I wonder how things would have worked out if Og & Zog decided that they didn't know enough about fire to even experiment with it, etc.
Seriously, we should experiment with everything. Any knowledge ultimately leads to better things, and we will learn to control any technology out there. I'm actually optimistic as to global warming; cleaner technologies will save the day, IMO. We know, or will know, the problems new techs will introduce, and we'll adapt.
Of course, if the H-bomb had really started a chain reaction across the globe I'd be singing a different tune.
Computers are computers. The OS/UI the kids will be using in their future careers won't be like current Windows anyway. Our current systems aren't too close to MS/DOS educational PCs that were around when we were kids, or even C64s -- was that the one with the "turtle" drawing game using angles and distances?
Besides, getting the kids on a system that is more nuts-and-bolts and open is better for their CS education anyway. C'mon, they can roll their own kernel.
Indeed. We should have a service that's $5-$7/mnth with unlimited d/ls, and less $ if you want to do it on a file-by-file basis.
The key is that users would be allowed to rip their own music, but the thing would be sanctioned by the RIAA/MPAA/???. They get a cut, everyone's happy, and we can get on with what we started 10 yrs ago. Geez, it's not that hard.
"Fundamentally this is a simple change but it requires a large-scale reimplementation of code to protect concurrency. Thankfully, the kernel's SMP spin locks already provide the large majority of this protection. So these spin locks are used as markers of where to temporarily disable preemption, to avoid mangling shared data. It works and everyone is happy."
Is this a hack? It sounds like a workaround, but maybe it's just creative use of existing tools.
Can anyone tell me if this is how other systems do preemptive multitasking? I really don't know. Is this similar or analogous to Intel's new chip that acts like a multiprocessor?
This is not a big deal now -- you have to install their software for the "feature" to work, etc. Therefore some of the people on this site are not concerned. After all, we listen to our cds on real cd players, and don't use their program, etc.
The problem arrives when you must install this software to listen to the cd on your computer. Remember, copy protected cds are out there, and adding this layer wouldn't be very hard.
The next step means loss of fair use. Maybe not for you or your friend who thought Napster was the greatest thing since a windows network on a university campus, but definitely for a lot of people.
Over the last couple of years the fire has seemed to have burned out. We used to get pissed about this shit, and now the highest rated comments don't seem to care about it all. We're letting our guard down.
and I guess it helped. it's something she'll grow out of, and her add will probably help her in the future (greater creativity).
if she has that high of an iq, she's probably bored w/ stupid elementary school stuff, and they're probably moving too slowly for her. not that she doesn't have add, but i'd have her tested if she hasn't been already. her add probably isn't helping her academic boredom.
see if you can get her into advanced classes, or put her into a good private school if your public schools don't have 'em. if the teacher is surprised at her intelligence, you DON'T want that person teaching your child. getting her into an environment with smart kids will help her self-esteem, too, since she won't be different.
as for advice for parenting the geeky child, don't talk down to her. if you act like you're smarter than her and you're not, she'll figure it out quickly. at that point she won't put stock in anything you say. you better have reasons for telling her to do the things you command, because if you don't she'll start to dislike you.:^)
ok, settle down. i was only pointing out that the copyright infringer is the one who's definitely and ultimately liable for breaking the law. regulation of file sharing is another issue, and since you point out that you think it has "no redeeming value" shows that you've closed your mind to this issue.
you equate being "subject to misuse" with having "no redeeming value." this show that you haven't really thought it out: i can stab you in the eye with a pencil -- should pencils be outlawed? if you think that's too simple: i can wipe the data on your computer using a virus that i distribute over the internet -- should the internet be outlawed?
you never said what the artist sold in your hypothetical. i wasn't changing any facts, because you didn't lay them out. read your original post. i did.
i don't know why your original post was phrased as a question -- you seem to have already made up your mind.
First -- it's not different. you're infringing on copyright. but that's not the p2p app's fault, is it? the app is just a tool.
your hypothetical about the artist whose daughter's kidneys are failing has a hole, and a very important one. With "piracy", more people will see his work. then word of mouth spreads and people download it from his website for a price, or, more to the point, go buy his cd or book or whatever. i can't even list all of the artists whose cds i've bought b/c i could d/l a taste upon hearing about them.
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Please do not pass this action which will not help address the issue of piracy. Copyright infringers will ignore this prohibition. They will use pirated set-top boxes and leak copies onto file-trading networks. This action will only destroy rights that Americans have come to expect to enjoy.
Please do not bend to the pressure of big business. Let the FCC take up the mantle of serving the public if Congress drops it.
47 USC S. 336b5 grants the FCC the authority to prescribe regulations relating to advanced television services "as may be necessary for the protection of the public interest, convenience, and necessity." This action is not necessary for any interest of the public, although the MPAA might think it necessary for their interests. Nor does it advance our convience.
If this action is followed through, the FCC will become a tool of the media businesses instead of an agent of the public. Please stand up for our rights.
1. i didn't mean element in the sense of the periodic table, or in the imperial sense. i probably should have used a different word but i just meant that it's an important "thing"
2. you're not arguing for historicity, you're arguing for the point i was making: that it should have some relation to our lives. and dividing things is important, but not as important uniformity. see next point.
3. by uniformity i mean internal coherence, not standardization. again i should have used a different word but i'm tired.
-why internal coherence is more important than divisibility: if you know what a cm is you know how long 33 of them are; alternatively, if you know what a meter is you know how much 1/3 of it is. thus you don't have to know that there are 3 ft in a yard to know how long a yard is, you just have to know that there are 100 meters in a centameter -- this info is given in the name.
more people see pics from space (at an earlier age, in grade school) than watch ships at sunset sipping on martinis. a lot of people are landlocked. but the real point is that people do know the earth was round (i was just trying to preclude people from saying that it's not obvious that the earth is round b/c people many years ago thought it was flat). i know my sentences are running on but i don't care because i'm tired.
why choose water as the determining factor in deciding what a gram is (g=1cm^3 of water) --> because it's the most important element to us that is easily available and pourable into cm^3 boxes. and the fact that the earth is elliptical and not circular isn't important; it's that it appears circular to us (no it doesn't appear flat unless you've never seen pictures from space). anyway, that doesn't matter b/c we define the meter according the speed of light, which is just a/b as unarbitrary as you can get.
a system of measure is for use by people. thus it should bear some relation to people, and that will make it arbitrary. the most important factor is uniformity, which the meter system has in abundance.
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hey dumbass -- close your parentheticals. (know what I mean?
Agreed. "Our industries need to work together for the consumer to benefit and for our respective businesses to grow." -Hilary Rosen.
Nice. Thanks.
hmm, that doesn't really sound very Buddhist to me ...
I wonder how things would have worked out if Og & Zog decided that they didn't know enough about fire to even experiment with it, etc.
Seriously, we should experiment with everything. Any knowledge ultimately leads to better things, and we will learn to control any technology out there. I'm actually optimistic as to global warming; cleaner technologies will save the day, IMO. We know, or will know, the problems new techs will introduce, and we'll adapt.
Of course, if the H-bomb had really started a chain reaction across the globe I'd be singing a different tune.
Does anyone have any info on the "supercomputer sanctions?" I've just never heard of it. Thanks.
He makes lesson plans for the benefit of his students. It's bullshit when profs are lazy and don't want to change their plans from year to year.
so what -- he "worked hard" to make the lesson plan X years ago. Especially as a CS prof, he should be changing with the times anyway.
Computers are computers. The OS/UI the kids will be using in their future careers won't be like current Windows anyway. Our current systems aren't too close to MS/DOS educational PCs that were around when we were kids, or even C64s -- was that the one with the "turtle" drawing game using angles and distances?
Besides, getting the kids on a system that is more nuts-and-bolts and open is better for their CS education anyway. C'mon, they can roll their own kernel.
Indeed. We should have a service that's $5-$7/mnth with unlimited d/ls, and less $ if you want to do it on a file-by-file basis.
The key is that users would be allowed to rip their own music, but the thing would be sanctioned by the RIAA/MPAA/???. They get a cut, everyone's happy, and we can get on with what we started 10 yrs ago. Geez, it's not that hard.
Thanks. That cleared things up quite a bit.
"Fundamentally this is a simple change but it requires a large-scale reimplementation of code to protect concurrency. Thankfully, the kernel's SMP spin locks already provide the large majority of this protection. So these spin locks are used as markers of where to temporarily disable preemption, to avoid mangling shared data. It works and everyone is happy."
Is this a hack? It sounds like a workaround, but maybe it's just creative use of existing tools.
Can anyone tell me if this is how other systems do preemptive multitasking? I really don't know. Is this similar or analogous to Intel's new chip that acts like a multiprocessor?
This is not a big deal now -- you have to install their software for the "feature" to work, etc. Therefore some of the people on this site are not concerned. After all, we listen to our cds on real cd players, and don't use their program, etc.
The problem arrives when you must install this software to listen to the cd on your computer. Remember, copy protected cds are out there, and adding this layer wouldn't be very hard.
The next step means loss of fair use. Maybe not for you or your friend who thought Napster was the greatest thing since a windows network on a university campus, but definitely for a lot of people.
Over the last couple of years the fire has seemed to have burned out. We used to get pissed about this shit, and now the highest rated comments don't seem to care about it all. We're letting our guard down.
i tried looking at the DX website, but clicking on the buttons (PS/PC) didn't do anything. Although the DX2 info made it look pretty cool.
... )
And WWIII will definitely suck eggs (or mustard, or chlorine, or worse, or
are they trying to figure out how to kill healthy young people? can someone explain how this will help our understanding of medicine?
also, a simple cost-benefit analysis should point out that the risk of killing another 20M people isn't worth whatever we get from this.
and I guess it helped. it's something she'll grow out of, and her add will probably help her in the future (greater creativity).
:^)
if she has that high of an iq, she's probably bored w/ stupid elementary school stuff, and they're probably moving too slowly for her. not that she doesn't have add, but i'd have her tested if she hasn't been already. her add probably isn't helping her academic boredom.
see if you can get her into advanced classes, or put her into a good private school if your public schools don't have 'em. if the teacher is surprised at her intelligence, you DON'T want that person teaching your child. getting her into an environment with smart kids will help her self-esteem, too, since she won't be different.
as for advice for parenting the geeky child, don't talk down to her. if you act like you're smarter than her and you're not, she'll figure it out quickly. at that point she won't put stock in anything you say. you better have reasons for telling her to do the things you command, because if you don't she'll start to dislike you.
email me if you want.
sports games -- esp football (more people to pay for the priviledge).
ok, settle down. i was only pointing out that the copyright infringer is the one who's definitely and ultimately liable for breaking the law. regulation of file sharing is another issue, and since you point out that you think it has "no redeeming value" shows that you've closed your mind to this issue.
you equate being "subject to misuse" with having "no redeeming value." this show that you haven't really thought it out: i can stab you in the eye with a pencil -- should pencils be outlawed? if you think that's too simple: i can wipe the data on your computer using a virus that i distribute over the internet -- should the internet be outlawed?
you never said what the artist sold in your hypothetical. i wasn't changing any facts, because you didn't lay them out. read your original post. i did.
i don't know why your original post was phrased as a question -- you seem to have already made up your mind.
you're not very smart, are you?
First -- it's not different. you're infringing on copyright. but that's not the p2p app's fault, is it? the app is just a tool.
your hypothetical about the artist whose daughter's kidneys are failing has a hole, and a very important one. With "piracy", more people will see his work. then word of mouth spreads and people download it from his website for a price, or, more to the point, go buy his cd or book or whatever. i can't even list all of the artists whose cds i've bought b/c i could d/l a taste upon hearing about them.
It's like no one is happy with where they are.
they're not, not when they want to go on VACATION.
AGREED.
feel free to pirate it. YARGH!
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Remember to use your carriage return if typing over 70 characters. The address is http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cg
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Please do not pass this action which will not help address the issue of piracy. Copyright
infringers will ignore this prohibition. They will use pirated set-top boxes and leak copies onto
file-trading networks. This action will only destroy rights that Americans have come to expect
to enjoy.
Please do not bend to the pressure of big business.
Let the FCC take up the mantle of serving the public if Congress drops it.
47 USC S. 336b5 grants the FCC the authority to prescribe regulations relating to advanced
television services "as may be necessary for the protection of the public interest, convenience,
and necessity." This action is not necessary for any interest of the public, although the MPAA
might think it necessary for their interests. Nor does it advance our convience.
If this action is followed through, the FCC will become a tool of the media businesses instead of
an agent of the public. Please stand up for our rights.
-A Concerned and Worried Freedom-Loving American
1. i didn't mean element in the sense of the periodic table, or in the imperial sense. i probably should have used a different word but i just meant that it's an important "thing"
2. you're not arguing for historicity, you're arguing for the point i was making: that it should have some relation to our lives. and dividing things is important, but not as important uniformity. see next point.
3. by uniformity i mean internal coherence, not standardization. again i should have used a different word but i'm tired.
-why internal coherence is more important than divisibility: if you know what a cm is you know how long 33 of them are; alternatively, if you know what a meter is you know how much 1/3 of it is. thus you don't have to know that there are 3 ft in a yard to know how long a yard is, you just have to know that there are 100 meters in a centameter -- this info is given in the name.
more people see pics from space (at an earlier age, in grade school) than watch ships at sunset sipping on martinis. a lot of people are landlocked. but the real point is that people do know the earth was round (i was just trying to preclude people from saying that it's not obvious that the earth is round b/c people many years ago thought it was flat). i know my sentences are running on but i don't care because i'm tired.
why choose water as the determining factor in deciding what a gram is (g=1cm^3 of water) --> because it's the most important element to us that is easily available and pourable into cm^3 boxes. and the fact that the earth is elliptical and not circular isn't important; it's that it appears circular to us (no it doesn't appear flat unless you've never seen pictures from space). anyway, that doesn't matter b/c we define the meter according the speed of light, which is just a/b as unarbitrary as you can get. a system of measure is for use by people. thus it should bear some relation to people, and that will make it arbitrary. the most important factor is uniformity, which the meter system has in abundance.
got it. so can put it back -- i guess that's practicable, until someone comes up w/ a rw model.