Not surprisingly, then it is in the US that we find a significant attempt by a judge to define obscenity (note: obscenity, not pornography). This is the so-called Miller Test, after the case of Miller v California, 1973, in which Justice Warren Burger defined as pornographic a work, which, when taken as a whole,
*Appeals to prurient interest *Depicts sexual conduct in a patently offensive way *Lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value
If a work conforms to this definition, then it may, according to prevailing community standards, be condemned as obscene. If it does not meet this definition, then it is not obscene and even pornography which does not meet this definition enjoys the protection of the First Amendment
In all seriousness, you're wrong. In Falwell v Flint, the supreme court 100% rejected your arguement, saying that porn is art unless it is outside the standards of the community.
"He has one particularly valuable characteristic that no other federal security leader has in that he has actually fought the bad guys both in defending the networks at Microsoft..."
Obviously, this should read: "He has one particularly valuable characteristic that no other federal security leader has in that he has actually fought [for] the bad guys both in defending the networks at Microsoft and within the government"
Uh, because most (probably close to 95%) of Microsoft's income is from exactly 2 programs -- Windows and Office. Microsoft gets about $40 for every copy of windows that comes preinstalled. They would have to be INSANE to give up that revinue stream. What can the open source community offer them that compares to that? Anyone who proposed such a thing would be fired so fast their ass would make skid marks across the M$ parking lot.
Let me preface this by saying whoever modded that as funny should be taken into some dimly lit parking lot and raped
With that said, you have some good insights there, but I disagree on one issue. I would argue that such single-player games as you name fall into two catagories. You have games (1) that require a lot of thinking to progress -- tetris, Freecell, etc; and (2) those games such as Snood, Tron, etc that do not. Games in catagory #2 cause people to faze out, and (IMHO) are the ones that are the most socially destructive.
Is it me, or is that just a TAD low? I mean, it seems perfectly logical to me that increasing signal power decreases signal loss and would therefore increase throughput. So why are they using something so weak, particularly over such a long distance?
To blockquote the article Wilson pthe presiding judge] said the case was different from a similar one involving a Texas man who was sued in California for distributing a DVD-descrambling utility online. The California Supreme Court said in November 2002 that Internet distribution of software did not subject someone to California jurisdiction. The U.S. Supreme Court briefly put that decision on hold, then backed out of the case this month.
Obviously there's already a case on point, so on appeal, jurisidiction will be reversed. But could somebody please tell me how this case is different?
Well, that may be a bit extreme, but it's a fair assessment. In the real world (or so I am told) 90% of what you do is code maintence and support. Reading other people's coding becomes essential. In your average CS program, you end up doing precious little of both. (And, for the record, I became a Comp Engineering major because I didn't want to spend the rest doing such) Regardless, the above poster makes a valid point that schools would do well to align their courses more closely with what the real world desires.
I have only recieved one request for me to take code down -- it came from a friend who happened to be TA'ing the class which we both took last year for which I had some code up. I complied with his request at once.
The problem comes in because most of the assignments for which I have code posted are reused every semester (or every other semester, depending on how often the class is offered). What is the point in having code up if I have to take it down for 6 months out of the year?
University of Queensland in Australia. For some reason I think you yanks would have had the extact same thing happen over there long long long before someone bothered to contact a lawyer in.au.
You know what, I would be offended... if this weren't true.
Oh, he will. I am definetely emailing him the URL of this thread as I write this. (He and I are on good terms, he's one of my favorite profs, so it's not a big deal)
I agree with you that legally, I am entitled to publish this material. I know that one overzealous computer science professor actually makes his students sign contracts that give legal ownership of their code to him to prevent just this.
But by the same token, is the university not entitled to come after me for suborning plagurism. That is basically the crux of their arguement, that I am giving students the capability to cheat. So their arguement would be that yes, I can publish it yes, but it has reprocussions.
And my professors are basically split 50/50. The ones who give projects (in one particular case, to design a MIPS processor using Verilog) objected to the page, arguing that he can't change the project all that much year to year. [I better be careful about what I say -- I know he reads slashdot quite often:)]
Meanwhile, another professor of mine (Field Theory) said that he fully supports what I am doing, and that the professor cannot seriously expect students not to converse about the assignments, and that this is only the next logical step.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk/MUHome/cshtaml/m edia/porno1.html
Not surprisingly, then it is in the US that we find a significant attempt by a judge to define obscenity (note: obscenity, not pornography). This is the so-called Miller Test, after the case of Miller v California, 1973, in which Justice Warren Burger defined as pornographic a work, which, when taken as a whole,
*Appeals to prurient interest
*Depicts sexual conduct in a patently offensive way
*Lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value
If a work conforms to this definition, then it may, according to prevailing community standards, be condemned as obscene. If it does not meet this definition, then it is not obscene and even pornography which does not meet this definition enjoys the protection of the First Amendment
Since pornography serves no common good...
In all seriousness, you're wrong. In Falwell v Flint, the supreme court 100% rejected your arguement, saying that porn is art unless it is outside the standards of the community.
Details details...
I am always wary when I see ".se" on slashdot.
As someone who provided the BSA with information
Why on earth would you do that? What motivation would there be for you do to such a thing?
Watch out, Ashcroft and the feds should be coming to your door as I write this...
"He has one particularly valuable characteristic that no other federal security leader has in that he has actually fought the bad guys both in defending the networks at Microsoft..."
Obviously, this should read: "He has one particularly valuable characteristic that no other federal security leader has in that he has actually fought [for] the bad guys both in defending the networks at Microsoft and within the government"
Uh, because most (probably close to 95%) of Microsoft's income is from exactly 2 programs -- Windows and Office. Microsoft gets about $40 for every copy of windows that comes preinstalled. They would have to be INSANE to give up that revinue stream. What can the open source community offer them that compares to that? Anyone who proposed such a thing would be fired so fast their ass would make skid marks across the M$ parking lot.
Let me preface this by saying whoever modded that as funny should be taken into some dimly lit parking lot and raped
With that said, you have some good insights there, but I disagree on one issue. I would argue that such single-player games as you name fall into two catagories. You have games (1) that require a lot of thinking to progress -- tetris, Freecell, etc; and (2) those games such as Snood, Tron, etc that do not. Games in catagory #2 cause people to faze out, and (IMHO) are the ones that are the most socially destructive.
In the article, it says they used a balloon. So it was a point to point transmission. No bouncy-bouncy involved.
Is it me, or is that just a TAD low? I mean, it seems perfectly logical to me that increasing signal power decreases signal loss and would therefore increase throughput. So why are they using something so weak, particularly over such a long distance?
To blockquote the article
Wilson pthe presiding judge] said the case was different from a similar one involving a Texas man who was sued in California for distributing a DVD-descrambling utility online. The California Supreme Court said in November 2002 that Internet distribution of software did not subject someone to California jurisdiction. The U.S. Supreme Court briefly put that decision on hold, then backed out of the case this month.
Obviously there's already a case on point, so on appeal, jurisidiction will be reversed. But could somebody please tell me how this case is different?
The damn thing, dubbed "The Savage Empire," is actually watchable.
Not any more...
Uh, do you mean Dave Mills (IE, my advisor, and definetely one of my favorite profs)?
Well, that may be a bit extreme, but it's a fair assessment. In the real world (or so I am told) 90% of what you do is code maintence and support. Reading other people's coding becomes essential. In your average CS program, you end up doing precious little of both. (And, for the record, I became a Comp Engineering major because I didn't want to spend the rest doing such) Regardless, the above poster makes a valid point that schools would do well to align their courses more closely with what the real world desires.
I have only recieved one request for me to take code down -- it came from a friend who happened to be TA'ing the class which we both took last year for which I had some code up. I complied with his request at once.
The problem comes in because most of the assignments for which I have code posted are reused every semester (or every other semester, depending on how often the class is offered). What is the point in having code up if I have to take it down for 6 months out of the year?
University of Queensland in Australia. For some reason I think you yanks would have had the extact same thing happen over there long long long before someone bothered to contact a lawyer in .au.
You know what, I would be offended... if this weren't true.
Oh, he will. I am definetely emailing him the URL of this thread as I write this. (He and I are on good terms, he's one of my favorite profs, so it's not a big deal)
Maybe if you followed the link, you would be enlightened
I agree with you that legally, I am entitled to publish this material. I know that one overzealous computer science professor actually makes his students sign contracts that give legal ownership of their code to him to prevent just this.
But by the same token, is the university not entitled to come after me for suborning plagurism. That is basically the crux of their arguement, that I am giving students the capability to cheat. So their arguement would be that yes, I can publish it yes, but it has reprocussions.
And my professors are basically split 50/50. The ones who give projects (in one particular case, to design a MIPS processor using Verilog) objected to the page, arguing that he can't change the project all that much year to year. :)]
[I better be careful about what I say -- I know he reads slashdot quite often
Meanwhile, another professor of mine (Field Theory) said that he fully supports what I am doing, and that the professor cannot seriously expect students not to converse about the assignments, and that this is only the next logical step.
Code once, debug everywhere. Although, to be fair, is that still the situation or has it improved since I last dabbled?
Although I do have to figure out what to broadcast with my new webcam :)
I think you need to be donkey punched, followed by the life altering experience of waking up in a strange room covered in dog jizz
Oh my lord... what were they think...err, drinking?