That's the real issue. One way to find out is to see what ELSE happens to these "super mice". Can cats kill them? How big do they grow? How long do they live? What OTHER problems do they experience?
Programming is involved in computer science, at least on the lower levels. I don't personally believe that incorporating robotics is sensible with freshmen though.
Here's the important bit. Whatever you get the kids hooked on up front is what they'll stick with for a long time. Microsoft is doing what many other companies have done before. I'm not sure why they're bothering with robotics now, honestly. When I started in college (1982), some people were thought to be thinking "video game programming!" but it didn't seem to be the case. I wonder what's changed.
Personally, I'd like to see certain other things become involved in CS degrees before robotics. Say, some clues relating to security, and maintainability of code. My school required a course in tech writing, which would be a Good Thing for all, I say.
I have no idea about Apple's corporate desires other than to make a profit. They can't make a profit w/o the music and video content they're acting as middlemen for. They have contracts with the copyright owners which say, as I understand it, that DRM must be used. I'm not privy to the details; it's just common knowledge.
Anyway, the point is that if France requires Apple to violate the contract Apple has with the copyright owners, the copyright owners would recind Apple's right to their content. At that point, Apple has nothing to sell. So Apple has nothing to sell in France. There's no further reason to keep the iTMS available in France.
It seems to me that what Apple might do is license FreePlay. I wonder if there's something in their contracts with the copyright owners which precludes that, or if Apple simply wants FreePlay to be closed. You could be right that they have business reasons to keep their DRM unlicensed, but w/o access to the contents of Steve Jobs' head, I can't know.
Apple doesn't own the copyright to the content. The copyright owners insist on the DRM. Complain to the RIAA and others who represent the copyright owners.
If France insists on violating the agreement between Apple and the copyright owners, France loses.
I'm not former military, but I've got enough experience at 41yo to agree. I've been in companies from 30 people to thousands. Most recently, in a company of 400 to 500. It was in the middle of becoming a pathological place. The people I worked with were good, but the organization had gotten too big. The smaller the organization, the more your contribution means, even if it pays less. What do you value?
Tape will die when our primary fast storage is too big to backup to it. If we ever get solid storage, where a cubic inch holds something way beyond petabytes of info, tape won't do. Until then, I'll keep my tapes, thanks.
Seems to me that they've missed a wonderful opportunity. I seem to recall that there was a recent case of a Russian spammer who was found shot to death in his apartment. The Russian authorities didn't have time or interest in following up the case, so whoever got him (may I shake your hand, sir?) gets away with it. Seems like history needs to repeat itself. That'd clarify the situation quite a bit.
There was also the minor (heavy dripping sarcasm) detail that the got the tunnel itself all wrong. It's a triple: one tunnel each way for the train, and one smaller one between them for maintenance. But that's really nitpicking, as they needed to make the tunnel at least big enough so that everyone wouldn't just walk out at that point.
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That's the real issue. One way to find out is to see what ELSE happens to these "super mice". Can cats kill them? How big do they grow? How long do they live? What OTHER problems do they experience?
Okay. That expands on it a bit. Getting it into the hands of frosh expands on what I was saying. It's nothing so much about CS as about money.
Programming is involved in computer science, at least on the lower levels. I don't personally believe that incorporating robotics is sensible with freshmen though.
Here's the important bit. Whatever you get the kids hooked on up front is what they'll stick with for a long time. Microsoft is doing what many other companies have done before. I'm not sure why they're bothering with robotics now, honestly. When I started in college (1982), some people were thought to be thinking "video game programming!" but it didn't seem to be the case. I wonder what's changed.
Personally, I'd like to see certain other things become involved in CS degrees before robotics. Say, some clues relating to security, and maintainability of code. My school required a course in tech writing, which would be a Good Thing for all, I say.
They aren't selling the results. They also aren't promoting their practise to spread the results around. Seems totally different to me.
I want to see the body. I think sticking a knife in it to make sure it's (1) real, and (2) dead is not beyond reasonable.
I have no idea about Apple's corporate desires other than to make a profit. They can't make a profit w/o the music and video content they're acting as middlemen for. They have contracts with the copyright owners which say, as I understand it, that DRM must be used. I'm not privy to the details; it's just common knowledge.
Anyway, the point is that if France requires Apple to violate the contract Apple has with the copyright owners, the copyright owners would recind Apple's right to their content. At that point, Apple has nothing to sell. So Apple has nothing to sell in France. There's no further reason to keep the iTMS available in France.
It seems to me that what Apple might do is license FreePlay. I wonder if there's something in their contracts with the copyright owners which precludes that, or if Apple simply wants FreePlay to be closed. You could be right that they have business reasons to keep their DRM unlicensed, but w/o access to the contents of Steve Jobs' head, I can't know.
Apple doesn't own the copyright to the content. The copyright owners insist on the DRM. Complain to the RIAA and others who represent the copyright owners.
If France insists on violating the agreement between Apple and the copyright owners, France loses.
Bingo.
I'm not former military, but I've got enough experience at 41yo to agree. I've been in companies from 30 people to thousands. Most recently, in a company of 400 to 500. It was in the middle of becoming a pathological place. The people I worked with were good, but the organization had gotten too big. The smaller the organization, the more your contribution means, even if it pays less. What do you value?
You might want to look at eMusic , which costs the same IIRC but distributes DRM-free MP3 files. No special decoder ring necessary.
Tape will die when our primary fast storage is too big to backup to it. If we ever get solid storage, where a cubic inch holds something way beyond petabytes of info, tape won't do. Until then, I'll keep my tapes, thanks.
Sounds like we need more underage girls to attack spammers. Girls are better than spammers anyway.
Seems to me that they've missed a wonderful opportunity. I seem to recall that there was a recent case of a Russian spammer who was found shot to death in his apartment. The Russian authorities didn't have time or interest in following up the case, so whoever got him (may I shake your hand, sir?) gets away with it. Seems like history needs to repeat itself. That'd clarify the situation quite a bit.
Note that this is the second book in the series. The first book is The Curse of Chalion, which is a real gem of a book IMHO.
There was also the minor (heavy dripping sarcasm) detail that the got the tunnel itself all wrong. It's a triple: one tunnel each way for the train, and one smaller one between them for maintenance. But that's really nitpicking, as they needed to make the tunnel at least big enough so that everyone wouldn't just walk out at that point.