The Grateful Dead also give you a unique variation of every song in a show, instead of LIP-SYNCING the lyrics, using a recorded track, or just playing through the motions.(ever try to find Madonna's/band on stage??? same for many other pop-singers==canned music is stale)
The Grateful Dead also strived for quality while keeping the prices down.
In the mid-80s, they had the largest travelling speaker system (more speakers==less output per speaker with less distortion overall). They were also the highest grossing concert band by about double the nearest 2nd place (in 1990 they grossed around $19M while 2nd was 11M and 3rd 9M, I think Peter Gabriel).
At the same time, they FINALLY got only 1 song to near the top of the charts -- Touch of Grey.
Their act of letting people share music had the OPPOSITE EFFECT, and increased ticket sales, instead of tickets leading to albums.
Yes, this does require work and touring, but are the musicians just in it for the money, or do they like their music at all???
Grateful Dead tickets are still around $40-60, and they help keep them low and keep scalpers from bumping prices by selling a good portion directly to fans through regulated (4 max/per address) advance mail-order. Gov't Mule and others are following both this ticket model and many band use the music-sharing model. Is Warren Haynes suffering?? (A: NO.)
You can either keep happy loyal customers, or reluctant trapped customers, but happy works better. The trapped customers stop buying and settle for free/radio/P2P etc.
"The logic of convergence may be even stronger in the metaverse. The cost of switching from Windows to, say, Linux is just annoyance and expense: You have to buy applications and port data to the new OS. But if you view your avatar as an extension of yourself, moving from EverQuest to World of Warcraft is like volunteering for a lobotomy. You have to surrender the skills you've cultivated, along with all your (other)worldly possessions."
Perhaps he should have said "The cost of switching from Linux to, say, Windows is just annoyance and expense". How many home users BUY a whole new set of applications for Linux?
As has been pointed out, it does not mean that current products would evolve, but that evolution of products might produce a new product that filled a demand, IF there is a demand. Unsatisfied Windows users produce Linux users-- they change because of a need/desire/demand.
BTW, Nethack has had a small connection with the real world in mail delivery for a long while. In many Unix systems, when you receive mail while playing Nethack, a gnome delivers a Scroll of Mail. But this is just a cute feature and does not really allow the game to interact with the "real email world"-- no game elements go back out. In this way, I can see games using EXISTING standard protocols (like email) to interact, but not to share game features. People in games might give a demand for communication such as this, but probably WON'T care to bring Jedis in to slaughter primatives with bows. (how long does GOD cheat-mode in a game REALLY interest you huh??)
BUT, most routers in "promiscuous mode" are literally INVITING people to join their network. They broadcast themselves as an open network, and many computers will connect to such a network near-automatically.
It is like having a store with an "OPEN" sign-- the network invites those listening to walk in without further announcement.(UNLIKE an unlocked house door, which is open but does NOT announce and invite)
Many users might accidentally connect to such a network without realizing that they have connected to the wrong network (say at home, while believing that they are connected to their own network-- a security risk for the person connecting!)
These people probably have a defense: was invited & didn't know it was wrong.
On the other hand, those who display bad intentions or otherwise indicate that they know they are doing something wrong probably fall afoul of the law.
The person in the Florida case probably falls into this group, simply because he acted surreptitious==indicated that he knew he was doing something wrong.
Unfortunately, this leaves the legality dependent on INTENT, which means that a court decision on subjective things such as behavior would decide the legality after the fact.
Unless routers are secured OR require a "terms of service" which specifies how one is "truly invited", then anybody using a wireless access point could find themselves having to argue over how they were invited. For instance, did you have a vague conversation with your neighbor that he may or may not remember? Did a neighbor say that they "wouldn't mind such connections" in passing without realizing how their bandwidth might be affected?(perhaps while discussing security with them?) Did a neighbor say "sure connect to it" without giving a specific time limit?
If the invitation broadcast by a router is considered "too general" to be binding, them one has to ask how specific an invitation needs to be.
Most people would not expect to have to give a written invitation for visitors to a house or business.
The latest GS version v4.0 has half the ram (4 & 16 instead of 8 and 32), but the store had mine and even a few 2.0 models mixed in for those who bothered to check the serial on the outside of the box.
I am running dd-rt v.23 right now, because it is free AND very easy to use, as well as modular (uses ipkg capabilities from openwrt). OpenWRT probably does more but needs more setup. I have been playing with the extra features, checking out all the software people like to use, and enjoying connecting via command line to check and change stuff in addition to browser access. The G model was also on rebate, for a little less, but again the latest version isnt as good, in fact G version 5.0 doesnt use Linux, and getting a lower model revision required reading a lot of boxes (*or letting the store employees help-- I chased off 3 before I decided to let them help read serials after all)
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The Grateful Dead also give you a unique variation of every song in a show, instead of LIP-SYNCING the lyrics, using a recorded track, or just playing through the motions.(ever try to find Madonna's/band on stage??? same for many other pop-singers==canned music is stale)
/TuneTree
The Grateful Dead also strived for quality while keeping the prices down.
In the mid-80s, they had the largest travelling speaker system (more speakers==less output per speaker with less distortion overall). They were also the highest grossing concert band by about double the nearest 2nd place (in 1990 they grossed around $19M while 2nd was 11M and 3rd 9M, I think Peter Gabriel).
At the same time, they FINALLY got only 1 song to near the top of the charts -- Touch of Grey.
Their act of letting people share music had the OPPOSITE EFFECT, and increased ticket sales, instead of tickets leading to albums.
Yes, this does require work and touring, but are the musicians just in it for the money, or do they like their music at all???
Grateful Dead tickets are still around $40-60, and they help keep them low and keep scalpers from bumping prices by selling a good portion directly to fans through regulated (4 max/per address) advance mail-order. Gov't Mule and others are following both this ticket model and many band use the music-sharing model. Is Warren Haynes suffering?? (A: NO.)
You can either keep happy loyal customers, or reluctant trapped customers, but happy works better. The trapped customers stop buying and settle for free/radio/P2P etc.
William
http://www.ibiblio.org/infoport/tunetree
"The logic of convergence may be even stronger in the metaverse. The cost of switching from Windows to, say, Linux is just annoyance and expense: You have to buy applications and port data to the new OS. But if you view your avatar as an extension of yourself, moving from EverQuest to World of Warcraft is like volunteering for a lobotomy. You have to surrender the skills you've cultivated, along with all your (other)worldly possessions."
Perhaps he should have said "The cost of switching from Linux to, say, Windows is just annoyance and expense". How many home users BUY a whole new set of applications for Linux?
As has been pointed out, it does not mean that current products would evolve, but that evolution of products might produce a new product that filled a demand, IF there is a demand. Unsatisfied Windows users produce Linux users-- they change because of a need/desire/demand.
BTW, Nethack has had a small connection with the real world in mail delivery for a long while. In many Unix systems, when you receive mail while playing Nethack, a gnome delivers a Scroll of Mail. But this is just a cute feature and does not really allow the game to interact with the "real email world"-- no game elements go back out.
In this way, I can see games using EXISTING standard protocols (like email) to interact, but not to share game features. People in games might give a demand for communication such as this, but probably WON'T care to bring Jedis in to slaughter primatives with bows. (how long does GOD cheat-mode in a game REALLY interest you huh??)
William
Stealing access is a crime (see previous article on man charged in Florida http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/ 06/0217252 )
BUT, most routers in "promiscuous mode" are literally INVITING people to join their network. They broadcast themselves as an open network, and many computers will connect to such a network near-automatically. It is like having a store with an "OPEN" sign-- the network invites those listening to walk in without further announcement.(UNLIKE an unlocked house door, which is open but does NOT announce and invite)
Many users might accidentally connect to such a network without realizing that they have connected to the wrong network (say at home, while believing that they are connected to their own network-- a security risk for the person connecting!)
These people probably have a defense: was invited & didn't know it was wrong.
On the other hand, those who display bad intentions or otherwise indicate that they know they are doing something wrong probably fall afoul of the law.
The person in the Florida case probably falls into this group, simply because he acted surreptitious==indicated that he knew he was doing something wrong.
Unfortunately, this leaves the legality dependent on INTENT, which means that a court decision on subjective things such as behavior would decide the legality after the fact.
Unless routers are secured OR require a "terms of service" which specifies how one is "truly invited", then anybody using a wireless access point could find themselves having to argue over how they were invited. For instance, did you have a vague conversation with your neighbor that he may or may not remember? Did a neighbor say that they "wouldn't mind such connections" in passing without realizing how their bandwidth might be affected?(perhaps while discussing security with them?) Did a neighbor say "sure connect to it" without giving a specific time limit?
If the invitation broadcast by a router is considered "too general" to be binding, them one has to ask how specific an invitation needs to be. Most people would not expect to have to give a written invitation for visitors to a house or business.
William
I've heard that David and Goliath metaphor before... ...except that usually Micro$oft is the Goliath.
I can't belive that they DARE to try to use David vs Goliath as a metaphor in THEIR FAVOR!
Poor little beaten-down monopoly....
I have a WRT54GS v3.0, got it on rebate for $30 off. I made sure that I had the right version by using serial number ranges from http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.php?name=Conten t&pa=showpage&pid=6
The latest GS version v4.0 has half the ram (4 & 16 instead of 8 and 32), but the store had mine and even a few 2.0 models mixed in for those who bothered to check the serial on the outside of the box.
I am running dd-rt v.23 right now, because it is free AND very easy to use, as well as modular (uses ipkg capabilities from openwrt). OpenWRT probably does more but needs more setup. I have been playing with the extra features, checking out all the software people like to use, and enjoying connecting via command line to check and change stuff in addition to browser access.
The G model was also on rebate, for a little less, but again the latest version isnt as good, in fact G version 5.0 doesnt use Linux, and getting a lower model revision required reading a lot of boxes (*or letting the store employees help-- I chased off 3 before I decided to let them help read serials after all)
William