"but I think it's safe to predict that eventually, computer-generated celebrities will be as numerous as live ones."
Actually this has already happened. Take a look at Mario, Sonic, Duke, Lara Croft, Jar Jar Binks, Earthworn Jim, Buzz Light Year and son on...
But still, people will prefer real idols since most of them represent in a sense what we all want to be. When coming to idols and role models and son on theres nothing like the real thing!
Nice idea really. But I would get really mad if i opened a web page that pops other pages (like a pr0n website) and would have to pay a penny for each....
GLOBALIZATION ON WHOSE TERMS?
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Defining Globalism
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· Score: 5, Informative
The main problem with Globalism is that everyone has their own idea of what it means. And most people tend to use the word as something that names what they like or dislike. In consequence, most people have an inmediate, non-analitical, and almost violent reaction towards the word "GLOBALIZATION". (At least JonKatz seems to...)
There is something that can be said about Globalism... Dont trust anyones definition on that word, specially when their definition is full of generalizations...
Having said that it can be argued either way if Multinationals have hijacked or not globalism. But you see, this is totally relative to the multinational at hand.
Investors from different countries tend to behave in different ways, frequently reflecting the different kinds of capitalist systems they come from. The most striking differences among foreign direct investors in the U.S. economy are found between West European and Japanese entities. Investments by the former are heavily concentrated in manufacturing and R investments by the latter are more evenly split between manufacturing and R&D facilities on the one hand and distribution networks on the other.
The bottom line is that international organizations today are fundamentally political, not legal or judicial, entities and will remain so into the policy-relevant future. Their staffs, moreover, will long be composed of foreign nationals dedicated to pursuing their own countries' interests. These organizations are certainly capable of fostering significant degrees of international cooperation in the technology field and others, but as is the case with issues involving globalization, interdependence, and cooperation, member states will constantly struggle to secure the best possible terms of cooperation. National representatives will continue to battle over questions such as: Who pays? Who benefits? Who benefits the most? Who is in charge?
You can't except organizations that are created for the purpose of making money (and the goverments sponsored by them) to behave otherwise. What you can hope for is that competition created by "globalization" will give consumers better products and that the free flow of technology and information within the "global village" will give people more an more choices.
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."
"I'm not surprised that colleges would complain about Napster bandwidth requirements because I hear the same wringing of hands over education in general. I hear there are too many applicants to top colleges. Excuse me, but wouldn't it be good to educate more students? Instead of saying there are too many applicants, why don't you work on increasing the availability of high-quality course offerings? I know you don't have tenure-track positions for all the people awarded doctorates, but it's not your job to offer everyone a position; it's your job to educate them."
Excellent point.
Re:Actually...
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Globalization
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I live and was born in a country were the USA isnt the most popular thing around. And I am not a USA fanatic myself. But there is something i can say for sure. I'd rather have the states as the world Superpower than the former USSR or the Nazi GERMANY or China or Afghanistan for that matter.
The real reason that the states is somewhat not liked in many countries is for its "DUAL POLICY". Liberty and so on is promoted within but the states policies outside the borders have been in several ocations barbaric. My country for instance, has been in a civil war for decades that has been directly or indirectly promoted by the USA.
In any case... Sept 11 is not justified in any way. Most of the world was as in shock as the USA was.
Sure... next thing MICROSOFT will make a pocket calculator with a very advanced "PC processor, and a PC graphics chip" that crashes every time you make a sum and YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BLAME IT ON THE HARDWARE!!!!!
"Out of five stores that have playable demos within a ten mile area, only two have working units," says the employee.
Well... (sigh) Ah... (geez)
"An Xbox unit in the Germantown, MD Target store is reported to have "freezing" problems that requires employees to open the kiosk every 75 minutes to reset the console.
From the faq on MSN-QWEST (the most hillarious thing i have ever read):
"Q: Why should I transition my service to MSN®?
A: There are many reasons why you should transition your service:
With more than 230 million visitors per month, MSN is available in 33 markets and in 17 languages.
(Source: Jupiter MediaMetrixTM Digital Media Report, April 01 for US, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, Japan, Spain, Brazil, Italy, Switzerland. Data are an aggregation of above listed countries.)
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"Most of the linux centric companies were leeching off the linux name, and those that weren't didn't fail because they were using Linux, they failed because they didn't have a business model with a chance in hell of (ever) going profitable."
True as hell. There are way to many companies leeching of the Linux name without o real business model...
"In addition, neither Experian eMarketing nor its clients will be required to employ the practice of double opt-in (process by which a consumer must reaffirm their permission before they are added to an e-mail list) demanded by MAPS in November 2000." This is just amazing. They shut down napster while they still allow Experian to continue SPAMing. Is this really the internet we all want??? Will this be the kind of legislation we will be seing over the net??
Well.. the speed of light has never seemed actually constant to me... it kind of depends of what light (colors) it refers to specifically. For example, if you pass a beam of light through a prisma you will get a several "lights" that actually turn alltogether. So... (just guessing) if the resulting light turned as a whole the "outer" part of the resulting beam would have to be faster that the inner part... the same way that if 10 people in a line turned alltogether the "outer" people would have to walk faster that the "inner".
Mrs Reynolds (the voice of MSN): "I honestly believe I have enough positive energy -- this is totally an Aquarius-type deal -- if I record these things thinking very positively, I kind of believe metaphysically it cheers people up. They'll get a positive hit,"
Gee... no wonder windows is so terrible somedays. Next time my computer crashes ill know its going throught its Taurus phase!!!!
"It's Canadian-built and it's as good as anything NASA's got," he says, adding with a grin. "And a lot cooler-looking."
"We're not trying to outdo NASA, we're trying to overcome that psychological barrier: that you can't go into space without all sorts of government technology and funding."
"People at NASA and Boeing have started calling us up and saying: 'Hey, can I take a look at this?'
"This is going to change history - I'm certain of that."
Well this does seem nice and everything but... uh... are they expecting to colonize mars too???
"Frankly I like that there are 2 efforts going on. Maybe one will succeed."
Well in a sense it is good that the projects have comed together specially when the outcome seems so young. Later on when the technology does become usable there will be other similar projects even based on the original.
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:09:49 -0500
From: root | Block Address | Add to Address Book
To: andres32a@yahoo.com
Subject: Was that you?
Make money fast by selling viagra to the Nigerian government while
helping them funnel the money they skim from the operation out of
the country to give to naked coeds so they can buy tiny miniture
webcams from a company that you must buy stock in now. THIS IS NOT SPAM
Well... nice article. But one thing is missing... How much spam will posting my email at/. generate???
Lets make the test. My email is andres32a@yahoo.com. DONT SPAM ME!!!
A linux for Playstation would actually be a perfect solution for third world countries as my own. If anything, it would actually prove that cheaper PCs are possible to make...
Dont kill the virus writers... kill BILL!!! He came up with the non-user all root Desktop. If windows were only like linux (user permisions)there is no way in earth that my stupid, stupid, stupid sister could open a virus and actually do any damage with it...
The REAL VIRUS is unlimited root access in Windows 95/98/ME.
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There is a nice picture a her here. just if anyone is interested...
"but I think it's safe to predict that eventually, computer-generated celebrities will be as numerous as live ones."
Actually this has already happened. Take a look at Mario, Sonic, Duke, Lara Croft, Jar Jar Binks, Earthworn Jim, Buzz Light Year and son on...
But still, people will prefer real idols since most of them represent in a sense what we all want to be. When coming to idols and role models and son on theres nothing like the real thing!
Nice idea really. But I would get really mad if i opened a web page that pops other pages (like a pr0n website) and would have to pay a penny for each....
There is something that can be said about Globalism... Dont trust anyones definition on that word, specially when their definition is full of generalizations...
Having said that it can be argued either way if Multinationals have hijacked or not globalism. But you see, this is totally relative to the multinational at hand.
Investors from different countries tend to behave in different ways, frequently reflecting the different kinds of capitalist systems they come from. The most striking differences among foreign direct investors in the U.S. economy are found between West European and Japanese entities. Investments by the former are heavily concentrated in manufacturing and R investments by the latter are more evenly split between manufacturing and R&D facilities on the one hand and distribution networks on the other.
The bottom line is that international organizations today are fundamentally political, not legal or judicial, entities and will remain so into the policy-relevant future. Their staffs, moreover, will long be composed of foreign nationals dedicated to pursuing their own countries' interests. These organizations are certainly capable of fostering significant degrees of international cooperation in the technology field and others, but as is the case with issues involving globalization, interdependence, and cooperation, member states will constantly struggle to secure the best possible terms of cooperation. National representatives will continue to battle over questions such as: Who pays? Who benefits? Who benefits the most? Who is in charge?
You can't except organizations that are created for the purpose of making money (and the goverments sponsored by them) to behave otherwise. What you can hope for is that competition created by "globalization" will give consumers better products and that the free flow of technology and information within the "global village" will give people more an more choices.
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."
Rich Cook.
"I'm not surprised that colleges would complain about Napster bandwidth requirements because I hear the same wringing of hands over education in general. I hear there are too many applicants to top colleges. Excuse me, but wouldn't it be good to educate more students? Instead of saying there are too many applicants, why don't you work on increasing the availability of high-quality course offerings? I know you don't have tenure-track positions for all the people awarded doctorates, but it's not your job to offer everyone a position; it's your job to educate them."
Excellent point.
The real reason that the states is somewhat not liked in many countries is for its "DUAL POLICY". Liberty and so on is promoted within but the states policies outside the borders have been in several ocations barbaric. My country for instance, has been in a civil war for decades that has been directly or indirectly promoted by the USA.
In any case... Sept 11 is not justified in any way. Most of the world was as in shock as the USA was.
You kind find more on OODBMS and their benefits here.
Sure... next thing MICROSOFT will make a pocket calculator with a very advanced "PC processor, and a PC graphics chip" that crashes every time you make a sum and YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BLAME IT ON THE HARDWARE!!!!!
"Out of five stores that have playable demos within a ten mile area, only two have working units," says the employee.
Well... (sigh) Ah... (geez)
"An Xbox unit in the Germantown, MD Target store is reported to have "freezing" problems that requires employees to open the kiosk every 75 minutes to reset the console.
Do i need to say anything??? @#"#"$@e$"!!!!!!!!!
From the faq on MSN-QWEST (the most hillarious thing i have ever read):
"Q: Why should I transition my service to MSN®?
A: There are many reasons why you should transition your service:
With more than 230 million visitors per month, MSN is available in 33 markets and in 17 languages.
(Source: Jupiter MediaMetrixTM Digital Media Report, April 01 for US, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, Japan, Spain, Brazil, Italy, Switzerland. Data are an aggregation of above listed countries.)
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Quality, reliability and speed.
Technical support, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at no charge!
Continue to enjoy POP3 e-mail service, with an option to switch to the world's largest Web-based e-mail service, MSN Hotmail®, via MSN Internet Explorer and get up to nine e-mail screen names for you and the rest of your family. (Due to the Microsoft anti-spam initiative, customers are restricted to use their mail services. Therefore, POP3 service is only available when using MSN Explorer, Microsoft Outlook, or Microsoft Outlook Express.)
Instant messaging from MSN Messenger Service, the fast growing instant messaging service.
You get more space for your personal Web site from 5 MB to 30 MB.
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Catch up on the latest news from MSNBC
Listen to your favorite music
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Personalize your home page with weather, sports, news or local events
Shop from the convenience of your home
Invest your money wisely
Search for information
Send online greeting cards
Plan your vacation
Take care of your family's health (This one is amazing)
And, so much more
True as hell. There are way to many companies leeching of the Linux name without o real business model...
"In addition, neither Experian eMarketing nor its clients will be required to employ the practice of double opt-in (process by which a consumer must reaffirm their permission before they are added to an e-mail list) demanded by MAPS in November 2000." This is just amazing. They shut down napster while they still allow Experian to continue SPAMing. Is this really the internet we all want??? Will this be the kind of legislation we will be seing over the net??
"Q. You don't seem to think governments can be effective in breaking a monopoly.
A. Antitrust enforcement is a hippopotamus. It lumbers in after the game is over."
Aint that true...
Did anyone understand my point??
Gee... no wonder windows is so terrible somedays. Next time my computer crashes ill know its going throught its Taurus phase!!!!
Somehow, Oracle is saying that the Open Source comunity is not 'capable' of producing a dominant database...
"We're not trying to outdo NASA, we're trying to overcome that psychological barrier: that you can't go into space without all sorts of government technology and funding."
"People at NASA and Boeing have started calling us up and saying: 'Hey, can I take a look at this?'"This is going to change history - I'm certain of that."
Well this does seem nice and everything but... uh... are they expecting to colonize mars too???
"Frankly I like that there are 2 efforts going on. Maybe one will succeed." Well in a sense it is good that the projects have comed together specially when the outcome seems so young. Later on when the technology does become usable there will be other similar projects even based on the original.
"Second, and possibly even more importantly, the tactics are often resulting in a switch to open source software."
Gee... i hope not. I really hope companies will change to Open Source for its quality and stability and not because of BSAs tactics.Any similar documentation for OPENSSL??? Anyone??
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:09:49 -0500 From: root | Block Address | Add to Address Book To: andres32a@yahoo.com Subject: Was that you? Make money fast by selling viagra to the Nigerian government while helping them funnel the money they skim from the operation out of the country to give to naked coeds so they can buy tiny miniture webcams from a company that you must buy stock in now. THIS IS NOT SPAM
Boy this is scary... ten minutes and already 13 emails!!!!
Well... nice article. But one thing is missing... How much spam will posting my email at /. generate???
Lets make the test. My email is andres32a@yahoo.com. DONT SPAM ME!!!
A linux for Playstation would actually be a perfect solution for third world countries as my own. If anything, it would actually prove that cheaper PCs are possible to make...
Dont kill the virus writers... kill BILL!!! He came up with the non-user all root Desktop. If windows were only like linux (user permisions)there is no way in earth that my stupid, stupid, stupid sister could open a virus and actually do any damage with it...
The REAL VIRUS is unlimited root access in Windows 95/98/ME.