How does a galaxy cluster bend light that started out before the galaxies were born?
I'm assuming that the light from the 13 billion year-old stars is travelling at light speed and that the galaxy cluster lenses are younger than 13 billion years. So how does the lens get ahead of the light and bend it? Has the light has been slowed down?
Like most Americans, when I hear the word "kit" used in a technological context I instantly think of the popular 80's television show "Knight Rider" starring David Hasselhoff.
I have yet to hear any credible explanation of how breaking Microsoft up will hurt the entire U.S. economy or even a segment of it. I just keep hearing it'll be bad for the economy and nobody says why. Where are the evidence and facts that could be used to deduce future market performance from something that hasn't happened?
Seriously, target the porn web-sites with their technology first to get established. I'm sure more money is spent on porn sites and more sites using authentication are porn sites. Get a foothold in porn and work from there.
I can't help but wonder if advertising works at all. Anyone know of any studies -- not by marketing firms -- that can attest to the effectiveness of ads?
I, personally, ignore most adveritising and the only effect it usually has on me is negative. I avoid products & services with annoying advertising. My purchasing decisions are never based on an ad. Do people actually buy things because of an ad?
<rant>While I hate corporatism, the state of open-source application names makes me wish every company would do this. Any chance Adobe could make the stipulation that the new name does not have the letter "K" in it? Could we file a class action suit against the Gnome/GNU/KDE developers to keep them from using such ugly, unintuitive, useless names? Why does everything have to be Gno-this or K-that or GNU-whatever? Where's the application naming howto?</rant>
Main Entry: inebriety
Pronunciation: "i-ni-'brI-&-tE
Function: noun
Etymology: probably blend of inebriation and ebriety drunkenness
Date: 1801
: the state of being inebriated : DRUNKENNESS
Any new medium must offer something substantial for it to be adopted. In the case of CD's it was quality of music.
Not really. CDs didn't become widespread because people wanted a smaller, higher quality, more expensive alternative to vinyl. CDs won because record cmpanies shoved them down the throats of retailers. See this article.
Now, I aggree with others that these aren't meant to replace CDs. I expect that the same tactics described in the article linked above will be used to push people to DVD-audio. It's already gaining penetration with the players. They're probably just waiting 'til they have a good copy protection scheme.
The next wave in media will most likely be based not on size but on durability. This is the one area where all current forms of storage are severly lacking.
I seriously doubt that durability is a priority for the record companies. How do you continue to generate significant profit from the Grateful Dead if the medium is resistant to bongwater spills and being run over by a VW bus?
Whenever the subjects of music, copyright and the recording industry come up, you should take the time to review Steve Albini's essay The Problem with Music. Please, read this before defending the major labels.
There's a wealth of other IP and copyright info on the Negativland (1,2)web-site.
The only major invasions that we've had (that I'm aware of), were the Americans trying to take the country; apparently Canada is their 'manifest destiny' or something like that.
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They still do.
An internal passport is the tool of a repressive regime. Stalin introduced them to Russian and they're still using them.
I never thought I'd ever agree with Texas Republicans about anything.
Maybe this is a stupid question but...
How does a galaxy cluster bend light that started out before the galaxies were born?
I'm assuming that the light from the 13 billion year-old stars is travelling at light speed and that the galaxy cluster lenses are younger than 13 billion years. So how does the lens get ahead of the light and bend it? Has the light has been slowed down?
Your plan is futile.
Like most Americans, when I hear the word "kit" used in a technological context I instantly think of the popular 80's television show "Knight Rider" starring David Hasselhoff.
Now if you were German...
It wasn't hydrogen burning.
From the DOE H2 website:
The problem isn't the RIAA not properly representing music companies.
The problem is the music companies not properly representing the artists.
It's not a lawyers group, it's a rich boys club.
Slashdot seems to be screwing up the URLs for news. Here's plain text URLs.
news:clari.usa.topnews:Aattacks-timelineURAux_BSB%40clari.net
Updates to clari.usa.top are coming fairly frequently. There's a timeline of events.
I have yet to hear any credible explanation of how breaking Microsoft up will hurt the entire U.S. economy or even a segment of it. I just keep hearing it'll be bad for the economy and nobody says why. Where are the evidence and facts that could be used to deduce future market performance from something that hasn't happened?
Is just me or does anyone else here read "TRS-80" as "Trash Eighty?" It's just automatic for me now.
Apparently Kevin didn't want ot stick around to see how his apology goes over.
I have just one word for both projects:
Seriously, target the porn web-sites with their technology first to get established. I'm sure more money is spent on porn sites and more sites using authentication are porn sites. Get a foothold in porn and work from there.
Oh, for chrissake, Advertising is not a product modification! It isn't even useful! It doesn't serve the consumer in any way!!!!
*sigh*Sorry for all exclamation points but it sickens me how accepted advertising has become.
I can't help but wonder if advertising works at all. Anyone know of any studies -- not by marketing firms -- that can attest to the effectiveness of ads?
I, personally, ignore most adveritising and the only effect it usually has on me is negative. I avoid products & services with annoying advertising. My purchasing decisions are never based on an ad. Do people actually buy things because of an ad?
What have we learned?
An article both MS and the RIAA approve.
I don't want to be this cynical, really. But it's hard not to.
<rant>While I hate corporatism, the state of open-source application names makes me wish every company would do this. Any chance Adobe could make the stipulation that the new name does not have the letter "K" in it? Could we file a class action suit against the Gnome/GNU/KDE developers to keep them from using such ugly, unintuitive, useless names? Why does everything have to be Gno-this or K-that or GNU-whatever? Where's the application naming howto?</rant>
Main Entry: inebriety
Pronunciation: "i-ni-'brI-&-tE
Function: noun
Etymology: probably blend of inebriation and ebriety drunkenness
Date: 1801
: the state of being inebriated : DRUNKENNESS
We have more to fear from Monsanto than just about any other corporation out there.
For more info:
Monsantohttp://www.monsanto.com/
Anti-Monsanto
http://dmoz.org/Society/Issues/Business/Allegedly
Glass is an amorphous solid.
See: Glass: Liquid or Solid -- Science vs. an Urban Legend
Any new medium must offer something substantial for it to be adopted. In the case of CD's it was quality of music.
Not really. CDs didn't become widespread because people wanted a smaller, higher quality, more expensive alternative to vinyl. CDs won because record cmpanies shoved them down the throats of retailers. See this article.
Now, I aggree with others that these aren't meant to replace CDs. I expect that the same tactics described in the article linked above will be used to push people to DVD-audio. It's already gaining penetration with the players. They're probably just waiting 'til they have a good copy protection scheme.
The next wave in media will most likely be based not on size but on durability. This is the one area where all current forms of storage are severly lacking.
I seriously doubt that durability is a priority for the record companies. How do you continue to generate significant profit from the Grateful Dead if the medium is resistant to bongwater spills and being run over by a VW bus?
If this guy were to write something 'illegal' like DeCSS on his own time, would the company accept liability?
It would be their IP after all.
Whenever the subjects of music, copyright and the recording industry come up, you should take the time to review Steve Albini's essay The Problem with Music . Please, read this before defending the major labels.
There's a wealth of other IP and copyright info on the Negativland (1,2)web-site.
SeanThe only major invasions that we've had (that I'm aware of), were the Americans trying to take the country; apparently Canada is their 'manifest destiny' or something like that.
What about the Irish invasion?
this one.