Since Game went out of business, we only have small retailers, EB games and chain stores. Chances are you're right but at least we can import without classification restrictions now.
Whilst I know that you are trolling, I'd like to let most people know that Australians haven't drunk Fosters for more than 20 years. It's the horse piss that we export, similar to Coronas for Mexicans. Oh, and rugby is only big in 2 of our 7 states, the rest of Australia tends to prefer Australian Rules football. Most Australians don't know how to throw a boomerang, and we call shrimp 'prawns'. Drop Bears are real though, watch out for them.
I'm as anti-Monsanto as anyone, but I'm also anti-propaganda. The parent is to some extent correct. They sue both innocent farmers AND farmers who have knowingly screened their seeds for cross pollination contamination and used them anyway.
It's incredibly difficult to become a 'bank' in Australia due to the way our laws are structured. Most financial institutions are treated as credit unions or financial services funds.
Is the expression "bludging bastards" still in common use down there?
Only by gutter journalists who like to create headlines rather than report them... oh, and ignorant dickheads. Seriously, like any country we have some fair dinkum idiots down here.:)
A quick note for non-Australians, Centrelink is the agency that distributes Australian pensions and unemployment benefits. This has NOTHING to do with tax at this point although I'm sure the ATO (Australian Taxation Office, our IRS) will get interested if Centrelink catches any welfare cheats.
Abiding by the terms, but are they abiding by the spirit of GPL? I'm genuinely interested in opinions on this, especially those who follow licensing more closely than I do.
From the GPL preamble: "Therefore, you have certain responsibilities... if you modify it: responsibilities to respect the freedom of others." Is Intel's statement good enough? Alternatively, am I misinterpreting the spirit of GPL?
'Where we are required to give back to open source, we do... In cases where it's not required to be open source, I'm going to think about it. I don't like doing R&D for competitors if they're not going to contribute themselves,"
I'm glad to see that altruism is still alive and well, when it's required and only based off other people's work.
Divulge nuclear secrets that would otherwise provide America an upper hand in the nuclear arms race. Essentially, something close to another Klaus Fuchs.
Alternatively, be in a position of trust to be able to recruit young and impressionable 'up and coming' physicists that might have better access to the current cutting edge military tech than he would have. The USSR already had most of the data from his generation, so using him to run a next generation network makes sense.
Firstly, I made the distinction between NFP and FP corporations. Secondly, I never said "suddenly". Admittedly, I should've made my point clearer and stated "another" sign that the system is open to abuse.
This just goes to show how flawed this system is. When a for profit corporation can "own" a non-trademark general use term as a TLD, it's a clear sign that the system is open to abuse.
What gets me, is what right do they have to charge for dancing? They're theoretically charging for the performance of the music, understandable... but what the hell does dancing have to do with anything?
I actually find it fairly subversive of Google to post the terms that the Chinese government has ordered banned.
"Hey guys, here's what the government DON'T want you to know about. Have fun!".
I'm a confirmed geek, an Australian, I love good TV and I've barely heard of these services. I get the feeling that this is a publicity grab.
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He talks mostly in this article about how the focus has been on developing specialized software for solving specific problems and with specialized goals, rather than focusing on general AI. And it's true that this is part of what is holding general AI back. But there is also something that Loebner is perhaps loathe to discuss, and that's the underlying (and often unspoken) matter of the *fear* of AI.
Does that have anything to do with the progress of research? I doubt that AI researchers themselves are afraid of spawning a 'true' AI, I would think it has more to do with the practicality of the technology and resources available.
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Since Game went out of business, we only have small retailers, EB games and chain stores. Chances are you're right but at least we can import without classification restrictions now.
Whilst I know that you are trolling, I'd like to let most people know that Australians haven't drunk Fosters for more than 20 years. It's the horse piss that we export, similar to Coronas for Mexicans. Oh, and rugby is only big in 2 of our 7 states, the rest of Australia tends to prefer Australian Rules football. Most Australians don't know how to throw a boomerang, and we call shrimp 'prawns'. Drop Bears are real though, watch out for them.
If you actively screen for your neighbours seeds and deliberately use them, then yes you owe your neighbour something under the current laws.
I'm as anti-Monsanto as anyone, but I'm also anti-propaganda. The parent is to some extent correct. They sue both innocent farmers AND farmers who have knowingly screened their seeds for cross pollination contamination and used them anyway.
It's incredibly difficult to become a 'bank' in Australia due to the way our laws are structured. Most financial institutions are treated as credit unions or financial services funds.
Are you so pro-government that you approve normal citizens doing their (government) job at their (citizens) expense?
It's up to the government to be able to correctly tax their citizens.
Your approach is like "you own me heavy money, unless you take the burden of proving you don't".
Unfortunately in Australia, that's the standard model. The citizen does the paperwork and the government audits at random and/or it warrants an audit.
Is the expression "bludging bastards" still in common use down there?
Only by gutter journalists who like to create headlines rather than report them... oh, and ignorant dickheads. Seriously, like any country we have some fair dinkum idiots down here. :)
A quick note for non-Australians, Centrelink is the agency that distributes Australian pensions and unemployment benefits. This has NOTHING to do with tax at this point although I'm sure the ATO (Australian Taxation Office, our IRS) will get interested if Centrelink catches any welfare cheats.
2 words - Why bother? Alternatively just one word - Why?
Abiding by the terms, but are they abiding by the spirit of GPL? I'm genuinely interested in opinions on this, especially those who follow licensing more closely than I do.
From the GPL preamble: "Therefore, you have certain responsibilities... if you modify it: responsibilities to respect the freedom of others." Is Intel's statement good enough? Alternatively, am I misinterpreting the spirit of GPL?
Not me.
'Where we are required to give back to open source, we do... In cases where it's not required to be open source, I'm going to think about it. I don't like doing R&D for competitors if they're not going to contribute themselves,"
I'm glad to see that altruism is still alive and well, when it's required and only based off other people's work.
Divulge nuclear secrets that would otherwise provide America an upper hand in the nuclear arms race. Essentially, something close to another Klaus Fuchs.
Alternatively, be in a position of trust to be able to recruit young and impressionable 'up and coming' physicists that might have better access to the current cutting edge military tech than he would have. The USSR already had most of the data from his generation, so using him to run a next generation network makes sense.
Yup, stop trying to make life difficult for yourself.
Firstly, I made the distinction between NFP and FP corporations. Secondly, I never said "suddenly". Admittedly, I should've made my point clearer and stated "another" sign that the system is open to abuse.
This just goes to show how flawed this system is. When a for profit corporation can "own" a non-trademark general use term as a TLD, it's a clear sign that the system is open to abuse.
dancing is a derivative work performed publicly.
If it was done it a professional sense, then yes. I hardly think an amatuer 'performance' qualifies.
What gets me, is what right do they have to charge for dancing? They're theoretically charging for the performance of the music, understandable... but what the hell does dancing have to do with anything?
I actually find it fairly subversive of Google to post the terms that the Chinese government has ordered banned. "Hey guys, here's what the government DON'T want you to know about. Have fun!".
I'm a confirmed geek, an Australian, I love good TV and I've barely heard of these services. I get the feeling that this is a publicity grab.
He talks mostly in this article about how the focus has been on developing specialized software for solving specific problems and with specialized goals, rather than focusing on general AI. And it's true that this is part of what is holding general AI back. But there is also something that Loebner is perhaps loathe to discuss, and that's the underlying (and often unspoken) matter of the *fear* of AI.
Does that have anything to do with the progress of research? I doubt that AI researchers themselves are afraid of spawning a 'true' AI, I would think it has more to do with the practicality of the technology and resources available.
Try googling Google Image Search...
Hey dude, I heard you like Google so I.... aaah, screw it. I can't stand that meme anyway.
The song "Yvan Eht Nioj" had a similar problem I heard.
In other words what you're saying is that if the roads in Nazi Germany were more dangerous that'd make the Holocaust ok.
Wait... did you just invoke Godwin's Law AND make a car analogy in the same post? Is this a definition of a perfect /. post???
I sense an argument along the lines of Kirk > Picard coming up.