I was thinking the exact same thing as I read the article. Genetic diversity should increase a species ability to stick around which makes you think how unusual something like this is still around. There are other lizards that can perform "virgin birth" but even those species still reproduce sexually when permissible.
If cloning is the only way they reproduce, they either must be genetically perfect for their environment or their environment has resisted drastic change.
Well many humans no longer have to look for the prey, so watching a gazelle hopping around probably wouldn't spark aggression in us.
But hey, maybe this is why silly things like cow tipping and cock fighting are still around. Since our food source is domesticated, this may serve as release for our natural tendencies.
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If I spend money making 1000 widgets expecting to sell out completely, that's my decision as the producer/investor. Whether I find customers who want to buy those 1000 widgets is a different story. If I don't sell enough widgets to break even, I lose money on a BAD investment
The customer couldn't care any less what the supply cost is. They only care about the price--and will only buy if that price is within a range they are willing to pay.
If a musician spends money making music, fine. If they fail to sell because they can't find a buyer, they too have made a BAD investment. Bad investors don't deserve reward or compensation. This market is overly saturated with musicians (or should I say...bad investors,)so if you want to make money you better be the best damn musician out there.
But the program isn't illegal, just against the marketplace rules. The program MAY be used for illegal or malicious purposes...but so can a knife, gun, spork...etc.
Maybe I work in an industry thats highly regulated or scrutinized. An app like this could save my job.
Actually even in Somalia, one of africa's most volatile regions, there is a thriving stock market that is ruining (enriching?) there lives.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2009/12/a_pirate_stock_exchange.html
Oddly enough, Somalia would be a pure Libertarians dreamland. No taxes, no real government to fuss with, and everyone is free to set up any enterprising business.
Bonus points if guns are used to make that business even more profitable.
Anon delivars. Mod up please!
This is doubly true for corporations that are publicly traded. As a company, If the company isn't returning as much profit as possible THAT QUARTER, you aren't fulfilling the obligations to the shareholder.
Shareholder lawsuits for this reason are very common. In fact, there's a class action lawsuit open against Bank of America for acquiring Merrill Lynch. Perfect example to compare to this story.
Again, why in the world would I (OR ANYONE) trust a company's [business model] to dictate the freedoms of a suspect?
The companies business model doesn't necessarily depend on them demonstrating that level of audit. It depends on its ability to continue convincing their buyers that product will catch criminals. They can prove it can tag criminals, so theres no false info there. What they can't prove is that it can catch ONLY criminals.
Thats fantastic if they can in fact demonstrate their audit process. But are they demonstrating this audit process to the people that matter, like the organization charged with the task of sending criminals to prison? Can they demonstrate the product is infallible? If they can, are they demonstrating this to the right people? Are they being certified on a regular basis?
How about the buyers? Are they being certified to use it correctly? Have they been certified that they bought the product using their real name and identity? Have they been background checked for criminal history?
Many sane, functioning members of society don't trust the very government they vote for, let alone a for-profit company.
Quoting ian_from_brisbane:
"I don't understand how you can rely on a company 'guarantee' as proof of anything."
Why should we trust a for profit company's proprietary method of tracking (regulated or unregulated) as gospel? Would you be willing to bet someones life or freedom for that? br>
If there was some regulatory process that documents the production and distribution of said product, then verification was done by a third party with no stake in the profit *MAYBE* we could trust it. The first question I'd ask, is how do I know product id 12345678abc was not created twice? Who verifies this, and does that person collect a paycheck from the same company that produces it?
But that doesn't solve the issue that anyone with a few bucks can buy this and spray it over anything they want. So you'd also have to regulate and track purchase and USAGE of the product. The very existence of the technology proves this tracker can be duplicated...a terrible product that could never be foolproof.
Why isn't there a penalty for this? There should be--and it should be equivalent to the inflated valuations they give their own content...( 25k per downloaded song, movie, etc...)
If we did, china would let it go on for a year or two, then wait till all the investors dump huge loads of cash into the business to expand and streamline. After fortunes are invested, China will stop any existing embargos and then triple their rare earth mining output just to slam all the competitors into the ground. If they do it right, they'd probably traumatize their competitors so terribly that no one would think of mining rare earth minerals for another 30 years.
China corners the market because mining rare earth minerals creates environmental issues...and they are willing to puke all over their own land. Western nations have to deal with environmental laws, and that drives up cost.
cooling is only part of the problem. There are tons of data centers in the Arizona desert region, where temperatures can be over 110F for months straight. But they put them here anyway because insurance and disaster preparedness is dirt cheap enough to offset power cost. Natural disasters like floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and forest fires rarely pose a threat to property there.
IBM, Dell, VMware, EMC, Microsoft and Oracle will team up together to form one mega IT Government solutions corporation. They'll hire Steve Jobs on as Uber-head CEO...so you can make that check out to Apple Inc.
Uncle Sam: "Check's in the mail!"
It's a movie...based off a an actual event but injected with LOTS of fiction and creative juicy bits to make the story interesting and dramatic. The movie isn't flawed because it fails to mention the "magic behind the facebook story," as most people watching the movie don't give a shit about that stuff! It would be nonsense that distracts from the movie.
The openness and magical qualities of the internet was not the plot of the story. The [fictional] movie was about friendship, betrayal, and the abrasive personality of Mark Zuckerberg. Rating the film down because it was lacking an explaination of the internet is stupid, and it seems more like an opportunity to talk about something Lessig cares about.
It was an interesting movie btw. After watching it I went home and Google'd Sean Parker info because I didn't know he had a hand in facebook. I also wanted to find out whether he was as big a douchebag as they played him out to be on the movie.
Their marketing dept figures the target audience to be business minded Alpha males that like to watch sports, drink beer, and complain about their wives at manly superbowl parties.
And the first lineup can only connect via WIFI or tethering to an existing blackberry! WHY would you want two different devices reading the same BES emails????
Once this thing comes out with 3g/4g capability I can see many businesses wanting to adopt this. But since the projected release is Q2 2011, the 3G won't be ready till late 2011 early 2012--Plenty of time for other companies to design something better.
Typical RIM...showing up late to the party with a 12-pack of Zima's after everyone's had their fill of the punch bowl.
This is exactly why I think Japan's greatest export isn't DVD players, Lexus IS350's or video games--It's the culture's desire for "Perfection." Everything they make can be done by others...and for far cheaper. The Japanese, however, seek to do it perfectly.
My point is--it's not surprising. Japan has always been vulnerable to this. Only this time around, thanks to WWII surrender conditions, they have no hand to play against China (Not allowed to have an offensive capable military.) In the good 'ol days Japan would have just gone to war with them if they pulled this. (They did it to the USA, because we wouldn't trade resources.)
Just pointing out the interesting role reversal here. That is all.
In terms of natural resources, Japan is practically void of anything valuable. Lucky for the Japanese, China is still pissed over that whole "Rape of Nanking" deal.
Education (or lack of) and the associated economic penalties are the cause of our problems in the U.S. And we all know our education system is failing here.
If you are poor and uneducated, taking resources by force is a viable means of survival. A gun is readily available here in the U.S. so they use it. If it was banned altogether, it would change NOTHING, because anyone who passed Metals Shop with a D+ or higher could make their own gun. A gun is a technology thats been around for hundreds of years. Banning or controlling this technology is useless. Such an action would still not change the underlying cause of gun crime--Education and poor economic conditions.
Most countries in Europe have less violent crime than the US because their governments make it a policy to provide basic resources for everyone--including the lower tiers of society. Nothing wrong with that, but in the US many people (including the wealthy and upper class elites) would consider that "bread and circuses" to appease the low-lifes.
Summary--We're fucked up, but taking away our arms woud be nothing but a distraction from the real problem. We'll just resort to knives. And when the victims' families start screaming about knife crimes, they'll switch to sporks. Arms control does nothing to diminish the economic rewards of violence. With our poor being so poor violence is rewarded heavily.
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I was thinking the exact same thing as I read the article. Genetic diversity should increase a species ability to stick around which makes you think how unusual something like this is still around. There are other lizards that can perform "virgin birth" but even those species still reproduce sexually when permissible.
If cloning is the only way they reproduce, they either must be genetically perfect for their environment or their environment has resisted drastic change.
Free electricity--Spoils of war.
Well many humans no longer have to look for the prey, so watching a gazelle hopping around probably wouldn't spark aggression in us.
But hey, maybe this is why silly things like cow tipping and cock fighting are still around. Since our food source is domesticated, this may serve as release for our natural tendencies.
If I spend money making 1000 widgets expecting to sell out completely, that's my decision as the producer/investor. Whether I find customers who want to buy those 1000 widgets is a different story. If I don't sell enough widgets to break even, I lose money on a BAD investment
The customer couldn't care any less what the supply cost is. They only care about the price--and will only buy if that price is within a range they are willing to pay.
If a musician spends money making music, fine. If they fail to sell because they can't find a buyer, they too have made a BAD investment. Bad investors don't deserve reward or compensation. This market is overly saturated with musicians (or should I say...bad investors,)so if you want to make money you better be the best damn musician out there.
Judith Griggs, the actual editor for Cooks Source, also has a facebook page...Wonder if she's getting bombarded too.
Good point. They are marketing it for nefarious purposes.
But the program isn't illegal, just against the marketplace rules. The program MAY be used for illegal or malicious purposes...but so can a knife, gun, spork...etc. Maybe I work in an industry thats highly regulated or scrutinized. An app like this could save my job.
Actually even in Somalia, one of africa's most volatile regions, there is a thriving stock market that is ruining (enriching?) there lives. http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2009/12/a_pirate_stock_exchange.html Oddly enough, Somalia would be a pure Libertarians dreamland. No taxes, no real government to fuss with, and everyone is free to set up any enterprising business.
Bonus points if guns are used to make that business even more profitable.
This coming from a country where copying, stealing or selling other peoples ideas is not a crime, but a business model.
Color me surprised.
Anon delivars. Mod up please! This is doubly true for corporations that are publicly traded. As a company, If the company isn't returning as much profit as possible THAT QUARTER, you aren't fulfilling the obligations to the shareholder.
Shareholder lawsuits for this reason are very common. In fact, there's a class action lawsuit open against Bank of America for acquiring Merrill Lynch. Perfect example to compare to this story.
Circular logic is circular!
Again, why in the world would I (OR ANYONE) trust a company's [business model] to dictate the freedoms of a suspect?
The companies business model doesn't necessarily depend on them demonstrating that level of audit. It depends on its ability to continue convincing their buyers that product will catch criminals. They can prove it can tag criminals, so theres no false info there. What they can't prove is that it can catch ONLY criminals.
Thats fantastic if they can in fact demonstrate their audit process. But are they demonstrating this audit process to the people that matter, like the organization charged with the task of sending criminals to prison? Can they demonstrate the product is infallible? If they can, are they demonstrating this to the right people? Are they being certified on a regular basis?
How about the buyers? Are they being certified to use it correctly? Have they been certified that they bought the product using their real name and identity? Have they been background checked for criminal history?
Many sane, functioning members of society don't trust the very government they vote for, let alone a for-profit company.
Quoting ian_from_brisbane:
"I don't understand how you can rely on a company 'guarantee' as proof of anything."
Why should we trust a for profit company's proprietary method of tracking (regulated or unregulated) as gospel? Would you be willing to bet someones life or freedom for that? br>
If there was some regulatory process that documents the production and distribution of said product, then verification was done by a third party with no stake in the profit *MAYBE* we could trust it. The first question I'd ask, is how do I know product id 12345678abc was not created twice? Who verifies this, and does that person collect a paycheck from the same company that produces it?
But that doesn't solve the issue that anyone with a few bucks can buy this and spray it over anything they want. So you'd also have to regulate and track purchase and USAGE of the product.
The very existence of the technology proves this tracker can be duplicated...a terrible product that could never be foolproof.
Why isn't there a penalty for this? There should be--and it should be equivalent to the inflated valuations they give their own content...( 25k per downloaded song, movie, etc...)
They can.
If we did, china would let it go on for a year or two, then wait till all the investors dump huge loads of cash into the business to expand and streamline. After fortunes are invested, China will stop any existing embargos and then triple their rare earth mining output just to slam all the competitors into the ground. If they do it right, they'd probably traumatize their competitors so terribly that no one would think of mining rare earth minerals for another 30 years.
China corners the market because mining rare earth minerals creates environmental issues...and they are willing to puke all over their own land. Western nations have to deal with environmental laws, and that drives up cost.
cooling is only part of the problem. There are tons of data centers in the Arizona desert region, where temperatures can be over 110F for months straight. But they put them here anyway because insurance and disaster preparedness is dirt cheap enough to offset power cost. Natural disasters like floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and forest fires rarely pose a threat to property there.
IBM, Dell, VMware, EMC, Microsoft and Oracle will team up together to form one mega IT Government solutions corporation. They'll hire Steve Jobs on as Uber-head CEO...so you can make that check out to Apple Inc. Uncle Sam: "Check's in the mail!"
Remember...
We can still go grab a beer and fix a sandwich up during commercials. Don't freak out. Just do something else.
It's a movie...based off a an actual event but injected with LOTS of fiction and creative juicy bits to make the story interesting and dramatic. The movie isn't flawed because it fails to mention the "magic behind the facebook story," as most people watching the movie don't give a shit about that stuff! It would be nonsense that distracts from the movie.
The openness and magical qualities of the internet was not the plot of the story. The [fictional] movie was about friendship, betrayal, and the abrasive personality of Mark Zuckerberg. Rating the film down because it was lacking an explaination of the internet is stupid, and it seems more like an opportunity to talk about something Lessig cares about.
It was an interesting movie btw. After watching it I went home and Google'd Sean Parker info because I didn't know he had a hand in facebook. I also wanted to find out whether he was as big a douchebag as they played him out to be on the movie.
So App World is going to be an *approval needed* market like Apple, except MORE stringent?
Their marketing dept figures the target audience to be business minded Alpha males that like to watch sports, drink beer, and complain about their wives at manly superbowl parties.
And the first lineup can only connect via WIFI or tethering to an existing blackberry! WHY would you want two different devices reading the same BES emails????
Once this thing comes out with 3g/4g capability I can see many businesses wanting to adopt this. But since the projected release is Q2 2011, the 3G won't be ready till late 2011 early 2012--Plenty of time for other companies to design something better.
Typical RIM...showing up late to the party with a 12-pack of Zima's after everyone's had their fill of the punch bowl.
One more needs to mod this post up.
This is exactly why I think Japan's greatest export isn't DVD players, Lexus IS350's or video games--It's the culture's desire for "Perfection." Everything they make can be done by others...and for far cheaper. The Japanese, however, seek to do it perfectly.
My point is--it's not surprising. Japan has always been vulnerable to this. Only this time around, thanks to WWII surrender conditions, they have no hand to play against China (Not allowed to have an offensive capable military.) In the good 'ol days Japan would have just gone to war with them if they pulled this. (They did it to the USA, because we wouldn't trade resources.)
Just pointing out the interesting role reversal here. That is all.
In terms of natural resources, Japan is practically void of anything valuable. Lucky for the Japanese, China is still pissed over that whole "Rape of Nanking" deal.
Education (or lack of) and the associated economic penalties are the cause of our problems in the U.S. And we all know our education system is failing here.
If you are poor and uneducated, taking resources by force is a viable means of survival. A gun is readily available here in the U.S. so they use it. If it was banned altogether, it would change NOTHING, because anyone who passed Metals Shop with a D+ or higher could make their own gun. A gun is a technology thats been around for hundreds of years. Banning or controlling this technology is useless. Such an action would still not change the underlying cause of gun crime--Education and poor economic conditions.
Most countries in Europe have less violent crime than the US because their governments make it a policy to provide basic resources for everyone--including the lower tiers of society. Nothing wrong with that, but in the US many people (including the wealthy and upper class elites) would consider that "bread and circuses" to appease the low-lifes.
Summary--We're fucked up, but taking away our arms woud be nothing but a distraction from the real problem. We'll just resort to knives. And when the victims' families start screaming about knife crimes, they'll switch to sporks. Arms control does nothing to diminish the economic rewards of violence. With our poor being so poor violence is rewarded heavily.