That almost makes sense, were it not for the fact that the comparison fails here as you can get a fully functional (arguably more functional, better performing) laptop at the same price, if not less than many of the tablets out there (Sub-$400 Sandy bridge core i5's).
Your comparison fails. In this case it is specialist functionality (ie child compatible) not price to regular functionality. The more accurate comparison is saying I can get an "arguably more functional better performing" second hand car for $5000 compared to a specialist functionality road racing bicycle (eg tour de france spec) for $15,000
dystopian movies about two-class societies emerging from genetics.
How about 2 class societies emerging from corporatism, corrupt politicians, and "old boys" networks. Reality is not much better for the lower classes than in those movies.
Little social mobility: check Limited freedoms for those on the bottom: check Different set of rules/application of laws for those on top: check No power for majority to change this without complete upheaval: check
when will someone get the balls to hit the destruct button on the broken patent industry. I'm tired of reading about it, yet alone trying to keep abreast of it.
PS haven't RTFA but I am assuming this is another trivial software patent (although with MM there is a chance it is a valid hardware patent)
swimming which is the only sport measured to the thousand-of-a-second.
umm... short memory. I recall a long debate on slashdot 48 hours ago, about the timing accuracy of the starting gun in running events and detecting false starts down to the accuracy of 10,000th's and finer.
Just an armchair expert (on the other side of the world no less) but...
maybe try pass an amendment stating that no amendments can be considered if not directly related to the bill (or infrastructure etc needed for it's enforcement). Seems it would fix an awful lot of problems. Allow the public to decry individual evils without harming the occassional good bill.
This matters because if Apple is starting to make decisions that cheapen its "premium" image, then it is a signal that we could be at a turning point... the 2nd fall of the Apple (and this time no Jobs to pull it back).
This matters even more if anyone here owns shares in Apple.
everyone has always known, garbage in garbage out. If we can get better quality inputs into robotics, it will make the processing steps much easier.
The amount of information that comes from touch... being deaf or blind is a disadvantage, but having no sense of touch would be absolutely crippling for a human!
I have great hope that this will be a huge leap forward when it goes into production.
The online uni brigade are trying to differentiate themselves with some kind of "qualification" at the end (a mostly worthless certificate at this stage).
Kahn academy is trying to educate purely for learning purposes (no recognition for knowledge gained).
Evidence that they can co-exist: I recently enrolled in a Udacity course for fun. The pre-req learning list was a bunch of kahn videos as opposed to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXNqEURmKtA&feature=related... sorry couldn't resist that last bit
That is the most concise well thought out argument I have read all day.
I guess we are stuck between wanting to encourage ethical behaviour (in judges) and wanting to discourage unethical behaviour by the mafiaa and associated government puppets.
1. specified it to be the FRONT page (or default page) associated with the iPad. 2. made Apple disclose the many instances where their products have been "copies" (some would say refinements) of other existing products just to ram home the point of them being hypocritical asses
This basically boils down to something we have seen countless times over the years.
A new law came in, in response to something awful happening, someone who is being harrassed (via the internet) to the point that they commit suicide.
The police were doing what I think was the appropriate thing, realising that it was probably youths that were more at risk, started a campaign to educate them about the fact that online harrassment can be criminal. So far so good...
But society doesn't change overnight. It takes time. Right now we are at the point where we are accepting of the fact that it is indeed wrong. We are accepting of the fact that there is some line that when crossed makes it criminal. If it does not reach that line, it is still frowned upon but we should not report it to law enforcement. In people's mad dash to be politically correct and overly sensitive, they are reporting stuff that should merely be frowned upon and gotten over. Eventually they will find the appropriate equilibrium and in the mean time the police have told the public they need to push that line towards the more serious occassions of cyber-bullying.
Other examples are when sexual harrassment gained widespread acceptance people would threaten to call police over once off jokes, or a glance held for a second too long. We as a society have now (MOSTLY) worked this out, using other means of punishment, in that sexual harrassment is still frowned upon but police aren't deluged with frivolous instances.
The only bit I don't understand is that we already had harrassment laws. Why do we need a seperate law for "harrassment on the internet"? But then again I don't understand why we need separate patents for "(existing process) on the internet" either
The countryside is awesome. The people are laid back. They haven't bought into a lot of the world's bullshit.
If there was more job opportunities there, and their economy wasn't in the toilet (compared with Aus... although we could be about to cliff dive ourselves) I would be looking to pack up and get over there.
I expected more slashdot. This is as bad as Apple claiming to have invented rounded corners (sorry couldn't resist that cheap shot)
Seriously a hobbyist/ university is much more likely to experiment with the EXISTING superior alternatives.
Many electric options exist for kit cars. Many dozens more exist for retrofitting existing cars with electric motors (the most popular being the VW Beetle from what I have seen)
And the upside of working with these solutions is that they are FAR more likely to be passed as road registerable (because they use an existing tested base vehicle) than something that has not been run through any of the international safety tests.
I am sure that, while government may sometimes be inefficient, there would be management types asking these sort of questions already. Look at the bigger picture...
Costs of failure: Loss of equipment Payout to astronaut's family Retraining fees Loss of (quality) applicants Loss of trust/ reputation Loss of political support due to negative coverage Loss of funding due to loss of political support
Also they are not as fortunate as other establishments who can deflect blame/ hatred on some opposing group (eg military - terrorists, law enforcement - criminals, etc)
Disclaimer: IANAD (and I am not part of the US system either but things are still similar over this side of the globe)
Im sorry but you assume a "promising" drug will be beneficial to people in this situation.
Many "promising" drugs have killed people quicker than the condition they claim to be treating. Not to mention the drugs that have repercussions for generations to come (thalidomide comes to mind on that front - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide).
If the person is willing to try these, they go into trials. The FDA doesn't stop them doing that (limited places on the trials is unfortunate) Sometimes it has been shown that merely being in the trial can have associated placebic effects.
Also, if studies show strong enough evidence that the drug is effective and safe, then the FDA is ethically obligated to get the control group (and wider affected public) onto the cure ASAP
The alternative is one where everyone gets to go onto whatever they want. Hence no company bothers with trials and people are left with no idea of how to sort the legitimate from the snake oil.
PS If any politician is reading this, I am willing to vote for any party that opposes this. I wish Gamers 4 Croyden (i think that was the party name) were in my area.
Someone in the UN must feel they are becoming out of touch, only getting involved in the physical world. First "Internet Rights", now IP law reform... what next? UN mandated hackerspaces?
It seems they are going further than that... (From the google car course announcement page) "Dear students, We have listened to your feedback about how awesome, engaging, exciting and educational, but also time consuming, our classes are. We are aware that most of you have many commitments in your life - job, family, studies at offline brick-and-mortar universities, house, garden, pets, vacations, travel plans, and many other things that are incompatible with our deadline based course model. Therefore we have decided to see if making our courses self-paced will enable more people to enjoy our content and learn new and exciting things. The courses that are offered for the second time will have no deadlines, and you will be able to work through them at your own pace. You can start at any time, and take as much time as needed to finish the course."
So it seems all courses not on their debut will be self paced.
(P.S. Hooray for me... after 10+ years of stalking slashdot and posting as AC if I was going to post, I finally got off my butt and registered)
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That almost makes sense, were it not for the fact that the comparison fails here as you can get a fully functional (arguably more functional, better performing) laptop at the same price, if not less than many of the tablets out there (Sub-$400 Sandy bridge core i5's).
Your comparison fails. In this case it is specialist functionality (ie child compatible) not price to regular functionality. The more accurate comparison is saying I can get an "arguably more functional better performing" second hand car for $5000 compared to a specialist functionality road racing bicycle (eg tour de france spec) for $15,000
COULDN'T bring it? or just realised it was easier and more profitable to just keep what they had and squash any potential competition?
... or maybe Kool-aid?
If you are concerned about playing with the OS, why not just find an OS X vm image on the net and download and tinker away?
Seriously RIP... honour the R and let the guy rest already, without the R Steve just becomes all about IP ... oh wait... good one Apple!
dystopian movies about two-class societies emerging from genetics.
How about 2 class societies emerging from corporatism, corrupt politicians, and "old boys" networks. Reality is not much better for the lower classes than in those movies.
Little social mobility: check
Limited freedoms for those on the bottom: check
Different set of rules/application of laws for those on top: check
No power for majority to change this without complete upheaval: check
here we go again...
when will someone get the balls to hit the destruct button on the broken patent industry. I'm tired of reading about it, yet alone trying to keep abreast of it.
PS haven't RTFA but I am assuming this is another trivial software patent (although with MM there is a chance it is a valid hardware patent)
swimming which is the only sport measured to the thousand-of-a-second.
umm... short memory. I recall a long debate on slashdot 48 hours ago, about the timing accuracy of the starting gun in running events and detecting false starts down to the accuracy of 10,000th's and finer.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/08/01/079234/speed-of-sound-is-too-slow-for-the-olympics
Just an armchair expert (on the other side of the world no less) but...
maybe try pass an amendment stating that no amendments can be considered if not directly related to the bill (or infrastructure etc needed for it's enforcement). Seems it would fix an awful lot of problems. Allow the public to decry individual evils without harming the occassional good bill.
This matters because if Apple is starting to make decisions that cheapen its "premium" image, then it is a signal that we could be at a turning point... the 2nd fall of the Apple (and this time no Jobs to pull it back).
This matters even more if anyone here owns shares in Apple.
I read their patch effort and instantly thought of an Ubisoft executive saying:
"Damn they found our rootkit, oh well better close it down to save face... hope they don't find the other one."
everyone has always known, garbage in garbage out.
If we can get better quality inputs into robotics, it will make the processing steps much easier.
The amount of information that comes from touch... being deaf or blind is a disadvantage, but having no sense of touch would be absolutely crippling for a human!
I have great hope that this will be a huge leap forward when it goes into production.
The online uni brigade are trying to differentiate themselves with some kind of "qualification" at the end (a mostly worthless certificate at this stage).
Kahn academy is trying to educate purely for learning purposes (no recognition for knowledge gained).
Evidence that they can co-exist: ... sorry couldn't resist that last bit
I recently enrolled in a Udacity course for fun. The pre-req learning list was a bunch of kahn videos
as opposed to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXNqEURmKtA&feature=related
slashdot stories contain "lists (of comments) displayed on electronic devices"...
That is the most concise well thought out argument I have read all day.
I guess we are stuck between wanting to encourage ethical behaviour (in judges) and wanting to discourage unethical behaviour by the mafiaa and associated government puppets.
It would have been better if the judge could have
1. specified it to be the FRONT page (or default page) associated with the iPad.
2. made Apple disclose the many instances where their products have been "copies" (some would say refinements) of other existing products just to ram home the point of them being hypocritical asses
This basically boils down to something we have seen countless times over the years.
A new law came in, in response to something awful happening, someone who is being harrassed (via the internet) to the point that they commit suicide.
The police were doing what I think was the appropriate thing, realising that it was probably youths that were more at risk, started a campaign to educate them about the fact that online harrassment can be criminal. So far so good...
But society doesn't change overnight. It takes time. Right now we are at the point where we are accepting of the fact that it is indeed wrong. We are accepting of the fact that there is some line that when crossed makes it criminal. If it does not reach that line, it is still frowned upon but we should not report it to law enforcement. In people's mad dash to be politically correct and overly sensitive, they are reporting stuff that should merely be frowned upon and gotten over. Eventually they will find the appropriate equilibrium and in the mean time the police have told the public they need to push that line towards the more serious occassions of cyber-bullying.
Other examples are when sexual harrassment gained widespread acceptance people would threaten to call police over once off jokes, or a glance held for a second too long. We as a society have now (MOSTLY) worked this out, using other means of punishment, in that sexual harrassment is still frowned upon but police aren't deluged with frivolous instances.
The only bit I don't understand is that we already had harrassment laws. Why do we need a seperate law for "harrassment on the internet"? But then again I don't understand why we need separate patents for "(existing process) on the internet" either
More and more I am liking NZ.
The countryside is awesome. The people are laid back. They haven't bought into a lot of the world's bullshit.
If there was more job opportunities there, and their economy wasn't in the toilet (compared with Aus... although we could be about to cliff dive ourselves) I would be looking to pack up and get over there.
I must be tired, I skimmed over the 144 current comments and did not see a single mention of
"Year of the Linux Desktop"
I am honestly surprised. Honestly.
I expected more slashdot.
This is as bad as Apple claiming to have invented rounded corners (sorry couldn't resist that cheap shot)
Seriously a hobbyist/ university is much more likely to experiment with the EXISTING superior alternatives.
Many electric options exist for kit cars.
Many dozens more exist for retrofitting existing cars with electric motors (the most popular being the VW Beetle from what I have seen)
And the upside of working with these solutions is that they are FAR more likely to be passed as road registerable (because they use an existing tested base vehicle) than something that has not been run through any of the international safety tests.
I am sure that, while government may sometimes be inefficient, there would be management types asking these sort of questions already.
Look at the bigger picture...
Costs of failure:
Loss of equipment
Payout to astronaut's family
Retraining fees
Loss of (quality) applicants
Loss of trust/ reputation
Loss of political support due to negative coverage
Loss of funding due to loss of political support
Also they are not as fortunate as other establishments who can deflect blame/ hatred on some opposing group (eg military - terrorists, law enforcement - criminals, etc)
Disclaimer: IANAD (and I am not part of the US system either but things are still similar over this side of the globe)
Im sorry but you assume a "promising" drug will be beneficial to people in this situation.
Many "promising" drugs have killed people quicker than the condition they claim to be treating. Not to mention the drugs that have repercussions for generations to come (thalidomide comes to mind on that front - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide).
If the person is willing to try these, they go into trials. The FDA doesn't stop them doing that (limited places on the trials is unfortunate)
Sometimes it has been shown that merely being in the trial can have associated placebic effects.
Also, if studies show strong enough evidence that the drug is effective and safe, then the FDA is ethically obligated to get the control group (and wider affected public) onto the cure ASAP
The alternative is one where everyone gets to go onto whatever they want. Hence no company bothers with trials and people are left with no idea of how to sort the legitimate from the snake oil.
Umm... NOONE knows what Tony Abbott supports (including himself), except saying no to the government.
Clarke and Dawe captured this brilliantly (IMHO):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3wKCzIw5Gs&feature=plcp
PS If any politician is reading this, I am willing to vote for any party that opposes this.
I wish Gamers 4 Croyden (i think that was the party name) were in my area.
Someone in the UN must feel they are becoming out of touch, only getting involved in the physical world. First "Internet Rights", now IP law reform... what next? UN mandated hackerspaces?
It seems they are going further than that...
(From the google car course announcement page)
"Dear students,
We have listened to your feedback about how awesome, engaging, exciting and educational, but also time consuming, our classes are. We are aware that most of you have many commitments in your life - job, family, studies at offline brick-and-mortar universities, house, garden, pets, vacations, travel plans, and many other things that are incompatible with our deadline based course model. Therefore we have decided to see if making our courses self-paced will enable more people to enjoy our content and learn new and exciting things.
The courses that are offered for the second time will have no deadlines, and you will be able to work through them at your own pace. You can start at any time, and take as much time as needed to finish the course."
So it seems all courses not on their debut will be self paced.
(P.S. Hooray for me... after 10+ years of stalking slashdot and posting as AC if I was going to post, I finally got off my butt and registered)