In the US, copyright was intended as a temporary exception to the first amendment. You can say or write anything you want, except for copyrighted works. This was intended to encourage the arts and enable authors and artists to earn a living. For anyone who's not a RIAA / MPAA executive or paid shill, it's obvious that current law extending copyright ad infinitum is an abuse, and clearly violates the intent of the founding fathers.
1) If there's a local 'hands on' science museum - with demos, buttons to push etc., kids love that. A four year old may not understand everything, but will still learn a lot. 2) Hiking - you can talk about biology, geological processes, etc. 3) Visit the local zoo - discuss different animal species. 4) A trip to the local airport, or (better yet) - an air and space museum. 5) Legos and other 'construction' toys. 6) Toy plastic dinosaurs and (if available) a visit to a natural history museum. 7) Read bed time stories about science and exploration. 8) Computer games and simulatation. 9) Visit a planetarium or an observatory that has an open house. 10) Enroll the kid in martial arts, so later when other kids call them a nerd, they can kick their ass.:-)
Yes, and no. PS3 has built-in Blu-ray. An HD-DVD player gives you the other competing high-def (incompatible) format. That way you can watch films regardless of which format they're released in (and some are exclusive to one format).
Require the account holder's real name, address, and phone number to be publicly viewable
There's a problem with that:
1) Idiot A mouths off to Idiot B on-line 2) Idiot B looks up the real name and address of Idiot A. 3) Idiot B drives to Idiot A's house and shoots him. 4) Jack Thompson uses the shooting to get all video games banned 5) Idiot C unable to play video games anymore becomes a terrorist and nukes a major city.
So no, we REALLY don't want to get rid of anonymity.:~)
Admittedly, most (english) anime dubs are bad. But not all - I thought 'Trigun' and 'Noir' were both decent dubs. I still think a new Zelda would benefit from good voice acting. For purists (and the hearing impaired), they could provide the option of switching to text.
Do you really think Miyamoto-san would permit Zelda to be released (in any language) with BAD voice acting?
From TFA: Finally, the claim is sometimes made that if computer models were any good, people would be using them to predict the stock market. Well, they are!
A lot of trading in the financial markets is already carried out by computers. Many base their decisions on fairly simple algorithms designed to exploit tiny profit margins, but others rely on more sophisticated long-term models.
Major financial institutions are investing huge amounts in automated trading systems, the proportion of trading carried out by computers is growing rapidly and some individuals have made a fortune from them. The smart money is being bet on computer models.
There's a huge distinction between using software to handle stock trades and using software to model the stock market. The author blurs this distinction.
A very large hedge fund tried modeling the market in the 90's. Hired a bunch of analysts and some Nobel prize winning economists to create the models. Bottom line - the fund went belly up. Almost took the rest of the market with it. (See Cramer's "Confessions of A Street Addict" for details. Note: it was not Cramer's fund). The stock market is too large, complex, and chaotic a system to accurately forecast.
The real question is whether the RIAA has bought off enough democrats to get this on the docket for a vote.
The DMCA was passed under the Clinton administration with 'bi-partisan' support.
Copyrights were defined in the US Constitution as an exception to the first amendment. You can say and write what you want. But you can't write a book about Harry Potter. You can't film a movie about 'Spiderman'. You can't sing the lyrics to a song by Madonna (not that you'd want to). At least without paying for the privilege. Copyright was intended to TEMPORARILY restrict some 1st amendment rights in order to encourage the arts and provide income for authors and artists.
It was not intended to maintain a lucrative business model for large corporations ad infinitum. It took a bunch of corrupt politicians from both parties to achieve that.
As one of Slashdot's few conservatives, I've viewed the recent push (by the media / Democrats) to fire Gonzales as simply partisan politics. Given Gonzales support of this bill - he SHOULD be fired.
> My tv changes to a new input if an input starts to receive a new signal
That would work quite well with most devices. Though not with a PC, analog cable, or a continuous external video source (i.e. baby or security video camera).
When is the last time you had to do more than press the ON button to operate your television?
Ummm, yesterday. New TV's support multiple input devices (Game consoles, PVR's, DVD player / recorders, cable boxes, PC's), multiple aspect ratios, etc. We've got an all-in-one remote that turns devices on off, changes settings, depending on what you want to do. It even works, most of the time...
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In the US, copyright was intended as a temporary exception to the first amendment. You can say or write anything you want, except for copyrighted works. This was intended to encourage the arts and enable authors and artists to earn a living. For anyone who's not a RIAA / MPAA executive or paid shill, it's obvious that current law extending copyright ad infinitum is an abuse, and clearly violates the intent of the founding fathers.
1) If there's a local 'hands on' science museum - with demos, buttons to push etc., kids love that. A four year old may not understand everything, but will still learn a lot. :-)
2) Hiking - you can talk about biology, geological processes, etc.
3) Visit the local zoo - discuss different animal species.
4) A trip to the local airport, or (better yet) - an air and space museum.
5) Legos and other 'construction' toys.
6) Toy plastic dinosaurs and (if available) a visit to a natural history museum.
7) Read bed time stories about science and exploration.
8) Computer games and simulatation.
9) Visit a planetarium or an observatory that has an open house.
10) Enroll the kid in martial arts, so later when other kids call them a nerd, they can kick their ass.
PS3 and HDDVD? That's redundant.
Yes, and no. PS3 has built-in Blu-ray. An HD-DVD player gives you the other competing high-def (incompatible) format. That way you can watch films regardless of which format they're released in (and some are exclusive to one format).
Me, I'll stick with DVD for now.
New exit strategy - sell to Google, Microsoft, or Yahoo.
You realize that writing the name 'Jack Thompson' has similar effects to saying the name 'Hastur'.
Require the account holder's real name, address, and phone number to be publicly viewable
:~)
There's a problem with that:
1) Idiot A mouths off to Idiot B on-line
2) Idiot B looks up the real name and address of Idiot A.
3) Idiot B drives to Idiot A's house and shoots him.
4) Jack Thompson uses the shooting to get all video games banned
5) Idiot C unable to play video games anymore becomes a terrorist and nukes a major city.
So no, we REALLY don't want to get rid of anonymity.
Admittedly, most (english) anime dubs are bad. But not all - I thought 'Trigun' and 'Noir' were both decent dubs. I still think a new Zelda would benefit from good voice acting. For purists (and the hearing impaired), they could provide the option of switching to text.
Do you really think Miyamoto-san would permit Zelda to be released (in any language) with BAD voice acting?
The **AA could try paying danegeld.
Twilight Princess was great, but isn't it past time to deprecate text-only dialog.
(Even older reference) Watch 'The Maltese Falcon' and practice saying "Someone's goin to take da fall, and it ain't goin to be me, shweetheart".
Please mod parent down, my info was out of date.
The NASDAQ also uses Unix. They use fault-tolerant Unix boxes from HP (formerly Tandem).
The following occurs between 02:00 and 02:01 UT
... Hello ... HELLO"
(Presidential motorcade passing by)
Secret Service Agent: (Opens cell phone) "Hello, get me Jack Bauer.
I'd be concerned when they ask "Do you think you're special, Mr. Anderson?"
From TFA: Finally, the claim is sometimes made that if computer models were any good, people would be using them to predict the stock market. Well, they are!
A lot of trading in the financial markets is already carried out by computers. Many base their decisions on fairly simple algorithms designed to exploit tiny profit margins, but others rely on more sophisticated long-term models.
Major financial institutions are investing huge amounts in automated trading systems, the proportion of trading carried out by computers is growing rapidly and some individuals have made a fortune from them. The smart money is being bet on computer models.
There's a huge distinction between using software to handle stock trades and using software to model the stock market. The author blurs this distinction.
A very large hedge fund tried modeling the market in the 90's. Hired a bunch of analysts and some Nobel prize winning economists to create the models. Bottom line - the fund went belly up. Almost took the rest of the market with it. (See Cramer's "Confessions of A Street Addict" for details. Note: it was not Cramer's fund). The stock market is too large, complex, and chaotic a system to accurately forecast.
The real question is whether the RIAA has bought off enough democrats to get this on the docket for a vote.
The DMCA was passed under the Clinton administration with 'bi-partisan' support.
Copyrights were defined in the US Constitution as an exception to the first amendment. You can say and write what you want. But you can't write a book about Harry Potter. You can't film a movie about 'Spiderman'. You can't sing the lyrics to a song by Madonna (not that you'd want to). At least without paying for the privilege. Copyright was intended to TEMPORARILY restrict some 1st amendment rights in order to encourage the arts and provide income for authors and artists.
It was not intended to maintain a lucrative business model for large corporations ad infinitum. It took a bunch of corrupt politicians from both parties to achieve that.
As one of Slashdot's few conservatives, I've viewed the recent push (by the media / Democrats) to fire Gonzales as simply partisan politics. Given Gonzales support of this bill - he SHOULD be fired.
Considering how (relatively) common school shootings have become
They're not - when they happen they get amplified by extensive coverage on the 24-hour cable news programs.
I blame George W. Bush ... Oh, wait, it's a good thing ... I thank our new Democrat Congress!
His idea is very powerful and also enhances the growth of plants.
Primaries are run by the parties, they're free to make up any rules they want.
> My tv changes to a new input if an input starts to receive a new signal
That would work quite well with most devices. Though not with a PC, analog cable, or a continuous external video source (i.e. baby or security video camera).
You mean like: "In Soviet Russia newspapers read you!!"
When is the last time you had to do more than press the ON button to operate your television?
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Ummm, yesterday. New TV's support multiple input devices (Game consoles, PVR's, DVD player / recorders, cable boxes, PC's), multiple aspect ratios, etc. We've got an all-in-one remote that turns devices on off, changes settings, depending on what you want to do. It even works, most of the time
Lucas could produce and get someone else to direct (no, NOT Spielberg). For instance:
"Palpatine Fiction" directed by Quentin Tarantino