IANAL, but you can't just "lay claim" to intellectual property. You have to prove that you and no one else thought of the idea, then go through proper channels to protect it. If the beta-testers get a patent on an idea they suggest, then clearly they own it. Otherwise, anything they tell you is free game until it's protected by law.
Doesn't it also add a video card or VGA capabilities? I thought I read on the press reelase that you could *not* use a normal TV for the Sony Linux PS/2.
A beowulf cluster of these?
haha in all seriousness, if they can build one, maybe the could build 5 or 10. What a better way to get rid of nuclear waste? Elevate it into space, then toss it towards the sun!
I don't see the big push MS has for multiple monitors. No home user would want the expense in dollars or desk space, electricity of having two monitors.
Multiple desktops, or oversized desktops ala ATI's old video drivers (before MS WHQL removed the ability) is a much, much better solution.
There is a very obvious line where "free speech" is no longer important. When you are actively inciting people to violence against each other, it becomes criminal.
We also have the right to pursue happiness, but if I'm only happy killing and raping people, I certainly can't do that.
I might be a little jaded against the world, but sites like this are ludicrous. I'm glad that he got raided and I do hope they arrest him. He's obviously an ignorant child who wants attention, and possibly to hurt people. These are the kinds of people we do not want free in the United States.
well, I meant the "death" of retail, not the "death of retail." It obvious that rtail stores won't ever go away, because people like to browse. I agree with an above comment though, that things like video games, movies, computer parts, ie things that never change will be purcvhased more and more online from warehouses. Clothes, groceries, probably even books will still be shopped for locally.
I always thought that online sales would cause a major decline in physical stores. You can move as much merchandise with so many fewer people, store locations, etc. You can offer lower prices, enough to displace shipping.
Of course there will always be a demand for physical retail, but we are seeing lots of retail chains gonig through ahrd times.
At Purdue University, there is a class specifically meant for CS majors and Biology majors, to address this same issue. I wonder if they use this book in the class.
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I personally think this is a good idea. Coordination would speed up development and improve the linux kernel
You know, with Linus's many comments about kernel latency and pre-emptive kernels, you'd think that he'd be all for imrpoving kernel development latency!
Since somewhere alnog the line, we hyave to connect these micro-computers to keyboard, mice, speakers, monitors... how do we make these interconnections? I wonder if efficiency is lost along the busses neccesary for these to work.
Wow, a news story about an institute cutting back on things. This is new, exciting news. Yea.
I just don't see the angle. Is it good just because it's MIT? I'm sorta tired of these "super schools" getting so much attention. If this was DePauw University cutting back, would it get posted on/.?
Well, you can beleive what you want, but it's not much more grounded in fact as people who beleive that the Second Coming and end of the world are near...
You're missing the simple, essential point that, there has never been a machine made that was built to service itself, EVERY machine is only built with functionality to help/aid humans. The refridgerator doesn't care if it's broken, it "calls" the repairman because the *humans* want it to be fixed.
Consumerism can't be automated. Somehow you're confusing cause and effect; People don't buy things because they are there, things are made that people want to buy.
If you ever study economics, you'll understand. The perfect economy has everyone doing an easy job and getting paid a lot to do it. We're moving ever closer to this goal in the United States, too. This book seems to ignore the fact the the average standard of living in the US has been on a steady climb for decades.
It has nothing to do with discrediting socialism, but the United States already exists as a highly socialized culture. We have humanitarian and economic incentives to "spread the wealth" and try to provide a basic level of existance to all people. What do you think taxes are for? Welfare? Medicare? Public Education?
There's nothing *wrong* with capitalism. But, in any competitive systems, there will always be relative winners and losers. You get only as much as you put in, but you're never guaranteed to succeed.
Your statement is sort of confusing, but if I userstand you right, what you mean to say in so many words is "The internet allows for more people to create and acces information than before." And of course, to plug your website;)
However, this is as much a bad thing as a good thing. When anyone can post info on the 'net, lots and lots of innacurate, sometimes dangerously inaccurate, can become "common knowledge." If everybody, every day posted their thoughts/information on the 'net, there would be such a glut of information that no one would know what to read or trust.
What we need are a few highly reliable information sources, not thousands of unrealiable ones.
I really liked some of the X-file's episodes. Not only some of the really good "normal" ones, but the comedic/weird ones were erally good, too.
I don't think I'll ever forget the episode from the two different viewpoints, or the COPS episode. There was a lot of original work there, which should be remembered. Too bad the last couple seasons have been going downhill...
Honestly now, Iron-absed Super Soldiers that can regenerate from a single vertebrate? Come on...
As far as I know, both Purdue and UIUC use MOSS to catch cheaters. Personally I'm all for it. It doesn't stop people from asking/getting deisgn help, but it helps stop people from cut/apsting code frmo one rpgoram to another, and then changing struct and variable names.
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IANAL, but you can't just "lay claim" to intellectual property. You have to prove that you and no one else thought of the idea, then go through proper channels to protect it. If the beta-testers get a patent on an idea they suggest, then clearly they own it. Otherwise, anything they tell you is free game until it's protected by law.
If you sgtart the game with a delay, you can indeed fast-forward through commercials. You'd just start the game 10 or 20 minutes late.
I'd rather like to know how many people fast-forwarded to skip through commercials. I would have!
Doesn't it also add a video card or VGA capabilities? I thought I read on the press reelase that you could *not* use a normal TV for the Sony Linux PS/2.
A beowulf cluster of these? haha in all seriousness, if they can build one, maybe the could build 5 or 10. What a better way to get rid of nuclear waste? Elevate it into space, then toss it towards the sun!
I don't see the big push MS has for multiple monitors. No home user would want the expense in dollars or desk space, electricity of having two monitors.
Multiple desktops, or oversized desktops ala ATI's old video drivers (before MS WHQL removed the ability) is a much, much better solution.
There is a very obvious line where "free speech" is no longer important. When you are actively inciting people to violence against each other, it becomes criminal.
We also have the right to pursue happiness, but if I'm only happy killing and raping people, I certainly can't do that.
I might be a little jaded against the world, but sites like this are ludicrous. I'm glad that he got raided and I do hope they arrest him. He's obviously an ignorant child who wants attention, and possibly to hurt people. These are the kinds of people we do not want free in the United States.
well, I meant the "death" of retail, not the "death of retail." It obvious that rtail stores won't ever go away, because people like to browse. I agree with an above comment though, that things like video games, movies, computer parts, ie things that never change will be purcvhased more and more online from warehouses. Clothes, groceries, probably even books will still be shopped for locally.
I always thought that online sales would cause a major decline in physical stores. You can move as much merchandise with so many fewer people, store locations, etc. You can offer lower prices, enough to displace shipping.
Of course there will always be a demand for physical retail, but we are seeing lots of retail chains gonig through ahrd times.
At Purdue University, there is a class specifically meant for CS majors and Biology majors, to address this same issue. I wonder if they use this book in the class.
I personally think this is a good idea. Coordination would speed up development and improve the linux kernel
You know, with Linus's many comments about kernel latency and pre-emptive kernels, you'd think that he'd be all for imrpoving kernel development latency!
You are such a typical censorist. Just because you don't understand and appreciate something doesn't mean that no one should be able to experience it.
They aren't suing because you don't like the austin powers movies, anyways. They just want money for someone else's work.
What's Famy? ;)
Since somewhere alnog the line, we hyave to connect these micro-computers to keyboard, mice, speakers, monitors... how do we make these interconnections? I wonder if efficiency is lost along the busses neccesary for these to work.
Glad to see a fellow who's willing to speak their mind, and not be a karma wh0re ;)
Wow, a news story about an institute cutting back on things. This is new, exciting news. Yea.
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I just don't see the angle. Is it good just because it's MIT? I'm sorta tired of these "super schools" getting so much attention. If this was DePauw University cutting back, would it get posted on
His comments on the preemptive kernel patch make me want to try it out. It seems like a great idea, and from what he says, it's well-implemented.
On a side note, he's my kind of geek. At least started with Slackware, kernel hakcs and even has a girlfriend. Wow!
Well, you can beleive what you want, but it's not much more grounded in fact as people who beleive that the Second Coming and end of the world are near...
You're missing the simple, essential point that, there has never been a machine made that was built to service itself, EVERY machine is only built with functionality to help/aid humans. The refridgerator doesn't care if it's broken, it "calls" the repairman because the *humans* want it to be fixed.
Consumerism can't be automated. Somehow you're confusing cause and effect; People don't buy things because they are there, things are made that people want to buy.
If you ever study economics, you'll understand. The perfect economy has everyone doing an easy job and getting paid a lot to do it. We're moving ever closer to this goal in the United States, too. This book seems to ignore the fact the the average standard of living in the US has been on a steady climb for decades.
It has nothing to do with discrediting socialism, but the United States already exists as a highly socialized culture. We have humanitarian and economic incentives to "spread the wealth" and try to provide a basic level of existance to all people. What do you think taxes are for? Welfare? Medicare? Public Education?
There's nothing *wrong* with capitalism. But, in any competitive systems, there will always be relative winners and losers. You get only as much as you put in, but you're never guaranteed to succeed.
Your statement is sort of confusing, but if I userstand you right, what you mean to say in so many words is "The internet allows for more people to create and acces information than before." And of course, to plug your website ;)
However, this is as much a bad thing as a good thing. When anyone can post info on the 'net, lots and lots of innacurate, sometimes dangerously inaccurate, can become "common knowledge." If everybody, every day posted their thoughts/information on the 'net, there would be such a glut of information that no one would know what to read or trust.
What we need are a few highly reliable information sources, not thousands of unrealiable ones.
Yea, but not many people have ever seen that at all, so yes, ity was quite original :)
I really liked some of the X-file's episodes. Not only some of the really good "normal" ones, but the comedic/weird ones were erally good, too.
I don't think I'll ever forget the episode from the two different viewpoints, or the COPS episode. There was a lot of original work there, which should be remembered. Too bad the last couple seasons have been going downhill...
Honestly now, Iron-absed Super Soldiers that can regenerate from a single vertebrate? Come on...
As far as I know, both Purdue and UIUC use MOSS to catch cheaters. Personally I'm all for it. It doesn't stop people from asking/getting deisgn help, but it helps stop people from cut/apsting code frmo one rpgoram to another, and then changing struct and variable names.