Your comparison of this case to musicians is very weak. Musicians are almost never allowed to cover songs or copy the melody without permission (i.e. Weird Al vs Busta Rhymes, or Vanilla Ice vs Queen). What's more, Fantasisie-Impromptu is almost 200 years old, while Tetris if not even 30. Also, "posession of man-kind"?
Is there anyone on Slashdot that doesn't know the basic formula to a Tetris game? Once something has become as common place as Tetris is, you have to step back and realize that it has become the possession of man-kind.
This isn't a case about programming a tetris game, it's about programming a tetris game and naming something very simliar to tetris. Anyone can sell cars, but they can't call it a "Frod" or a "Chevlerot"
I agree that there are certainly no "founders" of Anonymous, but Anonymous isn't a hive mind. There have to be people who get the ball rolling with the attacks.
Are the lawyers mining this data and then asking the court for permission? That seems wrong.
Or are they asking the courts for permission first? That seems completely acceptable.
It's not funny that they don't know what the Internet is, they just serve as the face of society when few people understood what the Internet was. Although I'd bet a majority of society still doesn't know, it's funny to look back on how we reacted to learning about it?
Users who can't watch the clip might be interested in this brief transcript I just typed up.
Colbert: So there are other parallel universes out there.
Greene: No. I'm not saying that.
Colbert: Wait. That's all you've been saying.
Greene: No no. The math suggests there's a possibility, but until we have experimental evidence for these things -
Colbert: Math is not experimental evidence. Math is high falutin-doodilling.
Greene: Math suggests things that you wouldn't be thinking about if you didn't have that mathematics as your guide. Then you need to do experiments.
He seems pretty straightforward about this not being actual science.
Call me naive but is sounds to me like DHS wants to stick around a while. Or am I still too new here?
You're being naive. Considering that the only US Cabinet level department to be dropped was the Post Office, I'd say that DHS is here to stay. Then again, their goals for information security are a bid naive as well. I doubt they'll be able to hire 1000 security experts as they're trying to do.
A closed system might be ok right now. There are plenty of consumers who don't want to deal with extra options and functionality in their tech products...for now. But what about the coming decades, when a majority of consumers will have grown up in the digital age. I'd expect they would be more tech savvy and able to handle (and appreciate) more open systems like Android.
Does it really matter? 1% of tax payers making 23.5% of pre-tax income is a staggering statistic. Does the extra amount they pay in taxes negate the fact that they're grossing exorbitant amounts of money?
Schmoozers are their own pricey little bubble. The only reason you need schmoozers is to connect with other schmoozers. If we all chopped the schmooze department off the balance books, we could get back to doing real business deals without all the pomp and fluff.
This is basically asking for the largest shift in business mechanics since the industrial revolution. Don't forget that at the top level, schmoozers have to woo the public, not a group that always listens to logic and reason.
Your first thoughts mirrored mine exactly. He want's a good lawyer first if he'll be defending the government in court. Not sure how this makes him their "lapdog." How does this benefit the RIAA or recording industry as a whole? When was the government directly implicated in a case involving the recording industry?
In 1991 the average wage for a male American worker with a bachelor's degree was 2.5 times that of a high-school drop-out; now the ratio is 3.
Isn't this more an indiciation of a widening income gap between working class and middle class backgrounds? There are a lot of not-so-smart people with degrees.
I think that's what the article is trying to point out. Take this statistic FTFA as an example.
In America, for example, in 1987 the top 1% of taxpayers received 12.3% of all pre-tax income. Twenty years later their share, at 23.5%, was nearly twice as large. The bottom half’s share fell from 15.6% to 12.2% over the same period.
I'm sorry, obviously you have nevver heard of HTTPS. You are a moron, perhaps?
HTTPS relates to the connection between the users and Facebook. It has nothing to do with the way Facebook encrypts the passwords themselves, which is what I was pointing out.
How badly does Facebook's password encryption suck if a man-in-the-middle attack can easily steal everybody's password?
How exactly was Facebook supposed to encrypt the users' passwords before receiving them? If you know how to do this then I'll write you a check right now.
It is honestly no different that police forces using helicopters to patrol high crime areas.
I agree. As long as the drones are the types described in the first featured article and can't stay in the air longer than 1 hr, I don't see how this is worse than choppers. Just as long as they don't start using drones that have more endurance. It would be wise to make this distinction in whatever legislature authorizes this.
Did he botch the results when he repeatedly threw his jeans in a freezer?
When his jeans got a bit funky smelling, Le's solution was to put them in the freezer. "There were times when it had a bad odour, like in the seventh month," he said. "That's when I threw it in the freezer and magically when it came out it was odourless."
I know very little about microbiology, but could that have significantly affected growth rates of all/certain types of bateria or killed them altogether?
They need a utility built-in to the phone that logs which processes/programs are sending how much data over which connection. None of this "unnamed third-party program" bullshit.
We have those in limited numbers. However this payment system is IMO a pain the ass. I have to unlock my phone and start the app, as opposed to just getting a card out of my wallet. It's not elegant at all, and I'm sick of hearing the media have a wet dream thinking this is revolutionary. It's just a reduced version of those apps that combine your discount card barcodes into one program.
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Is there anyone on Slashdot that doesn't know the basic formula to a Tetris game? Once something has become as common place as Tetris is, you have to step back and realize that it has become the possession of man-kind.
This isn't a case about programming a tetris game, it's about programming a tetris game and naming something very simliar to tetris. Anyone can sell cars, but they can't call it a "Frod" or a "Chevlerot"
I agree that there are certainly no "founders" of Anonymous, but Anonymous isn't a hive mind. There have to be people who get the ball rolling with the attacks.
Are the lawyers mining this data and then asking the court for permission? That seems wrong.
Or are they asking the courts for permission first? That seems completely acceptable.
It's not funny that they don't know what the Internet is, they just serve as the face of society when few people understood what the Internet was. Although I'd bet a majority of society still doesn't know, it's funny to look back on how we reacted to learning about it?
Who is logging into their PSN account with homebrew on their PS3?
Colbert: So there are other parallel universes out there.
Greene: No. I'm not saying that.
Colbert: Wait. That's all you've been saying.
Greene: No no. The math suggests there's a possibility, but until we have experimental evidence for these things -
Colbert: Math is not experimental evidence. Math is high falutin-doodilling.
Greene: Math suggests things that you wouldn't be thinking about if you didn't have that mathematics as your guide. Then you need to do experiments.
He seems pretty straightforward about this not being actual science.
Call me naive but is sounds to me like DHS wants to stick around a while. Or am I still too new here?
You're being naive. Considering that the only US Cabinet level department to be dropped was the Post Office, I'd say that DHS is here to stay. Then again, their goals for information security are a bid naive as well. I doubt they'll be able to hire 1000 security experts as they're trying to do.
A closed system might be ok right now. There are plenty of consumers who don't want to deal with extra options and functionality in their tech products...for now. But what about the coming decades, when a majority of consumers will have grown up in the digital age. I'd expect they would be more tech savvy and able to handle (and appreciate) more open systems like Android.
That doesn't look like a fort at all!
Not sure why that got modded funny. I like it way better than the last version. Looks sharp, feels good. Good job to the coders.
lol @ calling designers "coders"
Does it really matter? 1% of tax payers making 23.5% of pre-tax income is a staggering statistic. Does the extra amount they pay in taxes negate the fact that they're grossing exorbitant amounts of money?
You assume people stop being corrupt greed-mongers when they switch jobs. Funny guy!
This is a non-sequitur. Does his past mean that he's going to start suing copyright infringers on behalf of the US government?
Schmoozers are their own pricey little bubble. The only reason you need schmoozers is to connect with other schmoozers. If we all chopped the schmooze department off the balance books, we could get back to doing real business deals without all the pomp and fluff.
This is basically asking for the largest shift in business mechanics since the industrial revolution. Don't forget that at the top level, schmoozers have to woo the public, not a group that always listens to logic and reason.
Your first thoughts mirrored mine exactly. He want's a good lawyer first if he'll be defending the government in court. Not sure how this makes him their "lapdog." How does this benefit the RIAA or recording industry as a whole? When was the government directly implicated in a case involving the recording industry?
Isn't this more an indiciation of a widening income gap between working class and middle class backgrounds? There are a lot of not-so-smart people with degrees.
I think that's what the article is trying to point out. Take this statistic FTFA as an example.
In America, for example, in 1987 the top 1% of taxpayers received 12.3% of all pre-tax income. Twenty years later their share, at 23.5%, was nearly twice as large. The bottom half’s share fell from 15.6% to 12.2% over the same period.
Hell, I had one coworker who couldn't sit through half a f*cking meeting, but got paid 5 times what I did to go to conventions and schmooze.
Clearly you're underestimating the value of a good schmoozer. Connections are very important in business, as important as the quality of your product.
I'm sorry, obviously you have nevver heard of HTTPS. You are a moron, perhaps?
HTTPS relates to the connection between the users and Facebook. It has nothing to do with the way Facebook encrypts the passwords themselves, which is what I was pointing out.
How badly does Facebook's password encryption suck if a man-in-the-middle attack can easily steal everybody's password?
How exactly was Facebook supposed to encrypt the users' passwords before receiving them? If you know how to do this then I'll write you a check right now.
Say what you want about the 1st and 2nd sequels, but there's not really any reason to re-open the Matrix story other than to make money.
Just...no. Stop it right now. Stop before something bad happens.
It is honestly no different that police forces using helicopters to patrol high crime areas.
I agree. As long as the drones are the types described in the first featured article and can't stay in the air longer than 1 hr, I don't see how this is worse than choppers. Just as long as they don't start using drones that have more endurance. It would be wise to make this distinction in whatever legislature authorizes this.
Did he botch the results when he repeatedly threw his jeans in a freezer?
When his jeans got a bit funky smelling, Le's solution was to put them in the freezer. "There were times when it had a bad odour, like in the seventh month," he said. "That's when I threw it in the freezer and magically when it came out it was odourless."
I know very little about microbiology, but could that have significantly affected growth rates of all/certain types of bateria or killed them altogether?
...then they would make more of an effort to have you turn them off instead of just asking politely.
They need a utility built-in to the phone that logs which processes/programs are sending how much data over which connection. None of this "unnamed third-party program" bullshit.
We have those in limited numbers. However this payment system is IMO a pain the ass. I have to unlock my phone and start the app, as opposed to just getting a card out of my wallet. It's not elegant at all, and I'm sick of hearing the media have a wet dream thinking this is revolutionary. It's just a reduced version of those apps that combine your discount card barcodes into one program.