I always liked these - not too hard to make, but also not as effecient as other methodes. Apply compressed air, tube gets hot on one end and cold on the other.
You can't win economic arguments through moral feeling.
Moral feeling (or lack thereof) is precisely what I was responding to when the poster claimed there was no basis for creating an artificial scarcity. At the very least, it's the law, provided for in the US constitution, to guarentee exclusive rights to make copies.
It is really, really amazing to what length people will go thru - the paper you link to is yet another one - to rationalize the simple fact that they are breaking a law. Period. If someone could, as you point out, make even more $$$ by allowing free trading and publicity etc amongst friends, then they are free to publish it in that form. However they also have an option to protect it, and if that causes them, as per your paper, to loose cash, they have made a bad business decision. In the final analysis, it's the content owners choice whether to put DRM on it or set it free. It is not a consumers choice to circumvent the owners DRM against their wishes, no matter how much extra moolah it makes the owners, or what other self rationalization for violating those right you happen to cook up at the moment (and they come up with more every day).
In summary, wow - someone can make more profit if they allow free copying - that gives you the right to violate their rights doesn't it? Jeeezus, you people reach new lows every time you try.
The artificial scarcity, which is very true, is how you pay for the cost or production. This is mere rationalization of grubbing free stuph pure and simple. Look at the big picture for a change instead of just telling yourself it's ok to rip. A movie company has to break even. Nobody is going to sink $100 million into the production of a movie if they're just going to sell one lousy $25 copy and everybody else gets free copies of that one purchase distributed by the friends network.
wasn't that about the time that Windows finally stopped sucking utterly
Well, that would have been Win3 days, before Windows 95, obviously (Aug '95) - which, IMNSHO still sucked. GPF's, 16 bit apps, a message queue where one proggy could hang up everything, bletch. It wasn't untill untill Windows 2K that it stopped sucking utterly and just sucked moderately.
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and more intuitive
when are ppl going to realize that 'intuitive' is not an objective standard and that it means different things to different people? Intuitive implies a pre-learned context that not everyone shares. It's juat a fancy way of saying, "I like it!".
A sargent is pacing in front of a line of soldiers at attention, bellowing, "I've never seen such a sloppy outfit! Dictionary passwords on the root filesystem - open NetBIOS ports on the security gateway!!"
I am gross and perverted I'm obsessed 'n deranged I have existed for years But very little had changed I am the tool of the Government And industry too For I am destined to rule And regulate you I may be vile and pernicious But you can't look away I make you think I'm delicious With the stuff that I say I am the best you can get Have you guessed me yet? I am the slime oozin' out From your TV set You will obey me while I lead you And eat the garbage that I feed you Until the day that we don't need you Don't go for help...no one will heed you Your mind is totally controlled It has been stuffed into my mold And you will do as you are told Until the rights to you are sold That's right, folks.. Don't touch that dial Well, I am the slime from your video Oozin' along on your livingroom floor I am the slime from your video Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go
Forget about moralizing - it just doesn't work with the rip crowd. Try as you might to appeal to a higher reason it's just not there, which explains why there will always be security guards, DRM, and the failure of utopian socialisms that assume people are 'fundamentally good' and will always do 'the right thing' if given the chance.
All you have to do in put the magnet in a a flux container. Besides, have you ever disassembled a broken hard disk drive? There's a quite powerful magnet in there used to position the head already.
I'd just scp'd a new file to my ISP, ssh'd in to edit index.html, checked email, and then when I refreshed the page in http, suddenly I has root access!
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Uh, IBM's VM was Virtual Machine ;)
well, did it come with a certificate of authenticity?
if historical accidents hadn't made BASIC so common on low-end micros.
Another Micro-Soft Innovation®
I always liked these - not too hard to make, but also not as effecient as other methodes. Apply compressed air, tube gets hot on one end and cold on the other.
now all we need is the democracy - the 'free speech' of the monied class keeps drowning out the majority.
You can't win economic arguments through moral feeling.
Moral feeling (or lack thereof) is precisely what I was responding to when the poster claimed there was no basis for creating an artificial scarcity. At the very least, it's the law, provided for in the US constitution, to guarentee exclusive rights to make copies.
It is really, really amazing to what length people will go thru - the paper you link to is yet another one - to rationalize the simple fact that they are breaking a law. Period. If someone could, as you point out, make even more $$$ by allowing free trading and publicity etc amongst friends, then they are free to publish it in that form. However they also have an option to protect it, and if that causes them, as per your paper, to loose cash, they have made a bad business decision. In the final analysis, it's the content owners choice whether to put DRM on it or set it free. It is not a consumers choice to circumvent the owners DRM against their wishes, no matter how much extra moolah it makes the owners, or what other self rationalization for violating those right you happen to cook up at the moment (and they come up with more every day).
In summary, wow - someone can make more profit if they allow free copying - that gives you the right to violate their rights doesn't it? Jeeezus, you people reach new lows every time you try.
How do you defend such artifical scarcity?
The artificial scarcity, which is very true, is how you pay for the cost or production. This is mere rationalization of grubbing free stuph pure and simple. Look at the big picture for a change instead of just telling yourself it's ok to rip. A movie company has to break even. Nobody is going to sink $100 million into the production of a movie if they're just going to sell one lousy $25 copy and everybody else gets free copies of that one purchase distributed by the friends network.
Just what Linux needs, loss of respect
...making outrageous claims about Microsoft and its behavior, motives, etc in every public forum they find
That would also be an apt description of the Msft marketing dept.
wasn't that about the time that Windows finally stopped sucking utterly
Well, that would have been Win3 days, before Windows 95, obviously (Aug '95) - which, IMNSHO still sucked. GPF's, 16 bit apps, a message queue where one proggy could hang up everything, bletch. It wasn't untill untill Windows 2K that it stopped sucking utterly and just sucked moderately.
and more intuitive
when are ppl going to realize that 'intuitive' is not an objective standard and that it means different things to different people? Intuitive implies a pre-learned context that not everyone shares. It's juat a fancy way of saying, "I like it!".
to find a rich woman to live off of.\
but darling, we were made for each other: I can't hold down a job, and you have a trust fund!
A sargent is pacing in front of a line of soldiers at attention, bellowing, "I've never seen such a sloppy outfit! Dictionary passwords on the root filesystem - open NetBIOS ports on the security gateway!!"
fell 38 cents yesterday to $6.80 ... but now it's at 7.96
I think that's what professional investors call a Dead cat bounce.
the only difference between 'patents' and 'parents' is just once sequential letter?
Aw, Mommm!!
that one user will end up sending email to the other via an AOL server in Chicago, when they could have easily used "net send ..." ?
I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little had changed
I am the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you
I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I am the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I am the slime oozin' out
From your TV set
You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't go for help...no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold
That's right, folks.. Don't touch that dial
Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livingroom floor
I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go
What is this, the Hitchhikers Guide to the University?
entry for University of Aberdeen - Mostly Harmless.
Forget about moralizing - it just doesn't work with the rip crowd. Try as you might to appeal to a higher reason it's just not there, which explains why there will always be security guards, DRM, and the failure of utopian socialisms that assume people are 'fundamentally good' and will always do 'the right thing' if given the chance.
it will strike back with its patent portfolio
Then they'll be as despised as IBM.
All you have to do in put the magnet in a a flux container. Besides, have you ever disassembled a broken hard disk drive? There's a quite powerful magnet in there used to position the head already.
Its always good for future missions if the current ones exceed expectations.
Not necessarily - then it'll be disappointing if next time they merely meet expectations.
I'd just scp'd a new file to my ISP, ssh'd in to edit index.html, checked email, and then when I refreshed the page in http, suddenly I has root access!
and return you now to our regularly scheduled Msft bashing.
can we expect DooM in mid-may?
Amazon.com says June 1.