"In this case, the chimp remembered that people were outside of his cage on other days, and realized that that would probably be true again. He prepared for that prediction. Animals just don't tend to plan ahead, and it's exciting that this one did."
You mean like when elephants come back to the same grazing area year after year?
"For a while, zoo keepers tried locking Santino up in the morning so he couldn't collect ammunition for his assaults, but he remained aggressive. They ultimately decided to castrate him in the autumn last year, but will have to wait until the summer to see if that helps."
Guns don't kill people...uh oh!
"It is normal behavior for alpha males to want to influence their surroundings... It is extremely frustrating for him that there are people out of his reach who are pointing at him and laughing," Osvath said. "It cannot be good to be so furious all the time."
"SmugJerk writes "Authorities are continuing to apply pressure on Sweden's filesharing community amid the trial of several principals of The Pirate Bay filesharing site. Today they seized a fileserver containing about 65 terabytes of files, corresponding to around 16,000 full-length movies."
OK so let me know when we get to the particular right that's being violated and I'll get excited. Otherwise it's business as usual around here.
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"So when you hide behind cover 5 germans will chuck grenades at you so you have to run for other cover at which point another 5 will throw more meaning you have to run back to where you were assuming those grenades have blown up, all whilst dying repeatedly anyway because enemies kill you in only two or three shots on veteran. The fact they just plaster the area with 5 grenades often left me feeling little difference to the "hard mode" of old in many past games where the enemies were made harder by simply making them automatically aim at you and do rediculously high damage. The additional "intelligence" simply added nothing to the game."
Well in a real war if the enemy wanted to be a douche about it? Then yes they all could be chucking grenades at you. Especially if they're set on "hard". Seriously think long-range weapon. Pick as much of the enemy as you can and then mop up closer. Now i would say that AI is improving and thank God for that. For example your teammates in GRAW1 are a bunch of idiots. Occasionally handy but mostly dead because they wandered into the line of fire. Graw2 doesn't require as much micromanagement and hence your jobs easier and they're more useful.
"Most people in Africa don't have an abbundance of books, so why do they need a solar powered reading lamp in the tent? Especially if it's only going to attract bandits anyway. "
An Epiphany just occurred to me. Something like the Kindle would be perfect for a third-world country.
Your device will fail unless you give up on what Hearst wants and figure out what the people want.
That is all.
And if all the people want is free content and newspapers go out of business, who's really the winner there? Sometimes to have something viable that everyone can enjoy people have to let go just a little of their selfish tendencies. The "me" generation has already messed up the world enough. e.g Worldcom, Lehman Brothers, etc. Now it's time for the "we" generation to take charge.
"I agree, and that was more or less what I was expressing, I think. By saying that I believe the business model will shift from being copy-based to distribution-based, I'm saying that businesses that were build around "copying" (e.g. book publishers and record labels) will decrease in relevance because copying is becoming irrelevant."
The problem with your argument is the same one slashdot makes on a regular basis because they don't know any better. Book publishers and record labels regardless of ones personal feelings about them do more than just create copies. Until this "new and improved" business model that everyone thinks should be adopted addresses that issue, then they will at best be a niche.
"2/ No GSM in it. But it means they cannot revoke any licenced/copyrighted material remotely. And hell, who really needs a gsm in their book ? Remotely downloading a newspaper ? I'm too cheap to pay both for the news AND the data download. I got a computer doing that for me already..."
Sounds like E-readers should come with either Wi-Fi or Bluetooth since a lot of cell-phones (even the cheap ones) come with not only the latter, but browsers as well.
"Ubiquiti reserves the right to limit the complimentary distribution of RouterStationsâ to the first 20 registrations if it so chooses. All other contestants are responsible for the purchase of their own RouterStationâ or any additional products."
Well let's see. First 20 entries and contest started about two and a half months ago. Gee what do you think will happen?
I don't either. Something illegal file sharers don't realize is the law of unintentional consequences applies to them. Did anyone involved in the creation of these tools ever realize that a program that's designed to make easier the sharing of the contents of whatever it's pointed to with the entire world was going to have consequences like this? Check mark in the column labeled," But I ain't hurting no one".
"Except that contributions to open source projects are both good resume-fodder and a good way to get noticed by potential employers."
And how many contributors have actually gotten jobs in this recession and subsequent layoffs? Remember we're really just getting started with this downturn. The story's basically asking what if it continues on much longer? Not saying, "well in the past..."
"Laws used to be about freedom and justice. But now corporations are making laws."
And what kind of laws are illegal down loaders making? So far as I've seen not one law has been changed because of "Arrr, I'm a pirate" and in fact the situation's gotten worse. So once again what has piracy done for "freedom and justice"? You know the "freedom and justice" that doesn't just apply to the "Arrr!" crowd.
Ummm, no. Knowing X doesn't mean that one knows HCI as well. In fact looking at the development of Linux GUIs over the years I'd say the odds are against it. Note that's not saying one can't be developed, but it's more work than people really anticipate. A cellphone GUI that tries to be all things to all people (curse of a thousand choices) doesn't fit well into the appliance (does a few things well) nature of the device.
"A letter from the company, which was subsequently circulated on the internet, states: 'We ask that you repay the overpayment and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience to you.' Microsoft has confirmed the authenticity of the letter, but it's not known what the amounts in question are, or how many of the 1400 were affected."
How's that any different than when the government overpays you?
I hate to be blunt but this is the real reason modern media will have problems. Basically to start with there's an uneducated public when it comes to the process of content creation and profit. Throw in unrealistic expectations. Add in a public armed with the technological tools to bypass any means to recuperate costs. Shake well and you have no one really getting what they want.
"A lot of apps provide the same info you can get from a website or web app. And as long as that site works on Safari on the iPhone, there's not much reason to install an app just for that task."
"Hulu and several other media sites don't work outside the US..."
The irony I had the other day with the BBC is I got a message saying it couldn't play a particular media clip due to the country I was in. So no I wouldn't say it's a "US only" phenomenon.
I also find this complaint interesting as in I rarely hear "[non-US] content is inaccessible in my country". Guess we've raised our standards from "It's so awful I'll not even torrent it" to "I'll watch it over what other countries produce. Further propagating US culture".
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"In this case, the chimp remembered that people were outside of his cage on other days, and realized that that would probably be true again. He prepared for that prediction. Animals just don't tend to plan ahead, and it's exciting that this one did."
You mean like when elephants come back to the same grazing area year after year?
"For a while, zoo keepers tried locking Santino up in the morning so he couldn't collect ammunition for his assaults, but he remained aggressive. They ultimately decided to castrate him in the autumn last year, but will have to wait until the summer to see if that helps."
Guns don't kill people...uh oh!
"It is normal behavior for alpha males to want to influence their surroundings ... It is extremely frustrating for him that there are people out of his reach who are pointing at him and laughing," Osvath said. "It cannot be good to be so furious all the time."
Now we know why review sites get sued.
"SmugJerk writes "Authorities are continuing to apply pressure on Sweden's filesharing community amid the trial of several principals of The Pirate Bay filesharing site. Today they seized a fileserver containing about 65 terabytes of files, corresponding to around 16,000 full-length movies."
OK so let me know when we get to the particular right that's being violated and I'll get excited. Otherwise it's business as usual around here.
Lovely. Ala carte eventually came about.
"This is an oft-repeated statement with little proof behind it, but lets assume it is true"
The same could be said of piracy's "But I'll pay for it...eventually" so I guess we take our truths were we can.
"So when you hide behind cover 5 germans will chuck grenades at you so you have to run for other cover at which point another 5 will throw more meaning you have to run back to where you were assuming those grenades have blown up, all whilst dying repeatedly anyway because enemies kill you in only two or three shots on veteran. The fact they just plaster the area with 5 grenades often left me feeling little difference to the "hard mode" of old in many past games where the enemies were made harder by simply making them automatically aim at you and do rediculously high damage. The additional "intelligence" simply added nothing to the game."
Well in a real war if the enemy wanted to be a douche about it? Then yes they all could be chucking grenades at you. Especially if they're set on "hard". Seriously think long-range weapon. Pick as much of the enemy as you can and then mop up closer. Now i would say that AI is improving and thank God for that. For example your teammates in GRAW1 are a bunch of idiots. Occasionally handy but mostly dead because they wandered into the line of fire. Graw2 doesn't require as much micromanagement and hence your jobs easier and they're more useful.
"After some math they found out that it will take them more than 23.5 years to air the whole human genome sequence."
And yet it'll still be torrented.
"Most people in Africa don't have an abbundance of books, so why do they need a solar powered reading lamp in the tent? Especially if it's only going to attract bandits anyway. "
An Epiphany just occurred to me. Something like the Kindle would be perfect for a third-world country.
People "did things in the evening" long before electric lights. And they didn't have to crank anything.
The wife may disagree with you.
Your device will fail unless you give up on what Hearst wants and figure out what the people want.
That is all.
And if all the people want is free content and newspapers go out of business, who's really the winner there? Sometimes to have something viable that everyone can enjoy people have to let go just a little of their selfish tendencies. The "me" generation has already messed up the world enough. e.g Worldcom, Lehman Brothers, etc. Now it's time for the "we" generation to take charge.
"I agree, and that was more or less what I was expressing, I think. By saying that I believe the business model will shift from being copy-based to distribution-based, I'm saying that businesses that were build around "copying" (e.g. book publishers and record labels) will decrease in relevance because copying is becoming irrelevant."
The problem with your argument is the same one slashdot makes on a regular basis because they don't know any better. Book publishers and record labels regardless of ones personal feelings about them do more than just create copies. Until this "new and improved" business model that everyone thinks should be adopted addresses that issue, then they will at best be a niche.
"2/ No GSM in it. But it means they cannot revoke any licenced/copyrighted material remotely. And hell, who really needs a gsm in their book ? Remotely downloading a newspaper ? I'm too cheap to pay both for the news AND the data download. I got a computer doing that for me already..."
Sounds like E-readers should come with either Wi-Fi or Bluetooth since a lot of cell-phones (even the cheap ones) come with not only the latter, but browsers as well.
"Ubiquiti reserves the right to limit the complimentary distribution of RouterStationsâ to the first 20 registrations if it so chooses. All other contestants are responsible for the purchase of their own RouterStationâ or any additional products."
Well let's see. First 20 entries and contest started about two and a half months ago. Gee what do you think will happen?
All good points and one left out. One needs to purchase the hardware in order to be in the game.
Who else can pay?
Other nations? Foreign companies?
You don't have openfirmware for this* router.
*Clue: This is a house brand.
I don't either. Something illegal file sharers don't realize is the law of unintentional consequences applies to them. Did anyone involved in the creation of these tools ever realize that a program that's designed to make easier the sharing of the contents of whatever it's pointed to with the entire world was going to have consequences like this? Check mark in the column labeled," But I ain't hurting no one".
"Except that contributions to open source projects are both good resume-fodder and a good way to get noticed by potential employers."
And how many contributors have actually gotten jobs in this recession and subsequent layoffs? Remember we're really just getting started with this downturn. The story's basically asking what if it continues on much longer? Not saying, "well in the past..."
"Laws used to be about freedom and justice. But now corporations are making laws."
And what kind of laws are illegal down loaders making? So far as I've seen not one law has been changed because of "Arrr, I'm a pirate" and in fact the situation's gotten worse. So once again what has piracy done for "freedom and justice"? You know the "freedom and justice" that doesn't just apply to the "Arrr!" crowd.
"This is the essential point I think is not fully appreciated. If by "recuperate costs" you mean DRM (copy protection), that is hopeless."
I do mean ANY, that includes ads.
"Patronage, public and private, is one such way. "
Which have their own set of problems.
Ummm, no. Knowing X doesn't mean that one knows HCI as well. In fact looking at the development of Linux GUIs over the years I'd say the odds are against it. Note that's not saying one can't be developed, but it's more work than people really anticipate. A cellphone GUI that tries to be all things to all people (curse of a thousand choices) doesn't fit well into the appliance (does a few things well) nature of the device.
"A letter from the company, which was subsequently circulated on the internet, states: 'We ask that you repay the overpayment and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience to you.' Microsoft has confirmed the authenticity of the letter, but it's not known what the amounts in question are, or how many of the 1400 were affected."
How's that any different than when the government overpays you?
I hate to be blunt but this is the real reason modern media will have problems. Basically to start with there's an uneducated public when it comes to the process of content creation and profit. Throw in unrealistic expectations. Add in a public armed with the technological tools to bypass any means to recuperate costs. Shake well and you have no one really getting what they want.
"A lot of apps provide the same info you can get from a website or web app. And as long as that site works on Safari on the iPhone, there's not much reason to install an app just for that task."
Sounds like what XUL was made for.
"Hulu and several other media sites don't work outside the US..."
The irony I had the other day with the BBC is I got a message saying it couldn't play a particular media clip due to the country I was in. So no I wouldn't say it's a "US only" phenomenon.
I also find this complaint interesting as in I rarely hear "[non-US] content is inaccessible in my country". Guess we've raised our standards from "It's so awful I'll not even torrent it" to "I'll watch it over what other countries produce. Further propagating US culture".