I have an idea for an interesting music sharing site. I think it's fully legal and would allow people to share all of their music with anyone without violate copyright. However, even if I got a lawyer to analyze if this was a viable and protected model, I wouldn't have the money to fight RIAA to prove it in court.
The problem with free is that there is little monetary reason to stay with a vendor. If it doesn't cost me anything to use gmail, and a better service comes along, then I'll just up and move. However, if I'm paying 5 bucks a month, setup on a monthly autopay, the psychology of the switch becomes great. Free verses almost free will result in a win for the almost free.
Wouldn't today's youth, and yesterday's youth be more thumbs oriented due to video games? The Wii is a recent invention that involves the wrist. Is the index finger going away? No. As long as there are teens it will exist.
I'm a consultant in Indianapolis. Most of my clients (large insurance firms) are just now migrating off JVM 1.3.
Business is just whining that they have to train a person a bit. Unfortunately for them they don't realize that they are molding the next developer specifically for the tasks they need completed.
I like how the anti-American response is the best that comes out of Europe.
All the Americans are saying is that the idea of giving competitors your IP is dumb and counter productive. But what comes out the Europeans is America is at war and we don't like it. America is a bunch of bullies, etc.
Regardless of the war or politics this just becomes a bad idea on the part of the courts. Let's say I'm BMW. I create a car that get 100 mph, has a great ride and costs 12K USD. BMW will quickly gain in the market. Depending on how I do things, I might beat GM/Toyota in a few years. Now I'm in the sights of the EU courts.
Should I have to give my competitors, a group of individuals who want to see me fail, the secret to high, cheap mileage? No. But the Socialists in the EU court say, "yes." So now what happens? Europe doesn't make any great innovations and becomes even more meaningless that it already is.
While it might be bad for the US, it is still good. Europe can't compete internally or abroad. So now it's just the US vs India and China and Japan and other Asian countries and eventually African countries and maybe Australia. But Europe is out.
While I don't like the idea of requiring a specific piece of technology, I do think that there is a point where a normal capitalist system will no longer to seek innovation because they've grown fat with the old ways. At this point the government should step in and remind people of what should happen.
Market driven innovation is too short-sighted to see the need of increased mpg. The average user doesn't care about a 5 mpg difference in a car. However, the less gas used the better. The manufactures won't change the overall fleet to increase mileage because they perceive the demand to be too low to be worth the infrastructure cost. As a result we would slowly drive ourselves into Global Warming. However, the government came in an upped fuel economy requirements. It made a market force. The market will respond.
Same thing with house improvements. The initial cost of upping a houses insulation is sizable. However, over 10 years the cost isn't bad and probably would end up saving people money. Unfortunately, the house builder can't sell the 150,000 dollar house to a person that would have bought the same house, sans the insulation, with only a 130,000 dollar budget.
I agree that the purpose of schooling is to educate children for the future. However I do not agree that it to teach them a technical field. Rather we should focus on logic and communication.
To this end I too returned to fountain pens. I have owned several. I think that they do give the written page a nice look than even the best ball point. But more to the point, they require that any conscientious author take time to figure out the what the line will say before simply jotting something off.
A more classical education can better anyone. A more modern education will only better the computer manufacturers.
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Done chilled me
I have an idea for an interesting music sharing site. I think it's fully legal and would allow people to share all of their music with anyone without violate copyright. However, even if I got a lawyer to analyze if this was a viable and protected model, I wouldn't have the money to fight RIAA to prove it in court.
The problem with free.
The problem with free is that there is little monetary reason to stay with a vendor. If it doesn't cost me anything to use gmail, and a better service comes along, then I'll just up and move. However, if I'm paying 5 bucks a month, setup on a monthly autopay, the psychology of the switch becomes great. Free verses almost free will result in a win for the almost free.
Seriously?
Wouldn't today's youth, and yesterday's youth be more thumbs oriented due to video games? The Wii is a recent invention that involves the wrist. Is the index finger going away? No. As long as there are teens it will exist.
Re: Re: Re: I agree...
I'm a consultant in Indianapolis. Most of my clients (large insurance firms) are just now migrating off JVM 1.3.
Business is just whining that they have to train a person a bit. Unfortunately for them they don't realize that they are molding the next developer specifically for the tasks they need completed.
Re: Never quite understood this....
The system is self powered by a crank/foot pedal
Re: My goodness
I like how the anti-American response is the best that comes out of Europe.
All the Americans are saying is that the idea of giving competitors your IP is dumb and counter productive. But what comes out the Europeans is America is at war and we don't like it. America is a bunch of bullies, etc.
Regardless of the war or politics this just becomes a bad idea on the part of the courts. Let's say I'm BMW. I create a car that get 100 mph, has a great ride and costs 12K USD. BMW will quickly gain in the market. Depending on how I do things, I might beat GM/Toyota in a few years. Now I'm in the sights of the EU courts.
Should I have to give my competitors, a group of individuals who want to see me fail, the secret to high, cheap mileage? No. But the Socialists in the EU court say, "yes." So now what happens? Europe doesn't make any great innovations and becomes even more meaningless that it already is.
Good
While it might be bad for the US, it is still good. Europe can't compete internally or abroad. So now it's just the US vs India and China and Japan and other Asian countries and eventually African countries and maybe Australia. But Europe is out.
Government mandates as innovation driver
While I don't like the idea of requiring a specific piece of technology, I do think that there is a point where a normal capitalist system will no longer to seek innovation because they've grown fat with the old ways. At this point the government should step in and remind people of what should happen.
Market driven innovation is too short-sighted to see the need of increased mpg. The average user doesn't care about a 5 mpg difference in a car. However, the less gas used the better. The manufactures won't change the overall fleet to increase mileage because they perceive the demand to be too low to be worth the infrastructure cost. As a result we would slowly drive ourselves into Global Warming. However, the government came in an upped fuel economy requirements. It made a market force. The market will respond.
Same thing with house improvements. The initial cost of upping a houses insulation is sizable. However, over 10 years the cost isn't bad and probably would end up saving people money. Unfortunately, the house builder can't sell the 150,000 dollar house to a person that would have bought the same house, sans the insulation, with only a 130,000 dollar budget.
Thermodynamics...pft
The law was calculated off the watching an inefficient steam engine. It may not hold true for everything.
Purpose of school
I agree that the purpose of schooling is to educate children for the future. However I do not agree that it to teach them a technical field. Rather we should focus on logic and communication.
To this end I too returned to fountain pens. I have owned several. I think that they do give the written page a nice look than even the best ball point. But more to the point, they require that any conscientious author take time to figure out the what the line will say before simply jotting something off.
A more classical education can better anyone. A more modern education will only better the computer manufacturers.