This is survivor's fallacy. Think about all the other thousands, millions maybe, predictions that did not come true. Clarke also had a bizarre prediction about bio-engineered "super chimpanzees". I don't know about you, but my helper monkey is worthless most of the time.
Nobody can predict the future, especially for technologies not invented yet.. What was Kai-Fu Lee doing in 2007 (ten years ago)? He was working for Google China. We all know how that went.
Their argument citing that case is pretty weak. In that case, Publisher's International published a book about the TV show Twin Peaks, after the show came out. A very in-depth book citing plots, actors, dialogue, etc. Although Publisher's International didn't have copies of the script, they did copy basically the TV show after it came out. In this case it would be very hard to prove that the website had any such access, especially since the Walking Dead show has not come out yet. They probably haven't even registered their copyright. Plus it is obviously commentary on the show. However these days the one with the deepest pocket wins in court, sadly.
MIT is already doing this. For Supply Chain Logistics MIT has already added on two more classes and with a final exam you can get a Micro Masters in Supply Chain and with one more semester on campus you can get a full Masters degree in Logistics.
Eventually, you will be able to do this completely online.
This sort of story smacks of "Nutritionism" as explained in Michael Pollan's book 'In Defense Of Food'. Generally people do not need to know how many calories, carbs, nutrients, vitamins, etc. are in a piece of food unless you are a nutritionist, and most people aren't. How to eat healthy comes down to one simple rule:
Eat food(1) mostly plants(2) not too much(3).
(1) Food defined by things your great-grandmother would recognize as being food. Nothing overly processed. Food should spoil. If what you eat will not spoil you should not eat it. Things that are not food, but edible food-type substances: refined sugar (includes soda, twinkies, etc), refined flour (white bread, etc), refined oils of all kinds (peanut oil, sunflower oil, and *gasp* olive oil).
(2) Plants, meaning whole fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes. And a variety. Different shapes, textures, colors, whole and fresh if you can get it. This should make up 90% of your diet. Less than 10% of your diet should come from animal products. This includes dairy and meat.
(3) Don't eat too much of one thing. Don't overeat.
If you do this, you don't need to count calories or take vitamins or worry about your riboflavin intake. Just eat and be healthy.
This would be great, but it is likely not true. According to more recent research kid's learning styles is not true. This theory has been reported as fact, but is not backed up by science. In fact it is better to get a kid out of their comfort zone for them to learn more.
I am sorry, but if you have a 371 million dollar IPO and then are bankrupt three years later, that is horrible mismanagement. Smart employees are going to leave a company like that.
The problem is that there is no penalty in the law for a mistaken copyright take-down. What we need is for every mistaken take-down, an automatic $1000 fine.
"The course of human history is strongly influenced by the growth of human knowledge. [But it is impossible to] predict by rational or scientific methods, the future growth of our scientific knowledge [because doing so would require us to know that future knowledge, and, if we did, it would be present knowledge, not future knowledge.] We cannot therefore predict the future course of human history." - Karl Popper paraphrased from the book Future Babble by Dan Gardner
This is why Cryonics is currently a waste of money and resources.
If you read the response from the record industry, Richard Altman is not an innocent bystander. According to the RIAA he has reinstalled Windows on his mom's computer several times and he was the one who delivered his mom's computer's hard drive to the RIAA. It is not like he has not been involved
The RIAA says that the hard drive they have is not the hard drive that was attached to the computer they are looking for, so they are looking at Richard Altman's computer equipment to see if he has the information they want.
Do they have probable cause to do this? I don't think so, but that is their argument.
My bullshit detector is going off. We have a company with no track record, making extravagent claims, about a device that they cannot demonstrate...
Plus the math on this thing is staggering. They are going to deliver $9 worth of electricty in 5 minutes? Or will deliver enough power in five minutes to power an SUV over 500 miles? It has been a while since EE201, can anyone help me out here?
If I knew that AOL was coming with bulldozers to dig in my yard, I would go out and get a couple hundred ingots of iron and bury them around my yard at random. Maybe also buy a few junk cars and park them around the yard.
What about the underground success 'Wizard People' (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?stor yId=4582190)? Basically, a performance artist, Brad Neely, created a voice overlay for the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. If you have not heard it, you should download it. It is hilarious! He would do live performances of his work with the original movie playing with the sound turned off. He was threatened with lawsuits from the studio saying that any use of their film that deviates from the original would have to be evaluated and approved.
Even though Neely thought that his use was legal, he decided not to fight. I hope Joel all the success in the world, but there is a good chance that he will get sued. Especially if they decide to do a live, or public version of one of his riffs.
The article doesn't say that Macs are more secure than Windows. It only says that they are less targeted by malware. Two different things. Bad, Slashdot, Bad!
The OpenOffice implementation might be a little slow. I my opinion this is probably due to the cross platform nature of OpenOffice itself, or it might be just slow.
The ZDNet article wasn't comparing formats, it was comparing OO.o to MS Office 2003. If they really wanted to do it right, they would add Abiword and K Office.
In my limited, subjective testing the new version K Office is much faster than either OO.o or MS Office in reading in documents.
Wouldn't a DRM solution also include a closed source kernel driver? Even if you couldn't remove the DRM from the player, it still has to talk to the audio card. As far as I know all audio boards aren't encrypted, so you could modify the open source audio driver to capture the digital signal.
How much of your job is hampered by past design decisions, and how much input do you have to change designs that are fundamentally flawed?
It seems like you are fighting a losing battle for security if you cannot change the design of Windows and that of Microsoft applications to be fundamentally more secure. Change things like: not allowing data and code to mix, not allowing the user to run as administrator by default, and the list goes on.
So, I buy a MacBook Pro because I like the hardware, but I don't want to run OSX, I want to run x86 Linux only. Can I return OSX for the retail price? Or can I buy one without an OS?
Just becuase they are Apple doesn't mean they get a free pass. No matter if it is Apple Tax or Microsoft Tax, why should I pay for something I will not use?
DoubleClick's ads are NOT the same as ads in a newspaper. The ads, at least in my newspaper, are not animated, don't play a tune, and are not on the front page. Plus, the more elaborate that ads on a page are, the longer it takes to download an render.
I block ads that are obtrusive and distracting. Especially ones that are animated and play sounds. Plus, the more elaborate the ads on a page are, the longer it takes to download and render. I don't block Google ads. Can you guess why?
If there is no expectation of privacy on public highways, suppose I place GPS tracking devices on all marked police cars in my area? I bet the police would have a very LARGE problem with that.
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This is survivor's fallacy. Think about all the other thousands, millions maybe, predictions that did not come true. Clarke also had a bizarre prediction about bio-engineered "super chimpanzees". I don't know about you, but my helper monkey is worthless most of the time.
-Matt
Nobody can predict the future, especially for technologies not invented yet.. What was Kai-Fu Lee doing in 2007 (ten years ago)? He was working for Google China. We all know how that went.
-Matt
You mean like Bill Gates who is trying to wipe out Polio. Yeah, fuck that guy.
-Matt
Their argument citing that case is pretty weak. In that case, Publisher's International published a book about the TV show Twin Peaks, after the show came out. A very in-depth book citing plots, actors, dialogue, etc. Although Publisher's International didn't have copies of the script, they did copy basically the TV show after it came out. In this case it would be very hard to prove that the website had any such access, especially since the Walking Dead show has not come out yet. They probably haven't even registered their copyright. Plus it is obviously commentary on the show. However these days the one with the deepest pocket wins in court, sadly.
-Matt
MIT is already doing this. For Supply Chain Logistics MIT has already added on two more classes and with a final exam you can get a Micro Masters in Supply Chain and with one more semester on campus you can get a full Masters degree in Logistics.
Eventually, you will be able to do this completely online.
-Matt
This sort of story smacks of "Nutritionism" as explained in Michael Pollan's book 'In Defense Of Food'. Generally people do not need to know how many calories, carbs, nutrients, vitamins, etc. are in a piece of food unless you are a nutritionist, and most people aren't. How to eat healthy comes down to one simple rule:
Eat food(1) mostly plants(2) not too much(3).
(1) Food defined by things your great-grandmother would recognize as being food. Nothing overly processed. Food should spoil. If what you eat will not spoil you should not eat it. Things that are not food, but edible food-type substances: refined sugar (includes soda, twinkies, etc), refined flour (white bread, etc), refined oils of all kinds (peanut oil, sunflower oil, and *gasp* olive oil).
(2) Plants, meaning whole fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes. And a variety. Different shapes, textures, colors, whole and fresh if you can get it. This should make up 90% of your diet. Less than 10% of your diet should come from animal products. This includes dairy and meat.
(3) Don't eat too much of one thing. Don't overeat.
If you do this, you don't need to count calories or take vitamins or worry about your riboflavin intake. Just eat and be healthy.
-Matt
This would be great, but it is likely not true. According to more recent research kid's learning styles is not true. This theory has been reported as fact, but is not backed up by science. In fact it is better to get a kid out of their comfort zone for them to learn more.
https://thinkneuroscience.word...
-Matt
I am sorry, but if you have a 371 million dollar IPO and then are bankrupt three years later, that is horrible mismanagement. Smart employees are going to leave a company like that.
-Matt
Seems like there are two options for Minecraft at this point.
1 - Minecraft is the online version of Lego which will delight kids and adults for generations to come.
2 - It is more akin to Farmville and unlike Zynga, Mojang sold out at the peak.
Seems to me Minecraft is more like 2 than 1.
-Matt
The problem is that there is no penalty in the law for a mistaken copyright take-down. What we need is for every mistaken take-down, an automatic $1000 fine.
-Matt
"The course of human history is strongly influenced by the growth of human knowledge. [But it is impossible to] predict by rational or scientific methods, the future growth of our scientific knowledge [because doing so would require us to know that future knowledge, and, if we did, it would be present knowledge, not future knowledge.] We cannot therefore predict the future course of human history." - Karl Popper paraphrased from the book Future Babble by Dan Gardner
This is why Cryonics is currently a waste of money and resources.
-Matt
If you read the response from the record industry, Richard Altman is not an innocent bystander. According to the RIAA he has reinstalled Windows on his mom's computer several times and he was the one who delivered his mom's computer's hard drive to the RIAA. It is not like he has not been involved
The RIAA says that the hard drive they have is not the hard drive that was attached to the computer they are looking for, so they are looking at Richard Altman's computer equipment to see if he has the information they want.
Do they have probable cause to do this? I don't think so, but that is their argument.
-Matt
Just link to Crank Geeks itself.
p isode_30_with_s_1.html
http://www.crankygeeks.com/2006/10/cranky_geeks_e
-Mattt
My bullshit detector is going off. We have a company with no track record, making extravagent claims, about a device that they cannot demonstrate...
Plus the math on this thing is staggering. They are going to deliver $9 worth of electricty in 5 minutes? Or will deliver enough power in five minutes to power an SUV over 500 miles? It has been a while since EE201, can anyone help me out here?
-Matt
If I knew that AOL was coming with bulldozers to dig in my yard, I would go out and get a couple hundred ingots of iron and bury them around my yard at random. Maybe also buy a few junk cars and park them around the yard.
-Matt
What about the underground success 'Wizard People' (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?stor yId=4582190)? Basically, a performance artist, Brad Neely, created a voice overlay for the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. If you have not heard it, you should download it. It is hilarious! He would do live performances of his work with the original movie playing with the sound turned off. He was threatened with lawsuits from the studio saying that any use of their film that deviates from the original would have to be evaluated and approved.
Even though Neely thought that his use was legal, he decided not to fight. I hope Joel all the success in the world, but there is a good chance that he will get sued. Especially if they decide to do a live, or public version of one of his riffs.
-Matt
The article doesn't say that Macs are more secure than Windows. It only says that they are less targeted by malware. Two different things. Bad, Slashdot, Bad!
*Troll*
-Matt
I am surprised that Packard Bell didn't make the list. They made some pretty crappy computers in the late 80s.
-Matt
The OpenOffice implementation might be a little slow. I my opinion this is probably due to the cross platform nature of OpenOffice itself, or it might be just slow.
The ZDNet article wasn't comparing formats, it was comparing OO.o to MS Office 2003. If they really wanted to do it right, they would add Abiword and K Office.
In my limited, subjective testing the new version K Office is much faster than either OO.o or MS Office in reading in documents.
-Matt
Wouldn't a DRM solution also include a closed source kernel driver? Even if you couldn't remove the DRM from the player, it still has to talk to the audio card. As far as I know all audio boards aren't encrypted, so you could modify the open source audio driver to capture the digital signal.
-Matt
How much of your job is hampered by past design decisions, and how much input do you have to change designs that are fundamentally flawed?
It seems like you are fighting a losing battle for security if you cannot change the design of Windows and that of Microsoft applications to be fundamentally more secure. Change things like: not allowing data and code to mix, not allowing the user to run as administrator by default, and the list goes on.
-Matt
So, I buy a MacBook Pro because I like the hardware, but I don't want to run OSX, I want to run x86 Linux only. Can I return OSX for the retail price? Or can I buy one without an OS?
Just becuase they are Apple doesn't mean they get a free pass. No matter if it is Apple Tax or Microsoft Tax, why should I pay for something I will not use?
-Matt
I guess this means that HP will distribute HPUX under the GPL from now on! Wooo Hooo!
(NOT!)
-Matt
DoubleClick's ads are NOT the same as ads in a newspaper. The ads, at least in my newspaper, are not animated, don't play a tune, and are not on the front page. Plus, the more elaborate that ads on a page are, the longer it takes to download an render.
I block ads that are obtrusive and distracting. Especially ones that are animated and play sounds. Plus, the more elaborate the ads on a page are, the longer it takes to download and render. I don't block Google ads. Can you guess why?
-Matt
If there is no expectation of privacy on public highways, suppose I place GPS tracking devices on all marked police cars in my area? I bet the police would have a very LARGE problem with that.
-Matt