Actually, I'd be worried about regulation of search engines.
There's a lot of good stuff out there, in a sea of dross. The hard part is finding what you want. Instead of getting 10e666 popup ads for stuff nobody every buys.
The corps may want to own the (digital) means of communication for their various reasons. But that's not going to stop individuals with common interests from gathering together to discuss and share information.
Information's like water. You can try to control it, but get enough of it togehter and its erosive force will break down any barriers.
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I used to just hate when blonde hotties broke into my house and start taking their clothes off!
Thanks to the miracle of X10 security technology, I no longer have to worry about that. THANKS X10!
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You know, I just figured this out:
If I charged $1 to listen to a 30-second ad, I'd be making $120 / hour!!!
Then I could finally afford to get those penis and brest enlargement operations I always wanted!!
"that company would have run that dish through the FCC testing procedures"
errr, yeah.
The same FCC that's giving more and more of the market to Clearchannel without waiting for public input (or even letting the public know what's going on).
The same FCC that at the same time it's allowing big business to build bigger monopolies, against the public interest, also quashed citizen-based micropower broadcasting.
These guys are supposed to manage a public resource for the public good, not line the pockets of the companies that give the most money to the Repubs.
"I have had people glean meanings from my work that I know damned well I didn't put in."
Just because you didn't put them in there doesn't mean they're not there.
A'la Carl Sagan, Look at the part in pi where it says "don't worry about it too much, you'll just drive yourself nuts".
I couldn't find a picture of real dogs playing soccer (that's a common circus act), so instead, please accept These dogs playing poker
The 'A' stands for artificial!
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"Sure, but the whole point of AI was that we were supposed to be able to ask it where it thought it was going... and that not only it would know, but would give a well thought out answer too!"
This is the root of all the angst that the public (well, us) is experiencing with the *AA at all levels.
Here it is:
Storytelling is a two way process, once you tell a story, it belongs to everyone.
This is the way things have been since people sat around fires telling stories to educate and entertain.
You can't just lock it up with copyright.
You can't just go back and change things.
Lucas has bought into the Hollywood model, where he is god and owns everything. Gotta get that deal with Taco Bell to give away toys with their Pepsi. Gotta milk every dollar you can out of the story.
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As any Texan will tell you, BBQ != barbecue. They're two totally different things!
Interestingly enough, although http://www.microsoft.org doesn't resolve to anything, http://microsoft.slashdot.org/ does.
"I think I'll go for a walk..."
There's a lot of good stuff out there, in a sea of dross. The hard part is finding what you want. Instead of getting 10e666 popup ads for stuff nobody every buys.
The corps may want to own the (digital) means of communication for their various reasons. But that's not going to stop individuals with common interests from gathering together to discuss and share information.
Information's like water. You can try to control it, but get enough of it togehter and its erosive force will break down any barriers.
Casimir forces.
I have the biggest nanocar in the world in my driveway!
errr... ok, you can forcefully restrain him and have him involuntarily committed if you can catch him, though.
Put can John Henry beat the steam-powered IP lookup engine?
They're all in Pi, and like a good geek, I've memorized that. All of it.
Thanks to the miracle of X10 security technology, I no longer have to worry about that. THANKS X10!
You know, I just figured this out:
If I charged $1 to listen to a 30-second ad, I'd be making $120 / hour!!!
Then I could finally afford to get those penis and brest enlargement operations I always wanted!!
errr, yeah.
The same FCC that's giving more and more of the market to Clearchannel without waiting for public input (or even letting the public know what's going on).
The same FCC that at the same time it's allowing big business to build bigger monopolies, against the public interest, also quashed citizen-based micropower broadcasting.
These guys are supposed to manage a public resource for the public good, not line the pockets of the companies that give the most money to the Repubs.
I say FUCK THE FCC!
errr... howzabout: "Living in a country founded by criminals is a lot more fun than living in a country founded by religious zealots."
Amazing how it always works out like that. Must be one of them there "coincidences". Or PIRACY! that's what it is!!
Yet the still keep making movies. Hell, they'll make sequels to movies that show $0 on the books, without getting a nasty visit from the IRS.
Just because you didn't put them in there doesn't mean they're not there.
A'la Carl Sagan, Look at the part in pi where it says "don't worry about it too much, you'll just drive yourself nuts".
Don't forget the one trillion dollar bill!
It's the $22 bills that are "fake"!
I couldn't find a picture of real dogs playing soccer (that's a common circus act), so instead, please accept These dogs playing poker
You can't get that much out of most humans!
So, knowing Lucas, he should feel that he has to "fix" it!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAH HAHAHAHAHA! You're doomed! Doomed, I tell ya!
I liked Buck Rogers!
(Or are you mocking Battlestar Galactica?
History repeats itself:
First as news
Then a movie of the week
Then as a miniseries
and finally degenerating into a sitcom.
Here it is:
Storytelling is a two way process, once you tell a story, it belongs to everyone.
This is the way things have been since people sat around fires telling stories to educate and entertain.
You can't just lock it up with copyright.
You can't just go back and change things.
Lucas has bought into the Hollywood model, where he is god and owns everything. Gotta get that deal with Taco Bell to give away toys with their Pepsi. Gotta milk every dollar you can out of the story.
Is that available on a XXXL Hanes T at thinkgeek?
That statement says worlds about Lucas, Hollywood, and America today.