Nobody said production is free. It's just that the economies of scale have grown to be so large that lots of content is offered for free on the internet. And we're not *just* talking about music here, so get off your podium of self-importance; we're talking about slashdot, myspace, youtube, google, and all the other free services online that are generally supported by advertising revenue.
This isn't about free software. It's about free content. Don't sit there and try to say Myspace.com or Youtube.com aren't intended to be "business models."
That's all true, but you're thinking of this in the wrong way. If I count up the votes and candidate A receives 70% of the vote, and candidate B receives 28% of the vote, then it really doesn't matter how the remaining 2% voted. Mathematically speaking, they can't change the outcome of the election.
Less Annoying User Account Control - It doesn't freak out every time I want to run a program from the desktop. This should be included into Vista with a service pack, imho.
A service pack? You can turn that off manually, you know.
then we are simply moving the source of pollution from a highly regulated point source (gas cars), to a gross polluter source (power plants)
What in the world makes you think that a car is more efficient at burning fossil fuels for energy than a power plant, which is a large, stationary device built only for that purpose? Burning oil to generate electricity at a plant is many times more efficient than burning it in your car. Even a basic grasp of thermodynamics would allow you to realize this.
No. Not true. When you take Marijuana over and over repeatedly, every day, for an extended period of time, you end up needing more and more to get the high you had "the first time." I have seen people entirely consumed by the need to get more and more. I've heard before that medicinally speaking, there is no physically addictive component (which is true; withdrawals are rarely more than just a bout of depression and anhedonia) -- however, in my own personal experience, much like heroin, morphine, or alcohol, you build up a tolerance to it over time. That gets expensive when one is psychologically addicted, and it doesn't happen with chips and soda. You don't have to drink 12 sodas to get the pleasure of 1 soda if you've been binging, and you don't have to eat a pound of chips to get the same taste you do when you just have one.
It is, if they spend $2 billion dollars creating products and software that everyone can use for free, and the population at large then goes on to use that software as a substitute for other software they would have had to buy instead, at a total price higher than $2 billion dollars. Which is highly likely, given that everyone would have access to the intellectual property. The savings to the economy could be immense.
You're probably right. But that didn't stop America from executing Ethel and Julius Rosenburg for delivering the secret of the atomic bomb to the soviet union.
I'm just playing devil's advocate here, but when does freedom of speech go too far?
What if it isn't socially expected for women to go to school, and when a woman suggests it her father laughs her right out of her patriarchal family dining room? Granted, you could argue that that is just highly codified and distributed "stupidity," but it does mean that the woman herself isn't always in control of her outcomes.
Yeah, but assuming the educated have children (or even just mentor some at some point), there will be a ripple effect. He does make kind of a good point.
lets have something to show for it that will still be useful in 80 years.
You're neglecting present value theory and opportunity cost; if we can save people money by developing free software over the next 10 years, the money they saved and spent elsewhere will improve other parts of the economy, which could have longer-term benefits.
Also, is ANYTHING still useful in 80 years? Cars, buildings, roads, all that stuff wears out and becomes obsolete after a long enough time.
I don't recall the website, but I saw a medical advice forum where a doctor testified that the rate of transmission for HIV was something like 1 in 100 or 1 in 1000, which would be about a 1% or 0.1% rate of transmission. So yeah, "every man with whom they had contact" is clearly hype.
YOUR cell phone isn't a matter of national security. Besides, we don't have to pay anyone to do just that -- it's such a small responsibility that you can add it to the job description of an already-existing employee(s). Say, perhaps, the bodyguards whose job it is to protect his life with his own?
I think the point is that the slashdot editors like to waste their time masturbating about trivial negative press regarding Microsoft. I'm using Vista right now and I've had my penis in at least a dozen vaginas.
It would be better for the kid to get a D on a grade-school paper for not following a trivial instruction, and learn the lesson NOW, as opposed to learning it the hard way, by getting a D on a college midterm for not following a trivial instruction, or getting fired from a job for not following a trivial instruction.
The teacher did a good thing in teaching him EARLY that there are assholes out there in the world who will take you to task over the smallest mistakes. It's a valuable life lesson.
The label should read, "WARNING: Living in a violent warmongering society has been linked to aggressive behavior." And it should be put on a billboard on every major interstate highway in America.
It does. The OP is obviously braindead. I can understand using another program, but Verdana font? Why change the font? OP just wants to "rock the boat."
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What, you don't want to draw straws for the job? The V stands for "voluntary."
Nobody said production is free. It's just that the economies of scale have grown to be so large that lots of content is offered for free on the internet. And we're not *just* talking about music here, so get off your podium of self-importance; we're talking about slashdot, myspace, youtube, google, and all the other free services online that are generally supported by advertising revenue.
This isn't about free software. It's about free content. Don't sit there and try to say Myspace.com or Youtube.com aren't intended to be "business models."
If he simply chooses not to use them then you don't have to. You could consider such self-restraint yourself.
That's all true, but you're thinking of this in the wrong way. If I count up the votes and candidate A receives 70% of the vote, and candidate B receives 28% of the vote, then it really doesn't matter how the remaining 2% voted. Mathematically speaking, they can't change the outcome of the election.
Reducing the population != killing people. All you have to do is reduce the birth rate. VHEMT.org
Less Annoying User Account Control - It doesn't freak out every time I want to run a program from the desktop. This should be included into Vista with a service pack, imho.
A service pack? You can turn that off manually, you know.
Yeah, I knew I was stretching to imply that they were antonyms, I just leapt at the opportunity to be a smart ass.
Hulu.com
TheDailyShow.com
SouthparkStudios.com
Why don't you just bite the bullet and watch TV online? It's on-demand, and you don't have to pay for redundant data delivery services.
then we are simply moving the source of pollution from a highly regulated point source (gas cars), to a gross polluter source (power plants)
What in the world makes you think that a car is more efficient at burning fossil fuels for energy than a power plant, which is a large, stationary device built only for that purpose? Burning oil to generate electricity at a plant is many times more efficient than burning it in your car. Even a basic grasp of thermodynamics would allow you to realize this.
So, it must be two of these three things: illegal, good for you, and bad for you?
Considering that most things are either good or bad for you, and that nothing can be both really, they should have just said "we ban illegal drugs."
No. Not true. When you take Marijuana over and over repeatedly, every day, for an extended period of time, you end up needing more and more to get the high you had "the first time." I have seen people entirely consumed by the need to get more and more. I've heard before that medicinally speaking, there is no physically addictive component (which is true; withdrawals are rarely more than just a bout of depression and anhedonia) -- however, in my own personal experience, much like heroin, morphine, or alcohol, you build up a tolerance to it over time. That gets expensive when one is psychologically addicted, and it doesn't happen with chips and soda. You don't have to drink 12 sodas to get the pleasure of 1 soda if you've been binging, and you don't have to eat a pound of chips to get the same taste you do when you just have one.
Reading a book, basketweaving, and debating ethics ... that sounds like a laundry list of stuff to do when you are stoned, dude.
(A) is true. Not that I am in favor of hand-holding nanny-state government, mind you. Drug prohibition stifles the economy.
It is, if they spend $2 billion dollars creating products and software that everyone can use for free, and the population at large then goes on to use that software as a substitute for other software they would have had to buy instead, at a total price higher than $2 billion dollars. Which is highly likely, given that everyone would have access to the intellectual property. The savings to the economy could be immense.
You're probably right. But that didn't stop America from executing Ethel and Julius Rosenburg for delivering the secret of the atomic bomb to the soviet union.
I'm just playing devil's advocate here, but when does freedom of speech go too far?
What if it isn't socially expected for women to go to school, and when a woman suggests it her father laughs her right out of her patriarchal family dining room? Granted, you could argue that that is just highly codified and distributed "stupidity," but it does mean that the woman herself isn't always in control of her outcomes.
Yeah, but assuming the educated have children (or even just mentor some at some point), there will be a ripple effect. He does make kind of a good point.
lets have something to show for it that will still be useful in 80 years.
You're neglecting present value theory and opportunity cost; if we can save people money by developing free software over the next 10 years, the money they saved and spent elsewhere will improve other parts of the economy, which could have longer-term benefits.
Also, is ANYTHING still useful in 80 years? Cars, buildings, roads, all that stuff wears out and becomes obsolete after a long enough time.
I don't recall the website, but I saw a medical advice forum where a doctor testified that the rate of transmission for HIV was something like 1 in 100 or 1 in 1000, which would be about a 1% or 0.1% rate of transmission. So yeah, "every man with whom they had contact" is clearly hype.
YOUR cell phone isn't a matter of national security. Besides, we don't have to pay anyone to do just that -- it's such a small responsibility that you can add it to the job description of an already-existing employee(s). Say, perhaps, the bodyguards whose job it is to protect his life with his own?
I think the point is that the slashdot editors like to waste their time masturbating about trivial negative press regarding Microsoft. I'm using Vista right now and I've had my penis in at least a dozen vaginas.
It would be better for the kid to get a D on a grade-school paper for not following a trivial instruction, and learn the lesson NOW, as opposed to learning it the hard way, by getting a D on a college midterm for not following a trivial instruction, or getting fired from a job for not following a trivial instruction.
The teacher did a good thing in teaching him EARLY that there are assholes out there in the world who will take you to task over the smallest mistakes. It's a valuable life lesson.
The label should read, "WARNING: Living in a violent warmongering society has been linked to aggressive behavior." And it should be put on a billboard on every major interstate highway in America.
It does. The OP is obviously braindead. I can understand using another program, but Verdana font? Why change the font? OP just wants to "rock the boat."