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Group: comp.lang.functional · Group Profile
Author: John ThingstadJohn Thingstad Date: Sep 6, 2008 02:45
PÃ¥ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:56:44 +0200, skrev Pascal J. Bourguignon
informatimago.com>:
> namekuseijin gmail.com> writes:
>>> On 4 set, 06:10, Slobodan Blazeski gmail.com>
>> wrote:>>> Shit man we only do pop music, what the
>>> hell do you need those kind of crup? So continue playing vanilla pop
>>> at work and program at home why the bozo practices Fifth Caprice.
>>
>> Yep. Shame there's an audience for well-crafted, ingenious music even
>> outside musicians themselves but not an audience for well-crafted,
>> ingenious code outside a few literate programmers, let alone users of
>> software made out of such code. Programmers work at the
>> backstage... :P
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> But when the front stage is occupied by a star such as Steve Jobs,
> it's ok. Could be better, there could be a market for luxe computer
> programs sold a price if you need to ask you don't have the means to
> buy them, but I'm not sure we would be able to write them yet.
> Perhaps some AI programmer could.
>
Naw, I think Jobs has perfected the art of charging something for nothing.
Charging for making a copy of individual tunes.
Clearly making programs takes effort so there is better profit in just
copying other peoples work ;)
(Admittably the whole industry is in on it and wants a piece of the cake.)
He in a inspiration to all gangsters out there.
Jobs motto should be "It's so dirty it must be legal!".
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John Thingstad
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