"I've even heard of academics who had to redo pretty much the identical experiment because they couldn't even cite their own earlier results for fear of a copyright claim."
Then either you're being lied to, or those anonymous academics are idiots. You'd think the educated, especially those involved in publication, would understand at least a little about fair use.
Like if I intend to sneak up on my wife and give her a scare for fun? Or if I know I have a 3.5 ounce toothpaste tube in my bag, 0.5 ounces past the restriction? I wonder how many other forms of innocent "deception" will automatically call in the jackboots?
Though the color in the game does detract from it... However, the characters really look stupid compared to the old game. They've gotten cartoonish and silly looking. I really liked the way characters looked in the old Diablo II. Why have they done this? Between the stupid looking characters/weapons and the poor use of color, I'm not sure how interesting this game seems now. I'm sure some people will eat it up anyway, unfortunately.
This change essentially has no effect for me or anyone with half a brain. You should never respond to the "remove me" link in spam. It only serves to tell the sender that a human actually read the message and confirms your existence. This is dealing-with-spam 101.
That would be a retarded thing to do. While Sony has made many blunders in the past, they are not stupid. I cannot imagine that they would lord Gracenote over companies like Apple, lest Sony competitors abandon Gracenote. Keep in mind, Sony invented the CD (with Philips), and the technology is licensed to anyone and everyone. Bluray seems to be working out in a similar way. For their sake, I hope they use Gracenote the same way.
If you attend UC Berkeley or Stanford, my company (and many others) regularly attend job fairs at both schools. We sometimes look for people fresh out of school, but mostly look for interns. We have found some really excellent full-time employees that way. I strongly suggest doing this. Or, you could contact me directly here by commenting and I'll see if we have just such an internship open now.
Anyone who expected Hurin to be more like LOTR than the Silmarillion is a moron. All reviews of the book before and since it came out made this clear. If you go in knowing what you're getting, it is a very enjoyable book (assuming Silmarillion is your thing - if it's not, don't read Hurin). Slamming Hurin because it's not as accessible as LOTR is a waste of editorial space. Given that it is essentially an extension of or fleshing out of a portion of Silmarillion and other similar books, I think it's quite good and enjoyable in the same fashion, and I would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of its progenitors.
Care to clarify? If I don't know what I'm talking about, I'd like to know. Or are you just trying to be cute? Have you actually read anything about the freeware policy, or perhaps the policy itself?
Why does science fail to be "open minded" about evolution? The same reason it fails to be open minded about the existence of electricity, or hammers falling when you drop them, or creatures dying when they can't breathe that invisible substance called air. Get it?
You are part of the problem here. They shouldn't use mercury, agreed. But the link to autism has been shot down. The "study" that pushed that theory was a piece of crap and has been debunked. But it's still fun for people to believe because, hey, mercury is bad for you so it must be true when someone comes up with a plausible-sounding symptom of mercury-bearing vaccinations.
Keep it up. The world needs as much clueless misinformation as it can get. (Sarcasm.)
This is a matter of education. I think a large section of the population think vaccinations are unnecessary in this day and age, and have no inkling of what would befall us if vaccinations stopped. Even now, the majority of the population needs to be vaccinated for things that rarely appear, or they will resurface in force. This fact is either unknown to many Americans, or is disputed outright due to ignorance and lack of education on the subject. We need to address the problem at its root, by teaching people about the subject, at least minimally.
It wouldn't hurt, however, for pharmaceutical companies to stop using questionable ingredients in their vaccines. Just the other day my daughter was denied a flu vaccination at the drugstore because their brand of vaccine contained mercury or something crazy like that. She had to go to her pediatrician where they have vaccines for kids. Perhaps there is some really good reason why they need to put mercury in vaccines, but aside from some financial reason, I can't see what that might be. My daughter was able to get a vaccine that had nothing "bad" in it, so it's obviously not strictly necessary. Crazy stuff like this only adds fuel to the ignorance, doubt and distrust surrounding the growing trend of people not getting vaccinated.
On an aside, my young daughter cried when she couldn't get her vaccination at first. She loves getting shots. I had to laugh, because she's probably the only kid in the world to get that broken up about not getting a shot (they had to forcefully pin me down to get shots when I was her age). But at the same time, it made me a little verklempt that she really gets it, even at her young age. Why can't so many grown adults understand?
I depend heavily on Photoshop, but there is no chance in hell that I will use it or any other application that's tied to the web. I don't use or need any other Adobe products, thankfully, so I only need to wean myself off of one application. Goodbye Adobe, I won't miss you. Goodbye Photoshop, I *will* miss you, but sometimes you just have to let go.
He was one of the most abusive editors ever, using slashdot as his own personal blog, posting wrong stories, posting political articles that suited his viewpoints, and mod abused people who called him out.
And that's different from the other editors *how*? Okay, some are worse than others, but it's fun to say anyway. But all of the editors do these things in varying degrees, especially posting wrong/abusive/lame stories. Hence slashdot's reputation for sloppy "journalism".
But it *is* like that. Maybe there's some simple way to just sign up for everything at once that I'm just missing, but your comment doesn't shed any light. I'm not saying any of this should be for free, not sure why you think that's my point. It's just goofy that you can sign up for call out-only, and that if you want people to call in you have to get a phone number, which is a separate and additional charge. And if you want voicemail, etc., you can sign up for that too if you want, but you have to have a phone number (obviously). You can also get forwarding (separately) and transfer capability (separately). There are other crazy things like "Skype To Go" and "Skype Pro", the benefits of which won't be obvious to your average Joe-just-wants-to-make-a-call. And as far as I can tell, you can only pay for calls with "Skype Credit", which isn't credit at all, but rather a prepaid bucket of money to make future calls with (while, confusingly, other features are billed monthly).
Don't get me wrong, I like Skype and use it myself. I even used it to make phone calls from my laptop while in the Antarctic, where there are very few options. But if they want non-geeks to use it, they need to at least give simpler options to buy plans, like other phone companies do.
Having an iPhone, I can tell you that it's already gummed up. AT&T's edge network sux so hard it should literally be a crime that they continue to charge for it. And the voice network ain't so great sometimes either. I suppose their voice service probably isn't any worse than other providers, but it is laughable to think that somehow iPhone software is going to screw things up. What, would it delay my SMS traffic? My voicemail notifications too? Cause my phone not to ring when people call me? Cause my calls to constantly drop even when stationary? Cross my calls with the calls of other people? Make call quality fluctuate, often to the point where communication is impossible?
I love skype, but signing up for its pay services is more complicated than it needs to be. At one point I considered dumping my VOIP phone and using skype for calls and voicemail, but it turned out to be more hassle than just keeping my VOIP phone. The problem is that call-out capability, call-in capability, voicemail, etc., are all essentially different products with different terms, cost and billing. While I appreciate the flexibility such an a la carte approach offers, I did find it somewhat of a hassle and kind of confusing. Why not have a single plan you pay for all at once? Also, prepaying for calls is a little weird - not sure if they give the option of monthly billing for calls like every other phone-type company, but they should.
If they streamlined and simplified things, they might be able to get more business, perhaps even by the average joe.
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Yeah, I figured this out on my own just now, but thanks for the info. That's pretty weak. (But so am I for not figuring it out.)
As of now, 1:52PM PST, it is not available for sale in the US iTunes store.
"I've even heard of academics who had to redo pretty much the identical experiment because they couldn't even cite their own earlier results for fear of a copyright claim."
Then either you're being lied to, or those anonymous academics are idiots. You'd think the educated, especially those involved in publication, would understand at least a little about fair use.
Like if I intend to sneak up on my wife and give her a scare for fun? Or if I know I have a 3.5 ounce toothpaste tube in my bag, 0.5 ounces past the restriction? I wonder how many other forms of innocent "deception" will automatically call in the jackboots?
Though the color in the game does detract from it... However, the characters really look stupid compared to the old game. They've gotten cartoonish and silly looking. I really liked the way characters looked in the old Diablo II. Why have they done this? Between the stupid looking characters/weapons and the poor use of color, I'm not sure how interesting this game seems now. I'm sure some people will eat it up anyway, unfortunately.
This change essentially has no effect for me or anyone with half a brain. You should never respond to the "remove me" link in spam. It only serves to tell the sender that a human actually read the message and confirms your existence. This is dealing-with-spam 101.
Someone's beliefs are at odds with well founded, empirically established physical laws?! I just hope this doesn't catch on..
Too late, it caught on long ago. It's called religion.
Nero was sued by Gracenote? Never heard about that. Can you provide case information so we can look it up?
That would be a retarded thing to do. While Sony has made many blunders in the past, they are not stupid. I cannot imagine that they would lord Gracenote over companies like Apple, lest Sony competitors abandon Gracenote. Keep in mind, Sony invented the CD (with Philips), and the technology is licensed to anyone and everyone. Bluray seems to be working out in a similar way. For their sake, I hope they use Gracenote the same way.
It's hard to get much better than Planet of the Apes
True enough. However, it is bested by one thing Planet Of The Apes - The Musical. Nothing else even comes close.
If you attend UC Berkeley or Stanford, my company (and many others) regularly attend job fairs at both schools. We sometimes look for people fresh out of school, but mostly look for interns. We have found some really excellent full-time employees that way. I strongly suggest doing this. Or, you could contact me directly here by commenting and I'll see if we have just such an internship open now.
Anyone who expected Hurin to be more like LOTR than the Silmarillion is a moron. All reviews of the book before and since it came out made this clear. If you go in knowing what you're getting, it is a very enjoyable book (assuming Silmarillion is your thing - if it's not, don't read Hurin). Slamming Hurin because it's not as accessible as LOTR is a waste of editorial space. Given that it is essentially an extension of or fleshing out of a portion of Silmarillion and other similar books, I think it's quite good and enjoyable in the same fashion, and I would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of its progenitors.
It's just a "cave". And it's ugly too.
Care to clarify? If I don't know what I'm talking about, I'd like to know. Or are you just trying to be cute? Have you actually read anything about the freeware policy, or perhaps the policy itself?
They renamed it to GraceNote and declared that anyone who wants to make use of the CDDB now has to pay for a license.
Umm, last I checked, anyone writing a freeware app could use Gracenote for free. So what are you talking about?
Why does science fail to be "open minded" about evolution? The same reason it fails to be open minded about the existence of electricity, or hammers falling when you drop them, or creatures dying when they can't breathe that invisible substance called air. Get it?
You are part of the problem here. They shouldn't use mercury, agreed. But the link to autism has been shot down. The "study" that pushed that theory was a piece of crap and has been debunked. But it's still fun for people to believe because, hey, mercury is bad for you so it must be true when someone comes up with a plausible-sounding symptom of mercury-bearing vaccinations.
Keep it up. The world needs as much clueless misinformation as it can get. (Sarcasm.)
This is a matter of education. I think a large section of the population think vaccinations are unnecessary in this day and age, and have no inkling of what would befall us if vaccinations stopped. Even now, the majority of the population needs to be vaccinated for things that rarely appear, or they will resurface in force. This fact is either unknown to many Americans, or is disputed outright due to ignorance and lack of education on the subject. We need to address the problem at its root, by teaching people about the subject, at least minimally.
It wouldn't hurt, however, for pharmaceutical companies to stop using questionable ingredients in their vaccines. Just the other day my daughter was denied a flu vaccination at the drugstore because their brand of vaccine contained mercury or something crazy like that. She had to go to her pediatrician where they have vaccines for kids. Perhaps there is some really good reason why they need to put mercury in vaccines, but aside from some financial reason, I can't see what that might be. My daughter was able to get a vaccine that had nothing "bad" in it, so it's obviously not strictly necessary. Crazy stuff like this only adds fuel to the ignorance, doubt and distrust surrounding the growing trend of people not getting vaccinated.
On an aside, my young daughter cried when she couldn't get her vaccination at first. She loves getting shots. I had to laugh, because she's probably the only kid in the world to get that broken up about not getting a shot (they had to forcefully pin me down to get shots when I was her age). But at the same time, it made me a little verklempt that she really gets it, even at her young age. Why can't so many grown adults understand?
I depend heavily on Photoshop, but there is no chance in hell that I will use it or any other application that's tied to the web. I don't use or need any other Adobe products, thankfully, so I only need to wean myself off of one application. Goodbye Adobe, I won't miss you. Goodbye Photoshop, I *will* miss you, but sometimes you just have to let go.
He was one of the most abusive editors ever, using slashdot as his own personal blog, posting wrong stories, posting political articles that suited his viewpoints, and mod abused people who called him out.
And that's different from the other editors *how*? Okay, some are worse than others, but it's fun to say anyway. But all of the editors do these things in varying degrees, especially posting wrong/abusive/lame stories. Hence slashdot's reputation for sloppy "journalism".
Maybe they'll go back to making Mac games again. Won't hold my breath though.
So much for using dummies in the front seat
Yeah, now we have to use warm dummies. What a hassle.
its not like that
But it *is* like that. Maybe there's some simple way to just sign up for everything at once that I'm just missing, but your comment doesn't shed any light. I'm not saying any of this should be for free, not sure why you think that's my point. It's just goofy that you can sign up for call out-only, and that if you want people to call in you have to get a phone number, which is a separate and additional charge. And if you want voicemail, etc., you can sign up for that too if you want, but you have to have a phone number (obviously). You can also get forwarding (separately) and transfer capability (separately). There are other crazy things like "Skype To Go" and "Skype Pro", the benefits of which won't be obvious to your average Joe-just-wants-to-make-a-call. And as far as I can tell, you can only pay for calls with "Skype Credit", which isn't credit at all, but rather a prepaid bucket of money to make future calls with (while, confusingly, other features are billed monthly).
Don't get me wrong, I like Skype and use it myself. I even used it to make phone calls from my laptop while in the Antarctic, where there are very few options. But if they want non-geeks to use it, they need to at least give simpler options to buy plans, like other phone companies do.
Having an iPhone, I can tell you that it's already gummed up. AT&T's edge network sux so hard it should literally be a crime that they continue to charge for it. And the voice network ain't so great sometimes either. I suppose their voice service probably isn't any worse than other providers, but it is laughable to think that somehow iPhone software is going to screw things up. What, would it delay my SMS traffic? My voicemail notifications too? Cause my phone not to ring when people call me? Cause my calls to constantly drop even when stationary? Cross my calls with the calls of other people? Make call quality fluctuate, often to the point where communication is impossible?
Funny, that's already the way it is.
I love skype, but signing up for its pay services is more complicated than it needs to be. At one point I considered dumping my VOIP phone and using skype for calls and voicemail, but it turned out to be more hassle than just keeping my VOIP phone. The problem is that call-out capability, call-in capability, voicemail, etc., are all essentially different products with different terms, cost and billing. While I appreciate the flexibility such an a la carte approach offers, I did find it somewhat of a hassle and kind of confusing. Why not have a single plan you pay for all at once? Also, prepaying for calls is a little weird - not sure if they give the option of monthly billing for calls like every other phone-type company, but they should.
If they streamlined and simplified things, they might be able to get more business, perhaps even by the average joe.