So basically the argument goes.... she shouldn't use the map that china wants her to use, for their own political reasons, and instead she should use other maps, that other people endorse for their own political reasons.
No, the argument is that she shouldn't use maps that include irrelevant political details. The maps used should not include political boundaries at all. It has nothing to do with the research, and just results in stupid controversies such as this.
This kind of like submitting research, but having an political ad saying "Vote for Obama" as one of the illustrations.
It doesn't belong there, and IMHO Nature should have denied the submission if she wasn't willing to change it.
Unfortunately, they appear to have taken the more common tactic of "let's stick our head in the sand and hope this issue goes away" to solve the problem.
1) The poster complains about the writer of the article being "ridiculously illiterate", but has wonderfully constructed sentences such as: "To, in this context of communist domination of space launch services, point to the failure of space programs to develop the economic potential of space is tendentious to say the least"
2) He makes completely bogus claims such as:
"The math has been done and it is clear:
Habitats fabricated in free space can provide thousands of times more habitable surface area than Earth." but fails to provide any reference for where "the math has been done". On the back of his tinfoil hat?
Oh wait, I guess habitats fabricated in space could provide thousands of times more habitable surface area....if you ignore the fracking energy cost of building them!
3) This nutcase believes cold fusion was supressed. Oh, I see....if you use fairy dust and tap your ruby slippers together, the math does work out.
In my recent browsing history, 80% URLs are https.
Good for you. Unfortunately, the plural of anecdote is not data.
I'm guessing that maybe, just maybe, Google might have a little better statistics on the browsing tendencies of users than you.
By your logic, we should put the tabs right in the middle of the screen. After all, the user's mouse tends to be nearer the center of the screen rather than at the top, and the less mouse movement the better.
In the vast majority of UI's represents a "folder" of conceptually related data. Putting the URL above the tab breaks this concept. It puts data specifically related to the tab being viewed outside the context of the tab.
It's a stupid idea, and Google should be applauded for just saying no.
but it's reasonable keep a movie that consistently earns royalties for its creators longer. Maybe forty or fifty years -- enough to support a lifelong career
Yes, because the rest of us poor slobs can spend a year at a job then earn money from it forty or fifty years later
Supposedly Bethesda have a financial reason for suing Notch and for a actual business to engage in basically a game of chance (Quake 3 is not a game of chance but pitting two unknown team against each other in it is) to determine if they will go ahead with the suit or drop it is just irresponsible. And assuming that they are a corporation beholden to look after the best interests of their shareholders most likely an illegal act to boot.
That makes the huge assumption that the financial loss caused by a game with the word "Scrolls" in it would be greater than the publicity value of a Quake 3 match over this issue. It also assumes that Bethesda feels they have a legal leg to stand on here. They may have just fired off the letter as a scare tactic.
Uhh.... did I forget International Poetry Day or something?
Seriously, what gives?
To counter silly sophistry, one must speak in poetry
Not a matter of philosophy, but to convince with eloquence
To simply plead all blustery's, a technique of futility
Best use good ol' artistry, to win the argument.
Your argument is flawed, as anyone can see, For your rhyming pattern's off...it's not A-A-B-B In any case there's something that you forgot to say It is most definitely not International Poetry Day!
The problem is the same "logic" can be used for any bothersome problems.
How did the universe start? God did it.
What caused life to evolve? God did it.
Why does a rotating magnetic field induce electrons to move? God likes it when rotating magnetic field cause the motions of electrons.
Why do the planets revolve around the sun? God likes circles.
Sure, its an "answer". But it's an entirely vapid answer. It doesn't expand our knowledge of the universe, and is the scientific equivalent of sticking our collective heads in the sands and shouting "don't ask uncomfortable questions!".
No. Among other things, they can't deny services by implementing various illegal forms of discrimination.
Sure they can. And these forms of discrimination are not illegal. When you sign up for Sony's network, you agree to play by their rules. One of those rules is that you will not attach a modified PS3 to their network.
Now I'll be the first to say that Sony has been a group of complete asshats with regards to the whole "Go ahead, run Linux on your PS3!" marketing followed by "BTW, we're taking that away", and with their outrageous legal action against Hotz & failOverflow, but in this case I have no problem with them banning modified consoles.
It's a somewhat stupid marketing move (especially given the timing), but a perfectly legal (and possibly appropriate) one.
Meteorologists are not foolish enough to pretend they understand climate well enough to predict what the climate will do for the whole earth over an extended period of time.
Really? I seem to remember a story on slashdot about this one meteorologist who had some kind of a bet regarding what the overall climate would do over the next ten years.
Where do you see "several employees previously, unanimously and clearly attributed the ban to a union contract in the first place?"
The most damning evidence I see from the link is the single post from lilyjmills, which she later clarifies with the following:
"I asked around and it sounds like APM was the most cost effective choice for production music. We're actually simply piggy-backing off the use license acquired from CBC Television (a license that can be used for the entire network). "
Doesn't hinder you until you need to reinstall it and Steam doesn't exist anymore. People are still playing the first Civilization; luckily the down defunct Microprose didn't have DRM servers back then.
Good point! Think I'll go play a copy of the first Civilization.
Let's see, just dig in my closet, pull out the box, take out the discs, and...oh, wait....these 3.5" floppies don't fit in my blu-ray drive.
Not a problem. I'll just run down to my local computer store and...damnit...nobody sells 3.5" floppies anymore.
Ok, not a problem....I'll just download the game off this torrent site. Better check my system requirements. EMM386? WTF is that? An AdLib sound card...ooo, think I have one of those...damnit, it won't fit in any of the PCI slots.
Oh...this guy on the web is saying use some Dos in a Box program....I'll try that. Oh, there we go.
10 years from now, I should be able to a virtualized image of Windows 7 with my Civ V install on it just fine.
1) Getting local access (as indicated), just requires taking advantage of a flaw in any software you run that connects to the internet. The difficulty in exploiting one of these flaws depends on how savy the user is, and what software they run.
2) The exploit you mention doesn't give the user root access. Or even local access. It lets the attacker read cookies, download browser local encrypted data, or download raw.aspx files from the server. That's it. The flaw got spammed to a zillion anti-Microsoft sites due to a sensationalist description by the group that discovered the flaw, and misreported as something much more serious than it was. There is a very simple workaround for it, and any.NET developer worth their salt already would have configured a sensitive production server as described in the workaround.
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But some things are also obvious before their invention...like the thing Apple is suing over.
"New" should not mean the same thing as "Invention" as far as patent law is concerned.
It quite obviously doesn't promote innovation, and is tying up our legal system with stupid lawsuits that do nothing but harm the consumer.
No, the argument is that she shouldn't use maps that include irrelevant political details. The maps used should not include political boundaries at all. It has nothing to do with the research, and just results in stupid controversies such as this.
This kind of like submitting research, but having an political ad saying "Vote for Obama" as one of the illustrations.
It doesn't belong there, and IMHO Nature should have denied the submission if she wasn't willing to change it.
Unfortunately, they appear to have taken the more common tactic of "let's stick our head in the sand and hope this issue goes away" to solve the problem.
+4? Seriously? Is this a joke?
1) The poster complains about the writer of the article being "ridiculously illiterate", but has wonderfully constructed sentences such as:
"To, in this context of communist domination of space launch services, point to the failure of space programs to develop the economic potential of space is tendentious to say the least"
2) He makes completely bogus claims such as:
"The math has been done and it is clear:
Habitats fabricated in free space can provide thousands of times more habitable surface area than Earth."
but fails to provide any reference for where "the math has been done". On the back of his tinfoil hat?
Oh wait, I guess habitats fabricated in space could provide thousands of times more habitable surface area....if you ignore the fracking energy cost of building them!
3) This nutcase believes cold fusion was supressed.
Oh, I see....if you use fairy dust and tap your ruby slippers together, the math does work out.
Good for you. Unfortunately, the plural of anecdote is not data.
I'm guessing that maybe, just maybe, Google might have a little better statistics on the browsing tendencies of users than you.
By your logic, we should put the tabs right in the middle of the screen. After all, the user's mouse tends to be nearer the center of the screen rather than at the top, and the less mouse movement the better.
In the vast majority of UI's represents a "folder" of conceptually related data. Putting the URL above the tab breaks this concept. It puts data specifically related to the tab being viewed outside the context of the tab.
It's a stupid idea, and Google should be applauded for just saying no.
Yes, because the rest of us poor slobs can spend a year at a job then earn money from it forty or fifty years later
Oh please, won't someone think of the actors?
14 years is perfectly justifiable.
A word of advice: If everyone else loves the movies you hate, then maybe, just maybe, you have bad taste.
Note: This also works for books, television, music and fashion, but unfortunately not for Slashdot posts.
What? And you're saying this number is coincidentally exactly the same as it's mass?!?
I think I'm gonna go hide under a rock in 2036.
That makes the huge assumption that the financial loss caused by a game with the word "Scrolls" in it would be greater than the publicity value of a Quake 3 match over this issue. It also assumes that Bethesda feels they have a legal leg to stand on here. They may have just fired off the letter as a scare tactic.
Well, just imagine that the response was the same and you would have nothing to be concerned about.
The legality is not the same.
To counter silly sophistry, one must speak in poetry
Not a matter of philosophy, but to convince with eloquence
To simply plead all blustery's, a technique of futility
Best use good ol' artistry, to win the argument.
Your argument is flawed, as anyone can see,
For your rhyming pattern's off...it's not A-A-B-B
In any case there's something that you forgot to say
It is most definitely not International Poetry Day!
Next week on Slashdot...
Lawyers discuss the legal reasons why P=NP.
It would probably make more sense than this article.
I don't understand the summary at all!
Could someone please provide a simple car analogy?
Wow, how insightful.
The problem is the same "logic" can be used for any bothersome problems.
How did the universe start? God did it.
What caused life to evolve? God did it.
Why does a rotating magnetic field induce electrons to move? God likes it when rotating magnetic field cause the motions of electrons.
Why do the planets revolve around the sun? God likes circles.
Sure, its an "answer". But it's an entirely vapid answer. It doesn't expand our knowledge of the universe, and is the scientific equivalent of sticking our collective heads in the sands and shouting "don't ask uncomfortable questions!".
Note, that this answer is only viable for extremely complex values of "simple".
Sure they can. And these forms of discrimination are not illegal. When you sign up for Sony's network, you agree to play by their rules. One of those rules is that you will not attach a modified PS3 to their network.
Now I'll be the first to say that Sony has been a group of complete asshats with regards to the whole "Go ahead, run Linux on your PS3!" marketing followed by "BTW, we're taking that away", and with their outrageous legal action against Hotz & failOverflow, but in this case I have no problem with them banning modified consoles.
It's a somewhat stupid marketing move (especially given the timing), but a perfectly legal (and possibly appropriate) one.
I think your second paragraph needs to have a little discussion with your first paragraph...
Really? I seem to remember a story on slashdot about this one meteorologist who had some kind of a bet regarding what the overall climate would do over the next ten years.
Oh wait....
Here's the actual study which describes this phenomenon.
I'm now switching my browser defaults to Arial so I can forget everything I read on Slashdot faster.
Where do you see "several employees previously, unanimously and clearly attributed the ban to a union contract in the first place?"
The most damning evidence I see from the link is the single post from lilyjmills, which she later clarifies with the following:
"I asked around and it sounds like APM was the most cost effective choice for production music. We're actually simply piggy-backing off the use license acquired from CBC Television (a license that can be used for the entire network). "
Sorry, nothing to see here....move along...
Links are fun! You should try them sometime!
Link to the aforementioned response. Note you have to scroll down to the letter by Dr. Tsao...
Good point! Think I'll go play a copy of the first Civilization.
Let's see, just dig in my closet, pull out the box, take out the discs, and...oh, wait....these 3.5" floppies don't fit in my blu-ray drive.
Not a problem. I'll just run down to my local computer store and...damnit...nobody sells 3.5" floppies anymore.
Ok, not a problem....I'll just download the game off this torrent site. Better check my system requirements. EMM386? WTF is that? An AdLib sound card...ooo, think I have one of those...damnit, it won't fit in any of the PCI slots.
Oh...this guy on the web is saying use some Dos in a Box program....I'll try that. Oh, there we go.
10 years from now, I should be able to a virtualized image of Windows 7 with my Civ V install on it just fine.
How exactly is this any different?
I would have modded this up, but in the time it took to clean the coffee off my keyboard and monitor, my mod points expired. :-P
Dunno if they had this in the US, but in Canada they had a brilliant "If one of our new releases isn't in, we'll let you rent it free when it is in!".
Brilliant idea. I went 6 months watching movies for free on that one.
Median salary per person was $25,149 in 2005 according to wikipedia
Median salary per household was $$50,233 in 2007 according to wikipedia
You would do well to check which figures you are arguing about.
2 things:
1) Getting local access (as indicated), just requires taking advantage of a flaw in any software you run that connects to the internet. The difficulty in exploiting one of these flaws depends on how savy the user is, and what software they run.
2) The exploit you mention doesn't give the user root access. Or even local access. It lets the attacker read cookies, download browser local encrypted data, or download raw .aspx files from the server. That's it. The flaw got spammed to a zillion anti-Microsoft sites due to a sensationalist description by the group that discovered the flaw, and misreported as something much more serious than it was. There is a very simple workaround for it, and any .NET developer worth their salt already would have configured a sensitive production server as described in the workaround.
Other than that, your post was spot on!