Before Gutenberg's printing press, written knowledge was precisely that, written by hand. Access to the written wisdom of the ancients was tightly restricted to the upper classes. The printing press became the disruptive technology that ultimately brought literacy to the masses.
Similarly disruptive technologies are now popping up with increasing frequency, each one lowering the boundary between the haves and the have-nots of the information age: amateur radio, personal computers, the internet, and now computerized duplication of physical objects with plastic printers. Even physical artifacts are not beyond the reach of duplication by your average Joe.
Like it or not, the world is changing. Copyrights were at one time enforceable simply by virtue of the resources required to copy. This is no longer the case.
As an author, you are now at the mercy of the public. If the quality of your work is good enough, and your price is reasonable enough, most people will be willing to pay you for your work. Supply-side economics does work in this instance.
On the flip side, if someone has no intention of paying for your work, no price except free will be low enough. There are always people who have an unjustified sense of entitlement, and there is very little that can be done to deter them. If you can't accept that these people exist, don't publish.
smartest. comment. ever. /thread
Ah, finally you understand the essence of Slashdot. Modpoints are far too often used to shout down unpopular opinions (or facts).
Hah, now I see it. It's right next to "right to kill your kids as long as they don't fully escape their mother first".
Wow, I can't believe I never noticed that before!
It hasn't stopped judges in the past. All Nintendo had to do was frame the lawsuit as an infringement on their right to privacy. Then the Judge will have no choice but to not only drop the case, but immediately create a new class of laws.
Judges don't have the power to legislate, and there is no right to privacy outlined in the constitution. Neither of these facts seem to matter though.
The Ministry of Truth's first new large scale tool in 40 years is revealed.
I help maintain a fleet of arcade games; when I see DDR that's what I think too. Personally I despise the thing, but it's a cash cow.
Really not trying to be a pedantic jerk, but EEPROM and flash are distinct technologies. You used the terms interchangeably.
Please mods, this was an attempt at humor (piling on). Maybe with your help I can be rehabilitated. In the mean time, I've never seen a +5 redundant. BRING ON THE UNDERRATED POINTS!
Mmmmmm, don't forget the hot grits.
I have long experienced wild inconsistency in the quality and quantity of my programs. In retrospect my periods of greatest productivity coincide with my times of shaggiest bearditude.
Now that I see this, I'm sure that the beard is what enabled me to possess the clarity of mind to produce my finest code.