For all those who called this "childish" or "unprofessional" or "juvenile" or any such names--firstly, RTFA, and secondly, lighten up, they didn't put this in their main version. It's a special purpose, no-other-good-use offshoot of the main version. You can still download the regular Opera without this "feature." If they did put this in their main version, then I would agree with all of you, but they didn't. This is merely a parody, no worse than any portrayed on Saturday Night Live. In a month or so, we'll all have had our laugh, and forgotten the entire event.
I think that suing people for trivial matters is also juvenile.
This isn't being advertised as Opera's main browser. It's being advertised as an offshoot, special-purpose, no-other-really-good-use browser. If they had put this into their main browser, then yes, I would agree with you, but this was done as a joke. It's no worse than any parody done on Saturday Night Live. In a month or so, we'll all have had our laugh and have forgotten the entire event.
Guess who has to enforce those patents? That's right, Microsoft. The government doesn't actively look for patent infringers, it's not their job. Since Microsoft has done nothing to stop the Mono people, and in many ways, has encouraged them even, they, though IANAL, would have a very weak legal leg to stand on.
I can't see why the law would allow for a person to release a technology to the public, giving other people a chance to copy the technology, and then let the person patent it long after it's been released.
Can SVG handle audio data? It seems that it only does graphics. Of course, I'm sure that there is a way to sync audio with SVG animations. How would it do that?
I'm not going to argue the point about the SOHO satellites because I've already taken NASA's word for it. I was pretty skeptical about Euroseti's claims before anyway.
However (I'm playing the devil's advocate here), a lot of people make nothing more than assumptions about ETs not visiting us. Unfortunately, there really isn't any evidence against ET visiting us. Of course, there isn't any strong evidence for it.
All the assumptions that people use in arguments against ET visits seem, to me anyway, like nothing more than a projection of our own technological progress upon a possibly existent or non-existent non-earthly species. Could it be that skeptics are more ranting about the little amount of technological progress we've hitherto made?
We've had widely accepted assumptions in the past that have been hugely mistaken (e.g. the Sun orbiting the Earth.) Why is this any different? Sure, we don't have any evidence for it, but that only means that we can only say, "We don't know."
The problem with your assumptions is that they are nothing more than that. If aliens are visiting us, we're not them and cannot possibly ever know for sure what their intentions and motivations are unless they tell us themselves.
The second assumption has the same problems. Perhaps they come from a world in which stealth technology, for some reason, has no purpose. Therefore, they would have not had any reason to develop it until they came here.
Unless they tell us their intents, if they are visiting, we can't even know for sure that their intentions are peaceful or hostile.
Who knows? Maybe haven't been visited. Maybe we have, and they have taken great interest in our ability to create art.
One thing I'm sure of is that humans can be rather myopic, intellectually. Science is overturning many assumptions about the human sexes that have been held on to for centuries. When viruses were discovered in the early part of the last century, people were shocked. No one could conceive of something possibly alive (or at least behaved in life-like manners) that could be smaller than bacteria.
What makes us so sure that we can intuit the intents and motivations of an intelligent species that's not our own?
I would say that if extra-terrestrials have visited us, that they would be quite afraid of us. We are quite a violent species, and I'm sure that that's something that would not escape the attention of any non-Earthly visitors.
To assume puts you between me and my...err, perhaps not...
Did you ever do stuff like this? The equipment that the MIT students used were pretty dangerous, and very difficult to build. I have to wonder why a prankster would go to that length.
Thanks for clearing that up. I don't actually know much about farming, but I did at least figure out that the crops represented some sort of asset to the farmer! It sounds like those crops are a lot more valuable than I had imagined before.
These things should stop. I constantly wonder about the farmer whose crops have just been crushed. Those crops represent lots of money that the farmer uses to buy more things for their farm. It's a valuable asset. Sure, this time money for compensation was left, but many times the pranksters aren't so generous.
(As a side note though, it's interesting that something like this is only devestating to cultures that rely on agriculture. Agriculture, while it's great for mass production of food, is a "place all your eggs in one basket" bet with nature. Horticulturists also have some of the same worries, but not as many. Pastoralists mostly gather their vegetables from nature. Hunter/gatherers have a very varied diet, and lots of mobility.)
No! You're wrong! The 'P' in "TCPA" really stands for "Palladium" and the 'A' stands for "DRM", or...something like that. The 'T' and the 'C' are really there for aesthetics sake.
See, once you understand that the whole world is controled by N'Sync, you'll realize that it all makes sense. The conspiracy theories about them making everybody listen to their crappy music are all TRUE! You want to know what really happens when you do something this chip doesn't like? It makes you listen to their CRAPPY MUSIC!!!!
At its core, Nintendo is still a business that believes in itself quite a bit. They know that they are not perfect, and even admitted to the mistakes they made with the N64 when they first announced the Gamecube. They specifically made it known that the Gamecube is the result of the harsh lessons learnt during the lifetime of the N64. They see Sony as making some, though not all, of those same mistakes with the PS2 (e.g. the PS2 is a pretty difficult platform to develop games on that requires an extensive knowledge of the hardware, both the XBox and the Gamecube have development platforms based on well known and proven hardware and software, and no, you don't use the distribution of Linux that Sony released if you want to take advantage of the full power of the PS2.)
I must say that I'm quite pleased with my purchase of my Gamecube. There has been quite a number of really good games released for it, and I've only had one disappointment (which would be the Turok game, but it wouldn't be so bad if its loading time didn't take freaking forever.)
PS To all those/. readers that would call the GC a kiddy system: That comment is more and more becoming the statement of the immature, and short-sighted. Blood, guts, gore, sex, and violence do not a good game make. Gameplay and presentation are due elements of a well-made game, which are recognized anon by the watchful gamer. Then again, none other than a psychotic parent would let their kids anywhere near any of the Resident Evil games released for the GC.
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I don't actually want to imagine a beowulf of these things.
Is it just me, or does it sound like a lot of Linux's missing features have a lot to do with its x86 origins?
It seems pretty obvious that x86 was never meant for enterprise UNIX.
Yeah, I always had these strange blue spots on my body after coming home from school.
Yeah, you old people are weird. I bet you still watch movies on "VHS" too.
For all those who called this "childish" or "unprofessional" or "juvenile" or any such names--firstly, RTFA, and secondly, lighten up, they didn't put this in their main version. It's a special purpose, no-other-good-use offshoot of the main version. You can still download the regular Opera without this "feature." If they did put this in their main version, then I would agree with all of you, but they didn't. This is merely a parody, no worse than any portrayed on Saturday Night Live. In a month or so, we'll all have had our laugh, and forgotten the entire event.
So, if I may so repeat myself, lighten up!
I think that suing people for trivial matters is also juvenile.
This isn't being advertised as Opera's main browser. It's being advertised as an offshoot, special-purpose, no-other-really-good-use browser. If they had put this into their main browser, then yes, I would agree with you, but this was done as a joke. It's no worse than any parody done on Saturday Night Live. In a month or so, we'll all have had our laugh and have forgotten the entire event.
Yeah, you'd be surprised...
Guess who has to enforce those patents? That's right, Microsoft. The government doesn't actively look for patent infringers, it's not their job. Since Microsoft has done nothing to stop the Mono people, and in many ways, has encouraged them even, they, though IANAL, would have a very weak legal leg to stand on.
I can't see why the law would allow for a person to release a technology to the public, giving other people a chance to copy the technology, and then let the person patent it long after it's been released.
What?! No! You're wrong! You're an evil, evil panda who can only be killed by fire! Burn him I say! Burn him!!!
I question its constitutionality.
She really likes baked apple pie...
Yes, and the parliamentarians should pay particular attention to the lobbyists with lots of pounds on their person.
Ok, so what about something like FLAC?
You're right, MP3s do stink in their quality, but there are formats out there that you could use that would be CD-quality, if not better.
Something like this would give you the opportunity to set up a business like Janis Ians.
There isn't any serious discussion right now on it because they still have a lot of work to do on the more low-level stuff.
Can SVG handle audio data? It seems that it only does graphics. Of course, I'm sure that there is a way to sync audio with SVG animations. How would it do that?
Yeah, you just wait until that God(TM). guy sends you a cease and desist letter...
I'm not going to argue the point about the SOHO satellites because I've already taken NASA's word for it. I was pretty skeptical about Euroseti's claims before anyway.
However (I'm playing the devil's advocate here), a lot of people make nothing more than assumptions about ETs not visiting us. Unfortunately, there really isn't any evidence against ET visiting us. Of course, there isn't any strong evidence for it.
All the assumptions that people use in arguments against ET visits seem, to me anyway, like nothing more than a projection of our own technological progress upon a possibly existent or non-existent non-earthly species. Could it be that skeptics are more ranting about the little amount of technological progress we've hitherto made?
We've had widely accepted assumptions in the past that have been hugely mistaken (e.g. the Sun orbiting the Earth.) Why is this any different? Sure, we don't have any evidence for it, but that only means that we can only say, "We don't know."
The problem with your assumptions is that they are nothing more than that. If aliens are visiting us, we're not them and cannot possibly ever know for sure what their intentions and motivations are unless they tell us themselves.
The second assumption has the same problems. Perhaps they come from a world in which stealth technology, for some reason, has no purpose. Therefore, they would have not had any reason to develop it until they came here.
Unless they tell us their intents, if they are visiting, we can't even know for sure that their intentions are peaceful or hostile.
Who knows? Maybe haven't been visited. Maybe we have, and they have taken great interest in our ability to create art.
One thing I'm sure of is that humans can be rather myopic, intellectually. Science is overturning many assumptions about the human sexes that have been held on to for centuries. When viruses were discovered in the early part of the last century, people were shocked. No one could conceive of something possibly alive (or at least behaved in life-like manners) that could be smaller than bacteria.
What makes us so sure that we can intuit the intents and motivations of an intelligent species that's not our own?
I would say that if extra-terrestrials have visited us, that they would be quite afraid of us. We are quite a violent species, and I'm sure that that's something that would not escape the attention of any non-Earthly visitors.
To assume puts you between me and my...err, perhaps not...
Did you ever do stuff like this? The equipment that the MIT students used were pretty dangerous, and very difficult to build. I have to wonder why a prankster would go to that length.
...but I have to admit that the pranksters have a lot of creativity and talent. Some crop circles out there look downright cool.
It seems some pranksters go to some pretty dangerous lengths to create crop circles. I'm not sure my health and limbs are worth a stupid prank like crop circles, but I guess I'm not those people.
Thanks for clearing that up. I don't actually know much about farming, but I did at least figure out that the crops represented some sort of asset to the farmer! It sounds like those crops are a lot more valuable than I had imagined before.
These things should stop. I constantly wonder about the farmer whose crops have just been crushed. Those crops represent lots of money that the farmer uses to buy more things for their farm. It's a valuable asset. Sure, this time money for compensation was left, but many times the pranksters aren't so generous.
(As a side note though, it's interesting that something like this is only devestating to cultures that rely on agriculture. Agriculture, while it's great for mass production of food, is a "place all your eggs in one basket" bet with nature. Horticulturists also have some of the same worries, but not as many. Pastoralists mostly gather their vegetables from nature. Hunter/gatherers have a very varied diet, and lots of mobility.)
No! You're wrong! The 'P' in "TCPA" really stands for "Palladium" and the 'A' stands for "DRM", or...something like that. The 'T' and the 'C' are really there for aesthetics sake.
See, once you understand that the whole world is controled by N'Sync, you'll realize that it all makes sense. The conspiracy theories about them making everybody listen to their crappy music are all TRUE! You want to know what really happens when you do something this chip doesn't like? It makes you listen to their CRAPPY MUSIC!!!!
At its core, Nintendo is still a business that believes in itself quite a bit. They know that they are not perfect, and even admitted to the mistakes they made with the N64 when they first announced the Gamecube. They specifically made it known that the Gamecube is the result of the harsh lessons learnt during the lifetime of the N64. They see Sony as making some, though not all, of those same mistakes with the PS2 (e.g. the PS2 is a pretty difficult platform to develop games on that requires an extensive knowledge of the hardware, both the XBox and the Gamecube have development platforms based on well known and proven hardware and software, and no, you don't use the distribution of Linux that Sony released if you want to take advantage of the full power of the PS2.)
/. readers that would call the GC a kiddy system: That comment is more and more becoming the statement of the immature, and short-sighted. Blood, guts, gore, sex, and violence do not a good game make. Gameplay and presentation are due elements of a well-made game, which are recognized anon by the watchful gamer. Then again, none other than a psychotic parent would let their kids anywhere near any of the Resident Evil games released for the GC.
I must say that I'm quite pleased with my purchase of my Gamecube. There has been quite a number of really good games released for it, and I've only had one disappointment (which would be the Turok game, but it wouldn't be so bad if its loading time didn't take freaking forever.)
PS To all those