Do you know what's even cooler than wood-burning stoves? Wood cookers! "What's that?" "It's a wood cooker." "What's it do?" "You put wood in, and you get cooked wood." "Does it taste good?" "No."
Michael Lanier whimsically suggests that, in exchange for being granted U.S. copyright protection, commercial software publishers should have to pay users $1 every time their product screws up.
Except that then, you'd begin seeing spam mail like MAKE WINDOWS SCREW UP BILLIONS OF TIMES PER SECOND!!!! MAKE $$$ FROM YOUR OWN HOME!!!! Are we willing to put up with that?
Who cares? Now we won't be able to pay outrageous sums of money to play lousy, repetitive video games in arcades, where it's noisy and everything smells bad.
Make the characters, or some of them, controllable through the internet. Viewers could enter their email to win a chance to play one of the characters for an episode.
What if a program could be written in few enough bytes - maybe even create a new language specifically for the task, how hard could it be? - and also make a web page that randomly generates code until it matches. You couldn't be busted for passing on circumvention technology, since the program would be randomly generated along with many other possibilities.
Wouldn't it be cool if gTLDs could be registered just like domain names? It'd work like this. Say I wanted a domain name, say oooga.com. Then I'd just register it, and pay the 12 bucks. But say I wanted oooga.freellamarides. I'd register.freellamarides for maybe 35 bucks, and also oooga.freellamarides for 12. Then, when ever anybody else registered anything at.freellamarides, I'd get maybe a 1 cent royalty for coming up with it, which could go towards the InterNic fees.
This may be cool, but it really isn't that exciting. I have a friend who published his first theorem when he in fourth grade. I guess the real interest in this story is that Mr. Khler wasn't really all that smart.
The micropayment model failed, or is failing, because of lack of incentive. When I go to SatireWire, or Penny Arcade, I am hopeful for the future of these sites because of their micropayment models, but I am in fact not at all compelled to shell over cash, simply because somebody else will do it.
I see a couple of possible futures for niche-based content sites. On way is conglomeration, where media companies buy up successful sites and implement their own advertising models. Such an example of this is Geeknews, which is now a subsidiary of eFront. This solution is one to be detested by/.ers, because it will ultimately lead to the homoginization of content, as conglomerates such as eFront seek to level their content base.
The concept of government subsidised content is interesting, and my favorite. I would elect that an entire department of the federal government be set up to manage citizen-produced content. Sites, publications, even broadcasters could receive initial funding with a grant-like application process, and receive additional funding on the basis of popularity, so that the government is assured they are providing money to the information and entertainment that interests the citizens.
The concept of government supported content borders on socialism, but appropriate checks and balances - which we all should remember about from fourth grade - would insure that content is not censored on any basis, except for popularity. And censoring isn't the right term, either. Popular content would simply be encouraged by the agency, which could perhaps be called the Department of Information and Entertainment, however Orwellian that may sound. Any other sites, ones which appeal to only a very small clientelle, would still receive funding from the DIE (hee hee, taht is a good name), but would also need to find revenue elsewhere. Wouldn't you all like it if Slashdot were funded by Uncle Sam, as long as control of the site remained in community hands?
I really like the concept of data on a cube. It's been vaporware and scifi for too long now. Any word on how much data these holographic storage units can hold?
It had always been my understanding that electric cars often needed overnight to recharge. With high-efficiancy solar panels and other small, cumulative energy conservation and creation techniques, I could see the range on this thing going well beyond 500 miles. Any thoughts?
I was hired FIFTY-SIX TIMES in four hours last Friday, and laid off from each job within 12 minutes, max! Oh wait, no I wasn't, what the hell am I talking about? Gosh, that was weird.
Hell, I could care less about improved picture and reception. I watch tv on a 9 inch black and white in my office I picked up for 6 bucks at a yardsale. But what interests me the most is simulcasting, or the ability for a station to show 4 or more programs at once, depending on bandwidth. If this isn't supported, I don't see much benefit.
Why is it so important to start a computer so quickly? I leave my computer on all day, and most people leave them on for at least hours at a strech. While superbooting might be a nice goal to work towards technically, I can't see how it's actually that useful.
I don't think so. If the displays are semi-transparent, it would become second nature quickly enough that this wouldn't become an issue. I think it'd be really neat if your speed in the game depended on your actual speed. Think about it: 20,000,000 soccor moms playing Quake instead of running a treadmill.
The reason car manufacturers make warrenties is because cars have moving parts that are apt to fail. If windows 2K server only gave you 95% uptime, you couldn't bring it in to gm goodwrench plus. They'd have to just give you money. I agree, there needs to be accountability, but a warranty is not exactly what's needed.
I thought from reading the title that this was a football stadium sized, balloon shaped single-cell organism... I guess there is more than one type of cell.
I tried using the proxies that DanThe1Man showed us, here's what I found:
Slashdot.org: denied
google.com: denied
disney.com: denied
n2h2.com: denied
I think I'm doing something wrong...
Now that they've stopped selling student information, there will be less public outrage over the mandatory use of filtering software in schools and libraries. This software is a offense against students' liberties, and the more crimes the software commits, the less likely it would stick around.
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Do you know what's even cooler than wood-burning stoves? Wood cookers!
"What's that?"
"It's a wood cooker."
"What's it do?"
"You put wood in, and you get cooked wood."
"Does it taste good?"
"No."
Michael Lanier whimsically suggests that, in exchange for being granted U.S. copyright protection, commercial software publishers should have to pay users $1 every time their product screws up.
Except that then, you'd begin seeing spam mail like MAKE WINDOWS SCREW UP BILLIONS OF TIMES PER SECOND!!!! MAKE $$$ FROM YOUR OWN HOME!!!! Are we willing to put up with that?
Not really big news anymore. http://www.salon.com/politics/wire/2001/03/19/emai l/index.html.
I just learned about this service on Saturday, and now they're cancelling it. "We'll tell you, but then we'll have to cancel you."
Who cares? Now we won't be able to pay outrageous sums of money to play lousy, repetitive video games in arcades, where it's noisy and everything smells bad.
Make the characters, or some of them, controllable through the internet. Viewers could enter their email to win a chance to play one of the characters for an episode.
What if a program could be written in few enough bytes - maybe even create a new language specifically for the task, how hard could it be? - and also make a web page that randomly generates code until it matches. You couldn't be busted for passing on circumvention technology, since the program would be randomly generated along with many other possibilities.
Wouldn't it be cool if gTLDs could be registered just like domain names? It'd work like this. Say I wanted a domain name, say oooga.com. Then I'd just register it, and pay the 12 bucks. But say I wanted oooga.freellamarides. I'd register .freellamarides for maybe 35 bucks, and also oooga.freellamarides for 12. Then, when ever anybody else registered anything at .freellamarides, I'd get maybe a 1 cent royalty for coming up with it, which could go towards the InterNic fees.
No Hablo XML!
This may be cool, but it really isn't that exciting. I have a friend who published his first theorem when he in fourth grade. I guess the real interest in this story is that Mr. Khler wasn't really all that smart.
The micropayment model failed, or is failing, because of lack of incentive. When I go to SatireWire, or Penny Arcade, I am hopeful for the future of these sites because of their micropayment models, but I am in fact not at all compelled to shell over cash, simply because somebody else will do it.
/.ers, because it will ultimately lead to the homoginization of content, as conglomerates such as eFront seek to level their content base.
I see a couple of possible futures for niche-based content sites. On way is conglomeration, where media companies buy up successful sites and implement their own advertising models. Such an example of this is Geeknews, which is now a subsidiary of eFront. This solution is one to be detested by
The concept of government subsidised content is interesting, and my favorite. I would elect that an entire department of the federal government be set up to manage citizen-produced content. Sites, publications, even broadcasters could receive initial funding with a grant-like application process, and receive additional funding on the basis of popularity, so that the government is assured they are providing money to the information and entertainment that interests the citizens.
The concept of government supported content borders on socialism, but appropriate checks and balances - which we all should remember about from fourth grade - would insure that content is not censored on any basis, except for popularity. And censoring isn't the right term, either. Popular content would simply be encouraged by the agency, which could perhaps be called the Department of Information and Entertainment, however Orwellian that may sound. Any other sites, ones which appeal to only a very small clientelle, would still receive funding from the DIE (hee hee, taht is a good name), but would also need to find revenue elsewhere. Wouldn't you all like it if Slashdot were funded by Uncle Sam, as long as control of the site remained in community hands?
I really like the concept of data on a cube. It's been vaporware and scifi for too long now. Any word on how much data these holographic storage units can hold?
It had always been my understanding that electric cars often needed overnight to recharge. With high-efficiancy solar panels and other small, cumulative energy conservation and creation techniques, I could see the range on this thing going well beyond 500 miles. Any thoughts?
This simply isn't true. Minidiscs may not be popular in the US, but overseas they are still experiencing tremendous growth.
Surely something so simple could be easily cracked. I mean, SDMI was a huge failure, how can they expect these not to be?
I was hired FIFTY-SIX TIMES in four hours last Friday, and laid off from each job within 12 minutes, max! Oh wait, no I wasn't, what the hell am I talking about? Gosh, that was weird.
Hell, I could care less about improved picture and reception. I watch tv on a 9 inch black and white in my office I picked up for 6 bucks at a yardsale. But what interests me the most is simulcasting, or the ability for a station to show 4 or more programs at once, depending on bandwidth. If this isn't supported, I don't see much benefit.
Why is it so important to start a computer so quickly? I leave my computer on all day, and most people leave them on for at least hours at a strech. While superbooting might be a nice goal to work towards technically, I can't see how it's actually that useful.
I don't think so. If the displays are semi-transparent, it would become second nature quickly enough that this wouldn't become an issue. I think it'd be really neat if your speed in the game depended on your actual speed. Think about it: 20,000,000 soccor moms playing Quake instead of running a treadmill.
I found this on the Hitachi web site over two weeks ago while I was looking for a new vcr.
The reason car manufacturers make warrenties is because cars have moving parts that are apt to fail. If windows 2K server only gave you 95% uptime, you couldn't bring it in to gm goodwrench plus. They'd have to just give you money. I agree, there needs to be accountability, but a warranty is not exactly what's needed.
I thought from reading the title that this was a football stadium sized, balloon shaped single-cell organism... I guess there is more than one type of cell.
I tried using the proxies that DanThe1Man showed us, here's what I found:
Slashdot.org: denied
google.com: denied
disney.com: denied
n2h2.com: denied
I think I'm doing something wrong...
Now that they've stopped selling student information, there will be less public outrage over the mandatory use of filtering software in schools and libraries. This software is a offense against students' liberties, and the more crimes the software commits, the less likely it would stick around.
Hmm, it occurs to me that comets and asteroids can be detected months in advance of their potential collision with earth. 6 minutes, eh?