with the Universal Constructor? That machine synthesized any material, any object [even food] out of any other material you fed into it. Sounds like I'll own one in ten years when GE figures out how to use all this....
As an alcoholic, I agree with both of you. Booze poisoned my life and wrecks the Saturday mornings of lots of people. Lots of people use alcohol to relax and to socialize without abusing it. That's a good thing. Anything that improves your life is a agood thing. Like all things, there's an upside and a not so upside.
"A 'level playing field' must be created within the government procurement process to facilitate Open Source development" When the government starts to "procure" things, it means there will be a HUGE market. This is a bigger move than IBM supporting Apache servers and Linux in general.
Once again, my friend, he STARTED the competition for students to make robots and battle them. He wants science to have a Holywood aspect to kids. He would love to see American kids trading scientist trading cards, wanting to grow up to be like Crick and Watson.
Unless someone finds out that he didn't pay his nanny tax or smoked [and inhaled] marijuana, I love the guy. What's not to love?
He demonstrated the chair by climbing the stairs to the top of the Eifel tower in one. Now if we need to retrofit houses to look like French landmarks....
The man is making science sexy. He flies his own helicopter. He made his money from nothing but his science. He STARTED the 'bot battle program. He has lobbied major funding from corporate America to support student science. I love the guy. Him and Richard Feynman make me wish I could do math.
Unfortuatley, this hits the nail on the head. My brand new Nikon 3.4 megapixel takes 4 pix on a 16 meg flash card. It takes almost a minute before all the info from the sensor is stored on the cards. I might as well get flash powder and a box camera -- the spontineity would be the same.
Until we get fast cheap flash memory or the IBM microdrive cheapens up, hi-res dig phtography sux. But oh, boy. the pix of my new son are TERRIFIC!!!
I guess I am surprised: you didn't buy unlimited rights to it, did you? With games, you only lease them. With arcade games, you only get a game per quater. Read any shrink wrap contract on any piece of software.
With music, just because you bought a tape does'nt mean you have unlimited use of the songs for your lifetime. It's for the life of the media you bought it on and archival copies. So if you bought a 45 rpm and them copy an MP3 of the "Best of" CD of the same 45, you are not within you rights.
If "lawyers like you beat me off every day.Nyahhh Nyahhhh.Tee hee" your legal bills must be unreal.
Why did anyone invent the game PacMan to begin with? Why did they distribute it to the lobby of every Greek diner in America? Was it to amuse, to delight, to amaze the user? Yes. And to get them to spend a quater....
Not everyone creates something to give it away. If you are the world's greatest game coeder and create facinating, wonderful games all day, you still need to feed yourself. Now if the way you feed yourself is to ask everyone to contibute a quater, that's one way. To require the quater is another way. To sell the whole game to a company and let them worry about the quater is another.
If we say that the company that bought the game should not ask us for the quarter, that the game should be free for all to use, where is the incentive for the guy to code the game?
Read Ayn Rand. Think Adam Smith. Pay for content.
Oh, and by the way, slack is fine, but by definition, I know you are too slack to get up off you ass for that deep beating you promised. That's why attornies like my beat guys like you every day. Nyahhh Nyahh. Tee hee.
What if I took a riff from the song "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie and sang new words to it, like "Ice, ice, baby?" Would that be copyright infringement? No, it's fair use, a small snippet of a melody used as part of a larger whole.
What if I took the song "Yesterday" and sang it in French? Substantially different, non? Not really. Substantially all the song was written by someone else.
Same with a game. If you use the maze idea from PacMan and name it something else and make the ghosts skeletons and the power pills pumpkins, you're OK. But changing just one feature gets you a "cease and desist" pretty quick.
You KNOW that is the only thing holding back most testoterone-juiced net users from hitting thier local porn purveyor - the idea that you credit card number will be held for ransom by some blackmailing cyberpimp.
10 bucks says this is what was on AmEx's mind here
'Scuse me, I have to sign up at www.nudegranny.com right away!
Isn't that why they have the satellite system? I thought the guys at Direct TV or Hughes would have this market all wrapped up by now. ISDN speed even in the hinterlands still sucks.
AC - I went on Westlaw and searched for the USENET convention of 1984. Rule 23, part 17 deals with flamewars. It has nothing to do this "suction" you refer to.
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You mean it's all about money? Hmmm....
Of course it is. Do you think VC firms are whipping out the checkbooks for Mother Theresa because she benefits mankind?
There are rich geeks because even richer non-geeks saw a way to turn a buck. And all the techno-peasants rally round to fuel the fire buying every 'net dot com that the investment bankers can churn through the SEC.
Let's be real: no one would have a dime from all this if there wasn't a dollar to be made. But who pays and how? That is the seminal question [hehehe, he said "seminal" hehehe.]
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You imply that by listening to the line uttered by Shakespeare's character "Dick The Butcher", things would be better? He's a killer in the play!!!
He's tanned, he's rested, he's ready: Manson for President 2000.
Give the lawyer bashing a rest. Let's figure out how I can get "Lawyers, Guns and Money" over Scournet and Warren Zevon can still get paid.
Paul C. Whalen, Esq.
http://www.manhasset.net
The Law Office of Paul C. Whalen, P.C.
565 Plandome Road, #212
Manhasset, NY 11030-1301
As an attorney active in bringing cases against those who would stalk unwary internet users, I am kind of surprised to read any criticisms of the internet intelligentsia. The Illuminati of the Infobahn usually stick close together: it's a cruel world out amongst the unknowing.
I sued Doubleclick for throwing a digital tattoo on unwary 'net travelers. To digitally identify an individual, track their movements without their cooperation or even their knowledge would seem to be the type of thing that bring the MIT types closer round the campfire. But even some Silicon Valley types agree its egregious.
In the early days of radio, a huge battle raged to attempt to pay for content. Taxing radio tubes was discussed. Ads were seen as an effective way to pay. Now that ads can be circumvented, how to pay for content in the new medium without overreaching individual rights? Tune in tomorrow... Same Bat time, same Bat channel.
The net wants information to be free. Metallica wants to get paid. And Sony is scared it's not seeing anyplace for media middlemen like itself in the new paradigm. Heady times, indeed.
Well, regardless, it is nice to see that as a lawyer I rule the world. Maybe I should ask for a nicer car....
Paul C. Whalen, Esq.
http://www.manhasset.net
The Law Office of Paul C. Whalen, P.C.
565 Plandome Road, #212
Manhasset, NY 11030-1301
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with the Universal Constructor? That machine synthesized any material, any object [even food] out of any other material you fed into it. Sounds like I'll own one in ten years when GE figures out how to use all this....
As an alcoholic, I agree with both of you. Booze poisoned my life and wrecks the Saturday mornings of lots of people. Lots of people use alcohol to relax and to socialize without abusing it. That's a good thing. Anything that improves your life is a agood thing. Like all things, there's an upside and a not so upside.
They both grew up in Helsinki (the capital of Finland and its largest city).
Both have fathers who are powerful US Senators
Both are married with daughters.
It's all here =
It's a conspiracy!! Don't use the code! Don't use the Net!! ARRGHHHhhhhh....
"A 'level playing field' must be created within the government procurement process to facilitate Open Source development" When the government starts to "procure" things, it means there will be a HUGE market. This is a bigger move than IBM supporting Apache servers and Linux in general.
Anyone having used voice dictation software could tell you that.
Once again, my friend, he STARTED the competition for students to make robots and battle them. He wants science to have a Holywood aspect to kids. He would love to see American kids trading scientist trading cards, wanting to grow up to be like Crick and Watson.
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Unless someone finds out that he didn't pay his nanny tax or smoked [and inhaled] marijuana, I love the guy. What's not to love?
Please note the sarcasm in Paragraph 2.
He demonstrated the chair by climbing the stairs to the top of the Eifel tower in one. Now if we need to retrofit houses to look like French landmarks....
The man is making science sexy. He flies his own helicopter. He made his money from nothing but his science. He STARTED the 'bot battle program. He has lobbied major funding from corporate America to support student science. I love the guy. Him and Richard Feynman make me wish I could do math.
to get dvd on a decent OS? Hmmm?
Wait, man. His name is "bubbasatan." Who is this guy Dick Cheese? I'm confused.
Unfortuatley, this hits the nail on the head. My brand new Nikon 3.4 megapixel takes 4 pix on a 16 meg flash card. It takes almost a minute before all the info from the sensor is stored on the cards. I might as well get flash powder and a box camera -- the spontineity would be the same.
Until we get fast cheap flash memory or the IBM microdrive cheapens up, hi-res dig phtography sux. But oh, boy. the pix of my new son are TERRIFIC!!!
I stand corrected. The Thin White Duke should be first.
but merely acknowledge that you had a hand in the invention and do not object to the filing by you employer.
If you relly want to make a difference: next time you invent something, get in on the patent application process to make it fair.
I guess I am surprised: you didn't buy unlimited rights to it, did you? With games, you only lease them. With arcade games, you only get a game per quater. Read any shrink wrap contract on any piece of software.
With music, just because you bought a tape does'nt mean you have unlimited use of the songs for your lifetime. It's for the life of the media you bought it on and archival copies. So if you bought a 45 rpm and them copy an MP3 of the "Best of" CD of the same 45, you are not within you rights.
If "lawyers like you beat me off every day.Nyahhh Nyahhhh.Tee hee" your legal bills must be unreal.
Why did anyone invent the game PacMan to begin with? Why did they distribute it to the lobby of every Greek diner in America? Was it to amuse, to delight, to amaze the user? Yes. And to get them to spend a quater....
Not everyone creates something to give it away. If you are the world's greatest game coeder and create facinating, wonderful games all day, you still need to feed yourself. Now if the way you feed yourself is to ask everyone to contibute a quater, that's one way. To require the quater is another way. To sell the whole game to a company and let them worry about the quater is another.
If we say that the company that bought the game should not ask us for the quarter, that the game should be free for all to use, where is the incentive for the guy to code the game?
Read Ayn Rand. Think Adam Smith. Pay for content.
Oh, and by the way, slack is fine, but by definition, I know you are too slack to get up off you ass for that deep beating you promised. That's why attornies like my beat guys like you every day. Nyahhh Nyahh. Tee hee.
What if I took a riff from the song "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie and sang new words to it, like "Ice, ice, baby?" Would that be copyright infringement? No, it's fair use, a small snippet of a melody used as part of a larger whole.
What if I took the song "Yesterday" and sang it in French? Substantially different, non? Not really. Substantially all the song was written by someone else.
Same with a game. If you use the maze idea from PacMan and name it something else and make the ghosts skeletons and the power pills pumpkins, you're OK. But changing just one feature gets you a "cease and desist" pretty quick.
Ice, Ice, Baby.
Hehehe, he said "come" hehehe.
You KNOW that is the only thing holding back most testoterone-juiced net users from hitting thier local porn purveyor - the idea that you credit card number will be held for ransom by some blackmailing cyberpimp.
10 bucks says this is what was on AmEx's mind here
'Scuse me, I have to sign up at www.nudegranny.com right away!
Absolutely, my man. Right on.
Isn't that why they have the satellite system? I thought the guys at Direct TV or Hughes would have this market all wrapped up by now. ISDN speed even in the hinterlands still sucks.
AC - I went on Westlaw and searched for the USENET convention of 1984. Rule 23, part 17 deals with flamewars. It has nothing to do this "suction" you refer to.
I hope that cleared it up for you.
See, I knew it was too good.
Did it. Thanks for asking.
Paul C. Whalen, Esq.
www.manhasset.net
The Law Office of Paul C. Whalen, P.C.
565 Plandome Road, #212
Manhasset, NY 11030-1301
pcwhalen@manhasset.net
You mean it's all about money? Hmmm....
Of course it is. Do you think VC firms are whipping out the checkbooks for Mother Theresa because she benefits mankind?
There are rich geeks because even richer non-geeks saw a way to turn a buck. And all the techno-peasants rally round to fuel the fire buying every 'net dot com that the investment bankers can churn through the SEC.
Let's be real: no one would have a dime from all this if there wasn't a dollar to be made. But who pays and how? That is the seminal question [hehehe, he said "seminal" hehehe.]
Paul C. Whalen, Esq.
http://www.manhasset.net
The Law Office of Paul C. Whalen, P.C.
565 Plandome Road, #212
Manhasset, NY 11030-1301
pcwhalen@manhasset.net
He's tanned, he's rested, he's ready: Manson for President 2000.
Give the lawyer bashing a rest. Let's figure out how I can get "Lawyers, Guns and Money" over Scournet and Warren Zevon can still get paid.
Paul C. Whalen, Esq.
The Law Office of Paul C. Whalen, P.C.
565 Plandome Road, #212
Manhasset, NY 11030-1301
pcwhalen@manhasset.net
As an attorney active in bringing cases against those who would stalk unwary internet users, I am kind of surprised to read any criticisms of the internet intelligentsia. The Illuminati of the Infobahn usually stick close together: it's a cruel world out amongst the unknowing.
I sued Doubleclick for throwing a digital tattoo on unwary 'net travelers. To digitally identify an individual, track their movements without their cooperation or even their knowledge would seem to be the type of thing that bring the MIT types closer round the campfire. But even some Silicon Valley types agree its egregious.
In the early days of radio, a huge battle raged to attempt to pay for content. Taxing radio tubes was discussed. Ads were seen as an effective way to pay. Now that ads can be circumvented, how to pay for content in the new medium without overreaching individual rights? Tune in tomorrow... Same Bat time, same Bat channel.
The net wants information to be free. Metallica wants to get paid. And Sony is scared it's not seeing anyplace for media middlemen like itself in the new paradigm. Heady times, indeed.
Well, regardless, it is nice to see that as a lawyer I rule the world. Maybe I should ask for a nicer car....
Paul C. Whalen, Esq.
http://www.manhasset.net
The Law Office of Paul C. Whalen, P.C.
565 Plandome Road, #212
Manhasset, NY 11030-1301
pcwhalen@manhasset.net