How about this? An ad-blocker that DOESN'T block the first two ads that meets its blocking criteria, per Web page. After all, it's not really the IDEA of ads on Web pages that's the problem, it's the QUANTITY. "Too much of any good thing is a bad thing", remember?
Of course, whether or not people would replace their block-every-ad plug-ins with plug-ins that block-all-but-first-two-ads (or maybe first three) remains to be seen. On the other hand, the more people that do use such a specialized plug-in, the more that Web-page designers get the message to not go overboard with the ads -- and that would certainly benefit everyone.
Remember this? More details here. And here.
And is it still a viable attack even for WinXP? (I hear they're replacing the Win32 API for Longhorn, so maybe it won't be a problem there...)
And in this case, by creating a BitTorrent work-alike, they can draw up patent specs that INCLUDE BitTorrent's features, and then use that patent to shut down the servers. Time to start informing the Patent Offices!
Also, folks, make a note of the DATE of that paper describing Avalanche. One PTO rule that seems to me gets violated often is that there is supposed to be (or used to be) a one-year limit between the public release of an invention's description and the patent application. After more than a year, it's too late to apply. How many existing dubious patents were applied-for too late and could be overturned on those grounds?
The relevant question is, "How much data are you going to put on those many-gig hard drives? The average person will be able to to manage with a not-too-expensive total number of MO disks. Hard drives are for storing Operating Systems and Applications, not data. Because no hard drive has the guaranteed-40-years storage lifetime of MO. And so far, every new generation of MO drive has been backward compatible with ALL the previous generations of MO disks. If your MO drive dies, you get another and all your data is OK. If your hard disk dies and your data is on MO, you get a new hard disk and reinstall your OS and apps, and again things are OK.
This technology is based on a scientific method used to detect the orientation of the Earth's magnetic field from millions of years ago. That qualifies as great data retention in my book! The drives (3.5in) run $200-$300 depending on source and capacity (current max is 2.3Gb per approx-$20 removable disk). 5.25in drives are also avaialable in capacities up to 9Gb or so, but also are much more expensive.
The biggest that I know of is that so many software patents are granted for stuff that existed before the patent was granted. I think I wouldn't mind software patents if they were actually restricted to original stuff. So, in my mind, the solution is to encourage the challenging of all software patent claims by anyone/everyone BEFORE they get granted.
1. Create Open Source breathalyzers, radar guns, etc.
2. Advertise to all defendants everywhere the closed-source loophole in the prosecutions' cases.
3. Sell your versions of that equipment.
4. PROFIT!
How easily can that system be modified to emulate any other system? That is, if I have an original copy of the original SpaceWar game, then I need the same kind of computer it ran on, to play it. So, I think it would be REALLY GREAT to be able to have a system that IN HARDWARE can emulate anything from a n old Timex/Sinclair to a Cray.
Various-capacity drives using this technology have been around for a decade or two, and each new generation has been backwards compatible with all the previous generations. (Just decide if you want 5.25 or 3.5 inch; the current 3.5 format is up to about 2.3Gb per disk, drives run around $300, and the removable disks are maybe $20 each, depending on vendor.
The technology itself is based on a natural phenomenon that geophysicists use to determine the orientation of the Earth's magnetic field millions of years ago. I'd say that counts as GREAT data retention!
Suppose your disk suffered layer-separation and a replacement was your only option. Don't most companies offer replacement if the media goes bad? Well, the new disk likely comes with a new key. And the fee for replacement is usually small. Finally, the paying of such a fee could be a suitable reminder to keep the new key from getting lost.
Years ago, most bowling alleys used overhead projectors to display scores to the crowd. These days the score-by-hand system has been replaced at most places, but you might be able to find either
the old equipment in storage somewhere, or an alley that is finally getting around to switch to automated scoring (and ordinary CRT displays).
That is just about exactly right, thanks! I used the two keys "determinism" and "free will" because they are at opposite ends of many discussions. As you indicated, Free Will can exist only if at least one type of event can happen without any cause whatsoever. And once ONE causeless event is accepted, why not others?
The funny thing is, while causeless events might explain the Universe and allow Free Will, it does not preclude the existence of one or more God-type entities (and souls).... That is, so far as we know, the Universe does not have to have been Created, but it could been, anyway. The problem with Creationists is that they insist the Universe must have been Created, and that is where they can be entirely wrong.
"Unchanging" defines a pretty static situation. As in "unable to Create", because some sort of Change must occur within the Creator for that Act to happen.
Once any sort of change can be associated with the Creator, then there only remains the question of Determinism (cause and effect) or Free Will (a cause that is not itself an effect).
Determinism takes the effect of Act of Creation and follows it back to the origin of the Creator, leading to the infinite-recursion question.
Free Will means that events can happen without causes. Possible example: The Big Bang, no Creator necessary.
One problem is this:
The claim "intelligent design is a valid alternative" is LOGICALLY FLAWED, and here is why:
Answer this Question: "Was the Intillegent Designer intelligently designed?"
If YES, then there is an endless recursion of intelligent designers.
If NO, well then consider that WE HUMANS tend to think of ourseleves as intelligent designers. If a Universal Intelligent Designer could manage to exist without being intelligently designed, then why can't WE exist without being intelligently designed?
Q.E.D.
The movie industry has hoisted itself by its petard. How many advertisements have you seen saying "Own it on DVD!"? Well, if they are advertising that they are selling you a copy of the movie, then how can they legally enforce claims that they actually sold you only a licence to view the movie?
Thus, once the copy is yours, it logically follows that you can do anything with it you like, as far as your personal use is concerned. (Copying it for others is still a copyright violation.)
China and India are historical enemies for literally thousands of years. Sure, they might be able to bury the hatchet. But I think it will take a while....
Actually, if you consider the next steps beyond these first hints, you may have a machine that understands sign language in your future. The neat thing is that sign language is pretty much an international standard, and if we all learn it to talk to our machines, then we will be able to talk to each other more easily, also.
Good old "Master Mind", one of the best logical-thinking trainers ever, using numbers instead of colors. This is a single html page with the game entirely embedded in it as Javascript, and compatible with most browsers. The page can be saved locally, so the game can be and played offline. Hope it helps!
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See "Rings of Ice" by Piers Anthony. It was a disaster....
How about this? An ad-blocker that DOESN'T block the first two ads that meets its blocking criteria, per Web page. After all, it's not really the IDEA of ads on Web pages that's the problem, it's the QUANTITY. "Too much of any good thing is a bad thing", remember?
Of course, whether or not people would replace their block-every-ad plug-ins with plug-ins that block-all-but-first-two-ads (or maybe first three) remains to be seen. On the other hand, the more people that do use such a specialized plug-in, the more that Web-page designers get the message to not go overboard with the ads -- and that would certainly benefit everyone.
Remember this?
More details here.
And here.
And is it still a viable attack even for WinXP? (I hear they're replacing the Win32 API for Longhorn, so maybe it won't be a problem there...)
And in this case, by creating a BitTorrent work-alike, they can draw up patent specs that INCLUDE BitTorrent's features, and then use that patent to shut down the servers. Time to start informing the Patent Offices!
Also, folks, make a note of the DATE of that paper describing Avalanche. One PTO rule that seems to me gets violated often is that there is supposed to be (or used to be) a one-year limit between the public release of an invention's description and the patent application. After more than a year, it's too late to apply. How many existing dubious patents were applied-for too late and could be overturned on those grounds?
The relevant question is, "How much data are you going to put on those many-gig hard drives? The average person will be able to to manage with a not-too-expensive total number of MO disks. Hard drives are for storing Operating Systems and Applications, not data. Because no hard drive has the guaranteed-40-years storage lifetime of MO. And so far, every new generation of MO drive has been backward compatible with ALL the previous generations of MO disks. If your MO drive dies, you get another and all your data is OK. If your hard disk dies and your data is on MO, you get a new hard disk and reinstall your OS and apps, and again things are OK.
This technology is based on a scientific method used to detect the orientation of the Earth's magnetic field from millions of years ago. That qualifies as great data retention in my book! The drives (3.5in) run $200-$300 depending on source and capacity (current max is 2.3Gb per approx-$20 removable disk). 5.25in drives are also avaialable in capacities up to 9Gb or so, but also are much more expensive.
Seems to me that this is the core of one of those too-close Jovian types, and not a started-out-that-size planet.
The biggest that I know of is that so many software patents are granted for stuff that existed before the patent was granted. I think I wouldn't mind software patents if they were actually restricted to original stuff. So, in my mind, the solution is to encourage the challenging of all software patent claims by anyone/everyone BEFORE they get granted.
1. Create Open Source breathalyzers, radar guns, etc. 2. Advertise to all defendants everywhere the closed-source loophole in the prosecutions' cases. 3. Sell your versions of that equipment. 4. PROFIT!
Actually, the REALL Important Question is this:
How easily can that system be modified to emulate any other system? That is, if I have an original copy of the original SpaceWar game, then I need the same kind of computer it ran on, to play it. So, I think it would be REALLY GREAT to be able to have a system that IN HARDWARE can emulate anything from a n old Timex/Sinclair to a Cray.
Various-capacity drives using this technology have been around for a decade or two, and each new generation has been backwards compatible with all the previous generations. (Just decide if you want 5.25 or 3.5 inch; the current 3.5 format is up to about 2.3Gb per disk, drives run around $300, and the removable disks are maybe $20 each, depending on vendor. The technology itself is based on a natural phenomenon that geophysicists use to determine the orientation of the Earth's magnetic field millions of years ago. I'd say that counts as GREAT data retention!
Suppose your disk suffered layer-separation and a replacement was your only option. Don't most companies offer replacement if the media goes bad? Well, the new disk likely comes with a new key. And the fee for replacement is usually small. Finally, the paying of such a fee could be a suitable reminder to keep the new key from getting lost.
Years ago, most bowling alleys used overhead projectors to display scores to the crowd. These days the score-by-hand system has been replaced at most places, but you might be able to find either the old equipment in storage somewhere, or an alley that is finally getting around to switch to automated scoring (and ordinary CRT displays).
I'm sure they'd be happy to sell you something along the line of serving data....
That is just about exactly right, thanks! I used the two keys "determinism" and "free will" because they are at opposite ends of many discussions. As you indicated, Free Will can exist only if at least one type of event can happen without any cause whatsoever. And once ONE causeless event is accepted, why not others?
The funny thing is, while causeless events might explain the Universe and allow Free Will, it does not preclude the existence of one or more God-type entities (and souls).... That is, so far as we know, the Universe does not have to have been Created, but it could been, anyway. The problem with Creationists is that they insist the Universe must have been Created, and that is where they can be entirely wrong.
"Unchanging" defines a pretty static situation. As in "unable to Create", because some sort of Change must occur within the Creator for that Act to happen.
Once any sort of change can be associated with the Creator, then there only remains the question of Determinism (cause and effect) or Free Will (a cause that is not itself an effect).
Determinism takes the effect of Act of Creation and follows it back to the origin of the Creator, leading to the infinite-recursion question.
Free Will means that events can happen without causes. Possible example: The Big Bang, no Creator necessary.
One problem is this:
The claim "intelligent design is a valid alternative" is LOGICALLY FLAWED, and here is why:
Answer this Question: "Was the Intillegent Designer intelligently designed?"
If YES, then there is an endless recursion of intelligent designers.
If NO, well then consider that WE HUMANS tend to think of ourseleves as intelligent designers. If a Universal Intelligent Designer could manage to exist without being intelligently designed, then why can't WE exist without being intelligently designed?
Q.E.D.
The movie industry has hoisted itself by its petard. How many advertisements have you seen saying "Own it on DVD!"? Well, if they are advertising that they are selling you a copy of the movie, then how can they legally enforce claims that they actually sold you only a licence to view the movie?
Thus, once the copy is yours, it logically follows that you can do anything with it you like, as far as your personal use is concerned. (Copying it for others is still a copyright violation.)
But what if I want to be watched by paying customers? (Ok, not me, but a friend of a friend, that kind of thing. :)
Actually, thieves will likely take more than two...
China and India are historical enemies for literally thousands of years. Sure, they might be able to bury the hatchet. But I think it will take a while....
A few years back there was some fuss about asynchronous chips. Looks to me like this is the solution to the distance problem.
Actually, if you consider the next steps beyond these first hints, you may have a machine that understands sign language in your future. The neat thing is that sign language is pretty much an international standard, and if we all learn it to talk to our machines, then we will be able to talk to each other more easily, also.
Above, "This" was supposed to be a link. I thought it WAS a link. Sorry.
Good old "Master Mind", one of the best logical-thinking trainers ever, using numbers instead of colors. This is a single html page with the game entirely embedded in it as Javascript, and compatible with most browsers. The page can be saved locally, so the game can be and played offline. Hope it helps!