I don't know much about it (I actually just found the site from a link last week), but it's a start. Imagine something like that coupled with podcasting or video...um...podcasting.
Just the fact that someone is giving their show away over the internet for free
Really, though, it's more economy than philanthropy, especially if it's an Attribution-NoDerivs license. If there aren't ads, it's low-cost distribution, because mirroring and propagation are taken care of. If it's with-ads, it's that plus ad income to take care of initial production costs.
I'm not saying it's a bad thing, though... it still means I can get it restriction-free.
(Musing) I imagine the biggest reason this sort of thing doesn't catch on more is more a reason that (especially with topical shows), there's the problem of not being able to sub-license the elements of the show (graphics, clips, etc.) from outside sources. A news program, for instance, would be a great candidate for open-distrib (since it's pretty much useless after it airs) if not for the problem of purchased outside source material.
In AJAX's defense, however, look at the apps it's being used on: Maps, photo browsing, autocomplete, and a webmail app.
Okay, I'll grant you the webmail app (although, IIRC, GMail does degrade well), but many of the other apps AJAX is getting used for are advantages strictly for the sighted. They are either for easier browsing of graphical content (maps, photos), or assisting visual cues (autocomplete).
dont be so hasty to dismiss great tools because people can't use them right. a nice site made entirely in flash can pleasant to use. dont focus on the bad ones. ..
Well, for one, "Click to download the plugin" on a blank screen really isn't the pinnacle of usability. Flash isn't a "standard", it's a plugin. Granted, it's a very popular plugin, but it isn't a universal expectation.
I'm a fan of incidental or mixed Flash, but there still should be some way to get the meat, the information, of the site in plain HTML, especially with something as mass-market as a realtor's site.
That said, I've found very few cases where I can't execute a given layout that works cross-browser (with the exceptions of IE/Mac and NS4.0-, which fail to render most anything correctly). It might take some planning and forethought, but that's what makes one a web developer, as opposed to a Flash developer, or any other goob with a keyboard.
(I don't know Canadian law, but in a lawful and just world...) The contract between the retailer and seller has no word-as-law to anyone except the people who entered into the contract, namely, the distributor and retailer. The customer never agreed to anything, either implicitly (existing law) or explicitly (contract).
Fighting generalization with generalization... does nothing.
That said, I like geek girls (and, I suppose, geeks of all sexes) because... well... it's an affinity. People like people who have things in common with them.
And, as to the GGPP's post about PCs taking over RPG's geekdom... maybe as late as 1990, but that's gone mainstream by now.
Perhaps we can replace a few words in your statement......and get a muddled mess?
As for liability, doctors have the advantage that their effects are easily seen and discriminated from outside effects. A teacher's "malpractice" might be poor teaching. It might also be a learning disorder, a bad home life, not enough involvement, the kid's just dumb... a number of things.
Also, they are more directly liable in critical matters, hence the weightier fines for malpractice and the larger cost to offset that. Start paying teachers what doctors make, confirming what you see as a critical enough role to merit the acknowledgement of catastrophic malpractice liability, and you might have a case for greater teacher liability.
Still, though, the botch was completely between the publisher and the retailer. If the retailer legally sold the book to the customer, the customer has committed no wrongs and should not be denied any rights.
The matter of whether I could care less about Scholastic's marketing strategies or Raincoast's pasting a target to their own backs should be completely between me and my concience.
Or, a metal sheathing cable (or chain) that firmly attaches to both ends of the thin wire. If the thin wire has more slack than the chain, and the chain is well-anchored, the wire won't even be pulled.
Although, morality can be said to be just a subset of fitness. Moral custom is rather useless in a world where it is not widely practiced: a weakling will just die at the hands of someone with no qualms of killing them. Among a species where morality (self-limiting actions that benifit others) is widely practiced, however, it can raise the standard and probability of living, thus perpetuating morality among the survivors.
Of course, one immoral person can come along and have the lion's share for a while, but if opposite morals are held and enforced by an overwhelming majority, the survival of one strong brute can be overwhelmed by many "mere townsfolk". Hence, police with guns.
Morality can fit perfectly well into "survival of the fittest", if you consider that the fitness gain of rape/murder/thieve does not take into account the fitness detriment of the resulting mass of armed police out for justice (the "enforcement arm" of morality).
Slashdot Mirror
At least we'd have a solid answer.
"What's the frequency, Kenneth?"
"Uhm. Ask Control, they're down the hall on the left."
It's true! I'm no one, and I believe!
http://wikinews.org/ ?
I don't know much about it (I actually just found the site from a link last week), but it's a start. Imagine something like that coupled with podcasting or video...um...podcasting.
It's nice if there's shit that needs to be made up.
My problem, personally, with the word "N*gger" is how to pronounce the asterisk. "Nass-tuhr-iss-kah-tig-ger"? "Nass-tar-uhg-ger"?
Just the fact that someone is giving their show away over the internet for free
Really, though, it's more economy than philanthropy, especially if it's an Attribution-NoDerivs license. If there aren't ads, it's low-cost distribution, because mirroring and propagation are taken care of. If it's with-ads, it's that plus ad income to take care of initial production costs.
I'm not saying it's a bad thing, though... it still means I can get it restriction-free.
(Musing) I imagine the biggest reason this sort of thing doesn't catch on more is more a reason that (especially with topical shows), there's the problem of not being able to sub-license the elements of the show (graphics, clips, etc.) from outside sources. A news program, for instance, would be a great candidate for open-distrib (since it's pretty much useless after it airs) if not for the problem of purchased outside source material.
In AJAX's defense, however, look at the apps it's being used on: Maps, photo browsing, autocomplete, and a webmail app.
Okay, I'll grant you the webmail app (although, IIRC, GMail does degrade well), but many of the other apps AJAX is getting used for are advantages strictly for the sighted. They are either for easier browsing of graphical content (maps, photos), or assisting visual cues (autocomplete).
dont be so hasty to dismiss great tools because people can't use them right. a nice site made entirely in flash can pleasant to use. dont focus on the bad ones. . .
Well, for one, "Click to download the plugin" on a blank screen really isn't the pinnacle of usability. Flash isn't a "standard", it's a plugin. Granted, it's a very popular plugin, but it isn't a universal expectation.
I'm a fan of incidental or mixed Flash, but there still should be some way to get the meat, the information, of the site in plain HTML, especially with something as mass-market as a realtor's site.
That said, I've found very few cases where I can't execute a given layout that works cross-browser (with the exceptions of IE/Mac and NS4.0-, which fail to render most anything correctly). It might take some planning and forethought, but that's what makes one a web developer, as opposed to a Flash developer, or any other goob with a keyboard.
No, yes, probably not. In that order.
Libraries (ITUSA), however, have a number of specific exemptions in Copyright law.
Should not be sued, but may be. Ref: That big shiny thing in Chicago.
I'm CCing this to my Congressman.
(I don't know Canadian law, but in a lawful and just world...) The contract between the retailer and seller has no word-as-law to anyone except the people who entered into the contract, namely, the distributor and retailer. The customer never agreed to anything, either implicitly (existing law) or explicitly (contract).
Fighting generalization with generalization... does nothing.
That said, I like geek girls (and, I suppose, geeks of all sexes) because... well... it's an affinity. People like people who have things in common with them.
And, as to the GGPP's post about PCs taking over RPG's geekdom... maybe as late as 1990, but that's gone mainstream by now.
Yeow! 399 Euro for a converter box!
I suppose, though, if you need it, and you want it, there you have it.
Perhaps we can replace a few words in your statement... ...and get a muddled mess?
As for liability, doctors have the advantage that their effects are easily seen and discriminated from outside effects. A teacher's "malpractice" might be poor teaching. It might also be a learning disorder, a bad home life, not enough involvement, the kid's just dumb... a number of things.
Also, they are more directly liable in critical matters, hence the weightier fines for malpractice and the larger cost to offset that. Start paying teachers what doctors make, confirming what you see as a critical enough role to merit the acknowledgement of catastrophic malpractice liability, and you might have a case for greater teacher liability.
.nl != .uk || .us || .etc
(and yes, I know that's improper form, but it explains better than a switch construct)
Still, though, the botch was completely between the publisher and the retailer. If the retailer legally sold the book to the customer, the customer has committed no wrongs and should not be denied any rights.
The matter of whether I could care less about Scholastic's marketing strategies or Raincoast's pasting a target to their own backs should be completely between me and my concience.
If you know the characteristics of a signal exactly, you can recover it from below quite a bit of noise.
For that matter, you don't even need the signal in the first place.
Or, a metal sheathing cable (or chain) that firmly attaches to both ends of the thin wire. If the thin wire has more slack than the chain, and the chain is well-anchored, the wire won't even be pulled.
Box-in-the-middle?
Question: How do you feel about permitted hunting in order to curb animal overpopulation?
Evolved Cow: WTF? All that time spent, and there wasn't even anything in the jar?!? I give up!
(Breaks jar, slashes own throat, committing suicide and forever ending the bloodline of Evolved Cow)
So... what do you do?
Although, morality can be said to be just a subset of fitness. Moral custom is rather useless in a world where it is not widely practiced: a weakling will just die at the hands of someone with no qualms of killing them. Among a species where morality (self-limiting actions that benifit others) is widely practiced, however, it can raise the standard and probability of living, thus perpetuating morality among the survivors.
Of course, one immoral person can come along and have the lion's share for a while, but if opposite morals are held and enforced by an overwhelming majority, the survival of one strong brute can be overwhelmed by many "mere townsfolk". Hence, police with guns.
Morality can fit perfectly well into "survival of the fittest", if you consider that the fitness gain of rape/murder/thieve does not take into account the fitness detriment of the resulting mass of armed police out for justice (the "enforcement arm" of morality).
Actually, it's "parrots". The board does allow HTML, but not bbcode.