HXA7241 latest 2012-01-29T00:00:00Z http://www.hxa.name/hxa7241-latest.xml Harrison Ainsworth / HXA7241 A log of the latest additions and changes to the site. ./favicon.ico ./style/hxa7241logo_sml.png Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 License A reply to 'Is efficient copyright a reasonable goal' 2012-01-29T10:36:00Z tag:hxa.name,2012:log/2012-01-29T10:36:00Z Harrison Ainsworth / HXA7241 Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 License This is a counter to a recent (semi-) academic article on copyright ethics. It picks out the main moral thesis, shows it is inadequate and should be rejected, and shows how it is instead aligned with a self-interested motivation. (1900 words) Comparing natural language and software 2012-01-22T12:07:00Z tag:hxa.name,2012:log/2012-01-22T12:07:00Z Harrison Ainsworth / HXA7241 Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 License Natural language is very different to software, but what is similar? what makes them seem related? They seem to focus on abstractions of different character. Living software and dead software 2012-01-15T11:41:00Z tag:hxa.name,2012:log/2012-01-15T11:41:00Z Harrison Ainsworth / HXA7241 Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 License What kind of software do you really want to make? Software as thought 2012-01-08T12:48:00Z tag:hxa.name,2012:log/2012-01-08T12:48:00Z Harrison Ainsworth / HXA7241 Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 License Chaitin's little quote about software is interesting but somehow seems not quite on target. So here is a new version, modified and expanded.