How's this for obvious. The sun puts out a myriad of different colors, interpreted by our eyes as 'white' and considered normal by our bodies. LEDs only put out discrete wavelengths. But, mix them in ratios approximating those of the sun, and what might you get? Hell, take a close look at your TV, and you'll see a non-LED version of it. It's patents like these that will bring down the IP house of cards. It's only innovative if you haven't spent time in any field remotely related to it.
It may be what you're doing. Most games nowadays don't seem to kill your whole computer, and haven't since Win98Se, from what I've seen. The same seems to be the case for grapics programs, probably for the same reasons (which I haven't investigated). You may also be running very typical hardware, thus having a broader test base for your specific h/w issues.
Then there's me. I run Win2K on a laptop, using it for development work with both VB 6 and VB.NET (surprisingly no noticable negative interactions there), 3 third-party software packages by large vendors (one of them MS now), custom ODBC drivers, SQL Server, MS Office, and more thngs that I can't remember off the top of my head.
I can't afford the days to rebuild my machine from backup (if I get hit by a virus OR get burnt by yet another buggy MS patch (Exchange administrators everywhere can tell you their stories). Corporate policy is to run Outlook, so I'm wide open if the virus scanner doesn't catch it - fortunately, I've only had it save me from myself once in the last 3 years. I don't run SQL Server when I'm not using it, and a good thing when Slammer was out. I have a firewall/router at home, and a firewall at work, so I've been protected from the myriad DCOM/MDAC security flaws floating around right now. The now-MS product we sell glitches out whenever standby/sleep mode is used, so I close it before doing those, and used to require the older laptop to reboot to fix it. And there are more quirks that are almost unconscious by now. But heaven help me if I forget one someday...
That's because they don't want you to see that, no matter who you vote for, that GWB (or whoever he chooses to be his successor, or whoever supports him, etc.) will be given the highest proportion of the votes, regardless of which button you push. It's a good system, and removes one of the most flawed elements from the system: the uninformed voting public.
Sure, it sounds like a crock, but tell me, can you show me where I'm wrong?
No worries about bad judges. Just look at the companies' relative values. If it comes down to getting a judge that has a clue (or buying a favorable one), IBM will have no problem the first or the second time. And SCO? There'll be nothing but rubble if they don't win the first time, and I suspect that there'll be nothing after the second time around, if there is one.
Wow! McBride may be smarter than we give him credit. I can hear it now...
McBride: "How'd we get stuck with this crap? Let's do a pump-and-dump!" Lackey: "But, Sir, that's illegal." McBride: "I know that you fool! We need a way to do it without it being obvious. Any ideas?" Lackey: "Well..." McBride: "What if we sued someone for IP. It's all we have worth anything at all anyway..." Lackey: "But, Sir, only IBM actually uses our IP anymore, and thay're moving from AIX to Linux-" McBride: "That's it! We'll sue IBM for putting stuff from AIX into Linux that happens to have our IP!" Lackey: "But, Sir, thay'll squash us like a bug." McBride: "Exactly! And no one will think we're being clever and trying to do a pump-and-dump!" Lackey: "Well, Sir, no one will say we're being clever..."
And people wonder why I won't install a MS Patch on a production system without thorough testing.
Yeah, I have my own multi-system, low-cost, high-resilience vetting system for MS patches. Wait 3 to 7 days, stay behind a firewall, keep my anti-virus software up to date, and let the other schmucks who have no choice find all the bugs. Oh yeah, and pray that I don't get screwed by whatever the patch is supposed to fix. Sadly, this has worked without fail for close to two years, which is better than MS's patch record...
Even in movies all you ever see is some dipshit banging at a keyboard...I haven't seen a typewriter in a movie for years now...
Finding Forrester, 2000, is the last one I remember off the top of my head. They even typed actual sentences, although they probably had to bring in a stunt double...
You're right about all of that. So what's the solution? How about like everywhere else we use computers - two sets of rules (computer and human) with different flags (labels vs. bar codes, dotted lines and signs vs. ? (rf, ir, rfid, something with close range recognition) and possibly a subset of options allowed for computer controlled vehicles (lanes for automated driving, maybe human-and-computer-readable signs saying that you can't use automated systems on the NJ turn-offs). As the system gets better, and more infrastructure is in place, more ways may be brought to light that will allow computers to handle all of it.
It all comes down to, most things aren't flawless at version 1. Even the wheel has had some big changes since it's invention, and that hasn't stopped in the last decade, even though it's inventor would still recognize it. so you pick your flaws and go with version 1. I'd rather not have automation on the turnpikes than bad, especially if I had it elsewhere.
It should be noted that research has been done into the whole bee/bug flying thing, and they have a pretty clear picture of how bugs fly. The bee one was poor science when it was done, using fixed-wing calculations on a moving-wing object. No less amazing, though, is all the stuff that has to be done to copy it, and the fact that it's controlled by something no bigger than, well, fly shit.
Here is an article about it. See how/. readers don't do that, a synopsis: Flies keep their wings at the edge of stall, which gives a boost to total lift; they rotate them at the end of the stroke, giving spin lift; and they do the upstroke through their own wake, recovering energy from the downstroke. Then they use a whole bunch of sensors to correct for turbulence, blah blah blah, meaning that a fruit fly has to do more thinking than the typical cubicle rat.
There is a difference between everyone (being the highly eclectic and often uninformed/. crowd) and a selection of individuals with some degree of experience in the field (peer review). This doesn't apply to you, but it does apply to your statement that everyone (or even the majority) here agrees with your fairly intuitive statement.
Clearly you have thought about this more than the average person, but you appear to be limiting your observance of effect to extremes. 10 months of darkness raises the suicide rate, but what about lesser changes, and lesser effects? Could it not be that excessive light causes less restful sleep, irritability, less concentration, reduced life expectancy? These things aren't as obvious, but that doesn't mean they aren't possible (although I just picked some things more or less at random for my list). What I'm getting at is, this could affect quality of life in more ways than abruptly ending it.
Using yourself (a sample of one) for analysis of a scientific theory is very poor and unprofessional. I propose that RTS is bogus - after all, I've worked on computers for over half my life, and I don't have any problems. Worse, you are in a known minority that would behave differently in this issue, yet still hold to the illusion that you are representative.
And just because everyone else agrees with you doesn't make it true. Before Gallileo (sp?), people thought the sun revolved around the earth, and before Columbus, people thought the earth was flat. Apparently, before these people did their study, most people thought that being exposed to light 24/7 was good. So 2 times out of 3, the general consensus has been wrong. Next, you'll be hearing sayings like "the average person is an idiot"...
Any game that requires me to be bored to tears before I'm worthy of the next level won't hold my interest for long. Sure, you need to reduce the pace now and then, but this sounds like a cop-out for lack of creativity. After a while, you barely pay attention, farm out your levelling, focus on the social elements, or quit. The only interesting one there for me is the social one, and that means the developers are failing in their task of creating engaging gameplay. Not that social interaction is bad, but that is not something to be credited to the game developers.
Not that I play MMORPGs, if I want to seel trolls killed, I come here...
Interesting detail, and I respect your NDA, but given my insight to how the government works, after all that research, analysis, submissions, etc., this is what I expect the joke will turn out to be. Typical government.
Absolutely. With the current political climate, and his heritage, I'll look at it the same way I look at an out-of-court settlement for a corporate lawsuit. Maybe he's weaseling out of bigger problems, but could as easily be that he sees no clear way out but to bargain with them. It wouldn't be the first lie told in a confession...
Yes, but remember, one who defies his government and loses is a rebel/traitor/terrorist/crminal, but he who does so and wins is a pioneer/revolutionary/martyr/hero, or at least an agent. Not condoning violent revolution (more of a proponent of Gandhi), but that is the nature of history...
Yes, but if copyright infringement is the issue, all users would be held responsible. The law holds that ignorance is not a defence, so we can't be excused if we don't know, although it might mitigate the punishment. Of course, once you do know, you are fully liable, possibly from the point of the issue being raised, and not when it is proven. I don't see how it would be any different there than it would be if I got an mp3 from my friend, thinking it was from his collection (thus fair use), and later learned that he didn't have a legal copy to exercise fair use on. If I keep it and RIAA comes knocking, where's my defence?
Now, granted, IP laws doubtless vary, and if they only attack (or decide to keep their attack) on that front, other issues apply, and it might very well be that it's just a slap on the wrist and an order to remove the offending code...which is hopefully as bad as it gets.
Sorry to get all technical on you, but it was a really bad analogy;)
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Well, should you succeed, and not suffer the international outcry for attacking another 'esteemed' sovereign nation, you could live on a rusted-out fortress the size of a basketball court, rather than in some small number of rusted-out trailer homes in a trailer court. I'm not sure if that counts as a step up, but you would still have access to Jerry Springer style TV...
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How's this for obvious. The sun puts out a myriad of different colors, interpreted by our eyes as 'white' and considered normal by our bodies. LEDs only put out discrete wavelengths. But, mix them in ratios approximating those of the sun, and what might you get? Hell, take a close look at your TV, and you'll see a non-LED version of it. It's patents like these that will bring down the IP house of cards. It's only innovative if you haven't spent time in any field remotely related to it.
It may be what you're doing. Most games nowadays don't seem to kill your whole computer, and haven't since Win98Se, from what I've seen. The same seems to be the case for grapics programs, probably for the same reasons (which I haven't investigated). You may also be running very typical hardware, thus having a broader test base for your specific h/w issues.
Then there's me. I run Win2K on a laptop, using it for development work with both VB 6 and VB.NET (surprisingly no noticable negative interactions there), 3 third-party software packages by large vendors (one of them MS now), custom ODBC drivers, SQL Server, MS Office, and more thngs that I can't remember off the top of my head.
I can't afford the days to rebuild my machine from backup (if I get hit by a virus OR get burnt by yet another buggy MS patch (Exchange administrators everywhere can tell you their stories). Corporate policy is to run Outlook, so I'm wide open if the virus scanner doesn't catch it - fortunately, I've only had it save me from myself once in the last 3 years. I don't run SQL Server when I'm not using it, and a good thing when Slammer was out. I have a firewall/router at home, and a firewall at work, so I've been protected from the myriad DCOM/MDAC security flaws floating around right now. The now-MS product we sell glitches out whenever standby/sleep mode is used, so I close it before doing those, and used to require the older laptop to reboot to fix it. And there are more quirks that are almost unconscious by now. But heaven help me if I forget one someday...
That's because they don't want you to see that, no matter who you vote for, that GWB (or whoever he chooses to be his successor, or whoever supports him, etc.) will be given the highest proportion of the votes, regardless of which button you push. It's a good system, and removes one of the most flawed elements from the system: the uninformed voting public.
Sure, it sounds like a crock, but tell me, can you show me where I'm wrong?
No worries about bad judges. Just look at the companies' relative values. If it comes down to getting a judge that has a clue (or buying a favorable one), IBM will have no problem the first or the second time. And SCO? There'll be nothing but rubble if they don't win the first time, and I suspect that there'll be nothing after the second time around, if there is one.
Wow! McBride may be smarter than we give him credit. I can hear it now...
McBride: "How'd we get stuck with this crap? Let's do a pump-and-dump!"
Lackey: "But, Sir, that's illegal."
McBride: "I know that you fool! We need a way to do it without it being obvious. Any ideas?"
Lackey: "Well..."
McBride: "What if we sued someone for IP. It's all we have worth anything at all anyway..."
Lackey: "But, Sir, only IBM actually uses our IP anymore, and thay're moving from AIX to Linux-"
McBride: "That's it! We'll sue IBM for putting stuff from AIX into Linux that happens to have our IP!"
Lackey: "But, Sir, thay'll squash us like a bug."
McBride: "Exactly! And no one will think we're being clever and trying to do a pump-and-dump!"
Lackey: "Well, Sir, no one will say we're being clever..."
And here we are today.
And people wonder why I won't install a MS Patch on a production system without thorough testing.
Yeah, I have my own multi-system, low-cost, high-resilience vetting system for MS patches. Wait 3 to 7 days, stay behind a firewall, keep my anti-virus software up to date, and let the other schmucks who have no choice find all the bugs. Oh yeah, and pray that I don't get screwed by whatever the patch is supposed to fix. Sadly, this has worked without fail for close to two years, which is better than MS's patch record...
Anyone remember paper?
Anyone remember how long it takes to send paper halfway around the world, or much it costs?
Even in movies all you ever see is some dipshit banging at a keyboard...I haven't seen a typewriter in a movie for years now...
Finding Forrester, 2000, is the last one I remember off the top of my head. They even typed actual sentences, although they probably had to bring in a stunt double...
Now if we do that 79 more times, and stop their cash flow, we can put them out of business.
Seriously, all these guys did is raise the bar where MS will buy out these problems. Maybe.
IIRC, it's also asexual, and only mutations modify it. That would make it a poor marker, or an expensive one to get enough resolution (accuracy) with.
Yeah, that's all we need. You look at a girl, and you're like "damn! you're fine", then she turns and you see she has her sister's ass...
Hardons discovered in the 60's. ROTFL Must have been right after they discovered drugs and just before free love.
You're right about all of that. So what's the solution? How about like everywhere else we use computers - two sets of rules (computer and human) with different flags (labels vs. bar codes, dotted lines and signs vs. ? (rf, ir, rfid, something with close range recognition) and possibly a subset of options allowed for computer controlled vehicles (lanes for automated driving, maybe human-and-computer-readable signs saying that you can't use automated systems on the NJ turn-offs). As the system gets better, and more infrastructure is in place, more ways may be brought to light that will allow computers to handle all of it.
It all comes down to, most things aren't flawless at version 1. Even the wheel has had some big changes since it's invention, and that hasn't stopped in the last decade, even though it's inventor would still recognize it. so you pick your flaws and go with version 1. I'd rather not have automation on the turnpikes than bad, especially if I had it elsewhere.
It should be noted that research has been done into the whole bee/bug flying thing, and they have a pretty clear picture of how bugs fly. The bee one was poor science when it was done, using fixed-wing calculations on a moving-wing object. No less amazing, though, is all the stuff that has to be done to copy it, and the fact that it's controlled by something no bigger than, well, fly shit.
/. readers don't do that, a synopsis: Flies keep their wings at the edge of stall, which gives a boost to total lift; they rotate them at the end of the stroke, giving spin lift; and they do the upstroke through their own wake, recovering energy from the downstroke. Then they use a whole bunch of sensors to correct for turbulence, blah blah blah, meaning that a fruit fly has to do more thinking than the typical cubicle rat.
Here is an article about it. See how
There is a difference between everyone (being the highly eclectic and often uninformed /. crowd) and a selection of individuals with some degree of experience in the field (peer review). This doesn't apply to you, but it does apply to your statement that everyone (or even the majority) here agrees with your fairly intuitive statement.
Clearly you have thought about this more than the average person, but you appear to be limiting your observance of effect to extremes. 10 months of darkness raises the suicide rate, but what about lesser changes, and lesser effects? Could it not be that excessive light causes less restful sleep, irritability, less concentration, reduced life expectancy? These things aren't as obvious, but that doesn't mean they aren't possible (although I just picked some things more or less at random for my list). What I'm getting at is, this could affect quality of life in more ways than abruptly ending it.
Hell, I propose we designate three such areas - one in the northern hemisphere, one near the equator, and one in the southern hemisphers.
How does Greenland, the Sahara, and Antartica sound?
Using yourself (a sample of one) for analysis of a scientific theory is very poor and unprofessional. I propose that RTS is bogus - after all, I've worked on computers for over half my life, and I don't have any problems. Worse, you are in a known minority that would behave differently in this issue, yet still hold to the illusion that you are representative.
And just because everyone else agrees with you doesn't make it true. Before Gallileo (sp?), people thought the sun revolved around the earth, and before Columbus, people thought the earth was flat. Apparently, before these people did their study, most people thought that being exposed to light 24/7 was good. So 2 times out of 3, the general consensus has been wrong. Next, you'll be hearing sayings like "the average person is an idiot"...
Any game that requires me to be bored to tears before I'm worthy of the next level won't hold my interest for long. Sure, you need to reduce the pace now and then, but this sounds like a cop-out for lack of creativity. After a while, you barely pay attention, farm out your levelling, focus on the social elements, or quit. The only interesting one there for me is the social one, and that means the developers are failing in their task of creating engaging gameplay. Not that social interaction is bad, but that is not something to be credited to the game developers.
Not that I play MMORPGs, if I want to seel trolls killed, I come here...
Interesting detail, and I respect your NDA, but given my insight to how the government works, after all that research, analysis, submissions, etc., this is what I expect the joke will turn out to be. Typical government.
Yeah, but the question I have a hard time answering is, are they going for the quick payoff or the biggest corporate bitchslapping of all time?
Absolutely. With the current political climate, and his heritage, I'll look at it the same way I look at an out-of-court settlement for a corporate lawsuit. Maybe he's weaseling out of bigger problems, but could as easily be that he sees no clear way out but to bargain with them. It wouldn't be the first lie told in a confession...
Yes, but remember, one who defies his government and loses is a rebel/traitor/terrorist/crminal, but he who does so and wins is a pioneer/revolutionary/martyr/hero, or at least an agent. Not condoning violent revolution (more of a proponent of Gandhi), but that is the nature of history...
Yes, but if copyright infringement is the issue, all users would be held responsible. The law holds that ignorance is not a defence, so we can't be excused if we don't know, although it might mitigate the punishment. Of course, once you do know, you are fully liable, possibly from the point of the issue being raised, and not when it is proven. I don't see how it would be any different there than it would be if I got an mp3 from my friend, thinking it was from his collection (thus fair use), and later learned that he didn't have a legal copy to exercise fair use on. If I keep it and RIAA comes knocking, where's my defence?
;)
Now, granted, IP laws doubtless vary, and if they only attack (or decide to keep their attack) on that front, other issues apply, and it might very well be that it's just a slap on the wrist and an order to remove the offending code...which is hopefully as bad as it gets.
Sorry to get all technical on you, but it was a really bad analogy
Well, should you succeed, and not suffer the international outcry for attacking another 'esteemed' sovereign nation, you could live on a rusted-out fortress the size of a basketball court, rather than in some small number of rusted-out trailer homes in a trailer court. I'm not sure if that counts as a step up, but you would still have access to Jerry Springer style TV...