Let's exaggerate even more. Say some guy kills tens of thousands of people with his bare hands and then spits on their corpses. If he makes a hyperbolic, content-free post on slashdot, will he get modded insightful? Apparently yes.
The content is horrible to you, but not to millions of others. Your neice wouldn't keep returning to the site if she didn't think it had "quality content", according to her definition of the term.
You may act like you're all superior because a few hundred years ago your dead people beat our dead people
The original poster should have known not to mention the American Revolution in the presence of the British. For some reason, they are still sore about it, as the above post hilariously illustrates.
You're correct, but I don't think they were comparing year-by-year. They were just putting the $9 billion number in perspective. Something like "Bill Gates is worth $30 Billion dollars, which could feed X Millions of people 3 meals a day for a year..." even though he didn't make all that money in a year. Just a comparison.
It's actually a Time Magazine article, just hosted on CNN.com.
Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how long this synfuel "industry" lasts. Probably some unscrupulous entreprenuers are poring over the tax code looking for a new loophole to exploit before anybody notices.
Where would the Fantasy genre be if Tolkien had copyrighted most of his "ideas" instead of only his books?
*Gasp* Fantasy writers would have to stop ripping off Tolkien, and each other, and think of their own ideas. Since we know this can't happen, the Fantasy genre would indeed be dead.
All those examples drop the -us and add an -i. So why would you drop the -us and add two i's? Virii doesn't make sense, no matter what convention you're used to.
Compare this to DOJ vs. GOOG. Is there anyone out there who believes that GOOG delivers porn to children? I think we'd all agree that it's easier to use a search engine to find the results, but GOOG doesn't manufacture the material.
No one has accused Google of delivering porn to children. I think you are seriously misunderstanding the subpoena, or reading something that isn't there. From what I understand, the Administration wants statistics to help support an internet porn bill. I don't agree with it either, but at least be accurate.
By tracking the visitors to their website. A better question is: do those visitors reflect the general population? Unfortunately for Linux, "W3Schools is a website for people with an interest for web technologies." So that 3% number is probably inflated. Even more discouraging.
It sounds like a heavy rap/rock band like Korn or Linkin Park or Limp Bizkit or any of those bands who for some reason have an aversion to the letter C.
Man, there are not enough hip people on Slashdot to mod you up funny. That's why I never make a (non-geeky) pup-cult reference. Sails over everbody's heads. Wish I had some mod points.
I agree completely. He and James Joyce are on my list of the two most overrated artists in history.
Unlike Picasso, who was a real genius because he created something unique and different from everything that came before, that no one else would have done--Pollock spilled paint onto a canvas and called it a day. Like no one was gonna think of that!
His real genius was convincing people to buy (literally and figuratively) his bullshit.
if the painting is good, what's the difference that merits it being worth $100,000,000 instead of $1,000?
People value art for all sorts of reasons: they like the piece, or they collect the artist, or they're interested in history, or they want a status symbol, or they're so rich they don't know what to do with their money, etc..
A painting - especially old painting - is different from other products in that it cannot be reproduced. It can be photographed, or made into prints, but there is only one original. It's the scarcity that drives up the price. Imagine how much a wealthy person would pay for the original Mona Lisa... and then compare that to to what they would pay for a copy - even an almost perfect one.
Now Rembrandt is dead, so he cannot create any more paintings. The number of his artworks is finite. This is partly why the price of an artist's work goes up after he dies--the supply is set and can't be increased.
So even if, theoretically, an identical copy could be made - people would not pay as much for it because it is not the original, and it is not connected to the artist. Imagine if you had something signed by your favorite celebrity. You would value it because that person actually signed it. You would not value a forgery by Joe from accounting, even if was perfect. And if you found out it was a fake, you would probably want your money back if you paid for it.
It was poorly worded, but I think he means someone doesn't have to steal your identity to use your credit card, because they can just scan it without showing ID.
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Anakin doesn't die in the 3rd movie.
At least they didn't call it Urectum.
If they pulled a 360, they would be facing in the same direction as they started.
Let's exaggerate even more. Say some guy kills tens of thousands of people with his bare hands and then spits on their corpses. If he makes a hyperbolic, content-free post on slashdot, will he get modded insightful? Apparently yes.
First "Crimes Against Humanity", now "Sexually Abusing Children"? You are a wizard at analogies!
The content is horrible to you, but not to millions of others. Your neice wouldn't keep returning to the site if she didn't think it had "quality content", according to her definition of the term.
The original poster should have known not to mention the American Revolution in the presence of the British. For some reason, they are still sore about it, as the above post hilariously illustrates.
No, I think he just wants people to stop naming their .us domain a word that ends in -us. It's not cute anymore.
You're correct, but I don't think they were comparing year-by-year. They were just putting the $9 billion number in perspective. Something like "Bill Gates is worth $30 Billion dollars, which could feed X Millions of people 3 meals a day for a year..." even though he didn't make all that money in a year. Just a comparison.
Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how long this synfuel "industry" lasts. Probably some unscrupulous entreprenuers are poring over the tax code looking for a new loophole to exploit before anybody notices.
*Gasp* Fantasy writers would have to stop ripping off Tolkien, and each other, and think of their own ideas. Since we know this can't happen, the Fantasy genre would indeed be dead.
Sorry, I wasn't responding specifically to you. I was just continuing on my crusade to stamp out virii wherever it may appear :)
All those examples drop the -us and add an -i. So why would you drop the -us and add two i's? Virii doesn't make sense, no matter what convention you're used to.
You'd think they were Aaron Burr by the way they drop Hamiltons
obvious joke = non-kerrr-ching!
Virii is not correct and I don't know why so many people seem to think it is. Also, it sounds stupid.
No one has accused Google of delivering porn to children. I think you are seriously misunderstanding the subpoena, or reading something that isn't there. From what I understand, the Administration wants statistics to help support an internet porn bill. I don't agree with it either, but at least be accurate.
By tracking the visitors to their website. A better question is: do those visitors reflect the general population? Unfortunately for Linux, "W3Schools is a website for people with an interest for web technologies." So that 3% number is probably inflated. Even more discouraging.
But why would you want to name your product "Confabulator" in the first place?
It sounds like a heavy rap/rock band like Korn or Linkin Park or Limp Bizkit or any of those bands who for some reason have an aversion to the letter C.
Man, there are not enough hip people on Slashdot to mod you up funny. That's why I never make a (non-geeky) pup-cult reference. Sails over everbody's heads. Wish I had some mod points.
Unlike Picasso, who was a real genius because he created something unique and different from everything that came before, that no one else would have done--Pollock spilled paint onto a canvas and called it a day. Like no one was gonna think of that!
His real genius was convincing people to buy (literally and figuratively) his bullshit.
People value art for all sorts of reasons: they like the piece, or they collect the artist, or they're interested in history, or they want a status symbol, or they're so rich they don't know what to do with their money, etc..
A painting - especially old painting - is different from other products in that it cannot be reproduced. It can be photographed, or made into prints, but there is only one original. It's the scarcity that drives up the price. Imagine how much a wealthy person would pay for the original Mona Lisa... and then compare that to to what they would pay for a copy - even an almost perfect one.
Now Rembrandt is dead, so he cannot create any more paintings. The number of his artworks is finite. This is partly why the price of an artist's work goes up after he dies--the supply is set and can't be increased.
So even if, theoretically, an identical copy could be made - people would not pay as much for it because it is not the original, and it is not connected to the artist. Imagine if you had something signed by your favorite celebrity. You would value it because that person actually signed it. You would not value a forgery by Joe from accounting, even if was perfect. And if you found out it was a fake, you would probably want your money back if you paid for it.
You know, I'm sure crosses make NO SENSE AT ALL to Islams. You mean Muslims?
It was poorly worded, but I think he means someone doesn't have to steal your identity to use your credit card, because they can just scan it without showing ID.