The same people who are increasingly unhappy that our congress critters are willing to go down on any, and I mean any, lobbyist who accidentally pocket dials their phone number. And I am someone who, despite objections from my friends, supports Intellectual Property -> this copyright law stuff, where it's valid for the lifetime of the creator plus 70 years, has got to be fixed. I really, really need it explained to me why copyright is receiving more powerful protection THAN PATENTS.
The only thing that tells me is that our society has stopped inventing sh*t, and just wants to continue profiting from the previous generation from now until the end of time.
*Crosses fingers* Please let a lawyer from a evil firm notice that they probably lose common carrier status with this change, and sue them for everything, including their kid's college tuition money.
Indeed. I quietly wait for the day when I'll see a group of darkly dressed people quietly exit a car, with only a pair of lightning bolts on their collars to signify what they're here for.
I'm personally waiting for one of our politicians to wander onto national television, declare manga to be offensive, and create an international incident. You and I both know it's only a matter of time before one of them does this, and we also know that it will piss off the Japanese.
Indeed. Many of the characters portrayed in Japanese manga are actually of high-school age, but to the border / customs agent's eyes, they look like elementary school kids. The level of derp involved with these people is insane.
Eh, the Japanese mentality on nudity / art is different from the Western mentality; as such, what is considered very acceptable in Japan is considered offensive in the US. Given the popularity of manga in Japan, as well as its rising popularity in Western countries, the Canadians were faced with a very nasty choice -> declare the content, under very prudish standards, to be 'child pornography' and risk a international incident (because it would be totally cool for Canada to declare the Japanese to be a bunch of raging pedophiles (extreme sarcasm here)), or realize that their interpretation of what is / isn't offensive might be a little off.
Though, as an avid manga reader myself, it is fairly interesting that a lot of manga (English-translated) now is being slapped with giant "explicit content" warnings, and wrapped in plastic. Like we didn't learn enough with the Salem witch trials, and Prohibition, we need to just keep pushing our retarded standards on people.
Come on people, in the human body, learn to be relaxed with seeing it in print. It's only the year 2012. But I digress, this is a country where talking about "addiction to pornography" is in vogue.
Voice / tablet interfaces are useful, but far less efficient for entering a large amount of information over short period of time.
Voice interfaces, for dictation or programming, need a tremendous amount of work. Command-voice interfaces, like Siri, have been around forever, and we already know they work.
So, instead of finding the cure, they wish to profit from a steady stream of treatments.
Instead of making code easier to secure (better libraries, saner programming languages), or programming the compiler to scream when a possible issue needs to be attended to, we're going to employ thousands of people in a jobs program.
Am I the only person from the school of 'fix it once, for all eternity'?
5 years later, the first lawsuits began. They were small ones at first, easily dealt with. However over time, they began to merge, and become larger.
The lawsuit's content? Repetitive Stress Injury, from using a tablet for more than an hour a day. With a regular computer, you have a mechanical or membrane keyboard cushioning your fingers, allowing you to work for hours without ill-effects (allowing for a standard positioning of hands). Tablets, on the other hand, have a hard glass screen which you are tapping away at. It will later be revealed that the executives of these prominent companies had performed studies that showed RSI would become an issue after too much use, but went ahead with the product's launch anyway.
Among the suffering were legions of secretaries, data entry specialists, and college students. Programmers, despite their fondness for technology, were not readily known to suffer from this injury, as they are far enough off the fashion wagon to plug an ugly keyboard into a tablet when needed.
Perhaps. I look forward to the creation of an AI, as it will, no doubt, provide some insight that the human race has been lacking. However, that is merely a possibility -> who knows what the AI will actually be? Perhaps it will want to attend Art School...;-)
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The same people who are increasingly unhappy that our congress critters are willing to go down on any, and I mean any, lobbyist who accidentally pocket dials their phone number. And I am someone who, despite objections from my friends, supports Intellectual Property -> this copyright law stuff, where it's valid for the lifetime of the creator plus 70 years, has got to be fixed. I really, really need it explained to me why copyright is receiving more powerful protection THAN PATENTS.
The only thing that tells me is that our society has stopped inventing sh*t, and just wants to continue profiting from the previous generation from now until the end of time.
*Crosses fingers* Please let a lawyer from a evil firm notice that they probably lose common carrier status with this change, and sue them for everything, including their kid's college tuition money.
Just what I needed to convince me to move out of this country.
Indeed. I would pay SO MUCH money for people with this kind mentality to quietly go away.
An argument could be made equally to the opposite. Non-falsifiable conclusions are fun, right?
Indeed. I quietly wait for the day when I'll see a group of darkly dressed people quietly exit a car, with only a pair of lightning bolts on their collars to signify what they're here for.
I'm personally waiting for one of our politicians to wander onto national television, declare manga to be offensive, and create an international incident. You and I both know it's only a matter of time before one of them does this, and we also know that it will piss off the Japanese.
Wonderous. Social policy shaping from above.
And that's sad. No manga should be illegal. As it's a book, they're effectively encouraging censorship.
Thank You. I tire of the 'ends justify the means' arguments.
Indeed. Many of the characters portrayed in Japanese manga are actually of high-school age, but to the border / customs agent's eyes, they look like elementary school kids. The level of derp involved with these people is insane.
Eh, the Japanese mentality on nudity / art is different from the Western mentality; as such, what is considered very acceptable in Japan is considered offensive in the US. Given the popularity of manga in Japan, as well as its rising popularity in Western countries, the Canadians were faced with a very nasty choice -> declare the content, under very prudish standards, to be 'child pornography' and risk a international incident (because it would be totally cool for Canada to declare the Japanese to be a bunch of raging pedophiles (extreme sarcasm here)), or realize that their interpretation of what is / isn't offensive might be a little off.
Though, as an avid manga reader myself, it is fairly interesting that a lot of manga (English-translated) now is being slapped with giant "explicit content" warnings, and wrapped in plastic. Like we didn't learn enough with the Salem witch trials, and Prohibition, we need to just keep pushing our retarded standards on people.
Come on people, in the human body, learn to be relaxed with seeing it in print. It's only the year 2012. But I digress, this is a country where talking about "addiction to pornography" is in vogue.
Is that quality coffee with or without caffeine?
Sacrilege. Tea tastes much better than coffee.
*shrugs*
Voice / tablet interfaces are useful, but far less efficient for entering a large amount of information over short period of time.
Voice interfaces, for dictation or programming, need a tremendous amount of work. Command-voice interfaces, like Siri, have been around forever, and we already know they work.
So, instead of finding the cure, they wish to profit from a steady stream of treatments.
Instead of making code easier to secure (better libraries, saner programming languages), or programming the compiler to scream when a possible issue needs to be attended to, we're going to employ thousands of people in a jobs program.
Am I the only person from the school of 'fix it once, for all eternity'?
Nonsense. You set their house on fire, with them in it.
I despise laptop / electronics thieves.
5 years later, the first lawsuits began. They were small ones at first, easily dealt with. However over time, they began to merge, and become larger.
The lawsuit's content? Repetitive Stress Injury, from using a tablet for more than an hour a day. With a regular computer, you have a mechanical or membrane keyboard cushioning your fingers, allowing you to work for hours without ill-effects (allowing for a standard positioning of hands). Tablets, on the other hand, have a hard glass screen which you are tapping away at. It will later be revealed that the executives of these prominent companies had performed studies that showed RSI would become an issue after too much use, but went ahead with the product's launch anyway.
Among the suffering were legions of secretaries, data entry specialists, and college students. Programmers, despite their fondness for technology, were not readily known to suffer from this injury, as they are far enough off the fashion wagon to plug an ugly keyboard into a tablet when needed.
Nonsense. That figure is way too low.
And they need to be bigger.
Whatever keeps them away from the airborne drones patrolling the homeland.
Who drinks coffee for the taste?
Hmm. Wonder if they'll ever do something about the pain diabetic peoples' pancreas are in.
The question is, in a contest to see who could be more evil, who would win, the AI or the humans?
Two degrees -> one in a practical application, and one in a enrichment in life application.
Perhaps. I look forward to the creation of an AI, as it will, no doubt, provide some insight that the human race has been lacking. However, that is merely a possibility -> who knows what the AI will actually be? Perhaps it will want to attend Art School...;-)
*shrugs*
The man must have a lot of DVDs, seeing as it takes only a few minutes to copy them to disk (copy, not encode).