I am happy that our improved communications allow this sort of thing to be found and sorted quickly. 100 years ago and you'd just have different people coming to different conclusions based on different base data.
The Storm? Didn't that make the whole front of the phone one big button? You got the click of pressing a key, but not any more feel between keys than any other touch screen phone. Clicking that phone made me feel like Indiana Jones stepping on a trap...if I let up, do I get poison darts shot at me?
I'm going to Godwin this and say that moving to an xxx domain is the same as getting branded, numbered, or badged. It's fine in the beginning, but wait until someone doesn't want you around. Same reason people have a problem with gun registration. Actually, same reason people have a problem with giving away any personal information that may categorize them -- and ALL personal information does.
1) I am white, african-american, mexican, asian, etc 2) I am Catholic, Christian, Protestant, Muslim, Hindu, etc 3) My phone number is... 4) I use this ATM most often 5) I fly Jetblue, Southwest, American, United, most often 6) I donate to these charities 7) I voted democrat, republican, green, libertarian, etc 8) My website is a.com,.org,.net,.xxx, etc
There's always a chance that somewhere down the road, someone in power will change things, and not only will white-skinned JetBlue Libertarians be rounded up, but your name and address will be in bold in *their* never-deleted electronic files.
I'm pretty sure "the threat of Communism" is similar to the rallying point of "the threat of Christianity" in extremist Islamic sects. You pick some nebulous construct, demonize it, then rally your people against it. Communism wasn't the threat -- it was, as always, an economic thing. But telling people they need to watch out for money-mongers...well, that probably wouldn't go so well for the money-mongers in the U.S.
To stick to Half-Life.. if they took its plot and story length as it ended up being, but split it up into 3 titles in a series.. the lab area, battling the military chaps, and the alien world.. that'd work quite well.
Yes, more like HL2 Episodes rather than a full game. Charge $20 for each episode rather than $60 for a longer game. I'd be much more willing to shell out $20 for 6 hours of entertainment than $60 for 15 hours.
But you know, sometimes you don't finish because you've just had enough of the gameplay. It was fun, but you've moved on. I never finished Baldur's Gate, Half Life (the asteroid jumping wore me down), and Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic (which was an awesome game which was based on and enhanced Master of Magic -- I played the first scenario, essentially one map, and it took 3 hours to create my kingdom and overwhelm the bad guys...and I'd had my fill of the game. Totally fun and epic, but so epic that I was done with it).
Oddly, Left4Dead 2 I'll turn on a couple times a week because of the adrenaline rush and social aspect of Versus mode.
Exaclty right. When we started making centralized shopping with huge parking lots, we just exacerbated the driving problem. I'd rather go back to neighborhoods that have the usual goods (basic groceries, bread, beer, wine, pubs/restaurants) and let the delivery guy drive his single truck around to outfit them all, rather than make 1000 people drive to a single location. If I could arrive home from work, walk to the store, walk to the gym, walk to dinner...my life would be 100% better. In certain areas you can do that, but it should be possible in more than just dense cities.
So this model doesn't take into account the Mule (most models don't). You can edit for different circumstances, but it's definitely a "if this were to happen, then this might happen" thing rather than a "if we do this, then this might happen". You can't actual control obesity levels any more than you can control how many roads are in a city.
Scientist: If we replace roads with walking areas and light rail, we can reduce pollution in the city by 80%, make travel more efficient, and have 30% more green space.
Politicians: We will NOT be the first city to remove cars. We get way too many kickbacks. Find something else to do. Can we have light rail that runs on gasoline? Would that use more gas than all the cars? If so, we'll put that on the table.
Pretty soon there will be consumer level "taxes" or "fees" applied to everyone. We'll pay X amount per month for unlimited music, unlimited books. If you want a book in the first 3 months of release, you pay extra. Perhaps you subscribe to the audio-book where you can have GlaDOS read you the book (or perhaps Wheatley, the hyper British bot):
It was the best of time, it was the worst of times. Well, what's that really? Wholly contradictory, doesn't make a LICK of sense. Not saying it isn't profound in that literary way some people look for but it really isn't MEANINGFUL is it? Not really.
Anyway, same with music -- pay monthly for a service to listen to unlimited music (there's already one in Europe coming to the states, but can't remember the bloody name of it). Subscriptions are gold for companies because you're paying whether you use it or not (see HBO for details).
With the exit of physical books, it seems like the idea of having an editor and publisher may be going by the wayside. Originally, these people were around for quality control to make sure only decent books made it to the publishing equipment -- making sure the publishing money was spent well. (Honestly, being a fantasy, sci-fi buff, the bar is set pretty low in these genres.) But if you can self publish with the click of a mouse, the only thing you need to worry about is the marketing and collection of money. Like the RIAA where the physical CD is less important than the original recording, it might be that the market will be flooded by AppStore-priced ebooks (99 cents...) and authors will earn money through peer-review reputation system rather than a marketing company.
Instead they took the "snobby U of M rich guy in a turtleneck" direction instead.....
I've been to the dusty old "this piece belongs in a museum" used book stores, searching for something out of the ordinary while dodging horn-rimmed elderly folk and globes of the ancient world. I'll tell you that story is neverending.
I've dropped my phone running across the street, on the bathroom floor, etc. It has a slight scuff on the metal edging (I have a 3GS). Glass is completely unmarred and all I had was a thin plastic surround. My boss has broken two by sitting on them while they were in her back pocket. It just sort of depends on how it falls, how it takes its damage. I wouldn't call the phone fragile though -- I doubt many of the less expensive plastic phones would survive a fall onto pavement regardless of the landing.
Pardon me while I shut down my OpenBSD pf firewall guarding my Plone installation running on FreeBSD -- the latter of which you'll need to not be sighed at on the Plone support forums.
I'm not sure why, with a proper warrant, this shouldn't happen. No, a police officer shouldn't be able to ask you to decrypt without a warrant, same as they can't enter your house without one (except for special circumstances). But if they can convince a judge, then it's due process. TSA is a different deal I expect, given that the whole TSA theater doesn't sit on American soil or some such. Remember kids:
An Enemy Combatant isn't a Prisoner of War. Dropping bombs with drones is not fighting a war. Security zones in airports are the fuzziest of fuzzy law areas.
Okay, I didn't read the IP act, but one entity can't ask a judge to shut down another entity without a good reason. The reason will be reviewed by a judge (the same way a warrant is reviewed by a judge) and if he deems the site as falling into the category of the PROTECT IP act, a temporary injunction will be placed. Someone decides to do this. You don't ask and get it. This is one of the most important things judges do -- they take responsibility under the law to actually change things. They don't just sit in a high chair and say, "Overruled" or "Pre---POST---erous!"
it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government
Absolutely. It's called a revolution.
How quickly would they be shut down?
Ain't nobody said it would be easy, or that the other guy doesn't like they way he's doin' it. You expectin' the government to just agree they aren't doin' such a swell job, step down, and offer you a swing at it? Here in America, we believe in democracy as a means to bring about change. W and Obama couldn't seem more different, but we're still killin' foreign folk, still cagin' 'em without due process, still tappin' the people's phones and goin' through their records. The PATRIOT act still blocks the sight of Ol' Glory. I'm not sayin' things are all bad here -- lots o' good in fact, 'specially compared to some places. But it's tricky ground we're on and if you got somethin' to say about it, you probably don't want a revolution, least ways not yet. You might want a movement, tho'. Group o' people all sayin' the same thing can get the attention of certain folk.
Atlanteans had this tech back in the 10,000 BCs except they didn't bother with a tether, they just beamed their maser (that's Microwave amplified...) energy through crystals seated on top of large pyramidal buildings. We're so 20,000 years ago.
Slashdot Mirror
I know kung fu.
Totally. It reminds me of another recent Slashdot Article:
Justification For Canadian Copyright Reform Revealed
The only reason that's on slashdot is because
A. The story is about copyright
B. Canada
Most people would say it's primarily because of A. But I blame Canada.
I am happy that our improved communications allow this sort of thing to be found and sorted quickly. 100 years ago and you'd just have different people coming to different conclusions based on different base data.
Once you've put 40 meaningful words into my wikipedia entry, I'll tell you all you want to know about the worth of a wikipedia article.
The Storm? Didn't that make the whole front of the phone one big button? You got the click of pressing a key, but not any more feel between keys than any other touch screen phone. Clicking that phone made me feel like Indiana Jones stepping on a trap...if I let up, do I get poison darts shot at me?
We need to keep logs of our DHCP servers for 6 months (which is about twice as long as it takes for a DMCA notice to find its way to us).
I'm going to Godwin this and say that moving to an xxx domain is the same as getting branded, numbered, or badged. It's fine in the beginning, but wait until someone doesn't want you around. Same reason people have a problem with gun registration. Actually, same reason people have a problem with giving away any personal information that may categorize them -- and ALL personal information does.
1) I am white, african-american, mexican, asian, etc .com, .org, .net, .xxx, etc
2) I am Catholic, Christian, Protestant, Muslim, Hindu, etc
3) My phone number is...
4) I use this ATM most often
5) I fly Jetblue, Southwest, American, United, most often
6) I donate to these charities
7) I voted democrat, republican, green, libertarian, etc
8) My website is a
There's always a chance that somewhere down the road, someone in power will change things, and not only will white-skinned JetBlue Libertarians be rounded up, but your name and address will be in bold in *their* never-deleted electronic files.
You just wait. :-)
I'm pretty sure "the threat of Communism" is similar to the rallying point of "the threat of Christianity" in extremist Islamic sects. You pick some nebulous construct, demonize it, then rally your people against it. Communism wasn't the threat -- it was, as always, an economic thing. But telling people they need to watch out for money-mongers...well, that probably wouldn't go so well for the money-mongers in the U.S.
And I'd like that in my 3D printed coffee mug please.
To stick to Half-Life.. if they took its plot and story length as it ended up being, but split it up into 3 titles in a series.. the lab area, battling the military chaps, and the alien world.. that'd work quite well.
Yes, more like HL2 Episodes rather than a full game. Charge $20 for each episode rather than $60 for a longer game. I'd be much more willing to shell out $20 for 6 hours of entertainment than $60 for 15 hours.
But you know, sometimes you don't finish because you've just had enough of the gameplay. It was fun, but you've moved on. I never finished Baldur's Gate, Half Life (the asteroid jumping wore me down), and Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic (which was an awesome game which was based on and enhanced Master of Magic -- I played the first scenario, essentially one map, and it took 3 hours to create my kingdom and overwhelm the bad guys...and I'd had my fill of the game. Totally fun and epic, but so epic that I was done with it).
Oddly, Left4Dead 2 I'll turn on a couple times a week because of the adrenaline rush and social aspect of Versus mode.
Exaclty right. When we started making centralized shopping with huge parking lots, we just exacerbated the driving problem. I'd rather go back to neighborhoods that have the usual goods (basic groceries, bread, beer, wine, pubs/restaurants) and let the delivery guy drive his single truck around to outfit them all, rather than make 1000 people drive to a single location. If I could arrive home from work, walk to the store, walk to the gym, walk to dinner...my life would be 100% better. In certain areas you can do that, but it should be possible in more than just dense cities.
So does a false positive mean you're dead?
Drug: Must find viruses. Oh, there's one...I think. And that one too. Oooh, actually, they're ALL viruses!
So this model doesn't take into account the Mule (most models don't). You can edit for different circumstances, but it's definitely a "if this were to happen, then this might happen" thing rather than a "if we do this, then this might happen". You can't actual control obesity levels any more than you can control how many roads are in a city.
Scientist: If we replace roads with walking areas and light rail, we can reduce pollution in the city by 80%, make travel more efficient, and have 30% more green space.
Politicians: We will NOT be the first city to remove cars. We get way too many kickbacks. Find something else to do. Can we have light rail that runs on gasoline? Would that use more gas than all the cars? If so, we'll put that on the table.
Pretty soon there will be consumer level "taxes" or "fees" applied to everyone. We'll pay X amount per month for unlimited music, unlimited books. If you want a book in the first 3 months of release, you pay extra. Perhaps you subscribe to the audio-book where you can have GlaDOS read you the book (or perhaps Wheatley, the hyper British bot):
It was the best of time, it was the worst of times. Well, what's that really? Wholly contradictory, doesn't make a LICK of sense. Not saying it isn't profound in that literary way some people look for but it really isn't MEANINGFUL is it? Not really.
Anyway, same with music -- pay monthly for a service to listen to unlimited music (there's already one in Europe coming to the states, but can't remember the bloody name of it). Subscriptions are gold for companies because you're paying whether you use it or not (see HBO for details).
With the exit of physical books, it seems like the idea of having an editor and publisher may be going by the wayside. Originally, these people were around for quality control to make sure only decent books made it to the publishing equipment -- making sure the publishing money was spent well. (Honestly, being a fantasy, sci-fi buff, the bar is set pretty low in these genres.) But if you can self publish with the click of a mouse, the only thing you need to worry about is the marketing and collection of money. Like the RIAA where the physical CD is less important than the original recording, it might be that the market will be flooded by AppStore-priced ebooks (99 cents...) and authors will earn money through peer-review reputation system rather than a marketing company.
Interesting times.
Instead they took the "snobby U of M rich guy in a turtleneck" direction instead.....
I've been to the dusty old "this piece belongs in a museum" used book stores, searching for something out of the ordinary while dodging horn-rimmed elderly folk and globes of the ancient world. I'll tell you that story is neverending.
I've dropped my phone running across the street, on the bathroom floor, etc. It has a slight scuff on the metal edging (I have a 3GS). Glass is completely unmarred and all I had was a thin plastic surround. My boss has broken two by sitting on them while they were in her back pocket. It just sort of depends on how it falls, how it takes its damage. I wouldn't call the phone fragile though -- I doubt many of the less expensive plastic phones would survive a fall onto pavement regardless of the landing.
I mean, as a race of bags of mostly water, we're just asking for it.
Pardon me while I shut down my OpenBSD pf firewall guarding my Plone installation running on FreeBSD -- the latter of which you'll need to not be sighed at on the Plone support forums.
I hate replying to ACs. Seems like a waste of time but...
"Special circumstances" might be gunfire in the house, a cry for help, a burning house, etc.
I'm not sure why, with a proper warrant, this shouldn't happen. No, a police officer shouldn't be able to ask you to decrypt without a warrant, same as they can't enter your house without one (except for special circumstances). But if they can convince a judge, then it's due process. TSA is a different deal I expect, given that the whole TSA theater doesn't sit on American soil or some such. Remember kids:
An Enemy Combatant isn't a Prisoner of War.
Dropping bombs with drones is not fighting a war.
Security zones in airports are the fuzziest of fuzzy law areas.
What price freedom?
Okay, I didn't read the IP act, but one entity can't ask a judge to shut down another entity without a good reason. The reason will be reviewed by a judge (the same way a warrant is reviewed by a judge) and if he deems the site as falling into the category of the PROTECT IP act, a temporary injunction will be placed. Someone decides to do this. You don't ask and get it. This is one of the most important things judges do -- they take responsibility under the law to actually change things. They don't just sit in a high chair and say, "Overruled" or "Pre---POST---erous!"
it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government
Absolutely. It's called a revolution.
How quickly would they be shut down?
Ain't nobody said it would be easy, or that the other guy doesn't like they way he's doin' it. You expectin' the government to just agree they aren't doin' such a swell job, step down, and offer you a swing at it? Here in America, we believe in democracy as a means to bring about change. W and Obama couldn't seem more different, but we're still killin' foreign folk, still cagin' 'em without due process, still tappin' the people's phones and goin' through their records. The PATRIOT act still blocks the sight of Ol' Glory. I'm not sayin' things are all bad here -- lots o' good in fact, 'specially compared to some places. But it's tricky ground we're on and if you got somethin' to say about it, you probably don't want a revolution, least ways not yet. You might want a movement, tho'. Group o' people all sayin' the same thing can get the attention of certain folk.
Hey, thanks AC. You're spot on. Atlantis had it in 10,000 BC and I'm saying our tech is probably what they had in 20,000(ish) BC.
Atlanteans had this tech back in the 10,000 BCs except they didn't bother with a tether, they just beamed their maser (that's Microwave amplified...) energy through crystals seated on top of large pyramidal buildings. We're so 20,000 years ago.