And this comes as a surprise to anyone? The real danger is the proliferation of these services into everyday life. We already have examples of employers that demands access to prospective worker's Facebook accounts in real life. How long before you are viewed as being 'suspicious' for not having an account and sharing all your intimate details with the rest of the world? Everyone is doing it, why not you? Do you have anything to hide?
I am also sure that Facebook themselves will in no way use the third-party data in order to track their users visits on other sites, would they?
The next step of Gates' plan: Regroup all his weather-altering devices into a single prototype named the Weather Dominator. Proudly go on the air while wearing his blue uniform and matching helmet with mirrored facemask and announce his global domination plans. COBRAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Rofl, exactly what I was also instantly thinking of. Just think of the possibilities here, G.I. Tux action figurines, anyone?
What, and in effect boycott RIAA/MPAA products? That's probably even worse than piracy, since with piracy they can still get money from you via legal extortion. Boycotting on the other hand, that's... TERRORISM!
I would go with a mix. Teach your students the basic concepts, and then let them try each software out. Explain to them the importance of not learning a tool, but rather a technique. Then let them decide which tool they prefer, and have seminars where the different user groups show each other how they accomplished their task with their software of choice.
As for Gimp's UI, i like it. It is consistent with the GTK toolkit, easy and clear. Granted it is not perfect, but the interface is not at all a problem unless you are a complete Photoshop addict. And as a side note, I've gotten hired explicitly BECAUSE I had Gimp knowledge. So it is not wasted effort learning it.
Remember the Half-Life expansion pack, Opposing Force? Remember what our friend Adrian Shephard was wearing during the Black Mesa incident? A "powered combat vest". I wonder if they'll start issuing a heavy pipe-wrench with those PCV's anytime soon. Maybe they've got crabs in the deserts down there, headcrabs!
Well, if they are prepared to pay for high quality software, why force them to do so? By forcing them with technical means, you make your products less useful and show distrust towards your customers. Give me the same quality level on the software that pirates get, and I will gladly pay for it. But if you ASSUME that I will pirate your software, and punish me with phone-home software if I run a legitimate copy, why shouldn't I pirate it?
It's a deadlock; someone will have to take the first step and show trust. We must start trusting our users. The pirating cheapskates would hardly ever buy the software anyway, so why bother with them? At worst, they'll give us free marketing of the product.
Just give paying customers a support ID, and only provide support for those registered users. You can't crack tech support.
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And this comes as a surprise to anyone? The real danger is the proliferation of these services into everyday life. We already have examples of employers that demands access to prospective worker's Facebook accounts in real life. How long before you are viewed as being 'suspicious' for not having an account and sharing all your intimate details with the rest of the world? Everyone is doing it, why not you? Do you have anything to hide? I am also sure that Facebook themselves will in no way use the third-party data in order to track their users visits on other sites, would they?
I can only agree completely.
The next step of Gates' plan: Regroup all his weather-altering devices into a single prototype named the Weather Dominator. Proudly go on the air while wearing his blue uniform and matching helmet with mirrored facemask and announce his global domination plans. COBRAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Rofl, exactly what I was also instantly thinking of. Just think of the possibilities here, G.I. Tux action figurines, anyone?
What, and in effect boycott RIAA/MPAA products? That's probably even worse than piracy, since with piracy they can still get money from you via legal extortion. Boycotting on the other hand, that's... TERRORISM!
I would go with a mix. Teach your students the basic concepts, and then let them try each software out. Explain to them the importance of not learning a tool, but rather a technique. Then let them decide which tool they prefer, and have seminars where the different user groups show each other how they accomplished their task with their software of choice. As for Gimp's UI, i like it. It is consistent with the GTK toolkit, easy and clear. Granted it is not perfect, but the interface is not at all a problem unless you are a complete Photoshop addict. And as a side note, I've gotten hired explicitly BECAUSE I had Gimp knowledge. So it is not wasted effort learning it.
Remember the Half-Life expansion pack, Opposing Force? Remember what our friend Adrian Shephard was wearing during the Black Mesa incident? A "powered combat vest". I wonder if they'll start issuing a heavy pipe-wrench with those PCV's anytime soon. Maybe they've got crabs in the deserts down there, headcrabs!
Well, if they are prepared to pay for high quality software, why force them to do so? By forcing them with technical means, you make your products less useful and show distrust towards your customers. Give me the same quality level on the software that pirates get, and I will gladly pay for it. But if you ASSUME that I will pirate your software, and punish me with phone-home software if I run a legitimate copy, why shouldn't I pirate it?
It's a deadlock; someone will have to take the first step and show trust. We must start trusting our users. The pirating cheapskates would hardly ever buy the software anyway, so why bother with them? At worst, they'll give us free marketing of the product.
Just give paying customers a support ID, and only provide support for those registered users. You can't crack tech support.