Well...sort of. There is a lot of back-story in various places, much of which you gain from the movies and from bits and pieces that make a cohesive whole. Generally it's supposedly a utopia for most people with a lot of societal pressure to be a good person and do the right thing or the old ways could come back to get us. When at peace the Federation rule is near idyllic. When at war...well it is generally considered a shock to see troops at all.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What I nice dream world you live in !!!
Wiper blades are common technology created by a need, they are public domain technology for the most part since they were created almost immediately. They are a switch with a reciprocating motor attached. IP would only hinder wipers and safety.
I am sure I could train a monkey to turn on the wiper blades when it rains with very simple Pavlovian training. Language is far harder to teach and we have done that.
I am sorry you misunderstood what I said about your spelling. I stated that your presentation would be more effective with proper spelling, not that you were unintelligent or your opinions were not valid or valued. I also stated that there were free sources available unfettered by IP, so that you could increase value without increasing IP restrictions.
You are also making the assumption that value and property are the same thing. Properties, like your words have no value if no one wants them. For example Mike's words hold value to the Techdirt community so we provide him with occasional monies in the form of direct payment for some and as product to advertising clients. There, as far as I am aware, is no site of yours that people find enough value in to provide the same, though with free and open source solutions unfettered by IP you could most certainly have an opportunity to do so, thus increasing overall value without the need for IP. I encourage you to explore this avenue if you feel that you having something to offer above your comments.
Nice cherry picking of comments. Let me clarify things for you.
Food, health and general welfare are taken care of.
The change to society was what caused a sense of responsibility and happened because they realized the universe was a vast scary place, not because they discovered replicators. The planet was almost wiped out by ourselves.
Humanity changed before replicator technology, however in real life replicator technology is probably what will cause the change.
Actually using Voyager as a reference it works exactly as I say. She specifically gives back a watch because it could be used to make something useful. If this were a power requirements issue using the replicator to demolecularize something would not be considered. The reason there was a power issue was because they were using the warp drives at full power in a area where resources were unknown.
Having enough power to warp space means that power consumption under normal usage is not an issue. It's the warp drives that needed the power and they had to invent something to make it more dramatic.
Also it's not a general issue throughout the rest of the Star Trek universe.
From Memory Alpha: "The energy crisis and replicator rations are used with some dramatic license by the writers of Star Trek: Voyager. Therefore, it is difficult to tell exactly how much power replicators used for every whim would actually cost in terms of ship's energy. Energy that could otherwise be used on replicator functions is being consumed by the holodeck during several episodes including "The Cloud" where the crisis is first noted. (However, on several occasions it's mentioned on screen that general power supply for ship and the one for holodecks "are not compatible" on Voyager. It may be intentional, in order to protect holodecks and its contents to certain extent even during rapid and ship-wide power failure such as in episode "Night")"
Re: Re: Re: What I nice dream world you live in !!!
*Picard
Shields up is a button push...anyone can do it. It's like turning on wiper blades in your car.
command codes are required for certain sensitive commands, these change often.
Please stop double and triple posting, I admire your enthusiasm, but think through your thoughts and finish them before posting, otherwise it's considered rude.
Please also get a browser with spell check. Two of the most popular browsers are free and open source, so you aren't hindered by IP and they come with spell check, which would help in the presentation of your ideas.
Gold is a raw material, you would need gold for a gold bar.
They have money, it's in the form of rations. It's never a big deal because medical, food and living are taken care of.
When you have anti-matter fuel sources power isn't an issue. They have enough power to have vehicles that warp space time. Power is not an issue. Replicating isn't all that power consuming either it's essentially a microwave crossed with a printer and current technology isn't really that far away from replicators. Force fields are really the only thing missing and those are getting pretty close. I'd wager phasers are farther off than replicators.
Actually darryl, I can tell you never watched the show. Gold pressed latinum was only dealing with another entity, specifically the Ferengi who were not part of the Federation and even they moved to a society that wasn't fully capitalism. The gaming tables at 10 forward and the holo suites were free on the enterprise, no one had to pay for them, comparably to the USO. They used rations to purchase items. You were given all your basics and the rations were to purchase anything above and beyond.
The Federation also gave away replicators to devastated societies and almost always helped stranded people, in fact their no win scenario involved saving people they knew they couldn't save, they knew that it was more important to lose than to not try.
You also misunderstood, I didn't mean not common as, not public, but not common as hard to find and build, we are talking something that rearranges atoms to a specific state of molecular excitement. You need massive computing skills and tools that most people wouldn't have a need for.
You can also replicate anything you can program into the computer.
Some specific Star Trek corrections follow.
Gold *pressed latinum was a Ferengi desire, not the Federation.
The only holo suites paid for were at a Ferengi run bar on a Bajoran station that the Federation freely helped run and later it turned out that there was a trade route to the alpha quadrant. There were multiple times they could have cut their losses and left, but they did not because the principles were more important.
Synthehol was a federation product and free on federation ships. You never see a bill on the Enterprise, again it's a military ship. On earth credits are used at dining places, but there is never a knick-knack shop that anyone goes to. The only items that are ever prized are authentic items of other cultures. When new items are created, anyone can make them as long as they program in the replicator.
10 forward is essentially a USO facility. No one pays.
Earl grey is a type of tea and many companies currently make it. There is no copyright on it.
This is what happens when douche lawyers do douchey things to you. This is how people that used to be your fans have felt by your strong arm tactics and refusal to allow us to do anything more than rent your equipment and carry all the costs associated with ownership.
If you were a company of integrity you would care far more about the users injured by your neglectful actions than the costs associated with doing business, but you've finger pointed, blamed everyone but yourself for the ills that have befallen you. If the situation were reversed, you would gleefully be telling the other party that they should have found that clause discounting that particular part of the product from the insurance/warranty program. I would hope this would be a teaching moment, one where you realize how much your users mean to you and cause a change in the way your corporation associates with and views your clients and end users. Based upon your past actions, this looks unlikely and seems that it would only escalated the douchiness that your company now possesses.
Wishing you the best in future network security, for your users sake.
In star Trek the patterns are stored the same way recipes would be. Replicators are not common property but, are government property paid for by the Federation. The replicators are set up with patterns often by the government, by people in the government so would fall under public domain. While people in the Star Trek universe could acquire vast amounts of wealth, there is no point. All your main needs are provided for, free healthcare, food, building supplies as long as you have the base ingredients needed. The things that were needed are base ingredients, so unless you need something exotic, you're pretty much covered.
The whole economy is essentially a utopian communism. With rations being provided and a sense of responsibility taken very serious by the population at large. There is a fundamental change in people brought on by years of war that almost killed everyone and salvation in realizing that the universe is a heck of a lot bigger than we realized. The government is a planned economy and civil rights are highly prized.
So essentially Star Trek is Americans without greed. There ISN'T any IP, because there doesn't need to be. What's the point of locking everything up when there's nothing to be gained? You create because you truly love to do it and you want the prestige that comes from knowing that everyone else knows who you are.
I'd rather they do away with security. Every thing that they put in makes me feel less safe. Seriously how hard is it to have security guards on 50% of the planes as undercover officers..it seriously could not be less intrusive or expensive. Security could learn something from bars and software, the less intrusive it is the more effective it is. Almost every person flying is NOT a criminal, doesn't it seem like a lot of budget money wasted, since the bad people seem to still find ways around security...here's a protip, they don't wait in lines like the good people.
I can tell you from my experience, I personally buy almost no music since I stopped pirating. When I do buy music it's from an artist I get to know personally, which isn't to say I don't wish them success or wouldn't want to have them become wildly famous. The point is that before now, musicians were valuable to me, they were something that I enjoyed because it held a significance to me and that's what you miss. The music itself has no value, save that which is put into it by the consumer. I can shovel piles of dirt all day long, but unless someone finds value in that action, there is no expectation of receiving payment. You have your whole worldview backwards, it's not the creator that's important, it's the consumer. Adam Smith didn't write The Wealth of Nations saying that creators should be protected, he wrote it saying that the consumer should be protected and that only limited government should be involved for the protection of the consumer. Nowhere in the entire history of humanity has there been such an overly entitled group of people than creatives in the 20th and 21st century America.
Little history lesson for you, when man was still running around during the last ice age, the species survived through sharing of knowledge, they created cave paintings, put up markers and shared knowledge with one another, because even primitive man understood the true value of knowledge is in sharing it. Sure people fought over finite resources and still do, but that which cold be freely given; music, culture, knowledge have been shared, with notable exceptions such as the masons, who were viewed with mistrust. Think about that for a moment, we have a word for people who don't engage with the group, paranoia, and its implications are not usually fondly looked upon.
As for repercussions, you clearly don't understand how the internet works. Only those with limited imagination think that you can lock up anything if someone wants it badly enough. Seriously, just encrypting data would be enough to prevent media companies from knowing what is being downloaded.
What's right...you're serious about this? How dense are you people defending this? It's as though you have no ability to read, learn from history or think in any way. If you don't understand what is wrong with the laws in the first place, then you never will. This kind of thinking is why America is a dying country. So went Rome, so went Egypt, so went Persia...entitlement is the stranglehold of any civilization. It's too bad you can't see just how much you're ruining things for your children. Within 50 years, you will regret every word you've written unless you're the one who benefits. More than likely though you'll be dead because you couldn't afford the medication locked up in patent protection and the massive debt from the lawsuits that are "good and right" will ensure your family is left nothing. I can't say we'll be worse off when you leeches are gone.
The high court got that dead wrong, like a lot of things they've gotten dead wrong lately. For crying out loud they ruled that having more money means you're more of a person.
Seriously this couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. No sarcasm, the guy truly is an awesome guy who doesn't deserve this. Back when I was using Amahi the guy personally looked into my setup remotely to get it working for me and spends hours helping users. I was really disheartened to hear about this and wish him nothing but the best.
What would this have to do with the officers breaking the law? You're not allowed to question someone who isn't legally capable of defending themselves as an adult. They would have needed to bring in a child advocate or a parent to question to have any legal standing if you are going to use that as testimony. It creates a situation of duress otherwise.
If the Supreme Court rules on anything these days you can almost bet you've lost another constitutional right. You know just once I'd wish that we could have this kind of grown up talk the whole day instead we get libertarians saying it's your own fault, liberals saying we need more government oversight, conservatives saying this proves we needs to have more tools to monitor the public covertly, for safety reasons of course, and corporations complaining that the position of one of the above is making it harder for them to do business in the USA even though they have no US manufacturing, R&D, customer service or warehousing. Why are we still using a broken record player in the digital age anyways?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This subject makes you stutter when you read it aloud
Wait what? What does any of this have to do with free anything? Is someone giving away beer and I missed it?
Damn you Mike for leaving that out...maybe if you were a better reporter you could post factually inaccurate television shows like Fox News...why aren't you Fair and Balanced? Yous should show the side of the argument that you believe and then have a completely weak strawman that looks like you're actually presenting both sides.
To add to the amusement of this article the advertisement was for Chivas.
On the post: How Should Law Enforcement Handle Being Filmed? Officer Lyons Provides The Perfect Example
Honorable
On the post: Star Trek In The Age Of Intellectual Property
Re: Re: Now I feel like a nerd
On the post: Star Trek In The Age Of Intellectual Property
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What I nice dream world you live in !!!
I am sure I could train a monkey to turn on the wiper blades when it rains with very simple Pavlovian training. Language is far harder to teach and we have done that.
I am sorry you misunderstood what I said about your spelling. I stated that your presentation would be more effective with proper spelling, not that you were unintelligent or your opinions were not valid or valued. I also stated that there were free sources available unfettered by IP, so that you could increase value without increasing IP restrictions.
You are also making the assumption that value and property are the same thing. Properties, like your words have no value if no one wants them. For example Mike's words hold value to the Techdirt community so we provide him with occasional monies in the form of direct payment for some and as product to advertising clients. There, as far as I am aware, is no site of yours that people find enough value in to provide the same, though with free and open source solutions unfettered by IP you could most certainly have an opportunity to do so, thus increasing overall value without the need for IP. I encourage you to explore this avenue if you feel that you having something to offer above your comments.
On the post: Star Trek In The Age Of Intellectual Property
Re: Re: Now I feel like a nerd
Food, health and general welfare are taken care of.
The change to society was what caused a sense of responsibility and happened because they realized the universe was a vast scary place, not because they discovered replicators. The planet was almost wiped out by ourselves.
Humanity changed before replicator technology, however in real life replicator technology is probably what will cause the change.
On the post: Star Trek In The Age Of Intellectual Property
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Having enough power to warp space means that power consumption under normal usage is not an issue. It's the warp drives that needed the power and they had to invent something to make it more dramatic.
Also it's not a general issue throughout the rest of the Star Trek universe.
From Memory Alpha: "The energy crisis and replicator rations are used with some dramatic license by the writers of Star Trek: Voyager. Therefore, it is difficult to tell exactly how much power replicators used for every whim would actually cost in terms of ship's energy. Energy that could otherwise be used on replicator functions is being consumed by the holodeck during several episodes including "The Cloud" where the crisis is first noted. (However, on several occasions it's mentioned on screen that general power supply for ship and the one for holodecks "are not compatible" on Voyager. It may be intentional, in order to protect holodecks and its contents to certain extent even during rapid and ship-wide power failure such as in episode "Night")"
http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Replicator
::sigh:: Us fans always hijack these threads...lol. Nice knowing there's another fan on here though, get a name so we know who you are!
On the post: Star Trek In The Age Of Intellectual Property
Re: Re: Re: What I nice dream world you live in !!!
Shields up is a button push...anyone can do it. It's like turning on wiper blades in your car.
command codes are required for certain sensitive commands, these change often.
Please stop double and triple posting, I admire your enthusiasm, but think through your thoughts and finish them before posting, otherwise it's considered rude.
Please also get a browser with spell check. Two of the most popular browsers are free and open source, so you aren't hindered by IP and they come with spell check, which would help in the presentation of your ideas.
On the post: Star Trek In The Age Of Intellectual Property
Re: Re: Re:
They have money, it's in the form of rations. It's never a big deal because medical, food and living are taken care of.
When you have anti-matter fuel sources power isn't an issue. They have enough power to have vehicles that warp space time. Power is not an issue. Replicating isn't all that power consuming either it's essentially a microwave crossed with a printer and current technology isn't really that far away from replicators. Force fields are really the only thing missing and those are getting pretty close. I'd wager phasers are farther off than replicators.
On the post: Star Trek In The Age Of Intellectual Property
Re: Re: Now I feel like a nerd
The Federation also gave away replicators to devastated societies and almost always helped stranded people, in fact their no win scenario involved saving people they knew they couldn't save, they knew that it was more important to lose than to not try.
You also misunderstood, I didn't mean not common as, not public, but not common as hard to find and build, we are talking something that rearranges atoms to a specific state of molecular excitement. You need massive computing skills and tools that most people wouldn't have a need for.
You can also replicate anything you can program into the computer.
Some specific Star Trek corrections follow.
Gold *pressed latinum was a Ferengi desire, not the Federation.
The only holo suites paid for were at a Ferengi run bar on a Bajoran station that the Federation freely helped run and later it turned out that there was a trade route to the alpha quadrant. There were multiple times they could have cut their losses and left, but they did not because the principles were more important.
Synthehol was a federation product and free on federation ships. You never see a bill on the Enterprise, again it's a military ship. On earth credits are used at dining places, but there is never a knick-knack shop that anyone goes to. The only items that are ever prized are authentic items of other cultures. When new items are created, anyone can make them as long as they program in the replicator.
10 forward is essentially a USO facility. No one pays.
Earl grey is a type of tea and many companies currently make it. There is no copyright on it.
On the post: Sony's Insurer Says It Shouldn't Have To Pay For Cost Of PlayStation Network Hack
Dear Sony...
If you were a company of integrity you would care far more about the users injured by your neglectful actions than the costs associated with doing business, but you've finger pointed, blamed everyone but yourself for the ills that have befallen you. If the situation were reversed, you would gleefully be telling the other party that they should have found that clause discounting that particular part of the product from the insurance/warranty program. I would hope this would be a teaching moment, one where you realize how much your users mean to you and cause a change in the way your corporation associates with and views your clients and end users. Based upon your past actions, this looks unlikely and seems that it would only escalated the douchiness that your company now possesses.
Wishing you the best in future network security, for your users sake.
AW
On the post: Star Trek In The Age Of Intellectual Property
Now I feel like a nerd
The whole economy is essentially a utopian communism. With rations being provided and a sense of responsibility taken very serious by the population at large. There is a fundamental change in people brought on by years of war that almost killed everyone and salvation in realizing that the universe is a heck of a lot bigger than we realized. The government is a planned economy and civil rights are highly prized.
So essentially Star Trek is Americans without greed. There ISN'T any IP, because there doesn't need to be. What's the point of locking everything up when there's nothing to be gained? You create because you truly love to do it and you want the prestige that comes from knowing that everyone else knows who you are.
On the post: Court: Naked Scanners Are Constitutional; But TSA Should Have Asked For Public Comment
personally...
On the post: Marketing Music Through Non-Linear Communication: Accepting The Full Reality Of The Digital Age
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Little history lesson for you, when man was still running around during the last ice age, the species survived through sharing of knowledge, they created cave paintings, put up markers and shared knowledge with one another, because even primitive man understood the true value of knowledge is in sharing it. Sure people fought over finite resources and still do, but that which cold be freely given; music, culture, knowledge have been shared, with notable exceptions such as the masons, who were viewed with mistrust. Think about that for a moment, we have a word for people who don't engage with the group, paranoia, and its implications are not usually fondly looked upon.
As for repercussions, you clearly don't understand how the internet works. Only those with limited imagination think that you can lock up anything if someone wants it badly enough. Seriously, just encrypting data would be enough to prevent media companies from knowing what is being downloaded.
On the post: Get Accused Of Copyright Infringement Under New Five Strikes Plan? It'll Cost You To Challenge
Re:
On the post: First Totally Bogus Privacy Issue Over Google+ Raised
See:
https://plus.google.com/108159551615224338529/posts/hrCkgmkoQPn?hl=en&tab=wX
On the post: Finnish Court Orders ISP To Kick Accused File Sharers Off The Internet
Re: Re: Re:
On the post: If Jay Maisel's Photograph Is Original Artwork, Then So Is The Pixelated Cover Of 'Kind Of Bloop'
Re: Re:
On the post: Apple Goes After Open Source Startup For Daring To Use The Term 'App Store'
Very sad
On the post: Woman Charged With 'Obstructing Governmental Administration' For Filming Police From Her Front Yard
Re: Re: Oh yah
On the post: Caught With A DUI In New Jersey? You Can Now Blame The Bar That Served You
Re:
On the post: Giant Breweries Get Laws Passed In Wisconsin To Make Life Hard For Small Breweries [Updated]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This subject makes you stutter when you read it aloud
Damn you Mike for leaving that out...maybe if you were a better reporter you could post factually inaccurate television shows like Fox News...why aren't you Fair and Balanced? Yous should show the side of the argument that you believe and then have a completely weak strawman that looks like you're actually presenting both sides.
To add to the amusement of this article the advertisement was for Chivas.
Next >>