I know this is an unpopular viewpoint, and I'll probably get fried for it, but what's wrong with "finders keepers"? If someone is enterprising and quick enough to reserve a domain name like ford.com before Ford did, then they should be justly rewarded.
Of course, an outlandish sum should not be the result, but something. It's free market, just like any other.
It's a start. AI is supposed to mimic human responses, so raising it from a "baby" makes sense. It will be programmed over many years, just like a human child. After all, we are all programmed, by our enviroment, people around us, as well as by our genetic code.
But open-source software is free. So which one is the better deal? Simple economics shows the answer well.
And by the way, cheap software, multiplied by let's say, 100 computers for a school adds up to big bucks. Take a school system like New York City's, where there are hunfreds of school,s and it gets downright prohibitive.
Microsoft is stepping up efforts to stop license infringement in schools...
Which is pathetic. Microsoft knows the school system is strapped for cash, and now because of their greed, it has backfired. Now the young people of this country will run Linux instead. And Microsoft won't get their money anyway.
Not only is this a blow for Microsoft in terms of market share, but in PR as well.
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And I guess both of you noticed the "random hangs" too.
Cynical, yet real. Look at the passage of the Sonny Bono Act, the one that extended copyright by 20 years, bringing the totals up to 95 years after an author's death!. This was spurred on by Disney, whose copyright on Mickey Mouse was slated to expire in 2004. Now all it takes is a mere act of Congress to extend copyright terms again.
Will Disney will be handing over fistfuls of dough to get terms extended once more? I'd bet the ranch on it.
I agree. But it does not end there. Cracking encryption, even to make an archive copy is prohibited under the DMCA. Archiving was once fair-use. Now we no longer have it, when encryption scheme are implemented for CD's, MP3's, etc.
And I'm not referring to the geek who can crack it, but the every Joe Sixpack who lacks the know-how. Most people fall into this category.
I used to scan for out-of-town stations all the time driving from NYC to my brother's house in Long Beach, Long Island. It seems that at night, with few sources of electromagnetic radiation (from powerlines, etc.) you can pick up distant stations with astonishing regularity. I used to listen to stations as far away as Charlotte (1300 AM) and Atlanta (750 AM).
Someone thumbed his nose at copyright protection Wednesday without getting arrested, indicted or sued.
Finally, someone sees cracking encryption as something other than a hacker threat. There are more uses for such activity, such as education, to see how the encryption works.
Let's hope that this is a precedent, since that government is unlikely to repeal this law.
I actually ran my own "Great Wall of Dilbert" at a past job of mine. All but one person enjoyed reading the comics on the wall, even the stiffs from Corporate!
If you'd read the article, you'd have seen that reportedly 50% of jobs in the U.S. require daily interaction with a computer. And let me tell you, precious few of them are voice-activated
I work at a computer, and fast typing is not necessary. Not everything on a computer is word processing or data entry.
Would you be willing to throw away 24 years of your career and start fresh, competing against kids that just got out of college, because of a debilitating physical condition brought on by your employer?
Stop blaming "the other guy"! RSI is common, well-known and preventable. Maybe the worker is a fault for not taking the necessary preventive action.
This was an excellent, common-sense decision rendered by the court. It's refreshing to see the courts stopping a frivolous, get-rich-quick lawsuit.
One publisher, Eric Corley of 2600 magazine, has been hauled into court for providing a Web link to a site that held a program called DeCSS. This brief piece of code was written by a 15-year-old in Norway; it breaks the industry-standard DVD copy protection to allow movies to run on Linux-based computers. Instead of firing the wizards who stuck them with a system so weak that a teenager could crack it, the recording industry initiated lawsuits to ban access to the code, and Corley's magazine was cited.
It's the climate of the world today; something goes wrong, so blame the other person instead of examining your own faults and flaws in your work.
I suppose they use the term "wizards" loosely, since it was a teenager who cracked the code.
Unfortunately, the news media prefers to report on the mainstream, the common. Linux stories just don't generate the ratings since it does not affect the mainstream Joe Sixpack.
Ask someone on the street, "What is Linux", and it's likely you'll get a confused, puzzled look.
Google has definitely left its mark on the search engine industry. Some of the new engines almost look like Google. Gone are the days of banner ads on the front page.
However, it's the cache that sets Google apart from the rest. Also, he search results are newer, too.
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I'm on the net all the time at my job with a trusty t1 connection, but almost never on my dialup at home.
Any questions?
Report it to SourceForge then.
Link is guaranteed goatse.cx free.
I know this is an unpopular viewpoint, and I'll probably get fried for it, but what's wrong with "finders keepers"? If someone is enterprising and quick enough to reserve a domain name like ford.com before Ford did, then they should be justly rewarded.
Of course, an outlandish sum should not be the result, but something. It's free market, just like any other.
It's a start. AI is supposed to mimic human responses, so raising it from a "baby" makes sense. It will be programmed over many years, just like a human child. After all, we are all programmed, by our enviroment, people around us, as well as by our genetic code.
But open-source software is free. So which one is the better deal? Simple economics shows the answer well.
And by the way, cheap software, multiplied by let's say, 100 computers for a school adds up to big bucks. Take a school system like New York City's, where there are hunfreds of school,s and it gets downright prohibitive.
Microsoft is stepping up efforts to stop license infringement in schools...
Which is pathetic. Microsoft knows the school system is strapped for cash, and now because of their greed, it has backfired. Now the young people of this country will run Linux instead. And Microsoft won't get their money anyway.
Not only is this a blow for Microsoft in terms of market share, but in PR as well.
And I guess both of you noticed the "random hangs" too.
Hop on the bandwagon, only to hop off a sshort time later.
Only tim will tell if this is a "marriage made in heaven".
Cynical, yet real. Look at the passage of the Sonny Bono Act, the one that extended copyright by 20 years, bringing the totals up to 95 years after an author's death!. This was spurred on by Disney, whose copyright on Mickey Mouse was slated to expire in 2004. Now all it takes is a mere act of Congress to extend copyright terms again.
Will Disney will be handing over fistfuls of dough to get terms extended once more? I'd bet the ranch on it.
...it's efficient! One piece for case and box. I'd get one, just to have when I travel.
I wonder if any computer manufacturers, including Apple will see this site and get ideas. The designer could be richly rewarded for it.
Now does this mean we'll get ads for Kuro5hin when we log on to Slashdot?
RIP, first amendment. You were loved.
I agree. But it does not end there. Cracking encryption, even to make an archive copy is prohibited under the DMCA. Archiving was once fair-use. Now we no longer have it, when encryption scheme are implemented for CD's, MP3's, etc.
And I'm not referring to the geek who can crack it, but the every Joe Sixpack who lacks the know-how. Most people fall into this category.
I used to scan for out-of-town stations all the time driving from NYC to my brother's house in Long Beach, Long Island. It seems that at night, with few sources of electromagnetic radiation (from powerlines, etc.) you can pick up distant stations with astonishing regularity. I used to listen to stations as far away as Charlotte (1300 AM) and Atlanta (750 AM).
The RIAA won't die over this. They do not profit from record sales per se.
From their website:
The Recording Industry Association of America is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry.
They are not a business, or a label, just a trade group. However, they are on of the loudest-barking dogs in the fight over copyright protection.
Someone thumbed his nose at copyright protection Wednesday without getting arrested, indicted or sued.
Finally, someone sees cracking encryption as something other than a hacker threat. There are more uses for such activity, such as education, to see how the encryption works.
Let's hope that this is a precedent, since that government is unlikely to repeal this law.
Add a toilet, too. It's a good place to put all the shit your boss hands you.
I actually ran my own "Great Wall of Dilbert" at a past job of mine. All but one person enjoyed reading the comics on the wall, even the stiffs from Corporate!
The lone dissenter? My immediate boss.
Being that I'm from Florida, I'm perfect for the job of testing Banjo!
If you look closely in the subject of this post, it will reveal a hidden Satanic message!
Beware what you see!
If you'd read the article, you'd have seen that reportedly 50% of jobs in the U.S. require daily interaction with a computer. And let me tell you, precious few of them are voice-activated
I work at a computer, and fast typing is not necessary. Not everything on a computer is word processing or data entry.
Would you be willing to throw away 24 years of your career and start fresh, competing against kids that just got out of college, because of a debilitating physical condition brought on by your employer?
Stop blaming "the other guy"! RSI is common, well-known and preventable. Maybe the worker is a fault for not taking the necessary preventive action.
This was an excellent, common-sense decision rendered by the court. It's refreshing to see the courts stopping a frivolous, get-rich-quick lawsuit.
From the article:
One publisher, Eric Corley of 2600 magazine, has been hauled into court for providing a Web link to a site that held a program called DeCSS. This brief piece of code was written by a 15-year-old in Norway; it breaks the industry-standard DVD copy protection to allow movies to run on Linux-based computers. Instead of firing the wizards who stuck them with a system so weak that a teenager could crack it, the recording industry initiated lawsuits to ban access to the code, and Corley's magazine was cited.
It's the climate of the world today; something goes wrong, so blame the other person instead of examining your own faults and flaws in your work.
I suppose they use the term "wizards" loosely, since it was a teenager who cracked the code.
Check out a previous /. story on "beneficial" viruses to combat malevolent ones. It wasn't really a good idea.
Unfortunately, the news media prefers to report on the mainstream, the common. Linux stories just don't generate the ratings since it does not affect the mainstream Joe Sixpack.
Ask someone on the street, "What is Linux", and it's likely you'll get a confused, puzzled look.
Google has definitely left its mark on the search engine industry. Some of the new engines almost look like Google. Gone are the days of banner ads on the front page.
However, it's the cache that sets Google apart from the rest. Also, he search results are newer, too.
ahhh...never mind.