[sdiy] Discrete OTA

[Phil Macphail]

On 10 Apr 2014, at 10:33, "cheater00 ." <cheater00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Phil Macphail
> <phil.macphail at liivatera.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 10 Apr 2014, at 08:27, "cheater00 ." <cheater00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Every system has its parasites, the question is whether you accept it
>>> and live with it
>> 
>> The problem is that the ratio of parasites to fair-players isn't in the favour of the fair-players any longer.
> 
> I assume here by parasites you mean people manufacturing illegitimate
> copies of your project.
No, I mean people that want you to solve their problems before they have made any attempt to do so themselves. It's not about commerce, it's about expectations. Perhaps people are used to everything on the internet being free, so by extension the content creators are there to create the content the consumers desire.
> 
> How do you estimate this ratio of parasites to fair players? What
> symptoms do you notice this?
By the requests I received, usually along the lines of "I've just seen XYZ on your website and think it's great. Wouldn't it be cool if it did YXZ+ABCDE? I would love one of these, when could you make me one?" It was rare to get a mail from anyone asking if I could give advice on how to modify the circuit so they could achieve something else.
The way this list works is to enable people to achieve more then they could by themselves, rather than do it for them. The Internet generally isn't like that.
> What can we do to changed that ratio, and make the parasites
> ineffective in the event they do get their hands on projects they
> hadn't developed?
Well this list is pretty free of that. Why the Internet at large is the way it is isn't something I could begin to understand!
> 
>> As a final example of the distraction that can arise form publishing work, read this from Muffs http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109522 I admire what Olivier has done and how he has gone about it, but there is always someone pushing for more....
> 
> I don't think any of that is people being parasites, the posters in
> that thread just seem to be confused?
I agree, that particular thread arises from misunderstanding but the result is the same.
> 
> 
> Roman, I don't think you should "shut up", you're obviously touching
> on a sensitive subject here. Maybe we can try and solve it somehow.
Like Roman I shall shut up now too. I was simply explaining why I removed content from my website that generated some interest in general.
> 
> D.