It's known as, "Carmack's Reverse", and he already fixed it. John "added four lines and changed two" according to twitter. He also said something about 6 lines of code being a pathetic excuse for a patent.
We all know that the content industry, and most industries in general, view economics as a zero-sum game. Therefore, one way to increase their share of the market is to remove any other players. If someone spends 30 minutes looking at cute cats, that's 30 minutes they could have spent paying to watch a movie.
So, what better way is there to get more eyeballs, than to cut off any other avenues of entertainment? Public domain, CC, user-generated, whatever. If it's not THEIR production, bury it.
Really, how else can you explain Archive.org on their blacklist?
...and then people will go back to sneakernets and copy parties. The way things were done BEFORE the internet, but it will be untraceable. You may get a drop in piracy. You may also get a spike, because people will KNOW you can't catch them.
You'll also get a lot more sharing of physical media, and make better hackers and hacking programs, since people will have to hack their own software.
Do people really think that hacking and copying was ever unique to the internet? Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
At least we should get some better coders out of the deal.
As I've stated before, this only further destablizes the government. The system itself is now corrupt, regardless of who is in office. Do you remember it took Obama less than 2 weeks to resind his "no lobbyists in my administration" policy? Do you really think Obama wanted to do that? Do you really think it was because that person was the best person for the job?
No, we had 30 years of an amazingly good economy, where everyone could ignore the graft and corruption. Now that we have to tighten our belts, we are seeing the parts of the system that don't work.
Changing the talking heads will do NOTHING to change the government, because THEY AREN'T IN CHARGE. Find and remove the parasites, and actually check to see if your congressperson is TRYING to fix things. Several of the reps voted out last term were just knee-jerk reactions.
Or, to put it another way, who trains new congresspeople? Their constituents, or lobbyists?
The problem is, as things stand, anyone can get a patent for anything. The standards are far too relaxed. Apple just got a patent for putting a speaker in a belt clip, rather than on the body of their MP3 player! How the hell does that rate a patent? So here's one just as bad, no innovation, no novelty, totally arbitrary. Pay the fees, get a patent.
I wonder how long it will be before someone patents the wheel? It won't matter, though. According to Blue, they can invalidate it for $2.
Blue needs a clue.
That just makes SOPA all the more critical. A website posts information the politician want's buried? That information is marked "Copyrighted", the site is declaired rogue and taken down. Pretty soon, no site will post anything that isn't sanitary.
OK, I'll take the bait.
Microsoft also had the ability to run tons of software, from nearly all versions of it's software. DOS programs run on Windows 7 machines! Does an OS7 program run on OSX? Any of them?
Microsoft has Visual Studio, allowing anyone to write software. Especially now with the Express Editions. And let's not even bring up Linux, with all development tools and libraries free for the taking...
What was Apple's development studio called again?
BTW, Wikipedia say's 8.15% share, I dunno where you got your data.
I also see that you are dedicated to Apple development on your profile. I think it would be safe to say you are not a neutral commenter. Neither am I, as I only code for Windows and Linux systems.
I'm surprised a sitting Congressperson would propose such a radically socialist idea in today's political climate.
Damn, you beat me to it.
I guess wealth-redistribution is fine as long as the money goes from poor to rich, or consumers to corporations.
Bloody hell... replace "Better" with "Simpler" and you've got it. Otherwise, you're being intellectually dishonest.
Really, if Apple's products were Better, don't you think they could have gotten more than 8% of the PC market?
Better implies an absolute: all other parts equal, a 3 gigahertz processor is BETTER than a 2 gigahertz processor. Apples products did no such thing. They appealed more to a subset of the population who wanted an easy way to accomplish tasks via computing devices, and did not mind paying a premium and losing some flexibility.
Awesome, but I would add a lifespan of 100 years (people have a lifespan, why not corporations?) and bring back the ability of states to dissolve the corporation at the slightest hint of impropriety.
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Late in the game...
Still waiting for the release...
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U R Fail. GO AWAY.
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Go Blue!
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Killing Piracy - Or Killing Free?
So, what better way is there to get more eyeballs, than to cut off any other avenues of entertainment? Public domain, CC, user-generated, whatever. If it's not THEIR production, bury it.
Really, how else can you explain Archive.org on their blacklist?
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You'll also get a lot more sharing of physical media, and make better hackers and hacking programs, since people will have to hack their own software.
Do people really think that hacking and copying was ever unique to the internet? Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
At least we should get some better coders out of the deal.
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Re: How Will You Gauge SOPA's Success?
Not in my opinion, though.
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No, we had 30 years of an amazingly good economy, where everyone could ignore the graft and corruption. Now that we have to tighten our belts, we are seeing the parts of the system that don't work.
Changing the talking heads will do NOTHING to change the government, because THEY AREN'T IN CHARGE. Find and remove the parasites, and actually check to see if your congressperson is TRYING to fix things. Several of the reps voted out last term were just knee-jerk reactions.
Or, to put it another way, who trains new congresspeople? Their constituents, or lobbyists?
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Rise above.
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No Standards for Innovation
I wonder how long it will be before someone patents the wheel? It won't matter, though. According to Blue, they can invalidate it for $2.
Blue needs a clue.
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Good thing this is the land of Liberty...
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Sad band...
Pretty sad for a heavy metal band.
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Microsoft also had the ability to run tons of software, from nearly all versions of it's software. DOS programs run on Windows 7 machines! Does an OS7 program run on OSX? Any of them?
Microsoft has Visual Studio, allowing anyone to write software. Especially now with the Express Editions. And let's not even bring up Linux, with all development tools and libraries free for the taking...
What was Apple's development studio called again?
BTW, Wikipedia say's 8.15% share, I dunno where you got your data.
I also see that you are dedicated to Apple development on your profile. I think it would be safe to say you are not a neutral commenter. Neither am I, as I only code for Windows and Linux systems.
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Damn, you beat me to it.
I guess wealth-redistribution is fine as long as the money goes from poor to rich, or consumers to corporations.
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Really, if Apple's products were Better, don't you think they could have gotten more than 8% of the PC market?
Better implies an absolute: all other parts equal, a 3 gigahertz processor is BETTER than a 2 gigahertz processor. Apples products did no such thing. They appealed more to a subset of the population who wanted an easy way to accomplish tasks via computing devices, and did not mind paying a premium and losing some flexibility.
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Ya know, as long as we're wishing...
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