from the Bill France article:
The broken record would be about violence, and it would seem that the warnings have all been issued.
But, try these three points for starters:
- If a parent wanted their children to develop attitudes like Gary Ridgway, the confessed killer of at least 48 women, these games might provide a good training ground.
Okay, so the Green River killings started in July 1982, according to cnn. Instead of offering reasons as to how Gary Ridgway developed his mindset and the various warning signs related to a confessed serial killer, Bill France decides to warp this into a video game issue. Therefore, let's see what games may have inspired the rampage. Perhaps he was re-enacting a twisted version of his experience in Lasso? Or Naughty Boy?
If you need to speculate, look at the guy's history and work from there. The quickest article I could find is here. Interesting that the article states:
... by the time Ridgway and his second wife divorced in 1981, but coworkers remember Ridgway carried a Bible,...
You see that! And this was JUST BEFORE THE KILLINGS! Now go and speculate!
What I find funny is that the notice provided no potential replacements for the pair.
Given that this one isolated place is creating restrictions, they're going to have fun trying to sort out the different term-replacements each vendor will adopt. Also, each vendor that is not exclusively dependent upon this one county will need to create a slightly different package for LA. Won't this contribute slightly to service/production cost?
I guess LA isn't so strapped for cash as we're being lead to believe.
Sure we could spend billions on a new space program but what if... What if? That's not a good argument.
We already possess the core technologies - they won't be perfect, but they're there. Developing better/new tools should be emphasized, but not to the point of halting the development of applications that use these existing tools. Many times the two create a development cycle (developing a computer component on a computer, and then using that component on your next computer to develop better components which you'll use on your next...), in which case you can't ignore work in one area.
Those fancy applications are helpful by inpiring others to get involved in the develop of better methods and tools. Popular Science magazine is a good example.
Instead of just mining the moon, it provides a perfect place to set up power generating stations.
No one lives there so you'll never hear the "not in my backyard" argument from anyone.
These would be atmosphere-independent power plants that beam down energy to earth for consumption. It would eliminate the risk of neighborhood casualties if something goes wrong as well as eliminate the risk to humans of accumulated pollution from these power plants (everything that converts energy generates some form of pollution). Examples of power generating techniques that come to mind are solar and nuclear.
And don't go dismissing nuclear! We've already launched nuclear fueled space probes. It's already out there. And on keeping space pristine - how about keeping Earth pristine? We're not going to stop power (and pollution) generation, so why not explore this feasibility?
One side of the moon always faces earth which may provide assistance in implementing the idea. It's still hard to accomplish, but at least we could make use of this unique orbit.
One problem to establishing any sort of above-ground structures on the moon is that its surface is visibly beat-up while Earth has less scars of similar type. Any structure there will not have the protection our atmosphere provides.
Another problem would be temperature fluctuations experienced due (again) to the lack of an atmosphere.
Just an idea, and I'm sure this is going to get picked apart.
In the article: "The defendants created the problem that they proposed to solve - for a fee. Their pop-up spam wasted computer users' time and caused them needless frustration."
sooooo, if their sales pitch was anything else - then they'd have little or no case.
This isn't about the abuse of spamming through Windows Messaging, it was an abuse of advertising. It's just a matter of days before others (MANY others) see this and decide to advertise anything else.
I also remember reading something about a US bomber crashing in the ocean which prompted other nations to ban the flying of nuclear armed planes over their land. Ahhh, found this
through google too. A very interesting read.
And these are just the accidents. There's also the intentional stuff (testing) to also take into account.
"... the human eye is better at reading narrow columns (that's why newspapers are layed out as they are). That's why you get all sorts of cruft down the side of webpages.
I posted a possible solution for this issue. I'm seeing the benefits of using two monitors, but since the desk-space doesn't always allow more than one monitor, why not a taller monitor? Bigger, yes, but along one dimension. It may even be used in conjunction to the dual monitor usage (with this taller one devoted to coding).
Of course, I haven't seen one so AFAIK it's just an idea at this point. But I'd be interested...
First of all, this is probably the slashdot interview you mentioned.
the PTO has gone on record (including in an interview here at slashdot a couple of years ago) to say that the only source they have or use for Prior Art investigations is their own database. If a patent application has been filed on it, there's prior art. If it hasn't, then there isn't any prior art and it never existed before.
...
If a patent's been filed, there's prior art. If not, then it passes the "new" test.
Sounds bad. Going by that logic, nothing can be legally released directly into the "public domain" since it has to pass through the PTO in order to receive acknowledgement of its legal status as a novel concept/product. This would include publications of research papers and the like.
Without RTA or patent (or anything really), it's safe to assume that Microsoft's legal team would investigate ALL potential "prior art". They have the resources and lost (pending appeal of course). Based on this, it would seem that the case was very strong.
From what I see, they're advocating controlled modifications in the marketing and analyzing the results. However, I don't see this as being something new to SPAM.
SPAM evolves in that the approaches that work are abused fully, while those that don't are typically abandoned. The business is very conscious of efficiency. "carpet bombing" is still needed in this proposal to establish what works best.
I take that back: this can be applied to SPAM. From my experience, the approaches currently used are very limited per SPAM in that they have become strictly one-liners. If, instead, they were to make the pitch more complex, they could use the suggestions outlined in the article.
However, I doubt this will be applied since it takes a significant effort to develop a variety of complex sales pitches to test (let alone just a single complex sales pitch), and more text per SPAM means less emails sent per bandwidth unit.
Look, whatever the dictionary tells you "giga" means, this is a technical term that means something else in the computer world, and has always meant something else in the computer world.
I was using Matlab (4.x I think) as an undergrad and got so frustrated during one all-nighter that I typed in the command line "fuck". Instead of the typical annoying machine beep and a standard error message, I got a response similar to following:
"This function is no longer supported and will need to be removed from future versions."
That replaced my curses of frustration with laughter. Of course, I had to verify that they no longer supported that function in 5.x - too bad.
While Windows was getting all the attention from their common creator Microsoft, DOS has secretly been waiting for its opportunity to strike at both.
From the infoworld article:
The company is cooperating with federal law enforcement officials to investigate the attack, which is the second successful DOS attack against Microsoft.com this month.
Two successful DOS attacks this month. And what a sense of irony: revolt against the creator by manipulating "the favorite" to do its bidding.
Yeah, searching/. is sometimes pointless. Searching for "Tired_Blood" here doesn't produce anything about my comments. A search on google does, however.
I basically used the link you provided and compared it to the standard format for/. pages. Then I modified it to comform to the format.
Actually, I just searched "purduephotog" on/. and the one item that comes up is THAT article. I should've tried this first... oh well. I guess I should take back that slam against/. searches...
2) All the other animals would also have small diversities,
Sounds logical, but not really. If diversity is dependant upon the offspring and mutations passed on to them, then the longer it takes to produce the next generation, the less diversity for that species when compared to other species, over the same time-frame.
unless it was a special wacky kind of flood that only drowned humans.
Slashdot Mirror
from the Bill France article:
... by the time Ridgway and his second wife divorced in 1981, but coworkers remember Ridgway carried a Bible,...
The broken record would be about violence, and it would seem that the warnings have all been issued.
But, try these three points for starters:
- If a parent wanted their children to develop attitudes like Gary Ridgway, the confessed killer of at least 48 women, these games might provide a good training ground.
Okay, so the Green River killings started in July 1982, according to cnn. Instead of offering reasons as to how Gary Ridgway developed his mindset and the various warning signs related to a confessed serial killer, Bill France decides to warp this into a video game issue. Therefore, let's see what games may have inspired the rampage. Perhaps he was re-enacting a twisted version of his experience in Lasso? Or Naughty Boy?
If you need to speculate, look at the guy's history and work from there. The quickest article I could find is here. Interesting that the article states:
You see that! And this was JUST BEFORE THE KILLINGS! Now go and speculate!
What I find funny is that the notice provided no potential replacements for the pair.
Given that this one isolated place is creating restrictions, they're going to have fun trying to sort out the different term-replacements each vendor will adopt. Also, each vendor that is not exclusively dependent upon this one county will need to create a slightly different package for LA. Won't this contribute slightly to service/production cost?
I guess LA isn't so strapped for cash as we're being lead to believe.
Advertising corrupts anything it touches. (Just look at professional baseball or pop music for prime examples.)
Come on... you're on slashdot... the BEST example here would be the effect it has had on email.
Sure we could spend billions on a new space program but what if...
What if? That's not a good argument.
We already possess the core technologies - they won't be perfect, but they're there. Developing better/new tools should be emphasized, but not to the point of halting the development of applications that use these existing tools. Many times the two create a development cycle (developing a computer component on a computer, and then using that component on your next computer to develop better components which you'll use on your next...), in which case you can't ignore work in one area.
Those fancy applications are helpful by inpiring others to get involved in the develop of better methods and tools. Popular Science magazine is a good example.
Instead of just mining the moon, it provides a perfect place to set up power generating stations.
No one lives there so you'll never hear the "not in my backyard" argument from anyone.
These would be atmosphere-independent power plants that beam down energy to earth for consumption. It would eliminate the risk of neighborhood casualties if something goes wrong as well as eliminate the risk to humans of accumulated pollution from these power plants (everything that converts energy generates some form of pollution). Examples of power generating techniques that come to mind are solar and nuclear.
And don't go dismissing nuclear! We've already launched nuclear fueled space probes. It's already out there. And on keeping space pristine - how about keeping Earth pristine? We're not going to stop power (and pollution) generation, so why not explore this feasibility?
One side of the moon always faces earth which may provide assistance in implementing the idea. It's still hard to accomplish, but at least we could make use of this unique orbit.
One problem to establishing any sort of above-ground structures on the moon is that its surface is visibly beat-up while Earth has less scars of similar type. Any structure there will not have the protection our atmosphere provides.
Another problem would be temperature fluctuations experienced due (again) to the lack of an atmosphere.
Just an idea, and I'm sure this is going to get picked apart.
In the article:
"The defendants created the problem that they proposed to solve - for a fee. Their pop-up spam wasted computer users' time and caused them needless frustration."
sooooo, if their sales pitch was anything else - then they'd have little or no case.
This isn't about the abuse of spamming through Windows Messaging, it was an abuse of advertising. It's just a matter of days before others (MANY others) see this and decide to advertise anything else.
... like I've heard that one before...
I wouldn't be suprised if there was radioactive waste at the bottom of the sea somewhere. And this is off the top of my head w/out even looking.
Here you go.
I also remember reading something about a US bomber crashing in the ocean which prompted other nations to ban the flying of nuclear armed planes over their land. Ahhh, found this through google too. A very interesting read.
And these are just the accidents. There's also the intentional stuff (testing) to also take into account.
... and putting them in the hands of MBA bean-counters who don't know what TCP/IP is ...
"MBA bean-counters" might be confused about "TCP", but are probably somewhat familiar with "IP" issues in patent and copyright law.
[/joking]
I mean, how odd is it that an article about display technology doesn't have pictures?
Just as odd as seeing a TV commercial showcasing HDTV on a black&white.
It needs to be seen in person to really experience it.
Your follow-up post literally illustrates this.
You're right. I didn't take into account our natural FOV (more range horizontally than vertically).
"... the human eye is better at reading narrow columns (that's why newspapers are layed out as they are). That's why you get all sorts of cruft down the side of webpages.
I posted a possible solution for this issue. I'm seeing the benefits of using two monitors, but since the desk-space doesn't always allow more than one monitor, why not a taller monitor? Bigger, yes, but along one dimension. It may even be used in conjunction to the dual monitor usage (with this taller one devoted to coding).
Of course, I haven't seen one so AFAIK it's just an idea at this point. But I'd be interested...
one that's twice the height while the same width. It doesn't even need to be refresh quickly. Take a widescreen monitor and put it on it's side.
/. frontpage can appear in three screens instead of six.
Basically, I'd prefer more vertical space. A function can be twice as large and still be manageable.
Also, the
First of all, this is probably the slashdot interview you mentioned.
the PTO has gone on record (including in an interview here at slashdot a couple of years ago) to say that the only source they have or use for Prior Art investigations is their own database. If a patent application has been filed on it, there's prior art. If it hasn't, then there isn't any prior art and it never existed before.
...
If a patent's been filed, there's prior art. If not, then it passes the "new" test.
Sounds bad. Going by that logic, nothing can be legally released directly into the "public domain" since it has to pass through the PTO in order to receive acknowledgement of its legal status as a novel concept/product. This would include publications of research papers and the like.
Without RTA or patent (or anything really), it's safe to assume that Microsoft's legal team would investigate ALL potential "prior art". They have the resources and lost (pending appeal of course). Based on this, it would seem that the case was very strong.
Now I'll RTA, when I have the chance.
From what I see, they're advocating controlled modifications in the marketing and analyzing the results. However, I don't see this as being something new to SPAM.
SPAM evolves in that the approaches that work are abused fully, while those that don't are typically abandoned. The business is very conscious of efficiency. "carpet bombing" is still needed in this proposal to establish what works best.
I take that back: this can be applied to SPAM. From my experience, the approaches currently used are very limited per SPAM in that they have become strictly one-liners. If, instead, they were to make the pitch more complex, they could use the suggestions outlined in the article.
However, I doubt this will be applied since it takes a significant effort to develop a variety of complex sales pitches to test (let alone just a single complex sales pitch), and more text per SPAM means less emails sent per bandwidth unit.
What will this legislation look like once it's ready for the president? How many riders will be attached? Will Alaska be open for drilling?
The DO-NOT-CALL issue is so popular that I'd be surprised if it survives in it's currently lean form.
Look, whatever the dictionary tells you "giga" means, this is a technical term that means something else in the computer world, and has always meant something else in the computer world.
What's intriguing is when a dictionary gives you seemingly inconsistant results.
I was using Matlab (4.x I think) as an undergrad and got so frustrated during one all-nighter that I typed in the command line "fuck". Instead of the typical annoying machine beep and a standard error message, I got a response similar to following:
"This function is no longer supported and will need to be removed from future versions."
That replaced my curses of frustration with laughter. Of course, I had to verify that they no longer supported that function in 5.x - too bad.
Comando!
Commando? I thought the only valid responses are:
While Windows was getting all the attention from their common creator Microsoft, DOS has secretly been waiting for its opportunity to strike at both.
From the infoworld article:
The company is cooperating with federal law enforcement officials to investigate the attack, which is the second successful DOS attack against Microsoft.com this month.
Two successful DOS attacks this month. And what a sense of irony: revolt against the creator by manipulating "the favorite" to do its bidding.
What's so hard about using a lower-case 'o'?
When's the first computer voting machine going to be hit with something similar?
And will these problems again be explained as "user error"? (think Florida '00)
Yeah, searching /. is sometimes pointless. Searching for "Tired_Blood" here doesn't produce anything about my comments. A search on google does, however.
/. pages. Then I modified it to comform to the format.
/. and the one item that comes up is THAT article. I should've tried this first... oh well. I guess I should take back that slam against /. searches...
I basically used the link you provided and compared it to the standard format for
Actually, I just searched "purduephotog" on
2) All the other animals would also have small diversities,
Sounds logical, but not really. If diversity is dependant upon the offspring and mutations passed on to them, then the longer it takes to produce the next generation, the less diversity for that species when compared to other species, over the same time-frame.
unless it was a special wacky kind of flood that only drowned humans.
I doubt it. Why bother with all the animals then?
Why not try offering the correct link to the dupe you're refering to. I mean, it IS your submission.
Btw, without the info in your post, I would've never found it. Thanks for the details. Hopefully, others aren't modding it further into oblivion.