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What are players to do, you ask? Isn't it obvious? If someone comes to the conclusion that the game isn't worth the purchase, be it based on reviews, word of mouth, test-playing it or whatever, then simply don't buy it. There's lots of other games that you can choose from - or you could even go outside for a change instead of just playing computer games all the time.
If you're an absolute die-hard fan that wants a great new NFL game every year (and who thinks that this isn't it), then write to them and tell them what you think about their "exclusive license" deal. Send a snail mail letter, too - these are taken far more seriously than angry emails, who're probably just deleted without anyone really reading them.
That's what I would do - if I cared about football or football games.
You're absolutely right. Software isn't inherently good or bad; it's simply a tool that can be used for different purposes.
So, grandparent poster, I take it that in order to restore order, we'd better also ban:
* Phone lines (POTS, that is)
* Cell phones
* Fax machines
* Postal services
* Roads
All these can be used to distribute "pirated" material. Oh no!
The German-language manuscript is titled "Quantum theory of the monatomic ideal gas,"
Huh? No, it's not. It's titled "Quantentheorie des einatomigen idealen Gases", and considering that it's written in German, that shouldn't be much of a surprise, either. What you gave above is the translation of the title, not the title itself.
Respect is a two-way street, though. Want your kids to respect you? Then show them that you're worthy of respect, and also show them that you respect *them*.
Want your kids to respect "authority"? Then show them that authority is something that *can* be respected. Punishing them in draconian ways isn't going to help with that, though.
Remember what Gandhi said about peace? "There is no way to peace - peace is the way". The same thing goes for respect, too: there is no way to respect - respect is the way. And if you want respect, then you should be willing to be the one who does the first step.
That's not really obscure - a reference to the science fiction short story referencing this concept would've been.:)
(If you don't know which one I'm talking about, it's Anne McCaffrey's "The Ship Who Sang".)
Out of curiosity, what constitutes "twice as well" in your opinion? Given an attack that needs about 2^64 calculations, would one that's twice as good need 2^63 or 2^32?
If you really *mean* twice as good, then it should be 2^63, but I'm not sure if that's what you meant, really.
How many examples are there of the opposite happening. Taking just energy, with no starting mass, and making mass?
Quite a bunch. IANAP, but it seems to me that the constant forming (and recombining) of virtual electron/positron pairs would be one example of this.
Admittedly, these are rather short-lived, but IIRC, you can turn them into "real" electrons (and positrons) by adding energy to the system from the outside.
Well, here's a clue: Sun is a hardware company. Despite all their marketing and despite all that Scott etc. may say, they mostly make money from selling Sun-brand hardware for a hefty price.
Solaris, Java, StarOffice and all that are simply tools to make sure that there will be a continued demand for Sun hardware.
That's why they keep on focussing on that "dead-end" CPU architecture, too. The only way for them not to would be to adapt a completely new business model, and that's such a radical change that it's probably not even on their radar.
No, the parent poster is not correct - his analogy is flawed. IANAL, so I don't know the technical terms, but I think that the difference is that a technician looking at random files files on your computer is actively looking through things that are not his business - he's not "stumbling across" things. Things would be different if you had a child porn picture as your desktop wallpaper, for example, and the technician sees it when he turns on your computer again to see if it works.
The car example would be more accurate if the mechanic found your diary while repairing your car, and decided to open it and read it and *then* found out about a crime you committed and wrote about in your diary.
Well, there are vegetarians and there are vegetarians. Some eat meat because they don't want to condone (perceived) cruelty towards animals; others don't eat it because they think it's unhealthy (or at least less healthy than other food), or for religious reasons, or simply because they don't like the taste.
Whether any given vegetarian will or will not eat this stuff (or even consider doing so) very much depends on why exactly they became a vegetarian in the first place.
Oh, I sure do. I once briefly worked in a clinic for neurosurgery once (this was a summer job during school; I wasn't actually involved with the medical side of things in any way) - it was rather scary at times.
We also a considerable amount of accident victims, too, though, and in the case of those, I think that even a 33% chance to improve isn't so bad, because otherwise, they'd have a 100% chance of dying.
So? To me as a European, the fact that you have the DMCA in the USA seems absurd. The PATRIOT act seems absurd. The fact that you have a president who got through with manipulating the elections, lied to his own people and *got through with it* and now advocates creationism seems absurd - as does the fact that he's being celebrated, while another president who actually improved your economy alot got shafted for having sex with an intern.
So what's your point?
For that matter, isn't it absurd that you can't yell fire in a crowded theatre? Oh, that's not freedom of speech, you say? Why not? It's simply wrong to claim that speech isn't regulated in the USA at all - it is, just like everywhere else. Your regulations happen to differ from Australia's, but they're still there.
And finally, what's with the "we should do X to them until they give up and do Y just like we want them to"? How would you feel if an Australian advocated doing the same thing to you? Oh, sure, you might say that you wouldn't care because there's not really any Australian company you're dependent on, but that's evading the issue - think about it. Don't you think that a sovereign democratic nation deserves a bit more respect than that?
I concur. The actions of the USA, its government, and particular the department of commerce have clearly shown that they need to grow up and learn to play with others.:)
Laugh - It's funny. Seriously, you should read up on your history; the Usenet Death Penalty was issued against corporations, not countries, and the legality of cutting off a country given existing international law and bi-/multilateral contracts is questionable at least, too.
Furthermore, what would you actually want to achieve? Do you think that the Australian government would rush to change the law because you didn't like it? For that matter, do you think that the fact that a company you're a fanboy of with an office in another country *might* be required to uphold local laws and *might* be sued if it doesn't would justify cutting off that country?
If yes, then think about what I said in the first paragraph again. Shouldn't have the rest of the world have cut off the US from the Internet back in 1998 when the DMCA was enacted, for example? And if not... why not, if you advocate cutting of Australia now?
I'm not a Windows kernel programmer, so I don't feel qualified to comment on the correctness of the code.
Um... then why are you reviewing this book? Shouldn't you be at least somewhat familiar with the topic it covers? Saying that you didn't find any errors or omissions is akin to someone like me reviewing a book on - say - how to do brain surgery and concluding that it's good because I couldn't find any downsides.
When you don't know anything about the topic in question, then it's not surprising that you don't find anything that's wrong with the book. But it also means that your review is, basically, worthless.
Thanks, but this is the record for the most time spent in space cumulatively - if I understand correctly, Lucid's record 188 days were a single stay.:)
Oh, and out of curiosity (sorry for going off-topic here), how'd you manage to post a score 0 comment without either being AC or getting modded down? o.o
If it's comparable in level to Earth's "regular" gravity, then I'd say, yes, it would. IANARS (I Am Not A Rocket Scientist), of course, but I can't see a reason why it wouldn't. Gravity is gravity, so assuming that it's only the lack of gravity that contributes to bone density loss (as opposed to the lack of other effects present on Earth but not in space), it should be possible to compensate for this using artificial gravity.
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What are players to do, you ask? Isn't it obvious? If someone comes to the conclusion that the game isn't worth the purchase, be it based on reviews, word of mouth, test-playing it or whatever, then simply don't buy it. There's lots of other games that you can choose from - or you could even go outside for a change instead of just playing computer games all the time.
If you're an absolute die-hard fan that wants a great new NFL game every year (and who thinks that this isn't it), then write to them and tell them what you think about their "exclusive license" deal. Send a snail mail letter, too - these are taken far more seriously than angry emails, who're probably just deleted without anyone really reading them.
That's what I would do - if I cared about football or football games.
Eh. Fuck Slashdot and its defaulting to HTML instead of plain text. >_
You're absolutely right. Software isn't inherently good or bad; it's simply a tool that can be used for different purposes. So, grandparent poster, I take it that in order to restore order, we'd better also ban: * Phone lines (POTS, that is) * Cell phones * Fax machines * Postal services * Roads All these can be used to distribute "pirated" material. Oh no!
Huh? No, it's not. It's titled "Quantentheorie des einatomigen idealen Gases", and considering that it's written in German, that shouldn't be much of a surprise, either. What you gave above is the translation of the title, not the title itself.
Sheesh. Slashdot editors. :)
Please mod up the parent post, it's highly informative.
Respect is a two-way street, though. Want your kids to respect you? Then show them that you're worthy of respect, and also show them that you respect *them*.
Want your kids to respect "authority"? Then show them that authority is something that *can* be respected. Punishing them in draconian ways isn't going to help with that, though.
Remember what Gandhi said about peace? "There is no way to peace - peace is the way". The same thing goes for respect, too: there is no way to respect - respect is the way. And if you want respect, then you should be willing to be the one who does the first step.
That's not really obscure - a reference to the science fiction short story referencing this concept would've been. :)
(If you don't know which one I'm talking about, it's Anne McCaffrey's "The Ship Who Sang".)
99% of people also don't read Slashdot. This is News for Nerds, after all...
Out of curiosity, what constitutes "twice as well" in your opinion? Given an attack that needs about 2^64 calculations, would one that's twice as good need 2^63 or 2^32?
If you really *mean* twice as good, then it should be 2^63, but I'm not sure if that's what you meant, really.
Quite a bunch. IANAP, but it seems to me that the constant forming (and recombining) of virtual electron/positron pairs would be one example of this.
Admittedly, these are rather short-lived, but IIRC, you can turn them into "real" electrons (and positrons) by adding energy to the system from the outside.
Well, here's a clue: Sun is a hardware company. Despite all their marketing and despite all that Scott etc. may say, they mostly make money from selling Sun-brand hardware for a hefty price.
Solaris, Java, StarOffice and all that are simply tools to make sure that there will be a continued demand for Sun hardware.
That's why they keep on focussing on that "dead-end" CPU architecture, too. The only way for them not to would be to adapt a completely new business model, and that's such a radical change that it's probably not even on their radar.
HavenCo is not an ISP, they're a hosting/colo provider.
No, the parent poster is not correct - his analogy is flawed. IANAL, so I don't know the technical terms, but I think that the difference is that a technician looking at random files files on your computer is actively looking through things that are not his business - he's not "stumbling across" things. Things would be different if you had a child porn picture as your desktop wallpaper, for example, and the technician sees it when he turns on your computer again to see if it works.
The car example would be more accurate if the mechanic found your diary while repairing your car, and decided to open it and read it and *then* found out about a crime you committed and wrote about in your diary.
For those who might not get it, SPAM stands for Synthaetically Produced Artifical Meat. No, really. :)
Well, there are vegetarians and there are vegetarians. Some eat meat because they don't want to condone (perceived) cruelty towards animals; others don't eat it because they think it's unhealthy (or at least less healthy than other food), or for religious reasons, or simply because they don't like the taste.
Whether any given vegetarian will or will not eat this stuff (or even consider doing so) very much depends on why exactly they became a vegetarian in the first place.
Really? Got a link? o.o
Oh, I sure do. I once briefly worked in a clinic for neurosurgery once (this was a summer job during school; I wasn't actually involved with the medical side of things in any way) - it was rather scary at times.
We also a considerable amount of accident victims, too, though, and in the case of those, I think that even a 33% chance to improve isn't so bad, because otherwise, they'd have a 100% chance of dying.
So? To me as a European, the fact that you have the DMCA in the USA seems absurd. The PATRIOT act seems absurd. The fact that you have a president who got through with manipulating the elections, lied to his own people and *got through with it* and now advocates creationism seems absurd - as does the fact that he's being celebrated, while another president who actually improved your economy alot got shafted for having sex with an intern.
So what's your point?
For that matter, isn't it absurd that you can't yell fire in a crowded theatre? Oh, that's not freedom of speech, you say? Why not? It's simply wrong to claim that speech isn't regulated in the USA at all - it is, just like everywhere else. Your regulations happen to differ from Australia's, but they're still there.
And finally, what's with the "we should do X to them until they give up and do Y just like we want them to"? How would you feel if an Australian advocated doing the same thing to you? Oh, sure, you might say that you wouldn't care because there's not really any Australian company you're dependent on, but that's evading the issue - think about it. Don't you think that a sovereign democratic nation deserves a bit more respect than that?
I concur. The actions of the USA, its government, and particular the department of commerce have clearly shown that they need to grow up and learn to play with others. :)
Laugh - It's funny. Seriously, you should read up on your history; the Usenet Death Penalty was issued against corporations, not countries, and the legality of cutting off a country given existing international law and bi-/multilateral contracts is questionable at least, too.
Furthermore, what would you actually want to achieve? Do you think that the Australian government would rush to change the law because you didn't like it? For that matter, do you think that the fact that a company you're a fanboy of with an office in another country *might* be required to uphold local laws and *might* be sued if it doesn't would justify cutting off that country?
If yes, then think about what I said in the first paragraph again. Shouldn't have the rest of the world have cut off the US from the Internet back in 1998 when the DMCA was enacted, for example? And if not... why not, if you advocate cutting of Australia now?
You do realize that Google has an Australian office, right?
Um... then why are you reviewing this book? Shouldn't you be at least somewhat familiar with the topic it covers? Saying that you didn't find any errors or omissions is akin to someone like me reviewing a book on - say - how to do brain surgery and concluding that it's good because I couldn't find any downsides.
When you don't know anything about the topic in question, then it's not surprising that you don't find anything that's wrong with the book. But it also means that your review is, basically, worthless.
Thanks, but this is the record for the most time spent in space cumulatively - if I understand correctly, Lucid's record 188 days were a single stay. :)
Oh, and out of curiosity (sorry for going off-topic here), how'd you manage to post a score 0 comment without either being AC or getting modded down? o.o
If there is proof (or at least conclusive evidence) that they were indeed abducted, sure. :)
If it's comparable in level to Earth's "regular" gravity, then I'd say, yes, it would. IANARS (I Am Not A Rocket Scientist), of course, but I can't see a reason why it wouldn't. Gravity is gravity, so assuming that it's only the lack of gravity that contributes to bone density loss (as opposed to the lack of other effects present on Earth but not in space), it should be possible to compensate for this using artificial gravity.