Okay fair enough, but then still, the argument falls on what it means to be a "site" and whether the new form is similar enough to the old form to be considered fundamentally the same thing.
But the point is, challenging TPB in the state it's in now would challenge the entire premise of DHT - and I don't think the case can be made that DHT is skewed towards any particular use, let alone illegal uses. They can't actually have any knowledge of what is being shared because the hash doesn't reveal what it is without first having the file (or otherwise, having an additional database that links the hash to a description). This would seem to make a stronger case for this incarnation over the previous being lawfully neutral.
The question then becomes: does the md5 hash of a file, being linked to a swarm of peers with the files themselves, become symbolic of the property that is being pirated ("stolen") in a convincing enough manner to implicate the hashtable host?
It seems to be a stretch.
That's kind of the whole point. This isn't a show-stopper, it's a show-starter. It's going to force similar innovation from Google, which means that everyone wins.
True, but there's a threshold on how many warheads are even necessary to cause global devastation (should such an extreme security measure be necessary), and I think we can ween down these numbers for some many years while still being above that line. Also: nuclear warheads are not the end-all-be-all of military defense and offense. Who knows, maybe the LHC will inspire micro-blackhole emitting devices that we can waggle in front of one another for years to come.
Also: the well won't run dry if we continue to dismantle warheads. The article mentions that we've been milking these same "few thousand" warheads since the end of the Cold War. Considering that we have between the US and Russia close to TWENTY thousand warheads, if we take even 20% of that collectively, that'd be enough for another 15-20 years. By which time one would think we'd have gotten our act together on these other more renewable resources.
I agree with you, and what's interesting is that the article didn't make any attempt to contextualize this in terms of "HOW" he will go about blocking Google indexing. Then again, in light of this being a political move, and the fact that Murdoch owns "Sky News", the company to whom he confessed this tidbit, it's not surprising.
The fact that there's a "Great (Fire)Wall" separating the Chinese from the rest of the internet? Chinese culture being less individualistic may simply not produce as much malware, and since most citizens are restricted to their own countrymen, there's a bias. That such a sampling bias exists should disqualify it from being included among the other countries, or at least warrant further research before lumping it in there.
While we're on the topic of computers performing calculations and misguided notions, how about we rid ourselves of these unnecessary anthropomorphisms which lead to the idea that a computer is even "doing math" with our number system, or that the radar is "looking" anywhere at all.
I think it's less arduous than you think, considering that the projected image is slightly translucent - this means that there is still continuity between the two retinal inputs.
I think the Mario Kart example is probably the most unique. The way that competition in MK racing works is heavily (read: enormously) influenced by the items you have, especially in the newest one where a Bullet can send you from 8th to 1st.
The fact that the very mechanics of which item you receive is governed by your position in the race, is even more interesting because it's a kind of communism. The balancing aspect, being done in this way, is also highly transparent, as opposed to manipulating the AI of all the computer opponents which is completely unobservable (read: frustrating). At the same time, this kind of balancing works just as well when you translate it to Human vs. Human races. I think it's great because, as a handicap that works in all races so the good players have to keep on their toes, and the not so good players can still manage top-5 placement as they learn the ropes.
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They only need to last until 12/12/12.
I think you mean 12/21/12, the end of this Long Count cycle.
"Solve" it? Or keep it from getting worse because we won't need to use it in the manufacture of fresh warheads?
Huh? That's a criticism of the scientists applying for funding, not the funding itself.
Okay fair enough, but then still, the argument falls on what it means to be a "site" and whether the new form is similar enough to the old form to be considered fundamentally the same thing.
But the point is, challenging TPB in the state it's in now would challenge the entire premise of DHT - and I don't think the case can be made that DHT is skewed towards any particular use, let alone illegal uses. They can't actually have any knowledge of what is being shared because the hash doesn't reveal what it is without first having the file (or otherwise, having an additional database that links the hash to a description). This would seem to make a stronger case for this incarnation over the previous being lawfully neutral.
The question then becomes: does the md5 hash of a file, being linked to a swarm of peers with the files themselves, become symbolic of the property that is being pirated ("stolen") in a convincing enough manner to implicate the hashtable host? It seems to be a stretch.
That's kind of the whole point. This isn't a show-stopper, it's a show-starter. It's going to force similar innovation from Google, which means that everyone wins.
Hey, this very logic once saved the human race, afterall.
Okay good point. I was gathering my statistics from Wikipedia on nuke counts, which are apparently decades old?
True, but there's a threshold on how many warheads are even necessary to cause global devastation (should such an extreme security measure be necessary), and I think we can ween down these numbers for some many years while still being above that line. Also: nuclear warheads are not the end-all-be-all of military defense and offense. Who knows, maybe the LHC will inspire micro-blackhole emitting devices that we can waggle in front of one another for years to come.
Also: the well won't run dry if we continue to dismantle warheads. The article mentions that we've been milking these same "few thousand" warheads since the end of the Cold War. Considering that we have between the US and Russia close to TWENTY thousand warheads, if we take even 20% of that collectively, that'd be enough for another 15-20 years. By which time one would think we'd have gotten our act together on these other more renewable resources.
I agree with you, and what's interesting is that the article didn't make any attempt to contextualize this in terms of "HOW" he will go about blocking Google indexing. Then again, in light of this being a political move, and the fact that Murdoch owns "Sky News", the company to whom he confessed this tidbit, it's not surprising.
As far as previous incarnations go, PMOG is basically a specialized annotation engine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nethernet Isn't it?
Why was this downmodded? The metagods frown upon your sense of humor, Mr. Coward.
Come on, the setup is so obvious!
The fact that there's a "Great (Fire)Wall" separating the Chinese from the rest of the internet? Chinese culture being less individualistic may simply not produce as much malware, and since most citizens are restricted to their own countrymen, there's a bias. That such a sampling bias exists should disqualify it from being included among the other countries, or at least warrant further research before lumping it in there.
The article makes it seem like a covert/mystical action, but really, anyone who has been reading TorrentFreak in the days since the TPB offer of sale and events surrounding the trial will know that people have been thinking about ways to mirror TPB for a while now, under the assumption that it will sink: http://torrentfreak.com/its-time-to-sink-the-pirate-bay-and-replace-it-090913/ , http://torrentfreak.com/torrented-pirate-bay-copy-comes-to-life-090820/ , etc...
While we're on the topic of computers performing calculations and misguided notions, how about we rid ourselves of these unnecessary anthropomorphisms which lead to the idea that a computer is even "doing math" with our number system, or that the radar is "looking" anywhere at all.
I think it's less arduous than you think, considering that the projected image is slightly translucent - this means that there is still continuity between the two retinal inputs.
Without control, it's hard to say whether or not this is just a case of the Hawthorne effect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect
Spoke the sheep.
Do you always search purposefully with that confirmation biased strategy, or is that just a coincidence?
Thank the heavens. The gimmick will no longer be about graphics, but gameplay. Now, how long before the emphasis is on storytelling?
I think the Mario Kart example is probably the most unique. The way that competition in MK racing works is heavily (read: enormously) influenced by the items you have, especially in the newest one where a Bullet can send you from 8th to 1st. The fact that the very mechanics of which item you receive is governed by your position in the race, is even more interesting because it's a kind of communism. The balancing aspect, being done in this way, is also highly transparent, as opposed to manipulating the AI of all the computer opponents which is completely unobservable (read: frustrating). At the same time, this kind of balancing works just as well when you translate it to Human vs. Human races. I think it's great because, as a handicap that works in all races so the good players have to keep on their toes, and the not so good players can still manage top-5 placement as they learn the ropes.
Reliable? They should beam it from space. Duh.