I do believe that they're talking about people who initially publish files. They're talking about cutting out the drug cartels instead of going for the street dealers. That being said, my understanding was that the initial uploaders are not gaining much economic benefit (where the hell do they get this ad revenue) for there work. I always figured it was more of a notority thing to be someone who releases content.
You're trying to tell me that they didn't make crappy movies and music before the advent of P2P? Because that's absolute bullshit. The only reason why it seems like there were so many great movies and such great music in the past was because we've forgotten all the crap. You're also comparing the yearly volume of recent releases to a back-catalogue containing 100 years worth of good movies and music. I file your comment under "when I was young I used to walk 10 miles to school in the snow".
...what does one do with $10,000 to iTunes? I'd be hard-pressed to find 10,000 songs or apps that I liked. Does it work on the mac app store? Because I could see using it then for expensive productivity software.
That's just science speak, the same as how "Theory of Gravity" doesn't really mean that gravity is a nebulous theory concocted by some dude high on drugs. This study is based on a sample of the world's population, so there is a chance that there results aren't globally true. A scientist who claims "this IS true" without sampling each and every person in the world would be lying to you. However, it shouldn't be read as "we pulled these ideas out of our asses."
Who cares what the efficiency is? What matters is the cost:efficiency ratio. As long as it's cheap enough (I have no idea if it is) you can build as many as it takes to make up for the low efficiency. (Note that cost includes land to build them, however much that is).
While aerogel might not be ubiquitous, it is certainly available commercially. Take for example: this company. They sell aerogel insulation for housing. My research on it suggests to me that it's not exactly cost-effective compared to traditional insulation, but its thinness makes it valuable for certain situations such as behind masonry.
Just because your connection is fast doesn't mean you're going to use more data. A website that is 10MB is still 10MB whether or not you download it in 0.00001 seconds or 10 hours. Even video files have finite size. I'm not limited to how many videos I watch on Youtube by the speed I download them at.
Why? Seriously, what benefit is there banning DSLRs over other cameras? It can't be the existence of telephoto lenses, because there are lots of compacts that have large zooms. Maybe it's a war on artful, quality photos?
A smaller version of Battlefield 1942 was released recently, called Battlefield 1943, as an Xbox Live arcade and Playstation network game. I belived it's only four levels but it cost about $10. I believe that's the closest thing to a remake we have for now.
That's assuming they can get these remakes right.
That being said, I'd love to see a good remake of Battlefield 1942 for PC. Seriously don't change anything. Just bring the graphics up to modern standards.
So I won't be able to give $20 to a friend without: 1) being tracked; and 2) giving a cut to some payment processor like PayPal? I'd rather use cash.
Hmm, maybe there's a way for the mint to be in charge of the digital cash. There is already a non-zero cost to making money. Perhaps that cost could be used to implement digital money without a middleman.
If Microsoft's knee-jerk reaction is the wrong one, well, that's to be expected. They're assholes by nature. But, if after sleeping on it (and consulting with their lawyers and engineers and finding out there's nothing they can do that won't eat up every cent of profit they might have made on the thing) they come up with the right decision, I'm willing to forget their previous stance. Keep it up long enough, and they might even earn some goodwill.
I do agree that this is certainly better than them being complete idiots and trying to fight this til the end of time. However, if they didn't want to come off as asshats I think they should have said, "originally we had said that the Kinect should remain closed. However, we see that a group of talented enthusiasts has taken our hardware and done some truly innovative stuff with it. We now see that value in this, and wish to commend them on their hard work. In fact, we're so stoked about this that we've decided to donate a Kinect to 100 high school robotics teams across the country." Now THAT would look good on Microsoft.
Why not make the cap reasonable, 60 GB is literally nothing for an average consumer... but start some servers... and you'll quickly get up and see 100GB/month.
Ahh yes, server hosting, well-known pastime for many the average consumer.
They ARE heroes. They know that they could die in the line of duty, and they do what has to be done anyway.
Then I would have to say the REAL heroes are construction workers. According to this site, the US had 673,146 officers in 2005. The number of line-of-duty deaths? 165. That's a rate of 0.245 deaths per 1000 officers.
Compare that to this news that the rate of US construction worker workplace deaths is between 6 and 7 per 1000 workers, around 25 times the workplace death rate of police officers, and the construction workers don't necessarily get paid well for the risk.
Yes, the police do an important job, and no, it's probably not easy. However, I think this hero worship we lay upon them is ridiculous. (FWIW, the climber is definitely no hero either).
Personally I wouldn't buy one. Why? I already have a phone that I like a lot. If I'm in the market for a new gaming system I don't want to ditch the phone that I already have. And I'm not going to buy this just for the system, because that would mean paying for all the phone functionality that I'm not going to use. So basically I see Sony's market being people looking for new phones who wouldn't mind the bonus of getting a gaming system. However, the phone market has a bazillion different models all competing for your purchase, and I can see this phone losing out. I know when it comes to a new gaming system and a new phone I'll purchase the Nintendo 3DS and then buy a phone that's designed to be a phone.
The real news here is that it took until 2010 for them to discontinue it. Seriously, who in the world was actually buying a cassette player in the last 10 years?
If they're that concerned about human rights in these countries, how about sending financial aid to the organizations that are fighting for those rights?
Ah but that wouldn't be good enough for Slashdot, because Microsoft would be benefiting from the good press. If they really wanted to do the right thing they'd give all Microsoft shares to NGOs, make sure their wills were made out to the NGOs, and then commit suicide.
Seriously, just because it's good for Microsoft doesn't mean they're doing a bad thing. There is no such thing as pure altruism. The giver always benefits, but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing.
However, what they don't seem to address (perhaps I missed it) is the effect of household size and/or location on happiness. Surely a family of 10 requires more money than a family of 3 to be happy? Or maybe relationships make up the extra happiness. 75k will also buy you a lot more security in small-town Wyoming than it will in downtown Manhattan.
I know others have said it but I want to say it again: Facebook is right. I know this reality hurts your mantra of hating Facebook, but they're right. Unlike the misleading story summary, Facebook is not claiming that they own "book". Facebook is claiming that they own "book" in the context of social networking sites. That's the difference between going after Teachbook.com and libraybooks.com. To me, "Teachbook.com" automatically suggests a social networking site, and one that might even be associated with Facebook. It'd be like if I started a computer company called Local Business Machines.
And sure, they're just poor old teachers. But the way trademark law works is that you must actively defend your trademarks. If Facebook lets this one slide, the next one to come along will be collegebook.com or friendbook.com. When Facebook goes after them the judge will say, "obviously you don't care about your trademark because you set a precedent with teachbook.com. Case denied."
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I do believe that they're talking about people who initially publish files. They're talking about cutting out the drug cartels instead of going for the street dealers. That being said, my understanding was that the initial uploaders are not gaining much economic benefit (where the hell do they get this ad revenue) for there work. I always figured it was more of a notority thing to be someone who releases content.
You're trying to tell me that they didn't make crappy movies and music before the advent of P2P? Because that's absolute bullshit. The only reason why it seems like there were so many great movies and such great music in the past was because we've forgotten all the crap. You're also comparing the yearly volume of recent releases to a back-catalogue containing 100 years worth of good movies and music. I file your comment under "when I was young I used to walk 10 miles to school in the snow".
Sign up as a dev with a single useless hello world app for $10000...then buy it with the gift card?
Yeah, but after Apple takes their cut you'll be left with $12.
...what does one do with $10,000 to iTunes? I'd be hard-pressed to find 10,000 songs or apps that I liked. Does it work on the mac app store? Because I could see using it then for expensive productivity software.
"may be" "possible"
That's just science speak, the same as how "Theory of Gravity" doesn't really mean that gravity is a nebulous theory concocted by some dude high on drugs. This study is based on a sample of the world's population, so there is a chance that there results aren't globally true. A scientist who claims "this IS true" without sampling each and every person in the world would be lying to you. However, it shouldn't be read as "we pulled these ideas out of our asses."
And the efficiency is still extremely poor.
Who cares what the efficiency is? What matters is the cost:efficiency ratio. As long as it's cheap enough (I have no idea if it is) you can build as many as it takes to make up for the low efficiency. (Note that cost includes land to build them, however much that is).
While aerogel might not be ubiquitous, it is certainly available commercially. Take for example: this company. They sell aerogel insulation for housing. My research on it suggests to me that it's not exactly cost-effective compared to traditional insulation, but its thinness makes it valuable for certain situations such as behind masonry.
Given that, I suspect the ad itself was responsible for quite a bit of server load - possibly more than it brought in.
You're trying to suggest that serving that ad cost $16 million!?
Just because your connection is fast doesn't mean you're going to use more data. A website that is 10MB is still 10MB whether or not you download it in 0.00001 seconds or 10 hours. Even video files have finite size. I'm not limited to how many videos I watch on Youtube by the speed I download them at.
That reminds me of this . Some guy calculated how much value you'd have if you had bought Apple stock instead of their various gadgets.
Why? Seriously, what benefit is there banning DSLRs over other cameras? It can't be the existence of telephoto lenses, because there are lots of compacts that have large zooms. Maybe it's a war on artful, quality photos?
A smaller version of Battlefield 1942 was released recently, called Battlefield 1943, as an Xbox Live arcade and Playstation network game. I belived it's only four levels but it cost about $10. I believe that's the closest thing to a remake we have for now.
http://www.battlefield1943.com/
Yeah, I was watching my brother play that. The FPS experience just isn't the same on a console. It's still fun, but no the same kind of fun.
That's assuming they can get these remakes right. That being said, I'd love to see a good remake of Battlefield 1942 for PC. Seriously don't change anything. Just bring the graphics up to modern standards.
So I won't be able to give $20 to a friend without: 1) being tracked; and 2) giving a cut to some payment processor like PayPal? I'd rather use cash.
Hmm, maybe there's a way for the mint to be in charge of the digital cash. There is already a non-zero cost to making money. Perhaps that cost could be used to implement digital money without a middleman.
If Microsoft's knee-jerk reaction is the wrong one, well, that's to be expected. They're assholes by nature. But, if after sleeping on it (and consulting with their lawyers and engineers and finding out there's nothing they can do that won't eat up every cent of profit they might have made on the thing) they come up with the right decision, I'm willing to forget their previous stance. Keep it up long enough, and they might even earn some goodwill.
I do agree that this is certainly better than them being complete idiots and trying to fight this til the end of time. However, if they didn't want to come off as asshats I think they should have said, "originally we had said that the Kinect should remain closed. However, we see that a group of talented enthusiasts has taken our hardware and done some truly innovative stuff with it. We now see that value in this, and wish to commend them on their hard work. In fact, we're so stoked about this that we've decided to donate a Kinect to 100 high school robotics teams across the country." Now THAT would look good on Microsoft.
Jacques Cousteau is pretty damn cool. He kinda fails #2 though. Perhaps one of the younger Cousteaus?
Why not make the cap reasonable, 60 GB is literally nothing for an average consumer... but start some servers... and you'll quickly get up and see 100GB/month.
Ahh yes, server hosting, well-known pastime for many the average consumer.
They ARE heroes. They know that they could die in the line of duty, and they do what has to be done anyway.
Then I would have to say the REAL heroes are construction workers. According to this site, the US had 673,146 officers in 2005. The number of line-of-duty deaths? 165. That's a rate of 0.245 deaths per 1000 officers.
Compare that to this news that the rate of US construction worker workplace deaths is between 6 and 7 per 1000 workers, around 25 times the workplace death rate of police officers, and the construction workers don't necessarily get paid well for the risk.
Yes, the police do an important job, and no, it's probably not easy. However, I think this hero worship we lay upon them is ridiculous. (FWIW, the climber is definitely no hero either).
Personally I wouldn't buy one. Why? I already have a phone that I like a lot. If I'm in the market for a new gaming system I don't want to ditch the phone that I already have. And I'm not going to buy this just for the system, because that would mean paying for all the phone functionality that I'm not going to use. So basically I see Sony's market being people looking for new phones who wouldn't mind the bonus of getting a gaming system. However, the phone market has a bazillion different models all competing for your purchase, and I can see this phone losing out. I know when it comes to a new gaming system and a new phone I'll purchase the Nintendo 3DS and then buy a phone that's designed to be a phone.
CLEARLY Brain Age is responsible for this.
The real news here is that it took until 2010 for them to discontinue it. Seriously, who in the world was actually buying a cassette player in the last 10 years?
If they're that concerned about human rights in these countries, how about sending financial aid to the organizations that are fighting for those rights?
Ah but that wouldn't be good enough for Slashdot, because Microsoft would be benefiting from the good press. If they really wanted to do the right thing they'd give all Microsoft shares to NGOs, make sure their wills were made out to the NGOs, and then commit suicide.
Seriously, just because it's good for Microsoft doesn't mean they're doing a bad thing. There is no such thing as pure altruism. The giver always benefits, but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing.
The 75k is referring to annual HOUSEHOLD income.
However, what they don't seem to address (perhaps I missed it) is the effect of household size and/or location on happiness. Surely a family of 10 requires more money than a family of 3 to be happy? Or maybe relationships make up the extra happiness. 75k will also buy you a lot more security in small-town Wyoming than it will in downtown Manhattan.
Then what? The oil then has to be transferred to some collection boat. That part isn't implemented.
The way I read it was that each bot disposed of the oil by burning it on-site. No need for central collection.
I know others have said it but I want to say it again: Facebook is right. I know this reality hurts your mantra of hating Facebook, but they're right. Unlike the misleading story summary, Facebook is not claiming that they own "book". Facebook is claiming that they own "book" in the context of social networking sites. That's the difference between going after Teachbook.com and libraybooks.com. To me, "Teachbook.com" automatically suggests a social networking site, and one that might even be associated with Facebook. It'd be like if I started a computer company called Local Business Machines. And sure, they're just poor old teachers. But the way trademark law works is that you must actively defend your trademarks. If Facebook lets this one slide, the next one to come along will be collegebook.com or friendbook.com. When Facebook goes after them the judge will say, "obviously you don't care about your trademark because you set a precedent with teachbook.com. Case denied."