No way. The talent will not be wasted. Said doctrination will involve minor brain surgery to remove creative impulses, insertion of metal pins in hands to remove instrument playing dexterity and a few punches in the throat to reduce vocal quality.
The indoctrine will then be brainwashed with the ability to name their favourite colour, animal and pop star without a moments hesitation for use in interviews. Also inculcated will be the ability to appeal to a certain demographic e.g. the red headed minger, or the pensive (too stupid to respond quickly) groups.
The indoctrinee will then be able to fulfill a full and productive life (12 months or so) as a member of a boy/girl band generating loads of revenue for the record companies selling records to naive teeagers and boring the rest of us to death.
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The decision is obviously bad news for Hollywood studios and record companies
Doubt it. More like bad news for a lot of people sharing copyrighted material who can start expecting to hear from the legal attack dogs shortly
Nano bots will be part of Palladium, your PC will not respond unless you have the correct embedded bots. Any attempt to circumvent DRM or any EULA conditions will be punished by the bots relaxing you sphlincter muscles at the most inapropiate of times and most probably in a public place. God help any geek who has a girlfriend as violations may be additionally be punished by relaxation of other muscle groups.
I am not implying any business should be less profitable just so I get a pay check. There are many tools available so whoever wants can set up a web presence. I am just saying that for the site to be technically and visually effective requires some skill as do many other professions. As a technologist my contribution to a simple site would be trivial and can easily be handled by a reasonably savy user with some reference material, tools etc. and I have no problem with this. I think with most small commercial sites the most important/difficult factor is content/presentation, not a technical aspect and I cannot provide much in the way of assistance there.
My point was the article used the word Democratizing, but only for a single profession. Why do we not see more democratizing of the legal , medical and other professions more expensive than IT, especially now you can have a site built for little or nothing. I am all for bringing technology to the masses but there is point of complexity at which the click and drag approach no longer works and a professional is required and in teh long run its far cheaper to get a pro to do it than invest loads of your own time and energy
While I dont agree with the levels of restrictions being imposed I think many people have reached the point where they will view computing with mistrust until security can pretty much be guaranteed and this has been a stumbing block for the industry.
I think this mistrust has provided the platform for Micrsoft(et al) and Digital media producers to leap on common fears and drive for acceptance of this new and excessive paradigm. So instead of being able to use our computers in a secure environment the security environment will tell us what we can do with our computers.
It always amazes me that after studing for how ever many years, gathering 10 years of experience there are always those who feel technology should always be reduced to the lowest common denominator so every tom dick and harry can build enterprise solutions. I am in favour of technology being made accessible to the public but as with every task if you want it done properly there is some level of skill and expertise required. Is there really such an objection to a few IT professionals earning a crust by providing this service ??
Why dont people concentrate their simplifiction efforts on the ABC of the Legal matters, or DIY Surgery or a program that make Accountants redundant.
The editors seem to have realised nobody actually reads the articles anymore, posters just write whatever springs to mind. So far today we had the earlier $95 dollar Gartner report and now members only access to the article.
Are we seeing the birth of a new site, SlashGossip, made up stuff for nerds to post shit about??
Since the US is a country that turned lobbying into a financially rewarding political art form I think a special intrest group with a $50,000 campaign donation will go a lot further than 50,000 letters. As with the trek seriers it will boild down to a commercial decision
Many people in these forums claims OSS is far more innovative that proprietary software. If this is the case they why the fear of patents. If you do the innovating you can take the patents and do what ever you want with them.
Yes but in this case it make open source look like a bunch of whining children crying wolf. Not really the impression you want to make when you trying to influence legislative bodies.
We have become increasingly concerned with your lack of committment to the Fast Food Industry. We feel your desire to become a geek rather than concentrating on your McDonalds smile and practising your "would you like fries with that" indicate you may not be the best candidate for us. Unfortunately after seeing your post on Slashdot we therefore have choosen not to continue with your application.
News flash buddy. People did have an epiphany en masse over the last two decades about software they could use at home and in the office. Its a bit late to be complaning that it was Microsoft who provided it at this point
I'm wondering though since they are not actually all that interested in the physical capabilities of the robots, concentrating instead on group intelligence why do they actually build the robots?(OK I know geeks and their toys).
Surely the robot controller code could be emulated purely in software to determine how the robot will respond, a much more sophisticated version of the recent Java battle bots if you will.
Is there some benefit to physically building the robot when researching group intelligence ?
I think previews are a good idea as a measn of guaging customer response before commiting to a full release schedule of functionality and dates. Let potential customers play with it for a while and get their feedback without everyone wondering when it will be released, are dates slipping, will features be dropped rtc ad nauseum. It gives people a chance to properly evaluate and provide meaningful feedback
Signs of nervousness in the Syrian leadership as the US announce they intend to build a new high speed rail link between Baghdad and Damascus as a gesture of goodwill.
if I'm ever going to write another book, I'm going to have to quit doing my blog as I have a hunch it interferes with the ecology of being a novelist
Personally I found this pretentious bollox. Smacks more of an author trying to cash in on the current albeit dying fad of blogging to help promote his new book.
Newsflash William. Writing juvenile gibberish on a web page is not a form of higher art. Stick to the novels.
they should devote a few episodes to the Enterprise and the federation switching over to OSS. All their gui's look the same which is why I am assuming its not already OSS.
If should be fun to watch them launch flame wars over the benefits of various distros, get the laterst rpm's, explore space, battle aliens and save the earth all at the same time.
While the initial amounts mentioned were ridiculous, I doubt they would have gotten very far in court. Its all very well for Barillari to put forward his arguments but
He's not the one facing the serious charges
He's not the one paying for the defence
A strong argument does not mean a whole lot when a bunch of lawyers twist and turn it beyond recognition
Pursuing this further would probably have cost them more in the end in legal costs if nothing else.
The top 100 sharers on Kazaa will get together and do a "We are the (bane of the) Music Industry" charity type single, with the proceeds going to everyone fined for music sharing
I was looking forward to them being sentenced to 200 million years hard labour at Burger King to pay off the initial amounts that were being bandied about.
Still 17K is not funny when you are still in school
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No way. The talent will not be wasted. Said doctrination will involve minor brain surgery to remove creative impulses, insertion of metal pins in hands to remove instrument playing dexterity and a few punches in the throat to reduce vocal quality.
The indoctrine will then be brainwashed with the ability to name their favourite colour, animal and pop star without a moments hesitation for use in interviews. Also inculcated will be the ability to appeal to a certain demographic e.g. the red headed minger, or the pensive (too stupid to respond quickly) groups. The indoctrinee will then be able to fulfill a full and productive life (12 months or so) as a member of a boy/girl band generating loads of revenue for the record companies selling records to naive teeagers and boring the rest of us to death.
The decision is obviously bad news for Hollywood studios and record companies
Doubt it. More like bad news for a lot of people sharing copyrighted material who can start expecting to hear from the legal attack dogs shortly
Nano bots will be part of Palladium, your PC will not respond unless you have the correct embedded bots. Any attempt to circumvent DRM or any EULA conditions will be punished by the bots relaxing you sphlincter muscles at the most inapropiate of times and most probably in a public place. God help any geek who has a girlfriend as violations may be additionally be punished by relaxation of other muscle groups.
I am not implying any business should be less profitable just so I get a pay check. There are many tools available so whoever wants can set up a web presence. I am just saying that for the site to be technically and visually effective requires some skill as do many other professions. As a technologist my contribution to a simple site would be trivial and can easily be handled by a reasonably savy user with some reference material, tools etc. and I have no problem with this. I think with most small commercial sites the most important/difficult factor is content/presentation, not a technical aspect and I cannot provide much in the way of assistance there.
My point was the article used the word Democratizing, but only for a single profession. Why do we not see more democratizing of the legal , medical and other professions more expensive than IT, especially now you can have a site built for little or nothing. I am all for bringing technology to the masses but there is point of complexity at which the click and drag approach no longer works and a professional is required and in teh long run its far cheaper to get a pro to do it than invest loads of your own time and energy
While I dont agree with the levels of restrictions being imposed I think many people have reached the point where they will view computing with mistrust until security can pretty much be guaranteed and this has been a stumbing block for the industry.
I think this mistrust has provided the platform for Micrsoft(et al) and Digital media producers to leap on common fears and drive for acceptance of this new and excessive paradigm. So instead of being able to use our computers in a secure environment the security environment will tell us what we can do with our computers.
It always amazes me that after studing for how ever many years, gathering 10 years of experience there are always those who feel technology should always be reduced to the lowest common denominator so every tom dick and harry can build enterprise solutions. I am in favour of technology being made accessible to the public but as with every task if you want it done properly there is some level of skill and expertise required. Is there really such an objection to a few IT professionals earning a crust by providing this service ??
Why dont people concentrate their simplifiction efforts on the ABC of the Legal matters, or DIY Surgery or a program that make Accountants redundant.
The editors seem to have realised nobody actually reads the articles anymore, posters just write whatever springs to mind. So far today we had the earlier $95 dollar Gartner report and now members only access to the article.
Are we seeing the birth of a new site, SlashGossip, made up stuff for nerds to post shit about??
Since the US is a country that turned lobbying into a financially rewarding political art form I think a special intrest group with a $50,000 campaign donation will go a lot further than 50,000 letters. As with the trek seriers it will boild down to a commercial decision
Many people in these forums claims OSS is far more innovative that proprietary software. If this is the case they why the fear of patents. If you do the innovating you can take the patents and do what ever you want with them.
Yes but in this case it make open source look like a bunch of whining children crying wolf. Not really the impression you want to make when you trying to influence legislative bodies.
Dear Nother
We have become increasingly concerned with your lack of committment to the Fast Food Industry. We feel your desire to become a geek rather than concentrating on your McDonalds smile and practising your "would you like fries with that" indicate you may not be the best candidate for us. Unfortunately after seeing your post on Slashdot we therefore have choosen not to continue with your application.
Best Regards
Human Resources
McDonalds
News flash buddy. People did have an epiphany en masse over the last two decades about software they could use at home and in the office. Its a bit late to be complaning that it was Microsoft who provided it at this point
Very disappointing that the paranoid android with a brain the size of a small planet has not gottena vote yet from the Douglas Adams fans
First permanently depressed robbot ever
I'm wondering though since they are not actually all that interested in the physical capabilities of the robots, concentrating instead on group intelligence why do they actually build the robots?(OK I know geeks and their toys).
Surely the robot controller code could be emulated purely in software to determine how the robot will respond, a much more sophisticated version of the recent Java battle bots if you will.
Is there some benefit to physically building the robot when researching group intelligence ?
I think previews are a good idea as a measn of guaging customer response before commiting to a full release schedule of functionality and dates. Let potential customers play with it for a while and get their feedback without everyone wondering when it will be released, are dates slipping, will features be dropped rtc ad nauseum. It gives people a chance to properly evaluate and provide meaningful feedback
Signs of nervousness in the Syrian leadership as the US announce they intend to build a new high speed rail link between Baghdad and Damascus as a gesture of goodwill.
Am I the only person to have visions of Gromit frantically laying track in front of this new train missile as it heads towards it target ??
This is going to exhaust the train conductors here in the Netherlands trying to check tickets when the train is travelling that fast between stations.
if I'm ever going to write another book, I'm going to have to quit doing my blog as I have a hunch it interferes with the ecology of being a novelist
Personally I found this pretentious bollox. Smacks more of an author trying to cash in on the current albeit dying fad of blogging to help promote his new book.
Newsflash William. Writing juvenile gibberish on a web page is not a form of higher art. Stick to the novels.
Can you give us a brief review, storyline, writing style, chararacter development?
they should devote a few episodes to the Enterprise and the federation switching over to OSS. All their gui's look the same which is why I am assuming its not already OSS.
If should be fun to watch them launch flame wars over the benefits of various distros, get the laterst rpm's, explore space, battle aliens and save the earth all at the same time.
a mission he calls a Star Trek "first." For a trek server that can withstand a slashdotting
While the initial amounts mentioned were ridiculous, I doubt they would have gotten very far in court. Its all very well for Barillari to put forward his arguments but
He's not the one facing the serious charges
He's not the one paying for the defence
A strong argument does not mean a whole lot when a bunch of lawyers twist and turn it beyond recognition
Pursuing this further would probably have cost them more in the end in legal costs if nothing else.
The top 100 sharers on Kazaa will get together and do a "We are the (bane of the) Music Industry" charity type single, with the proceeds going to everyone fined for music sharing
I was looking forward to them being sentenced to 200 million years hard labour at Burger King to pay off the initial amounts that were being bandied about.
Still 17K is not funny when you are still in school