This story has YouTube's reponse to that. YouTube originally said they'd wanted their users to be motivated by passion for sharing their videos -- and not for money. Now they're selectively offering the money as a way to "incubate" those projects that they think have potential.
Any one concerned about touch screens should be using absentee ballots,
and encouraging their friends to do the same, since it automatically creates a
paper trail, and bypasses the touch-screen infrastructure altogether.
As a bonus - it also bypasses overcrowded polling places due to
shortages in voting booths. And if enough voters stop using Diebold's machines, it will
ultimately undercut the rationale for their systems nationwide.
It looks cool - but how come Samuel L. Jackson has no crotch bulge whatsoever? Neither does the other male character. And all the women are flat-chested.
They've deliberately de-sexualized every character. I can understand that, I guess, but...
When Pixar included a trailer for "Finding Nemo" (on the "Monsters Inc" rental) it showed a scene that ultimately wasn't even in the movie.
The warning by Linuxtag now forces SCO to submit proof that Linux contains patented code, or to retract the statements.
It doesn't force SCO to do squat. Sure, it says "Ooo -- our scary lawsuit will make them knuckle!" on the press release. Beacuse IT'S A PRESS RELEASE!!! (And a badly translated one at that....)
SCO will ignore the lawsuit (and press release) until and unless a judge actually rules in LinuxTag's favor. Succombing to wishful thinking won't help...
In 1994 AOL published a slick 30-page promotional brochure profiling four new members. They also
made them up -- prompting much derision in alt.aol-sucks.
The problem with educational games is that there's a second message. It's okay to buckle to peer pressure -- if it's from people who design video games.
Shouldn't children be taught to make up their own minds instead of imitating whatever the funky lady in the Carabella cartoon does? Otherwise, you're right. It's no better than those old anti-drug agit-prop Nintendo game like Wally Bear and the 'No' Gang.
I wonder if this kind of weasling-in-plain-sight really works?
Because everyone's doing it; AOL's stopped releasing the number of AIM subscribers they have for the same reason. To conceal the fact that they have a near-monopoly lock on the messaging space.
They'll probably have an exhibit about "The 90s: wireless, laptops and the days of exploration." And people will shake their heads and wonder how we lived like this.
Just imagine high school science-class field trips laughing at the very system you're using now...
I agree that the MPAA, DeCSS, the DMCA, and technology journalism all suck. But the real problem remains that the old media dinosaurs are entrenched.
Like today's big
Lawrence Lessig article in Business Week, argues, Congress is in the pocket of the big Hollywood studios.
How does this tie back to Linux DVD players? Well, it's a minor miracle when there's any publicity for anything that even remotely challenges the status quo. It's one more crack in the wall....
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This story has YouTube's reponse to that. YouTube originally said they'd wanted their users to be motivated by passion for sharing their videos -- and not for money. Now they're selectively offering the money as a way to "incubate" those projects that they think have potential.
The video is clearly labelled as a Creative Commons where it's being hosted at http://10zm.blip.tv/file/169553/
There's a little bit more detail and context in the audio of the interview.
This tells me Nick Denton has a surprisingly limited faith in the power of openness - one that's not shared by the rest of the blog-o-sphere.
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Any one concerned about touch screens should be using absentee ballots, and encouraging their friends to do the same, since it automatically creates a paper trail, and bypasses the touch-screen infrastructure altogether.
As a bonus - it also bypasses overcrowded polling places due to shortages in voting booths. And if enough voters stop using Diebold's machines, it will ultimately undercut the rationale for their systems nationwide.
They've deliberately de-sexualized every character. I can understand that, I guess, but...
When Pixar included a trailer for "Finding Nemo" (on the "Monsters Inc" rental) it showed a scene that ultimately wasn't even in the movie.
The movie's not out until November anyways...
No matter how many times they shouted "AOL Communicator," no one took the bait.
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It doesn't force SCO to do squat. Sure, it says "Ooo -- our scary lawsuit will make them knuckle!" on the press release. Beacuse IT'S A PRESS RELEASE!!! (And a badly translated one at that....)
SCO will ignore the lawsuit (and press release) until and unless a judge actually rules in LinuxTag's favor. Succombing to wishful thinking won't help...
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And problems with AOL Instant Messenger. Lots of problems.
Yep -- an almost unending pattern of security problems...
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Enjoyed the article-- but that's probably because it was obliquely about sex.
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Think about it....
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Shouldn't the video game have some?
Or is my version of Flash fubared.
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Shouldn't children be taught to make up their own minds instead of imitating whatever the funky lady in the Carabella cartoon does? Otherwise, you're right. It's no better than those old anti-drug agit-prop Nintendo game like Wally Bear and the 'No' Gang.
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Because everyone's doing it; AOL's stopped releasing the number of AIM subscribers they have for the same reason. To conceal the fact that they have a near-monopoly lock on the messaging space.
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Just imagine high school science-class field trips laughing at the very system you're using now...
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For years to approximate geeky conversations between Spock and Kirk, I've been using this web site!
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Here's a whole essay explaining just how crazy that is....
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How does this tie back to Linux DVD players? Well, it's a minor miracle when there's any publicity for anything that even remotely challenges the status quo. It's one more crack in the wall....
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