So are they barred from playing public domain music as well then? What about classical?
Recordings of classical music are copyrighted by the group performing the piece... e.g. the L.A. Philharmonic's recorded performance of a Beethoven composition is copyrighted by the LA Phil.
Also, many classical scores have been 'arranged' by someone. The person who did that particular arrangement of Beethoven's composition holds the copyright to the arrangement.
So yeah... Beethoven's score is public domain, but a bunch of other stuff happens that makes classical music technically not public domain.
Really... jeeze... What ever happened to common sense. If it looks dangerous... it probably is. If her Blackberry told her to insert her arm into an industrial shredder would she have done that as well?
Take a look at this... this is the road in question... There was plenty of room on the left side of the street to walk without being anywhere near the road.
I really hope this gets thrown out of court. People need to take responsibility for their own stupidity.
TLDR...
The moderators too are unlikely to see good posts deep into a thread that isn't on the front page, no matter how good they are. So they never get moderated up to the point where others see them either.
Agreed. Or the moderators only read (at best) the first couple of sentences of a post and rate based on that rather than the content of the whole comment. The attention span seems to have gotten so short that anything more than 140 characters is indigestible.
Given the current state of mods lately, this post will be tagged 'Troll' or 'Flamebait' based solely on the first line of this comment rather than reading the point I was trying to make.
LOL mods... *sigh*
I guess I got modded a 'troll' in the above post because I said all UI's were equally shitty just shitty in different ways and concluded that the user should use the tool that works best for them.
Seems someone with a rabid anti-Apple sentiment got some mod points today and didn't actually bother to actually read what I actually said in my actual comment!
That or opinions that are rationally laid out to express the point of view of the writer are now considered 'troll' posts here on Slashdot. You'd think I said something particularly inflammatory heh!
Ah well... I got plenty of Karma to spare!
Apple ships a 'simple' mouse for one main reason... they want new and less technically sophisticated users to have an easier time picking up the computer without being worried about 'what do all these buttons on my mouse do?'
A more sophisticated user is perfectly capable of wandering down to the computer store or ordering a new mouse that meets their needs.
Do you really keep the shitty $5 mouse that comes with the average Windows PC or do you replace it? If you do replace it, then why is it a problem if you replace it on a Mac too?
Shitty UI? Every UI is shitty to someone who doesn't use it on a regular basis. I recently picked up a Windows 7 machine as I'm now doing a lot of visual effects/3D work and much of the Autodesk software I use is PC only.
I've used Windows from time to time, but not on a regular basis and I've been on computers in general since 1981 so I'm definitely an experienced user.
However... when I sat down in front of Windows on a full time basis, I was aggravated. It does some things different than the Mac. Its control panels are named slightly different, some settings locations are in obtuse locations compared to what I'm used to on the Mac.
Does that make it a shitty UI? Well yes... but all UI's are shitty because you have to do things the way the programmers who set up that particular platform want you to.
I personally think Linux is a shitty experience (oh! the Blasphemy!) Why? Part of it is because I don't use it on any sort of regular basis other than the occasional install out of curiosity. Also because I personally don't like having to search out drivers and futz with code to get things running. Some people on the other hand like that for that exact reason though
Fine... you don't like the MacOS UI... so don't use it! As a professional film/TV editor in Los Angeles, London, Brussels, and Vancouver, Final Cut Pro under the Mac OS has been a pleasant experience. The Mac UI works just fine for me. Now that I'm getting used to the Windows 7 experience, the MS UI works just fine for me.
No one is strapping you down and forcing you to use the Mac OS. (or are they?? I guess I don't really know what your lifestyle is... maybe you're in that exact position, but I digress.)
In conclusion...
You think the Mac OS UI is shitty.... so don't use it
You think the Windows UI is shitty... so don't use it
You think the KDE/Gnome UI is shitty... so don't use it
Just use the tool that works best for you
(honestly, these platform wars are ridiculous. After all, everyone knows the CoCo is better than the C64)
I think, like TV, it's all about how the interactive books are used. If the interactive books are used primarily as a babysitter that's a problem.
However, if the parent is interacting with their child while their child is interacting with the book, it's not really a problem. There's much more going on from a learning standpoint than just learning the words when a parent and a child read together. The social interaction is the important part.
But... if the 'interactive book' is constantly used as a way for the parents to not have to interact with their child, it will breed the same bunch of moronic mouthbreathers as children who were brought up in front of the TV with little interaction from their parents. (Ok... that's a bit strong, but you know what I mean!)
It seems to me that people often forget there's more to education than just memorizing facts and figures. The social aspect is equally important.
In other words, rather than "stealing" it, he simply outsourced his duties as finder to a 3rd party -- much as if he'd left in the car of the bartender. Moreover, he didn't sell the phone itself, but rather the "story". Both he and Gizmodo knew full well neither owned the phone and that the plan was to return it -- and, for the record, the phone was returned before the police were involved.
Dis guy ya see officer... he found a tv on da side of da road next to a truck. He di'n't trust da truck driver so he tried to call dat Sony place. Well, dey only talk Japan-eese an' he don' talk Japan-eese. Sometimes I eats da sushi so dis guy asks me if mebbee I kin facultate gettin' de tv back to 'em. So's I offers him fiffy bucks fer his story and he gives me da tv an' I was jes on my way to da sushi place to talk to de Japan-eese guy about gettin' da tv back to da owner when ya stopped me. I'm jes tryin' to do what's right officer... I wad'n't gonna keep it... honest.
Would you believe that little story if someone told you it? That's pretty much what Gizmodo is claiming.
"The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception a neccessity." - Oscar Wilde
