'We have data that happy drivers' accident rates are drastically lower than depressed ones, so this robot stays there to make sure the driver is happy always,'
Just add a pr0n projector to the windshield!
Hmmm, on second thought, maybe that's not such a good idea.
Either way, e-mail is insecure! It's sent from machine to machine in clear text. Recently I've been realizing that it's a bad idea to use most companies' online features, since they often e-mail personal information like name, address, account number, password via e-mail.
"Thus, no one shall do to Disney what Disney did to the Brothers Grimm." -Lessig
That brings to mind an interesting approach to the unreasonable term extensions: if your work is based on any previous works, your copyright lasts no more than the time from the creation to your use of the most recent work you used. This would apply regardless of when the work was made, so it would mainly affect companies like Disney who had a huge amount of recent public domain material to derive from, without any obligations to the creator.
By returning or forcing a refund, you might hurt the seller only. It probably depends on the laws where the seller is located. The only way to send Steam a financial message is to boycott future products. I'm not a PC gamer myself, and find the idea of having to do any kind of online action to even play a game entirely rediculous; I guess I'm just console-fashioned.
Yes, just pointing out how useful a feature it is. Is such a command present in Windows or Unix, or is it simply a matter of such a thing needing to exist from the beginning so that (almost) every program will use a standard format for settings (XML in Apple's case)?
The 2D dock can be enabled using the following:
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES; killall Dock
This is a feature that should be high on anyone's list: the ability to direct someone else to change system settings without having to give them a long GUI script along the lines of "Open this, click here, click there, this should say X, type Y". I just love being able to package up these types of changes into a command-line like that.
I'm usually cranky about claims to have found the part of the brain that does X, since this pre-supposes that X is done in a particular part. In a computer, some things like long-term data storage are localizable. Other things like getting the size of a file aren't performed in any particular part. If you believed that getting the size of a file was done in some particular part, you might find out where activity occurs (changes of states) when you ask for the size of a file, and then erroneously conclude that the hard disk is what gets the size of a file, when the real behavior is a combination of the hard disk, CPU, RAM, bus, and operating system. Again, it's the assumption that every behavior or ability you can label is the result of some area of the brain whose only function is that behavior or ability.
Assuming anyone can roll time back (and not just the admin), this would be no different than putting said file in a public directory and having someone else make a copy of it and then post it publicly elsewhere.
BTW, I'm quite sure Leopard will have a spelling checker.
The summary makes the report sound like it simply explains what's behind the (already known?) risks. As in, "did you know that on many of those successful takeoffs you were on, the pilot was getting a blow job in the cockpit?" All that matters is how likely I am to get injured/killed on a plane, not how likely I am to nearly get injured; perhaps they have got it down to constant near-injuries, but keep it from going over the line virtually all the time.
Come on, let's reserve the word "censorship" for places where it really applies: where one party wants to prevent anyone from accessing particular material, because they consider said material to be harmful to their goals if viewed by others. The core is a desire to keep people ignorant of the information, not to make money off it. In this case, the source of the cease and desist would probably be glad to sell you whatever copyrighted material was on the site.
Yes, exactly! Many people in the fringe like to misuse terms in order to get extra attention, but this devalues the terms. It would be a dropping of neutrality if you were charged more for the same service simply because you were an executive with a well-known company. What's next, the slash-cowards are going to be crying non-neutrality because the airlines charge you more to ride first-class?
"While I understand their fears, I wish the GMO protest community would spend a little less time worrying about GMOs and more time worrying about very real food risks (see above), heavy metals in imported goods (including foods) and the things around us that are really worth our concern."
There are some unique aspects: many GMO proponents don't want to label their foods so that a consumer can choose non-GMO foods, and nearby non-GMO plants can pick up the genetically modified organisms. Normal foods with lots of artificial crap can be easily avoid by just reading the label.
"Making $6-$10 million on a new album the week it comes out is _unheard-of_ in the music biz"
That's because this doesn't take into account all the production costs. Ask the MAFIAA, distributing online music is very expensive, perhaps even moreso than CDs. There's well... duplicating the bits hmmm. You'd have to ask the MAFIAA since I'm not an expert in their area.
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'We have data that happy drivers' accident rates are drastically lower than depressed ones, so this robot stays there to make sure the driver is happy always,'
Just add a pr0n projector to the windshield!
Hmmm, on second thought, maybe that's not such a good idea.
Either way, e-mail is insecure! It's sent from machine to machine in clear text. Recently I've been realizing that it's a bad idea to use most companies' online features, since they often e-mail personal information like name, address, account number, password via e-mail.
"Thus, no one shall do to Disney what Disney did to the Brothers Grimm." -Lessig
That brings to mind an interesting approach to the unreasonable term extensions: if your work is based on any previous works, your copyright lasts no more than the time from the creation to your use of the most recent work you used. This would apply regardless of when the work was made, so it would mainly affect companies like Disney who had a huge amount of recent public domain material to derive from, without any obligations to the creator.
The first thing a site with unnecessary video or Flash compels me to do is leave.
By returning or forcing a refund, you might hurt the seller only. It probably depends on the laws where the seller is located. The only way to send Steam a financial message is to boycott future products. I'm not a PC gamer myself, and find the idea of having to do any kind of online action to even play a game entirely rediculous; I guess I'm just console-fashioned.
Yes, just pointing out how useful a feature it is. Is such a command present in Windows or Unix, or is it simply a matter of such a thing needing to exist from the beginning so that (almost) every program will use a standard format for settings (XML in Apple's case)?
This is a feature that should be high on anyone's list: the ability to direct someone else to change system settings without having to give them a long GUI script along the lines of "Open this, click here, click there, this should say X, type Y". I just love being able to package up these types of changes into a command-line like that.
"We aren't specifically evolved do algebra either, and we (well, many of us) do a decent job at that. Humans are evolved to learn and adapt."
I'd say we evolved what is now known as algebra so that it would be a good fit for us.
I'm usually cranky about claims to have found the part of the brain that does X, since this pre-supposes that X is done in a particular part. In a computer, some things like long-term data storage are localizable. Other things like getting the size of a file aren't performed in any particular part. If you believed that getting the size of a file was done in some particular part, you might find out where activity occurs (changes of states) when you ask for the size of a file, and then erroneously conclude that the hard disk is what gets the size of a file, when the real behavior is a combination of the hard disk, CPU, RAM, bus, and operating system. Again, it's the assumption that every behavior or ability you can label is the result of some area of the brain whose only function is that behavior or ability.
Oh god yes, treat me like Vista does! What? Yes, allow whipping. Oh yes. What? Yes, continue dammit!
Well skuse me, what's a sku? I'll skuut off now and see if I can find out.
Assuming anyone can roll time back (and not just the admin), this would be no different than putting said file in a public directory and having someone else make a copy of it and then post it publicly elsewhere.
BTW, I'm quite sure Leopard will have a spelling checker.
Daniel Dennett had a bit to say about avoided disasters (unfortunately I can't get the previous page from Google).
Now, about cleaning up the mess 12,000 monkeys leaves...
The summary makes the report sound like it simply explains what's behind the (already known?) risks. As in, "did you know that on many of those successful takeoffs you were on, the pilot was getting a blow job in the cockpit?" All that matters is how likely I am to get injured/killed on a plane, not how likely I am to nearly get injured; perhaps they have got it down to constant near-injuries, but keep it from going over the line virtually all the time.
How about this: the witholding of that is affecting my confidence. Uh oh, infinite regress time!
" It would take an insane amount of energy to add/remove to even make a statistically significant difference."
By that logic I wouldn't be able to steer my car with one finger.
But my question is, how will they even know if they steered it, given that these weather patterns aren't the most predictable in the first place?
Come on, let's reserve the word "censorship" for places where it really applies: where one party wants to prevent anyone from accessing particular material, because they consider said material to be harmful to their goals if viewed by others. The core is a desire to keep people ignorant of the information, not to make money off it. In this case, the source of the cease and desist would probably be glad to sell you whatever copyrighted material was on the site.
Yes, exactly! Many people in the fringe like to misuse terms in order to get extra attention, but this devalues the terms. It would be a dropping of neutrality if you were charged more for the same service simply because you were an executive with a well-known company. What's next, the slash-cowards are going to be crying non-neutrality because the airlines charge you more to ride first-class?
"While I understand their fears, I wish the GMO protest community would spend a little less time worrying about GMOs and more time worrying about very real food risks (see above), heavy metals in imported goods (including foods) and the things around us that are really worth our concern."
There are some unique aspects: many GMO proponents don't want to label their foods so that a consumer can choose non-GMO foods, and nearby non-GMO plants can pick up the genetically modified organisms. Normal foods with lots of artificial crap can be easily avoid by just reading the label.
In Soviet Russia, camo vest shoots YOU!
Couldn't they just irradiate the PETA members and claim they mistook them for cockroaches?
Unfortunately us readers often also lose sanely-paragraphed text to read.
"Making $6-$10 million on a new album the week it comes out is _unheard-of_ in the music biz"
That's because this doesn't take into account all the production costs. Ask the MAFIAA, distributing online music is very expensive, perhaps even moreso than CDs. There's well... duplicating the bits hmmm. You'd have to ask the MAFIAA since I'm not an expert in their area.
And we will have a problem: how to deal with an industry that will be sticking around longer than it warrants (kind of like the RIAA).