Something that not many people catch, but that is definatly there in the book, is one of the first examples I have seen of the Hypertext idea. In the book, Dr. Floyd is reading a news release on the Aries between the space station and the moon. He taps a link on the screen to get more in depth information on a particular story.
There may be other examples earlier, but this is the earliest I have seen the concept of the Hypertext link brought forth.
I've been espousing for quite a while, the idea of Smaller Applications. As more and more "features" are added to Office, and as the applications therein are more closely tied to each other, and to the desktop (and IE, bleah) they become more and more cumbersome. One corrupt file no longer breaks a single application, it can break half a dozen. I can't help but wondering how much of the end user functionality could be done away with. In my experience, very few users will ever use for instance Word for anything more than text editing and formatting.
Wouldn't it be easier to have a universal format for TEXT and just have small applications that interpret that format differently for different needs. I could see someone extending HTML to this sort of use.
Why not combine the two ideas? The Chef has to make his own Quisenart out of junk, and then cook a scrumptious meal with the secret ingrediant: Potato Peals and three week old Cabbage
All Spelling mistakes are my own, and not those of my employer or of the public school I attended
The use of subject material from the films in reviews and parodies is sanctioned under fair use (not sure what effect the DMCA has on this). However it definatly places certain limits on how much material can be used.
Perhaps by signing a deal with AtomFilms/Lucas, you gain permission to use a much heftier chunck of IP and perhaps actual footage from the movies. In exchange, Lucas gets permission to can your parody if it sucks =) This would be the only advantage I could see to the arrangment with Atomfilms unless Lucas is going to use this as an excuse to sue anyone that creates a parody that does not distribute it via his chosen chanel.
I wonder what would happen to Spaceballs?
Ok, so now I can parody Starwars, now if only I could watch it on DVD!
It would seem to me, that any law stating that Wesley could not post pretty much anything is in direct violation of THIS law:
"Congress ahall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
If this was an internal document, WHY was it sent to AT&T's cable partners? That act, by its very nature makes it no longer internal. I have no problem with a company or individual keeping a document internal. I just have a problem with LAWS that insinuate that because the company is not competent to keep its own secrets, that it can restrict freedom of speech to cover its arse.
If Wesley WORKED for AT&T, and knowingly violated COMPANY policy in the publication of internal memos, then he is certainly in line for COMPANY discipline. As an private citizen however, there should be no threat of law against him. AT&T is certainly within its rights to no longer do bussiness with him, but threatening him with legal action, and invoking the DMCA is without cause.
This is once again a case where federal regulation of an industry is causing problems. If the regulation on the cable industry was not such as it is, there would be a broadband competitor to AT&T in Wesley's area, and the whole case would not be an issue.
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Wireless token ring wouldn't work... The token would fall out right away...
Something that not many people catch, but that is definatly there in the book, is one of the first examples I have seen of the Hypertext idea. In the book, Dr. Floyd is reading a news release on the Aries between the space station and the moon. He taps a link on the screen to get more in depth information on a particular story.
There may be other examples earlier, but this is the earliest I have seen the concept of the Hypertext link brought forth.
I've been espousing for quite a while, the idea of Smaller Applications. As more and more "features" are added to Office, and as the applications therein are more closely tied to each other, and to the desktop (and IE, bleah) they become more and more cumbersome. One corrupt file no longer breaks a single application, it can break half a dozen. I can't help but wondering how much of the end user functionality could be done away with. In my experience, very few users will ever use for instance Word for anything more than text editing and formatting. Wouldn't it be easier to have a universal format for TEXT and just have small applications that interpret that format differently for different needs. I could see someone extending HTML to this sort of use.
Why not combine the two ideas? The Chef has to make his own Quisenart out of junk, and then cook a scrumptious meal with the secret ingrediant: Potato Peals and three week old Cabbage
All Spelling mistakes are my own, and not those of my employer or of the public school I attended
The use of subject material from the films in reviews and parodies is sanctioned under fair use (not sure what effect the DMCA has on this). However it definatly places certain limits on how much material can be used.
Perhaps by signing a deal with AtomFilms/Lucas, you gain permission to use a much heftier chunck of IP and perhaps actual footage from the movies. In exchange, Lucas gets permission to can your parody if it sucks =) This would be the only advantage I could see to the arrangment with Atomfilms unless Lucas is going to use this as an excuse to sue anyone that creates a parody that does not distribute it via his chosen chanel.
I wonder what would happen to Spaceballs?
Ok, so now I can parody Starwars, now if only I could watch it on DVD!
The Everquest quote is from six months ago. eqvault's archives were screwed up and they had news from April on their main page this morning
It would seem to me, that any law stating that Wesley could not post pretty much anything is in direct violation of THIS law: "Congress ahall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." If this was an internal document, WHY was it sent to AT&T's cable partners? That act, by its very nature makes it no longer internal. I have no problem with a company or individual keeping a document internal. I just have a problem with LAWS that insinuate that because the company is not competent to keep its own secrets, that it can restrict freedom of speech to cover its arse. If Wesley WORKED for AT&T, and knowingly violated COMPANY policy in the publication of internal memos, then he is certainly in line for COMPANY discipline. As an private citizen however, there should be no threat of law against him. AT&T is certainly within its rights to no longer do bussiness with him, but threatening him with legal action, and invoking the DMCA is without cause. This is once again a case where federal regulation of an industry is causing problems. If the regulation on the cable industry was not such as it is, there would be a broadband competitor to AT&T in Wesley's area, and the whole case would not be an issue.