Okay, it's good to know more about this guy, but he's not the author of the book. The simple fact is that TSA is nothing but show. Every time you fly you pay one extra hour of your life to this b.s.
Israeli airports have been dealing with real terrorists for years. Pipes & co. don't help them deal with the threat. What does is solid police work, i.e. knowing the people, and "profiling".
TSA needs to abandon it's after the fact responses, like not letting people carry water. Instead it should start profiling passengers more seriously.
No I'd never give Metallica a dime, but my opinion doesn't matter. If they make money, then I'm sad that those assholes made money. If they lose money, then I'm sad that the "business model" has been weakened.
It appears Slashdot's editors didn't not even click the links. OLPC News is a Microsoft FUD shill. Don't like them except to point out that they are lying baboons.
In general, authors of successful open source packages have profited handsomely from them, just indirectly. Such people are usually worth employing to work on their own projects because you can simply immerse them in an environment where them solving their friends problems makes you money. Plus the ambitious ones sell the profitless company that owns the code for tens of millions.
Chinese nationalism is besides the point. The protests are to raise awareness of Tibet in the rest of the world.
A consequence of that awareness is that westerners should consume less stuff from China. An immediate & desirable consequence is that the olympics are a "flop", ala Montreal, and fail to make Bejing a desirable tourist destination.
Yes, you may become a better programmer at the tech school. You might even make 50% more money. But you'll learn how to deal with women at the liberal arts place. So that is the better deal for most people.
Otoh if your going to spend the next 4 years of your life fucking around on computers, not chasing women, then just head off to the tech place.
Loser pays isn't that great. It's best to let the courts try to measure some degree of stupidity in the suit.
In a simpler world, an ideal system would be both sides get 15% of the money being paid to the other side's lawyers. But judge's may award court costs in extreme cases. In this way, both sides lawyers have access to some fraction of the funding of the other side, and in particular probono lawyers get paid something. However, this complicates all sorts of problems with lawyers on retainers, contingency, etc.
A real solution would be embedding banner ads into mp3 info tags. If iTunes and Windows Media would display a small link from the mp3 tag, unless the user turned it off, then bands could have rotating banner ads on screen while their music was playing. Bands could also include rotate through their own artwork with links to their site, cuz it's cool and discourages users from deactivating the links. In this way, the music would appear free, but the band would make money directly on ads, with really very very little overhead. You'd be using some ad company to handle intelligently placing the ads based upon response rate. But sadly this would require the cooperation of Apple & Microsoft.:(
A more realistic approach is to simple give away the mp3s online, but charge for downloads of collections of remixes and CDs by mail. Artists love to fuck around with their songs, serious fans love to hear those other mixes, so there is money there.
He swatted TSA screener. Not sure what the TSA screener did, but let's be honest here. Sure kids might try harassing a op over a speeding ticket. But, if you've singled out a TSA screener, chances are he really deserved it.
Amen! He didn't just say he was joining the peace corps or such. He said he wanted to go kill people for Allah. His parents should get him mental help. No airline should let him fly again. etc.
Here is your Qtrax DRM : Sell video files with song identification information and encrypted info for ignoring the video. Your player then ignores the video, playing just the music and downloading more updated banner ads instead. But on an iPod the song behaves like a video.
Yeah, it's hard not to watch the TV if your not accustomed to it. I'd say your never being rude if you just turn off a TV. Your only rude if you try to secretly keep it off after someone else turns it back on.
Chill dude. Ain't nothing wrong with turning off a TV. If someone wants it they'll turn it back on. Your an ass if you repeat the action. It's like wikipedia, just make your edit, but don't be an ass by reverting reverts.
Any voting system that expects all voters to rank all candidates is a loser. It's still a big improvement. But someone should take into account the incomplete information inherent in voting.
How about : - 5 years if the work involves any work for higher. 10 years if the original authors own it all (no corporations in particular). Here "work for higher" would not include samples and media for which unrestricted licenses were purchased *and* which remain available separately on an open market.
- All damages are limited to income directly related to infringement (i.e. individuals may infringe for personal use). A site like the piratebay could still be sued for their advertising income.
- No copyright protection for machine code unless the source code is also published for the same price. You might try circumventing this by having human compile your software, claiming it was a "performance", but that'd just be funny.
Yes, the project is more ambitions than you know. XOs are neigh indestructible for laptops. But the countries are buying spare parts. When one breaks, the students & teachers must get together & fix them by following instructions. You won't learn to be an electrical engineer this way, but if your 10 it'll give you a pretty good start.
I'm guessing you've never studied beyond a bachelors degree.
In general, wikipedia science articles are at the level of a summery for a graduate student, which is the level most useful for the academic community, as that is the level where people first learn about the subject, as well as the level average academics must descend to to learn about another field.
You can't expect young kids to understand about primary sources. It's all a question of the kids age. It's actually not trivial to track down a source.
In general, we communicate our culture to kids by simplifying it, once their basic thought processes are "in line", then we explain that Santa Clause and God don't exist, and not everything you read is true. We're still learning how much one can change this.
OLPC includes a kinda stable core version of Wikipedia. I don't see why this can't be provided on the internet for younger kids.
There is a substantial body of evidence saying that mergers hurt : employees, customers, and stock holders. Only the executives normally benefit. because they become executives of a larger corporation.
IBM's owners might not mind bullying, unlike say google's owners. But yes this patent likely is patent reform. IBM has many many real patents so pushing the vaporware patent trolls out of the buisness helps them & increases the value of their portfolio.
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Okay, it's good to know more about this guy, but he's not the author of the book. The simple fact is that TSA is nothing but show. Every time you fly you pay one extra hour of your life to this b.s.
Israeli airports have been dealing with real terrorists for years. Pipes & co. don't help them deal with the threat. What does is solid police work, i.e. knowing the people, and "profiling".
TSA needs to abandon it's after the fact responses, like not letting people carry water. Instead it should start profiling passengers more seriously.
No I'd never give Metallica a dime, but my opinion doesn't matter. If they make money, then I'm sad that those assholes made money. If they lose money, then I'm sad that the "business model" has been weakened.
It appears Slashdot's editors didn't not even click the links. OLPC News is a Microsoft FUD shill. Don't like them except to point out that they are lying baboons.
In general, authors of successful open source packages have profited handsomely from them, just indirectly. Such people are usually worth employing to work on their own projects because you can simply immerse them in an environment where them solving their friends problems makes you money. Plus the ambitious ones sell the profitless company that owns the code for tens of millions.
Chinese nationalism is besides the point. The protests are to raise awareness of Tibet in the rest of the world.
A consequence of that awareness is that westerners should consume less stuff from China. An immediate & desirable consequence is that the olympics are a "flop", ala Montreal, and fail to make Bejing a desirable tourist destination.
Yes, you may become a better programmer at the tech school. You might even make 50% more money. But you'll learn how to deal with women at the liberal arts place. So that is the better deal for most people.
Otoh if your going to spend the next 4 years of your life fucking around on computers, not chasing women, then just head off to the tech place.
Loser pays isn't that great. It's best to let the courts try to measure some degree of stupidity in the suit.
In a simpler world, an ideal system would be both sides get 15% of the money being paid to the other side's lawyers. But judge's may award court costs in extreme cases. In this way, both sides lawyers have access to some fraction of the funding of the other side, and in particular probono lawyers get paid something. However, this complicates all sorts of problems with lawyers on retainers, contingency, etc.
A real solution would be embedding banner ads into mp3 info tags. If iTunes and Windows Media would display a small link from the mp3 tag, unless the user turned it off, then bands could have rotating banner ads on screen while their music was playing. Bands could also include rotate through their own artwork with links to their site, cuz it's cool and discourages users from deactivating the links. In this way, the music would appear free, but the band would make money directly on ads, with really very very little overhead. You'd be using some ad company to handle intelligently placing the ads based upon response rate. But sadly this would require the cooperation of Apple & Microsoft. :(
A more realistic approach is to simple give away the mp3s online, but charge for downloads of collections of remixes and CDs by mail. Artists love to fuck around with their songs, serious fans love to hear those other mixes, so there is money there.
Calling in SWAT teams gets people killed
He swatted TSA screener. Not sure what the TSA screener did, but let's be honest here. Sure kids might try harassing a op over a speeding ticket. But, if you've singled out a TSA screener, chances are he really deserved it.
Amen! He didn't just say he was joining the peace corps or such. He said he wanted to go kill people for Allah. His parents should get him mental help. No airline should let him fly again. etc.
Maybe it's cheaper to just relocate all the developers with nice programming jobs in some nice European country like Sweden?
Here is your Qtrax DRM : Sell video files with song identification information and encrypted info for ignoring the video. Your player then ignores the video, playing just the music and downloading more updated banner ads instead. But on an iPod the song behaves like a video.
Yeah, it's hard not to watch the TV if your not accustomed to it. I'd say your never being rude if you just turn off a TV. Your only rude if you try to secretly keep it off after someone else turns it back on.
Chill dude. Ain't nothing wrong with turning off a TV. If someone wants it they'll turn it back on. Your an ass if you repeat the action. It's like wikipedia, just make your edit, but don't be an ass by reverting reverts.
Any voting system that expects all voters to rank all candidates is a loser. It's still a big improvement. But someone should take into account the incomplete information inherent in voting.
How about :
- 5 years if the work involves any work for higher. 10 years if the original authors own it all (no corporations in particular). Here "work for higher" would not include samples and media for which unrestricted licenses were purchased *and* which remain available separately on an open market.
- All damages are limited to income directly related to infringement (i.e. individuals may infringe for personal use). A site like the piratebay could still be sued for their advertising income.
- No copyright protection for machine code unless the source code is also published for the same price. You might try circumventing this by having human compile your software, claiming it was a "performance", but that'd just be funny.
Sweet toad hope'n jesus! Imagine what'll happen when they learn to sell on eBay! I think you just renewed my faith in the singularity. ;)
Yes, the project is more ambitions than you know. XOs are neigh indestructible for laptops. But the countries are buying spare parts. When one breaks, the students & teachers must get together & fix them by following instructions. You won't learn to be an electrical engineer this way, but if your 10 it'll give you a pretty good start.
Academics don't mind arrogant blowhards, but they object to plagiarism.
I'm guessing you've never studied beyond a bachelors degree.
In general, wikipedia science articles are at the level of a summery for a graduate student, which is the level most useful for the academic community, as that is the level where people first learn about the subject, as well as the level average academics must descend to to learn about another field.
You can't expect young kids to understand about primary sources. It's all a question of the kids age. It's actually not trivial to track down a source.
In general, we communicate our culture to kids by simplifying it, once their basic thought processes are "in line", then we explain that Santa Clause and God don't exist, and not everything you read is true. We're still learning how much one can change this.
OLPC includes a kinda stable core version of Wikipedia. I don't see why this can't be provided on the internet for younger kids.
There is a substantial body of evidence saying that mergers hurt : employees, customers, and stock holders. Only the executives normally benefit. because they become executives of a larger corporation.
Yes but those layer's fees turn into campaign contributions to keep the patent system. It's really the lawyers that are the bad guys here.
Been done with bikes : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vélo'v
It works quite well with bikes. Foldable cars don't sound that great in comparison.
IBM's owners might not mind bullying, unlike say google's owners. But yes this patent likely is patent reform. IBM has many many real patents so pushing the vaporware patent trolls out of the buisness helps them & increases the value of their portfolio.