Good for them, but contrary to what was written, the problem is not that the RIAA is re-writing the copyright laws. The problem is that RIAA is exploiting the anachronism of our current copyright laws. The laws truly do need to be re-written to incorporate creative works that are not strictly analog and paper-based, and that should be the goal.
very cool finding... it's inspiring to see how researchers are looking to adapt biological models to technological systems. I think that this kind of work will be[e], ultimately, very productive for helping us to see around the cognitive and material constraints that we have inherited by working from precursor technologies.
I wonder if the same models could be used to improve searching.
I agree that the teacher was ultimately in the wrong here. What I disagree with is the blanket condemnation of the US school system that was not-so-subtly intimated in the post that I responded to. I think that it is an absurdly reactionary response to say that this teacher's actions are indicative of systematic failure and backwardness in an entire school system. Care to defend that point?
And I still insist that neither you nor anyone else responding to this message knows the full circumstances.
Wrong. This is an example of a teacher who may never have encountered FF before and so didn't recognize it as a suitable technology to be used in the assignment. Don't be so quick to condemn entire U.S. school system on the basis of this report lest you be accused of the same narrow-minded and uncritical thinking that you revile. Also keep in mind that don't really know how this student responded to the teacher... it is easier for me to imagine that a smug and belligerent retort from the student is what got him/her sent to detention.
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Good for them, but contrary to what was written, the problem is not that the RIAA is re-writing the copyright laws. The problem is that RIAA is exploiting the anachronism of our current copyright laws. The laws truly do need to be re-written to incorporate creative works that are not strictly analog and paper-based, and that should be the goal.
very cool finding ... it's inspiring to see how researchers are looking to adapt biological models to technological systems. I think that this kind of work will be[e], ultimately, very productive for helping us to see around the cognitive and material constraints that we have inherited by working from precursor technologies.
I wonder if the same models could be used to improve searching.
I agree that the teacher was ultimately in the wrong here. What I disagree with is the blanket condemnation of the US school system that was not-so-subtly intimated in the post that I responded to. I think that it is an absurdly reactionary response to say that this teacher's actions are indicative of systematic failure and backwardness in an entire school system. Care to defend that point? And I still insist that neither you nor anyone else responding to this message knows the full circumstances.
Wrong. This is an example of a teacher who may never have encountered FF before and so didn't recognize it as a suitable technology to be used in the assignment. Don't be so quick to condemn entire U.S. school system on the basis of this report lest you be accused of the same narrow-minded and uncritical thinking that you revile. Also keep in mind that don't really know how this student responded to the teacher ... it is easier for me to imagine that a smug and belligerent retort from the student is what got him/her sent to detention.