Gotta love slashdot. A comment making a "Straight Story" connection (posted as logged in with a 5-digit UID gets +5, Interesting'ed), while a slightly different comment making a "Straight Story" connection (posted as AC) gets -1, Offtopic'ed. Go go gadget hive mind.
the Blue Marble images (this "City Lights" image is from the Blue Marble project) have been up and publicly available from nasa.gov for years. Full res TIFFs (21,600 by 21,600 pixels) available by special request.
Princeton's CS school has used a search-by-shape applet to search a library of 3D models for years... they showed it off at siggraph a while ago. Check it out here.
That's the FUD he's talking about--the bullshit "review" from two weeks ago. You remember: "C|net presents the 5 most obvious things that could be wrong with any handheld electronic device."
I mean, the guy has a Tetris Award, for fucks sake--you know how that drives the ladies wild. Plus, his beard is pretty far onto the "eww, gross" side of the facial-hair spectrum; no woman can resist jowl-pubes.
At least he was kind enough to provide movies--with audio--of his "darwin award waiting to happen" misadventures. I mean, this article mentions more than once how the bowling balls "whistled," "screamed," and "howled" down the range... I'd love to see and hear that for myself--without actually risking my life, that is.
I had no idea how much more powerful NEC's EarthSim was than the the "next best thing" was, as far as supercomputers go, but check Top500.org's current list (to be updated in November) out: NEC ES runs, at max, almost three times (!) the G-flops as the next runner-up. I always figured the supercomputer races would be like Cedar Pointe and their roller coasters... you know, somebody builds a bigger or faster one, so you build another that edges them out by just enough to reclaim the title. I had no idea NEC decided to take the "largest computational genitals, period" crown with such authority.
I know I should be asking about you and your work
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· Score: 5, Interesting
So I love every word I've read from your pen, but presently I'm in the middle of a dry spell--and the way I figure, if you're going to seek advice, seek advice from one you admire, right? So, are there any authors out there right now you can't get enough of? Anybody you're reading that you feel nobody should miss? Fiction, nonfiction, a decent biography you've read lately? Do you even have time to get a good read in with all the hustle and bustle of just being Neil Gaiman?
Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:
(1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords;
(2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work;
(3) to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;
(4) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works, to perform the copyrighted work publicly;
(5) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to display the copyrighted work publicly; and
(6) in the case of sound recordings, to perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.
So yeah... I mean, I love fair use as much as the next guy, but I'm pretty sure that the whole "the owner of the copyright reserving the right to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords" means that you can't duplicate a rental.
Like I said before, though: I could be wrong... I just don't think you have yet demonstrated me to be so.
What's to stop me from using a screen capture program...
Nothing, probably.
But, assuming they are going to treat this like a thirty day "rental," my guess would be that copyright law would be applicable and such a screen-capture duplication would be illegal--since you don't own the thing you rent, it is not yours to duplicate.
Then again, I could be wrong about this (among other things).
That is to say, I love iTunes. It is the easiest, most pleasant way to organize and listen to your digital music collection. But did anybody notice the process monitor shot? iTunes is still sitting there taking almost twice the cycles of the notoriously-bloated-and-CPU-hogging MS Word. That's worse than the performance I got out of iTunes from two versions ago!
I didn't realize current version of the Bible included The Gospel according to Mary Magdalene, one of the more important aspects of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Guess I should call Big Broth^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Ashcroft at T.I.P.S. to let them know that AOL has apparently been engaging in some very suspect "terrorist-like" activity, filling my mailbox with potentially dangerous explosives for years.
This also may explain why time travel seems impossible: we dont meet visitors from the future since only the present is being simulated
Um, hello? I was just reading an article posted from "the mysterious future" not too long ago. Either the future is being simulated just like everything else, or Einstein didn't count on Slashdot's existence.
So that's where I dropped my dildo seeds...
In any case, is there really such a thing as a "burglary tool?" Is there any kind of precedent for an object being considered, by the courts, to be a "burglary tool?" Is the sale of things like a slim jim for a car restricted? Do you have to show either your locksmiths' license or your burgalry permit to purchase one? Are they even categorized differently than normal "hardware?" Where does the MPAA come up with this crap?
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Gotta love slashdot. A comment making a "Straight Story" connection (posted as logged in with a 5-digit UID gets +5, Interesting'ed), while a slightly different comment making a "Straight Story" connection (posted as AC) gets -1, Offtopic'ed. Go go gadget hive mind.
the Blue Marble images (this "City Lights" image is from the Blue Marble project) have been up and publicly available from nasa.gov for years. Full res TIFFs (21,600 by 21,600 pixels) available by special request.
Princeton's CS school has used a search-by-shape applet to search a library of 3D models for years... they showed it off at siggraph a while ago. Check it out here.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6450_7-5102324-1.html
That's the FUD he's talking about--the bullshit "review" from two weeks ago. You remember: "C|net presents the 5 most obvious things that could be wrong with any handheld electronic device."
Nice troll. Hope you get some serious bites. Be sure to mention it in 31337!
Interestingly enough, Jobs' salary is only one dollar.
Al Franken sonsidered suing NickV for biting material without permission or even credit.
Ancient Chinese Proverb: "Yesterday's +5, Informative is today's -1, Redundant."
I mean, the guy has a Tetris Award, for fucks sake--you know how that drives the ladies wild. Plus, his beard is pretty far onto the "eww, gross" side of the facial-hair spectrum; no woman can resist jowl-pubes.
At least he was kind enough to provide movies--with audio--of his "darwin award waiting to happen" misadventures. I mean, this article mentions more than once how the bowling balls "whistled," "screamed," and "howled" down the range... I'd love to see and hear that for myself--without actually risking my life, that is.
I had no idea how much more powerful NEC's EarthSim was than the the "next best thing" was, as far as supercomputers go, but check Top500.org's current list (to be updated in November) out: NEC ES runs, at max, almost three times (!) the G-flops as the next runner-up. I always figured the supercomputer races would be like Cedar Pointe and their roller coasters... you know, somebody builds a bigger or faster one, so you build another that edges them out by just enough to reclaim the title. I had no idea NEC decided to take the "largest computational genitals, period" crown with such authority.
So I love every word I've read from your pen, but presently I'm in the middle of a dry spell--and the way I figure, if you're going to seek advice, seek advice from one you admire, right? So, are there any authors out there right now you can't get enough of? Anybody you're reading that you feel nobody should miss? Fiction, nonfiction, a decent biography you've read lately? Do you even have time to get a good read in with all the hustle and bustle of just being Neil Gaiman?
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not serving images makes your site
Like I said before, though: I could be wrong... I just don't think you have yet demonstrated me to be so.
What's to stop me from using a screen capture program...
Nothing, probably.
But, assuming they are going to treat this like a thirty day "rental," my guess would be that copyright law would be applicable and such a screen-capture duplication would be illegal--since you don't own the thing you rent, it is not yours to duplicate.
Then again, I could be wrong about this (among other things).
its way too brigh in her, I cant see teh scree
Um, hello? To fight off the aliens.
Here's the big irony for this article: somehow, someone felt that it belongs under a heading that includes the phrase "stuff that matters."
That is to say, I love iTunes. It is the easiest, most pleasant way to organize and listen to your digital music collection. But did anybody notice the process monitor shot? iTunes is still sitting there taking almost twice the cycles of the notoriously-bloated-and-CPU-hogging MS Word. That's worse than the performance I got out of iTunes from two versions ago!
I didn't realize current version of the Bible included The Gospel according to Mary Magdalene, one of the more important aspects of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Guess I should call Big Broth^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Ashcroft at T.I.P.S. to let them know that AOL has apparently been engaging in some very suspect "terrorist-like" activity, filling my mailbox with potentially dangerous explosives for years.
I guess the "and your firstborn" clause of the settlement wasn't made public.
...but I wouldn't mind "broadcast" 802.x wireless internet service. Would this even be possible, though?
This also may explain why time travel seems impossible: we dont meet visitors from the future since only the present is being simulated
Um, hello? I was just reading an article posted from "the mysterious future" not too long ago. Either the future is being simulated just like everything else, or Einstein didn't count on Slashdot's existence.
So that's where I dropped my dildo seeds... In any case, is there really such a thing as a "burglary tool?" Is there any kind of precedent for an object being considered, by the courts, to be a "burglary tool?" Is the sale of things like a slim jim for a car restricted? Do you have to show either your locksmiths' license or your burgalry permit to purchase one? Are they even categorized differently than normal "hardware?" Where does the MPAA come up with this crap?