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To play devil's advocate: The idea being that if we prevent people from doing specific math on specific numbers, the more proficient number-discoverers will ha
by progman32 3y ago
To play devil's advocate:
The idea being that if we prevent people from doing specific math on specific numbers, the more proficient number-discoverers will have greater incentive to discover more of those pleasing numbers, and we all benefit.
... Which to me sounds wishful, given the reality of the system as implemented today.
Perhaps someone can help me understand the appeals to creative sanctity. Does making my own fan fiction cheapen the original work? Why is it immoral to change a fiction to suit my own preferences, as long as original authorship is not implied? I mod my single player video games all the time to enjoy them more. I have no qualms about patching out a tech tree if the grinding isn't too my taste, is this an affront? How about covering my favorite song? Making a custom cover for a special book in my collection? Skipping the scariest part of a horror movie? Singing a new jazz song imitating Armstrong's style? Help me understand.
- matheusmoreira 3y ago> if we prevent That's a pretty big if. Think about what must happen for such violations to be prevented. You need computers that only execute legal software. It's literally the end of computing as we know it, the end of everything the word "hacker" ever stood for. Creators are good but I certainly don't support protecting them at all costs. Certainly not at the cost of computing freedom. I love computers and I hate to see them limited to enable obsolete business models.