Comments for Apreche.net Comments http://comments.apreche.net A blog of commentary on other blogs. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on I just don’t comment anymore by apreche http://comments.apreche.net/209/i-just-dont-comment-anymore/#comment-103 apreche Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:09:27 +0000 http://comments.apreche.net/?p=209#comment-103 You wrote a comment. So meta. You wrote a comment. So meta.

]]> Comment on I just don’t comment anymore by stefan http://comments.apreche.net/209/i-just-dont-comment-anymore/#comment-102 stefan Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:08:32 +0000 http://comments.apreche.net/?p=209#comment-102 <a href="http://mattgemmell.com/2012/01/07/comments-commentary/" rel="nofollow">Matt Gemmell</a> recently disabled comments on his blog for a similar reasons to yours and collected comments on commenting from various blogs. Having comments on a blog means more work and "good" comments are few and far between. Having people blog on their own gives, in general, more though out comments and improves the overall discussion. I think that this trend shows the way the web is going to develop in the following years. Matt Gemmell recently disabled comments on his blog for a similar reasons to yours and collected comments on commenting from various blogs. Having comments on a blog means more work and “good” comments are few and far between. Having people blog on their own gives, in general, more though out comments and improves the overall discussion. I think that this trend shows the way the web is going to develop in the following years.

]]> Comment on Digital Identity Management by Tiago Bonetti http://comments.apreche.net/204/digital-identity-management/#comment-94 Tiago Bonetti Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:16:10 +0000 http://comments.apreche.net/?p=204#comment-94 Very good article / post. What is really interesting in people is the depth you see from watching from multiple points of view. Someone who only talk about one topic seems more a lifeless sprite than a real human being. Very good article / post. What is really interesting in people is the depth you see from watching from multiple points of view. Someone who only talk about one topic seems more a lifeless sprite than a real human being.

]]> Comment on Tolkien estate censors badge that contains the word “Tolkien” by DMLou http://comments.apreche.net/184/tolkien-estate-censors-badge-that-contains-the-word-tolkien/#comment-77 DMLou Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:29:12 +0000 http://comments.apreche.net/?p=184#comment-77 I'm not quite 100% on not allowing the descendants to inherit the copyrights, but bear with me for a bit. I'm more along the lines of copyrights should be for a reasonable fixed time span that cannot be retroactively extended as we've seen Congress do repeatedly in the past decade or two. I say we should go back to the fixed timespan of the original copyright law of 14 years. I'm willing to be flexible and go a little longer, but no longer than say 25-30 years or so, tops. That's 25-30 years from the date of creation, not after the death of the creator or anything like that. Right now, I believe copyrights for a work created by an individual is something insane like life plus 75 years. By just going back to a 14-30 year copyright or whatever, the creator's rights are still preserved for a very good length of time, in my opinion, the work enters the public domain within a reasonable time frame, and it allows the descendants of the creator the chance to reasonably benefit from his/her work just in case the creator dies a day after that magnum opus is completed. I’m not quite 100% on not allowing the descendants to inherit the copyrights, but bear with me for a bit. I’m more along the lines of copyrights should be for a reasonable fixed time span that cannot be retroactively extended as we’ve seen Congress do repeatedly in the past decade or two. I say we should go back to the fixed timespan of the original copyright law of 14 years. I’m willing to be flexible and go a little longer, but no longer than say 25-30 years or so, tops. That’s 25-30 years from the date of creation, not after the death of the creator or anything like that. Right now, I believe copyrights for a work created by an individual is something insane like life plus 75 years. By just going back to a 14-30 year copyright or whatever, the creator’s rights are still preserved for a very good length of time, in my opinion, the work enters the public domain within a reasonable time frame, and it allows the descendants of the creator the chance to reasonably benefit from his/her work just in case the creator dies a day after that magnum opus is completed.

]]> Comment on Where Have the Good Men Gone? by Tweets that mention Comment: Where Have the Good Men Gone? -- Topsy.com http://comments.apreche.net/178/where-have-the-good-men-gone/#comment-76 Tweets that mention Comment: Where Have the Good Men Gone? -- Topsy.com Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:34:44 +0000 http://comments.apreche.net/?p=178#comment-76 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Rene , Apreche. Apreche said: Comment: Where Have the Good Men Gone? http://bit.ly/fgoqL6 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Rene , Apreche. Apreche said: Comment: Where Have the Good Men Gone? http://bit.ly/fgoqL6 [...]

]]> Comment on Almost All Conventions Straight-Up Lie About Attendance by Irregular Roundup #12 : duncan heights http://comments.apreche.net/139/almost-all-conventions-straight-up-lie-about-attendance/#comment-56 Irregular Roundup #12 : duncan heights Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:20:12 +0000 http://comments.apreche.net/?p=139#comment-56 [...] Anime related, for your information and mine: AboutGundamWing.com, an essay about Cosplay in Japan, and how most conventions lie about their attendance. [...] [...] Anime related, for your information and mine: AboutGundamWing.com, an essay about Cosplay in Japan, and how most conventions lie about their attendance. [...]

]]> Comment on NoSQL or NoJoin? by Dominique De Vito http://comments.apreche.net/96/nosql-or-nojoin/#comment-51 Dominique De Vito Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:02:05 +0000 http://comments.apreche.net/?p=96#comment-51 I am not surprised NoSQL could be renamed as NoJoinSQL, because I think "the NoSQL databases [...] are disguised object databases, some revamping of object databases." See http://www.jroller.com/dmdevito/entry/thinking_about_nosql_databases_classification And then, as object databases are not join-friendly, so do the NoSQL databases. It makes sense. I am not surprised NoSQL could be renamed as NoJoinSQL, because I think “the NoSQL databases [...] are disguised object databases, some revamping of object databases.”
See http://www.jroller.com/dmdevito/entry/thinking_about_nosql_databases_classification

And then, as object databases are not join-friendly, so do the NoSQL databases.
It makes sense.

]]> Comment on Almost All Conventions Straight-Up Lie About Attendance by Dave Merrill http://comments.apreche.net/139/almost-all-conventions-straight-up-lie-about-attendance/#comment-25 Dave Merrill Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:34:41 +0000 http://comments.apreche.net/?p=139#comment-25 I wouldn't call six conventions "almost all." There are plenty of anime conventions whose attendance figures are accurately reported in terms of both "people who paid to get into the convention" and an additional figure that includes staff, guests, dealers, and complimentary passes. Turnstile numbers are a carryover from theme parks and industry shows (like E3). Some fan conventions choose to use the turnstile numbers, because it might be a more professional figure to give convention centers and city officials. Also, because it makes their show look larger. Conventions that are honest about their attendance should always make their numbers available in terms of "we sold X number of badges", which in my mind is a much more accurate reflection of the interest in any given convention. I wouldn’t call six conventions “almost all.” There are plenty of anime conventions whose attendance figures are accurately reported in terms of both “people who paid to get into the convention” and an additional figure that includes staff, guests, dealers, and complimentary passes.

Turnstile numbers are a carryover from theme parks and industry shows (like E3). Some fan conventions choose to use the turnstile numbers, because it might be a more professional figure to give convention centers and city officials. Also, because it makes their show look larger. Conventions that are honest about their attendance should always make their numbers available in terms of “we sold X number of badges”, which in my mind is a much more accurate reflection of the interest in any given convention.

]]> Comment on Something Deeply Wrong With Chemistry by mischief http://comments.apreche.net/75/something-deeply-wrong-with-chemistry/#comment-24 mischief Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:41:05 +0000 http://comments.apreche.net/?p=75#comment-24 agreed. agreed.

]]> Comment on Techies care about education, but not enough by Chris http://comments.apreche.net/110/techies-care-about-education-but-not-enough/#comment-22 Chris Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:49:40 +0000 http://comments.apreche.net/?p=110#comment-22 I have your dream job bad in a lot of ways it is amazing. The biggest problem is that I'm an elective and as such I am always worried that I will not have high enough enrollment. Worse yet, my perfect class size , 12, is smaller then the minimum class my school wants to run, 15 or more. I'm not sure what the right answer for ed is, but I'm sure more pay and smaller classes are part of it. I'm just not sure how to pay for those things. I have your dream job bad in a lot of ways it is amazing. The biggest problem is that I’m an elective and as such I am always worried that I will not have high enough enrollment. Worse yet, my perfect class size , 12, is smaller then the minimum class my school wants to run, 15 or more. I’m not sure what the right answer for ed is, but I’m sure more pay and smaller classes are part of it. I’m just not sure how to pay for those things.

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