Baseball + Slashdot = A Whole New World?
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When Aviaks Attack
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I have always loved baseball. It is perhaps the greatest game on this planet. There can be no substitute. All those shoot'em ups and whatnot - they can not be the best because there is very little if any reality on which to base most of them, and in the event that reality supports one, it is rarely a game...
Now, posting a sports article to slashdot... Perhaps one of the most brilliant moves in history, and aside from the comments immediately following, it will likely go virtually unnoticed.
A shame...
We need more zany slashdot stories like this, and less of the boring, mindless drivel that seems to be echoing the stories of last week over and over and over again... I mean, news is great, but cheddar makes it better, you know? Variety is greater!
If there were a program or web site called "Aim High", say for the Army or Marines, that had registered the domain www.aimhigh.com, AOL would instantly have rights to that domain? I am not quite sure that this is the case, although that is what this article implies. Com'on, I don't like this copyright crap either, but let's not tell more than the facts.
And my point is that, if the "creator" chooses to waive those rights, then those rights vanish and no one should profit from those copyrights anymore. The copyright is then expired, as whatever it is should then be a part of society, in which case it should be allowed to be freely duplicated and distributed.
I agree with you. This "freedom of religion" thing that Americans enjoy is meant to keep the government's nose out of arguments for or against religion. I think we also need a "freedom of ethnicity", just to end all this 'racial' (that's a misnomer) crap that the entire world has to deal with. Can't people just understand that we're all people, regardless of heritage, gender, religion, politics, etc? Perhaps compromise would be easier if they/we would...
Copyrights should only belong to the person(s) responsible for whatever the copyright is being held. If the correct owner/guardian/who-the-hell-ever can not be found, there is no copyright.
This is a very thin sketch of an idea, and I lack the knowledge necessary to expand too much further on it. Would the brilliant readers of slashdot care to help me out a bit?
I think that many of us will be greatly surprised to see how many people actually support "Towel Day" in remembrance of Douglas Adams. I also think that we won't be greatly surprised by the Australian government's refusal to acknowledge "the Force" as a genuine religion. Sorry, Yoda is not your god.
Although that would have been a great twist for Adams to have thrown into one of his stories...
Our comments won't change the fact that what is said in the article itself is what stands and what should stand, and they won't change the fact that we really don't need to know about it. I hate to sound insensitive, but it really seems to me that this is just another story about life and death. Consider it for a psychology or philosophy book, or for a good story perhaps, but news? Let the family grieve for their son without the publicity.
Just so you know, I have read most of the several hundred comments, few in agreement, most in disagreement, and in most cases, I see the logic in them. I wrote this article almost three weeks ago, and I would not like to say that my opinions have necessarily changed, but I have had the time to educate myself a little further concerning applications and such, and while I may not necessarily disagree with what I stated in my article, I accept that my arguments are very likely flawed. I also accept that this is not a well-written essay. I never intended it to be. I just wrote what I was thinking about the issue in response to other articles and news around the web. Some of my motives in this article were somewhat selfish, I'm sure, but we are all selfish sometimes.
Either way, I'm glad that slashdot accepted the article, and whether you guys agree with it or not, the response that it has generated makes writing it worth it.
I am simply in awe of this. I cannot think of anything to say. I have only a tiny fraction of the motivation that this guy must have... I would like to keep my life comfortable, nothing more! I applaud this "Rocket Boy."
I hear valid arguments both for and against Bush and his actions. I have no reason to believe that either side, those reasoning for or against him, is any better than the other. I would rather like to think that most of us agree with most of what he does, disagree with a lot of the other stuff, and simply respect him for the office in which he sits. You don't have to like the man or his party, but he is in charge for the next four years, and I can promise that a lot more will be done that a lot more of us will like if we at least try to agree on a few things.
This probably wasn't necessary, and probably will not be read here. Oh well.
Only half of me is egotistical, so I would hardly call myself an expert, but I do believe that my thoughts are well founded in their own right. I have written on Napster and the privacy versus piracy issue several times in the past, and I have collected each instance onto one page on my web site:
If you are to actually read what I have to say, start with the bottom (the older comments; each is labeled by a header/separator/title thingy. I don't think that what I said would be of any particular use, but if it is, I'd love it if someone told me.:-)
Also, the rest of my writings on a variety of other matters can be found here, so feel free to peruse. Don't feel obligated.
"Having two pieces of cake with half the cake is worse than having one piece of cake with twice the fat."
Um. I want more stuff for less, when possible. Screw the overly expensive, monopolistic bastards. Capitalism hard at work, I think I'll stick to supporting the competition for higher quality and lower prices.
Monopolies suck. They should go to jail. Directly to jail. Without passing go. Without collecting two hundred dollars. (Sad, pathetic attempt at humor. *dies*)
I see you had the same problem I did... The/. server gave me some weird message saying that my comments were not accepted, so I copied the comments and went elsewhere. Is that similar to your reason for clicking submit again?
I came back... and voila! I was just gonna resubmit, but it was there anyway, despite telling me that it was not accepted...
Should I consider employed working hours? School working hours? Home improvement working hours? Of late, I have had plumbing problems, school projects and final exams, a sister moving in (meaning lots of cleaning up), and I'm getting a new job next week.
So let's see... roughly seventeen hours of school per week, a good ten hours of "home" work, another twenty hours of employment, not to mention the little bit of time spent with my "siginicant other" and other friends or doing random school assignments at home...
Sixty hours per week, maybe?
Oh, and how can we forget the ever-important weblog maintenance...?
In much the same way that I killfile trollers in newsgroups and block spammers in my inbox, I think I'm just going to block Mr. Liebermann. He's lost all my respect in the last week or (the two ounces he had left). Has anyone else noticed that the American "Democratic" Party is looking more and more Socialist every day? In fact, I can only think of one real Democrat left... James Traficant... and no one listens to him because he's so different.
Exactly! Exactly! Programming those little suckers, while building your programming abilities little by little, also enhances your ability to do... whatever it is that you're trying to program! And stuff......
I got my first break coding for my TI-83. The TI calculators use the same (or very similar?) processor as Nintendo's Game Boy, made by ZiLOG, and I just gradually studied the code for the chips and learned more and more about programming games in that way. Granted that aiding in the design of Game Boy games is not exactly a huge break - in fact I do very little - but I know several people who's game designing careers were sparked by an early interest in programming whatever they could get their hands on... calculators, computers, toasters... you name it!
Don't take this entirely serious or entirely sarcastically. I aim to amuse, but I'm also partially serious. Find your foundation and go from there!
Slashdot Mirror
Now, posting a sports article to slashdot... Perhaps one of the most brilliant moves in history, and aside from the comments immediately following, it will likely go virtually unnoticed.
A shame...
We need more zany slashdot stories like this, and less of the boring, mindless drivel that seems to be echoing the stories of last week over and over and over again... I mean, news is great, but cheddar makes it better, you know? Variety is greater!
If there were a program or web site called "Aim High", say for the Army or Marines, that had registered the domain www.aimhigh.com, AOL would instantly have rights to that domain? I am not quite sure that this is the case, although that is what this article implies. Com'on, I don't like this copyright crap either, but let's not tell more than the facts.
Which, as I said, is wrong. The publisher or anyone other than the creator did NOT create whatever entity it is, so has no right to own the copyright.
I am not white. I am merely a human being, and I am just as human as any of you other humans out there.
And my point is that, if the "creator" chooses to waive those rights, then those rights vanish and no one should profit from those copyrights anymore. The copyright is then expired, as whatever it is should then be a part of society, in which case it should be allowed to be freely duplicated and distributed.
I agree with you. This "freedom of religion" thing that Americans enjoy is meant to keep the government's nose out of arguments for or against religion. I think we also need a "freedom of ethnicity", just to end all this 'racial' (that's a misnomer) crap that the entire world has to deal with. Can't people just understand that we're all people, regardless of heritage, gender, religion, politics, etc? Perhaps compromise would be easier if they/we would...
This is a very thin sketch of an idea, and I lack the knowledge necessary to expand too much further on it. Would the brilliant readers of slashdot care to help me out a bit?
Although that would have been a great twist for Adams to have thrown into one of his stories...
I wouldn't know; I don't think that. Feels good to make gross assumptions in futile attempts to make others seem inferior though, right?
Our comments won't change the fact that what is said in the article itself is what stands and what should stand, and they won't change the fact that we really don't need to know about it. I hate to sound insensitive, but it really seems to me that this is just another story about life and death. Consider it for a psychology or philosophy book, or for a good story perhaps, but news? Let the family grieve for their son without the publicity.
Either way, I'm glad that slashdot accepted the article, and whether you guys agree with it or not, the response that it has generated makes writing it worth it.
I am simply in awe of this. I cannot think of anything to say. I have only a tiny fraction of the motivation that this guy must have... I would like to keep my life comfortable, nothing more! I applaud this "Rocket Boy."
This probably wasn't necessary, and probably will not be read here. Oh well.
Suddenly Bush's missile defense system seems less significant. A lot of good they'll do against these bad boys.
Privacy vs. Piracy, Napster and More
If you are to actually read what I have to say, start with the bottom (the older comments; each is labeled by a header/separator/title thingy. I don't think that what I said would be of any particular use, but if it is, I'd love it if someone told me. :-)
Also, the rest of my writings on a variety of other matters can be found here, so feel free to peruse. Don't feel obligated.
Now I can stop killing my pets with my mother's food that isn't fit to feed a fly. That stuff has a use after all.
That's what the preview buttin is for, I guess. :P
Um. I want more stuff for less, when possible. Screw the overly expensive, monopolistic bastards. Capitalism hard at work, I think I'll stick to supporting the competition for higher quality and lower prices.
Monopolies suck. They should go to jail. Directly to jail. Without passing go. Without collecting two hundred dollars. (Sad, pathetic attempt at humor. *dies*)
I came back... and voila! I was just gonna resubmit, but it was there anyway, despite telling me that it was not accepted...
So let's see... roughly seventeen hours of school per week, a good ten hours of "home" work, another twenty hours of employment, not to mention the little bit of time spent with my "siginicant other" and other friends or doing random school assignments at home...
Sixty hours per week, maybe?
Oh, and how can we forget the ever-important weblog maintenance...?
In much the same way that I killfile trollers in newsgroups and block spammers in my inbox, I think I'm just going to block Mr. Liebermann. He's lost all my respect in the last week or (the two ounces he had left). Has anyone else noticed that the American "Democratic" Party is looking more and more Socialist every day? In fact, I can only think of one real Democrat left ... James Traficant ... and no one listens to him because he's so different.
Exactly! Exactly! Programming those little suckers, while building your programming abilities little by little, also enhances your ability to do ... whatever it is that you're trying to program! And stuff......
If anyone else had bought rights to the game, Microsoft would have sued for using their copyrighted word "Agent."
...but damnit, I know Bill Gates is sending me $1000 for forwarding that message!
Don't take this entirely serious or entirely sarcastically. I aim to amuse, but I'm also partially serious. Find your foundation and go from there!