But wouldn't this be susceptible to having someone use its own combination code against... using our console to order the Internet to lower her shields...
Do you know of anywhere where I can order Hardware Wars? I've heard some cool things about it (especially the special edition with mock "digitally enhanced" footage that is atari-esque at best =P )
Is "solder" that disconnects when certain voltage is applied all that useful??? I mean this would be cool if it actually stuck, but it seems like the article is treating it more like a slow switch than a building adhesive...
Actually, fool, it's a rippoff of a slash-alike phpnuke... of course the contents supposed to be more of a "low brow" slashdot.. but you wouldn't know anything about low brow, would you? =P
*shrug* guess that's why it's an AC post...
rampy
BTW the HREF above is fairly innappropriate and obviously not drivel... for anyone perusing at 0 or lower...
Seems pretty piss poor (or pour =) to go after companynamesux.com
Seems even poorer to have pre-emptively registered companynamesucks.com (according to the WIPO doc)
*shrug* Their better off just leavin these sites be, rather than drawing attention to them. It validates the disconted opinion, because they take it seriously... plus that's just a crappy-big-ish company thing to do.
Well the advances in graphics/tech/PC's/rendering/etc... pretty much makes that an absolute (artists not withstanding, the potential for prettier graphics increases as tech and time go forward)
They actually had problems with Toy Story 2, where the new Woody looked too good and was overshadowing (no pun intended) the look of the old Toy Story Woody.
This seems like a reasonable argument (on the surface anyways)...
The conspiracist in me thinks they are not protecting their profits so much, as protecting their raccateering (spelling, ugh!) enterprise.
Instead of using Bobby the Stick to beat an unwilling contractor to use Mob friendly Union labor, RIAA is sending lawyers out to make sure we buy music in THEIR format only...
I hope all this results in a reasonable online music distribution model.
I like free *alot*.. but I really appreciate value. And if I could preview songs then purchase individual songs that I'd like using some sort of micro payment scenario. I'd go for that... Maybe a Rent-to-own scenario =)
I'd like that much better than buying an album on the merits of one song on the radio and paying for tons of filler tunes and B-sides...
>Because this is digital copying, those files are >*perfect* copies of the original
Actually they are perfect copies of a LOSSY COMPRESSED copy of the ORIGINAL. Now, mind you, my ears are too shot to really notice or care...
Of course it is no where as bad a degradation as if you had copied to cassette tape (and then to another tape, ad infinitum) but to listen to Lars and others generalize about "perfect digital copies" is b.s. IMHO
One thing NOT considered is the amount of mp3's that are incomplete available, the MP3's that have that digital hiccup because it was ripped too fast and the error correction couldn't compensate for a scratch on the CD, and other file defects... In other words a lot of the stuff on Napster is NOT PERFECT at all.
No further comment on the other less mundane parts of the argument...(ethical/logical/etc)
You miss the point re: communication skills that is made above.
In the workforce you'll have to *DEAL* with people "not on your level" on a day to day basis and try and have a productive teams consisting of people that aren't as smart as you are.
That interaction between students, profs, and all the *other* interaction that goes on in college (nudge nudge wink wink, know what I mean?!) is what helps form/build those important team work/shmoozing socializing skills.
With that said... I think most of Academia is pretty much B.S. (no pun intended) and so full of itself that it doesn't necessarily fill the function it is supposed to.
There are different routes for different people.
I've found that without experience it is hard to get a job... without a degree, hard to find a job... but once you get that initial experience or have the small bit of pseudo-credibility a degree pretends to lend you, you can have your foot in the door... *shrug* it's all about securing that first oppurtunity to parlay it to better ones... If you can talk your way into a tech job out of H.S. gob bless yeah...
*shrug*
YMMV...
E.
Slashdot Mirror
I don't think this research is going to stop me from binging and purging sleep aka sleep cameling.
Why can't they explain why if you oversleep a ton (10 hours or more) that you stay tired/slow all day???? That's what I would want to know...
Enrico
But wouldn't this be susceptible to having someone use its own combination code against... using our console to order the Internet to lower her shields...
Wasn't this featured in Wired Magazine (dead tree version) a few months ago?
http://www.wired.com/ wir ed/archive/6.11/wired25.html?pg=12
Rampy
There is no Duplo Neo, only the truth... She's got 'uge buckets of bricks... E.
So... basically the space station has a bad case of athlete's foot/wall that would put the local YMCA to shame?
E.
Then we'll come up with really interesting next step applications for this technology...
E.
actually I think it is some sort of canibus measurment utility....
"no way that is a dime bag man..."
"look the potimeter says so."
E.
Uhm.. the offer advertised in your signature has expired... doh! E.
Do you know of anywhere where I can order Hardware Wars? I've heard some cool things about it (especially the special edition with mock "digitally enhanced" footage that is atari-esque at best =P )
Know of anywhere online that it is showing?
Thanks...
E.
They've got to incorporate this technology into toilets as well... I thought that's what was meant by "throne" anyways...
E.
... his Math Prof. still made him "show his work"
(or took points off)
Now we can feel guilty about buying linux distro's that were packaged by sweatshop kids from Asia/Phillipines...
Maybe Mandrake could get Kathy Lee as a spokesperson (she certainly has the free time now)
E.
Is "solder" that disconnects when certain voltage is applied all that useful??? I mean this would be cool if it actually stuck, but it seems like the article is treating it more like a slow switch than a building adhesive...
E.
The Amazon.com 1-click model for patent applications...
Could then use it to predict the stock market?
hmmmm... where's my drill
E.
Actually, fool, it's a rippoff of a slash-alike phpnuke... of course the contents supposed to be more of a "low brow" slashdot.. but you wouldn't know anything about low brow, would you? =P
*shrug* guess that's why it's an AC post...
rampy
BTW the HREF above is fairly innappropriate and obviously not drivel... for anyone perusing at 0 or lower...
What about Sir Alec Guinness fan (or hate sites, if there is such a thing...)
Which Guinness would have the "right" (or the right to suck in this case) to have claims to that domain...
"It was as if a million company-sucks.com sites all screamed out at once in horror, and then were silenced (sic)...."
E
Seems pretty piss poor (or pour =) to go after companynamesux.com
Seems even poorer to have pre-emptively registered companynamesucks.com (according to the WIPO doc)
*shrug* Their better off just leavin these sites be, rather than drawing attention to them. It validates the disconted opinion, because they take it seriously... plus that's just a crappy-big-ish company thing to do.
*shrug*
E
I have older bacteria living on what used to be meatloaf in the back of my fridge =)
(yes I know there is a difference between bacteria and mold/fungus... it's meant as a joke)
E.
Well the advances in graphics/tech/PC's/rendering/etc... pretty much makes that an absolute (artists not withstanding, the potential for prettier graphics increases as tech and time go forward)
They actually had problems with Toy Story 2, where the new Woody looked too good and was overshadowing (no pun intended) the look of the old Toy Story Woody.
*shrug*
E,
I plan on plugging my :CueCat in to my Iopener which is networked to my Websurfer, while I watch Natalie Portman Movies flagged from my Hacked TIVO =P
enrico
If I scan my butt will it take me to the Scott Tissue homepage? Now that;s convergence for ya!
I am also not a a lawyer..but what I remember from COM 101 (between naps anyhow)
_ en.shtml
There is a difference between libel and slander.
I found this link pretty quickly...
http://www.lsuc.on.ca/public/other_libelslander
I guess you can say "allegedly Firestone makes dangerous tires..." for sure...
i believe with slander you need to prove damages (firestone profits plummet as direct result of your comments)
*shrug*
Erik
This seems like a reasonable argument (on the surface anyways)...
...
The conspiracist in me thinks they are not protecting their profits so much, as protecting their raccateering (spelling, ugh!) enterprise.
Instead of using Bobby the Stick to beat an unwilling contractor to use Mob friendly Union labor, RIAA is sending lawyers out to make sure we buy music in THEIR format only...
I hope all this results in a reasonable online music distribution model.
I like free *alot*.. but I really appreciate value. And if I could preview songs then purchase individual songs that I'd like using some sort of micro payment scenario. I'd go for that... Maybe a Rent-to-own scenario =)
I'd like that much better than buying an album on the merits of one song on the radio and paying for tons of filler tunes and B-sides
E.
>Because this is digital copying, those files are >*perfect* copies of the original
Actually they are perfect copies of a LOSSY COMPRESSED copy of the ORIGINAL. Now, mind you, my ears are too shot to really notice or care...
Of course it is no where as bad a degradation as if you had copied to cassette tape (and then to another tape, ad infinitum) but to listen to Lars and others generalize about "perfect digital copies" is b.s. IMHO
One thing NOT considered is the amount of mp3's that are incomplete available, the MP3's that have that digital hiccup because it was ripped too fast and the error correction couldn't compensate for a scratch on the CD, and other file defects... In other words a lot of the stuff on Napster is NOT PERFECT at all.
No further comment on the other less mundane parts of the argument...(ethical/logical/etc)
YMMV
Enrico
You miss the point re: communication skills that is made above. In the workforce you'll have to *DEAL* with people "not on your level" on a day to day basis and try and have a productive teams consisting of people that aren't as smart as you are. That interaction between students, profs, and all the *other* interaction that goes on in college (nudge nudge wink wink, know what I mean?!) is what helps form/build those important team work/shmoozing socializing skills. With that said... I think most of Academia is pretty much B.S. (no pun intended) and so full of itself that it doesn't necessarily fill the function it is supposed to. There are different routes for different people. I've found that without experience it is hard to get a job... without a degree, hard to find a job... but once you get that initial experience or have the small bit of pseudo-credibility a degree pretends to lend you, you can have your foot in the door... *shrug* it's all about securing that first oppurtunity to parlay it to better ones... If you can talk your way into a tech job out of H.S. gob bless yeah... *shrug* YMMV... E.