I think that they way you lumped DeCSS in with Kazaa (clearly different things in my mind) and then explain how Kazaa was designed for piracy is a perfect example of what might happen to BitTorrent. We have one example of a person arrested for violating copyright using BitTorrent and some people are going to equate it with Kazaa and all the Spyware and shady Vanuatu Incorporation that goes along with the Sharman networks.
It is sad that people are using BitTorrent for unlawful things because it is likely to make it more difficult for others to do lawful things with it.
This case of an individual using BitTorrent for copyright infringement may be used as an excuse to outlaw or otherwise deprive you of your rights to distribute anything on the internet using P2P technology.
Lets face it, DeCSS was written for lawful uses but the potential for unlawful uses makes it a "piracy tool" in some peoples' minds. Every time BitTorrent is involved in a copyright infringement case, it is another blow to its image, and it makes it that much harder for us to preserve our online rights.
Ok, let me start by admitting that I've been there too. I played quite a bit of GTA3 and Vice City and remember scanning traffic while real world driving, seeing a sportbike and thinking, "ooh, I could get through traffic much faster if I grabbed that."
But on the other hand, I'm convinced that playing lots and lots of Grand Tourismo 1 and 2 pushed me AWAY from bad driving behavior in real life. First, it conviced me that nothing that you can drive on the street is actually fast. You just can't beat a purpose-built race car. Why bother souping-up your real car a little bit and then act like you are racing on the streets when it is just pathetic pretending. I saw right through crap like "The Fast and the Furious" as a bunch of posers because I knew that $100,000+ Supra still wasn't a "ten second car" it ran in the 13s at best. Any old Mustang set up properly for drag racing could beat it cold. Pretentious.
Secondly, hours of racing, even without car damage on, taught me that driving on the edge of control inevitabley leads to collisions, which make you lose. It also taught me that the margin between "in control" and "crashed" is very slip, and once to pass that tipping point you can't get back, so the only way to succeed is to drive well under the your and the car's capabilities so that you still have room to make adjustments.
From Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
Troll (verb):
intentionally posting an outrageous argument deliberately constructed around a fundamental but obfuscated flaw or error; often the poster will become defensive when the argument is refuted but may instead continue the thread through the use of further flawed arguments; this is referred to as "feeding" the troll.
That sounds about right doesn't it? Compare your proposal to light->solar cell->electricity->electrolosis->hydrogen store->fuel cell->electricity on demand. That is 3 transformations, two at high efficiency, compared to 4 transforms, 3 at low efficiency.
Is isn't clear from the way you worded it, but:
This silicon modulator is dramatically (50x) faster than any previous silicon modulator. It isn't yet as fast as other non-silicon solutions, but it is far cheaper. So much cheaper that is changes what can be done with fiber instead of wire.
Maybe the realistic solution is just to use a different word instead of hacking, since most people have bad connotations of hacking.
I mean, it is just a word, why not take a new one, like for example tinker Its a pretty good word. Its both a noun and a verb. It could apply to software and hardware. It connotes cleverness and craftsmanship and experimentation.
"So, whatcha doin?"
"Oh, I'm just tinkering on my firewall to see if I can break it."
King Kaufman of Salon.com was recently discussing Barry Bonds' dominating stats for this year and looking for a new term for second when second is so far behind; when the difference between 1st and 2nd is the same as 2nd and 11th.
"first, the scenerio can happen in real poker games."
Yes, and it is still collusion. I think it would be easier to catch this sort of thing online because the house has easy access to the statistics, which they wouldn't have in a brick&mortar casino.
I think it would be pretty easy to detect that two players always play at the same table together and never play against one another, or re-raise one another to force out other players when one has a weak hand. Any collusion behavior that actually gives you an edge is going to be pretty easy to detect statistically.
Well, they block traffic from people using the same IP address, so that at least makes it more difficult to sit in a room together and collude. I guess you could still talk on the phone or use an IM or something, but it is pretty easy to search for behavior patterns and "catch" you and confiscate your money.
For example, two players always play together at the same tables, re-raise and fold to one another, bingo. Pretty much anything you do that actually gives you an advantage is going to show up.
I'm sure it can be done, but your risk might be larger than your edge, and if you're greedy, you're gonna get caught.
I think SCO has argued that since the GPL is invalid, when people release software under the GPL, they are releasing it to the public domain.
That is the only way they can free themselves of both the GPL and Copyright at the same time.
And I can't imagine how the courts could agree with them. Can you see them saying "You didn't mean to give up your copyright, but you did because it would be inconvenient for businesses to have to repect it." No? Me neither.
Now my question is: How come there are so many shrill voices modded up who have no data, just a worry, and so few voices, not modded up, who actually bother to do any analysis before offering an opinion?
Here is a links. http://www.upa.pdx.edu/IMS/currentprojects/silicon forest.html
Included is a small version of a poster that shows a sort of familiy tree of 300 or so of the most significant companies. You can also link over to a list of those companies.
-courtney
Tektronix was founded in '46, Electro Scientific Industries in '44, and Intel in '76. Many high-tech companies here sprouted from those seeds. The first time I heard Hillsboro/Beaverton referred to as the Silicon Forest was back in the late '80s.
It wasn't a Senator, it was a representative. He was the head of the committee that oversaw the congessional services. Yep, some congresspeople oversee foreign relations or appropriations, or defense, and this guy ran the lunchroom. And he wanted a photo op, so he changed the lunchroom menu. Do you remember the French response? "They're Belgian."
I hope he's happy that he used up his 15 minutes of fame trying to offend our allies and lowering the level of public discourse. I don't even remember his name.
While it was good for your great-grandfather, there are some unintended consequences that I worry about. When an old farmer puts off retirement to not grow things, then there is no land for a young farmer to buy, so there is an entire age group of would-be farmers that don't get started in farming and have to go off to do something else. Secondly, all of the suppliers for the non-growing farmer get hurt, from manufacturers of farm equipment to mechanics. The fallout is that when the soil bank 10 years is over and it is time to get back to growing, the expertise and resources needed to do the growing may not be around.
I'm not pointing this comment at anyone, I'm just saying it is kind of a shame.
I see from your linked article that they have the Highlander working for them, so it must be a boon to mankind.
"Iogen has demonstrated that clean, renewable fuels are no longer a dream, they are a reality,? said Duncan Macleod, Portfolio Manager of Shell Global Solutions "
I heard of a report (yes, someone actually studied this scientifically) that explained that the entire "blinding" problem of HID lamps can be entirely explained by that fact that funny colors of the HID lamps catch people's attention, and so they look at them. Don't look into the lights. If you look away from HIDs the same way you look away from halogens, then there is no problem.
People putting obnoxious driving lights on their crappy wannaberacecars was just as bad with halogens and xenons as it now is with HIDs.
I think the problem isn't with the animation, but with the goal. Spider-Man moves impossibley fast and ignores some basic physics. I think it is impossible to have a "person" spring 20 feet straight up into the air and not have it look cartooney. If we are going to enjoy the movie, we just have to suspend disbelief and accept that if there were a Spider-Man, then that is how he would move.
One of the most enjoyable movie experiences that I have had was with Willow, which isn't really a Great Movie or anything, but the trailers revealed nothing about the plot, and none of the "money" cool images from the movie were in it. I went in knowing the actors and director, and that it was a fantasy movie and nothing else, and I had a great time.
If only the people who cut the trailers would let the best parts of the movie surprise you...
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I think that they way you lumped DeCSS in with Kazaa (clearly different things in my mind) and then explain how Kazaa was designed for piracy is a perfect example of what might happen to BitTorrent. We have one example of a person arrested for violating copyright using BitTorrent and some people are going to equate it with Kazaa and all the Spyware and shady Vanuatu Incorporation that goes along with the Sharman networks.
It is sad that people are using BitTorrent for unlawful things because it is likely to make it more difficult for others to do lawful things with it.
This case of an individual using BitTorrent for copyright infringement may be used as an excuse to outlaw or otherwise deprive you of your rights to distribute anything on the internet using P2P technology.
Lets face it, DeCSS was written for lawful uses but the potential for unlawful uses makes it a "piracy tool" in some peoples' minds. Every time BitTorrent is involved in a copyright infringement case, it is another blow to its image, and it makes it that much harder for us to preserve our online rights.
"Do comets and our own planet have something in common? This clever mission could answer the question once and for all. "
Very rarely is anything complex answered once and for all.
Ok, let me start by admitting that I've been there too. I played quite a bit of GTA3 and Vice City and remember scanning traffic while real world driving, seeing a sportbike and thinking, "ooh, I could get through traffic much faster if I grabbed that."
But on the other hand, I'm convinced that playing lots and lots of Grand Tourismo 1 and 2 pushed me AWAY from bad driving behavior in real life. First, it conviced me that nothing that you can drive on the street is actually fast. You just can't beat a purpose-built race car. Why bother souping-up your real car a little bit and then act like you are racing on the streets when it is just pathetic pretending. I saw right through crap like "The Fast and the Furious" as a bunch of posers because I knew that $100,000+ Supra still wasn't a "ten second car" it ran in the 13s at best. Any old Mustang set up properly for drag racing could beat it cold. Pretentious.
Secondly, hours of racing, even without car damage on, taught me that driving on the edge of control inevitabley leads to collisions, which make you lose. It also taught me that the margin between "in control" and "crashed" is very slip, and once to pass that tipping point you can't get back, so the only way to succeed is to drive well under the your and the car's capabilities so that you still have room to make adjustments.
From Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll Troll (verb):
intentionally posting an outrageous argument deliberately constructed around a fundamental but obfuscated flaw or error; often the poster will become defensive when the argument is refuted but may instead continue the thread through the use of further flawed arguments; this is referred to as "feeding" the troll.
That sounds about right doesn't it? Compare your proposal to light->solar cell->electricity->electrolosis->hydrogen store->fuel cell->electricity on demand. That is 3 transformations, two at high efficiency, compared to 4 transforms, 3 at low efficiency.
Is isn't clear from the way you worded it, but: This silicon modulator is dramatically (50x) faster than any previous silicon modulator. It isn't yet as fast as other non-silicon solutions, but it is far cheaper. So much cheaper that is changes what can be done with fiber instead of wire.
Its a sure sign that our schools are failing when one can skip the data collection step and post a theory as scientific fact...and it gets modded up.
Why bother finding data to support the theory that parental-abdication is on the increase? We already have a fine conclusion.
Maybe the realistic solution is just to use a different word instead of hacking, since most people have bad connotations of hacking.
I mean, it is just a word, why not take a new one, like for example tinker Its a pretty good word. Its both a noun and a verb. It could apply to software and hardware. It connotes cleverness and craftsmanship and experimentation.
"So, whatcha doin?"
"Oh, I'm just tinkering on my firewall to see if I can break it."
So everyone you knew thought of Wheaton as a loser? Has anyone you know ever met Wil Wheaton? Read his books? Have you ever read his weblog?
I can tell you why I like Wil, but if you really want to know why people like Wil, you should just go read his writing.
Now seriously, why is "I don't get it." modded up? Since when was ignorance insightfull?
King Kaufman of Salon.com was recently discussing Barry Bonds' dominating stats for this year and looking for a new term for second when second is so far behind; when the difference between 1st and 2nd is the same as 2nd and 11th.
The term suggested by a reader was : Mondale.
"first, the scenerio can happen in real poker games."
Yes, and it is still collusion. I think it would be easier to catch this sort of thing online because the house has easy access to the statistics, which they wouldn't have in a brick&mortar casino.
And you don't think 5 guys with adjacent IP addresses who play at the same table together isn't going to get scrutinized?
I think it would be pretty easy to detect that two players always play at the same table together and never play against one another, or re-raise one another to force out other players when one has a weak hand. Any collusion behavior that actually gives you an edge is going to be pretty easy to detect statistically.
Well, they block traffic from people using the same IP address, so that at least makes it more difficult to sit in a room together and collude. I guess you could still talk on the phone or use an IM or something, but it is pretty easy to search for behavior patterns and "catch" you and confiscate your money.
For example, two players always play together at the same tables, re-raise and fold to one another, bingo. Pretty much anything you do that actually gives you an advantage is going to show up.
I'm sure it can be done, but your risk might be larger than your edge, and if you're greedy, you're gonna get caught.
"but I believe the vast majority of players will still drive to the casino to fully immerse themselves in the poker pit"
You can dismiss online poker playing as a weak imitation of the real thing, but it is going to surpass 1 billion dollars of revenue in 2004.
And don't compare that to casino revenues, casinos get most of their money from slots. You'd have to compare it to just the poker rooms at the casino.
I could list lots of advantages that online poker has over the real thing, but I think a billion dollars speaks for itself.
I think SCO has argued that since the GPL is invalid, when people release software under the GPL, they are releasing it to the public domain.
That is the only way they can free themselves of both the GPL and Copyright at the same time.
And I can't imagine how the courts could agree with them. Can you see them saying "You didn't mean to give up your copyright, but you did because it would be inconvenient for businesses to have to repect it." No? Me neither.
Now my question is: How come there are so many shrill voices modded up who have no data, just a worry, and so few voices, not modded up, who actually bother to do any analysis before offering an opinion?
Here is a links. http://www.upa.pdx.edu/IMS/currentprojects/silicon forest.html
Included is a small version of a poster that shows a sort of familiy tree of 300 or so of the most significant companies. You can also link over to a list of those companies.
-courtney
Tektronix was founded in '46, Electro Scientific Industries in '44, and Intel in '76. Many high-tech companies here sprouted from those seeds. The first time I heard Hillsboro/Beaverton referred to as the Silicon Forest was back in the late '80s.
It wasn't a Senator, it was a representative. He was the head of the committee that oversaw the congessional services. Yep, some congresspeople oversee foreign relations or appropriations, or defense, and this guy ran the lunchroom. And he wanted a photo op, so he changed the lunchroom menu. Do you remember the French response? "They're Belgian."
I hope he's happy that he used up his 15 minutes of fame trying to offend our allies and lowering the level of public discourse. I don't even remember his name.
While it was good for your great-grandfather, there are some unintended consequences that I worry about. When an old farmer puts off retirement to not grow things, then there is no land for a young farmer to buy, so there is an entire age group of would-be farmers that don't get started in farming and have to go off to do something else. Secondly, all of the suppliers for the non-growing farmer get hurt, from manufacturers of farm equipment to mechanics. The fallout is that when the soil bank 10 years is over and it is time to get back to growing, the expertise and resources needed to do the growing may not be around.
I'm not pointing this comment at anyone, I'm just saying it is kind of a shame.
I see from your linked article that they have the Highlander working for them, so it must be a boon to mankind.
"Iogen has demonstrated that clean, renewable fuels are no longer a dream, they are a reality,? said Duncan Macleod, Portfolio Manager of Shell Global Solutions "
I heard of a report (yes, someone actually studied this scientifically) that explained that the entire "blinding" problem of HID lamps can be entirely explained by that fact that funny colors of the HID lamps catch people's attention, and so they look at them. Don't look into the lights. If you look away from HIDs the same way you look away from halogens, then there is no problem.
People putting obnoxious driving lights on their crappy wannaberacecars was just as bad with halogens and xenons as it now is with HIDs.
I think the problem isn't with the animation, but with the goal. Spider-Man moves impossibley fast and ignores some basic physics. I think it is impossible to have a "person" spring 20 feet straight up into the air and not have it look cartooney. If we are going to enjoy the movie, we just have to suspend disbelief and accept that if there were a Spider-Man, then that is how he would move.
One of the most enjoyable movie experiences that I have had was with Willow, which isn't really a Great Movie or anything, but the trailers revealed nothing about the plot, and none of the "money" cool images from the movie were in it. I went in knowing the actors and director, and that it was a fantasy movie and nothing else, and I had a great time.
If only the people who cut the trailers would let the best parts of the movie surprise you...