Ok, so let me get this straight. I'm Joe deadbeat, but I still pay for a phone. But, since I've been labled a "deadbeat" by EQUIFAX or some rabid collecation agency, it's OK for them to spoof my CallerID or bypass means that I have put in place to try to require callers to present a valid call?
If you're Joe Deadbeat, you aren't "labled" a deadbeat, you are defined as a deadbeat. If a collection agency buys your debt, its because you didn't pay your debt in the first place. It became too expenisive for the original credit provider to pursue, so they sold it to someone else with the resources to go and get you.
I don't know what moderator called you "Insightful" because your comment seems pretty ignorant. Pay your debts, and you won't ever hear from a collection agency
With Phantom Menace, Lucas was trying too hard to fabricate some grandure (?) masterpiece and it never happened. Why? Because he didn't have a script. He knew he was going to make a killing because everybody and their brother was waiting to see those movies, but it didn't deliver. However with Tolkien, the only thing to compare the movies to are the book (which can never be topped) and some crappy cartoons (incidentally, there were two video games as well... i never heard anything about the third game). I won't be disappointed with this one.
I agree entirly. Although my former high school already offers a class that teaches Java (the CS program rocks), I think that teaching C++ is much better, as it is (IMHO) more marketable than Java at this point. Java is so easy that I think students will miss out on some of the more difficult (and more interesting) problems that come about using things that Java doesn't let you mess with. I guess high school CS must go the way that every other subject has gone... (flush).
Yes there is a pact keeping this type of product off the market. The DVD CCA has a stipulation in the licensing contract that says if you make a DVD player, it can't have those high bandwidth outputs. So if you are an HDTV owner, the MPAA says "Screw you."
Actually, I remember having one virus scanner that would only scan. The fixing utilites had to be bought separately. Upgrades also had to be purchased separately. The only reason we had that piece was because it came packaged with the machine. I never hear much about that package any more, not sure I even remember what its called.
I think the key there is that those are concepts. MRAM is (now, apparantly) a reality. There is also the efficiency issue. MRAM is as cost effective, if not more so, than DRAM. I personnally think the holographic memory would be really cool (ever read 3001?), but I'm willing to settle for MRAM for now.
BTW, your Visor uses FlashRAM, and MRAM is more efficient.
One thing that would definitly help is to have professors that can speak English worth a damn. A requirement to teach at an American University is a firm grasp of English and the ability to speak it coherently.
I also grow tired of being looked down on by profs (and others in the tech field, btw) because I am American. It makes me want to smack them upside the head and shout "Hey! I know more about computers than most Asian imports do, listen to me!" I am very tired of being trodden on because I am a white male.
This is very true. I very much doubt that there will ever be any kind of "digital revolution" as described by Jon. One problem I see with his brief essay is where the revolution will be centered. Right now, the US has pretty domininant control over the World Wide Web. The Web is the only part of the internet that the masses have a clue about. They don't know about telnet or gopher. They only know about ftp if they have been linked to one to download files. The only alternative net solutions they have contact with are Gnutella (maybe) and Napster.
So what is the point? The US government has drifted further and further from the idea of contractual government (mostly because the American people are predominantly idiots). This means that if they want, the US government can shut down the WWW (Carnivore, perhaps).
There will also be no "Individual Liberation" because individuals cannot survive. We live an a cooperative society, and we depend upon others for certain services. Even if those services are web based, we are not truly "liberated." The most obvious example is internet access. We will still rely on the phone company for internet access, like it or not.
While the idea of truly being individually liberated is nice and fluffy, it will never happen. Don't get your panties in a bunch.
There is a larger issue here that I have only seen one post hint at: censorship. If Gnutella has a client that can censor unwanted ads, why can't they be required to produce a "responsible" client. By declaring war on the spam, Gnutella has opened a can of worms that should have best been left closed. It is all well and good to hate junk search returns, but leave it to a user to write a filter, not the original author. I think this issue just made things worse than they were before.
A more practical suggestion is trusted addresses. If you catch a spammer, simply block your search from hitting their ip. That kind of filtering will be effective.
I am going to have to agree with everyone else on this. If someone tells you they want someone who is willing to get arrested and you volunteer, don't whine when you end up in a paddy wagon. This whole story seems like fuel for everyone's anti-government fire. The Philly PD doesn't exactly have the best record in the brains department, granted (remember the firebombing of a residence a few years back over suspected protests?), but cops have a job to do too. There are plenty of real stories about abuse of power from last week (2600), so check them out. Stop wasting my time with people who have nothing better to do than protest for any random cause.
Many artists are owned by record lables. Record lables buy them everything they could ever dream, then take them to court if they start to complain. Artists have nothing to worry about, so long as they keep churning out the same crap "music" that got them popular in the first place.
It is hard to believe that so many slashdoters miss the point of censorware. Censorware was never intended to be used in public settings, such as libraries, but in private homes. Parents have every right to protect their children from that which they deem unacceptable; they should be given an effective tool that can facilitate this. One thing I find unfortunate is that no one mentions RSCAi ratings. This was a system of page ratings coded into the page. The browser (IE at least) then parsed out that line of code and determined if the page was permitted based on selections by the administrator to determine what was acceptable and what was not. It is truly a shame that this never caught on, it was a method of ratings that really worked.
It is encouraging to see that there are other computer science teachers out there (other than my own) who care about keeping an interest with students. Some projects we did included card games, puzzle games, and connect-the-dots games similar to tic-tac-toe. The year after I graduated, the CS department added another class which focused on Java and Visual Basic development. One suggestion I have is database interaction, such as SQL integration. Another is to participate in an open-source project. It doesn't have to be kernel hacking, although that could be offered as an advanced class, but something that they can see in the real world. I still remember the sense of accomplishment I felt when I finished my first REAL project in class, a game called Connect Five. It felt really great to experiment with C++ to learn dynamic memory allocation and pointer handling almost a year ahead of time. I can't think of a better way to encourage that and put your class on the map that by participating in a real project. One other suggestion is to use real tools. Obviously, most open-source projects are in Linux. I don't know what environment you are currently using, but the Unix environment is what is used at the University level, so I see a real need to familiarize your AP students with it. Get them used to using the GNU compliers, that is what we use at my college. If you are tied to Windows, make use of MFC. The value of being familiar with MFC in today's marketplace in amazing. It is an excellent way to reinforce OOD principles. Again, I encourage you to seek out anything that will challenge your students and provide them with a real sense of accomplishment.
It is very encouraging to see a successful company grow some balls, even if it was just for reasons of PR. I can only hope that they will take steps to not only make amends, but make sure that this is not repeated.
It is one thing to ban the use of crypto, or deny someone the use of an algorithm (Frauenhaufer... cough, cough), it is something different for a judge to cop out and say that the MPAA must accept people backing up their DVD's in a smaller format in case their discs break because it is "protected speach." Kaplan should have the integrity to tell the MPAA to suck it. One reason I can see for doing this is the appeals process. The judge recognizes that 2600 is right, but wants to pass the buck as far as setting a precedent that could quickly be overturned. Its a shame that this is how it has to be.
It really would be nice if things worked out as they should, but we never know with the way the courts work today. I agree that free speech is important, but to protect software with the First Amendment... gimme a break. DeCSS should be upheld under "fair use," not hide behind the First Amendment.
I am not at all suprised by this turn of events. I would hope that a judge is more interested in doing what's right than doing something very quickly. But I guess if you have already made up your mind on an issue, it doesn't matter what evidence in provided. Hopefully the hearer of the motion will see this as well.
Personally, I really like the movie. While Katz has a point (gasp!), he is treating X-Men as a single movie, which it was obviously not intended to be by the producer or the original authors. There is no way to put so many decades of comic books into a single movie. It should also be noted that it makes excellent business sense to set up sequals. Everyone I have talked to was quite satisfied with the movie and most will be more than happy to see the sequal. My friends and I saw this one twice this weekend, and we represent a good mix of long time X-Men fans and newbies.
According to the US Constitution, you don't need a reason to own a gun, it is a right. Whether you want it for protection from intruders or just like guns matters not. The second amendment guarantees that.
After reading this, the commentary misses a huge issue. In the US, we got bent out of shape over parental advisory on records. That was JUST a lable, record stores can still sell you an album with a parental advisory if you are under 18. We call this censorship. In Canada, they take a game that is apparently not much more violent than anything elso out there, stick a huge no-no lable on it, and refuse it to be sold to minors. Rather than spouting off about freedom, you would prefer to write about your deep compassion for animals because they are being tortured for food. I don't care where you stand as far as your diet goes, the issue is not killing animals, the issue is repression. The Canadian government has already taken their citizen's guns away, now they are taking their video games too.
It is about time the government did its job. I am not a fan of Disney to begin with (owners of Toysmart) and this make me like them even less. Even if they had no direct influence in this, they certainly knew it was going to happen. Stick it to them FTC!
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Ok, so let me get this straight. I'm Joe deadbeat, but I still pay for a phone. But, since I've been labled a "deadbeat" by EQUIFAX or some rabid collecation agency, it's OK for them to spoof my CallerID or bypass means that I have put in place to try to require callers to present a valid call?
If you're Joe Deadbeat, you aren't "labled" a deadbeat, you are defined as a deadbeat. If a collection agency buys your debt, its because you didn't pay your debt in the first place. It became too expenisive for the original credit provider to pursue, so they sold it to someone else with the resources to go and get you.
I don't know what moderator called you "Insightful" because your comment seems pretty ignorant. Pay your debts, and you won't ever hear from a collection agency
The title of this joke is just begging for a "Your Mom" joke, is it not?
We may be hugging the middle path, but it often seems to be drifting a little more left every day.
With Phantom Menace, Lucas was trying too hard to fabricate some grandure (?) masterpiece and it never happened. Why? Because he didn't have a script. He knew he was going to make a killing because everybody and their brother was waiting to see those movies, but it didn't deliver. However with Tolkien, the only thing to compare the movies to are the book (which can never be topped) and some crappy cartoons (incidentally, there were two video games as well... i never heard anything about the third game). I won't be disappointed with this one.
I agree entirly. Although my former high school already offers a class that teaches Java (the CS program rocks), I think that teaching C++ is much better, as it is (IMHO) more marketable than Java at this point. Java is so easy that I think students will miss out on some of the more difficult (and more interesting) problems that come about using things that Java doesn't let you mess with. I guess high school CS must go the way that every other subject has gone... (flush).
Yes there is a pact keeping this type of product off the market. The DVD CCA has a stipulation in the licensing contract that says if you make a DVD player, it can't have those high bandwidth outputs. So if you are an HDTV owner, the MPAA says "Screw you."
Actually, I remember having one virus scanner that would only scan. The fixing utilites had to be bought separately. Upgrades also had to be purchased separately. The only reason we had that piece was because it came packaged with the machine. I never hear much about that package any more, not sure I even remember what its called.
I think the key there is that those are concepts. MRAM is (now, apparantly) a reality. There is also the efficiency issue. MRAM is as cost effective, if not more so, than DRAM. I personnally think the holographic memory would be really cool (ever read 3001?), but I'm willing to settle for MRAM for now.
BTW, your Visor uses FlashRAM, and MRAM is more efficient.
One thing that would definitly help is to have professors that can speak English worth a damn. A requirement to teach at an American University is a firm grasp of English and the ability to speak it coherently.
I also grow tired of being looked down on by profs (and others in the tech field, btw) because I am American. It makes me want to smack them upside the head and shout "Hey! I know more about computers than most Asian imports do, listen to me!" I am very tired of being trodden on because I am a white male.
This is very true. I very much doubt that there will ever be any kind of "digital revolution" as described by Jon. One problem I see with his brief essay is where the revolution will be centered. Right now, the US has pretty domininant control over the World Wide Web. The Web is the only part of the internet that the masses have a clue about. They don't know about telnet or gopher. They only know about ftp if they have been linked to one to download files. The only alternative net solutions they have contact with are Gnutella (maybe) and Napster.
So what is the point? The US government has drifted further and further from the idea of contractual government (mostly because the American people are predominantly idiots). This means that if they want, the US government can shut down the WWW (Carnivore, perhaps).
There will also be no "Individual Liberation" because individuals cannot survive. We live an a cooperative society, and we depend upon others for certain services. Even if those services are web based, we are not truly "liberated." The most obvious example is internet access. We will still rely on the phone company for internet access, like it or not.
While the idea of truly being individually liberated is nice and fluffy, it will never happen. Don't get your panties in a bunch.
There is a larger issue here that I have only seen one post hint at: censorship. If Gnutella has a client that can censor unwanted ads, why can't they be required to produce a "responsible" client. By declaring war on the spam, Gnutella has opened a can of worms that should have best been left closed. It is all well and good to hate junk search returns, but leave it to a user to write a filter, not the original author. I think this issue just made things worse than they were before.
A more practical suggestion is trusted addresses. If you catch a spammer, simply block your search from hitting their ip. That kind of filtering will be effective.
I am going to have to agree with everyone else on this. If someone tells you they want someone who is willing to get arrested and you volunteer, don't whine when you end up in a paddy wagon. This whole story seems like fuel for everyone's anti-government fire. The Philly PD doesn't exactly have the best record in the brains department, granted (remember the firebombing of a residence a few years back over suspected protests?), but cops have a job to do too. There are plenty of real stories about abuse of power from last week (2600), so check them out. Stop wasting my time with people who have nothing better to do than protest for any random cause.
Many artists are owned by record lables. Record lables buy them everything they could ever dream, then take them to court if they start to complain. Artists have nothing to worry about, so long as they keep churning out the same crap "music" that got them popular in the first place.
It is hard to believe that so many slashdoters miss the point of censorware. Censorware was never intended to be used in public settings, such as libraries, but in private homes. Parents have every right to protect their children from that which they deem unacceptable; they should be given an effective tool that can facilitate this. One thing I find unfortunate is that no one mentions RSCAi ratings. This was a system of page ratings coded into the page. The browser (IE at least) then parsed out that line of code and determined if the page was permitted based on selections by the administrator to determine what was acceptable and what was not. It is truly a shame that this never caught on, it was a method of ratings that really worked.
It is encouraging to see that there are other computer science teachers out there (other than my own) who care about keeping an interest with students. Some projects we did included card games, puzzle games, and connect-the-dots games similar to tic-tac-toe. The year after I graduated, the CS department added another class which focused on Java and Visual Basic development. One suggestion I have is database interaction, such as SQL integration.
Another is to participate in an open-source project. It doesn't have to be kernel hacking, although that could be offered as an advanced class, but something that they can see in the real world. I still remember the sense of accomplishment I felt when I finished my first REAL project in class, a game called Connect Five. It felt really great to experiment with C++ to learn dynamic memory allocation and pointer handling almost a year ahead of time. I can't think of a better way to encourage that and put your class on the map that by participating in a real project.
One other suggestion is to use real tools. Obviously, most open-source projects are in Linux. I don't know what environment you are currently using, but the Unix environment is what is used at the University level, so I see a real need to familiarize your AP students with it. Get them used to using the GNU compliers, that is what we use at my college. If you are tied to Windows, make use of MFC. The value of being familiar with MFC in today's marketplace in amazing. It is an excellent way to reinforce OOD principles.
Again, I encourage you to seek out anything that will challenge your students and provide them with a real sense of accomplishment.
It is very encouraging to see a successful company grow some balls, even if it was just for reasons of PR. I can only hope that they will take steps to not only make amends, but make sure that this is not repeated.
It is one thing to ban the use of crypto, or deny someone the use of an algorithm (Frauenhaufer... cough, cough), it is something different for a judge to cop out and say that the MPAA must accept people backing up their DVD's in a smaller format in case their discs break because it is "protected speach." Kaplan should have the integrity to tell the MPAA to suck it.
One reason I can see for doing this is the appeals process. The judge recognizes that 2600 is right, but wants to pass the buck as far as setting a precedent that could quickly be overturned. Its a shame that this is how it has to be.
It really would be nice if things worked out as they should, but we never know with the way the courts work today. I agree that free speech is important, but to protect software with the First Amendment... gimme a break.
DeCSS should be upheld under "fair use," not hide behind the First Amendment.
I am not at all suprised by this turn of events. I would hope that a judge is more interested in doing what's right than doing something very quickly. But I guess if you have already made up your mind on an issue, it doesn't matter what evidence in provided. Hopefully the hearer of the motion will see this as well.
Personally, I really like the movie. While Katz has a point (gasp!), he is treating X-Men as a single movie, which it was obviously not intended to be by the producer or the original authors. There is no way to put so many decades of comic books into a single movie.
It should also be noted that it makes excellent business sense to set up sequals. Everyone I have talked to was quite satisfied with the movie and most will be more than happy to see the sequal. My friends and I saw this one twice this weekend, and we represent a good mix of long time X-Men fans and newbies.
Unfortunately I don't think that this is exagerated. In Kentucky, you can have your children taken away for spanking them.
According to the US Constitution, you don't need a reason to own a gun, it is a right. Whether you want it for protection from intruders or just like guns matters not. The second amendment guarantees that.
After reading this, the commentary misses a huge issue. In the US, we got bent out of shape over parental advisory on records. That was JUST a lable, record stores can still sell you an album with a parental advisory if you are under 18. We call this censorship.
In Canada, they take a game that is apparently not much more violent than anything elso out there, stick a huge no-no lable on it, and refuse it to be sold to minors.
Rather than spouting off about freedom, you would prefer to write about your deep compassion for animals because they are being tortured for food. I don't care where you stand as far as your diet goes, the issue is not killing animals, the issue is repression. The Canadian government has already taken their citizen's guns away, now they are taking their video games too.
Freshgear (ZDTV) did a review of MP3Trip months ago and it has been available on easybuy2000.com since then. Did slashdot just miss this one?
It is about time the government did its job. I am not a fan of Disney to begin with (owners of Toysmart) and this make me like them even less. Even if they had no direct influence in this, they certainly knew it was going to happen. Stick it to them FTC!