So the "news" this article presents is that E4... isn't... newsworthy?
Am I missing something here?
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The problem I see is communicating with Earth from Europa. The use of submarine like transmitters is possible, but subs use extremely long wavelengths, which means it takes a LOT of time to transmit a message (as in an hour for a text message), making the transmission of any usefl amount of data mind-numbingly slow. Further, the more time it takes, the more likely it becomes that there will be enough interference to distort the signal (such as could be caused by the radiation belt from Jupiter....)
Perhaps Congress should have done a bit of math BEFORE setting legal limits on the amount of these lawsuits.
The intent of a lawsuit like this is to recover lost funds, correct? Perhaps a bit of math is in order....
Amount of lawsuit: 652,000 songs * $150,000 / song = %97.8 Billion.
Assuming average college student has $4000 he/she can spend each year not counting tuition (Significantly more then I have in my slush fund.....)
MTU population: 6600 enrolled students.
6600 * 4000 = $26.7 million.
So, they are suing for approximately 3,600 times more money then total college population could have spent.
Furthermore: Accroding to the RIAA, the total value of every music product produced in the US (net value after returns) was $12.6 billion.
So their claim is sharing music with 6600 students cost them nearly 8 times as much as they made last year.
This is what happens when Congress does not stop to think about the laws they are passing, or what these limits mean.
Ok, I would talk about how going to school teaches you to learn, teaches you to live on your own, teaches how to solve problems in general, and teaches how to interact with others (working on problems together), but I'm sure the rest of/. will talk about these.
I was in the same position as you last year, wondering if going to college would actually help me in the long run. Talking to people who work in computers, if you want to get hired get job experience... but a degree helps a lot too. Hmmm...
Simle Solution: go to a school with Co-op.
Co-op is where you find a job through the school, and take 1 or more semesters "off" to go work there. Its not an internship, your actually doing work. (getting paid!) so, you learn how to do stuff in class, then you go and work for a while. When you leave school you have a) a Degree. Score! b) Real Job Experience. With past employers to reference.
This is exactly what I have done. I'm about to end my first year at college, and so far its working out great. I've just had class so far, and I've learned volumes, but I am looking forward to the end of next year when I'll do my first semester of co-op. Thbis really is the best of both worlds.
Look into some schools with co-op.
*sigh* Yes, this case was about limiting childrens access to video games, the same way we limit access to movies. But... movies are protected, and we limit their access... how are games different? I am in favor of preventing 12 year olds from getting GTA3, but that doesn't mean games are speech!
The judge basically says he wasn't moved by the 4 games he played, and then points out how computer games include things like Solitare, which shouldn't be protected. Of course, I can also make a movie of the power gague of a battery running down, which will have less meaning, but that doesn't mean the movie isn't protected under the first ammendment. Honestly, this guy obviously hasn't communicated with anyone who really plays games.... Final Fantasy games, Deus Ex, Myst.... all of these have meaning, and yet he claims they aren't protected as free speech!
This needs to be dealt with, even though the case is about children viewing games, he's ruling that games are not protected. Any more cases dealing with games will just reference this ruling, and claim its not protected..... This has to be (and WILL be) overruled, nobody who has completed FFVII will say games can't convey a meaning.
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So the "news" this article presents is that E4... isn't... newsworthy? Am I missing something here?
The problem I see is communicating with Earth from Europa. The use of submarine like transmitters is possible, but subs use extremely long wavelengths, which means it takes a LOT of time to transmit a message (as in an hour for a text message), making the transmission of any usefl amount of data mind-numbingly slow. Further, the more time it takes, the more likely it becomes that there will be enough interference to distort the signal (such as could be caused by the radiation belt from Jupiter....)
Perhaps Congress should have done a bit of math BEFORE setting legal limits on the amount of these lawsuits. The intent of a lawsuit like this is to recover lost funds, correct? Perhaps a bit of math is in order.... Amount of lawsuit: 652,000 songs * $150,000 / song = %97.8 Billion. Assuming average college student has $4000 he/she can spend each year not counting tuition (Significantly more then I have in my slush fund.....) MTU population: 6600 enrolled students. 6600 * 4000 = $26.7 million. So, they are suing for approximately 3,600 times more money then total college population could have spent. Furthermore: Accroding to the RIAA, the total value of every music product produced in the US (net value after returns) was $12.6 billion. So their claim is sharing music with 6600 students cost them nearly 8 times as much as they made last year. This is what happens when Congress does not stop to think about the laws they are passing, or what these limits mean.
Ok, I would talk about how going to school teaches you to learn, teaches you to live on your own, teaches how to solve problems in general, and teaches how to interact with others (working on problems together), but I'm sure the rest of /. will talk about these.
I was in the same position as you last year, wondering if going to college would actually help me in the long run. Talking to people who work in computers, if you want to get hired get job experience... but a degree helps a lot too. Hmmm...
Simle Solution: go to a school with Co-op.
Co-op is where you find a job through the school, and take 1 or more semesters "off" to go work there. Its not an internship, your actually doing work. (getting paid!) so, you learn how to do stuff in class, then you go and work for a while. When you leave school you have a) a Degree. Score! b) Real Job Experience. With past employers to reference.
This is exactly what I have done. I'm about to end my first year at college, and so far its working out great. I've just had class so far, and I've learned volumes, but I am looking forward to the end of next year when I'll do my first semester of co-op. Thbis really is the best of both worlds.
Look into some schools with co-op.
*sigh* Yes, this case was about limiting childrens access to video games, the same way we limit access to movies. But... movies are protected, and we limit their access... how are games different? I am in favor of preventing 12 year olds from getting GTA3, but that doesn't mean games are speech! The judge basically says he wasn't moved by the 4 games he played, and then points out how computer games include things like Solitare, which shouldn't be protected. Of course, I can also make a movie of the power gague of a battery running down, which will have less meaning, but that doesn't mean the movie isn't protected under the first ammendment. Honestly, this guy obviously hasn't communicated with anyone who really plays games.... Final Fantasy games, Deus Ex, Myst.... all of these have meaning, and yet he claims they aren't protected as free speech! This needs to be dealt with, even though the case is about children viewing games, he's ruling that games are not protected. Any more cases dealing with games will just reference this ruling, and claim its not protected..... This has to be (and WILL be) overruled, nobody who has completed FFVII will say games can't convey a meaning.