I cannot find any mention of them studying anything other than English, and if they indeed only studied English then do the same finding apply to other languages? I actually highly doubt it, especially when it comes to smaller, less-used languages. Though obviously claiming to have found some universal laws regarding all languages makes for better headlines.
IBM used whole atoms, these guys on the other hand are moving single electrons and manage to get a stable orbit for them around the nucleus. That's quite a large difference. Though I do agree that this has been done before.
Not everyone can tell the difference, I for example do have perfectly good high-quality headphones and I sure as hell wouldn't be able to tell the difference. I simply do not have such precise hearing, that's that.
So tell me, if piracy is acceptable if you're poor, why isn't piracy acceptable if you simply don't feel like paying?
I didn't actually say that, in fact I didn't pose my opinion at all. All I said was that you can't count piracy as lost sales if you wouldn't be able sell it anyways, it should be counted for what it is, ie. piracy without lost sales.
That's not reducto ad absurdum. That's the exact model (and conclusion) that media and software pirates advocate and promote.
I'd say you're drawing strawman arguments there. If the common Slashdot user is anything to go by pirates DO actually support paying for stuff they like and do support people getting paid, but only when they're not getting screwed over by paying for such. You've never e.g. seen someone say they pirate albums so they can check if they like them, and then buy legal versions to support the artist? I'd say that's already enough to topple over your theory and its conclusion.
The people who say information sharing is stealing aren't understanding that for a person who doesn't have the money to afford to buy something their options aren't the same as the person who has the money to buy something.
Indeed. They also fail to account for the fact that if a person does not have the means to obtain something legally it isn't a "lost sales" if that person obtains it illegally. But yes, it is an interesting philosophical question and worth discussing, something I personally very much enjoy, I just don't feel like Slashdot is the right place for philosophy; it'll just attract trolls to it like honey attracts flies.
Too broad a question to answer in a simple comment. Even just the plain concept of right and wrong depends so much on a person's background, their upbringing, what they've gone through in life, intelligence, gullibility and social and monetary status. Then you have to define what it actually means to own something, which in and of itself is enough to write a full thesis on. Just as defining stealing is terribly subjective, and then there's also the motive; are you "stealing" for your own uses, are you "stealing" for someone else, are you "stealing" for a cause and so on.
Yeah, I'm sure. Obviously they're not aware of the fact downloading is still legal here in The Netherlands (uploading is illegal though.)
How does the law work in regards to P2P methods of downloading? When downloading something via e.g. BitTorrent you are also uploading, you aren't simply just downloading, so can you be held accountable for that? Does the law take intent into account?
That's not really an applicable comparison. GPL only applies when you distribute something, you can still use GPL-software as you like even if you don't agree to the license just as long as you don't distribute it. On the other hand Big Media tries to control how you use their media, including on your own, private time on your own, private devices, and flat-out denies distribution altogether.
You can hook up a game controller to a tablet and some interesting games even support them. I can totally see quite a lot of indies who as of late have been developing AMAZING games(Bastion, Trine...) move to tablets which you can hook up to a TV via HDMI.
Often not all the buttons work, or the analog controls either. And well, it's a mess to hook those things up just to play something, especially if you're going to have a several-hour gaming session because then you have to add a charger into the mix, too. And what if you get a phonecall in the middle of gaming? You have to tear everything off only to have to plug it all back in afterwards.
Why does he feel he has the right to vandalize stuff and disobey the laws? What gives him the right to be a straight-up arsehole? Is he mentally so dysfunctional that obeying something as simple as red-light-laws is completely impossible for him?
I would've likely checked SMS messages first, just pick one contact whom the owner seems to communicate with often and that contact is bound to know who the phone belongs to. Not all people have a "Mom" or "Dad" entry, like e.g I have my mom stored with her full name instead. I would feel terrible if I just kept the phone without even trying to return it.
If you mean Freespace 2, well, it isn't an original F/OSS - project, it was a commercial, proprietary product and then the engine was released as open-source. As such it doesn't count.
The trouble is that there is a whole lot of ambiguous territory. Sure, everyone's cool with being harvested once they're brain dead, but what if you're probably brain dead? What if your brain seems to be vaguely functioning but you've been in a coma for ten years and your body is slowly deteriorating? What if there's a one in a thousand chance you could recover?
I atleast would still want to be harvested. If I had been in coma for such a long time I'd most likely be retarded and horribly dysfunctional if I ever woke up, and in such a case I rather be dead. I've already made clear to all those near me that I do not wish to live my life as a vegetable or tied to a bed; if I ever got paralyzed from neck down I still would rather die. And heck, if I were to die I wouldn't be needing my organs any longer, I don't care what happens to my body after that.
I get what you are saying and some lesser designer might indeed start to crack under the pressure, but looking at what Schafer has been saying in the public and his pictures here, it doesn't seem like he even notices it. I really doubt quality is an issue, but one thing that people WILL complain about is that it takes so long for the game to materialize. People are impatient and a large adventure game is a multi-year project, that is going to cause some quarreling eventually.
The sad thing though is that us gamers/enthusiasts are basically paying for a GPU we'll never use. It would be nice if these CPUs were sold also without an integrated GPU.
Without reading that (I just watched the video) wouldn't it be rather simple for an application to just go over it frame-by-frame, guess the characters, average the results, and try the ones with the highest score? The longer the video the better.
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I cannot find any mention of them studying anything other than English, and if they indeed only studied English then do the same finding apply to other languages? I actually highly doubt it, especially when it comes to smaller, less-used languages. Though obviously claiming to have found some universal laws regarding all languages makes for better headlines.
Not to be a spoilsport, but.... what does any of that have to do with the article?
IBM used whole atoms, these guys on the other hand are moving single electrons and manage to get a stable orbit for them around the nucleus. That's quite a large difference. Though I do agree that this has been done before.
That sucks, that limits the potential quite sharply.
Because most people can't hear the difference anyway so why waste space on stuff you won't hear?
Not everyone can tell the difference, I for example do have perfectly good high-quality headphones and I sure as hell wouldn't be able to tell the difference. I simply do not have such precise hearing, that's that.
So tell me, if piracy is acceptable if you're poor, why isn't piracy acceptable if you simply don't feel like paying?
I didn't actually say that, in fact I didn't pose my opinion at all. All I said was that you can't count piracy as lost sales if you wouldn't be able sell it anyways, it should be counted for what it is, ie. piracy without lost sales.
That's not reducto ad absurdum. That's the exact model (and conclusion) that media and software pirates advocate and promote.
I'd say you're drawing strawman arguments there. If the common Slashdot user is anything to go by pirates DO actually support paying for stuff they like and do support people getting paid, but only when they're not getting screwed over by paying for such. You've never e.g. seen someone say they pirate albums so they can check if they like them, and then buy legal versions to support the artist? I'd say that's already enough to topple over your theory and its conclusion.
Yes, intent makes all the difference.
I thought it would, but I felt better to ask than guess. Thank you for the response.
The people who say information sharing is stealing aren't understanding that for a person who doesn't have the money to afford to buy something their options aren't the same as the person who has the money to buy something.
Indeed. They also fail to account for the fact that if a person does not have the means to obtain something legally it isn't a "lost sales" if that person obtains it illegally. But yes, it is an interesting philosophical question and worth discussing, something I personally very much enjoy, I just don't feel like Slashdot is the right place for philosophy; it'll just attract trolls to it like honey attracts flies.
Too broad a question to answer in a simple comment. Even just the plain concept of right and wrong depends so much on a person's background, their upbringing, what they've gone through in life, intelligence, gullibility and social and monetary status. Then you have to define what it actually means to own something, which in and of itself is enough to write a full thesis on. Just as defining stealing is terribly subjective, and then there's also the motive; are you "stealing" for your own uses, are you "stealing" for someone else, are you "stealing" for a cause and so on.
Yeah, I'm sure. Obviously they're not aware of the fact downloading is still legal here in The Netherlands (uploading is illegal though.)
How does the law work in regards to P2P methods of downloading? When downloading something via e.g. BitTorrent you are also uploading, you aren't simply just downloading, so can you be held accountable for that? Does the law take intent into account?
That's not really an applicable comparison. GPL only applies when you distribute something, you can still use GPL-software as you like even if you don't agree to the license just as long as you don't distribute it. On the other hand Big Media tries to control how you use their media, including on your own, private time on your own, private devices, and flat-out denies distribution altogether.
You can hook up a game controller to a tablet and some interesting games even support them. I can totally see quite a lot of indies who as of late have been developing AMAZING games(Bastion, Trine...) move to tablets which you can hook up to a TV via HDMI.
Often not all the buttons work, or the analog controls either. And well, it's a mess to hook those things up just to play something, especially if you're going to have a several-hour gaming session because then you have to add a charger into the mix, too. And what if you get a phonecall in the middle of gaming? You have to tear everything off only to have to plug it all back in afterwards.
Why does he feel he has the right to vandalize stuff and disobey the laws? What gives him the right to be a straight-up arsehole? Is he mentally so dysfunctional that obeying something as simple as red-light-laws is completely impossible for him?
Actually, there was POSIX ACLs support in GNOME2. It just sucked ass and no one used it.
Consumer Preview has an expiry date and as such it isn't quite the same thing.
I would've likely checked SMS messages first, just pick one contact whom the owner seems to communicate with often and that contact is bound to know who the phone belongs to. Not all people have a "Mom" or "Dad" entry, like e.g I have my mom stored with her full name instead. I would feel terrible if I just kept the phone without even trying to return it.
Freespace series?
If you mean Freespace 2, well, it isn't an original F/OSS - project, it was a commercial, proprietary product and then the engine was released as open-source. As such it doesn't count.
Search & Rescue series?
Not familiar with that.
FlightGear?
Not a game.
The trouble is that there is a whole lot of ambiguous territory. Sure, everyone's cool with being harvested once they're brain dead, but what if you're probably brain dead? What if your brain seems to be vaguely functioning but you've been in a coma for ten years and your body is slowly deteriorating? What if there's a one in a thousand chance you could recover?
I atleast would still want to be harvested. If I had been in coma for such a long time I'd most likely be retarded and horribly dysfunctional if I ever woke up, and in such a case I rather be dead. I've already made clear to all those near me that I do not wish to live my life as a vegetable or tied to a bed; if I ever got paralyzed from neck down I still would rather die. And heck, if I were to die I wouldn't be needing my organs any longer, I don't care what happens to my body after that.
I actually post my own ideas and opinions quite often, I just don't post them here.
I get what you are saying and some lesser designer might indeed start to crack under the pressure, but looking at what Schafer has been saying in the public and his pictures here, it doesn't seem like he even notices it. I really doubt quality is an issue, but one thing that people WILL complain about is that it takes so long for the game to materialize. People are impatient and a large adventure game is a multi-year project, that is going to cause some quarreling eventually.
What? Have you been living under a rock or something? It's Tim Schafer, man; it CANNOT be anything short of orgastic.
high quality opensource game
That there is an oxymoron. There are no high-quality F/OSS games.
Slashdot should not be posting kickstarters for software and other things that aren't free/libre open source licensed or creative commons licensed.
/. doesn't exist to drive F/OSS agenda, it exists to propagate news items about stuff that people are interested in.
Use kickstarter to compensate creative people for their effort, but pay them to contribute to the commons as well.
Tell some high-quality F/OSS dev to make a kickstarter project then and stop whining about it here.
The sad thing though is that us gamers/enthusiasts are basically paying for a GPU we'll never use. It would be nice if these CPUs were sold also without an integrated GPU.
Without reading that (I just watched the video) wouldn't it be rather simple for an application to just go over it frame-by-frame, guess the characters, average the results, and try the ones with the highest score? The longer the video the better.