The pilot program is only in select locations, so they cannot put people in jail/rooms. This is because the publicity surrounding detention would deter people from exiting the country in say, Detroit.
The pilot, and ultimately any partial coverage (i.e. less than 100% exits gathering prints), will rely on the cost/economics of traveler's inconvenience. People may be willing to drive 100 miles west to avoid being printed, but you can only get printed once (you only care once), and certain things like plane tickets are non-transferable.
Presumably when total coverage is reached, you simply won't be able to leave the country without giving the feds your prints. But, by then, assuming gradual increase of coverage, for the reasons above, it is very likely you already gave your prints anyways =).
There's really only one way to truly solve this idiocy: less federal power (i.e. transferred to states) and better education. Unfortunately these are two long term solutions, and better education requires removal of the public system, so sit back and enjoy the ride.
'A 17-year-old shot dead 15 people in the southwestern town of Winnenden, before killing himself in March,'
'paintball trivializes violence and risks lowering the threshold for committing violent acts.'
Does paintball also trivialize suicide? If he woke up, went out, shot 15 people, and came home for lunch, then these corrupt politicians might have a case.
It is very easy to get your 360 (insert favorite console here) modded, and after that you can play burned games.
PC games are already under assault by the console market, which sports lower development costs and higher unit sales.
Come to think of it, crazy PC DRM is just another nail in PC games' coffin. Of course, good PC games will always exist. But as the market dwindles my selection will get worse and worse. Pretty soon I'll just be waiting around for the next blizzard game or iteration of Civilization. Oh wait I already am.
I have no idea if Shuttleworth stands to make a profit indirectly, but certainly there seems to be a distinct lack of gratitude for a rich guy who isn't spending his time on a beach like most other rich guys.
Perhaps there are no conspirators attempting to cover up alternative scientific theories, but the Bush administration and other asshats sure as hell make major modifications to NASA (et al) press releases concerning global temperature rise.
of hearing about all the police officers, city parks, and free massage parlors we could finance with all the money we've 'lost' due to piracy.
Why do I never hear about the thousands of police officers that could be financed if only they bought 9 rockets instead of 12?
That and the fact that FF is really not a franchise for casual gamers... it doesn't really cater to the Wii audience regardless of how large that audience is.
As of March 31, 2008, Twilight Princess sold 4.52 million copies on the Wii.
> If you look at that underlying transmission protocol[TCP], when you send a flow of packets â" if they're getting through â" they get bigger until you get congestion, then the packets get smaller. The idea of flow control in the internet has been a tenet of it since day one.
I find it funny he chose to reference TCP flow control as some sort of ancestor of deep packet inspection. Part of TCP control flow's purpose is to enforce fair usage, ie 'net neutrality'.
1) " Psychologists Don't Know Math" is a rather inflammatory, inaccurate, braindead headline, even by local standards.
I agree, the title blows. It is rather ironic they try to imply that idiot psychologists were trumped by an economist when in fact this problem stumped mathematicians for a long time too.
In security circles it is well known that security through obfuscation or obscurity is no security at all. By publishing their security internals Google is setting a good example for the industry at large which still lacks faith in security-through-transparency.
As an a intern for a major game development company, I had an opportunity to sit in on a debate between a university professor and the company President (2006). The professor's area of specialization was in psychology and serious games; ie he was the 'Pro games in school' fellow.
What I remember most from the debate was the President firmly shooting down the idea of ever producing any serious (educational) games. In his opinion there is no money in education.
So the point is we're at a standstill. Education authorities don't believe in the teaching power of games, and the games industry believes there is no money in education. It is no small wonder games aren't widely accepted in curricula yet given no one has bothered to throw a budget at the issue.
Me, I remember being an 12 year old kid trying to explain to my father how MUDding was extremely educational. I think in within 10 years someone will gamble on a high-budget education project and come out extremely profitable.
Try the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
UW is the premiere computer science university in Canada, the only stop Bill Gates makes in Canada, and a steady source of interns for companies like Google.
Our computer science program is widely regarded as top notch - most 3rd year undergrads at Waterloo will be capable of things you would expect from masters students.
to my list of things capable of changing civilization as we know it. Although I'm no astrophysicist, I bet a linear increase in the amount of debris results in a higher-than-linear increase in general collision potential.
I'm really looking forward to being a middle aged person in a world with no oil, no satellites, global warming, foot shortages, energy shortages, and of course our #1 enemy terrorism.
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The incentives are straightforward:
The pilot program is only in select locations, so they cannot put people in jail/rooms. This is because the publicity surrounding detention would deter people from exiting the country in say, Detroit.
The pilot, and ultimately any partial coverage (i.e. less than 100% exits gathering prints), will rely on the cost/economics of traveler's inconvenience. People may be willing to drive 100 miles west to avoid being printed, but you can only get printed once (you only care once), and certain things like plane tickets are non-transferable.
Presumably when total coverage is reached, you simply won't be able to leave the country without giving the feds your prints. But, by then, assuming gradual increase of coverage, for the reasons above, it is very likely you already gave your prints anyways =).
There's really only one way to truly solve this idiocy: less federal power (i.e. transferred to states) and better education. Unfortunately these are two long term solutions, and better education requires removal of the public system, so sit back and enjoy the ride.
'paintball trivializes violence and risks lowering the threshold for committing violent acts.'
Does paintball also trivialize suicide? If he woke up, went out, shot 15 people, and came home for lunch, then these corrupt politicians might have a case.
Top technical internships for software engineers and computer scientists pay $30/hr. I know this first hand.
Yeah, goodluckwiththat assholes.
It is very easy to get your 360 (insert favorite console here) modded, and after that you can play burned games. PC games are already under assault by the console market, which sports lower development costs and higher unit sales. Come to think of it, crazy PC DRM is just another nail in PC games' coffin. Of course, good PC games will always exist. But as the market dwindles my selection will get worse and worse. Pretty soon I'll just be waiting around for the next blizzard game or iteration of Civilization. Oh wait I already am.
I have no idea if Shuttleworth stands to make a profit indirectly, but certainly there seems to be a distinct lack of gratitude for a rich guy who isn't spending his time on a beach like most other rich guys.
He may be a little zealous but he has a point.
of hearing about all the police officers, city parks, and free massage parlors we could finance with all the money we've 'lost' due to piracy. Why do I never hear about the thousands of police officers that could be financed if only they bought 9 rockets instead of 12?
That and the fact that FF is really not a franchise for casual gamers... it doesn't really cater to the Wii audience regardless of how large that audience is.
As of March 31, 2008, Twilight Princess sold 4.52 million copies on the Wii.
to work on ReiserFS 24/7 for the rest of his natural life.
> If you look at that underlying transmission protocol[TCP], when you send a flow of packets â" if they're getting through â" they get bigger until you get congestion, then the packets get smaller. The idea of flow control in the internet has been a tenet of it since day one.
I find it funny he chose to reference TCP flow control as some sort of ancestor of deep packet inspection. Part of TCP control flow's purpose is to enforce fair usage, ie 'net neutrality'.
Demonoid was in Canada and was shutdown for almost a year as a result of litigation. They are back up now though :)
Oh Darn. I can't kill myself yet. I might find a cooler way on the internet and I'd hate to ruin it.
I agree, the title blows. It is rather ironic they try to imply that idiot psychologists were trumped by an economist when in fact this problem stumped mathematicians for a long time too.In security circles it is well known that security through obfuscation or obscurity is no security at all. By publishing their security internals Google is setting a good example for the industry at large which still lacks faith in security-through-transparency.
So the point is we're at a standstill. Education authorities don't believe in the teaching power of games, and the games industry believes there is no money in education. It is no small wonder games aren't widely accepted in curricula yet given no one has bothered to throw a budget at the issue.
Me, I remember being an 12 year old kid trying to explain to my father how MUDding was extremely educational. I think in within 10 years someone will gamble on a high-budget education project and come out extremely profitable.
Try the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
UW is the premiere computer science university in Canada, the only stop Bill Gates makes in Canada, and a steady source of interns for companies like Google.
Our computer science program is widely regarded as top notch - most 3rd year undergrads at Waterloo will be capable of things you would expect from masters students.
Disclaimer - I'm in uw cs.
Is it just me, or do those screen shots look eerily like IE?
to my list of things capable of changing civilization as we know it. Although I'm no astrophysicist, I bet a linear increase in the amount of debris results in a higher-than-linear increase in general collision potential.
I'm really looking forward to being a middle aged person in a world with no oil, no satellites, global warming, foot shortages, energy shortages, and of course our #1 enemy terrorism.