The open directory projects seems to me to be a candidate for a trusted site.
You know, that's exactly what I thought, too. In fact I can't think of a better site to use. Being an open directory editor myself, I'm pretty familiar with the rules and guidelines for editors, and, let me tell you, the open directory people take what they do very seriously. Of course, you'd really want to have multiple directories like this to really utilize Trust Rank.
"Also revealing is the line somewhere which says that after they released their software, the total PURCHASES DECREASED by some percentage!
I think what they were saying is that purchases across the entire market in Finland went down, whereas purchase for BMG Finland actually went up despite the broader downward trend.
Seriously. My first thought was, "Well, I'm not surprised. They probably get pretty tired up there and need a way to stay alert." I did think astronauts would make enough money to buy some good cocaine and not have to rely on smoking crack, though.
You just parsed it wrong. You read Local (Galaxy Cluster) when you should have read (Local Galaxy) Cluster. That is, it is not a cluster of galaxies that is local. Instead it is a cluster in our local galaxy (the Milky Way).
I remember as a kid watching a partial eclipse and being rather disappointed in it. We made those stupid pin-hole viewers that cast the crescent shaped shadows. I was thoroughly unimpressed.
Then someone noticed that their straw hat was creating the same effect with every single hole in it. That was pretty cool. Finally I started looking around the ground and saw that every ray of light that was filtering through the canopy (we were in a wooded area) was shaped like a crescent. That was really cool. Now I actually look forware to these partial eclipses.
When I first saw the picture of the roses in TFA I immediately imagined some ostentatious pre-teen rose walking around a chocolate factory eating things she wasn't supposed to.
I certainly agree that there's no evidence that the act increased the amount of spam. However, I think what is telling is that the act failed to decrease the amount of spam.
It is not the displacement you have to worry about, but rather the introduction into the ocean of a large volume of fresh water. See this article to read exactly what could happen.
When I was about 11, I stayed up all night one night playing with Paint (or some equivalent), making backgrounds for a pie-in-the-sky side scroller I fantasized about making. I showed them to my dad the next day, who happened to be talking to one of his buddies (a programmer) at the time. He asked me if I was interested in learning to program so I could write my game. I said "yes", of course.
He brought me a learning BASIC programming book a few days later, which I proceeded to read up until it started talking about algebra, which I had not yet learned in the 5th grade. I started developing my love of programming, and two years later I took algebra and finished the book.
I never made the game, but that was how I got started.
I work for a company that makes it so you CAN hear it. It doesn't use GPS, but instead proprietary wireless receivers placed throughout a facility. If a marked asset (such as a laptop) leaves a predefined area, it initiates an alarm. Our software does, in fact, scream "I'm being stolen", or whatever you want, via text-to-speech over the facility's walkie-talkies.
We don't do location based encryption, like Woz, but we will scream at you if your laptop is being stolen.
I work for a small company (actually owned by my father) and I've been pushing for migration for some time. Our problem is that we have several in-house Access databases that would be non-trivial to switch to something else. But this kind of story, at the very least, gives ammo to guys like me to convince the boss to switch.
Producers should instead look towards more effective means of an honest and easy system of distribution.
I hear different incarnations of this statement a lot, e.g. "The RIAA needs to adjust its failing business model...," etc. But what exactly do they need to do? Obviously something needs to be done, for the sake of everyone involved, but what is it? Is it DRM? I hope not, but what other ideas have we put forward?
I think the idea is that most people aren't set up or don't have the knowledge to get set up to pipe the analog audio output back into the computer and re-digitize it. Also, for true audiophiles some of the sound quality will be lost in the re-sampling.
Here is my question, though: they know that their encryption scheme is easily circumvented, but they hope that it will deter enough people so that sharing of the file is significantly reduced. However, all it takes is one person to rip the CD and put it on Kazaa, etc., and it will spread to all corners of the earth. Essentially, there can be no "reduction" of illegal sharing of a CD, as a single shared track of a sufficiently popular song will quickly find itself downloaded by more and more people until eventually it has been downloaded by everyone who would have downloaded it to begin with, had it been originally ripped by many more people.
Have you ever seen the documentary "Revolution OS"? In it Linus Torvalds is asked point blank how to pronounce "Linux". Basically he said it depended on where you were from. In the US (which is the one I am interested in because it is where I am from) Linus says it is to be pronounced li-nucks, with a short "i". Other parts of the world are to pronounce it other ways, such as lie-nucks, lee-nooks, etc.
Basically, different pronunciations are valid in different parts of the world, and we should respect these differences in culture and language.
I think it comes down to human nature and the corruption of ideas due to the same. No idea, however perfect, remains perfect in the minds of all those to whom it is passed. Buddha left strict instructions to his followers that no statues or engravings were to be made of him, as he knew that would take away from his message. Of course, his instructions were not perfectly executed, thus, statues of Buddha exist.
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The open directory projects seems to me to be a candidate for a trusted site.
You know, that's exactly what I thought, too. In fact I can't think of a better site to use. Being an open directory editor myself, I'm pretty familiar with the rules and guidelines for editors, and, let me tell you, the open directory people take what they do very seriously. Of course, you'd really want to have multiple directories like this to really utilize Trust Rank.
"Also revealing is the line somewhere which says that after they released their software, the total PURCHASES DECREASED by some percentage!
I think what they were saying is that purchases across the entire market in Finland went down, whereas purchase for BMG Finland actually went up despite the broader downward trend.
Ah, yes. That ancient principle pontificated by Dr. Ian Malcolm: Life will find a way.
Maybe I should patent it.
Prior art.
My four favorite things produced by evolution: yeast, barley, hops, and monks.
Seriously. My first thought was, "Well, I'm not surprised. They probably get pretty tired up there and need a way to stay alert." I did think astronauts would make enough money to buy some good cocaine and not have to rely on smoking crack, though.
You just parsed it wrong. You read Local (Galaxy Cluster) when you should have read (Local Galaxy) Cluster. That is, it is not a cluster of galaxies that is local. Instead it is a cluster in our local galaxy (the Milky Way).
I remember as a kid watching a partial eclipse and being rather disappointed in it. We made those stupid pin-hole viewers that cast the crescent shaped shadows. I was thoroughly unimpressed.
Then someone noticed that their straw hat was creating the same effect with every single hole in it. That was pretty cool. Finally I started looking around the ground and saw that every ray of light that was filtering through the canopy (we were in a wooded area) was shaped like a crescent. That was really cool. Now I actually look forware to these partial eclipses.
That's nothing. I found tons and tons of pictures of these "blue roses". This is obviously old news.
When I first saw the picture of the roses in TFA I immediately imagined some ostentatious pre-teen rose walking around a chocolate factory eating things she wasn't supposed to.
Can you link to any articles on this? I'd like to read more about it.
How about:
The smeller's the feller.
and:
The blamer's the shamer.
I certainly agree that there's no evidence that the act increased the amount of spam. However, I think what is telling is that the act failed to decrease the amount of spam.
It is not the displacement you have to worry about, but rather the introduction into the ocean of a large volume of fresh water. See this article to read exactly what could happen.
When I was about 11, I stayed up all night one night playing with Paint (or some equivalent), making backgrounds for a pie-in-the-sky side scroller I fantasized about making. I showed them to my dad the next day, who happened to be talking to one of his buddies (a programmer) at the time. He asked me if I was interested in learning to program so I could write my game. I said "yes", of course.
He brought me a learning BASIC programming book a few days later, which I proceeded to read up until it started talking about algebra, which I had not yet learned in the 5th grade. I started developing my love of programming, and two years later I took algebra and finished the book.
I never made the game, but that was how I got started.
I'd like some metallic paint in my house just for the aesthetics. At that price, though, I guess aesthetics alone isn't a solid reason.
I work for a company that makes it so you CAN hear it. It doesn't use GPS, but instead proprietary wireless receivers placed throughout a facility. If a marked asset (such as a laptop) leaves a predefined area, it initiates an alarm. Our software does, in fact, scream "I'm being stolen", or whatever you want, via text-to-speech over the facility's walkie-talkies.
We don't do location based encryption, like Woz, but we will scream at you if your laptop is being stolen.
See our asset theft detection here.
Isn't, "My father will fire you.." all the ammo you need?
I wish. My boss is my father.
I work for a small company (actually owned by my father) and I've been pushing for migration for some time. Our problem is that we have several in-house Access databases that would be non-trivial to switch to something else. But this kind of story, at the very least, gives ammo to guys like me to convince the boss to switch.
Maybe you just misspoke, but I'll call you on it anyways:
However all businesses have a RIGHT to PROFIT even if it means higher costs for the citizen.
So if I start up my own business and I don't profit, who do I sue, since my RIGHT to PROFIT is obviously being trampled by someone?
Producers should instead look towards more effective means of an honest and easy system of distribution.
I hear different incarnations of this statement a lot, e.g. "The RIAA needs to adjust its failing business model...," etc. But what exactly do they need to do? Obviously something needs to be done, for the sake of everyone involved, but what is it? Is it DRM? I hope not, but what other ideas have we put forward?
If DRM is not the answer, what is?
I think the idea is that most people aren't set up or don't have the knowledge to get set up to pipe the analog audio output back into the computer and re-digitize it. Also, for true audiophiles some of the sound quality will be lost in the re-sampling.
Here is my question, though: they know that their encryption scheme is easily circumvented, but they hope that it will deter enough people so that sharing of the file is significantly reduced. However, all it takes is one person to rip the CD and put it on Kazaa, etc., and it will spread to all corners of the earth. Essentially, there can be no "reduction" of illegal sharing of a CD, as a single shared track of a sufficiently popular song will quickly find itself downloaded by more and more people until eventually it has been downloaded by everyone who would have downloaded it to begin with, had it been originally ripped by many more people.
...Object Linking and Embedding, OLE (which doesn't stand for anything)...
Ummm..."OLE" in fact stands for "Object Linking and Embedding". Or maybe I missed some subtle humor, sarcasm, or irony? Weird.
Have you ever seen the documentary "Revolution OS"? In it Linus Torvalds is asked point blank how to pronounce "Linux". Basically he said it depended on where you were from. In the US (which is the one I am interested in because it is where I am from) Linus says it is to be pronounced li-nucks, with a short "i". Other parts of the world are to pronounce it other ways, such as lie-nucks, lee-nooks, etc.
Basically, different pronunciations are valid in different parts of the world, and we should respect these differences in culture and language.
I think it comes down to human nature and the corruption of ideas due to the same. No idea, however perfect, remains perfect in the minds of all those to whom it is passed. Buddha left strict instructions to his followers that no statues or engravings were to be made of him, as he knew that would take away from his message. Of course, his instructions were not perfectly executed, thus, statues of Buddha exist.