So, by extension, you would argue that: STANLEY should be able to prosecute people who make and give away attachments to their hammers? Or, perhaps FORD should be able to sue people for buying and installing after-market parts? Recall that the interoperable software is FREE. Rarely are issues involving complex technology more than simple analogies of more familiar situations. Rarely do people make those analogies before panicking.
By immoral I mean the following: The actions of Blizzard which you do not condone, consist of suing outsiders for designing their own interoperable software. Essentially, the objection is that software which was not created by Blizzard is not their intellectual property and hence not under their control. By the same token, their software is was not created by you, and hence not under your control. To agree that their behavior is bad and that indiscriminant p2p piracy is not is to be contradictory (an analytic immorality of sorts).
I hardly see how replacing one set of immoral directives with another will improve the human/corporate interaction scheme which should be an ultimate goal.
As has previously been pointed out,/. has no obligation to objectivity. News items are outside links. Commentary and reporting are clearly differentiated in every posting.
"The Bush administration launched a partnership with domestic automakers in January to develop a system of hydrogen refueling stations and spur the growth of hydrogen fuel cells."
Considering Bush's background, I think this is interesting. A+ for him. I would say "commendable", but really it's just "sensible". The positive connotations of "commendable" only make sense given low expectations.:-)
Making one a small sim-universe system wouldn't add to the total number of operations in the universe. Since the total number was calculated based on the total amount of mass in the universe and since your computer would be made from a portion of that same mass, those calculations are already being counted.
This is precisely what KaZaA does. Same file, multiple simultaneous sources = fast downloads. (thanks to whoever responded equivalently. who knows why you were moded down)
This idea is preposterous:
"Think about it the theme park (large multimillion dollar corporation) makes a ride without thinking about the safety of people riding it. "
In the narcotics market, overdoses indicate potency and boost sales. While a similar law may hold for rollercoaster thrill-seekers, park-owners, unlike dealers, are ultimately afraid of law-suits. I seriously doubt new rides are being constructed which intentionally disregard the safety of the rider.
The essential problem with most arguments of this sort, is that they treat every new form of media as if it is an entirely unique phenomenon rather than seeing it simply another method of communication. Certainly, the internet has enough unique properties that it deserves particular consideration. But, when it really comes down to it, people have been lying and believing lies just as wildly and destructively for much longer than the internet has been around. TV and radio constantly broadcast partial truths, complete fictions, and truths expressed with bent language for decades. Some people believe everything TV, radio, newspapers, tabloids, etc. say already. Others are more selective. Just as we've learned to tune the signal from the noise with other media, we will adapt to the internet. When those with little technological experience begin to understand a little bit of the workings, they'll have as little faith in the validity of random online material as we do.
Actually, this comment:
"But what of the dark side, the cloud of the silver lining, the other side of the proverbial coin? The fact is, the Internet is an aid to terrorists, drug addicts, child molesters, and fundamentalists."
Has everything to do with the article. Recall,
"Worse, just when you might have thought you were all alone with your extreme views, the Internet puts you together with a community of people from around the world who hate all the things and people you do. And you can scrap the BBC and just get your news from those Web sites that reinforce your own stereotypes."
If these things can be tuned to specific frequencies as was suggested, I would think this would have some fun oplications in digital photography miniaturization or transplant retinas or something like that.
I think what I will miss most about the passing of FASA will be Shadowrun. While I'm certainly familiar with Mechwarrior, I think they made much greater contributions to the gaming comunity with Shadowrun (now a definite classic).
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the nearest star was some 60 odd light years away. What's with this red dwarf that's only 15 distant? True, it's not exactly bright or anything, but it's a start nontheless.
"Fred Moody is the author of I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year with Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier and of The Visionary Position: The Inside Story of the Digital Dreamers Who Made Virtual Reality a Reality. His column appears on alternate Wednesdays."
This was my first question and indeed I feel an excellent. In fact, it is more than likely that the first bacteria would have actually been anaerobic (sp?). And, as for UV, the stuff doesn't need to be on the surface. I would think a better question would be: how can the bacteria survive the millions of degrees of temperature when the meteorite hits or why is it particularly more likely that life would first occurr on a meteorite rather than earth?
Personally I didn't think titan A.E. was all that bad. To me, it felt like supervisory restrictions chopped the end short, and edited beyond recognition of the original concept. Also, I think 2d is not bad at all and a lot of people would miss it if it was gone. Unless 3d is done with mind bogeling attention to detail (for example ReBoot) it usually lacks a lot of the personality of hand done 2d (even though it is computer inbetweened). Of course there is always lifeless 2d too (Tom and Jerry kids? yuck!) Hopefully there will always be a place for both.
Most people can't manage to record a movie correctly from TV and eliminate comercials by stopping the recording. How can we expect a computer to be at least as smart? I can understand what you're saying about timing, but of course the ads can't be all the same length. And what about tracks which begin with dialog or tracks which are entirely dialog (comedy for instance)? Unless some sort of ad-library based scanner was to be implemented with constant web-updates to keep track of the newest ads, I can't imagine any scanner type solution to work more than half the time. Not so easy.
Just like there are two nobs on the radio, there are sufficient controls on your web browsers to avoid being acosted by such offensively stupid websites.
Regardless of slashdot's "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters" slogan, you have to remember that the site is not corporate. Articles which are posted are those that appeal most to the guys who run it. It's more like a balanced info-diet for the geeky lifestyle than anything else, and that diet needs to be balanced. Without a little stupid humor now and then where would we be? If you want "news", read the New York Times. This is information and discussion for real people.
The "personality" of the GeForce 2 DX seems perfect for Macintosh's long history of cutting edge purist architecture with lower clocks. A smooth elegant approach rather than the wintel end of the spectrum which seems more like a brute on steroids. Hopefully this will help generate more of a game market for Macintosh.
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So, by extension, you would argue that: STANLEY should be able to prosecute people who make and give away attachments to their hammers? Or, perhaps FORD should be able to sue people for buying and installing after-market parts? Recall that the interoperable software is FREE. Rarely are issues involving complex technology more than simple analogies of more familiar situations. Rarely do people make those analogies before panicking.
By immoral I mean the following:
The actions of Blizzard which you do not condone, consist of suing outsiders for designing their own interoperable software. Essentially, the objection is that software which was not created by Blizzard is not their intellectual property and hence not under their control. By the same token, their software is was not created by you, and hence not under your control. To agree that their behavior is bad and that indiscriminant p2p piracy is not is to be contradictory (an analytic immorality of sorts).
I hardly see how replacing one set of immoral directives with another will improve the human/corporate interaction scheme which should be an ultimate goal.
As has previously been pointed out, /. has no obligation to objectivity. News items are outside links. Commentary and reporting are clearly differentiated in every posting.
This is why anonymous cowards don't deserve to participate in informative transactions. They waste their words on shit.
"The Bush administration launched a partnership with domestic automakers in January to develop a system of hydrogen refueling stations and spur the growth of hydrogen fuel cells."
:-)
Considering Bush's background, I think this is interesting. A+ for him. I would say "commendable", but really it's just "sensible". The positive connotations of "commendable" only make sense given low expectations.
Making one a small sim-universe system wouldn't add to the total number of operations in the universe. Since the total number was calculated based on the total amount of mass in the universe and since your computer would be made from a portion of that same mass, those calculations are already being counted.
You are wrong. It says so at the top of the opening yellow distance-scrolling text.
This is precisely what KaZaA does. Same file, multiple simultaneous sources = fast downloads.
(thanks to whoever responded equivalently. who knows why you were moded down)
"...download open source and public domain content from multiple peers and mirrors in parallel."
These usefull features have already been implemented in KaZaA [www.kazaa.com].
This idea is preposterous: "Think about it the theme park (large multimillion dollar corporation) makes a ride without thinking about the safety of people riding it. " In the narcotics market, overdoses indicate potency and boost sales. While a similar law may hold for rollercoaster thrill-seekers, park-owners, unlike dealers, are ultimately afraid of law-suits. I seriously doubt new rides are being constructed which intentionally disregard the safety of the rider.
The essential problem with most arguments of this sort, is that they treat every new form of media as if it is an entirely unique phenomenon rather than seeing it simply another method of communication. Certainly, the internet has enough unique properties that it deserves particular consideration. But, when it really comes down to it, people have been lying and believing lies just as wildly and destructively for much longer than the internet has been around. TV and radio constantly broadcast partial truths, complete fictions, and truths expressed with bent language for decades. Some people believe everything TV, radio, newspapers, tabloids, etc. say already. Others are more selective. Just as we've learned to tune the signal from the noise with other media, we will adapt to the internet. When those with little technological experience begin to understand a little bit of the workings, they'll have as little faith in the validity of random online material as we do.
Actually, this comment: "But what of the dark side, the cloud of the silver lining, the other side of the proverbial coin? The fact is, the Internet is an aid to terrorists, drug addicts, child molesters, and fundamentalists." Has everything to do with the article. Recall, "Worse, just when you might have thought you were all alone with your extreme views, the Internet puts you together with a community of people from around the world who hate all the things and people you do. And you can scrap the BBC and just get your news from those Web sites that reinforce your own stereotypes."
Rather artificial replacement retinas.
If these things can be tuned to specific frequencies as was suggested, I would think this would have some fun oplications in digital photography miniaturization or transplant retinas or something like that.
I think what I will miss most about the passing of FASA will be Shadowrun. While I'm certainly familiar with Mechwarrior, I think they made much greater contributions to the gaming comunity with Shadowrun (now a definite classic).
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the nearest star was some 60 odd light years away. What's with this red dwarf that's only 15 distant? True, it's not exactly bright or anything, but it's a start nontheless.
Anyone notice this at the bottom of his columns?
"Fred Moody is the author of I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year with Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier and of The Visionary Position: The Inside Story of the Digital Dreamers Who Made Virtual Reality a Reality. His column appears on alternate Wednesdays."
Hmmm...
This was my first question and indeed I feel an excellent. In fact, it is more than likely that the first bacteria would have actually been anaerobic (sp?). And, as for UV, the stuff doesn't need to be on the surface. I would think a better question would be: how can the bacteria survive the millions of degrees of temperature when the meteorite hits or why is it particularly more likely that life would first occurr on a meteorite rather than earth?
Personally I didn't think titan A.E. was all that bad. To me, it felt like supervisory restrictions chopped the end short, and edited beyond recognition of the original concept. Also, I think 2d is not bad at all and a lot of people would miss it if it was gone. Unless 3d is done with mind bogeling attention to detail (for example ReBoot) it usually lacks a lot of the personality of hand done 2d (even though it is computer inbetweened). Of course there is always lifeless 2d too (Tom and Jerry kids? yuck!) Hopefully there will always be a place for both.
Most people can't manage to record a movie correctly from TV and eliminate comercials by stopping the recording. How can we expect a computer to be at least as smart? I can understand what you're saying about timing, but of course the ads can't be all the same length. And what about tracks which begin with dialog or tracks which are entirely dialog (comedy for instance)? Unless some sort of ad-library based scanner was to be implemented with constant web-updates to keep track of the newest ads, I can't imagine any scanner type solution to work more than half the time. Not so easy.
Just like there are two nobs on the radio, there are sufficient controls on your web browsers to avoid being acosted by such offensively stupid websites.
Regardless of slashdot's "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters" slogan, you have to remember that the site is not corporate. Articles which are posted are those that appeal most to the guys who run it. It's more like a balanced info-diet for the geeky lifestyle than anything else, and that diet needs to be balanced. Without a little stupid humor now and then where would we be? If you want "news", read the New York Times. This is information and discussion for real people.
The "personality" of the GeForce 2 DX seems perfect for Macintosh's long history of cutting edge purist architecture with lower clocks. A smooth elegant approach rather than the wintel end of the spectrum which seems more like a brute on steroids. Hopefully this will help generate more of a game market for Macintosh.
As retarded as it is, you should at least be aware of how to correctly spell pure stupidity! It's 31337.