If the BBC is publicly funded by the British people, why the hell are they charging for their content? Isn't that a bit absurd?
Same thing goes for PBS here in the States, though I've got slightly (very slightly) more ambivalence towards them because they receive such a minuscule amount from the government and they are always stretched on budget. But still, PBS shouldn't be charging for content...
Agreed, this is the direction we're heading, or at least this is the capability our technology is going to give us.
Perhaps I'll miss one or two, but off the top of my head, our options are:
1) Try to stop developing tech entirely (goodluckwiththat)
2) Try to get private citizens not able to use this tech, and only allow government access to it (shutter)
3) Allow as much access as the tech itself will allow and monitor and restrict government usage (the option that seems to make the most sense to me)
As a previous poster said, if you don't like it, don't post your picture online... or perhaps you can use some kind of scrambling or anonymizing tool which will inevitably be developed by concerned citizens.
Agreed. I've sent texts to China (from USA) just fine. I was actually pleasantly surprised it worked, particularly because it was around the time of the massive earthquake they had a few months back.
I don't know what caused the poster to see what they saw, but Chinese government oppression was certainly not the cause in this case.
If you're implying I might be in denial, I'll point out that I've played Wow exactly one time, for about 7 minutes. I've never even played an MMORPG, aside from second life curiosity (which is pretty quickly taken care of after about an hour).
Agreed. Every unique product has a "this is your last chance, do this now" time period before it shuts down, where they rake in tons of money. The fact that they couldn't get it done shows that the attraction was probably mismanaged (from a money making perspective) in the first place.
But I loved it. Though I think they added an extra feature since I last went on it in 2001. Bum me out.
Exactly. Addiction isn't defined as how MUCH you do a certain thing, but the consequences doing that action have on your life.
You could be a perfectly normal person if you like to play WoW 60 hours a week, as long as you can keep a job, actually carry a conversation, and move forward in your real life.
Wow, then you've missed out. I've been there a couple times and it was great fun. The experience/ride was cool, but my favorite aspect was just the overall ambiance of the place. It truly was a Disneyland for a trek nerd.
They had a reproduction of Quark's bar where you could order exotic looking (and fairly tasty) food and drink, Klingons and Feringi walking around making comments about typical ST stuff, and all kinds of ST crap to buy. Yeah, all of it was woefully overpriced, but it IS Vegas and much better than spending an hour at a blackjack table.
I still have a couple of tribbles I bought there. Though I'm actually surprised it stayed around so long, it's a shame to see it go... a real shame.
Good God, before I got married I heard from dudes like you all the time. I'm in my late twenties, been married for 3 years (dating prior to that for an additional 4) and I consider myself happily married.
Marriage is what you make of it and who you marry. I see 40-50 yr old single schleps all the time and certainly would rather be married. If you're that bad off, you should get a divorce and find a better chick.
Interesting point, but I think morph contributes quite a bit to science as well as engineers. Though widely regarded as the most pure of the sciences (except mathematics, of course), not everyone is a physicist.
Um, you should either 1) check references before criticizing language use (or if you did check references) 2) Not use wiktionary
Found via a define:forego typed in Google...
Following is from Princeton:
# predate: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
# waive: do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
# forfeit: lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
# To precede, to go before; Alternative spelling of forgo
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forego
So the moral of the story is those in glass houses shouldn't rely on a wiki.
Well, that's obviously way off base because I'm sure the extradition treaty goes both ways, but you should read "light of other days" by Clarke and Baxter. In it, the UK becomes the 51st (or maybe it was 52nd) state of the USA... after getting into a war with Scottland over water and having the royal family move to Australia. Implausible, but not so ridiculous as to be beyond imagination.
I'd whole heartedly welcome the UK as our 51st state. You want in?:)
Ok, I understand the whole "being a hacker isn't a bad thing" line, but really... CRACKER. Am I the only one that thinks this is kind of dumb?
I mean really... WTF? To 95% of the population, being a hacker is a bad thing. How about we give it up already and just forego the use of the term hacker meaning good computer nerd?
Well, I don't know if I ever said everyone is trying to get into every university in the USA. But I do think that our higher education system is still the best in the world. I don't say this out of arrogance (at least I don't think I do), I say it because of what I've heard from various people.
Being European, you'd obviously have a better idea than me, but it is my understanding that although you've got pretty good schools, they are very difficult to get into, and not everyone has a chance to get into them. Also, you don't do quite as much cutting edge research as we do here in the States. Perhaps I'm misinformed, or my info is outdated, but this has been my impression.
I do agree that because of their position, Bell Labs could afford a much longer term view and conduct by themselves better research than any single company could do today.
But I maintain that the total contribution to research by all of the competitors on the field today is in excess of what Bell could've produced by themselves. It's capitalistic math - enforced monopolies are not as efficient (or innovative) as competition. As evidence I'd say the fact that the many companies fund projects at many universities illustrates the diffusion of ideas today, as opposed to a single, monolithic company making decisions on what is worthy of research.
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The thing I don't understand is this...
If the BBC is publicly funded by the British people, why the hell are they charging for their content? Isn't that a bit absurd?
Same thing goes for PBS here in the States, though I've got slightly (very slightly) more ambivalence towards them because they receive such a minuscule amount from the government and they are always stretched on budget. But still, PBS shouldn't be charging for content...
Agreed, this is the direction we're heading, or at least this is the capability our technology is going to give us.
Perhaps I'll miss one or two, but off the top of my head, our options are:
1) Try to stop developing tech entirely (goodluckwiththat)
2) Try to get private citizens not able to use this tech, and only allow government access to it (shutter)
3) Allow as much access as the tech itself will allow and monitor and restrict government usage (the option that seems to make the most sense to me)
As a previous poster said, if you don't like it, don't post your picture online... or perhaps you can use some kind of scrambling or anonymizing tool which will inevitably be developed by concerned citizens.
Agreed. I've sent texts to China (from USA) just fine. I was actually pleasantly surprised it worked, particularly because it was around the time of the massive earthquake they had a few months back.
I don't know what caused the poster to see what they saw, but Chinese government oppression was certainly not the cause in this case.
I think the words were pretty clear. Perhaps you have a problem with logical thinking...
PS Don't over analyze a UID when there have already been more than 1MM used, and each must be unique.
If you're implying I might be in denial, I'll point out that I've played Wow exactly one time, for about 7 minutes. I've never even played an MMORPG, aside from second life curiosity (which is pretty quickly taken care of after about an hour).
/. is another story... :)
Now,
Agreed. Every unique product has a "this is your last chance, do this now" time period before it shuts down, where they rake in tons of money. The fact that they couldn't get it done shows that the attraction was probably mismanaged (from a money making perspective) in the first place.
But I loved it. Though I think they added an extra feature since I last went on it in 2001. Bum me out.
Exactly. Addiction isn't defined as how MUCH you do a certain thing, but the consequences doing that action have on your life.
You could be a perfectly normal person if you like to play WoW 60 hours a week, as long as you can keep a job, actually carry a conversation, and move forward in your real life.
Usually when something like this closes down, they send out a message saying "we're closing in six months".
I'm bummed I can't go to it one last time.
Just goes to show it was crappy marketing that ruined this exhibit.
Yeah, but this was off the strip. I wouldn't be surprised if they are changing the way they do things now that the monorail goes right past the hotel.
Wow, then you've missed out. I've been there a couple times and it was great fun. The experience/ride was cool, but my favorite aspect was just the overall ambiance of the place. It truly was a Disneyland for a trek nerd.
They had a reproduction of Quark's bar where you could order exotic looking (and fairly tasty) food and drink, Klingons and Feringi walking around making comments about typical ST stuff, and all kinds of ST crap to buy. Yeah, all of it was woefully overpriced, but it IS Vegas and much better than spending an hour at a blackjack table.
I still have a couple of tribbles I bought there. Though I'm actually surprised it stayed around so long, it's a shame to see it go... a real shame.
backtotheussr
Good God, before I got married I heard from dudes like you all the time. I'm in my late twenties, been married for 3 years (dating prior to that for an additional 4) and I consider myself happily married.
Marriage is what you make of it and who you marry. I see 40-50 yr old single schleps all the time and certainly would rather be married. If you're that bad off, you should get a divorce and find a better chick.
Interesting point, but I think morph contributes quite a bit to science as well as engineers. Though widely regarded as the most pure of the sciences (except mathematics, of course), not everyone is a physicist.
Seems like he's a little shy when people are actually trying to talk to him.
Um, you should either 1) check references before criticizing language use (or if you did check references) 2) Not use wiktionary
Found via a define:forego typed in Google...
Following is from Princeton:
# predate: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
# waive: do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
# forfeit: lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
# To precede, to go before; Alternative spelling of forgo
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forego
So the moral of the story is those in glass houses shouldn't rely on a wiki.
Well, at least that way we could actually say... "I'm one of the best fuckers on the planet" and it would be true.
Screw black/white/gray, I like it!
Well, that's obviously way off base because I'm sure the extradition treaty goes both ways, but you should read "light of other days" by Clarke and Baxter. In it, the UK becomes the 51st (or maybe it was 52nd) state of the USA... after getting into a war with Scottland over water and having the royal family move to Australia. Implausible, but not so ridiculous as to be beyond imagination.
:)
I'd whole heartedly welcome the UK as our 51st state. You want in?
Anybody else ever wonder if this is the same guy repeating this over and over again, or if there are really that many assholes that read /. ?
Nobody really gives a shit (I didn't really even read the above post), I just find it kind of curious.
Are you the same dude that posts to EVERY article, or is there a whole "underground movement"?
Ok, I understand the whole "being a hacker isn't a bad thing" line, but really... CRACKER. Am I the only one that thinks this is kind of dumb?
... WTF? To 95% of the population, being a hacker is a bad thing. How about we give it up already and just forego the use of the term hacker meaning good computer nerd?
I mean really
I like white/black/gray hat myself.
Well, if you're a physicist this won't be as good, but if you're a nanotechnologist, I think it'll give you a run for your money...
Nokia Morph
The tag disappeared somehow. Everyone retag again... idleispants (!)
Well, I don't know if I ever said everyone is trying to get into every university in the USA. But I do think that our higher education system is still the best in the world. I don't say this out of arrogance (at least I don't think I do), I say it because of what I've heard from various people.
Being European, you'd obviously have a better idea than me, but it is my understanding that although you've got pretty good schools, they are very difficult to get into, and not everyone has a chance to get into them. Also, you don't do quite as much cutting edge research as we do here in the States. Perhaps I'm misinformed, or my info is outdated, but this has been my impression.
I do agree that because of their position, Bell Labs could afford a much longer term view and conduct by themselves better research than any single company could do today.
But I maintain that the total contribution to research by all of the competitors on the field today is in excess of what Bell could've produced by themselves. It's capitalistic math - enforced monopolies are not as efficient (or innovative) as competition. As evidence I'd say the fact that the many companies fund projects at many universities illustrates the diffusion of ideas today, as opposed to a single, monolithic company making decisions on what is worthy of research.
If philosophy == political science AND
political science == the alpha-discipline
THEN
(political science && philosophy) == alpha-discipline.
But you can't have two alpha-disciplines.
Your logic is flawed! (Not that it's a big deal, I just figured I'd point it out)
Um, by the vast majority of the world? Our high schools suck, but our University education is still pretty damn good.