a 52 month calender where we abolish weeks. We'd get our pay checks on the sixth of every month.
We'd also get to come up with lots of cool names for months. Maybe we can name a month "Clint" after President Clinton.
the enjoyment of gaming is a natural characteristic of intelligent and creative people. Those people have always enjoyed all types of games and video games are just the newest and most exciting type of game.
This isn't a new phenomenon. I think you'd find that many of today's most influential and creative people played card games, chess, role playing games, or other games instead. Strategic thinking, creativity, and problem solving can be developed just as well from other sources.
I disagree with your assesment that computer games are more complex or more stimulating than other games. Your example is chess. I think that if you applied game theory you'd find that chess is much more complex than any computer games that currently exist (excluding computer versions of games like go). Those games start simply enough, but get more and more complex as they continue on. How many possible ways are there that a chess game can finish as compared a computer game? It took our most advanced computer to defeat a human in chess, and that was an anomaly.
I believe that game theory would show that computers actually create limits which simplify games. Compare computer RPG style games to real RPG's. Normal RPG's allow for much more creativity and player-determination of events and therefore stimulation.
Todays hardware could handle much more complex games than are currently available and future games should be able to emulate current RPG's. However, I believe that future computer RPG's will still be similar to today's movies compared to books. Movies are enjoyable, but don't stimulate the imagination like books do.
I may have rambled off subject... sorry.
I don't really understand it. The people that are going to buy macs aren't going to be the people using the themes at themes.org. I can't see how it hurts Apple in any way.
In fact, you would think that they would like this. It means that the more savvy users in the linux/open source community appreciate the aesthetics of their GUI. You would think that the spread of aspects of their OS would be beneficial to them.
I think we'd all agree that the FBI should be able to get wire taps, search warrants, or whatever as long as they go through the proper procedure and have a good cause. There is no real reason why this shouldn't carry over into the realm of the internet.
The primary problem is that there will constantly be improvements in technology that allows people to be more secretive in what they do on the internet. At the same time, the FBI will be coming up with more and more ways to get around them. We aren't going to be able to have specific laws for each way that the FBI can monitor us or we won't be able to keep up.
The courts are simply going to have to come up with some generalized guidelines for this type of thing.
Does this guy have any history of censure from a school or company for any type of "hacking"? I know guys who have gotten in trouble, but not arrested, for reading people's email, port scanning, etc.
The reason I ask this story is that I wonder schools or businesses give information like that to the FBI. If this guy had a history like that, and the FBI knew about it, it could explain why they showed up at his house.
Patenting of software and business practices is not going away. The simple truth is that many companies primary asset is their intellectual property and wouldn't exist without protection.
I do not think that the incentive to patent does much to drive the creation of new technology. It basically creates a windfall for whoever can get a patent. You create a company that owns nothing but a good idea and a patent and you have something very valuable. However, in a capitalist system such as ours, the patent laws are going to be set up to protect business not to encourage innovation.
However, the system clearly needs work, and sooner or later you have to expect that it will be fixed. You still have to wonder how the patent office approves one-click shopping, even under its current guidelines. You aren't supposed to be able to patent anything that is as obvious as that.
You gotta remember that no matter what the business model is, it all comes down to making money. The suits are still the experts at that, and they are a lot more flexible and willing to change than you give them credit.
this was illegal from the beginning. Patent and copyright protection are important and necessary in capatalist economies. This is not like the rediculous patents given to Amazon. This comes down to whether a musician has the right to copyright his music. If Napster is legal, then copyrights are pointless, especially as internet use continues to grow.
It is reasonable to respond when someone complains, otherwise let it go. ISP's can always ask their members where allegations or defamatory material comes from. The rest of the internet cannot.
that a person has to give the ISP notice that the demamatory material is on their site and the ISP has to refuse to remove it before the ISP can be held liable. This law isn't too burdensome. The internet provides people with a way to commit libel much easier than they ever could before and there needs to be some mechanism of accountability. This law requires ISP's to take reasonable steps to prevent libel, and then after doing so, should some be posted, remove it after notification. That isn't too much to ask.
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a 52 month calender where we abolish weeks. We'd get our pay checks on the sixth of every month. We'd also get to come up with lots of cool names for months. Maybe we can name a month "Clint" after President Clinton.
....Space Quest 2 on one of these things.... BTW... I bet that it still takes forever to boot up.
the enjoyment of gaming is a natural characteristic of intelligent and creative people. Those people have always enjoyed all types of games and video games are just the newest and most exciting type of game. This isn't a new phenomenon. I think you'd find that many of today's most influential and creative people played card games, chess, role playing games, or other games instead. Strategic thinking, creativity, and problem solving can be developed just as well from other sources. I disagree with your assesment that computer games are more complex or more stimulating than other games. Your example is chess. I think that if you applied game theory you'd find that chess is much more complex than any computer games that currently exist (excluding computer versions of games like go). Those games start simply enough, but get more and more complex as they continue on. How many possible ways are there that a chess game can finish as compared a computer game? It took our most advanced computer to defeat a human in chess, and that was an anomaly. I believe that game theory would show that computers actually create limits which simplify games. Compare computer RPG style games to real RPG's. Normal RPG's allow for much more creativity and player-determination of events and therefore stimulation. Todays hardware could handle much more complex games than are currently available and future games should be able to emulate current RPG's. However, I believe that future computer RPG's will still be similar to today's movies compared to books. Movies are enjoyable, but don't stimulate the imagination like books do. I may have rambled off subject... sorry.
I don't really understand it. The people that are going to buy macs aren't going to be the people using the themes at themes.org. I can't see how it hurts Apple in any way. In fact, you would think that they would like this. It means that the more savvy users in the linux/open source community appreciate the aesthetics of their GUI. You would think that the spread of aspects of their OS would be beneficial to them.
I think we'd all agree that the FBI should be able to get wire taps, search warrants, or whatever as long as they go through the proper procedure and have a good cause. There is no real reason why this shouldn't carry over into the realm of the internet. The primary problem is that there will constantly be improvements in technology that allows people to be more secretive in what they do on the internet. At the same time, the FBI will be coming up with more and more ways to get around them. We aren't going to be able to have specific laws for each way that the FBI can monitor us or we won't be able to keep up. The courts are simply going to have to come up with some generalized guidelines for this type of thing.
their patents. Maybe Amazon.Com will want them.
Does this guy have any history of censure from a school or company for any type of "hacking"? I know guys who have gotten in trouble, but not arrested, for reading people's email, port scanning, etc. The reason I ask this story is that I wonder schools or businesses give information like that to the FBI. If this guy had a history like that, and the FBI knew about it, it could explain why they showed up at his house.
Patenting of software and business practices is not going away. The simple truth is that many companies primary asset is their intellectual property and wouldn't exist without protection. I do not think that the incentive to patent does much to drive the creation of new technology. It basically creates a windfall for whoever can get a patent. You create a company that owns nothing but a good idea and a patent and you have something very valuable. However, in a capitalist system such as ours, the patent laws are going to be set up to protect business not to encourage innovation. However, the system clearly needs work, and sooner or later you have to expect that it will be fixed. You still have to wonder how the patent office approves one-click shopping, even under its current guidelines. You aren't supposed to be able to patent anything that is as obvious as that.
is how many of those movies I have seen. What is really really sad is how many of those movies I've seen more than once.
You gotta remember that no matter what the business model is, it all comes down to making money. The suits are still the experts at that, and they are a lot more flexible and willing to change than you give them credit.
this was illegal from the beginning. Patent and copyright protection are important and necessary in capatalist economies. This is not like the rediculous patents given to Amazon. This comes down to whether a musician has the right to copyright his music. If Napster is legal, then copyrights are pointless, especially as internet use continues to grow.
It is reasonable to respond when someone complains, otherwise let it go. ISP's can always ask their members where allegations or defamatory material comes from. The rest of the internet cannot.
that a person has to give the ISP notice that the demamatory material is on their site and the ISP has to refuse to remove it before the ISP can be held liable. This law isn't too burdensome. The internet provides people with a way to commit libel much easier than they ever could before and there needs to be some mechanism of accountability. This law requires ISP's to take reasonable steps to prevent libel, and then after doing so, should some be posted, remove it after notification. That isn't too much to ask.