I am sure it will. And since money influences policy decisions, I am quite sure all the money media companies make will go directly into the hands of the politicians to keep things the way they are. When you can come up with a bottomless well of cash to oppose them, then perhaps there will be Intellectual Property reform.
As it stands now, things will change about 1000 years after the sun turns into a black hole.
And yes, I realize the sun will never become a black hole.
Is there anyone out there that knows what the difference is between a lithium ion laptop battery and a lithium ion powerdrill battery? As far as I know, there are significant production differences between a laptop lithium ion battery is produced and how a powerdrill lithium ion battery.
And because no discussion is ever complete without a car analogy, Why would a Mercedes V6 engine cost more than a Ford V6 engine.
Honestly, unless you are tuning your operating system for some very specialized use, bloat isn't an issue.
The vast majority of users don't need to worry about bloat, and you'd have to seriously try to screw up Linux to make it as bloated as, say, Windows 7.
I am looking right now that the C:\WINDOWS directory for a windows 7 machine and its sitting at 11GB in size.
Especially when part of the redaction specifically talks about TSA Field Intelligence agents. Since when does the TSA have field intelligence agents???
I wonder, since you don't need copyright notice, does this mean that Yahoo, by selling emails (which could automatically have copyright protection) then be liable for criminal and civil penalties for copyright infringement?
I mean, Jammie Thomas got hit with a million dollar judgment for $80,000 per incident of infringement, does this mean Yahoo should pay that much per email, since each individual email could be considered a separate copyrighted item? Wouldn't that also mean that any government agency knowingly purchasing said copyrighted material could also be held liable for violating the law? I don't recall the DMCA has an exclusion for government violations.
I am sure a court would shut it down, but I'd like to see someone file that lawsuit.
As I see it, one of the advantages of a VPN is the ability to pass through government enforced firewalls, such as "the Great Firewall of China". It also allows you to bypass that same firewall to get non censored information. Not sure if this applies the questioners particular circumstances, but if you are going to be in a country that monitors or censors internet traffic, a vpn will help you avoid difficulties with local authorities.
I noticed that. I looked on their website and found that Yay, its open source. But the "Community" version apparently doesn't support encryption or a number of other security measure present in the Enterprise version. The community version is free, but their enterprise version, according to Magneto, "Start at $8,900 USD/yr"
They boast of 1 million downloads, but I am wondering how many of those downloads actually became Enterprise customers. I don't know what it is about their website, but it makes me suspicious and very unwilling to leave any contact information with them.
If I recall, the lead scientist in Independence Day was the head of technology or something like that for a major cable company. My guess is he was making plenty of money.
Spelling mistakes and all, Artson makes a valid point. Here in Dallas, TX we have schools that are almost entirely bilingual. In one school we looked at before deciding on spending the money on private school, the school had 4 15-student classes that were bilingual, and had a single 35-student class that was taught in English.
The sad thing is that most of these kids will get pushed grade by grade until they graduate, and when they do, their English will be broken and their chances of success will be neutered. There is an interesting movie, Real Women Have Curves, where the Hispanic mother tries to sabotage her daughter's chances of getting into college. The mother's attitude was, "You shouldn't have a better life than I did." My wife, who is Hispanic, tells me that this attitude is typical of many Mexican Hispanics.
The issue is the concern parents have for their children's success. Asian are not considered minorities in California for the purpose of college because such a high percentage of their children attend. This is the difference Artson points out in his somewhat racist sounding post.
Math and science curricula have to differ, because some areas have better schools than others. The problem no one has yet figured out is how to get the under-performing schools up to the standards that other schools have no problem meeting. You actually figure that out and I am sure that the Department of Education as well as all of the lower 50% of school systems will be overjoyed to hear from you.
The problem is that both geniuses and idiots would probably do better in home schooled situations. The caveat for this is that the home schooling is actually done and the kid doesn't just run rampant.
Our modern institutionalized schools teach to the average, and frequently hightly intellligent children are labelled with ADHD or hyperactivity when the truth is that they are merely bored. By the same token, children with a less than average IQ would be stuffed into a special education class, doomed with that label. Home schooling can allow geniuses to move ahead of their peers and allow slow learners to spend extra time learning what they need to, and in the end both benefit.
Damned few people end up in Harvard or Julliard. It is better to give parents the tools to educate their children in whatever manner is best for the child. Honestly, it doesn't matter whether the child is taught creationism or evolution. Since most of those kids are going to grow up and become telephone sanitizers and the like, they hardly need to know much about physics, do they?
Science and IPR are joined at the hip. The entire world economy is tied into science based IPR. Healthcare, electronics, space exploration, agriculture, etc. Every single area of science is tied up with IPR. How many scientists have done significant research and not patented their discoveries. So yeah, they can use IPR because its standard practice. Even in academia, patent licensing has made some Universities fat and happy.
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I am sure it will. And since money influences policy decisions, I am quite sure all the money media companies make will go directly into the hands of the politicians to keep things the way they are. When you can come up with a bottomless well of cash to oppose them, then perhaps there will be Intellectual Property reform.
As it stands now, things will change about 1000 years after the sun turns into a black hole.
And yes, I realize the sun will never become a black hole.
Will a Certificate of Live Birth do?
Is there anyone out there that knows what the difference is between a lithium ion laptop battery and a lithium ion powerdrill battery? As far as I know, there are significant production differences between a laptop lithium ion battery is produced and how a powerdrill lithium ion battery.
And because no discussion is ever complete without a car analogy, Why would a Mercedes V6 engine cost more than a Ford V6 engine.
How about a computer analogy?
Why is one 750W power supply so much more expensive than another 750W power supply?
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Honestly, unless you are tuning your operating system for some very specialized use, bloat isn't an issue.
The vast majority of users don't need to worry about bloat, and you'd have to seriously try to screw up Linux to make it as bloated as, say, Windows 7.
I am looking right now that the C:\WINDOWS directory for a windows 7 machine and its sitting at 11GB in size.
Especially when part of the redaction specifically talks about TSA Field Intelligence agents. Since when does the TSA have field intelligence agents???
Yes, sometimes I can really relate to the concept of karma.
Yup, that's on the pending list too.
I wonder, since you don't need copyright notice, does this mean that Yahoo, by selling emails (which could automatically have copyright protection) then be liable for criminal and civil penalties for copyright infringement?
I mean, Jammie Thomas got hit with a million dollar judgment for $80,000 per incident of infringement, does this mean Yahoo should pay that much per email, since each individual email could be considered a separate copyrighted item? Wouldn't that also mean that any government agency knowingly purchasing said copyrighted material could also be held liable for violating the law? I don't recall the DMCA has an exclusion for government violations.
I am sure a court would shut it down, but I'd like to see someone file that lawsuit.
As I see it, one of the advantages of a VPN is the ability to pass through government enforced firewalls, such as "the Great Firewall of China". It also allows you to bypass that same firewall to get non censored information. Not sure if this applies the questioners particular circumstances, but if you are going to be in a country that monitors or censors internet traffic, a vpn will help you avoid difficulties with local authorities.
He could always torrent 30 GB of porn onto a couple of flash drives, then he wouldn't need internet access.
Holy Moly,
I can give Indian programmers away as Christmas gifts!!!
I noticed that. I looked on their website and found that Yay, its open source. But the "Community" version apparently doesn't support encryption or a number of other security measure present in the Enterprise version. The community version is free, but their enterprise version, according to Magneto, "Start at $8,900 USD/yr"
They boast of 1 million downloads, but I am wondering how many of those downloads actually became Enterprise customers. I don't know what it is about their website, but it makes me suspicious and very unwilling to leave any contact information with them.
Setting up a wickedly awesome lan party for Bad Company 2.
If I recall, the lead scientist in Independence Day was the head of technology or something like that for a major cable company. My guess is he was making plenty of money.
Spelling mistakes and all, Artson makes a valid point. Here in Dallas, TX we have schools that are almost entirely bilingual. In one school we looked at before deciding on spending the money on private school, the school had 4 15-student classes that were bilingual, and had a single 35-student class that was taught in English.
The sad thing is that most of these kids will get pushed grade by grade until they graduate, and when they do, their English will be broken and their chances of success will be neutered. There is an interesting movie, Real Women Have Curves, where the Hispanic mother tries to sabotage her daughter's chances of getting into college. The mother's attitude was, "You shouldn't have a better life than I did." My wife, who is Hispanic, tells me that this attitude is typical of many Mexican Hispanics.
The issue is the concern parents have for their children's success. Asian are not considered minorities in California for the purpose of college because such a high percentage of their children attend. This is the difference Artson points out in his somewhat racist sounding post.
Math and science curricula have to differ, because some areas have better schools than others. The problem no one has yet figured out is how to get the under-performing schools up to the standards that other schools have no problem meeting. You actually figure that out and I am sure that the Department of Education as well as all of the lower 50% of school systems will be overjoyed to hear from you.
The problem is that both geniuses and idiots would probably do better in home schooled situations. The caveat for this is that the home schooling is actually done and the kid doesn't just run rampant.
Our modern institutionalized schools teach to the average, and frequently hightly intellligent children are labelled with ADHD or hyperactivity when the truth is that they are merely bored. By the same token, children with a less than average IQ would be stuffed into a special education class, doomed with that label. Home schooling can allow geniuses to move ahead of their peers and allow slow learners to spend extra time learning what they need to, and in the end both benefit.
Damned few people end up in Harvard or Julliard. It is better to give parents the tools to educate their children in whatever manner is best for the child. Honestly, it doesn't matter whether the child is taught creationism or evolution. Since most of those kids are going to grow up and become telephone sanitizers and the like, they hardly need to know much about physics, do they?
$40.00 / hr.
Science and IPR are joined at the hip. The entire world economy is tied into science based IPR. Healthcare, electronics, space exploration, agriculture, etc. Every single area of science is tied up with IPR. How many scientists have done significant research and not patented their discoveries. So yeah, they can use IPR because its standard practice. Even in academia, patent licensing has made some Universities fat and happy.
Can I use laziness as an excuse?
I use to say you couldn't pay me to use Windows instead of Linux. Well, I've thought about it, and I was wrong. You could pay me.
Hey, I found him.
Maybe someone has, you could always Google it.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
That's okay, Ford recently unveiled a concept in the taurus line aimed squarely at all of us facing these troubled economic times.
Boy that secret sauce tastes a lot like Unix