The comparison I was making was between things traditionally thought of as property and the stuff that people use encryption to try to protect (if it's not property, what is it?).
If you think the analogy is flawed, please elaborate. I would be interested to hear any intellegent commentary on the issue.
There are people in the world who can easily pick the kind of lock that most of us have on our front door. Nonetheless, it is illegal to pick the lock in order to gain entry. However it is not illegal to write lock picking instructions, or to present a paper on lock picking.
(now to my question)
It seems that if laws against breaking and entering were not enforced, people (particularly those who wanted to protect themselves and their valuables) would be a lot more concerned about lock-picking. What do you think can (or should?) be done to enforce our existing copyright laws so that measures such as the one you are fighting will eventually be unnecessary?
you are correct. since 1000KHz is 1/10 of 10MHz, then 10MHz must not be the fundamental frequency of the 'music' generated. Perhaps the monitor also produces some energy at 1MHz. It would be interesting to compare the 'music' at 1MHz and 10MHz.
My last MB was an Epox 8KHA+, but I don't OC it. I just wanted a fast board to go with my Athlon XP proc. I bought the XP 1700+, by the way, since it seemed to be the best value for the dollar at the time (a month or so ago). When the time comes, I can upgrade the proc.
The article discusses the "failed business model" of the web. I disgree. There are some businesses (such as Slashdot) that are doing better than ever.
Most of the attempts at generating revenue while providing free content have been one of the following:
1. banner ads
2. require huge amounts of personal information
1. is just annoying, but most of us have learned to disable them or to ignore them. However, if 2 were more successful, i.e, imagine if the ads were actually targeted enough that I actually started thinking "Gee, if I don't click, then maybe I won't know about something that I would want to pruchase...".
I see the web becoming a more commercialized space, driven by the relative low cost of customization/personalization. If you've ever used a website such as the now defunct moviecritic.com or the still thriving movielens.umn.edu, then you know the power of recommender systems to create a valuable and extremely useful personalized experience.
Why can't business figure out a way to incorporate sophisticated recommender systems into its core model? For one, it's a problem of distribution/packaging. CDNOW has a recommender system for CD's. The problem is, I may like one song on a CD, but that doesn't mean that the rest of the songs are a strong predictor of what I like. Businesses need to sell goods in units that optimize the informational content of each transaction, and then leverage that information to offer a more personalized service to the customer.
There are already a lot of examples of things being segmented across several pages unnecessarily, because it allows there to be more banner ads (or pop-behinds) to be connected to a particular piece of content.
Someone asked professor Peter Myers, "What kind of crack are you smoking?"
Peter Meyers, a professor of physics at Princeton University who was not part of the research team, said the finding is the "sort of crack" that "has been sought for many, many years."
I visited a health club that had a couple of old stationary bikes that were fitted with some kind of old tank combat game. Pedaling would determine how fast the tank moved, and buttons on the handle bars allowed for steering, firing, etc.
Usually my patience (and energy) runs out after about 30 minutes on a bike, but that day I 'played' for 2 hours.
Posting dramatic stories about the heated debate among supergeeks in the Kernel newsgroups is a brilliant propaganda tool.
What better way to insure the longevity of Linux than to recruit new Kernel Hackers with tales of heated debate and intrigue (I've noticed two in the last week).
What's next, the KernelCam? Tune in to watch Linux, Alan, and the rest hacking away. View live feed of USENET postings! Only $3.99 per minute.
Your example doesn't seem to have a problem on Google. I typed in write only memory and found the correct link as the first in the list.
Google does take some getting used to -- the mental heuristic I use is, "what would most people type if they wanted to find the result that I'm looking for.." This technique gives me excellent results.
Google is "too smart" for the kind of boolean searches that you discuss. The power behind Google is its ability to correlate a search phrase with pages that are selected first from the result set, while initially ordering pages based on the number of times they are linked to.
I got it "repaired" twice, but it still didn't work properly.
The discount wasn't really all that big, and I wasn't about to spend more money after the way Apple handled the 5300.
The 5300 fiasco was actually not handled well at all: The first 5 times I called tech support and even after I sent the machine in for the first time, Apple insisted there was nothing wrong with it.
Even though I had come to the conclusion 5 days after purchasing the 5300 that it was garbage, I could not return it (I purchased it from the Computer Kickoff office at the University of Michigan).
I will never purchase another product from Apple, because ultimately Apple does not care about its customers. I don't expect a company's hardware and/or software to be perfect. I only expect the situation to be handled with honesty and concern for the customer.
In my case, I have been burned after buying a Powerbook from Apple. I came to find out after discussing my experience with a coworker (who used to work for Apple) that Apple outsourced all Powerbook tech support around the time that the 5300 (the model I purchased) came out.
I speak as a former Apple customer, and not as a Slashdot user. Apple will have to do a lot more than come out with a flashy product now and then to earn back my business.
let people selectively block posts based on criteria (like AC) then then the options should distinguish between true Anon Cowards, and registered users who are posting as AC to protect their anonymity.
That is a very good idea. Someone should mod it up.
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If you want to help Slashdot make money, click on a banner ad.
This way, Rob and the crew will be able to demonstrate that "ads on Slashdot get clickthroughs" thereby increasing the ads' value and generating revenue for Slashdot.
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Why not use collaborative filtering in tandem with traditional moderation?
With collaborative filtering, each slashdotter would view posts that were moderated up by other slashdotters who had similar preferences in the past.
There was a great site called moviecritic.com (which unfortunately has since been shut down due to budget limitations) that used collaborative filtering to recommend movies. I found it incredibly useful, and discovered some great movies that I never would have watched otherwise.
With collaborative filtering, stories could also be 'recommended' without forcing the user to rule out entire categories of stories. The beauty of collaborative filtering is that it does not assume anything a priori other than the fact that if two individuals have shared common preferences in the past, they are likely to agree again in the future.
Traditional moderation could be accomplished simply by tallying the votes that each post received.
mmm
p.s. I'd be glad to help build this functionality into slashcode if there is sufficient interest.
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The comparison I was making was between things traditionally thought of as property and the stuff that people use encryption to try to protect (if it's not property, what is it?).
If you think the analogy is flawed, please elaborate. I would be interested to hear any intellegent commentary on the issue.
Why not just monitor which links searchers choose?
There are people in the world who can easily pick the kind of lock that most of us have on our front door. Nonetheless, it is illegal to pick the lock in order to gain entry. However it is not illegal to write lock picking instructions, or to present a paper on lock picking.
(now to my question)
It seems that if laws against breaking and entering were not enforced, people (particularly those who wanted to protect themselves and their valuables) would be a lot more concerned about lock-picking. What do you think can (or should?) be done to enforce our existing copyright laws so that measures such as the one you are fighting will eventually be unnecessary?
I got my Rio 500 to work just fine under Windows XP. I simply downloaded the latest RioPort software and the driver bundle for Windows 2000.
you are correct. since 1000KHz is 1/10 of 10MHz, then 10MHz must not be the fundamental frequency of the 'music' generated. Perhaps the monitor also produces some energy at 1MHz. It would be interesting to compare the 'music' at 1MHz and 10MHz.
Agreed! Someone should mod the parent comment up.
My last MB was an Epox 8KHA+, but I don't OC it. I just wanted a fast board to go with my Athlon XP proc. I bought the XP 1700+, by the way, since it seemed to be the best value for the dollar at the time (a month or so ago). When the time comes, I can upgrade the proc.
at 1000 KHz you are listening to a harmonic of the 10MHz frequency. Same signal, less amplitude.
Maybe /. should have a category (who knows, they may have one already) for tech press releases and the like.
But seriously, is this really that bad?
I have an idea, let's call it C#.
The article discusses the "failed business model" of the web. I disgree. There are some businesses (such as Slashdot) that are doing better than ever.
Most of the attempts at generating revenue while providing free content have been one of the following:
1. banner ads
2. require huge amounts of personal information
1. is just annoying, but most of us have learned to disable them or to ignore them. However, if 2 were more successful, i.e, imagine if the ads were actually targeted enough that I actually started thinking "Gee, if I don't click, then maybe I won't know about something that I would want to pruchase...".
I see the web becoming a more commercialized space, driven by the relative low cost of customization/personalization. If you've ever used a website such as the now defunct moviecritic.com or the still thriving movielens.umn.edu, then you know the power of recommender systems to create a valuable and extremely useful personalized experience.
Why can't business figure out a way to incorporate sophisticated recommender systems into its core model? For one, it's a problem of distribution/packaging. CDNOW has a recommender system for CD's. The problem is, I may like one song on a CD, but that doesn't mean that the rest of the songs are a strong predictor of what I like. Businesses need to sell goods in units that optimize the informational content of each transaction, and then leverage that information to offer a more personalized service to the customer.
There are already a lot of examples of things being segmented across several pages unnecessarily, because it allows there to be more banner ads (or pop-behinds) to be connected to a particular piece of content.
Peter Meyers, a professor of physics at Princeton University who was not part of the research team, said the finding is the "sort of crack" that "has been sought for many, many years."
Frequent flyer miiles! What a great idea. Do they make you watch any ads in the process?
I visited a health club that had a couple of old stationary bikes that were fitted with some kind of old tank combat game. Pedaling would determine how fast the tank moved, and buttons on the handle bars allowed for steering, firing, etc.
Usually my patience (and energy) runs out after about 30 minutes on a bike, but that day I 'played' for 2 hours.
What better way to insure the longevity of Linux than to recruit new Kernel Hackers with tales of heated debate and intrigue (I've noticed two in the last week).
What's next, the KernelCam? Tune in to watch Linux, Alan, and the rest hacking away. View live feed of USENET postings! Only $3.99 per minute.
Your example doesn't seem to have a problem on Google. I typed in write only memory and found the correct link as the first in the list.
Google does take some getting used to -- the mental heuristic I use is, "what would most people type if they wanted to find the result that I'm looking for.." This technique gives me excellent results.
Google is "too smart" for the kind of boolean searches that you discuss. The power behind Google is its ability to correlate a search phrase with pages that are selected first from the result set, while initially ordering pages based on the number of times they are linked to.
The discount wasn't really all that big, and I wasn't about to spend more money after the way Apple handled the 5300.
The 5300 fiasco was actually not handled well at all: The first 5 times I called tech support and even after I sent the machine in for the first time, Apple insisted there was nothing wrong with it.
Even though I had come to the conclusion 5 days after purchasing the 5300 that it was garbage, I could not return it (I purchased it from the Computer Kickoff office at the University of Michigan).
I will never purchase another product from Apple, because ultimately Apple does not care about its customers. I don't expect a company's hardware and/or software to be perfect. I only expect the situation to be handled with honesty and concern for the customer.
I speak as a former Apple customer, and not as a Slashdot user. Apple will have to do a lot more than come out with a flashy product now and then to earn back my business.
I won't buy one until the unit is available in at least lime, strawberry, and grape color.
That is a very good idea. Someone should mod it up.
This way, Rob and the crew will be able to demonstrate that "ads on Slashdot get clickthroughs" thereby increasing the ads' value and generating revenue for Slashdot.
Why not use collaborative filtering in tandem with traditional moderation?
With collaborative filtering, each slashdotter would view posts that were moderated up by other slashdotters who had similar preferences in the past.
There was a great site called moviecritic.com (which unfortunately has since been shut down due to budget limitations) that used collaborative filtering to recommend movies. I found it incredibly useful, and discovered some great movies that I never would have watched otherwise.
With collaborative filtering, stories could also be 'recommended' without forcing the user to rule out entire categories of stories. The beauty of collaborative filtering is that it does not assume anything a priori other than the fact that if two individuals have shared common preferences in the past, they are likely to agree again in the future.
Traditional moderation could be accomplished simply by tallying the votes that each post received.
mmm
p.s. I'd be glad to help build this functionality into slashcode if there is sufficient interest.
uh... that's what moderation is for...
Look for a lot of spoofed IP attacks in which the "attacker" appears to be the RIAA. This will be great cover for malicious crackers.
This will work about as well as if the 'pirates' decided to circumvent copy protection by singing the desired songs themselves.