Okay, finally. But when do they plug the wetware hole? I had a conversation with a friend who told me about a movie he had seen. I ended up knowing about the plot and some scenes in the movie. How can we prevent this, plz? Can you please make it so after a person watches and enjoys a movie, you erase their memory so they can't just go around remembering it whenever they like? That'd be kewl.
Not just C-x b, but bookmarks (C-x r m) and registers (C-x j r) as well as ETAGS lookups (M-.) and that's just the beginning. Emacs is a champ as far as jumping around multiple files.
Why do they have a web site? If someone wanted information about Sony Pictures, surely they could make a phone call or, indeed, write a polite letter of inquiry?
So will I get more girls if I say I'm into SyFy? I really want to cast off my dysfunctional geek image. So, if talking about what I saw last night on the SyFy channel means I score with chicks... okay, I guess...
This is awesome. I guess it would void the warranty to overclock your brain, but imagine the FPS you could get. Might need some water cooling. Anyways, nice!!
Video games a chock-a-block full of references to symbols and themes from Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism. Some references are serious. Some are frivolous. Some are disparaging. Yet we accept that games, which are part of our cultural expression, are allowed to comment on religion. There is only one religion which causes adherents to become so upset over the least mention.
Precisely. My argument is simply game theory. Some players will find it in their favour to give their source code to the Chinese. Once they have done that, it is much more likely to be advantageous to them to go fully open source. Since they have already sacrificed a significant portion of the benefits of playing the closed-source strategy, they are more likely to play the open-source strategy. In other words, the opportunity of foregoing closed-source is lower once the Chinese already have your source.
You're basically making the "what if everyone else did that too?"
In the case of jumping the subway stiles, if everyone did that, the subway system would indeed suffer. You'd have massive over-crowding alongside the under-funding.
In the case of piracy, everyone already DOES have access to pirated material. Piracy already IS rampant. You don't need to imagine a counterfactual in which everyone can easily pirate material. We are living in such a world. And, as the parent post points out, despite nearly a decade of easy piracy (that is, piracy easily within reach of a large percentage of ordinary users) culture continues to be produced, without any decrease in quality or quantity.
Maybe what you are saying is, "what if everyone ONLY consumed pirated material and didn't pay for any content?" That could indeed be a problem. We don't know what would happen in that scenario, and you are welcome to argue your pessimistic opinions.
However, the real relevant question, in this case, is: would music, art, and culture die unless we have a copyright czar or, in some other way, sacrifice our freedoms? That, you have not proved.
It's the Prisoner's Dilemma. Unless you want to make it illegal to give source code to the Chinese, there will be some companies who will comply because it is better for their bottom line to do so.
They are doing by legal fiat what the open source community has failed to do through voluntary cooperation, namely, boycotting products that don't provide their source code. Ironically, this autocratic move could be a boon to open source.
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Don't forget the Japanese EOCS banning the depiction of rape in Japanese video games. The suppression of art is going on there as well as here.
Lol, that's brilliant that is (innit)
So you can get tax breaks for you FPS just by throwing some Daleks in?
NVIDIA are trying to promote CUDA for scientific computing. They should be more careful about antagonizing academics and PhD's.
Okay, finally. But when do they plug the wetware hole? I had a conversation with a friend who told me about a movie he had seen. I ended up knowing about the plot and some scenes in the movie. How can we prevent this, plz? Can you please make it so after a person watches and enjoys a movie, you erase their memory so they can't just go around remembering it whenever they like? That'd be kewl.
And Powerpoint presentations and a Excel spreadsheets don't count?
I agree. How bout "Big House"? That would make me think of a house that's big.
Not just C-x b, but bookmarks (C-x r m) and registers (C-x j r) as well as ETAGS lookups (M-.) and that's just the beginning. Emacs is a champ as far as jumping around multiple files.
If it is also negating your ego and your preconceived notions, then it is sort of buddhist after all.
Would the notices be "published" in some archivable form? Or would they be subject to continual revision and modification?
I'm sick and tired already of these non-state actors and all the trouble they keep causing. When can we get rid of them???
Why do they have a web site? If someone wanted information about Sony Pictures, surely they could make a phone call or, indeed, write a polite letter of inquiry?
Yeah, using linux is an inessential liberty, so it's perfectly fine to search anyone who uses it. Brilliant.
It's gonzo journalism. Hunter S. Thompson did it all before with drugs and motorcycles.
So will I get more girls if I say I'm into SyFy? I really want to cast off my dysfunctional geek image. So, if talking about what I saw last night on the SyFy channel means I score with chicks... okay, I guess...
This is awesome. I guess it would void the warranty to overclock your brain, but imagine the FPS you could get. Might need some water cooling. Anyways, nice!!
Bullshit. I know one person who thinks you're wrong.
America is now closed due to aids. Yes we can.
Video games a chock-a-block full of references to symbols and themes from Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism. Some references are serious. Some are frivolous. Some are disparaging. Yet we accept that games, which are part of our cultural expression, are allowed to comment on religion. There is only one religion which causes adherents to become so upset over the least mention.
Ah, well, that I agree with. I understood the debate to be about appointing a copyright czar, rather than legalising piracy.
Precisely. My argument is simply game theory. Some players will find it in their favour to give their source code to the Chinese. Once they have done that, it is much more likely to be advantageous to them to go fully open source. Since they have already sacrificed a significant portion of the benefits of playing the closed-source strategy, they are more likely to play the open-source strategy. In other words, the opportunity of foregoing closed-source is lower once the Chinese already have your source.
You're basically making the "what if everyone else did that too?"
In the case of jumping the subway stiles, if everyone did that, the subway system would indeed suffer. You'd have massive over-crowding alongside the under-funding.
In the case of piracy, everyone already DOES have access to pirated material. Piracy already IS rampant. You don't need to imagine a counterfactual in which everyone can easily pirate material. We are living in such a world. And, as the parent post points out, despite nearly a decade of easy piracy (that is, piracy easily within reach of a large percentage of ordinary users) culture continues to be produced, without any decrease in quality or quantity.
Maybe what you are saying is, "what if everyone ONLY consumed pirated material and didn't pay for any content?" That could indeed be a problem. We don't know what would happen in that scenario, and you are welcome to argue your pessimistic opinions.
However, the real relevant question, in this case, is: would music, art, and culture die unless we have a copyright czar or, in some other way, sacrifice our freedoms? That, you have not proved.
OMGE, I am having a laugh out loud experience just seeing how idiotic corporate language has become. HALOLE! HAROFLMAOE!
It's the Prisoner's Dilemma. Unless you want to make it illegal to give source code to the Chinese, there will be some companies who will comply because it is better for their bottom line to do so.
They are doing by legal fiat what the open source community has failed to do through voluntary cooperation, namely, boycotting products that don't provide their source code. Ironically, this autocratic move could be a boon to open source.
Why can't we all just get along?