And I have the misfortune to live under one of the most corrupt mayors right now (John Street, Democrat) and witnessed in discussed the downfall of another corrupt governor of a neighboring state (Democrat Jim McGreevey) who tried to revision his fall from grace as a case of homophobia rather than a breach of basic trust when he hired his boyfriend, a foreign national, as his homeland security advisor.
I don't know why you go on about voting for the democrats when I did not say to vote for democrats, just for people who oppose Bush. I would much rather people vote independent than democratic. Hell, I don't hate republicans and would much rather see these people in the White House than any kooks like Ted Kennedy or a weathervane like Hillary Clinton (though I give her husband more credit than others do):
Colin Powell - R (but chances of him running is nearly nil) John McCain - R Joe Biden - D
Though I admit I'd most like to see Jesse Ventura in the White House. He rocked as a Governor and is free from all that political party (the poison of politics) crap.
unless I have a better choice than a douche versus a turd, which seemed to be all that was being offered in the presidential elections the last few years.
This technology might be fun if it helps get a darkhorse nominated, but because the people in the age group most likely to listen to podcasts don't bother to vote (demographically), I think it will be a nonissue.
In any case, I would much rather not hear about the presidential elections until '08 itself, thank you very much. Perhaps podcasts can play a role in '06 elections. Yes, it's likely to be more local, but while everybody is shitting their pants waiting for Bush to leave office in '08, you can vote for people and hopefully get them into all sort of positions that will give his administration a tough time. After all, even the president/administration has to work with people (senators, congressmen, local politicians) to make various things happen.*
*I'm independent before people accuse me one being for 1 crappy party or the other.
I think what Netflix needs to do is automatic variable pricing. By that, I mean to keep their pricing scheme, but if I feel like watching 0 movies - I don't get charged $20 subscription that month. If I only took out 2 movies at a time that month, charge me only 9.95 (or whatever) according to the scheme, not what I set my subscription at. If I feel like watching a ton of movies, 4 at a time, a certain month, let me do so without hassle (perhaps just a reminder screen) and charge me the $19.95.
I originally had the $19.95 membership a few years back but discontinued it for the reason that some months I just don't watch anything and thus don't feel like paying $20 for nothing. Since then, I haven't rented, even though I have an urge to watch something here and there precisely because of the hassle of signing up again (and the subsequent quitting of the service).
This way, I could get what I want when I want at a fair price without being force fed movies constantly. And they get to keep customers.
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This is a good thing, proprietary rechargeable battery replacements tend to be expensive.
And you can buy rechargeable AA batteries. I bought 6AA+4AAA+Recharger for 14.99 at Costco and the batteries last a crazy long time. 4-5x longer on one charge than alkaline batteries, by my estimates (Because of this, I only buy rechargeables now, make sure they have a high mAH and are NiMH).
OTOH, all my Lithion based batteries in my Sony (purchased before they turned into total scum) cameras cost >$60-120 to replace and reliably die after 2-3 years. I don't know how fast NiMH dies (it's life must be at least as long at Li), but at least I can replace them cheap.
They want to put more and more Casinos in suburban areas and in the city of Philadelphia if I recall correctly (all this pushed by the former mayor of Philly Ed Rendell, a democrat, I believe). They talk about all these wonderful things it will bring it like jobs and more revenue. What the politicians don't mention loudly is that they are also proposing giving the casinos a big break on property taxes, that casinos have to make money to pay revenue (hint: it doesn't come from the good of their heart), and the crime rate going up. It's not like they're planning to put up a technology center or something positive.
But this bill isn't about protecting people, it's about protecting revenue. Afterall, if you can sit in the comfort of your own home wasting your money on gambling, why go out and do state-sanctioned gambling (lottery tickets and casinos). What you can't tax, you ban.
BTW, for gambling proponents endorsing building Casinos as a public good, just go to Atlantic City (hey, if you are a Senior Citizen, just take the bus for minimum cash, like $10, and they give you that and a little more back in slotmachine tokens - hell, you can probably cash your social security checks there too), and look at the streets directly behind the casinos. One street behind the Boardwalk, it becomes a total dump. All show, no substance.
I would agree with you on your point except the price. It's too steep. I could see $9.99 downloaded or say $11.99 burned and shipped. But $24.99? That more than most movies.
Plus I find that clips are filled with more fluff than a nice written summary. My father recently got my uncle one of those year year DVDs (something like this) and when we watched it, we went almost went to sleep with the amount of moralizing/fluff that was in it (plus the super narrow focus on one story of that year and not a well-rounded montage). I don't know if CBS news is like that, but from the channels I do vaguely remember, I switched to online news precisely because of the constant moralizing/preaching/fluff/non-newsworthy crap they put out. The only thing good here is you can pick your clips, but if they drag on to get to their point, well, what is the point (of paying for that much for it)?
Well, it seem that CBS has stumbled on a new anti-piracy measure! I, for one, predict that these old clips of old news will not be found on any bittorrent sites in the future. Truly ingenious and no DRM needed to boot.
My hat is off to you, CBS.
In other news, the RIAA has been experiment with zero value content for years now....
They write it that way so they can pschologically hammer you down in salary if you don't have all the skills. And they don't want you to have all the skills listed.
The most sought-after corporate IT workers in 2010 may be those with no deep-seated technical skills at all. The nuts-and-bolts programming and easy-to-document support jobs will have all gone to third-party providers in the U.S. or abroad. Instead, IT departments will be populated with "versatilists" -- those with a technology background who also know the business sector inside and out, can architect and carry out IT plans that will add business value, and can cultivate relationships both inside and outside the company.
I think the article is anticipating administrating software and software systems will become easier over time. Probably.
But I would rather trade to something more technical, but close to CompSci, like Electrical Engineering, if I were in school. Or get more into Computer Science, but really get into the math aspect. Engineers and their types will always be needed.
I know several MBA graduates that are having problems getting jobs right now for over $12.00 an hour because of the glut (in their area) and I don't believe becoming a jack-of-all-trades (versatile as the argument puts it) will lead to anything but lower wayes.
Knowing the business, as the article says, should be good for anyone in any position - if not to help the business, then just to see how stable your position is in it.
Clearly, the Porn industry has to save the tech industry, as they often have, and come up with something new, much more processor intensive. Seeing as movies of most resolutions can be played too easily on modern hardware (and perhaps encoding takes a bit more time), it really is time to go with Virtual Reality. I can't wait to see the new computer accessories that the next generation brings - human/computer interface will be completely redefined:P
Dude, kids are incapable of thinking for themselves, especially in the grade school years. They need to be taught the difference between right and wrong before they can be taught how to ascertain whether something is right or wrong.
You mean kids are incapable of thinking how we want them to think (as in socially accepted ways) until we teach them how. Then they need to be taught what we think of right and wrong before they can ascertain whether something is right or wrong according to our system.
Kids can think plenty, but since they don't know all the consequences for every action (subtle and the obvious, not that some adults do either, though) they are apt to get into trouble (or cause it).
Every "authoritative" source is like this...
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History books are written by the winners. Science publications/journals are prone to politics and following groupthink on the currently theories in vogue, with scientist throwing out facts to fit their models. And lets not even begin the popular media.
Just don't believe everything you read anywhere, think for yourself.
And wiki is a good source to begin your search on a topic you knew nothing about. It improved searching for quick facts or overviews on a topic by orders of a magnitude rather than the tedious method of sifting through all the useless keyword sites on a search engine.
I have been carded for buying 5 minute expoxy and other household cleaners because they (this Wal-mart) maintains that I have to be at least 18 to buy such stuff. Never mind that I can go to any supermarket here and buy the same items no problem without hassle because my state has no such laws on such items. It is Wal-mart themselves that are doing this on their own initiative.
If they didn't add even "one minute" to the transaction, they wouldn't do this, but they do anyhow. And they have been doing this for years.
Same thing with other items.
The thing Wal-mart is doing with music is censorship, plain and simple. Why not sell the explicit lyrics? Well, we have no problem establishing that they don't mind carding for frivolous items, my thinking is that they KNOW they can sell a few more CDs while keeping to their silly code. You can't change the nature of 5-minute expoxy or drain cleaner, these items are what they are, but if you can make a CD "kid friendly", in their view, why not do it.
I think it's a load of shit, but that may be just me.
Well, that really depends on the nature of authority.
Even science is prone to be wrong and really wrong. My History/Anthopology Professor (a Dr.) railed against the establishment because of all the politics he sees done in archaeology where they leave out evidence that doesn't conform to the theories currently in vogue and if you try to publish an article that really goes against the establishment, good luck finding a reputable publisher.
There is no "ONE" authority.
Wiki is so good because, previously, when I hit a search term in google, often I'd have to sift through a ton of shitty results that mention what I'm looking for or was a page with a ton of keyword results. With the wiki, I have a starting point at least, in most cases.
So it doesn't have to be authoritative, just good enough.
It isn't illegal. What are you babbling about? Reading & writing, or reading & decrypting
Reading is decryption. Just because you are fluent in the alphabet doesn't mean you brain doesn't do any work decrypt this message letter by letter still, it's just less hard now you are out of grade school. You can't seperate reading and decryption on a fundamental letter.
Being allowed to read individual bits but not allowed to obtain comprehension (cracking) of them on your own (of a DVD you own) is ridiculous.
Nice Orwellian logic. Ok, as a free American, protected by the 1st Amendment, I have the right to read your last bank statement. Hand it over, or I'll sue you for violating my civil rights. The next step would be, "Freedom of speech requires you to confess your crimes to us. I'm sorry, you cannot invoke the 5th amendment, as the 1st amendment takes precedence."
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It's legal for me to read you bank statement. If I find it on the street or if I find it in a public place or if you hand it to me. If I break into your house to get it, I'm guilty of breaking and entering, not of reading your bank statement.
If reading material can become illegalized, guess how the government can censor ideas. And the last argument is just plain stupid.
Afraid that cracking the code might have been copyright infringement, Psiaki's group consulted with Cornell's university counsel. "We were told that cracking the encryption of creative content, like music or a movie, is illegal, but the encryption used by a navigation signal is fair game," said Psiaki.
Sigh, how did READING the bits on your own CDs/DVDs ever become illegal? Freedom of speech implies a freedom to read what you want. (Yes, I understand the DMCA, but I'm still in shock - I always considered laws making it illegal to read "signals", etcetera "not intended for you" very British but very unAmerican. And I say British because I'm getting those quotes from British laws circa WW2 and probably before.)
I was going to write: "What rubbish! Did you learn all the intricacies of BS from Frankfurter's essay?" until I caught your last sentence "Our right to privacy is protected by the need for warrents; making it harder for officials to conduct lawful investigations just helps criminals." This last part caught my radar and it either makes your sarcasm super-sharp and I applaud you or you are appallingly brainwashed. I hope it is the former and not the latter.
Either way, I'll point out the problems with the stance your post takes:
1. With a backdoor, who says they will ever pursue a warrant? A purpose of the warrant is to make it legal, but also that I open my door to them.
2. No one in the US is denying them access to their buildings with a warrant. With a warrant, they can get in anywhere they want in the US. If it is outside the US, well too fucking bad - they'll just have to -gasp- work with Ipol and the police there. Also, since they can only impose hardware restrictions in the US (if they can at all, I don't this is kosher), this tainted equipment will only be in the US. On the flip side of the coin, would you want China or Russia to decide what backdoors your equipment needs for them to gain entry?
3. A backdoor for the government will be discovered (as Window's generic CD-IDs have in the past), rendering said equipment (like routers with built-in firewalls) useless. I'm being defrauded already at purchasing and making my network vulnerable to all.
They have other problems (runaway but unnecessary spending on welfare) and their debt is as high or higher than US. But someone needs to produce. A service based economy is fine, but until robots automate all production, I'm not convinced in the service based economy for the long haul:(
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Um, yeah, I am very much a democratic shill because I hate Bush and his administration.
Even though I speak against Ed Rendell (democrat):
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=191296&cid=15
And I have the misfortune to live under one of the most corrupt mayors right now (John Street, Democrat) and witnessed in discussed the downfall of another corrupt governor of a neighboring state (Democrat Jim McGreevey) who tried to revision his fall from grace as a case of homophobia rather than a breach of basic trust when he hired his boyfriend, a foreign national, as his homeland security advisor.
And this post of mine again shows what a shill I am for democrats:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1844
I don't know why you go on about voting for the democrats when I did not say to vote for democrats, just for people who oppose Bush. I would much rather people vote independent than democratic. Hell, I don't hate republicans and would much rather see these people in the White House than any kooks like Ted Kennedy or a weathervane like Hillary Clinton (though I give her husband more credit than others do):
Colin Powell - R (but chances of him running is nearly nil)
John McCain - R
Joe Biden - D
Though I admit I'd most like to see Jesse Ventura in the White House. He rocked as a Governor and is free from all that political party (the poison of politics) crap.
unless I have a better choice than a douche versus a turd, which seemed to be all that was being offered in the presidential elections the last few years.
This technology might be fun if it helps get a darkhorse nominated, but because the people in the age group most likely to listen to podcasts don't bother to vote (demographically), I think it will be a nonissue.
In any case, I would much rather not hear about the presidential elections until '08 itself, thank you very much. Perhaps podcasts can play a role in '06 elections. Yes, it's likely to be more local, but while everybody is shitting their pants waiting for Bush to leave office in '08, you can vote for people and hopefully get them into all sort of positions that will give his administration a tough time. After all, even the president/administration has to work with people (senators, congressmen, local politicians) to make various things happen.*
*I'm independent before people accuse me one being for 1 crappy party or the other.
I think what Netflix needs to do is automatic variable pricing. By that, I mean to keep their pricing scheme, but if I feel like watching 0 movies - I don't get charged $20 subscription that month. If I only took out 2 movies at a time that month, charge me only 9.95 (or whatever) according to the scheme, not what I set my subscription at. If I feel like watching a ton of movies, 4 at a time, a certain month, let me do so without hassle (perhaps just a reminder screen) and charge me the $19.95.
I originally had the $19.95 membership a few years back but discontinued it for the reason that some months I just don't watch anything and thus don't feel like paying $20 for nothing. Since then, I haven't rented, even though I have an urge to watch something here and there precisely because of the hassle of signing up again (and the subsequent quitting of the service).
This way, I could get what I want when I want at a fair price without being force fed movies constantly. And they get to keep customers.
This is a good thing, proprietary rechargeable battery replacements tend to be expensive.
And you can buy rechargeable AA batteries. I bought 6AA+4AAA+Recharger for 14.99 at Costco and the batteries last a crazy long time. 4-5x longer on one charge than alkaline batteries, by my estimates (Because of this, I only buy rechargeables now, make sure they have a high mAH and are NiMH).
OTOH, all my Lithion based batteries in my Sony (purchased before they turned into total scum) cameras cost >$60-120 to replace and reliably die after 2-3 years. I don't know how fast NiMH dies (it's life must be at least as long at Li), but at least I can replace them cheap.
They want to put more and more Casinos in suburban areas and in the city of Philadelphia if I recall correctly (all this pushed by the former mayor of Philly Ed Rendell, a democrat, I believe). They talk about all these wonderful things it will bring it like jobs and more revenue. What the politicians don't mention loudly is that they are also proposing giving the casinos a big break on property taxes, that casinos have to make money to pay revenue (hint: it doesn't come from the good of their heart), and the crime rate going up. It's not like they're planning to put up a technology center or something positive.
But this bill isn't about protecting people, it's about protecting revenue. Afterall, if you can sit in the comfort of your own home wasting your money on gambling, why go out and do state-sanctioned gambling (lottery tickets and casinos). What you can't tax, you ban.
BTW, for gambling proponents endorsing building Casinos as a public good, just go to Atlantic City (hey, if you are a Senior Citizen, just take the bus for minimum cash, like $10, and they give you that and a little more back in slotmachine tokens - hell, you can probably cash your social security checks there too), and look at the streets directly behind the casinos. One street behind the Boardwalk, it becomes a total dump. All show, no substance.
I would agree with you on your point except the price. It's too steep. I could see $9.99 downloaded or say $11.99 burned and shipped. But $24.99? That more than most movies.
Plus I find that clips are filled with more fluff than a nice written summary. My father recently got my uncle one of those year year DVDs (something like this) and when we watched it, we went almost went to sleep with the amount of moralizing/fluff that was in it (plus the super narrow focus on one story of that year and not a well-rounded montage). I don't know if CBS news is like that, but from the channels I do vaguely remember, I switched to online news precisely because of the constant moralizing/preaching/fluff/non-newsworthy crap they put out. The only thing good here is you can pick your clips, but if they drag on to get to their point, well, what is the point (of paying for that much for it)?
Well, it seem that CBS has stumbled on a new anti-piracy measure! I, for one, predict that these old clips of old news will not be found on any bittorrent sites in the future. Truly ingenious and no DRM needed to boot.
My hat is off to you, CBS.
In other news, the RIAA has been experiment with zero value content for years now....
They write it that way so they can pschologically hammer you down in salary if you don't have all the skills. And they don't want you to have all the skills listed.
I think the article is anticipating administrating software and software systems will become easier over time. Probably.
But I would rather trade to something more technical, but close to CompSci, like Electrical Engineering, if I were in school. Or get more into Computer Science, but really get into the math aspect. Engineers and their types will always be needed.
I know several MBA graduates that are having problems getting jobs right now for over $12.00 an hour because of the glut (in their area) and I don't believe becoming a jack-of-all-trades (versatile as the argument puts it) will lead to anything but lower wayes.
Knowing the business, as the article says, should be good for anyone in any position - if not to help the business, then just to see how stable your position is in it.
Clearly, the Porn industry has to save the tech industry, as they often have, and come up with something new, much more processor intensive. Seeing as movies of most resolutions can be played too easily on modern hardware (and perhaps encoding takes a bit more time), it really is time to go with Virtual Reality. I can't wait to see the new computer accessories that the next generation brings - human/computer interface will be completely redefined:P
You mean kids are incapable of thinking how we want them to think (as in socially accepted ways) until we teach them how. Then they need to be taught what we think of right and wrong before they can ascertain whether something is right or wrong according to our system.
Kids can think plenty, but since they don't know all the consequences for every action (subtle and the obvious, not that some adults do either, though) they are apt to get into trouble (or cause it).
They should look under /dev/null, it happens to be the same place their case is headed soon:)
And also at the same time, we "have to" entrust them with our information. Which they seem to have a voracious appetite for these days. Sad, really.
http://www.satirewire.com/news/0008/satire-fbiteen s.shtml
History books are written by the winners. Science publications/journals are prone to politics and following groupthink on the currently theories in vogue, with scientist throwing out facts to fit their models. And lets not even begin the popular media.
Just don't believe everything you read anywhere, think for yourself.
And wiki is a good source to begin your search on a topic you knew nothing about. It improved searching for quick facts or overviews on a topic by orders of a magnitude rather than the tedious method of sifting through all the useless keyword sites on a search engine.
Have you ever been to Wal-mart?
I have been carded for buying 5 minute expoxy and other household cleaners because they (this Wal-mart) maintains that I have to be at least 18 to buy such stuff. Never mind that I can go to any supermarket here and buy the same items no problem without hassle because my state has no such laws on such items. It is Wal-mart themselves that are doing this on their own initiative.
If they didn't add even "one minute" to the transaction, they wouldn't do this, but they do anyhow. And they have been doing this for years.
Same thing with other items.
The thing Wal-mart is doing with music is censorship, plain and simple. Why not sell the explicit lyrics? Well, we have no problem establishing that they don't mind carding for frivolous items, my thinking is that they KNOW they can sell a few more CDs while keeping to their silly code. You can't change the nature of 5-minute expoxy or drain cleaner, these items are what they are, but if you can make a CD "kid friendly", in their view, why not do it.
I think it's a load of shit, but that may be just me.
Well, that really depends on the nature of authority.
Even science is prone to be wrong and really wrong. My History/Anthopology Professor (a Dr.) railed against the establishment because of all the politics he sees done in archaeology where they leave out evidence that doesn't conform to the theories currently in vogue and if you try to publish an article that really goes against the establishment, good luck finding a reputable publisher.
There is no "ONE" authority.
Wiki is so good because, previously, when I hit a search term in google, often I'd have to sift through a ton of shitty results that mention what I'm looking for or was a page with a ton of keyword results. With the wiki, I have a starting point at least, in most cases.
So it doesn't have to be authoritative, just good enough.
Reading is decryption. Just because you are fluent in the alphabet doesn't mean you brain doesn't do any work decrypt this message letter by letter still, it's just less hard now you are out of grade school. You can't seperate reading and decryption on a fundamental letter.
Being allowed to read individual bits but not allowed to obtain comprehension (cracking) of them on your own (of a DVD you own) is ridiculous.
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It's legal for me to read you bank statement. If I find it on the street or if I find it in a public place or if you hand it to me. If I break into your house to get it, I'm guilty of breaking and entering, not of reading your bank statement.
If reading material can become illegalized, guess how the government can censor ideas. And the last argument is just plain stupid.
Sigh, how did READING the bits on your own CDs/DVDs ever become illegal? Freedom of speech implies a freedom to read what you want. (Yes, I understand the DMCA, but I'm still in shock - I always considered laws making it illegal to read "signals", etcetera "not intended for you" very British but very unAmerican. And I say British because I'm getting those quotes from British laws circa WW2 and probably before.)
Props to Cornell.
I was going to write: "What rubbish! Did you learn all the intricacies of BS from Frankfurter's essay?" until I caught your last sentence "Our right to privacy is protected by the need for warrents; making it harder for officials to conduct lawful investigations just helps criminals." This last part caught my radar and it either makes your sarcasm super-sharp and I applaud you or you are appallingly brainwashed. I hope it is the former and not the latter.
Either way, I'll point out the problems with the stance your post takes:
1. With a backdoor, who says they will ever pursue a warrant? A purpose of the warrant is to make it legal, but also that I open my door to them.
2. No one in the US is denying them access to their buildings with a warrant. With a warrant, they can get in anywhere they want in the US. If it is outside the US, well too fucking bad - they'll just have to -gasp- work with Ipol and the police there. Also, since they can only impose hardware restrictions in the US (if they can at all, I don't this is kosher), this tainted equipment will only be in the US. On the flip side of the coin, would you want China or Russia to decide what backdoors your equipment needs for them to gain entry?
3. A backdoor for the government will be discovered (as Window's generic CD-IDs have in the past), rendering said equipment (like routers with built-in firewalls) useless. I'm being defrauded already at purchasing and making my network vulnerable to all.
Let me say it: FUCK THE ADMINISTRATION!
Costco's CEO is also the founder. I did not mention the Walmart's CEO or leadership but I would compare Costco's CEO (and founder) to the Waltons.
I think Germany is pretty comparable to the US standard of living:
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos
Germany:
Exports:
$1.016 trillion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports:
$801 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
They have other problems (runaway but unnecessary spending on welfare) and their debt is as high or higher than US. But someone needs to produce. A service based economy is fine, but until robots automate all production, I'm not convinced in the service based economy for the long haul:(
1.3M may not be much, but it is more than before, and these people spend money and so that money reaches more people than just them.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos
USA
Exports:
$927.5 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports:
$1.727 trillion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
From:
My wrists hurt just seeing that typed out. FYI, the acronym is PETA though it will be completely acceptable if you use PITA.