I'd gladly hand control of my car over to a computer if it would get me to work in half the time, and let me do other things while I "drive". And this will someday happen. Where I live, traffic slows down because of a bend in the highway. Rubbernecking causes massive jams and delays. There has to be a better way.
It all depends on what they do with this software. My reading of this article is that this is an expert system for judges who sentence juvenile offenders. Typically judges have discretion in sentencing youth. They research the background, number of offenses, etc of the offender and pick an appropriate program. However, they don't have all the data to make a better decision. Do Latino youth who committed a second non-violent offense respond better (get arrested less often in the future) to mental health treatments, mentoring programs, or incarceration?
This system seems to automate this process. So it is possible it will save money and produce better results than the current system, while still maintaining fairness. After all, if you have committed a crime, both the maximum and minimum penalties for what you did should be fair outcomes.
Sure. Using flash doesn't get used for the majority of content these days. Except for one thing. It does get used to deliver the majority of paying advertisements (besides Google links).
Theora is based on VP3, which was released in May of 2000. It took four more years to release the open source version, but the code and methods came from 2000.
If Google was serious, they would release VP8 as open source, and open source the patents. They did just buy On2. Why support a codec that was state of the art in 2000?
GPS would not work without atomic clocks. Multiplying even a small error by the speed of light means a big error.
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My Apple II+ came with a manual including the circuit design of the entire system and a case that opened without tools. Of course, it also came with instructions on how to use a tape player to store programs. Thankfully we got a disk drive. You are right about the Apple IIc and the Mac, but not the original Apple II.
Bush's decision on stem cells might have been a good compromise at the time, but it was one that ignored further science. Read this analysis from slate.com. There were supposed to be 78 stem cell lines available after Bush's decision, but by 2005 there were only 22 that were available, and some of those had degraded to the point they weren't viable. The science was clear that the existing cell lines weren't enough, and even Bush's own NIH Director disagreed with the policy by 2007.
It is very debatable if monoculture (everything must be from Microsoft) is more secure than a rich software diversity. In the case of Microsoft, they have certainly gotten much better about security, but they have traditionally favored features over security. Problems like ActiveX in Internet Explorer are fundamental design flaws, and can't be solved or papered over easily. Try loading a https request with proper cache headers through a flash movie in IE.
Another problem with Microsoft is that they are closed source, which makes it harder for the white hats to identify security flaws and for others to help Microsoft fix security problems.
Finally, the fact that Microsoft is a convicted monopolist. This is bad because it means that their software is by far the market leader, and therefore will be the target of more attacks. Also, traditionally Microsoft has also used its monopoly to subvert open protocols so they can only be implemented by Microsoft products. This hurts security, because there will be naturally less competition in this marketplace, so people can't purchase more secure software because it simply isn't available.
There is absolutely nothing preventing Linux or anything else from having a problem like this.
Sure there is. Open source software has maybe thousands or tens of thousands of people looking at the source code for security issues. Microsoft has maybe hundreds?
In the entertainment space, companies are organized into competitive divisions. Each division has its own bottom line, and compete for resources within the company.
Does reading Slashdot lead to ignorance? Nothing about the State of The Union here! Just news for nerds. If that is ignorance, give me a steaming platter!
The Tesla Model S costs $49,900 ($57,400 without the tax credit) and has a 160 mile range. The 300 mile range is for a $65,000 (probably $72,500 without the tax credit) later version with a larger battery.
Why not frame it as a tribute instead of a knockoff? Include a screen in the about section talking about the orignal game and why you loved it.
Many years ago I was sent a cease and desist from a major board game publisher because I had used their trademark in my shareware games name. However the game rules were ancient and in the public domain. I sent them a letter saying I was already changing the name, and never heard back from them.
Be careful about painting all DVR's in the same light. My Tivo HD works great. It did require the cable company to install a cable card, but its been smooth sailing since then. And I get Netflix and Amazon streaming.
As time goes on, comments become either lies or damn lies. They almost never are kept up to date with the source, and they also contain programmer misconceptions. The only truth is the source code.
The summary is that copyright extension promotes the creation of further artistic works. In the case of Seuss, EB White, and Ludwig Bemelman's estates do make creative use of their material, in TV programs, motion pictures, stage productions, and interactive CD-ROM's.
While this may be true, that they get hacks to milk the franchise for all its worth, the brief contains a big lie. It says "none of these activities would have occured without the exclusivity afforded by the copyrights in the underlying works."
They say this with a straight face, when Disney made Peter Pan and Snow White out of uncopyrighted material.
But the big question is, are the GPS companies liable for this? There will no doubt be deaths due to GPS routing people on inappropriate roads. And there will no doubt be lawsuits that the GPS companies knew roads were inappropriate but didn't remove them from their database.
So a 9/11 happens every 2.17 days to smokers in the US. Year after year. And cancer doesn't stop for Thanksgiving or Christmas. And the federal government doesn't ban smoking, even though it could.
Almost all furnaces use electricity for the blowers. So although your furnace may be gas powered, you will get very cold when you lose your electricity.
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I'd gladly hand control of my car over to a computer if it would get me to work in half the time, and let me do other things while I "drive". And this will someday happen. Where I live, traffic slows down because of a bend in the highway. Rubbernecking causes massive jams and delays. There has to be a better way.
It all depends on what they do with this software. My reading of this article is that this is an expert system for judges who sentence juvenile offenders. Typically judges have discretion in sentencing youth. They research the background, number of offenses, etc of the offender and pick an appropriate program. However, they don't have all the data to make a better decision. Do Latino youth who committed a second non-violent offense respond better (get arrested less often in the future) to mental health treatments, mentoring programs, or incarceration?
This system seems to automate this process. So it is possible it will save money and produce better results than the current system, while still maintaining fairness. After all, if you have committed a crime, both the maximum and minimum penalties for what you did should be fair outcomes.
Sure. Using flash doesn't get used for the majority of content these days. Except for one thing. It does get used to deliver the majority of paying advertisements (besides Google links).
This is just what I asked for the other day when there was news that Google was supporting optimizing Theora, which is based on VP3. Way to go Google!
Theora is based on VP3, which was released in May of 2000. It took four more years to release the open source version, but the code and methods came from 2000.
If Google was serious, they would release VP8 as open source, and open source the patents. They did just buy On2. Why support a codec that was state of the art in 2000?
GPS would not work without atomic clocks. Multiplying even a small error by the speed of light means a big error.
My Apple II+ came with a manual including the circuit design of the entire system and a case that opened without tools. Of course, it also came with instructions on how to use a tape player to store programs. Thankfully we got a disk drive. You are right about the Apple IIc and the Mac, but not the original Apple II.
Bush's decision on stem cells might have been a good compromise at the time, but it was one that ignored further science. Read this analysis from slate.com. There were supposed to be 78 stem cell lines available after Bush's decision, but by 2005 there were only 22 that were available, and some of those had degraded to the point they weren't viable. The science was clear that the existing cell lines weren't enough, and even Bush's own NIH Director disagreed with the policy by 2007.
It is very debatable if monoculture (everything must be from Microsoft) is more secure than a rich software diversity. In the case of Microsoft, they have certainly gotten much better about security, but they have traditionally favored features over security. Problems like ActiveX in Internet Explorer are fundamental design flaws, and can't be solved or papered over easily. Try loading a https request with proper cache headers through a flash movie in IE.
Another problem with Microsoft is that they are closed source, which makes it harder for the white hats to identify security flaws and for others to help Microsoft fix security problems.
Finally, the fact that Microsoft is a convicted monopolist. This is bad because it means that their software is by far the market leader, and therefore will be the target of more attacks. Also, traditionally Microsoft has also used its monopoly to subvert open protocols so they can only be implemented by Microsoft products. This hurts security, because there will be naturally less competition in this marketplace, so people can't purchase more secure software because it simply isn't available.
Sure there is. Open source software has maybe thousands or tens of thousands of people looking at the source code for security issues. Microsoft has maybe hundreds?
Security by obscurity isn't secure.
In the entertainment space, companies are organized into competitive divisions. Each division has its own bottom line, and compete for resources within the company.
Does reading Slashdot lead to ignorance? Nothing about the State of The Union here! Just news for nerds. If that is ignorance, give me a steaming platter!
You can run plugins in a sandbox in Chrome. Use the --safe-plugins command line switch.
Uh...a bot net?
That would explain most of it.
The Tesla Model S costs $49,900 ($57,400 without the tax credit) and has a 160 mile range. The 300 mile range is for a $65,000 (probably $72,500 without the tax credit) later version with a larger battery.
Why not frame it as a tribute instead of a knockoff? Include a screen in the about section talking about the orignal game and why you loved it.
Many years ago I was sent a cease and desist from a major board game publisher because I had used their trademark in my shareware games name. However the game rules were ancient and in the public domain. I sent them a letter saying I was already changing the name, and never heard back from them.
Finally, they have discovered a decent use for rattan. Just promise to stop using it on chairs.
Its much easier for them to fabricate evidence on a hard drive from your home. At least the cloud keeps them honest about the contents.
Be careful about painting all DVR's in the same light. My Tivo HD works great. It did require the cable company to install a cable card, but its been smooth sailing since then. And I get Netflix and Amazon streaming.
As time goes on, comments become either lies or damn lies. They almost never are kept up to date with the source, and they also contain programmer misconceptions. The only truth is the source code.
Interesting.
The summary is that copyright extension promotes the creation of further artistic works. In the case of Seuss, EB White, and Ludwig Bemelman's estates do make creative use of their material, in TV programs, motion pictures, stage productions, and interactive CD-ROM's.
While this may be true, that they get hacks to milk the franchise for all its worth, the brief contains a big lie. It says "none of these activities would have occured without the exclusivity afforded by the copyrights in the underlying works."
They say this with a straight face, when Disney made Peter Pan and Snow White out of uncopyrighted material.
Disgusting.
A better article is available here.
But the big question is, are the GPS companies liable for this? There will no doubt be deaths due to GPS routing people on inappropriate roads. And there will no doubt be lawsuits that the GPS companies knew roads were inappropriate but didn't remove them from their database.
2,973 non-terrorists lost their lives on 9/11. It was a terrible tragedy.
Every day, 1369 people lose their lives due to smoking-related diseases.
So a 9/11 happens every 2.17 days to smokers in the US. Year after year. And cancer doesn't stop for Thanksgiving or Christmas. And the federal government doesn't ban smoking, even though it could.
Almost all furnaces use electricity for the blowers. So although your furnace may be gas powered, you will get very cold when you lose your electricity.