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Re: What's Permanence about?
by Jerry Wright on Saturday March 15, @11:35PM
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| Karl, I loved this book, and I will be discussing it on the Asimov forum ( http://asimovs.com/discus )
as well as in my e-zine "Bewildering Stories".
It was a great, and fast, read, and thought provoking. Initially I was reminded of Heinlein, so go ahead, get a swelled head. I really liked Meadow-Rue and Michael. Well drawn characters. But...
The part of the story that really makes me think is your creation of the "Rights Economy". I see it coming, with the concern over intellectual property and copyrights.
Of course, if they could, Microsoft, et al, would lease their software to us for monthly micropayments, and anyone who, for example, wrote software using a Microsoft program would pay them monthly and collect monthly payments from their users. And on, and on... The final result is scary, and well delineated in your story.
I haven't read Ventus yet, but now I'm going to have to.
See what you've done?
--Jerry |
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My New York Times Notable Book Ventus is now available in mass market paperback.
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Re: What's Permanence about?
by Dan Zlotnikov on Wednesday May 12, @01:02AM
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Jerry, I believe you're right in pinning down the Rights Economy as an approaching possibility. In fact, Microsoft has already attempted to implement this model, with its .NET initiative. The idea is exactly as you describe, to lease access to servers holding the actual software apps.
I'm curious about the inscape overlay displaying both values for each individual part and for the whole of the object. How, then, is the value of the nanites determined, without getting into Swift's infinite regression of fleas?
Also, how is value determined for objects that are unique, or whose value is wildly different depending on the situation and the buyer? Value, same as meaning, is rather difficult to represent as a static point. To me, it is more a vector connecting purchaser (potential or otherwise) and object.
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Re: What's Permanence about?
by erik fernandes on Friday November 12, @09:39AM
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would send me your copied, guys!
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