The sample policy recommends "If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference [with no refund]."
What bothers me about this is the fact that if someone complains, and it may be just because someone doesn't like someone else, the recommendation is to throw the accused out "with no refund" as a very minimum. I'm all for making everyone feel welcome and comfortable and of course safe. But sexual harassment laws and this policy assume the accusation is accurate and true. There's no recommendation to ever verifythe accusation.
When did GUI designers decide that they know best and that users should have no control?
Cmon, we're talking Microsoft here;-) You didn't really think consumers matter, did you? Otherwise you'd be running linux. That said, I have one laptop running Win 7 and one Ubuntu and I think they both have something to offer. If I have to get work done, I use the Ubuntu Laptop, for multimedia I use Windows.
I installed Ubuntu Unity begrudgingly on new machines at work. And on my netbook at home. At first I thought it sucked for desktops and there are certainly things which don't work well on the desktop but after a while I started to like it and found advantages to the tablet type of interface, even on the desktop. It's mixed bag but it's not all bad. I assume this will be the case with Win 8 as well.
Metro promises to make building tablet, phone and desktop versions of the same app trivial.
And for Arm and Intel platforms.
Great for developers sucks for users.
Probably true, but I think it will have one saving grace and that is that people will have only one interface to get used to. I agree that it's not as well suited for the desktop.
The difference between Bush and Obama is that Bush's policies were just as stupid as the crap that spewed from his drawling mouth.
I used to think that, too. But I'm starting to think the president doesn't really have that much power anymore. I used to think that the police state started with the Patriot Act but now I think it started somewhat earlier but got a big boost with the Patriot Act. I was hopeful that the current administration would gut it and make bring us back in line with our constitution. But, with all good intentions, it's not happening. I think the power is now held by congress (which is influenced by special interests) and the judicial branch.
I found your post interesting and I agree with most of it. Clinton was also a great speaker, btw, and could make everyone in the room feel like he was talking just to them. He was intelligent and whether it was his doing or not, we enjoyed 8 years of prosperity and sound thinking during his reign.
The Sims and The Ville. Yep, they both have two words and start with "The". Wow, there must be quite a few names that run afoul of that similarity. Not that I like Zynga or especially Marc Pincus but creating a game with a similar name and similar rules can't be copywriting can it?
Thanks. That may be just what I need. BTW, what happens when you run out of ink? Can you use it with your own notebook (paper notebook)? Or do you have to have one with the special controls on the bottom of each page?
I believe there was a study done recently proving that people who wrote their notes on paper retained more information. I know that writing things down always helped me remember but back then a "mini" computer was a computer you only needed a pickup truck to transport rather than an 18 wheeler.
I see he's a democrat. I can't picture a republican passing a law which would limit the ability of companies to spy on their employees. It's too bad. I used to think the republican party was the party of small government and less government intrusion. Seems that's changed since it got hijacked.
At the end of WWII all that changed when those megacorps realized their money train was about to end, which is where the massive amount of lobbying we see now came from.
I think the megacorps in question here is the music and entertainment industry. It shocks me to see how much influence they have on the US government.
You get property rights to an idea for a limited time, in exchange for disclosing the idea.
Yes, but the idea has to be (1) unique, (2) not been done before and (3) not obvious and I think apple has failed on at least (2) and (3). Swipe to open, for example, was patented by Neon first. Even Steve Jobs extolled the virtue of "stealing" software "We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU.
Yes, they know my age and they see the my posts but I don't post anything that would bother me if it got out into the wild or was used for marketing purposes. The fact is that these services live by advertising revenues so I limit the information I give to them but use them to stay in touch and share what would otherwise be impossible.
If you're careful about what you post it won't compromise your privacy.
Generally I believe that the artist (or perhaps the rights holder) should be able to ask for what ever price he/she wants and if it's worth it to the consumer he should have to pay that price to have the right to play the music or read the book and so on.
In Germany, however, the GEMA demands a tax on anything capable of storing, transporting or playing music. It started with CD's and they have now expanded that to cell phones, memory cards, computers and so on. And it's not cheap. For a higher end Smart Phone, they take 46 euros, 2 euros on an SD card. In otherwords, they make more profit on all of these devices than the manufactures of those devices do.
So, if I've already paid for music in the form of a tax, does that mean, in a moral sense, that I have the right to copy music, at least for my own enjoyment? I'm not recommending that and I don't do it because it is against the law, but the moral question remains.
I agree with the the fact that it is different and I think that has value. I don't have one but a friend had one and she was disappointed with the app selection. But that is something that Bada suffers frrom as well. I wonder if the sentiments in this forum would be similar if we were discussing Bada.
I think people are generally leery about Microsoft and their "lock in" tendencies, which I think is a valid concern.
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Thank You for your compassion.
Unfortunately, things are already truly out of control.
Thank you!
Gives the term Blue Screen of Death new meaning ,-)
"Back in the US, back in the US, back in the USSR"
The sample policy recommends "If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference [with no refund]."
What bothers me about this is the fact that if someone complains, and it may be just because someone doesn't like someone else, the recommendation is to throw the accused out "with no refund" as a very minimum. I'm all for making everyone feel welcome and comfortable and of course safe. But sexual harassment laws and this policy assume the accusation is accurate and true. There's no recommendation to ever verifythe accusation.
When did GUI designers decide that they know best and that users should have no control?
Cmon, we're talking Microsoft here ;-) You didn't really think consumers matter, did you? Otherwise you'd be running linux. That said, I have one laptop running Win 7 and one Ubuntu and I think they both have something to offer. If I have to get work done, I use the Ubuntu Laptop, for multimedia I use Windows.
I installed Ubuntu Unity begrudgingly on new machines at work. And on my netbook at home. At first I thought it sucked for desktops and there are certainly things which don't work well on the desktop but after a while I started to like it and found advantages to the tablet type of interface, even on the desktop. It's mixed bag but it's not all bad. I assume this will be the case with Win 8 as well.
Metro promises to make building tablet, phone and desktop versions of the same app trivial.
And for Arm and Intel platforms.
Great for developers sucks for users.
Probably true, but I think it will have one saving grace and that is that people will have only one interface to get used to. I agree that it's not as well suited for the desktop.
The difference between Bush and Obama is that Bush's policies were just as stupid as the crap that spewed from his drawling mouth.
I used to think that, too. But I'm starting to think the president doesn't really have that much power anymore. I used to think that the police state started with the Patriot Act but now I think it started somewhat earlier but got a big boost with the Patriot Act. I was hopeful that the current administration would gut it and make bring us back in line with our constitution. But, with all good intentions, it's not happening. I think the power is now held by congress (which is influenced by special interests) and the judicial branch.
I found your post interesting and I agree with most of it. Clinton was also a great speaker, btw, and could make everyone in the room feel like he was talking just to them. He was intelligent and whether it was his doing or not, we enjoyed 8 years of prosperity and sound thinking during his reign.
The Sims and The Ville. Yep, they both have two words and start with "The". Wow, there must be quite a few names that run afoul of that similarity. Not that I like Zynga or especially Marc Pincus but creating a game with a similar name and similar rules can't be copywriting can it?
Thanks. That may be just what I need. BTW, what happens when you run out of ink? Can you use it with your own notebook (paper notebook)? Or do you have to have one with the special controls on the bottom of each page?
I believe there was a study done recently proving that people who wrote their notes on paper retained more information. I know that writing things down always helped me remember but back then a "mini" computer was a computer you only needed a pickup truck to transport rather than an 18 wheeler.
I see he's a democrat. I can't picture a republican passing a law which would limit the ability of companies to spy on their employees. It's too bad. I used to think the republican party was the party of small government and less government intrusion. Seems that's changed since it got hijacked.
At the end of WWII all that changed when those megacorps realized their money train was about to end, which is where the massive amount of lobbying we see now came from.
I think the megacorps in question here is the music and entertainment industry. It shocks me to see how much influence they have on the US government.
You get property rights to an idea for a limited time, in exchange for disclosing the idea.
Yes, but the idea has to be (1) unique, (2) not been done before and (3) not obvious and I think apple has failed on at least (2) and (3). Swipe to open, for example, was patented by Neon first. Even Steve Jobs extolled the virtue of "stealing" software "We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU.
Yes, they know my age and they see the my posts but I don't post anything that would bother me if it got out into the wild or was used for marketing purposes. The fact is that these services live by advertising revenues so I limit the information I give to them but use them to stay in touch and share what would otherwise be impossible.
If you're careful about what you post it won't compromise your privacy.
Munich has already saved enough money on MS licensing to cover their conversion to Linux.
Generally I believe that the artist (or perhaps the rights holder) should be able to ask for what ever price he/she wants and if it's worth it to the consumer he should have to pay that price to have the right to play the music or read the book and so on.
In Germany, however, the GEMA demands a tax on anything capable of storing, transporting or playing music. It started with CD's and they have now expanded that to cell phones, memory cards, computers and so on. And it's not cheap. For a higher end Smart Phone, they take 46 euros, 2 euros on an SD card. In otherwords, they make more profit on all of these devices than the manufactures of those devices do.
So, if I've already paid for music in the form of a tax, does that mean, in a moral sense, that I have the right to copy music, at least for my own enjoyment? I'm not recommending that and I don't do it because it is against the law, but the moral question remains.
I agree with the the fact that it is different and I think that has value. I don't have one but a friend had one and she was disappointed with the app selection. But that is something that Bada suffers frrom as well. I wonder if the sentiments in this forum would be similar if we were discussing Bada.
I think people are generally leery about Microsoft and their "lock in" tendencies, which I think is a valid concern.
Slashdot readers tend to be technically proficient and don't like crap even if it is has a billion $ marketing campaign.
Re: "-kr" ... You don't happen to know of a good printy-printer for java, do you?
What doesn't help either is that Nokia is laying off thousands in Europe.
The shape of the device was prominent in their complaint.
You mean like this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU