I think a couple of people may have already said this, but it depends on how you define Commercial. The original question seems to involve just a picture that appears on a page with ads. oh my!! If that's the case, then I'm changing my cc license to allow commercial use. Ridiculous. Was actually reading an article claiming its BEST to allow commercial use... can't seem to find it now.
Looks like the NC really is too restrictive if you WANT people to use your stuff.
Granted that dog's noses are quite amazing, are there enough subtle differences between the plastic my discs and, say, my phone, for a dog to tell them apart?
I guess i'll have to close down my buisiness of exporting copies of Benny and Joon to the UK.
I was going to say that my car seems to me to be somewhat opensource. reason being: I've bought, or invented, a lot of parts on my car that weren't what the manufacturer originally intended. I've gotten parts from 3rd party vendors, or junk yards (re-use of parts...OpenSource? probably not.), but in many instances I've had to improvise, and make it up as I went along. (I may be going a little off topic here)
Yes, it was sold by Datsun/Nissan ('82 280ZX), and the enigine is a modified version of a Fiat racing engine. My point is that in the 3 years I've actually owned the car, i've had to make it like the Millenium Falcon. Lots of special modifications. (however, it still can't do the kessel run in less than say...8 parsecs) I've ripped out 40 LBS of useless crap from under the hood (mainly the AC and Cruise Controll mechanisms and pipes.), I've had to totally retro-fit the heater, nerd-rig the stereo (gone through 3 already, from tape decks to MP3 DVD players), I made my own trunk mats and re-colored the entire interior, made speaker housings, tapped bolt holes, re-wired electrical, and probably removed about 6 miles of useless vacuume hoses from behind the dash. next is all the exterior work (new hood, a few odd fender dents etc.) and eventually maybe a paint job and Wrap Apilication (I know people). I'm even going to rebuild the engine myself, one day.
I have even found 'free' plans to upgrade the car to alternative fuel sources, change out the CPU (or replace with a totally non-supported unit), and make all kinds of crazy modifications to it. Some of which I may do some day if I have the time, energy and cash to actually go and do it.
A lot of work, as much money as I feel like spending (on hardware), and whatever free time I've got, make my car better than when I bought it. I'm updating, and changing as I see fit. Which is what I do with my Linux installations.
All this and more, and I'm still an AMATURE when it comes to cars. I've had to read and look up removals and instalations, parts, processes, etc, either in books or the internet. Whats the different between hacking my car, and hacking some code, or compueter hardware? Or, hehe (opensourcing), revising original specs to fit my needs?
I've heard people call their Hondas "The Legos of cars" whatever that means. But my old-ass Datsun is more like the "Linux of cars" to me.
(some of this may be toungue-in-cheek, as I do know what opensource means, and fully support the movement. However, I'm not a coder, nor an engineer. Just a geek who likes to figure stuff out.)
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I kinda like the layout.
it's not much different than the old version...
besides, on-line diffusion methods differ greatly from RL diffusions. so any similarity is purly coincidental. once you are used to a site and its layout, any change from that layout causes confusion and dissemination. sometimes when a site changes too much i stop going there for information.
another thing that ticks me off are those late night text-messanging commercials. theres far too many of them. BAH!!!!
well, theres two examples i can give you. one is more recent, a place called Izzy's opened up about a year ago down the street from where i work, and I coulden't figure out what they were untill i actually went in there. It was basically a gaming cafe, but they did the standard internet cafe stuff as well. They had all the latest hardware, including a GIANT LCD screen for up to 4 player PS2, all the stations had 21" flat screen monitors, etc... But the little restraunt sucked. Frozen buritos and corndogs mostly. Other wise I would have eaten there every day for lunch. But, despite the cool hardware they closed.
The second is the 'Gaming' store that was in the same mall i worked at in SantaFe, nm. They had D&D, Yugio(sp?), and other tournaments every weekend and were always packed for such a small little store. Some tournaments they had to hold out in the places where you would usually find too many cell phone peripheral vendors.
So I'd have to agree with the one who started this thread, diversity is key. Izzy's may have stayed in business longer if they were on a better street, or had advertised better...but the more options you provide, the more likely people are to come in and at least check it out. Specialty shops really only work in certain areas or a certain moments in history. Unless you open a head shop...never mind, I've seen two around here go down in the last 5 years.
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I think a couple of people may have already said this, but it depends on how you define Commercial. The original question seems to involve just a picture that appears on a page with ads. oh my!! If that's the case, then I'm changing my cc license to allow commercial use. Ridiculous. Was actually reading an article claiming its BEST to allow commercial use... can't seem to find it now. Looks like the NC really is too restrictive if you WANT people to use your stuff.
Interesting, at first i thought this was going to be a reference to this story:l
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070316/112645.shtm
Granted that dog's noses are quite amazing, are there enough subtle differences between the plastic my discs and, say, my phone, for a dog to tell them apart?
I guess i'll have to close down my buisiness of exporting copies of Benny and Joon to the UK.
Yes, it was sold by Datsun/Nissan ('82 280ZX), and the enigine is a modified version of a Fiat racing engine. My point is that in the 3 years I've actually owned the car, i've had to make it like the Millenium Falcon. Lots of special modifications. (however, it still can't do the kessel run in less than say...8 parsecs) I've ripped out 40 LBS of useless crap from under the hood (mainly the AC and Cruise Controll mechanisms and pipes.), I've had to totally retro-fit the heater, nerd-rig the stereo (gone through 3 already, from tape decks to MP3 DVD players), I made my own trunk mats and re-colored the entire interior, made speaker housings, tapped bolt holes, re-wired electrical, and probably removed about 6 miles of useless vacuume hoses from behind the dash. next is all the exterior work (new hood, a few odd fender dents etc.) and eventually maybe a paint job and Wrap Apilication (I know people). I'm even going to rebuild the engine myself, one day.
I have even found 'free' plans to upgrade the car to alternative fuel sources, change out the CPU (or replace with a totally non-supported unit), and make all kinds of crazy modifications to it. Some of which I may do some day if I have the time, energy and cash to actually go and do it.
A lot of work, as much money as I feel like spending (on hardware), and whatever free time I've got, make my car better than when I bought it. I'm updating, and changing as I see fit. Which is what I do with my Linux installations.
All this and more, and I'm still an AMATURE when it comes to cars. I've had to read and look up removals and instalations, parts, processes, etc, either in books or the internet. Whats the different between hacking my car, and hacking some code, or compueter hardware? Or, hehe (opensourcing), revising original specs to fit my needs?
I've heard people call their Hondas "The Legos of cars" whatever that means. But my old-ass Datsun is more like the "Linux of cars" to me. (some of this may be toungue-in-cheek, as I do know what opensource means, and fully support the movement. However, I'm not a coder, nor an engineer. Just a geek who likes to figure stuff out.)
I kinda like the layout. it's not much different than the old version... besides, on-line diffusion methods differ greatly from RL diffusions. so any similarity is purly coincidental. once you are used to a site and its layout, any change from that layout causes confusion and dissemination. sometimes when a site changes too much i stop going there for information. another thing that ticks me off are those late night text-messanging commercials. theres far too many of them. BAH!!!!
well, theres two examples i can give you. one is more recent, a place called Izzy's opened up about a year ago down the street from where i work, and I coulden't figure out what they were untill i actually went in there. It was basically a gaming cafe, but they did the standard internet cafe stuff as well. They had all the latest hardware, including a GIANT LCD screen for up to 4 player PS2, all the stations had 21" flat screen monitors, etc... But the little restraunt sucked. Frozen buritos and corndogs mostly. Other wise I would have eaten there every day for lunch. But, despite the cool hardware they closed. The second is the 'Gaming' store that was in the same mall i worked at in SantaFe, nm. They had D&D, Yugio(sp?), and other tournaments every weekend and were always packed for such a small little store. Some tournaments they had to hold out in the places where you would usually find too many cell phone peripheral vendors. So I'd have to agree with the one who started this thread, diversity is key. Izzy's may have stayed in business longer if they were on a better street, or had advertised better...but the more options you provide, the more likely people are to come in and at least check it out. Specialty shops really only work in certain areas or a certain moments in history. Unless you open a head shop...never mind, I've seen two around here go down in the last 5 years.