This is the most rational argument on the matter I've ever read, and conveys my opinion on the matter exactly. I'd vote you up but Slashdot isn't playing nice for some reason.
Good show.
Seeing that Firefox on a few weeks ago was starting to lag pretty severely behind Chrome, I applaud and thank the Firefox team for their hard work. This is also a boon for their technique, the so-called "shotgunning" method of pushing through compilation the old way if it will complete faster than the optimizations. I had become afraid I might have to move to Chrome, looks like that won't be necessary.
As a developer I completely understand the dislike of the "everything in a browser" attitude, but we need to look beyond that. The next version of ECMAScript will give us the security we've been wanting, and this round of browsers will give us the speed we need. Enabling universal, secure process level interaction between machines is the goal. You can think of it as widgets,.Net, or whichever other poison you want, but Javascript is free of ownership and frankly a damn good language when written properly.
Now give me an 100% on the Acid3 test please, that way I'll have multiple tools to leverage against my boss next time he asks me to make a web app IE6 compatible.
Seeing that the Mayans could actually see the stars and watched the galactic center move through the sky, I find it hilarious that this conversation invokes so much debate. The average Mayan likely could have looked up at the night sky and gotten all the answers they needed.
All these electric lights have spoiled our eyes. Starlight would be enough if we were accustomed to it.
An interactive information environment for accessing, controlling, and using information.
Patent legalese for "Using a computer"
Using a computer, available sources of information are accessed, and components are extracted, labeled, and formed into discrete units called contexts.
I prefer to call them directories. But some folks like "folders".
A user selects and rearranges context labels and their associated contents. Contexts are selected and combined into new information structures called alternates, which are combinable (sic) with contexts into preferred situations.
Hmm.... View->Details. Custom Folder views....
The preferred situations in turn are combinable with the foregoing components into meta-situations. All components have labels; labels and their associated contents are interchangeably movable and copyable at the levels of these information structures, whether they are located locally or remotely, and the information structures are combinable (sic). While a label is invoked and manipulated, its contents or description is simultaneously displayed. Each information structure can be rearranged into one or more models which can be displayed by user selection, and models can be displayed at varying levels of detail. With built-in copyright accounting, commercial control remains with information owners, while operational use is centralized in each user.
Am I the only one that reads this as a file system? This has basically just described viewing & renaming multiple folders with properties and permissions.
Just because one adds "meta" or "abstract" on a level of a system doesn't mean they've invented something new. As a matter of fact, it means the exact opposite. It means the designer doesn't know what the user will need, so they're trying to keep the options open. As a developer I understand this can mean a lot of work in coding, but it's nothing new. Customization != Invention, and I hope the patent office can take on this 1 rule:
If your patent says "meta" or "abstract", you lose, you fail, no patent for you.
Representation in our government is supposed to be reserved for citizens. Corporations are not citizens, as they are not PEOPLE! I would never go so far as to think that corporations should not hold a certain amount of protection under the law, but this is getting ridiculous.
Corporations generally employ groups of people. The rights of this group should be decided based on the rights of the citizens involved. By giving corporations legal rights as individuals the US government is creating a subclass of citizens which have more rights than other citizens based on ownership & employment. This is completely backwards in that publicly traded companies are supposed to be publicly owned, and therefore "Personal Privacy" of corporations becomes nothing more than a farce for withholding information important to a public purchase.
All lobbying should be done by virtue of the rights of an individual citizen, not some money machine. Remove this piece of corruption and require all companies lobbying before Congress to include a list of citizens they represent. This means employees & shareholders of these companies would have to agree to be on that list, for EACH LOBBIED SUBJECT. Very quickly we will all see the truth of who's interests are being represented.
My apologies, it wasn't meant to promote my site. I'm the lead developer on Nova Initia, a game that's still in development. If you interested in beta testing sign up and I'll get you hooked up with the details.
Not all open source software is written by businesses. Not all open source software is written for profit. As most governments realize they need to tighten their belts, it's important to remember that the the basic idea of public service is a) to support your community and b) to efficiently manage public resources, perhaps this government realizes it is not their job to support companies.
Open source can be reviewed for problems, both from technical issues and human (corrupt) issues.
When free open source software used by governments, they are accepting as real the public service so many developers have provided
When open source software fails to deliver features that users truly need, companies who do stand out and shine for their innovation
Open source software is a form of public intellectual property that not only provides a service, but a sort of baseline for what is truly worth paying for.
The basic truth is when companies are forced to provide superior products instead of costly attempts, citizens win. Neither the government nor it's people are here to compete with you, that's a business game.
As the lead developer over at http://nova-initia.com/ I applaud this effort and offer this advice:
Fine Arts students are going to have a knack for the story telling portion of this project. Those musically inclined will grasp the programming concepts quickest, and there will be an artist or two in the bunch. Authors will be used to organization of time lines, so thing project managers there. Most of all, write up a survey for them early on for hints on what they're interested or already talented in.
As far as the language / engine portion goes, my suggestion is to team up with a free / open source project. The underlying engine doesn't matter as much as the core concepts. A good team will have a bug tracking system divided out into a helpful group of areas for you to cover. Having the class take on bugs from the projects as study work will help to reach into the deep technical areas without overreaching each student's comfort area. For those who do show ability in the deeper technical aspects, have them relate in their own terms how the problem was solved, and the team will grow.
Last, but definitely not least, do not forgo the project management and business aspects of game development. Deadlines, project scope, and performance limitations are just as integral in a game's development as the original idea team. Placing reasonable limits on resources and time will inspire creativity among the team. Giving your students the opportunity to be involved with a project that stands every chance of being played in real life will motivate them more than anything else. Game development covers a broad range of talent and experience, find the blend that fits the class.
Could objects like this in a near spherical form have any effect on the "Dark Matter" measurements? I know measurements on dark matter involve more than just visual radiation, but perhaps we could get some professional opinions?
Alright, ye hacker community. Get your hands on one of these things and hack the interface before the show. This is a requirement, I shouldn't have even had to post this.
That is all.
Agree with parent whole-heartedly. Taking down the DMCA in one full swoop just isn't feasible in our current position. The more exemptions we can tack onto the law the more useless and bloated it appears to law makers. Place enough pebbles on a bridge and eventually it will crack.
Their page states that there will never be more than 21,000,000 coins, and generating them seems slow & somewhat random. These things proving true creating such a cash-cow machine seems fruitless and unlikely. Coins can be purchased, which helps establish the exchange rates, but I think it's valid to pay those supporting the network. Paypal makes money on exchanges, this just distributes that wealth among those supporting the system.
Someone's always gotta pay for these services in the end, but at least you can attempt to recoup those costs by participating.
There isn't anything inherently illegal about what they did, unfortunately. Encrypt your networks folks. However, being a professional user of the Kismet application I would contend that using Kismet shows that all the data collection was far from "accidental".
I imagine the best size for a cartridge game being the size of an old TurboGraphx 16 game (http://www.billandchristina.com/vgamecomp/images/collection5/ar/DSC01409%20%28Small%29.JPG via google). I think SSD drives would be well suited for this. However, small games like SD cards are lost too easy. Remember, the gamer with kids can heavily influence this particular section of the gaming industry.
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Bravo.
From personal experience: This is usually performed by meth heads. Give a bounty for Dallas, I can point out an entire neighborhood of them.
This is the most rational argument on the matter I've ever read, and conveys my opinion on the matter exactly. I'd vote you up but Slashdot isn't playing nice for some reason. Good show.
wait... excuse me while I puke.
Seeing that Firefox on a few weeks ago was starting to lag pretty severely behind Chrome, I applaud and thank the Firefox team for their hard work. This is also a boon for their technique, the so-called "shotgunning" method of pushing through compilation the old way if it will complete faster than the optimizations. I had become afraid I might have to move to Chrome, looks like that won't be necessary.
.Net, or whichever other poison you want, but Javascript is free of ownership and frankly a damn good language when written properly.
As a developer I completely understand the dislike of the "everything in a browser" attitude, but we need to look beyond that. The next version of ECMAScript will give us the security we've been wanting, and this round of browsers will give us the speed we need. Enabling universal, secure process level interaction between machines is the goal. You can think of it as widgets,
Now give me an 100% on the Acid3 test please, that way I'll have multiple tools to leverage against my boss next time he asks me to make a web app IE6 compatible.
Seeing that the Mayans could actually see the stars and watched the galactic center move through the sky, I find it hilarious that this conversation invokes so much debate. The average Mayan likely could have looked up at the night sky and gotten all the answers they needed. All these electric lights have spoiled our eyes. Starlight would be enough if we were accustomed to it.
An interactive information environment for accessing, controlling, and using information.
Patent legalese for "Using a computer"
Using a computer, available sources of information are accessed, and components are extracted, labeled, and formed into discrete units called contexts.
I prefer to call them directories. But some folks like "folders".
A user selects and rearranges context labels and their associated contents. Contexts are selected and combined into new information structures called alternates, which are combinable (sic) with contexts into preferred situations.
Hmm.... View->Details. Custom Folder views....
The preferred situations in turn are combinable with the foregoing components into meta-situations. All components have labels; labels and their associated contents are interchangeably movable and copyable at the levels of these information structures, whether they are located locally or remotely, and the information structures are combinable (sic). While a label is invoked and manipulated, its contents or description is simultaneously displayed. Each information structure can be rearranged into one or more models which can be displayed by user selection, and models can be displayed at varying levels of detail. With built-in copyright accounting, commercial control remains with information owners, while operational use is centralized in each user.
Am I the only one that reads this as a file system? This has basically just described viewing & renaming multiple folders with properties and permissions. Just because one adds "meta" or "abstract" on a level of a system doesn't mean they've invented something new. As a matter of fact, it means the exact opposite. It means the designer doesn't know what the user will need, so they're trying to keep the options open. As a developer I understand this can mean a lot of work in coding, but it's nothing new. Customization != Invention, and I hope the patent office can take on this 1 rule: If your patent says "meta" or "abstract", you lose, you fail, no patent for you.
Representation in our government is supposed to be reserved for citizens. Corporations are not citizens, as they are not PEOPLE! I would never go so far as to think that corporations should not hold a certain amount of protection under the law, but this is getting ridiculous.
/RANT
Corporations generally employ groups of people. The rights of this group should be decided based on the rights of the citizens involved. By giving corporations legal rights as individuals the US government is creating a subclass of citizens which have more rights than other citizens based on ownership & employment. This is completely backwards in that publicly traded companies are supposed to be publicly owned, and therefore "Personal Privacy" of corporations becomes nothing more than a farce for withholding information important to a public purchase.
All lobbying should be done by virtue of the rights of an individual citizen, not some money machine. Remove this piece of corruption and require all companies lobbying before Congress to include a list of citizens they represent. This means employees & shareholders of these companies would have to agree to be on that list, for EACH LOBBIED SUBJECT. Very quickly we will all see the truth of who's interests are being represented.
My apologies, it wasn't meant to promote my site. I'm the lead developer on Nova Initia, a game that's still in development. If you interested in beta testing sign up and I'll get you hooked up with the details.
The basic truth is when companies are forced to provide superior products instead of costly attempts, citizens win. Neither the government nor it's people are here to compete with you, that's a business game.
As the lead developer over at http://nova-initia.com/ I applaud this effort and offer this advice:
Fine Arts students are going to have a knack for the story telling portion of this project. Those musically inclined will grasp the programming concepts quickest, and there will be an artist or two in the bunch. Authors will be used to organization of time lines, so thing project managers there. Most of all, write up a survey for them early on for hints on what they're interested or already talented in.
As far as the language / engine portion goes, my suggestion is to team up with a free / open source project. The underlying engine doesn't matter as much as the core concepts. A good team will have a bug tracking system divided out into a helpful group of areas for you to cover. Having the class take on bugs from the projects as study work will help to reach into the deep technical areas without overreaching each student's comfort area. For those who do show ability in the deeper technical aspects, have them relate in their own terms how the problem was solved, and the team will grow.
Last, but definitely not least, do not forgo the project management and business aspects of game development. Deadlines, project scope, and performance limitations are just as integral in a game's development as the original idea team. Placing reasonable limits on resources and time will inspire creativity among the team. Giving your students the opportunity to be involved with a project that stands every chance of being played in real life will motivate them more than anything else. Game development covers a broad range of talent and experience, find the blend that fits the class.
Could objects like this in a near spherical form have any effect on the "Dark Matter" measurements? I know measurements on dark matter involve more than just visual radiation, but perhaps we could get some professional opinions?
While this may not be able to simulate human feeling, this could have implications on having limbs react with normal reflexes
This seriously made me laugh out loud, then I died a little as well. Your assessment is absolutely right.
Alright, ye hacker community. Get your hands on one of these things and hack the interface before the show. This is a requirement, I shouldn't have even had to post this. That is all.
Agree with parent whole-heartedly. Taking down the DMCA in one full swoop just isn't feasible in our current position. The more exemptions we can tack onto the law the more useless and bloated it appears to law makers. Place enough pebbles on a bridge and eventually it will crack.
Their page states that there will never be more than 21,000,000 coins, and generating them seems slow & somewhat random. These things proving true creating such a cash-cow machine seems fruitless and unlikely. Coins can be purchased, which helps establish the exchange rates, but I think it's valid to pay those supporting the network. Paypal makes money on exchanges, this just distributes that wealth among those supporting the system. Someone's always gotta pay for these services in the end, but at least you can attempt to recoup those costs by participating.
As I said, "simulating", using them in a comet fashion never quite cut it.
As a javascript developer I'd simply like to applaud this addition from the HTML5 spec. Simulating the effect with Web Workers wasn't cutting it.
Thank you this describes my opinion much more succinctly.
Well, the problem is that Kismet actually DOES log traffic by default, at least in my experience with the BackTrack suite.
There isn't anything inherently illegal about what they did, unfortunately. Encrypt your networks folks. However, being a professional user of the Kismet application I would contend that using Kismet shows that all the data collection was far from "accidental".
I imagine the best size for a cartridge game being the size of an old TurboGraphx 16 game (http://www.billandchristina.com/vgamecomp/images/collection5/ar/DSC01409%20%28Small%29.JPG via google). I think SSD drives would be well suited for this. However, small games like SD cards are lost too easy. Remember, the gamer with kids can heavily influence this particular section of the gaming industry.
If you have Verizon FIOS available to you, the routers included with this service cover everything you've listed and it's a fairly simple interface.
"Go kill people for me and I'll pay your way out"... No one should ever be faced with this decision.