On airbus site there are some quicktime vr shots.
The seat layout seems excellent but how are you going to get that many people through the security check? When you think of LAX boarding will take hours. OK - so it already does - but then - more hours.
And of course it is a double decker. IMpressive.
Well - you have to take into consideration that French essentially is latin badly spoken - street language or slang.
So it comes down to a matter of resonable expectation.
How about if I make a company that generates BS?
Could I then ask the congress to NOT supply the public with free BS?
Seriously - these guys are basically robbing the patent office. Next up is probably the public school system. As private schools provide this service for a fee, then public schools must close in order not to compete????????
There is a sorry analogy in so far that the ads popping up on our screens are just as unwanted as the spam mails in the inbox.
This brings us to spammers suing firewall and mail filetering services.... sigh....
In other words: who cares??? Did the advertisement industry ever care about customers for other than their money? And who is actually paying for the bandwidth they use to showcase their stuff on my screen?
This law (if and so on...) provides an automated penalty of $250 for any vehicle which can be identified and can be verified not to have the State required insurrance minimum. It does not limit that to TX vehicles only.
This is the classical example of somebody not understanding how to use a computer.
If a laptop fails:
First backup your things (which you should have done in the first place).
Next reload the system software. Windows will eventually screw itself up anyway.
Finally you contemplate other options.
The attitude of "somebody should have created an easy downloadable solution to fix my world" is increasingly being deployed instead of brains.
We are 4 people in my hopusehold. 12 computers of which 5 are running Windows, the rest running Linux. Even my kids have no problems with windows other than windows itself. They all know the drill: Keep your stuff in a directory structure called "My World". In case of malfunction or our linux firewall screaming bloody virus warning: Time to find the Knoppix disk and delete the windows system directory. Then you reload windows and the world is at peace once more.
How in the world do you think I could otherwise keep this menagerie runing?
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In a sad way it really demonstrates how things we take for given are not all that given.
I am canceling my use of AIM (through GAIM of course) anyway. It is almost certain that when this storm is over they make gradual changes to cancel user rights again.
Once on the slippery slope - always......
Accordingly to the USPTO only about 2% of all patents have ever yielded moneytary returns to their holders.
So why all this commotion? Again and again you hear that patents serve the "little man", the lone inventor, the one who deserves to profit from his invention.
But if only 2% of all patents serves their master in this respect, and (yes I hold a patent too) given the cost of a patent (20K+) something doesn't hold up.
The reality is that the majority of patents are not used to capitalize on, but to control the general development in an area or as threats to competitors. A patent doesn't need to apply to yield a threat. As it is, a court case doesn't have to be won in order to win the battle. A 24 month delay is all that is needed in many cases. The competitor is dead, so who cares is the court case had merit. From a company standpoint it only counts if it was effective - merit or not.
Lately we have seen SCO versus IBM. Do you really think the truth or merit counts here? SCO believed it had its ducks in a row, but who cares if you like IBM has unlimited funds and lawyer resources.
So who do you think these laws were meant to benefit? One patent with no funds to back up is like owning a spoonful of the ocean. You need a lot to change the game.
Patents have always existed. In the old old days it was just called "the King". Didn't matter what it was - if the king wanted it, then you were in violation of the patent.
In todays world like at that time, there is a need to treat intangibles as real estate. It is of course - all about money. Or is it? Today it seems to be increasingly about control specifically about control of further development. Obviously next to having a pile of it, the best thing would be if you can keep anybody else from also getting a pile of it.
I think there is a fine line between being able to capitalize on your investments and to assert control of future developments. And we have long ago crossed this line.
I think that hefty taxes should be asserted by the state to maintain copyrights and patents. A yearly 2% of estimated value would be sufficient. Too many companies are just sitting back not doing anything except capitalizing on litigation. It doesn't matter if you are right or wrong. Littigation is very effective business weapon which can drain any competitor given enough money. And the only way this machine can be effective is when enough laws and patents are available. It is my opinion that these laws are benefitting very few by selling out on basic human rights. In particular the right to earn a living.
Back in the early 1980 I created a system DUS - COMCat. It was a CAI (Computer Aided Instruction) together with some other people. We had for years used a similar system of our own to teach DDS students anatomy. A boring phonebook like subject.
However - the results were remarkable. From the usual 60-65% passing number of students to 93-97%. And the impressive thing was that the students liked it too.
We started a 5 year study which ended with the conclusion that specific groups of people responded better than avarage to computer aided instruction.
Amongst those were handicapped and adults. Both groups share some similar traits. They are both very afraid to appear dumm and they both feel that participating in a regular educational situation warrents that they are just that.
The computer offers a number of advantages over the regular education situation. It is like a book. Today you don't question that books are necessary in a school, but once long ago some teachers would have felt that books were inappropriate just as when the over-head projector and the copy machine were introduced.
Computers have their application
Amazingly few schools use this to their advantage in todays schools. What the computer brings to the table is a to-way communication and an unheard level of privacy. Something that improves the learning of especially the two before mentioned groups. I myself have used it countless times including when my kids had boring subjects like spanish, detail kowledge subjects like science (microbiology) and now anatomy.
In all cases I have been able to help them achieve another letter grade.
There are of course more issues here. So many more that canvassing them would take much too long time. But what remains is to say that it was all proven long ago to work. Even (and especially) with people who can't read or write. Using a touch screen or a light pen or any other means of input which the person in question will understand is not a problem other than technical. And the results are amazing.
Nice to see NASA go the political rather than the scientic way.
Maybe they are hoping to cash in on the political well founded and scientifically less so global warming hypothesis.
Haven't read the article though - too lazy to register at NYT. - he
Business managers are like any other employee subject to scruteny from the board and the shareholders. What do you choose? Adapting the software to suit your business model? Well - it is called software for that reason, but what if your business model isn't perfect? Then the software won't really work and maybee - just maybe - it will uncover the imperfections of your implemented and already running model.
Buying COTS means that you must adapt your business model to the models used in the software. Those are big companies so board and shareholder are more likely to pony up the amounts needed to convert to that model. Nobody asks the two important questions:
1) Does your business fit into the model?
2) Does the model work at all?
But in the end: "Who has ever been fired for ordering IBM"?
All that is now left is to complain about the maintenance contract fees and clauses. And that is not really your fault - or is it?
As so many others I fully agree: A tsunami warning system should be put in place. It ought to be fairly simple given the amount of satelites in orbit.
Those who flock to see the killer waves - well - www.darwinawards.com will take care of those. The rest of us can only applaud their stupidity and lack of presence on the roads leading away from disaster.
In a report the day after the quake I saw a number of tourists stating "we are going there and we are fully confident that the travel agency has everything under control".
What a tribute to Darwin.
I chose to express my opinion by downgrading my premium cable subscription ($50+ for that crap?) and adding the BlockBuster $25 you-can-swap-2-dvds-anytime deal.
I run the show. I refuse to have 25% of my screen taken up by commersials for the next show, the show tomorrow, news at 10:03.
Now I don't have to look at the crappy MPEG encoding Adelphia offers. I will have to make do with DVD quality. And IF they are lucky I MIGHT just see their newscast when I am ready.
Now I just have to get rid of these ridiculous previews of movies sson to come - 3 years ago. Time to make a Myth......
Seems like the buzzword these days are detection for no other reason than funding.
Yes it is obvious that highly criminal people and terrorists are sooo stupid they can't even fly a plane.
But in the real world...
Inkjet heads clog up and alters the way the ink is sprayed on to the paper, and laser printers use recycled cartridges. Doesn't take a genious to alter the raster pattern by using another rip - like ghostscript...
This looks like another face recognition blob. Much hype and not much reality.
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On airbus site there are some quicktime vr shots.
The seat layout seems excellent but how are you going to get that many people through the security check? When you think of LAX boarding will take hours. OK - so it already does - but then - more hours.
And of course it is a double decker. IMpressive.
Well - you have to take into consideration that French essentially is latin badly spoken - street language or slang.
So it comes down to a matter of resonable expectation.
You must have been watching MXC to much :-)
:-)
"Who thinks that cable and broadcast channels supply ample and unbiased new - show hands - now"....
How about if I make a company that generates BS?
Could I then ask the congress to NOT supply the public with free BS?
Seriously - these guys are basically robbing the patent office. Next up is probably the public school system. As private schools provide this service for a fee, then public schools must close in order not to compete????????
There is a sorry analogy in so far that the ads popping up on our screens are just as unwanted as the spam mails in the inbox.
This brings us to spammers suing firewall and mail filetering services.... sigh....
In other words: who cares???
Did the advertisement industry ever care about customers for other than their money? And who is actually paying for the bandwidth they use to showcase their stuff on my screen?
Based on the latest earnings of the m ovie industry I think we have just seen the opening night of "Laywers In Space"
This law (if and so on...) provides an automated penalty of $250 for any vehicle which can be identified and can be verified not to have the State required insurrance minimum. It does not limit that to TX vehicles only.
Man - that was a lame one.......... :-)
"Early signs of infection include rising stress, rapidly fading eyesight and the appearance of a blue-screen on PC monitors."
This is the classical example of somebody not understanding how to use a computer.
If a laptop fails:
First backup your things (which you should have done in the first place).
Next reload the system software. Windows will eventually screw itself up anyway.
Finally you contemplate other options.
The attitude of "somebody should have created an easy downloadable solution to fix my world" is increasingly being deployed instead of brains.
We are 4 people in my hopusehold. 12 computers of which 5 are running Windows, the rest running Linux. Even my kids have no problems with windows other than windows itself. They all know the drill: Keep your stuff in a directory structure called "My World". In case of malfunction or our linux firewall screaming bloody virus warning: Time to find the Knoppix disk and delete the windows system directory. Then you reload windows and the world is at peace once more.
How in the world do you think I could otherwise keep this menagerie runing?
In a sad way it really demonstrates how things we take for given are not all that given.
I am canceling my use of AIM (through GAIM of course) anyway. It is almost certain that when this storm is over they make gradual changes to cancel user rights again.
Once on the slippery slope - always......
Great verdict. Goes to show that the reason why so many politicians like little children is because they want to be like them when they grow up.
Remember that a judge only administers the law - he doesn't make them.
Accordingly to the USPTO only about 2% of all patents have ever yielded moneytary returns to their holders.
So why all this commotion? Again and again you hear that patents serve the "little man", the lone inventor, the one who deserves to profit from his invention.
But if only 2% of all patents serves their master in this respect, and (yes I hold a patent too) given the cost of a patent (20K+) something doesn't hold up.
The reality is that the majority of patents are not used to capitalize on, but to control the general development in an area or as threats to competitors. A patent doesn't need to apply to yield a threat. As it is, a court case doesn't have to be won in order to win the battle. A 24 month delay is all that is needed in many cases. The competitor is dead, so who cares is the court case had merit. From a company standpoint it only counts if it was effective - merit or not.
Lately we have seen SCO versus IBM. Do you really think the truth or merit counts here? SCO believed it had its ducks in a row, but who cares if you like IBM has unlimited funds and lawyer resources.
So who do you think these laws were meant to benefit? One patent with no funds to back up is like owning a spoonful of the ocean. You need a lot to change the game.
Patents have always existed. In the old old days it was just called "the King". Didn't matter what it was - if the king wanted it, then you were in violation of the patent.
In todays world like at that time, there is a need to treat intangibles as real estate. It is of course - all about money. Or is it? Today it seems to be increasingly about control specifically about control of further development. Obviously next to having a pile of it, the best thing would be if you can keep anybody else from also getting a pile of it.
I think there is a fine line between being able to capitalize on your investments and to assert control of future developments. And we have long ago crossed this line.
I think that hefty taxes should be asserted by the state to maintain copyrights and patents. A yearly 2% of estimated value would be sufficient. Too many companies are just sitting back not doing anything except capitalizing on litigation. It doesn't matter if you are right or wrong. Littigation is very effective business weapon which can drain any competitor given enough money. And the only way this machine can be effective is when enough laws and patents are available. It is my opinion that these laws are benefitting very few by selling out on basic human rights. In particular the right to earn a living.
Maybe they have misunderestimated something......
Use the force Luke......
Use the force Luke......
Back in the early 1980 I created a system DUS - COMCat. It was a CAI (Computer Aided Instruction) together with some other people. We had for years used a similar system of our own to teach DDS students anatomy. A boring phonebook like subject.
However - the results were remarkable. From the usual 60-65% passing number of students to 93-97%. And the impressive thing was that the students liked it too.
We started a 5 year study which ended with the conclusion that specific groups of people responded better than avarage to computer aided instruction.
Amongst those were handicapped and adults. Both groups share some similar traits. They are both very afraid to appear dumm and they both feel that participating in a regular educational situation warrents that they are just that.
The computer offers a number of advantages over the regular education situation. It is like a book. Today you don't question that books are necessary in a school, but once long ago some teachers would have felt that books were inappropriate just as when the over-head projector and the copy machine were introduced.
Computers have their application
Amazingly few schools use this to their advantage in todays schools. What the computer brings to the table is a to-way communication and an unheard level of privacy. Something that improves the learning of especially the two before mentioned groups. I myself have used it countless times including when my kids had boring subjects like spanish, detail kowledge subjects like science (microbiology) and now anatomy.
In all cases I have been able to help them achieve another letter grade.
There are of course more issues here. So many more that canvassing them would take much too long time. But what remains is to say that it was all proven long ago to work. Even (and especially) with people who can't read or write. Using a touch screen or a light pen or any other means of input which the person in question will understand is not a problem other than technical. And the results are amazing.
Nice to see NASA go the political rather than the scientic way.
Maybe they are hoping to cash in on the political well founded and scientifically less so global warming hypothesis.
Haven't read the article though - too lazy to register at NYT. - he
Business managers are like any other employee subject to scruteny from the board and the shareholders. What do you choose? Adapting the software to suit your business model? Well - it is called software for that reason, but what if your business model isn't perfect? Then the software won't really work and maybee - just maybe - it will uncover the imperfections of your implemented and already running model.
Buying COTS means that you must adapt your business model to the models used in the software. Those are big companies so board and shareholder are more likely to pony up the amounts needed to convert to that model. Nobody asks the two important questions:
1) Does your business fit into the model?
2) Does the model work at all?
But in the end: "Who has ever been fired for ordering IBM"?
All that is now left is to complain about the maintenance contract fees and clauses. And that is not really your fault - or is it?
Much to be said about the early days of EU, but apparently the greather transparency is doing its work.
As so many others I fully agree: A tsunami warning system should be put in place. It ought to be fairly simple given the amount of satelites in orbit.
Those who flock to see the killer waves - well - www.darwinawards.com will take care of those. The rest of us can only applaud their stupidity and lack of presence on the roads leading away from disaster.
In a report the day after the quake I saw a number of tourists stating "we are going there and we are fully confident that the travel agency has everything under control".
What a tribute to Darwin.
I chose to express my opinion by downgrading my premium cable subscription ($50+ for that crap?) and adding the BlockBuster $25 you-can-swap-2-dvds-anytime deal.
I run the show. I refuse to have 25% of my screen taken up by commersials for the next show, the show tomorrow, news at 10:03.
Now I don't have to look at the crappy MPEG encoding Adelphia offers. I will have to make do with DVD quality. And IF they are lucky I MIGHT just see their newscast when I am ready.
Now I just have to get rid of these ridiculous previews of movies sson to come - 3 years ago. Time to make a Myth......
Seems like the buzzword these days are detection for no other reason than funding.
Yes it is obvious that highly criminal people and terrorists are sooo stupid they can't even fly a plane.
But in the real world...
Inkjet heads clog up and alters the way the ink is sprayed on to the paper, and laser printers use recycled cartridges. Doesn't take a genious to alter the raster pattern by using another rip - like ghostscript...
This looks like another face recognition blob. Much hype and not much reality.