Best for everyone to wait. They'll have deleted scenes and actor overdubs and all sorts of goodies in the 6 box set. Harrison Ford as an old man in his 90's telling strange little stories about "back in my day we did it like this"...
Quote from the article: 'Yet if we go by sheer word count, physics was only one of Newton's intellectual priorities. He devoted more time to what we would now regard as non-scientific topics such as theology and alchemy, writing treatise after treatise on early church history and biblical prophecy.'
If Newton lived and philosophised under todays intellectual property reigeme we may not have calculus, especially since he has been credited as one of the founding fathers of this branch of maths. Would it be considered a patentable algorithm or process under todays US enforced laws? What would the world be like without free access to calculs?
Kids are taught to share things at a very young age, otherwise the teacher punishes them for fighting over a single object. Copying is the obvious thing for kids to do when only one item exists and they have the ability to make a copy and share. Unless teachers actively punish kids for sharing songs amongst one another, then this compulsory copyright stuff will probably have minimal impact.
Driving a race car is considered a sport, sitting turning a wheel, pushing pedals and controls on a steering wheel. The healthier you are and the better your physical condition translates into faster reaction time. Plenty of times playing a fast high level action 3D shooter game in competition I have broken out in a sweat while the adrenalin is flowing.
One thing I thought of since I've dealt with environments where games shouldn't be played (University computer labs) is why didn't he just change the permissions on them? It sounds like they were in an NT or Active Directory domain, it's pretty unlikely the boss had administrator access since this guy was the designated support person for his division (he has the policy on support personnel up too, it says one person in each division/dept. will be granted administrator access for their part of the domain tree). He could have avoided this mess and forced the issue with the higher-ups by simply changing the permissions on solitaire to be administrator only or even nobody. It's likely the boss wouldn't have pushed the issue too hard as it would make him look bad trying to get access to a game restored. The guy could have also locked access to solitaire on all computers in his division to make it a policy issue, not a direct confrontation of his boss.
That will probably be the downfall of this guy in court.
Today developers announced that the upcomming 3D Action game "Duke Nukem" will require a computer with blu-ray enabled technology. "Due to the size of bitmaps and the advancements made in technology lately gamers will need much more storage capacity for the product we are about to deliver" said one enthusiastic developer. The game is due to be released just after the long anticipated next-generation Microsoft operating system codename "Longhorn", which is expected to fully support Duke Nukem.
I use neither of those products. I want o keep my finger on the pulse, so I learnt a little bit of excel programing. A few simple macros, simple maths, web import funtions and I suck down 20min delayed info from yahoo.com which gives me my current financial position down to the cent. Granted I have to keep some info up to date manually, but really, excel is by far the best product for keeping track of small scale financial positions. The real key bonus with excel for me is that it is infinately variable. Beyond excel you need databases... blah... if I had a large enough cashflow I would be using a custom designed db. MS Money is a pitiful attempt to create a financial shoe that fits everyone.
Seriously, although I saw this movie and liked it, this is not the place to discuss it. This site is supposed to be about technology I thought. The only really interesting technical tidbit of this film was that it was, IIRC, entirely created on a mac using Final Cut pro....
Let's get back to discussing robots and porn tech!
Could propaganda be considered technology? Surely this film could be considered propaganda from reports I have already head, be it positive or negative depending on your point of view...
Well what did you expect from "The direcor of Independence Day".
At least they have learnt from previous mistakes and we don't have Will Smith and any "punk ass aliens" that can be destroyed by a computer virus this time... oh wait...
For the previous few years I was going non-stop for about 17 hours a day. One hour involved eating and cleaning. The other 6 was just sleep.
What was I doing. I was driving a taxi and was also working on my laptop (number crunching/financial analysis) whilst waiting around for the next taxi ride. I was using 802.11 and hotspots for my internet connectivity. I guess sitting for most of the day without much movement was also a bit of a killer.
I had a great little setup for wardriving.;)
Money isn't everything... I now have a bit more respect for my body.
Yeah, that's what I was doing for a few years... slam down a red bull toward the end of the night and pull an extra hour or two, get some more $$$. An extra two hours gave me an extra $80 no problems, or so I thought.
Last Christmas it all caught up with me when I had an epileptic fit and woke up finding myself in the emergency section of the hostpital unable to walk. I was lucky that I only tore my back muscles and didn't break my spine from the violent jerking involved with the siezure. The only reason given to me for this fit, by the various doctors I saw, was that it occured due to my working hours and that I was pushing my body to the limit. They all told me to slow down before I killed myself or someone else. I am only 29.
Be carefull with your use/abuse of these products. It can cost you more in the long run. I was only having two of these things a day at the most.
Perhaps this will lead to a form of peace due to MAD similar to what was experienced during the cold war. The heads of state/command will employ machines will take each other out, fear of complete obilteration will ensue. At least this time the underlings won't have to worry about nuclear fallout when they return home from battle.
Actually I wonder when a version that is capable of destroying small arms fire will be out. When the technology reaches this level troops will be almost invulnerable to many forms of attack including snipers.
Two possibilities as I see them. First the kid was stupid enough to write and release the worm from his own machine leaving behind traces or was not careful enough hiding his tracks. Second, the kids' machine was hacked and used to hide the real creator of the worm while releasing the worm. I haven't RTA but I think these two conclusions are logical.
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Best for everyone to wait. They'll have deleted scenes and actor overdubs and all sorts of goodies in the 6 box set. Harrison Ford as an old man in his 90's telling strange little stories about "back in my day we did it like this"...
Blah blah blah
Very interesting, thanks.
karma slut.
If you had actually RTFA then you would know. Easy to tell this is slashdot!
If Newton lived and philosophised under todays intellectual property reigeme we may not have calculus, especially since he has been credited as one of the founding fathers of this branch of maths. Would it be considered a patentable algorithm or process under todays US enforced laws? What would the world be like without free access to calculs?
Well said.
Kids are taught to share things at a very young age, otherwise the teacher punishes them for fighting over a single object. Copying is the obvious thing for kids to do when only one item exists and they have the ability to make a copy and share. Unless teachers actively punish kids for sharing songs amongst one another, then this compulsory copyright stuff will probably have minimal impact.
Driving a race car is considered a sport, sitting turning a wheel, pushing pedals and controls on a steering wheel. The healthier you are and the better your physical condition translates into faster reaction time. Plenty of times playing a fast high level action 3D shooter game in competition I have broken out in a sweat while the adrenalin is flowing.
That will probably be the downfall of this guy in court.
They are probably all to busy playing solitaire to read any emails we send...
Today developers announced that the upcomming 3D Action game "Duke Nukem" will require a computer with blu-ray enabled technology. "Due to the size of bitmaps and the advancements made in technology lately gamers will need much more storage capacity for the product we are about to deliver" said one enthusiastic developer. The game is due to be released just after the long anticipated next-generation Microsoft operating system codename "Longhorn", which is expected to fully support Duke Nukem.
1am Saturday morning... I think... so this means you have about 10 mins. I could be wrong, daylight savings always gets me.
A few years ago a US ship visited my hometown Hobart/Ausralia and garage door remotes all over the city stopped working. The US Navy apologised.
My first guess for not including mp3 would be licence fees.
I use neither of those products. I want o keep my finger on the pulse, so I learnt a little bit of excel programing. A few simple macros, simple maths, web import funtions and I suck down 20min delayed info from yahoo.com which gives me my current financial position down to the cent. Granted I have to keep some info up to date manually, but really, excel is by far the best product for keeping track of small scale financial positions. The real key bonus with excel for me is that it is infinately variable. Beyond excel you need databases... blah... if I had a large enough cashflow I would be using a custom designed db. MS Money is a pitiful attempt to create a financial shoe that fits everyone.
Could propaganda be considered technology? Surely this film could be considered propaganda from reports I have already head, be it positive or negative depending on your point of view...
Well what did you expect from "The direcor of Independence Day".
At least they have learnt from previous mistakes and we don't have Will Smith and any "punk ass aliens" that can be destroyed by a computer virus this time... oh wait...
For the previous few years I was going non-stop for about 17 hours a day. One hour involved eating and cleaning. The other 6 was just sleep.
;)
What was I doing. I was driving a taxi and was also working on my laptop (number crunching/financial analysis) whilst waiting around for the next taxi ride. I was using 802.11 and hotspots for my internet connectivity. I guess sitting for most of the day without much movement was also a bit of a killer.
I had a great little setup for wardriving.
Money isn't everything... I now have a bit more respect for my body.
Well, I thought you were funny, even if the moderators didn't.
It's saturday night in the US...
Perhaps all the nerds have actually gone and got a life at the same time...
nahhh impossible...
Yeah, that's what I was doing for a few years... slam down a red bull toward the end of the night and pull an extra hour or two, get some more $$$. An extra two hours gave me an extra $80 no problems, or so I thought.
Last Christmas it all caught up with me when I had an epileptic fit and woke up finding myself in the emergency section of the hostpital unable to walk. I was lucky that I only tore my back muscles and didn't break my spine from the violent jerking involved with the siezure. The only reason given to me for this fit, by the various doctors I saw, was that it occured due to my working hours and that I was pushing my body to the limit. They all told me to slow down before I killed myself or someone else. I am only 29.
Be carefull with your use/abuse of these products. It can cost you more in the long run. I was only having two of these things a day at the most.
The company was 3dFx, and it was thier Voodoo II cards that allowed the use of two cards a few years back, sometime around 1998 IIRC.
Perhaps this will lead to a form of peace due to MAD similar to what was experienced during the cold war. The heads of state/command will employ machines will take each other out, fear of complete obilteration will ensue. At least this time the underlings won't have to worry about nuclear fallout when they return home from battle.
hehehe...
good call!
Thanks for making me laugh.
Actually I wonder when a version that is capable of destroying small arms fire will be out. When the technology reaches this level troops will be almost invulnerable to many forms of attack including snipers.
Two possibilities as I see them. First the kid was stupid enough to write and release the worm from his own machine leaving behind traces or was not careful enough hiding his tracks. Second, the kids' machine was hacked and used to hide the real creator of the worm while releasing the worm. I haven't RTA but I think these two conclusions are logical.