If you've found it necessary to go to the administration to complain about more than 10 of your professors... this may be a sign that the entire education system may not be right for you.
Set up a lot gameservers with broken or nonexistant C-D.. maybe with some drone players that periodically go nuts in order to make the cheaters happy... suck the cheaters aware from the real games.
Oh, and the other idea was to create more games where cheating is part of the game. I would think that games based on The Matrix should encourage "hax"... if you cant find the mod that makes you run fatser.. you lose. That'sthe point of the game.
According to their "research" 78% of people find pop-ups annoying, but only 30% of people found the full-screen interstitials annoying. 59% found them "entertaining"...
The sad thing is that with our culture, I am starting to believe those numbers...
Major League Baseball star pitcher Curt Schilling and OF Doug Glanville have a highly publicized EverQuest feud... from Jayson Stark's ESPN.com column:
"But just when we thought this scene had quieted down, along came the folks from Sony Online, the corporate father of EverQuest, to fire it back up again. Inspired by Week in Review's coverage, the Sony people invited Schilling and Glanville to battle each other last week in an official Event, with actual witnesses.
So the next thing we knew, Glanville reported to Week in Review he'd just finished "mopping the floor" with Schilling on the computerized battlefield, with an assist from Phillies catcher Todd Pratt, whom he'd invited along.
Sounded simple enough -- until Schilling's version was a slightly different: 'Doug got the beating he deserved.' According to Schilling, Glanville induced him into a battle with Pratt -- and only then 'backstabbed me like the true, leaf-eating wuss he is.'
There was something in there about how Glanville did later beat him one-on-one. But that, Schilling alibied, was due to a 'computer glitch.'"
The only problem is that I think they trim some footage out in syndication to make room for an extra commercial or two. I used to have a mental list of quotes that I had missed in syndication, but I gave up keeping track...
How is it that so many/.'ers claim to be able to hear the difference between 128k MP3 and 128K ogg with their golden ears... but then turn around and claim that a record recorded for $5K with some discount mics and sounds even remotely as full and as big as one that was recorded for $80-$100K -- it's so true that you get what you pay for.
Part of my job involves getting sent demo recordings from unsigned bands. So many of them sound like crap -- but then those artists get bitter that they didn't succeed when they think they sound just as good as U2. Producers like a Rick Rubin or a Trevor Horn aren't successful just because they discovered some formula... they actually know what makes a hit record sound different than some indie bedroom recording.
If you can't tell the difference between the sound quality (not talking talent) of a record that comes from Sony and one that your cousin mixed on his Mac - well guess what, the record-buying public can tell the difference even if they can't point to it specifically. And that's where the money goes.
Interesting that not many/.ers seem to pay attention to the technology of this question - how to discover new music. Some companies have very interesting takes on the statistical/technological aspect to this question and beyond. There's a very interesting whitepaper at musicmatch.com -- completely aside from their MP3 jukebox software -- that talks about relations in the musical universe;
You can type in artists and albums and see what their "recommendation engine" comes up with.
There's no ONE way to discover new things. Nothing replaces going out and listening to new things, having friends, etc. but this is an interesting approach to augment that and to start new discussions.
I wonder if the "mistakes" in the memo like "ecome" instead of "Become" and the bullet are just there to help MS identify where the leaks come from. Maybe something on the mail server introduces random errors that they can track.
I know GIMP is supposed to take the place of Photoshop.. but what replaces CoolEditPro, SoundForge and Acid? Are there any Linux apps that do sound & music?
I'm not sure they realize how popular this could be. This quote from the article... "Ocheltree said IBM doesn't have specific plans to sell the prototype, which could be ready for market in few years. IBM is talking to computer makers and customers about how it could be used, he said.... reminds me of a scene from Douglas Adams where the civilization of marketers and middle-managers stopped developing Fire because they were torn over market research.
"'We've got to find out what people want from fire, how they relate to it, what sort of image it has for them.' The crowd were tense. They were expecting something wonderful from Ford. `Stick it up your nose,' he said. `Which is precisely the sort of thing we need to know,' insisted the girl, `Do people want fire that can be fitted nasally?'"
Could it be that IBM doesn't think anyone would want this device that's lightyears ahead of all these damn PDAs??
I have seen a number of comments regarding how it would be easy for Law Enforcement to nab you - yes this is precisely true.
The point is that the powers that be will then be forced to go after "regular" people, which up 'til now they have not wanted to do for fear of alienating their customers to a point even greater than they do now. This plan would leave fewer intermediaries for the RIAA & co. to bully before they have to come down on their own potential sales market directly.
Additionally, when Jane Musiqlover actually becomes criminalized, that's when this "class war" will come to a head. The first time a senator's teenaged offspring get's hauled in for file-sharing in the park, we'd see some serious talk about what makes someone a criminal. At that point, I'd hope "we, the people" would finally be ready to stand up for our rights.
To use a popular paraphrasing of Gandhi:
First they ignore you,
Then they laugh at you,
Then they fight you,
Then you win.
When the RIAA actually fights their consumers directly is when they've actually lost.
I see they have removed the reference to a "worm" from the story - showing that they recognize the source is lacking credibility. Be interesting to see if that shows up on any retractions page.
What a lack of details in this story! It could have - but I dont suggest it as been - penned by the RIAA.
The quote, "It's definitely an accident from Morpheus' side, probably a worm. This is very dangerous," contributed by some anonymous figure is a buzzword-injected contradiction. A worm is the opposite of an accident. It seems unlikely that would be the sort of comment from an informed source.
This story may turn out to be true, but they could not be any lighter 1) details 2) qualified sources.
They just started, version 1.0. It's fashionable to trash them and make lots of sarcastic comments forecasting their doom, but they have to start somewhere.
Many enjoy calling the RIAA things like "stupid" and "doomed" when they are just getting stronger. They see piracy as an issue and take steps against it. That's business. In all fairness, it's not going to put them out of business, and neither will the "backlash" of a small contingent of techies who protest with sarcastic comments on message boards.
Laugh at the RIAA for being stupid, but they accomplish what they set out to do in the long run.
The original post compares to -- and effectively satirizes -- a standard RIAA argument that record labels need to keep the copyright on the music that they put out even though it's created by others; If record labels don't keep the copyrights to the music, they have no incentive to bankroll musicians, and then recorded music as we know it will end.
Or then maybe the argument for software patents...
Don't try to shut down a service many of us LIKE just because you're in a crappy situation.
Ummm... Isn't this what MAPS is all about? Shutting down services because someone feels getting spam is a crappy situation seems to be the appeal of MAPS...
It seems like 'deal with it' is often the advice of people who can't do just that. The solution should be as much choice as possible.
Re: Avoid scratches? Aren't they enclosed?
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The biggest problem I have with CD's is the care that must be taken to avoid scratches. I much rather see media that addresses this problem (mini disc? flash memory?) than smaller CD's.
From looking at the photos, I get the feeling these are enclosed in a cassette mechanism that's part of the media. When it's in the ejected state, it's scratch-protected (like a minidisc)?
And you're sure that this was fraud and not some sort of freak accident, seller-in-the-hospital sort of thing? There has been many posts here on how to nail the seller, but I guess I would ask how you're sure? In the same situation, I'd try every possible avenue to have voice contact with the offending party. Emails & email adresses are often broken/changed/or misunderstood.
Then, assuming due diligence,
http://crs.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayisapi.dll?crsstar tp age
That's eBay's fraud report form.
I had a problem of a seller not shipping and did the same sort of backtracking to find other victims. After using eBay's seller info and some Anywho research, I was able to track down the seller directly. Faced with that information and the prospect of group action, I got the seller to finally provide what they had sold. The key was just starting the "machinery" promptly and as completely as possible. YMMV
What nobody mentioned is how they caught this photo. It was not some eagle-eyed newphoto watcher. Rather it was the FBI's face-matching software scanning the Internet. That image raised a big "Suspected Terrorist" alert... checks of the logs show that Bert's was the only face in that whole picture to trigger the alarm. Go figure...
Using what encryption key? Your fingerprint? Does anyone believe that your fingerprints are secret?
Knowing what your fingerprint looks like and getting it to register on a touch sensor involve two very different levels of sophistication. I'm guessing the ability to reproduce the actual physical pattern of the print would correspond to an entity with resources that would make many other "security" measures similarly ineffective.
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If you've found it necessary to go to the administration to complain about more than 10 of your professors... this may be a sign that the entire education system may not be right for you.
Or, that you are somewhat high-maintenance.
sker
Set up a lot gameservers with broken or nonexistant C-D.. maybe with some drone players that periodically go nuts in order to make the cheaters happy... suck the cheaters aware from the real games.
Oh, and the other idea was to create more games where cheating is part of the game. I would think that games based on The Matrix should encourage "hax"... if you cant find the mod that makes you run fatser.. you lose. That'sthe point of the game.
http://www.unicast.com/pressroom/whitepapers/full_ screen.asp
According to their "research" 78% of people find pop-ups annoying, but only 30% of people found the full-screen interstitials annoying. 59% found them "entertaining"...
The sad thing is that with our culture, I am starting to believe those numbers...
-sker
Whitepaper here:/ personalization_whitepaper_021106.pdf
http://www.musicmatch.com/info/company/press/docs
"But just when we thought this scene had quieted down, along came the folks from Sony Online, the corporate father of EverQuest, to fire it back up again. Inspired by Week in Review's coverage, the Sony people invited Schilling and Glanville to battle each other last week in an official Event, with actual witnesses.
So the next thing we knew, Glanville reported to Week in Review he'd just finished "mopping the floor" with Schilling on the computerized battlefield, with an assist from Phillies catcher Todd Pratt, whom he'd invited along.
Sounded simple enough -- until Schilling's version was a slightly different: 'Doug got the beating he deserved.' According to Schilling, Glanville induced him into a battle with Pratt -- and only then 'backstabbed me like the true, leaf-eating wuss he is.'
There was something in there about how Glanville did later beat him one-on-one. But that, Schilling alibied, was due to a 'computer glitch.'"
The only problem is that I think they trim some footage out in syndication to make room for an extra commercial or two. I used to have a mental list of quotes that I had missed in syndication, but I gave up keeping track...
How is it that so many /.'ers claim to be able to hear the difference between 128k MP3 and 128K ogg with their golden ears... but then turn around and claim that a record recorded for $5K with some discount mics and sounds even remotely as full and as big as one that was recorded for $80-$100K -- it's so true that you get what you pay for.
Part of my job involves getting sent demo recordings from unsigned bands. So many of them sound like crap -- but then those artists get bitter that they didn't succeed when they think they sound just as good as U2. Producers like a Rick Rubin or a Trevor Horn aren't successful just because they discovered some formula... they actually know what makes a hit record sound different than some indie bedroom recording.
If you can't tell the difference between the sound quality (not talking talent) of a record that comes from Sony and one that your cousin mixed on his Mac - well guess what, the record-buying public can tell the difference even if they can't point to it specifically. And that's where the money goes.
-sker
Interesting that not many /.ers seem to pay attention to the technology of this question - how to discover new music. Some companies have very interesting takes on the statistical/technological aspect to this question and beyond. There's a very interesting whitepaper at musicmatch.com -- completely aside from their MP3 jukebox software -- that talks about relations in the musical universe;
/ personalization_whitepaper_021106.pdf
http://www.musicmatch.com/info/company/press/docs
You can see the results in their "Guide" at
http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/match/best.cgi
You can type in artists and albums and see what their "recommendation engine" comes up with.
There's no ONE way to discover new things. Nothing replaces going out and listening to new things, having friends, etc. but this is an interesting approach to augment that and to start new discussions.
I wonder if the "mistakes" in the memo like "ecome" instead of "Become" and the bullet are just there to help MS identify where the leaks come from. Maybe something on the mail server introduces random errors that they can track.
I know GIMP is supposed to take the place of Photoshop.. but what replaces CoolEditPro, SoundForge and Acid? Are there any Linux apps that do sound & music?
Slashdot User: Oh shit, an agent. I'm trapped.
Tank: OK, I'm loading you up with our latest hand-to-hand combat module
Slashdot User: Fuck no I'm not going to download a plug-in! This is stupid! Why can't it just be in HTML 3.2??
I'm not sure they realize how popular this could be. This quote from the article... "Ocheltree said IBM doesn't have specific plans to sell the prototype, which could be ready for market in few years. IBM is talking to computer makers and customers about how it could be used, he said. ... reminds me of a scene from Douglas Adams where the civilization of marketers and middle-managers stopped developing Fire because they were torn over market research.
"'We've got to find out what people want from fire, how they relate to it, what sort of image it has for them.' The crowd were tense. They were expecting something wonderful from Ford. `Stick it up your nose,' he said. `Which is precisely the sort of thing we need to know,' insisted the girl, `Do people want fire that can be fitted nasally?'"
Could it be that IBM doesn't think anyone would want this device that's lightyears ahead of all these damn PDAs??
I have seen a number of comments regarding how it would be easy for Law Enforcement to nab you - yes this is precisely true.
The point is that the powers that be will then be forced to go after "regular" people, which up 'til now they have not wanted to do for fear of alienating their customers to a point even greater than they do now. This plan would leave fewer intermediaries for the RIAA & co. to bully before they have to come down on their own potential sales market directly.
Additionally, when Jane Musiqlover actually becomes criminalized, that's when this "class war" will come to a head. The first time a senator's teenaged offspring get's hauled in for file-sharing in the park, we'd see some serious talk about what makes someone a criminal. At that point, I'd hope "we, the people" would finally be ready to stand up for our rights.
To use a popular paraphrasing of Gandhi:
First they ignore you,
Then they laugh at you,
Then they fight you,
Then you win.
When the RIAA actually fights their consumers directly is when they've actually lost.
I hope.
Why use Real? Isn't the Full-screen Video on Demand over 28.8 ready yet? Don't tell me this wasn't true?
Bummer.
Good idea. I have done so.
I see they have removed the reference to a "worm" from the story - showing that they recognize the source is lacking credibility. Be interesting to see if that shows up on any retractions page.
DivX - there I said it .. very stupid and very doomed.
Certainly didn't hurt the MPAA though did it? Last time I checked, they were still pretty firmly entrenched at the top.
The point is still the same.
What a lack of details in this story! It could have - but I dont suggest it as been - penned by the RIAA.
The quote, "It's definitely an accident from Morpheus' side, probably a worm. This is very dangerous," contributed by some anonymous figure is a buzzword-injected contradiction. A worm is the opposite of an accident. It seems unlikely that would be the sort of comment from an informed source.
This story may turn out to be true, but they could not be any lighter 1) details 2) qualified sources.
They just started, version 1.0. It's fashionable to trash them and make lots of sarcastic comments forecasting their doom, but they have to start somewhere.
Many enjoy calling the RIAA things like "stupid" and "doomed" when they are just getting stronger. They see piracy as an issue and take steps against it. That's business. In all fairness, it's not going to put them out of business, and neither will the "backlash" of a small contingent of techies who protest with sarcastic comments on message boards.
Laugh at the RIAA for being stupid, but they accomplish what they set out to do in the long run.
-sker
it just makes no sense
The original post compares to -- and effectively satirizes -- a standard RIAA argument that record labels need to keep the copyright on the music that they put out even though it's created by others; If record labels don't keep the copyrights to the music, they have no incentive to bankroll musicians, and then recorded music as we know it will end.
Or then maybe the argument for software patents...
-sker
Ummm... Isn't this what MAPS is all about? Shutting down services because someone feels getting spam is a crappy situation seems to be the appeal of MAPS...
It seems like 'deal with it' is often the advice of people who can't do just that. The solution should be as much choice as possible.
From looking at the photos, I get the feeling these are enclosed in a cassette mechanism that's part of the media. When it's in the ejected state, it's scratch-protected (like a minidisc)?
And you're sure that this was fraud and not some sort of freak accident, seller-in-the-hospital sort of thing? There has been many posts here on how to nail the seller, but I guess I would ask how you're sure? In the same situation, I'd try every possible avenue to have voice contact with the offending party. Emails & email adresses are often broken/changed/or misunderstood.
r tp age
Then, assuming due diligence,
http://crs.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayisapi.dll?crssta
That's eBay's fraud report form.
I had a problem of a seller not shipping and did the same sort of backtracking to find other victims. After using eBay's seller info and some Anywho research, I was able to track down the seller directly. Faced with that information and the prospect of group action, I got the seller to finally provide what they had sold. The key was just starting the "machinery" promptly and as completely as possible. YMMV
Boucher from VA I believe. Look for MOCA - Music Online Competition Act
What nobody mentioned is how they caught this photo. It was not some eagle-eyed newphoto watcher. Rather it was the FBI's face-matching software scanning the Internet. That image raised a big "Suspected Terrorist" alert... checks of the logs show that Bert's was the only face in that whole picture to trigger the alarm.
Go figure...
Knowing what your fingerprint looks like and getting it to register on a touch sensor involve two very different levels of sophistication. I'm guessing the ability to reproduce the actual physical pattern of the print would correspond to an entity with resources that would make many other "security" measures similarly ineffective.