If a worker has made a choice to do so (why I dont know) it should be his choice and the stupid law shouldn't allow for a company to be sued for when a worker chooses to work extra for the benefit of his workplace.
Frivolous lawsuits are out of control in the USA and have been for a long time...geez, its rumored in the 80's Atari made up to 50% of their money from frivolous lawsuits. Judges were not tech savvy and Atari were able to patent things that should never have been allowed to get a patent in the 1st place and boy did they enforce them...whos at fault? 2 wrongs make a right wing...
Logic agree's with you, but bean counters only see numbers. I find it hard to believe Spores DRM is perfectly legal. Its just so wrong on so many levels.
lawyers do good things, lawyers do bad things...
You say lawsuits make companies care about us more, but it can also work the other way and americas approach is too lax with frivolous lawsuits the norm.
How many times has an undeserving citizen been sued for some frivolous reason?
How many times has a smaller business been sued by a bigger one on the back of a frivolous patent claim?
How many times has a lawyer convinced a judge with a clever argument, to make something crazy law?
Corporations even got a judge to allow them to patent new life forms.
I could go on and on...but to cut it short, american society is overall far too unbalanced .
Ya'll were conned by ronald reagan big time.
And now the system might be so corrupted, the american people so brainwashed, that obama might not be able to fix it.
Fact - The real reason airlines asked you to switch off your phone is because it confuses the heck out of the mobile phone network, it can cause real disruptions...although some aircraft now have equipment to deal with this better.
have you seen mythbusters?
they proved cell phones dont cause aircraft instruments to give false readings.
they cranked the signal to a ridiculous level and still got the correct readings...over and over again...
noise on your radio might annoy you, but theres a big diff between annoying noise and false readings.
I think how much money gets phished out of your state is a good indicator of the real average intelligence of your state.
I'm from Australia and the state of Queensland is populated by the finest morons in the whole country with $500,000 a month being phished out of the state each month...
If any Queenslanders are reading,... woops, what am I saying??? Queenslanders can barely read...
there is another group of scientists who are taking a different approach to the problem you mention...they are "raising" a child AI software and teaching it with reward and punishment.
it started with no database at all.
they have so far fooled a child psychologist into thinking the software was a healthy young 2 year old boy...
go to www.a-i.com
If a decent chat bot combined with speech software (doesnt have to pass turing test)...I predict massive job losses on a global scale in customer service. No company will pay for call centers when computers work for the price of electricity. Considering call centers employ large amounts of people worldwide, trying to beat the turing test has some bad side effects.
This is always tough. But I dont think the turing test is necessarily past being useful because its one thing for a computer to be able to hold a conversation with a human, but its another for it to fool a human....especially a really smart human who is trying to find flaws in the conversation. I think we may get to a point soon, where a computer can do the job of a CSR at a call centre, but actually fooling a scientist (not a red neck from a trailer park) into believing that the software is human is a much bigger leap...
if you were to bring sound into the equation, say the computer had to speak to you, not just supply you text, do you think that would beef up the validity of the turing test?
your very right - journalists need to check their facts...
deep blue used the "brute force/exhaustive search" technique to "allegedly" win against garry kasparov.
This brute force technique is not intelligent at all. No one is saying computers cant easily beat humans now with raw cpu power...but that was 1997 and computers were still getting beaten by "anti-computer tactics" (playing conservatively for a long-term advantage the computer cant see in its game tree search)
Garry Kasparov suspected cheating (human interference) and wanted to check the logs which IBM refused...Garry also asked for a rematch which IBM refused. IBM then dismantled the computer and perhaps they were hiding the truth...He was also not allowed to study any of deep blue's previous games.
considering IBMs questionable past history of lying through its teeth and dealing with the devil for money, showing no ethics or morals at all (look up how they helped hitler if your not aware), I am with Garry on this one...
Journo's should check a few things before they go to press...in 1945 scientists thought if you could get a computer to play chess it would be intelligent....this is not 1945.
Im a windows user and I want a change, I would never touch a mac.
I cant use linux because it does not meet my needs. Linux is useless for a professional musician.
Theres a lot of PC users in this boat - wouldnt touch a mac if they were paid and not able to use linux for their work.
linux needs some millions thrown at to turn it into a real product, till then, it cant replace windows.
Just wanted to let you know about a significant portion of PC users that you seem to have missed.
most tech heads miss something that is the real problem...
its just not as easy to use as windows...
average joe cant install software... im a composer/producer not a computer geek although using computers alot i have more knowledge than most people and i just dont think its as easy, what normal person can install software from a command prompt? and a package manager is not an install wizard...
is it really that hard to make linux user friendly? it has no chance of taking on windows without wizards for every little thing. in terms of priorities, user friendly is not high enough on linux's list and it will never ever take on windows or osx until its as easy to use...ubuntu installation was easy for me and 95% percent of drivers were found but thats not enough...
pre-installation wont mean anything when average joe cant do bugger all with his new computer... he will take it back and swap it for a windows machine...
futile futile futile.
no matter which angle you look at it, everyone is a criminal of some sort.
im sure there are police officers who use torrent clients.
a main factor in labels losing money is the lack of quality, especially in hiphop sales, even industry insiders are starting to say - "maybe we should focus more on quality and not quantity"
anybody with a clue isnt going to buy an mp3 player with DRM. its a complete infringement on your right to play the music you paid for as you see fit plus im sure its easily hacked.
I buy as many CD's as i can afford, but if i was to pay for my mp3 collection Id be in the gutter...as far as im concerned Id love to see big labels go bankrupt as all they do is throw a crapload of money at rubbish like 50cent & Akon and they dont spend F'all time developing quality artists anymore.....if your 1st album doesnt sell well these days its goodbye, instead of being developed like bands in the 60's and 70's....
Im a producer and in my area of underground hiphop the punters go out of their way to buy your CD because they care about you and they want to support you. thank god for you guys!
]labels know they need a new pricing model...i think radiohead hit the nail on the head when they got an average of about $10 for their new LP....
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If a worker has made a choice to do so (why I dont know) it should be his choice and the stupid law shouldn't allow for a company to be sued for when a worker chooses to work extra for the benefit of his workplace. Frivolous lawsuits are out of control in the USA and have been for a long time...geez, its rumored in the 80's Atari made up to 50% of their money from frivolous lawsuits. Judges were not tech savvy and Atari were able to patent things that should never have been allowed to get a patent in the 1st place and boy did they enforce them...whos at fault? 2 wrongs make a right wing...
Logic agree's with you, but bean counters only see numbers. I find it hard to believe Spores DRM is perfectly legal. Its just so wrong on so many levels.
lawyers do good things, lawyers do bad things... You say lawsuits make companies care about us more, but it can also work the other way and americas approach is too lax with frivolous lawsuits the norm. How many times has an undeserving citizen been sued for some frivolous reason? How many times has a smaller business been sued by a bigger one on the back of a frivolous patent claim? How many times has a lawyer convinced a judge with a clever argument, to make something crazy law? Corporations even got a judge to allow them to patent new life forms. I could go on and on...but to cut it short, american society is overall far too unbalanced . Ya'll were conned by ronald reagan big time. And now the system might be so corrupted, the american people so brainwashed, that obama might not be able to fix it.
Fact - The real reason airlines asked you to switch off your phone is because it confuses the heck out of the mobile phone network, it can cause real disruptions...although some aircraft now have equipment to deal with this better. have you seen mythbusters? they proved cell phones dont cause aircraft instruments to give false readings. they cranked the signal to a ridiculous level and still got the correct readings...over and over again... noise on your radio might annoy you, but theres a big diff between annoying noise and false readings.
Queensland is also the 3rd most populated state here....so its not down to their population, they are just stupid.
I think how much money gets phished out of your state is a good indicator of the real average intelligence of your state. I'm from Australia and the state of Queensland is populated by the finest morons in the whole country with $500,000 a month being phished out of the state each month... If any Queenslanders are reading,... woops, what am I saying??? Queenslanders can barely read...
there is another group of scientists who are taking a different approach to the problem you mention...they are "raising" a child AI software and teaching it with reward and punishment. it started with no database at all. they have so far fooled a child psychologist into thinking the software was a healthy young 2 year old boy... go to www.a-i.com
If a decent chat bot combined with speech software (doesnt have to pass turing test)...I predict massive job losses on a global scale in customer service. No company will pay for call centers when computers work for the price of electricity. Considering call centers employ large amounts of people worldwide, trying to beat the turing test has some bad side effects.
i just soiled myself laughing my butt off. That really is the correct answer...hahahahahaha
This is always tough. But I dont think the turing test is necessarily past being useful because its one thing for a computer to be able to hold a conversation with a human, but its another for it to fool a human....especially a really smart human who is trying to find flaws in the conversation. I think we may get to a point soon, where a computer can do the job of a CSR at a call centre, but actually fooling a scientist (not a red neck from a trailer park) into believing that the software is human is a much bigger leap... if you were to bring sound into the equation, say the computer had to speak to you, not just supply you text, do you think that would beef up the validity of the turing test?
your very right - journalists need to check their facts... deep blue used the "brute force/exhaustive search" technique to "allegedly" win against garry kasparov. This brute force technique is not intelligent at all. No one is saying computers cant easily beat humans now with raw cpu power...but that was 1997 and computers were still getting beaten by "anti-computer tactics" (playing conservatively for a long-term advantage the computer cant see in its game tree search) Garry Kasparov suspected cheating (human interference) and wanted to check the logs which IBM refused...Garry also asked for a rematch which IBM refused. IBM then dismantled the computer and perhaps they were hiding the truth...He was also not allowed to study any of deep blue's previous games. considering IBMs questionable past history of lying through its teeth and dealing with the devil for money, showing no ethics or morals at all (look up how they helped hitler if your not aware), I am with Garry on this one... Journo's should check a few things before they go to press...in 1945 scientists thought if you could get a computer to play chess it would be intelligent....this is not 1945.
Im a windows user and I want a change, I would never touch a mac. I cant use linux because it does not meet my needs. Linux is useless for a professional musician. Theres a lot of PC users in this boat - wouldnt touch a mac if they were paid and not able to use linux for their work. linux needs some millions thrown at to turn it into a real product, till then, it cant replace windows. Just wanted to let you know about a significant portion of PC users that you seem to have missed.
most tech heads miss something that is the real problem... its just not as easy to use as windows... average joe cant install software... im a composer/producer not a computer geek although using computers alot i have more knowledge than most people and i just dont think its as easy, what normal person can install software from a command prompt? and a package manager is not an install wizard... is it really that hard to make linux user friendly? it has no chance of taking on windows without wizards for every little thing. in terms of priorities, user friendly is not high enough on linux's list and it will never ever take on windows or osx until its as easy to use...ubuntu installation was easy for me and 95% percent of drivers were found but thats not enough... pre-installation wont mean anything when average joe cant do bugger all with his new computer... he will take it back and swap it for a windows machine...
is there some technical reason why my AA batteries cannot be lithium-ion? or am i just getting ripped off?
futile futile futile. no matter which angle you look at it, everyone is a criminal of some sort. im sure there are police officers who use torrent clients. a main factor in labels losing money is the lack of quality, especially in hiphop sales, even industry insiders are starting to say - "maybe we should focus more on quality and not quantity" anybody with a clue isnt going to buy an mp3 player with DRM. its a complete infringement on your right to play the music you paid for as you see fit plus im sure its easily hacked. I buy as many CD's as i can afford, but if i was to pay for my mp3 collection Id be in the gutter...as far as im concerned Id love to see big labels go bankrupt as all they do is throw a crapload of money at rubbish like 50cent & Akon and they dont spend F'all time developing quality artists anymore.....if your 1st album doesnt sell well these days its goodbye, instead of being developed like bands in the 60's and 70's.... Im a producer and in my area of underground hiphop the punters go out of their way to buy your CD because they care about you and they want to support you. thank god for you guys! ]labels know they need a new pricing model...i think radiohead hit the nail on the head when they got an average of about $10 for their new LP....