I'm 23 and know a bunch of people who are into football. Football isn't about going outdoors and getting exercise, it's about sitting on a couch, getting drunk, and yelling at the other team and refs for being unfair (no, it isn't that your team sucks). Instead of working on homework, they are practicing intoxication, anger, tribalism, and blaming others for personal failure.
Worse yet, they have this idea that if they're stubborn enough, they'll get their way, even though they've spent their time watching sports instead of learning
Let me second this. Managers should add to the efficiency of a team. Make it clear that you're staying to support them, not harass them. Stay out of sight, but make it clear that they can call on you for communication with the rest of the team, as well as keeping people refreshed. Something that may be effective is for them to reason through a problem with you. You may not be able to code in their language, but often times, if they talk through the problem with you, they themselves will have an epiphany. If they're staying late, they're obviously already dedicated to seeing the task through to completion, there's no need to ride them.
And while you're sitting there, unable to help, I'd pick up a book on the programming language they're using to code. Even if you never put your fingers to the keyboard, it will gain you credibility, which will make you, as a manager, a thousand times more effective.
Now we need to make robots that are hooked up to these games. That way, when you play Heavy Rain, the robot can play with your kid and do some work. Heck, you can mix it up some by going on xbox live and playing with someone else's kid! Think of the possibilities!
Honestly, I think this is one of their moments. Considering the Draconian punishments in most other civilized countries for copyright infringement, this is very reasonable. 3 warnings, then you go to jail and at most have to pay 15,000... which is about 1/100th of what US courts are handing out?
"Cars, TVs, and telephones are all expected to work, and they are full of software. Why not standalone software?"
What's the definition of work anyways? Most products sold nowadays suck. I just got rid of a laundry machine that was 40 years old. I'll be lucky if the new one lasts 1/4th as long. I bought a LCD monitor that worked until the 1 year warranty was up. My cellphone functions, but its software is crummy and buggy. It even freezes up sometimes. (No, it isn't a smartphone.)
Software is more like writing a book. Some books are written with superior quality "code." The "computer" reads that code, and depending on how well that code was written, the "computer" can read it more quickly and determine the proper function faster. (In this case, correctly interpreting the knowledge inside the book.) Some books are total shit. For example, just about every book that's used in education. Especially ones written by professors. They don't "work."
I do have one sentiment. I absolutely think that games should be returnable. But that's from an idealistic standpoint. I fully understand many, many people are going to play the game all the way through then return it to Wally World.
Slashdot should employ the use of a new filter. If you are posting anonymously, your post should be rejected if it contains any racial slurs or other obvious flaming.
I'm getting fed up with these two concepts. There is only one kind of Plagarism... cheating. If you didn't do the work on your paper, then you're cheating. If you didn't provide sources, you better have research. If you don't have research, your paper is baseless and should be given a failing grade.
Copyright is the idea that you control the copies of your creation. Obviously, nobody wants to spend thousands of hours creating something then letting someone else (a corporation) sell it without royalties. Or letting people download it for free off the internet. (Hey Pirates, you think you aren't stealing? Well why don't you download a random assortment of bits. Oh that's right, because you want somebody else's *work*).
However, Copyright has turned into this idea where as soon as you make a "Dark cloaked figure who kills people for a living" you can go bully anyone else for doing something like it. No, it lets you own your words. Not something like your words, your words only.
Trademarks protect against people making Harry Potter books or Mickey Mouse movies. There is no need and purpose for copyright to cover that issue.
IP is not a failed idea. Our system is what's broken (or more likely, those who are in charge of the system).
Even though this article isn't on the front page anymore, I'll respond.
I believe it is the ISP because the modem will start blinking orange (no connection to the cable). Also, we were having the problem with multiple connections and I did set up a better system. I don't believe this to be the issue because if we are playing DotA over the LAN but too many people are downloading stuff, I lose internet to WoW, but their DotA game isn't interrupted.
I'm currently living with 4 people. We are paying for a 120 mbps connection. However, when I'm on WoW, and my roommates are playing Modern Warfare, streaming Hulu or music, all of a suddenly we all lose connection. We all start cussing and swearing about it. But the internet only briefly stops (long enough to boot everyone playing a game online). If we keep trying to all connect, we lose connections again.
If I'm home alone, I never lose internet even for an instant.
So tell me, if I am paying $120 for internet, which is a lot more than everyone else, and I'm using 50 mbps of my 120 connection, why can they kick me? I should be able to use every bit they've sold me 24/7... or they should bloody well send me a fat refund plus damages for advertising their services as "Unlimited."
This is blatant monopoly abuse. A monopoly on a product that my tax money built.
Yes, there is something different. A typewriter is a durable device that lasts many years. It will build character as it wears. On the other hand, a computer grows viruses as it ages. In addition, they aren't very durable at all (I've had 7 computers/laptops. Only one of them still works... the one I'm using now) and they don't last very many years at all. In 45 years, Neil Gaiman's last 12 computers are going to be sitting in a dump or recycled into new computers.
Also, typewriters are very classy. A lot of writers still use them for many reasons I've heard. They like the satisfying sounds it makes. You can't go back and edit things you've just written. It separates you from technology. It separates you from office work. You can haul it anywhere it work without worrying about battery life. You can't get distracted and browse slashdot...
speaking of which, I should get back to my writing.
First of all, do we want places like China and North Korea to be rich countries? China's government structure is not one that encourages freedom of thought. Not only that, but they *support* North Korea. I have no doubt in my mind that if China become the big kid on the playground, they'll start trying to conquer whoever they can. Already, they're hard at work taking what they can.
Secondly, it is the job of OUR nation to run OUR nation. Even if the destruction of America makes 1 billion people richer in India and China, it is our responsibility to not let that happen. Ideally, we run our nation in a way that benefits everyone, but right now, both blue collar AND white collar jobs are being outsourced. If we get India to design our crap and pay China to build it, where are we supposed to earn money? As a nation we have to create more wealth than we spend. It's as simple as that. There's no magic money equations that our nation keeps being told exist. If you don't create wealth, sooner or later the rest of the world devalues your currency and you're left with nothing.
This seems to have much broader applications than games. I think this speaks volumes in the realm of business management (efficiency) and human psychology in general.
For Business Management, identifying your "masters" and "performers" would be good for setting up reward systems. Give your masters a tough problem to solve. Give your performers easy repetitive work and ask them to see how quickly they can finish it.
You would be right... if you weren't entirely wrong.
What is happening with music is that we don't believe that *Recording Executives* deserve to make $12 profit off of a crappy 4 song album.
I don't believe anybody really believes in screwing over the artists, (well except for the Recording Executives who DO screw them over.)
however, it does set a bad precedent with the general population when we go "It's ok to steal music, you're sticking it to the man!" Because the general population figures apps and everything digital is just like music...
they aren't charging the students, they are selling plans to other teachers.
It does raise one question. This question right here.
Why should these other teachers have to pay for these lesson plans?
Or more specifically, "Why aren't schools spending $200 per student to buy these lesson plans (that must be effective if people are buying them) instead of spending $200 per student to buy garbage books that only has different problems, so they force everyone to upgrade every 2 years?"
We used to have a model where exceptionally talented teachers (in both teaching effectively and writing about it) would write out a "lesson plan" and then the schools would buy these "Lesson plans" for other teachers to use. Schools started having a large enough budget that they would have a "lesson plan" to hand out to every student to refer to. Then, (pure speculation here) some group of corrupt politicians set up a system where only certain people could sell these "lesson plans" to the government... and for an outrageous price as well.
My cat is miserable if I won't let him outside. You know all those annoying things cats are known for? Well, he's pretty good about that... unless I haven't let him outside for 2 days. On day 3, he's pissing on things, breaking lamps, scratching everything in site, meowing at me constantly, "accidentally" using his claws with me, getting on the countertops, letting the dog into the basement* and generally terrorizing the place.
He's 15 years old and as healthy as a horse. I've let him outside nearly every day of his life since the day I adopted him from a farm where he learned to hunt. My neighbors started complaining about these red squirrels that moved into the area, but they haven't come near my place (and neither has any other rodent pest). He rarely hunts birds, but my neighbor seemed to think he was a nuisance killing birds. Apparently there is a law in my area that cats cannot be let outside (Wtf?) I received a police citation and kept him inside for two whole weeks (Uggghh). Finally, I found an exception to the law, filled out the forms and started letting him outside again. He was the happiest I've ever seen him.
Pets are animals. Letting them outside can get them killed. But humans go outside all the time where we are frequently killed. Humans go outside and are run over by cars. Humans go outside and freeze to death. Humans go outside and starve to death.
There ARE two sides of the argument, and quite frankly pets are animals. Its humans that despair when their pets die, and its humans that are responsible for keeping their pets safe. But it's also humans that are responsible for keeping their pets happy. Don't tell ME how I should care for my pet. One cat wanders outside every day, the other cat lolls indoors all day. Don't lecture me on what's humane.
More so than you even intended. If Maldives goes under water, 1 billion dollars a YEAR will be lost. Literally, all the tourism "goods" that Maldives can generate will disappear.
In social studies, the "Brain Drain" was something the US was doing to the rest of the world by "taking away their brains." Now, those people are going back to their countries so it is a reversal of the "Brain Drain."
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Wow, I can save pennies off my electricity! Now, how many centuries does it take for the battery to pay itself off?
I'm 23 and know a bunch of people who are into football. Football isn't about going outdoors and getting exercise, it's about sitting on a couch, getting drunk, and yelling at the other team and refs for being unfair (no, it isn't that your team sucks). Instead of working on homework, they are practicing intoxication, anger, tribalism, and blaming others for personal failure.
Worse yet, they have this idea that if they're stubborn enough, they'll get their way, even though they've spent their time watching sports instead of learning
Translations are considered copyright-able. Frequently you'll see people getting sued over making copies of shakespear... and losing.
Our legal quagmire is a swampy minefield of shitpiles, but hey, at least its a smaller shitpile than that guy over there!
Let me second this. Managers should add to the efficiency of a team. Make it clear that you're staying to support them, not harass them. Stay out of sight, but make it clear that they can call on you for communication with the rest of the team, as well as keeping people refreshed. Something that may be effective is for them to reason through a problem with you. You may not be able to code in their language, but often times, if they talk through the problem with you, they themselves will have an epiphany. If they're staying late, they're obviously already dedicated to seeing the task through to completion, there's no need to ride them.
And while you're sitting there, unable to help, I'd pick up a book on the programming language they're using to code. Even if you never put your fingers to the keyboard, it will gain you credibility, which will make you, as a manager, a thousand times more effective.
Now we need to make robots that are hooked up to these games. That way, when you play Heavy Rain, the robot can play with your kid and do some work. Heck, you can mix it up some by going on xbox live and playing with someone else's kid! Think of the possibilities!
Honestly, I think this is one of their moments. Considering the Draconian punishments in most other civilized countries for copyright infringement, this is very reasonable. 3 warnings, then you go to jail and at most have to pay 15,000... which is about 1/100th of what US courts are handing out?
"Cars, TVs, and telephones are all expected to work, and they are full of software. Why not standalone software?"
What's the definition of work anyways? Most products sold nowadays suck. I just got rid of a laundry machine that was 40 years old. I'll be lucky if the new one lasts 1/4th as long. I bought a LCD monitor that worked until the 1 year warranty was up. My cellphone functions, but its software is crummy and buggy. It even freezes up sometimes. (No, it isn't a smartphone.)
Software is more like writing a book. Some books are written with superior quality "code." The "computer" reads that code, and depending on how well that code was written, the "computer" can read it more quickly and determine the proper function faster. (In this case, correctly interpreting the knowledge inside the book.) Some books are total shit. For example, just about every book that's used in education. Especially ones written by professors. They don't "work."
I do have one sentiment. I absolutely think that games should be returnable. But that's from an idealistic standpoint. I fully understand many, many people are going to play the game all the way through then return it to Wally World.
I didn't play Killzone 2. What made it so good?
Slashdot should employ the use of a new filter. If you are posting anonymously, your post should be rejected if it contains any racial slurs or other obvious flaming.
I'm getting fed up with these two concepts. There is only one kind of Plagarism... cheating. If you didn't do the work on your paper, then you're cheating. If you didn't provide sources, you better have research. If you don't have research, your paper is baseless and should be given a failing grade.
Copyright is the idea that you control the copies of your creation. Obviously, nobody wants to spend thousands of hours creating something then letting someone else (a corporation) sell it without royalties. Or letting people download it for free off the internet. (Hey Pirates, you think you aren't stealing? Well why don't you download a random assortment of bits. Oh that's right, because you want somebody else's *work*).
However, Copyright has turned into this idea where as soon as you make a "Dark cloaked figure who kills people for a living" you can go bully anyone else for doing something like it. No, it lets you own your words. Not something like your words, your words only.
Trademarks protect against people making Harry Potter books or Mickey Mouse movies. There is no need and purpose for copyright to cover that issue.
IP is not a failed idea. Our system is what's broken (or more likely, those who are in charge of the system).
Even though this article isn't on the front page anymore, I'll respond.
I believe it is the ISP because the modem will start blinking orange (no connection to the cable). Also, we were having the problem with multiple connections and I did set up a better system. I don't believe this to be the issue because if we are playing DotA over the LAN but too many people are downloading stuff, I lose internet to WoW, but their DotA game isn't interrupted.
I'm currently living with 4 people. We are paying for a 120 mbps connection. However, when I'm on WoW, and my roommates are playing Modern Warfare, streaming Hulu or music, all of a suddenly we all lose connection. We all start cussing and swearing about it. But the internet only briefly stops (long enough to boot everyone playing a game online). If we keep trying to all connect, we lose connections again.
If I'm home alone, I never lose internet even for an instant.
So tell me, if I am paying $120 for internet, which is a lot more than everyone else, and I'm using 50 mbps of my 120 connection, why can they kick me? I should be able to use every bit they've sold me 24/7... or they should bloody well send me a fat refund plus damages for advertising their services as "Unlimited."
This is blatant monopoly abuse. A monopoly on a product that my tax money built.
Yes, there is something different. A typewriter is a durable device that lasts many years. It will build character as it wears. On the other hand, a computer grows viruses as it ages. In addition, they aren't very durable at all (I've had 7 computers/laptops. Only one of them still works... the one I'm using now) and they don't last very many years at all. In 45 years, Neil Gaiman's last 12 computers are going to be sitting in a dump or recycled into new computers.
Also, typewriters are very classy. A lot of writers still use them for many reasons I've heard. They like the satisfying sounds it makes. You can't go back and edit things you've just written. It separates you from technology. It separates you from office work. You can haul it anywhere it work without worrying about battery life. You can't get distracted and browse slashdot...
speaking of which, I should get back to my writing.
Later, Atomm was seen driving off in his SUV, looking smug that he had put those damned scientists in their place.
Err, how is this a bad thing?
Playing Devil's advocate here...
First of all, do we want places like China and North Korea to be rich countries? China's government structure is not one that encourages freedom of thought. Not only that, but they *support* North Korea. I have no doubt in my mind that if China become the big kid on the playground, they'll start trying to conquer whoever they can. Already, they're hard at work taking what they can.
Secondly, it is the job of OUR nation to run OUR nation. Even if the destruction of America makes 1 billion people richer in India and China, it is our responsibility to not let that happen. Ideally, we run our nation in a way that benefits everyone, but right now, both blue collar AND white collar jobs are being outsourced. If we get India to design our crap and pay China to build it, where are we supposed to earn money? As a nation we have to create more wealth than we spend. It's as simple as that. There's no magic money equations that our nation keeps being told exist. If you don't create wealth, sooner or later the rest of the world devalues your currency and you're left with nothing.
This seems to have much broader applications than games. I think this speaks volumes in the realm of business management (efficiency) and human psychology in general.
For Business Management, identifying your "masters" and "performers" would be good for setting up reward systems. Give your masters a tough problem to solve. Give your performers easy repetitive work and ask them to see how quickly they can finish it.
Ditto.. something about humans and the way they treat life with utter contempt...
I could make the same argument about humans. "...something about humans and the way they treat all life as sacred..."
There are very few creatures on the planet that actually react with sadness when something is killed (other than their very close kin)
And anyone who complains about $1 apps needs to re-evaluate their budget
Like, where does a $400 phone (plus contract) fit into your budget when you can't afford $1 for an App.
You would be right... if you weren't entirely wrong.
What is happening with music is that we don't believe that *Recording Executives* deserve to make $12 profit off of a crappy 4 song album.
I don't believe anybody really believes in screwing over the artists, (well except for the Recording Executives who DO screw them over.)
however, it does set a bad precedent with the general population when we go "It's ok to steal music, you're sticking it to the man!" Because the general population figures apps and everything digital is just like music...
That'll teach you for believing in the system! Next time, you'll think twice about being a decent human being!
they aren't charging the students, they are selling plans to other teachers.
It does raise one question. This question right here.
Why should these other teachers have to pay for these lesson plans?
Or more specifically, "Why aren't schools spending $200 per student to buy these lesson plans (that must be effective if people are buying them) instead of spending $200 per student to buy garbage books that only has different problems, so they force everyone to upgrade every 2 years?"
We used to have a model where exceptionally talented teachers (in both teaching effectively and writing about it) would write out a "lesson plan" and then the schools would buy these "Lesson plans" for other teachers to use. Schools started having a large enough budget that they would have a "lesson plan" to hand out to every student to refer to. Then, (pure speculation here) some group of corrupt politicians set up a system where only certain people could sell these "lesson plans" to the government... and for an outrageous price as well.
My cat is miserable if I won't let him outside. You know all those annoying things cats are known for? Well, he's pretty good about that... unless I haven't let him outside for 2 days. On day 3, he's pissing on things, breaking lamps, scratching everything in site, meowing at me constantly, "accidentally" using his claws with me, getting on the countertops, letting the dog into the basement* and generally terrorizing the place.
He's 15 years old and as healthy as a horse. I've let him outside nearly every day of his life since the day I adopted him from a farm where he learned to hunt. My neighbors started complaining about these red squirrels that moved into the area, but they haven't come near my place (and neither has any other rodent pest). He rarely hunts birds, but my neighbor seemed to think he was a nuisance killing birds. Apparently there is a law in my area that cats cannot be let outside (Wtf?) I received a police citation and kept him inside for two whole weeks (Uggghh). Finally, I found an exception to the law, filled out the forms and started letting him outside again. He was the happiest I've ever seen him.
Pets are animals. Letting them outside can get them killed. But humans go outside all the time where we are frequently killed. Humans go outside and are run over by cars. Humans go outside and freeze to death. Humans go outside and starve to death.
There ARE two sides of the argument, and quite frankly pets are animals. Its humans that despair when their pets die, and its humans that are responsible for keeping their pets safe. But it's also humans that are responsible for keeping their pets happy. Don't tell ME how I should care for my pet. One cat wanders outside every day, the other cat lolls indoors all day. Don't lecture me on what's humane.
More so than you even intended. If Maldives goes under water, 1 billion dollars a YEAR will be lost. Literally, all the tourism "goods" that Maldives can generate will disappear.
In social studies, the "Brain Drain" was something the US was doing to the rest of the world by "taking away their brains." Now, those people are going back to their countries so it is a reversal of the "Brain Drain."
Except for Gabriel's Law of Internet Fuckwad.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/3/19/