These new toys are great, but the challenge will be to get these "18 and 19 year old" grunts (I use the term respectfully) to actually use them in battle.
Unless the Marine Corps. has changed recently, no self-respecting Marine will want to be dicking around with an RC car when they are in the middle of combat.
Nevertheless, I applaud the Marines for using technology to its fullest in the battlefield.
Stop the flame about the RIAA and actually look at the case.
Access to radio waves is a privilidge, not a right, because there is only so much electro-magnetic spectrum to go around. The government has the legitament right to make sure the public interest is served by whoever it grants a license to use that spectrum.
Payola, directly is obviously unethical. So is paying promotional middle men to conduct surveys that are favorable to the artists they are hired by in order to get ClearChannel to play their songs.
Now one of the main problems with ClearChannel should be self-evident. They base their "top 40" and "modern/alt. rock" playlists on national polls. The polls are used to make playlists, and the playlists are then dictated to the radio stations. It's a nationally aggregated playlist being forced upon a local market. Like another post said, local DJ's don't really choose very little of what you hear on the radio.
The only way to fix this is to undo the de-regulation that occured in '96. I'm not anti-big busniness, but when is comes to broadcast, companies must be kept under tight control because of the scarsity of bandwidth.
You idiot. You must have never looked in the appendices to the Lord of the Rings. Tolkein took great care to catalogue each and every important occurrance in the lives of the major characters up to and including their journey with the elves.
What you thought was a witty post about how people should not complain about the X-files ending actually proves their point...some of the foundational questions to the series still remain, such as, what exactly happened to Mulder's sister, who is CSM, the exact origin of the Conspiracy, and dozens of less important threads.
More importantly, the Chinese government has nothing to prove in world politics. Contrast this to the USA who had to be seen to succeed for the purposes of cold war propoganda.
You couldn't be more wrong. The Chinese have EVERYTHING to prove on the international state. They (rightly) feel that they are less advanced than the US, and they also think that they were the most advanced civilization at one time in history (maybe). The leaders of China are very prideful and jealous people. The will do anything to reclaim the title of "most advanced country" from the US.
otherwise, Nintendo will not be able to compete.
Ok, I'm not a troll, Metroid is not sole factor in Gamecube's existence, but it's an integral part.
My question is, with this price drop eventually price Nintendo out of the market? I think Microsoft's plan is to lowball (for lack of a better word) Nintendo, price it out of the market with the X-box, and then go head to head with Playstation with the X-box II.
Nintendo as an anti-microsoft hero???
At the end of the money.com story about Nintendo, it talks about their plans for online gaming. They are taking a balanced approach, releasing the modem in a few months and letting developers worry about whether to charge money or not. The most interesting part of all is that Nintendo does not plan on charging a subscription or anything else. This will help keep overall costs for the users down, and allows flexibility for developers and users. And they don't have to worry about overhyping a a big launch and then having it go bust like Sega...are you listening PS2???
oh brother, for anyone still following this thread, i am fully aware that my post says "copyright" and not "trademark"
I am also fully aware of the difference between the two. Some people don't have a job where they can sit around and craft messages to post on/. I don't.
if he was somehow using school resources for the site, it would have been taken down by the school's administrator long ago and he would have been powerless to stop it.
The school does not have a case using copyright infringement for commercial gain. As someone who has studied copyright law and the internet, I can say that they have no case. They are trying to contend that his site was confusing partially b/c it used school colors...ridiculous. Most judges would throw this out.
The professors at the school are taking themselves and their "academic reputation" way to seriously. The only thing this lawsuit will do is get alot of good press for the student.
Anyone (myself included) who has been blackballed by faculty in a University setting knows that some professors really do buy into the "Ivory Tower" idea. It's sad but true.
[off topic...the nytimes article mentions a suit against pensacolachristianschool.com. You should check it out if you want to know more about schools suing regarding web content.]
This article is ridiculous. Geeks taking a day or half day to watch star wars aren't any more harmful to the economy than construction workers taking the day off to watch a day baseball playoff game, or more likely having a hang-over from drinking and watching Monday Night Football.
this has got to be one of the coolest technologies to come along recently. Imagine carrying a 'roll up' monitor along with your laptop instead of the traditional screen.
T-shirts in ten years: connect by firewire to your computer and set a.jpeg file as your 'background'
I don't want to sound like my grandpa (I'm only 23!), but back in the day, when I was gaming on a daily basis, the games were just so much more fun to play.
With Nintendo you had the mega man, final fantasy, zelda, mario, and metroid, and on sega you had all the sports games. These games could be picked up and learned in a few minutes, but took hours and hours to master. And were fun all the way along.
There are of course some exceptions, but games and systems today seem to be all about tech. bragging points and cinema scenes. The push to be the most high tech. and have the most titles has cause the gaming industry to accept quantity over quality. This brings me on topic...Playstation has to be the worst offender in these areas and seems to be dead set on continuing that trend. Thrid party licensees crank out sh*t games and Sony braggs about having so many titles. 50% of those games are basically racing games featuring different vehicles/settings. Ex. XXS snowboarding, it's fun to play for 20 minutes and looks pretty, but really, how much can you look at scenery when you're in the middle of a game!
Meanwhile game developers are stumbling over themselves to make 'adult themed' games that may look pretty or gross sometimes but are an absolute bore to play.
And last but not least, Nintendo all but turns it's back on older gamers when they sent the Gamecube controllers back to the drawing board to make them smaller b/c kids in their testing groups said they were too big...
There are so many things that the government could use our money for that actually have a benefit to society.
The odds of the existence of another life form that could return our communications are virtually zero. Remember this article?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/15/154322 4&mode=thread
~j
Your points about UNIX are taken i guess, but the point of my comment is that the ordinary government user will have difficulty using OS/software that isn't like the one on their home PC that they use to write their resume or check espn.com. The majority of the population does not know what UNIX is let alone how to use it. That's the main reason the gov't can't switch to something like UNIX.
I've worked in government at the local and national level doing data entry among other things. Now listen you open source die hards, the people who would be using the cheap open source software you tout so much actually need the uniformity and technical commonality that microsoft provides.
The typical government computer user can barely use basic microsoft products. And before you counter with "well linux is easier" remember the computer background that most of these people have. A home pc for checking email and that's about it.
When open source can offer some real compatablility and uniformity then maybe using it in government applications can be feasable. Right now, it is not even on the table
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good to see military boys on /.
I'll be joining up soon....going to OCS
~j
These new toys are great, but the challenge will be to get these "18 and 19 year old" grunts (I use the term respectfully) to actually use them in battle.
Unless the Marine Corps. has changed recently, no self-respecting Marine will want to be dicking around with an RC car when they are in the middle of combat.
Nevertheless, I applaud the Marines for using technology to its fullest in the battlefield.
Stop the flame about the RIAA and actually look at the case.
Access to radio waves is a privilidge, not a right, because there is only so much electro-magnetic spectrum to go around. The government has the legitament right to make sure the public interest is served by whoever it grants a license to use that spectrum.
Payola, directly is obviously unethical. So is paying promotional middle men to conduct surveys that are favorable to the artists they are hired by in order to get ClearChannel to play their songs.
Now one of the main problems with ClearChannel should be self-evident. They base their "top 40" and "modern/alt. rock" playlists on national polls. The polls are used to make playlists, and the playlists are then dictated to the radio stations. It's a nationally aggregated playlist being forced upon a local market. Like another post said, local DJ's don't really choose very little of what you hear on the radio.
The only way to fix this is to undo the de-regulation that occured in '96. I'm not anti-big busniness, but when is comes to broadcast, companies must be kept under tight control because of the scarsity of bandwidth.
"you just left his story thread there unresolved"
You idiot. You must have never looked in the appendices to the Lord of the Rings. Tolkein took great care to catalogue each and every important occurrance in the lives of the major characters up to and including their journey with the elves.
What you thought was a witty post about how people should not complain about the X-files ending actually proves their point...some of the foundational questions to the series still remain, such as, what exactly happened to Mulder's sister, who is CSM, the exact origin of the Conspiracy, and dozens of less important threads.
More importantly, the Chinese government has nothing to prove in world politics. Contrast this to the USA who had to be seen to succeed for the purposes of cold war propoganda.
You couldn't be more wrong. The Chinese have EVERYTHING to prove on the international state. They (rightly) feel that they are less advanced than the US, and they also think that they were the most advanced civilization at one time in history (maybe). The leaders of China are very prideful and jealous people. The will do anything to reclaim the title of "most advanced country" from the US.
otherwise, Nintendo will not be able to compete. Ok, I'm not a troll, Metroid is not sole factor in Gamecube's existence, but it's an integral part. My question is, with this price drop eventually price Nintendo out of the market? I think Microsoft's plan is to lowball (for lack of a better word) Nintendo, price it out of the market with the X-box, and then go head to head with Playstation with the X-box II. Nintendo as an anti-microsoft hero???
At the end of the money.com story about Nintendo, it talks about their plans for online gaming. They are taking a balanced approach, releasing the modem in a few months and letting developers worry about whether to charge money or not. The most interesting part of all is that Nintendo does not plan on charging a subscription or anything else. This will help keep overall costs for the users down, and allows flexibility for developers and users. And they don't have to worry about overhyping a a big launch and then having it go bust like Sega...are you listening PS2???
oh brother, for anyone still following this thread, i am fully aware that my post says "copyright" and not "trademark" I am also fully aware of the difference between the two. Some people don't have a job where they can sit around and craft messages to post on /. I don't.
Looks like a few prof.'s are reading my post...
In the case of an advanced professional school like a Law school, virtually all of the administration have law degrees and teach some classes.
Special note to Prof.'s...you can always learn something from your students, so keep your mind open
if he was somehow using school resources for the site, it would have been taken down by the school's administrator long ago and he would have been powerless to stop it.
does to good people.
The school does not have a case using copyright infringement for commercial gain. As someone who has studied copyright law and the internet, I can say that they have no case. They are trying to contend that his site was confusing partially b/c it used school colors...ridiculous. Most judges would throw this out.
The professors at the school are taking themselves and their "academic reputation" way to seriously. The only thing this lawsuit will do is get alot of good press for the student.
Anyone (myself included) who has been blackballed by faculty in a University setting knows that some professors really do buy into the "Ivory Tower" idea. It's sad but true.
[off topic...the nytimes article mentions a suit against pensacolachristianschool.com. You should check it out if you want to know more about schools suing regarding web content.]
You big wuss. Grow some balls next time and call them out on their hoax.
It's because of sheepish guys like you that this thing fooled so many people.
This article is ridiculous. Geeks taking a day or half day to watch star wars aren't any more harmful to the economy than construction workers taking the day off to watch a day baseball playoff game, or more likely having a hang-over from drinking and watching Monday Night Football.
this has got to be one of the coolest technologies to come along recently. Imagine carrying a 'roll up' monitor along with your laptop instead of the traditional screen. T-shirts in ten years: connect by firewire to your computer and set a .jpeg file as your 'background'
I don't want to sound like my grandpa (I'm only 23!), but back in the day, when I was gaming on a daily basis, the games were just so much more fun to play. With Nintendo you had the mega man, final fantasy, zelda, mario, and metroid, and on sega you had all the sports games. These games could be picked up and learned in a few minutes, but took hours and hours to master. And were fun all the way along. There are of course some exceptions, but games and systems today seem to be all about tech. bragging points and cinema scenes. The push to be the most high tech. and have the most titles has cause the gaming industry to accept quantity over quality. This brings me on topic...Playstation has to be the worst offender in these areas and seems to be dead set on continuing that trend. Thrid party licensees crank out sh*t games and Sony braggs about having so many titles. 50% of those games are basically racing games featuring different vehicles/settings. Ex. XXS snowboarding, it's fun to play for 20 minutes and looks pretty, but really, how much can you look at scenery when you're in the middle of a game! Meanwhile game developers are stumbling over themselves to make 'adult themed' games that may look pretty or gross sometimes but are an absolute bore to play. And last but not least, Nintendo all but turns it's back on older gamers when they sent the Gamecube controllers back to the drawing board to make them smaller b/c kids in their testing groups said they were too big...
There are so many things that the government could use our money for that actually have a benefit to society. The odds of the existence of another life form that could return our communications are virtually zero. Remember this article? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/15/154322 4&mode=thread
~j
Your points about UNIX are taken i guess, but the point of my comment is that the ordinary government user will have difficulty using OS/software that isn't like the one on their home PC that they use to write their resume or check espn.com. The majority of the population does not know what UNIX is let alone how to use it. That's the main reason the gov't can't switch to something like UNIX.
whatever problems you point out about MS are increased ten and twenty fold with any kind of linux or other open source-based office systems
I've worked in government at the local and national level doing data entry among other things. Now listen you open source die hards, the people who would be using the cheap open source software you tout so much actually need the uniformity and technical commonality that microsoft provides.
The typical government computer user can barely use basic microsoft products. And before you counter with "well linux is easier" remember the computer background that most of these people have. A home pc for checking email and that's about it.
When open source can offer some real compatablility and uniformity then maybe using it in government applications can be feasable. Right now, it is not even on the table