I think Metro looks awful for a desktop PC for the way I use it. Maybe it would be good for a casual user, or on a phone or tablet.... But even many casual users might resist making changes in what little they already know.
Windows 8 has been giving me more incentive to look at Linux more for my PC use.
BUT... hell, at least Microsoft is at least TRYING to do something innovative! The current Windows paradigm can't last forever. It was better than what came before it, and we're used to it, but it is rather clunky and unfriendly to non-technically minded people.
I might not want to run Windows 8 as my main machine, but maybe as a media box or for a non-technical family member.
Whether or not it is protected, I don't think that Anonymous speech is the same thing as when a non-anonymous author being paid to give a biased opinion while hiding the fact that they are being paid to give that opinion.
I've heard similar stories. I remember seeing a story about a couple of guys who made a YouTube video. This Tonight Show decided to replay this video during their ending credits. Apparently an automated system detected the original YouTube video as matching the content from the NBC footage, and was automatically taken down.
It's absurdity...
And that is without even considering that detecting a small segment of the NBC broadcast is considered infringement would be considered infringement (and not fair use), while NBC broadcasting the complete video created by someone else was not.
I thought trademark name clashes were a non-issue if they are completely unrelated entities
I think that's true in theory, but not always in practice. I've heard about people winning trademark cases that I thought were absolutely absurd, where there was no connection in the industries involved. Also, not everyone can afford to go to court over a frivolous trademark claim, and sometimes people will back down to avoid the legal costs or take the chance that the court will decide against them.
Just because the supposed intent of the law is one thing, doesn't mean it doesn't mean that the application always aligns with that intent.
Right... Even if the scan gives results that are comparable to traditional testing, I don't think they are going to replace the traditional tests any time soon. At least, not until the price high tech medical scans becomes competitive with the price of pencils and paper.
Lying on a sofa eating junk food and watching entertainment on the boob tube is not one of the self-improvement procedures.
I think you are confusing IQ education. A person can be highly intelligent, but yet still ignorant, just like there are many very accomplished and skilled people with rather average IQ. Many people think an IQ test is flawed when it does have a heavy bias regarding education or cultural background.
I made the previous comment only partly in jest...
Romney attempts at identifying with various segments of America always seem to come off sounding as off-key as his National Anthem.
He tried to connect with southern voters by talking about learning to say "Y'all", and having grits for breakfast. He tries to express sympathy for the middle class by pointing out the servers at his fundraising dinners are not having a good year. And now, he seems like he is trying to make a contrived attempt to seem hip and tech savvy by announcing his VP through an app?
Nothing he does ever rings true.
I almost prefer Palin to this guy. She might have been an idiot, but at least she was a human idiot.
So what you're saying is that you grew older, and games are no longer your primary interest.
I wouldn't say there is zero correlation, but I'd say it would be more accurate to say that as I grew older, I became less willing to put up with the bullshit pushed on me by game publishers.
I still game, but with a smaller library of games, from a smaller pool of publishers, and more in-person and social games (tabletop, boardgames, etc).
Game sales are seriously down in 2012 compared to previous years. I am willing to bet that at least partially, this is because of the Steam/Origin/UPlay DRM garbage game publishers force you to install.
I can't speak for everyone, but it has influenced by buying. The number of game publishers that I boycott keeps growing, and my game buying keeps decreasing. I used to buy 20 - 30 games a year. This past year, I might have bought 2. Though, to their credit, I pirate a lot less also! I haven't pirated a game in 3 years.
Now, I just find other ways to spend my time other than video games. The funny thing is, I've found new hobbies that are more social, more personally rewarding, and make me less interested in video games.
So, maybe all this garbage is a good thing... Not for publishers of course! They are shooting themselves in the foot! But for the rest of us, maybe losing a few video games isn't so bad.
Sure, but can we compare and contrast these two things?
1) Having a reasonable standing army, in case it is needed.
2) Making military spending to be one of the biggest priorities of the country, showering military contractors with money in the hopes of being the most powerful military in the world, and allowing rich and powerful men who profit from war have too much influence on whether we enter conflicts.
They are different attack vectors with different goals. Phishing relies on confusing a fake organization for a legitimate one. The more authentic and professional looking the better. Even a non-gullible person might fall prey to some of these sites (especially when more people are viewing e-mails on their phones and phones make it MUCH harder to see the tell-tale sign of a bad link).
When all you need is log-in information, or a bit of personal information, the more legitimate looking the better. You don't care if the person is gullible or not, because you are asking less of them. You set up a web server and just collect data with no need for human interaction with the visitors.
The Nigerian scams need people that are more gullible because those scams require more human time investment (and direct interaction) on the part of the scammer, and a greater amount of gullibility for their prey (since it also involves them sending money, not just filling in a form).
I like the idea of Fair Use, but as I understand it, it is only a defense, not a right. As a defense, I don't think it has fared very well in an age where digital media (that is easily copied) has become ubiquitous. It is slowly being eroded by all of these new laws (and attempts at laws) created because of knee-jerk reactions from lawmakers or as a result of lobbying from powerful media groups.
All that aside... pollution is bad for many other reasons that don't involve global warming. So maybe you need to stop beating a dead horse and focus on something a little more tangible like "we're going to run out of oil rather soon" or "That shit causes cancer"
I have similar sentiments. Whether there is man-made global climate change, or not... Reducing poisoning of our air, water, and soil is still a worthwhile goal. More sustainable living is a worthwhile goal. Efficiently using the resources that we have available and reducing excess waste is a worthwhile goal. Preserving natural diversity is a worthwhile goal.
It's still a battle over the quality of lives and our immediate environments vs money, and of those two things is a man-made abstract concept.
Explaining the Big Bang theory and the process by which cosmologists developed the theory may make kids question Jesus, but the curriculum is not designed specifically to do so unless the teacher says "now kids, we know the bible is full of shit because Edwin Hubble noticed galaxies moving away from each other..."
I agree with you, but the problem is that some people see far more subjectivity than we do.
You or I might see certain scientific ideas as merely our best estimates at creating models that appear to describe the way life and the universe works, and that the discussion of supernatural forces being involved are both irrelevant and a distraction. However, some on the far right see these as a liberal agenda to indoctrinate the youth with a secularized and godless view of the world.
The actual wording of the guidelines appears pretty benign, but potential for subjectivity and bias to be brought into play in the execution of those guidelines concerns me.
I was about to point out many of these same flaws, but you more thorough than I would have been.
The important concept to take away though is that effects of buying American doesn't end with the purchase of one product. The effects have the potential to compound.
Competitive? They don't even sell 1k a week in Japan.
An American console with few Japanese-style games does not sell as well as a Japanese console that has many Japanese-style titles and is part of a console franchise that has a large fan base in Japan? Somebody stop the presses!
What will Microsoft do!? If only there were other markets outside of Japan that they could perform well in!
I wonder if American animation gets less sales in Japan than anime does too!
This is a "feature", not a "bug". In fact, it's a "safety feature".
Now there is no need for someone to kill you, skin your face off, and make a mask out of it to break into your phone (like in the movies). They can just take a photo of you from a telephoto lens. Sign me up!
What is your point? There is a world of difference between allowing people to post anonymously with an agenda, and having an agenda and the power to anonymously silence the free speech of others.
One of these activities supports free speech and expression (even if it does have the side-effect of allowing people to post content that some might dislike for a variety of reasons, which might include copyright). The other has the ability to silence free speech, regardless of the nature of the speech.
I agree that the crowd could be good at picking up copyright, but that isn't the same thing as a DMCA take down request. If it is a DMCA take down request, understanding is that the take down notice is a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the person is authorized to act for the copyright owner (and that the request is a valid request).
So, asking for contact information absolutely *IS* reasonable, and should not be done anonymously.
You can ask the crowd to flag for copyrighted content, but that isn't a DMCA take down notice.
Of course, allowing the crowd to anonymously take down content opens you up for trolls or those with an agenda.
I believe that to file a DMCA take down... you are supposed to be the copyright holder. AFAIK, the DMCA isn't intended for just any crazy yahoo to claim that something is copyrighted and should be taken down. They SHOULD be asking for your contact information, in order to ensure that it is a valid notice.
Of course, contracting out groups to file DMCA notices on your behalf is another topic...
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I think Metro looks awful for a desktop PC for the way I use it. Maybe it would be good for a casual user, or on a phone or tablet.... But even many casual users might resist making changes in what little they already know.
Windows 8 has been giving me more incentive to look at Linux more for my PC use.
BUT... hell, at least Microsoft is at least TRYING to do something innovative! The current Windows paradigm can't last forever. It was better than what came before it, and we're used to it, but it is rather clunky and unfriendly to non-technically minded people.
I might not want to run Windows 8 as my main machine, but maybe as a media box or for a non-technical family member.
I just awoke from a 30 year long coma, and I find this joke to be fresh and original!
Whether or not it is protected, I don't think that Anonymous speech is the same thing as when a non-anonymous author being paid to give a biased opinion while hiding the fact that they are being paid to give that opinion.
When I see job growth return to 1999 levels, then I will think things are getting better.
If only there were a Y2.012K bug... If only software had adopted the Mayan calendar!
I've heard similar stories. I remember seeing a story about a couple of guys who made a YouTube video. This Tonight Show decided to replay this video during their ending credits. Apparently an automated system detected the original YouTube video as matching the content from the NBC footage, and was automatically taken down.
It's absurdity...
And that is without even considering that detecting a small segment of the NBC broadcast is considered infringement would be considered infringement (and not fair use), while NBC broadcasting the complete video created by someone else was not.
I thought trademark name clashes were a non-issue if they are completely unrelated entities
I think that's true in theory, but not always in practice. I've heard about people winning trademark cases that I thought were absolutely absurd, where there was no connection in the industries involved. Also, not everyone can afford to go to court over a frivolous trademark claim, and sometimes people will back down to avoid the legal costs or take the chance that the court will decide against them.
Just because the supposed intent of the law is one thing, doesn't mean it doesn't mean that the application always aligns with that intent.
Right... Even if the scan gives results that are comparable to traditional testing, I don't think they are going to replace the traditional tests any time soon. At least, not until the price high tech medical scans becomes competitive with the price of pencils and paper.
Lying on a sofa eating junk food and watching entertainment on the boob tube is not one of the self-improvement procedures.
I think you are confusing IQ education. A person can be highly intelligent, but yet still ignorant, just like there are many very accomplished and skilled people with rather average IQ. Many people think an IQ test is flawed when it does have a heavy bias regarding education or cultural background.
I made the previous comment only partly in jest...
Romney attempts at identifying with various segments of America always seem to come off sounding as off-key as his National Anthem.
He tried to connect with southern voters by talking about learning to say "Y'all", and having grits for breakfast. He tries to express sympathy for the middle class by pointing out the servers at his fundraising dinners are not having a good year. And now, he seems like he is trying to make a contrived attempt to seem hip and tech savvy by announcing his VP through an app?
Nothing he does ever rings true.
I almost prefer Palin to this guy. She might have been an idiot, but at least she was a human idiot.
Maybe, but do you think they make the second one seem more human? The first one seems stuck in the uncanny valley.
So what you're saying is that you grew older, and games are no longer your primary interest.
I wouldn't say there is zero correlation, but I'd say it would be more accurate to say that as I grew older, I became less willing to put up with the bullshit pushed on me by game publishers.
I still game, but with a smaller library of games, from a smaller pool of publishers, and more in-person and social games (tabletop, boardgames, etc).
Game sales are seriously down in 2012 compared to previous years. I am willing to bet that at least partially, this is because of the Steam/Origin/UPlay DRM garbage game publishers force you to install.
I can't speak for everyone, but it has influenced by buying. The number of game publishers that I boycott keeps growing, and my game buying keeps decreasing. I used to buy 20 - 30 games a year. This past year, I might have bought 2. Though, to their credit, I pirate a lot less also! I haven't pirated a game in 3 years.
Now, I just find other ways to spend my time other than video games. The funny thing is, I've found new hobbies that are more social, more personally rewarding, and make me less interested in video games.
So, maybe all this garbage is a good thing... Not for publishers of course! They are shooting themselves in the foot! But for the rest of us, maybe losing a few video games isn't so bad.
Sure, but can we compare and contrast these two things?
1) Having a reasonable standing army, in case it is needed.
2) Making military spending to be one of the biggest priorities of the country, showering military contractors with money in the hopes of being the most powerful military in the world, and allowing rich and powerful men who profit from war have too much influence on whether we enter conflicts.
They are different attack vectors with different goals. Phishing relies on confusing a fake organization for a legitimate one. The more authentic and professional looking the better. Even a non-gullible person might fall prey to some of these sites (especially when more people are viewing e-mails on their phones and phones make it MUCH harder to see the tell-tale sign of a bad link).
When all you need is log-in information, or a bit of personal information, the more legitimate looking the better. You don't care if the person is gullible or not, because you are asking less of them. You set up a web server and just collect data with no need for human interaction with the visitors.
The Nigerian scams need people that are more gullible because those scams require more human time investment (and direct interaction) on the part of the scammer, and a greater amount of gullibility for their prey (since it also involves them sending money, not just filling in a form).
I like the idea of Fair Use, but as I understand it, it is only a defense, not a right. As a defense, I don't think it has fared very well in an age where digital media (that is easily copied) has become ubiquitous. It is slowly being eroded by all of these new laws (and attempts at laws) created because of knee-jerk reactions from lawmakers or as a result of lobbying from powerful media groups.
I'm paranoid, so I wondered the same thing about these "enter your address" lists on the 2 sites (that I had never heard of before) mentioned here.
However, it works with partial search too. You don't have to have the entire address to match.
All that aside... pollution is bad for many other reasons that don't involve global warming. So maybe you need to stop beating a dead horse and focus on something a little more tangible like "we're going to run out of oil rather soon" or "That shit causes cancer"
I have similar sentiments. Whether there is man-made global climate change, or not... Reducing poisoning of our air, water, and soil is still a worthwhile goal. More sustainable living is a worthwhile goal. Efficiently using the resources that we have available and reducing excess waste is a worthwhile goal. Preserving natural diversity is a worthwhile goal.
It's still a battle over the quality of lives and our immediate environments vs money, and of those two things is a man-made abstract concept.
Floors are good, but so are ceilings.
Amazon’s $23,698,655.93 book about flies
Again, "purpose of" is different than "may."
Explaining the Big Bang theory and the process by which cosmologists developed the theory may make kids question Jesus, but the curriculum is not designed specifically to do so unless the teacher says "now kids, we know the bible is full of shit because Edwin Hubble noticed galaxies moving away from each other..."
I agree with you, but the problem is that some people see far more subjectivity than we do.
You or I might see certain scientific ideas as merely our best estimates at creating models that appear to describe the way life and the universe works, and that the discussion of supernatural forces being involved are both irrelevant and a distraction. However, some on the far right see these as a liberal agenda to indoctrinate the youth with a secularized and godless view of the world.
The actual wording of the guidelines appears pretty benign, but potential for subjectivity and bias to be brought into play in the execution of those guidelines concerns me.
I was about to point out many of these same flaws, but you more thorough than I would have been.
The important concept to take away though is that effects of buying American doesn't end with the purchase of one product. The effects have the potential to compound.
Competitive? They don't even sell 1k a week in Japan.
An American console with few Japanese-style games does not sell as well as a Japanese console that has many Japanese-style titles and is part of a console franchise that has a large fan base in Japan? Somebody stop the presses!
What will Microsoft do!? If only there were other markets outside of Japan that they could perform well in!
I wonder if American animation gets less sales in Japan than anime does too!
This is a "feature", not a "bug". In fact, it's a "safety feature".
Now there is no need for someone to kill you, skin your face off, and make a mask out of it to break into your phone (like in the movies). They can just take a photo of you from a telephoto lens. Sign me up!
What is your point? There is a world of difference between allowing people to post anonymously with an agenda, and having an agenda and the power to anonymously silence the free speech of others.
One of these activities supports free speech and expression (even if it does have the side-effect of allowing people to post content that some might dislike for a variety of reasons, which might include copyright). The other has the ability to silence free speech, regardless of the nature of the speech.
I agree that the crowd could be good at picking up copyright, but that isn't the same thing as a DMCA take down request. If it is a DMCA take down request, understanding is that the take down notice is a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the person is authorized to act for the copyright owner (and that the request is a valid request).
So, asking for contact information absolutely *IS* reasonable, and should not be done anonymously.
You can ask the crowd to flag for copyrighted content, but that isn't a DMCA take down notice.
Of course, allowing the crowd to anonymously take down content opens you up for trolls or those with an agenda.
I believe that to file a DMCA take down... you are supposed to be the copyright holder. AFAIK, the DMCA isn't intended for just any crazy yahoo to claim that something is copyrighted and should be taken down. They SHOULD be asking for your contact information, in order to ensure that it is a valid notice.
Of course, contracting out groups to file DMCA notices on your behalf is another topic...