If you consider that the people who are playing these games are doing so during the time where they used to watch television, the results are not too surprising seeing as how I have a hard time finding a less mentally stimulating experience than tv (especially considering what these kids were watching (ahem, *mon)
The most interaction you get from tv is changing channels, messing with the volume, and throwing hamburgers at Callista Flockheart trying to get her to eat more because she looks under-fed.
the more exercise a brain gets, the better it works. Interaction is better for you than no-action.
A study shows that the bigger something is, the harder it is to miss it!
They proved this by hiding a needle in a haystack and comparing the chances you would find it and comparing the numbers with the numbers from trying to find cowboyneal in a similar haystack.
Someone posted the e911 link (www.fcc.gov/e911), what that does to telecom companies is that they will HAVE to be able to locate all of the cell-phone users who use their systems.
That means they -have- to invest in it (at least in Europe and in the US), so they're going to be coming up with a bunch of new services that use your location, to recoup on that investment.
So expect big companies to know where you are a lot of the time. You know, so they can serve you better....
I'll keep using my pcs phone without e911 capability, until it breaks. When it breaks, screw communicating, I'd rather not be tracked.
all cell phones will be e911 compatible. There are solutions that need new phones but there are others where it's the network doing all of the work, and therefore whatever phone you have - they can track it.
but the plant doesnt MAKE pesticides, they just genetically alter the plant so that it becomes stronger, more resistant, immune to certain epidemics and in some cases poisonous/inedible to certain pests.
The problem that environmentalists have is that: you don't know how this will affect you when you eat it, it's not the same thing as ordinary corn, how can you tell it won't make you sterile or something?
Another, bigger one is that this will change evolutionary patterns of the insects that USED to eat that corn - they learn how to eat the new kind, and those who can't, die out, and you're left with stronger pests, so you have to increase your pesticide, and the cycle goes on, getting worse each time.
You can Genetically engineer crops to produce MORE corn, so your point seems kind of silly, especially since I have a hard time believing that the plants are "making" pesticides, instead of having "pesticides" or resistances built into their genes.
The problem is how will this affect the world?
how will it affect the ecosystem?
how will it affect me?
how will we find out? and when?
it's like using creatine, you'll get big and muscular now, but what effect will it have on you later on?
Anyone got an ovary, a female elephant (carrier) and a deserted island? we could raise it and set it free and it would seriously freak out a bunch of scientists when they found it.
but how is this better than playing chess on yahoo games or something? or MSN gaming zone? or Internet Chess Server, or (if you insist) by email or instant messenger?
I know that I've hooked up with some friends to play go on that myself, takes a whole "couple of seconds" to set a game up, and then there's this nice graphic interface, where you can also choose your likeness (myself I'm a cat wearing a baseball cap)!
I'm quite sure that the day freenet starts making it big time, you won't hear "and you can play chess with it too!", I mean, I'm much more interested in the anonymous transfer of free information than... a new way to play chess.
that is Canadian tax dollars being used so that the already monopolistic broadband companies in Canada can have an -even larger- customer base without even paying for the expansion.
Of course as a member of slashdot you can bet that I'm probably online way too much and definitely would WANT broadband no matter where I lived in Canada, but that's a lot of money that could go to fund hospitals instead of giving it to some broadband ISPs (which will mean Bell, most likely) to allow them to reach more customers.
Of course it's hard to forget that I'm getting broadband baby! Let's just hope I don't get a heart attack and need some critical surgery only to find out that the money for the operation has gone to fund a project so kids in Yukon could play low-ping counterstrike..
is that it suddenly becomes even easier for companies to decide what we like by being suggestive.
I don't trust an industry where they produce movies like pearl harbour and music like Britney Spears to decide what I like, and lord knows they keep trying to tell me.
A lot of people have a lot of money and are quoted as being "interested" in going to space. (Bill Clinton, and some hollywood directors to name just a couple)
The thing is, once everyone willing to pay 20 million to go to space will have done so (a lot of people with a lot of money who can buy everything really like showy-rare stuff). The space program will have quite a bit more funds than before, and then once there is a lower demand for 20 million dollar trips inside a capsule, I'm sure they will have enough money to throw a bunch of marketers at it to find some new market approach.
I can see within a larger time-frame some "coach class" trips to space and there will be much more of a demand to have a possibility to spend a vacation in a space/moon station.
I don't see much of a chance to film movies in space; it's much easier to recreate the environment here and use computer enhancements, but I'm sure a theme park on the moon would attract a lot of visitors (ripped from futurama:P), and while that's kind of far-fetched, paying to go into space is a step in that direction.
using the see-through to cheat at minesweeper!
I played so long to get those high scores and those bastards can see the mines right off!
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It's pretty intense that they can target you directly according to how your genes are. I wonder how accurate you could be, especially since all of our genes are pretty much the same.. I can see some disturbing results where attempts to assassinate someone specific person through a supposedly "individual" virus ends up killing everyone with a similar gene sequence.
Where does it say that UGO will not pay what they owe them? UGO told this webmaster that they are holding back their paychecks until this is signed. As long as they recieve the paychecks already earned, renegociating their payment schedule is not unethical.
As per your example, a bank might accept to have lower monthly payments at a higher interest rate if UGO has a hard time paying now.
Either way, you don't sign a contract without discussing it, he should contact UGO and talk to them about it. I agree with you that I don't like how UGO went straight to the lawyers, but if you don't create a good relationship between these content providers and UGO, then it's not going to work out for either of them.
Business relationships don't have to start through lawyers. You discuss it, then you have the lawyers draw up the contract you've agreed on.
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If you consider that the people who are playing these games are doing so during the time where they used to watch television, the results are not too surprising seeing as how I have a hard time finding a less mentally stimulating experience than tv (especially considering what these kids were watching (ahem, *mon)
The most interaction you get from tv is changing channels, messing with the volume, and throwing hamburgers at Callista Flockheart trying to get her to eat more because she looks under-fed.
the more exercise a brain gets, the better it works. Interaction is better for you than no-action.
-PYves
A study shows that the bigger something is, the harder it is to miss it!
They proved this by hiding a needle in a haystack and comparing the chances you would find it and comparing the numbers with the numbers from trying to find cowboyneal in a similar haystack.
-PYves
are-ay ey-thay itten-wray in-ay ig-pay atin-lay?
Of course unbeknowest to you, your janitor is using your account to play yahoo! bingo.
-PYves
Kind of like the comments on slashdot!
I suppose you could make it into a Katz joke too.
-PYves
so google isn't affiliated with google? how does that work again?
-PYves
Someone posted the e911 link (www.fcc.gov/e911), what that does to telecom companies is that they will HAVE to be able to locate all of the cell-phone users who use their systems.
That means they -have- to invest in it (at least in Europe and in the US), so they're going to be coming up with a bunch of new services that use your location, to recoup on that investment.
So expect big companies to know where you are a lot of the time. You know, so they can serve you better....
-PYves
all cell phones will be e911 compatible. There are solutions that need new phones but there are others where it's the network doing all of the work, and therefore whatever phone you have - they can track it.
but the plant doesnt MAKE pesticides, they just genetically alter the plant so that it becomes stronger, more resistant, immune to certain epidemics and in some cases poisonous/inedible to certain pests.
The problem that environmentalists have is that: you don't know how this will affect you when you eat it, it's not the same thing as ordinary corn, how can you tell it won't make you sterile or something?
Another, bigger one is that this will change evolutionary patterns of the insects that USED to eat that corn - they learn how to eat the new kind, and those who can't, die out, and you're left with stronger pests, so you have to increase your pesticide, and the cycle goes on, getting worse each time.
You can Genetically engineer crops to produce MORE corn, so your point seems kind of silly, especially since I have a hard time believing that the plants are "making" pesticides, instead of having "pesticides" or resistances built into their genes.
The problem is how will this affect the world?
how will it affect the ecosystem?
how will it affect me?
how will we find out? and when?
it's like using creatine, you'll get big and muscular now, but what effect will it have on you later on?
-PYves
Cause I have this left-over mammoth sperm!
Anyone got an ovary, a female elephant (carrier) and a deserted island? we could raise it and set it free and it would seriously freak out a bunch of scientists when they found it.
-PYves
we sign up the senator for some "product updates" and then see how he feels about spam.
-PYves
but how is this better than playing chess on yahoo games or something? or MSN gaming zone? or Internet Chess Server, or (if you insist) by email or instant messenger? I know that I've hooked up with some friends to play go on that myself, takes a whole "couple of seconds" to set a game up, and then there's this nice graphic interface, where you can also choose your likeness (myself I'm a cat wearing a baseball cap)! I'm quite sure that the day freenet starts making it big time, you won't hear "and you can play chess with it too!", I mean, I'm much more interested in the anonymous transfer of free information than... a new way to play chess.
Well.. in Quebec the only choice for broadband is Cable or DSL. 1 company in each, hence monopolistic.
On the down side of your point all the good doctors will move to America and get rich because of the lack of funds available for them in Canada.
-PYves
that is Canadian tax dollars being used so that the already monopolistic broadband companies in Canada can have an -even larger- customer base without even paying for the expansion.
Of course as a member of slashdot you can bet that I'm probably online way too much and definitely would WANT broadband no matter where I lived in Canada, but that's a lot of money that could go to fund hospitals instead of giving it to some broadband ISPs (which will mean Bell, most likely) to allow them to reach more customers.
Of course it's hard to forget that I'm getting broadband baby! Let's just hope I don't get a heart attack and need some critical surgery only to find out that the money for the operation has gone to fund a project so kids in Yukon could play low-ping counterstrike..
-PYves
In Québec, the main cable provider (Videotron) charges a fee after 3 Gigs of download and 1 Gig of upload.
;)
On the other hand, the adsl providers have a flat rate.
The day I switched from 56K to ADSL I downloaded 3 gigs worth of stuff, so let's just say I don't regret my choice
-PYves
on the bright side - they'll have very quick thumbs and good hand-eye coordination!
Wouldn't want to give aggressive teenagers a way to vent their aggression!
If they want to do THAT they'll need to do it the good old fashioned way - backyard wrestling followed by a trip to the ER!
is that it suddenly becomes even easier for companies to decide what we like by being suggestive.
I don't trust an industry where they produce movies like pearl harbour and music like Britney Spears to decide what I like, and lord knows they keep trying to tell me.
-PYves
I have a question, since I'm not as familiar with GPL as most slashdotters.
According to GPL, AOL should have to show all of the source code in that internet console? Or just the code that they borrowed?
give me a break, that's the same thing as linking to another website. Has slashdot ever been sued for slashdotting?
I really have a hard time believing you can sue someone for giving them the means to get to somewhere that is completely open to the public anyways.
he best be kidding.
-PYves
www.fuckKuro5hin.com goes to?
www.fucknbc.com used to go to cbs and www.fuckcbs.com used to go to nbc.
-PYves
A lot of people have a lot of money and are quoted as being "interested" in going to space. (Bill Clinton, and some hollywood directors to name just a couple)
:P), and while that's kind of far-fetched, paying to go into space is a step in that direction.
The thing is, once everyone willing to pay 20 million to go to space will have done so (a lot of people with a lot of money who can buy everything really like showy-rare stuff). The space program will have quite a bit more funds than before, and then once there is a lower demand for 20 million dollar trips inside a capsule, I'm sure they will have enough money to throw a bunch of marketers at it to find some new market approach.
I can see within a larger time-frame some "coach class" trips to space and there will be much more of a demand to have a possibility to spend a vacation in a space/moon station.
I don't see much of a chance to film movies in space; it's much easier to recreate the environment here and use computer enhancements, but I'm sure a theme park on the moon would attract a lot of visitors (ripped from futurama
-PYves
Russia invests in a huge catapult -PYves
using the see-through to cheat at minesweeper! I played so long to get those high scores and those bastards can see the mines right off!
It's pretty intense that they can target you directly according to how your genes are. I wonder how accurate you could be, especially since all of our genes are pretty much the same.. I can see some disturbing results where attempts to assassinate someone specific person through a supposedly "individual" virus ends up killing everyone with a similar gene sequence.
2002 -"George W. Bush dies of unknown causes"
2017 -"SAT scores at record highs!"
(ok ok I'm just kidding about W.)
-PYves
Where does it say that UGO will not pay what they owe them? UGO told this webmaster that they are holding back their paychecks until this is signed. As long as they recieve the paychecks already earned, renegociating their payment schedule is not unethical.
As per your example, a bank might accept to have lower monthly payments at a higher interest rate if UGO has a hard time paying now.
Either way, you don't sign a contract without discussing it, he should contact UGO and talk to them about it. I agree with you that I don't like how UGO went straight to the lawyers, but if you don't create a good relationship between these content providers and UGO, then it's not going to work out for either of them.
Business relationships don't have to start through lawyers. You discuss it, then you have the lawyers draw up the contract you've agreed on.
-PYves