That's the lecture they're trying to sell tickets for, not the date the pics were captured. They say on the website that the pictures were taken over the past two years.
As I see it, TV might be a decently analagous system. People pay for their cable bill, or in this case, their ISP bill. They then get content.
Who provides the content?
The cable company, through both ads and charging for the service.
Since the ISP is the one benifitting from the content on the internet, one (self-preserving) way of keeping that content fresh would be to "give back" in some way.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of the 'net, this would add overhead to those "good" ISPs which want to contribute, allowing ISPs that want to give just basic service to run at a lower cost with lower overhead.
The other problem with this is that it promotes content that benifits the ISP -- somewhat analagous to how TV has been taken over by large corperate moguls, allowing only corperate consumers to have a voice except in very small areas (public access, for instance).
It's fortunate that the Internet can't be controlled in the same way as TV, but with webhosting bills and domain registration bills that quickly add up, I can see many people who run sites as a hobby eventually giving it up since it's an unnecessary monetary drain.
Perhaps that's how "good" ISPs could give back -- support the lowly webmaster with some cool content that's been overwhelmed... say, by a slashdotting...:)
But one question: is there anything Apple can do to stop this?
If you remember, they've been *very* anal in the past about some things they consider to be "their stuff", such as the look and feel of the OS. I can't see them just sitting around and watching while all their OS capabilities are matched (or, for that matter, exceeded).
If they sent C&D letters for freakin' themes, I doubt they'll just sit around while their API is emulated. They've show themselves to be rather devious, and I'd be a little worried if I was a NetBSD developer.
Amazing. While MS continues to innovate visual solutions to problems, the open-source community keeps returning to outdated ways of doing things.
Why didn't they spend all that time in a better way -- say, creating a nice, point and click interface? If they don't, developers will be forced to upgrade to a feature-full language like ASP, which has a full, elegant visual interface.
The idea that you should have to learn the command line interface to a language will end up coming back to bite PHP it the ass. I don't want to be forced to use ASP. Please, would you guys reconsider?
So they introduce a new, much-anticipated "supercomputer" processor, and it runs at... well...
700 Mhz?!?
It seems that this is yet another area that desktop hardware has exceeded the old stalwarts of the computer industry. While SGI is poking along at 700 Mhz, I'll be running my P4 at 3 Gigahertz, thankyouverymuch.
It's amazing to me that the Government, and many non-innovative companies, continue to buy this crap. Granted, SGI was once important, but it's coming more and more clear that anything they can do, a good Intel+Nvidia setup can do better -- especially when you consider the clustering that Linux and NT can do.
SGI should throw in the towel. They've clearly been outclassed.
Rise of the Triad is arguably much, much worse than DOOM.
Do you think it's really a good idea to release such a violent game for free? Totally unregulated? At least if you're selling a game, you can check IDs and make sure the buyer is over 18...
I'm a little worried about what kind of psychological damage something like this could do to a little kid that stumbles upon this. We don't need another Columbine.
Then again, you probably got that from an email forward, and nothing that's forwarded along is fake. I should know -- I earned a little girl $11.50 towards a kidney transplant by forwarding emails to everyone on my contact list!
Lately, I've been going through Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Series. Very interesting, and quite entertaining.
I think what makes it appealing to me is that it isn't too far-fetched, and also deals with the human element -- something that's all too often ignored in the terribly geeky, antisocial realm of sci-fi.
Um. Right. Of course, since it's an OpenSource database, it's obviously better. I'm sorry, but that's not quite logical.
I've gotta say, that kind of logic runs rampant in the OpenSource community. Linux is a "Windows Killer". Gimp is a "Photoshop Killer". Abiword is a "Word Killer". Apache is a "IIS Killer". Yet none of these systems are really any better than what they are supposed to kill -- they're all playing catch-up!
Did you ever stop to think where you'd be when you finally kill your idols and have noone left to copy?
If regular products are replaced by shoddy knock-offs, the incentive to innovate will be gone. Do you want to live in a world where things like the GUI, 3D graphics, wordprocessing, webserving, and other commercial products were never developed?
I didn't think so. Your arrogance will come back to hurt us all if you don't lay off it.
use a better example, such as giraffes and their long necks
Indeed. The giraffes who were able to stretch their necks longer were able to have offspring, and their necks were then longer.
It's kind of like when professional bodybuilders have children -- their children get bodybuilder genes passed on. In fact, if more parents would get to the gym, not as many children would be obese.
It's like no one ever learned anything from Darwin.
this looks like a prelude to a whole new round of dirty tricks
Don't think so. Why not? I mean, they are Microsft, right?
Yeah, they aren't the nicest company in the world, but guess what: no companies are. That includes our precious VA Research/Linux/Software, Ximian, and Redhat.
They don't need to do dirty tricks at this point in the game. They've already won. And... brace yourself... they won by having a better product.
Before you call me a Microsoft groupie, think about it. Windows XP, despite the draconian licencing (which is honestly their right), is so much easier to use than Linux it's not even funny, and it's just as stable. Internet Explorer is -- bar none -- the best browser today. Mozilla doesn't even come semi-close. Office is so capable that even LaTeX can't compare anymore, and Office has more functionality than Corel and any of the open-source efforts combined! The Visual Studio IDE integrates everything wonderfully, integrating a really slick editor, a world-class debugger, and a high-quality compiler.
And these are all availble at reasonable prices. Before you say "But linux is free!", consider that you need training to use it... which takes time, money, or both, which are certainly not free.
Face it. Microsoft has already won by having better products. Open Source is playing catch up, as usual.
As far as I can tell, it's very similar to Star Trek fans, only less normal.
Hardcore Anime fans (i.e. most of them) seem to get really into it. My in-depth analysis of the topic reveals these following reasons:
Most of them can't deal with reality.
They need an escapist fantasy to replace that reality.
Since they were picked on during their teen years, they look back on their prepubescent days with nostaliga.
They delve into cartoons -- specifically cartoons about preadolecent kids -- to try and regain some of that fun, comfortable feel of being a kid and watching Saturday morning cartoons.
Additionally, the sexual scenes are comforting in that they can live vicariously through the anime characters. This sort of bizarre fantasy can usually be traced to sexual frusteration in their teen years.
You'll notice that there aren't as many non-U.S. Anime fanboys. I believe this is due to Europe having a much healthier culture than America, where people aren't so dysfunctional about issues like bullying, drinking, and sex.
So, basically it's a backlash from their oppressed upbringing; an unhealthy, escapist way to delve into a reality which is more "fun".
Unfortunately, it usually doesn't work that way. Scientists divide themselves into their seperate camps, and sometimes turn a blind eye to the inconsistencies in their own theories.
The sad fact is that scientists are human. They have their own allegiances -- not always to the scientific method. Some are quite petty.
"a new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it" --Max Planck
Thomas Kuhn had a lot to say about this. Learn more here.
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That's the lecture they're trying to sell tickets for, not the date the pics were captured. They say on the website that the pictures were taken over the past two years.
As I see it, TV might be a decently analagous system. People pay for their cable bill, or in this case, their ISP bill. They then get content.
:)
Who provides the content?
The cable company, through both ads and charging for the service.
Since the ISP is the one benifitting from the content on the internet, one (self-preserving) way of keeping that content fresh would be to "give back" in some way.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of the 'net, this would add overhead to those "good" ISPs which want to contribute, allowing ISPs that want to give just basic service to run at a lower cost with lower overhead.
The other problem with this is that it promotes content that benifits the ISP -- somewhat analagous to how TV has been taken over by large corperate moguls, allowing only corperate consumers to have a voice except in very small areas (public access, for instance).
It's fortunate that the Internet can't be controlled in the same way as TV, but with webhosting bills and domain registration bills that quickly add up, I can see many people who run sites as a hobby eventually giving it up since it's an unnecessary monetary drain.
Perhaps that's how "good" ISPs could give back -- support the lowly webmaster with some cool content that's been overwhelmed... say, by a slashdotting...
But one question: is there anything Apple can do to stop this?
If you remember, they've been *very* anal in the past about some things they consider to be "their stuff", such as the look and feel of the OS. I can't see them just sitting around and watching while all their OS capabilities are matched (or, for that matter, exceeded).
If they sent C&D letters for freakin' themes, I doubt they'll just sit around while their API is emulated. They've show themselves to be rather devious, and I'd be a little worried if I was a NetBSD developer.
The eighth Halloween memo?
Sheesh. ESR needs to find a new hobby.
A freakin' command line interface?
Amazing. While MS continues to innovate visual solutions to problems, the open-source community keeps returning to outdated ways of doing things.
Why didn't they spend all that time in a better way -- say, creating a nice, point and click interface? If they don't, developers will be forced to upgrade to a feature-full language like ASP, which has a full, elegant visual interface.
The idea that you should have to learn the command line interface to a language will end up coming back to bite PHP it the ass. I don't want to be forced to use ASP. Please, would you guys reconsider?
Why did that remind me of Slashdot? Weird.
Damnit, I only need a few more points to level up to Karma: Excellent! I fucking hate this place, the mods are so lame.
Canada is finally Number One in something besides smelly, draft-dodging hippies.
SGI is getting old, and it shows.
So they introduce a new, much-anticipated "supercomputer" processor, and it runs at... well...
700 Mhz?!?
It seems that this is yet another area that desktop hardware has exceeded the old stalwarts of the computer industry. While SGI is poking along at 700 Mhz, I'll be running my P4 at 3 Gigahertz, thankyouverymuch.
It's amazing to me that the Government, and many non-innovative companies, continue to buy this crap. Granted, SGI was once important, but it's coming more and more clear that anything they can do, a good Intel+Nvidia setup can do better -- especially when you consider the clustering that Linux and NT can do.
SGI should throw in the towel. They've clearly been outclassed.
Rise of the Triad is arguably much, much worse than DOOM.
Do you think it's really a good idea to release such a violent game for free? Totally unregulated? At least if you're selling a game, you can check IDs and make sure the buyer is over 18...
I'm a little worried about what kind of psychological damage something like this could do to a little kid that stumbles upon this. We don't need another Columbine.
If our democratically elected President believes we can breathe there, we can!
You do realize that it was Quayle that said that, right?
Then again, you probably got that from an email forward, and nothing that's forwarded along is fake. I should know -- I earned a little girl $11.50 towards a kidney transplant by forwarding emails to everyone on my contact list!
And as the author notes, this kind of information is really crucial to get a grip on before Hammer arrives.
Yah, you don't want to be caught without da knowledge when the MC gets back in town to teach these new kids a "lesson".
2 legit 2 quit! Hammer time, yo!! Word!
Enterprise is still better.
Even at it's best, Farscape sucks worse than the last season of seaQuest.
I think we all remember that abortion.
The truth hurts, and the Sci-Fi execs have once again shown that they are more intelligent than their viewers.
HTH!
Are you crazy? Aren't you forgetting something, like, oh...
FUCKIN' STAR TREK!?!
Enterprise rocks my world like Mexican food for breakfast. Everything else is just pretenders to the throne.
Love Always,
Cobalt
Lately, I've been going through Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Series. Very interesting, and quite entertaining.
I think what makes it appealing to me is that it isn't too far-fetched, and also deals with the human element -- something that's all too often ignored in the terribly geeky, antisocial realm of sci-fi.
From the oracle-killer dept.
Um. Right. Of course, since it's an OpenSource database, it's obviously better. I'm sorry, but that's not quite logical.
I've gotta say, that kind of logic runs rampant in the OpenSource community. Linux is a "Windows Killer". Gimp is a "Photoshop Killer". Abiword is a "Word Killer". Apache is a "IIS Killer". Yet none of these systems are really any better than what they are supposed to kill -- they're all playing catch-up!
Did you ever stop to think where you'd be when you finally kill your idols and have noone left to copy?
If regular products are replaced by shoddy knock-offs, the incentive to innovate will be gone. Do you want to live in a world where things like the GUI, 3D graphics, wordprocessing, webserving, and other commercial products were never developed?
I didn't think so. Your arrogance will come back to hurt us all if you don't lay off it.
Well, purely from an aesthetic standpoint.
There's just something about a liquid fueled center surrounded by a bunch of boosters.
The whole thing just looks beefy.
*plonk*
It's neither one of those users. You have just pegged yourself as a newbie.
http://slashdot.org/~OOG_THE_CAVEMAN/
use a better example, such as giraffes and their long necks
Indeed. The giraffes who were able to stretch their necks longer were able to have offspring, and their necks were then longer.
It's kind of like when professional bodybuilders have children -- their children get bodybuilder genes passed on. In fact, if more parents would get to the gym, not as many children would be obese.
It's like no one ever learned anything from Darwin.
Hey, why not! It'd sure teach the Bloody Reds to respect AMERICA!
I wish Project A 119 was never cancelled. It would have been a major step in the right direction... nuking other planets.
How are we going to get into fights with aliens if we can't even destroy a simple little satellite?
"Destroy the moon! Blow it out of the sky!"
--Mike Hererra, MxPx
Hell yeah. Just what we need.
A frickin' Moon Base!
this looks like a prelude to a whole new round of dirty tricks
Don't think so. Why not? I mean, they are Microsft, right?
Yeah, they aren't the nicest company in the world, but guess what: no companies are. That includes our precious VA Research/Linux/Software, Ximian, and Redhat.
They don't need to do dirty tricks at this point in the game. They've already won. And... brace yourself... they won by having a better product.
Before you call me a Microsoft groupie, think about it. Windows XP, despite the draconian licencing (which is honestly their right), is so much easier to use than Linux it's not even funny, and it's just as stable. Internet Explorer is -- bar none -- the best browser today. Mozilla doesn't even come semi-close. Office is so capable that even LaTeX can't compare anymore, and Office has more functionality than Corel and any of the open-source efforts combined! The Visual Studio IDE integrates everything wonderfully, integrating a really slick editor, a world-class debugger, and a high-quality compiler.
And these are all availble at reasonable prices. Before you say "But linux is free!", consider that you need training to use it... which takes time, money, or both, which are certainly not free.
Face it. Microsoft has already won by having better products. Open Source is playing catch up, as usual.
Hardcore Anime fans (i.e. most of them) seem to get really into it. My in-depth analysis of the topic reveals these following reasons:
- Most of them can't deal with reality.
- They need an escapist fantasy to replace that reality.
- Since they were picked on during their teen years, they look back on their prepubescent days with nostaliga.
- They delve into cartoons -- specifically cartoons about preadolecent kids -- to try and regain some of that fun, comfortable feel of being a kid and watching Saturday morning cartoons.
- Additionally, the sexual scenes are comforting in that they can live vicariously through the anime characters. This sort of bizarre fantasy can usually be traced to sexual frusteration in their teen years.
You'll notice that there aren't as many non-U.S. Anime fanboys. I believe this is due to Europe having a much healthier culture than America, where people aren't so dysfunctional about issues like bullying, drinking, and sex.So, basically it's a backlash from their oppressed upbringing; an unhealthy, escapist way to delve into a reality which is more "fun".
They've discovered the one-time pad!
This is just fucking revolutionary. Somebody dust off the Nobel prize.
Unfortunately, it usually doesn't work that way. Scientists divide themselves into their seperate camps, and sometimes turn a blind eye to the inconsistencies in their own theories.
The sad fact is that scientists are human. They have their own allegiances -- not always to the scientific method. Some are quite petty.
"a new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it"
--Max Planck
Thomas Kuhn had a lot to say about this. Learn more here.
Sounds a lot like Command & Conquer: Renegade to me.
I just hope they do a better job with the storyline. God, that sucked. A few missions in and suddenly... what? I'm done already?!? LAME!
Even Unreal Tournament had a better story arc, and that's really saying something.