I know people are going to go, "wawwawaa, it's the plot and character development". This is what I heard in my mind every time a TV ad for Farcescape came on, "Kermy, change the channel and get me some more food!!!!"
I personally would much rather see bad blue/green screen and poor CG/Real actor interaction then some lame assed Jim Hanson leftover (and to be honest the same goes for an Ewok)
I haven't had a chance to read your article yet but I will after I post this link.
It's to an old David Suzuki "Science Matters" article. In the article it goes over the problems that game farms might actually be causing wildlife. Anyways here is the post.
I'm pretty sure that this has happened already. Seeing as animal byproducts are already used as nutritional filler for livestock. All it would take is a farmer to go hunting, bag and cut his deer, then send off the non-edibles to a byproduct processor (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies {TSE's} are really hard to get rid of).
It does talk about an interesting situation though with the future of Palladium. Where a lifetime (of the product) ban can be enforced. This could be very difficult on a computer where sometimes even a person who doesn't ever rip a CD/DVD/TV streams can by mistake and without knowledge play content that has been taken without permission.
This could especially be a problem if some malicious person were to put together a e-mail virus that could act as such content, and in effect cripple massive amounts of computers...
Most people will probably look at it and go, "Why would I need one when I can get a home entertainment centre for much cheaper". And the average Linux tard probably will be, "I'm a freak, and can spend all my free time making one like it."
But if they cost it down a little bit then they might get more of a market share (or give one to me and i'll recommend it to everyone I know).
Even if you do get this won't you feel nostalgic for the old media types, "back in my day we were only able to store 640 megs of data on a disc and were happy to. Without all you youngins' uppity sass-back and terabyte storage on a needles point..."
It's a *WELL* publicized fact that laptops use power management in order to extend battery life. I mean, people deliberately go out and buy ultra-low voltage P3s with speedstep because they need the battery life...
Besides, it's pretty well known that *most* laptop action occurs in the *indoors* near "power outlets".
You're one of those guys who use finger quotes a lot when your talking right???
I'm sorry but 95%??? That seems a bit high to me. I mean I like the idea of high eff electrical motors but only a loss of 5% in the transfer from the chemical potential of a battery to the mechanical motion of the motor just seems a little too small a loss...
So are there any problems with these like the 20-30 year delay that it took to get a decent blue LED???
I'm sure back in the day they were talking about LED TV and it wasn't until the past 5 or so years that the technology was there. Not that I would't mind a high res, super thin, and sexy monitor/tv. It sure would be a killer app for most TV's out there, and a good way to combine a coumputer station and TV...
I always thought that putting some good sized asteroid in L4 or L5 would make an excellent mining asset. They are supposed to be the more stable L points no?
The hardest part I would think be setting up a drive system to actually push them into L4 or L5. Probably very hard to keep the rocks together if to much force is applied to them they could splinter and end up in a very bad spot. But once it was in position, it should stick...
I thought I would post this because most people seem to have missed this link to how the rankings were determined:
(from http://www.rsf.fr/article.php3?id_article=4118)
Worldwide press freedom index
How the index was drawn up
This index measures the amount of freedom journalists and the media have in each country and the efforts made by governments to see that press freedom is respected.
Reporters Without Borders sent out a questionnaire based on the main criteria for such freedom and asking for details of directs attacks on journalists (such as murders, imprisonment, physical assaults and threats) and on the media (censorship, confiscation, searches and pressure). It also asked about the degree of impunity enjoyed by those responsible for such violations.
The questionnaire recorded the legal environment for the media (such as punishment for press offences, a state monopoly in some areas and the existence of a regulatory body) and the behaviour of the state towards the public media and the foreign press. It also noted the main threats to the free flow of information on the Internet.
Reporters Without Borders has not just taken into account the excesses of the state but also those of armed militias, underground organisations and pressure groups that can be serious threats to press freedom. In addition, the state does not always use all its resources to fight the impunity the perpetrators of such violence very often have.
The questionnaire was sent to people with a real knowledge of the press freedom situation in one or more countries, such as local journalists or foreign correspondents living in the country, researchers, legal experts, specialists on a region and the researchers of the Reporters Without Borders International Secretariat.
The countries included in the index are those about which Reporters Without Borders received completed questionnaires from several independent sources. Other countries have not been included for lack of reliable information. Countries that got equal scores have been ranked in alphabetical order.
This index of press freedom is a portrait of the situation based on events between September 2001 and October 2002 . It does not take account of all human rights violations, only those that affect press freedom.
Neither is it an indicator of the quality of a country's media. Reporters Without Borders defends press freedom without regard to the content of the media, so any ethical or professional departures from the norm have not been taken into account.
...seems the government doesn't need sensorship when all the media outlets are his defacto campaigners...
Yeah, but the thing is right now who else is at least organised enough to have a decent opposition. I'm personally a bit more left then the Liberal party (which until recently with the push for a 'Legacy' has been more on the centre of things). It seems like the trend for most gov't these days is to ride the centre post anyways. I'll have to start looking into Green more now I guess...
As I was doing another 5 hour drive this weekend I thought to myself, "Self, why is it so hard to get books on CD's. It would seem like the logical progression, use CD's instead of crappy tapes that will work in my CD player on long drives when I can't read. Why are there always books-on-tape at gas stations but never any books-on-CD's....." This conversation went on in my mind for most of my drive.
Now I am curious. Is there a pocket PC/PDA that has an audio out jack, and can have a text->audio converter installed onto it??? I admit that I would be highly interested in one....
You know it would be a bitter sweet justice if stupid programs like progressquest were actually just spyware. I mean think about it people just run them in the background and ignore them while there working, i'm sure some geek offices run them as a stupid competition while they do real work. Just think if there was a keypress/website/email logger working in the background sending all the data off from some large corporation like MS, Intel, or IBM...
I don't know if this is entirely related to DRM. But I was wondering if anyone had info on the legalities of buying used CD's, records, books, etc... (I'm interested in Canadian law in specific, but I would assume that it is the same as the States law)
I recall a few years back that some artists and the big record companies were upset at the idea of reselling their music without recieving the royalties (I remember that the dude with the Kentucky Waterfall that did 'Aceky Breaky Heart' was whining about royalties). I was wondering if there is still a push for this, or if it has been implimented. If it has then the companies and artists that fall under the Mickey Mouse law would still be able to recieve payments on used items sold until the products fall apart...
You might have the dimensions of your eye on there as well, these are needed for contacts. I forget exactly what the def'n of the -N.N vales are. I know it is a correction value and that is about it. And i'm just lazy enough not to look it up...
First of all use a system of measurement that 5.5bill (give or take 500mill) people use.
Second the speed of an electron thru a wire is no where near the same as photon thru a fibre. Read some of the other comments for info, or take quantum 101
To the door, I think your going to have a huge problem with the last mile. Telcos are not going to put out the money needed with the current economic situation. Your looking at, at least 15-25 before they need to competativly switch. If there is a significant need for a traditional telco by that point. I think cable might make the higher end of your estimate if there is a drop in PC prices, or a rise in internet apps, but the cost for them to do last mile is also very high.
Well I hope for your sake Telus and Shaw/Rogers don't buy out your provider. It's good to see some CLEC's can still handle areas the giants don't go for...
Slashdot Mirror
Ok. Here is the thing with Farscape:
They are Muppets
I know people are going to go, "wawwawaa, it's the plot and character development". This is what I heard in my mind every time a TV ad for Farcescape came on, "Kermy, change the channel and get me some more food!!!!"
I personally would much rather see bad blue/green screen and poor CG/Real actor interaction then some lame assed Jim Hanson leftover (and to be honest the same goes for an Ewok)
I haven't had a chance to read your article yet but I will after I post this link.
It's to an old David Suzuki "Science Matters" article. In the article it goes over the problems that game farms might actually be causing wildlife. Anyways here is the post.
start feeding deer heads to cattle?
I'm pretty sure that this has happened already. Seeing as animal byproducts are already used as nutritional filler for livestock. All it would take is a farmer to go hunting, bag and cut his deer, then send off the non-edibles to a byproduct processor (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies {TSE's} are really hard to get rid of).
Now all we have to do is wait for the end result.
Bush is a Moron.
Not exactly breaking news...
Look at Michael Moore's site for more info on the removal of USA's civil rights with a sense of humour.
Or better, try reading Why Orwell Matters for a discussion on the need for constant understanding and evaluation of a gov't and its policies.
It does talk about an interesting situation though with the future of Palladium. Where a lifetime (of the product) ban can be enforced. This could be very difficult on a computer where sometimes even a person who doesn't ever rip a CD/DVD/TV streams can by mistake and without knowledge play content that has been taken without permission.
This could especially be a problem if some malicious person were to put together a e-mail virus that could act as such content, and in effect cripple massive amounts of computers...
If they last till V2.
Most people will probably look at it and go, "Why would I need one when I can get a home entertainment centre for much cheaper". And the average Linux tard probably will be, "I'm a freak, and can spend all my free time making one like it."
But if they cost it down a little bit then they might get more of a market share (or give one to me and i'll recommend it to everyone I know).
Slashdot posting needs LaTeX...
Or anything that gives suave notation for math and natural science.
Pack rat.
Even if you do get this won't you feel nostalgic for the old media types, "back in my day we were only able to store 640 megs of data on a disc and were happy to. Without all you youngins' uppity sass-back and terabyte storage on a needles point..."
And so on and so forth...
It's a *WELL* publicized fact that laptops use power management in order to extend battery life. I mean, people deliberately go out and buy ultra-low voltage P3s with speedstep because they need the battery life... Besides, it's pretty well known that *most* laptop action occurs in the *indoors* near "power outlets".
You're one of those guys who use finger quotes a lot when your talking right???
I'm sorry but 95%??? That seems a bit high to me. I mean I like the idea of high eff electrical motors but only a loss of 5% in the transfer from the chemical potential of a battery to the mechanical motion of the motor just seems a little too small a loss...
The computer used an "avatar" that the user controlled by speaking naturally, as if to a person.
You're sure that it wasn't just a dream about Ask Jeeves again?
So are there any problems with these like the 20-30 year delay that it took to get a decent blue LED???
I'm sure back in the day they were talking about LED TV and it wasn't until the past 5 or so years that the technology was there. Not that I would't mind a high res, super thin, and sexy monitor/tv. It sure would be a killer app for most TV's out there, and a good way to combine a coumputer station and TV...
Then you probably need to get a better random # generator....
(To geek out for a second with 4 different pieces there is a P0.25 of getting a Z piece => For 100 Z's in a row P0.25^100, or some really small #)
I always thought that putting some good sized asteroid in L4 or L5 would make an excellent mining asset. They are supposed to be the more stable L points no?
The hardest part I would think be setting up a drive system to actually push them into L4 or L5. Probably very hard to keep the rocks together if to much force is applied to them they could splinter and end up in a very bad spot. But once it was in position, it should stick...
I thought I would post this because most people seem to have missed this link to how the rankings were determined:
(from http://www.rsf.fr/article.php3?id_article=4118)
Worldwide press freedom index How the index was drawn up This index measures the amount of freedom journalists and the media have in each country and the efforts made by governments to see that press freedom is respected. Reporters Without Borders sent out a questionnaire based on the main criteria for such freedom and asking for details of directs attacks on journalists (such as murders, imprisonment, physical assaults and threats) and on the media (censorship, confiscation, searches and pressure). It also asked about the degree of impunity enjoyed by those responsible for such violations. The questionnaire recorded the legal environment for the media (such as punishment for press offences, a state monopoly in some areas and the existence of a regulatory body) and the behaviour of the state towards the public media and the foreign press. It also noted the main threats to the free flow of information on the Internet. Reporters Without Borders has not just taken into account the excesses of the state but also those of armed militias, underground organisations and pressure groups that can be serious threats to press freedom. In addition, the state does not always use all its resources to fight the impunity the perpetrators of such violence very often have. The questionnaire was sent to people with a real knowledge of the press freedom situation in one or more countries, such as local journalists or foreign correspondents living in the country, researchers, legal experts, specialists on a region and the researchers of the Reporters Without Borders International Secretariat. The countries included in the index are those about which Reporters Without Borders received completed questionnaires from several independent sources. Other countries have not been included for lack of reliable information. Countries that got equal scores have been ranked in alphabetical order. This index of press freedom is a portrait of the situation based on events between September 2001 and October 2002 . It does not take account of all human rights violations, only those that affect press freedom. Neither is it an indicator of the quality of a country's media. Reporters Without Borders defends press freedom without regard to the content of the media, so any ethical or professional departures from the norm have not been taken into account.
...seems the government doesn't need sensorship when all the media outlets are his defacto campaigners...
Yeah, but the thing is right now who else is at least organised enough to have a decent opposition. I'm personally a bit more left then the Liberal party (which until recently with the push for a 'Legacy' has been more on the centre of things). It seems like the trend for most gov't these days is to ride the centre post anyways. I'll have to start looking into Green more now I guess...
To put your mind at ease.
Yes there are Coles book stores in existance. In BC anyways. Seen a couple of them recently, mostly in malls...
As I was doing another 5 hour drive this weekend I thought to myself, "Self, why is it so hard to get books on CD's. It would seem like the logical progression, use CD's instead of crappy tapes that will work in my CD player on long drives when I can't read. Why are there always books-on-tape at gas stations but never any books-on-CD's....." This conversation went on in my mind for most of my drive.
Now I am curious. Is there a pocket PC/PDA that has an audio out jack, and can have a text->audio converter installed onto it??? I admit that I would be highly interested in one....
You know it would be a bitter sweet justice if stupid programs like progressquest were actually just spyware. I mean think about it people just run them in the background and ignore them while there working, i'm sure some geek offices run them as a stupid competition while they do real work. Just think if there was a keypress/website/email logger working in the background sending all the data off from some large corporation like MS, Intel, or IBM...
Whoa there little guy.
Did you read the part about the News and Sports stations.
I don't know if this is entirely related to DRM. But I was wondering if anyone had info on the legalities of buying used CD's, records, books, etc... (I'm interested in Canadian law in specific, but I would assume that it is the same as the States law)
I recall a few years back that some artists and the big record companies were upset at the idea of reselling their music without recieving the royalties (I remember that the dude with the Kentucky Waterfall that did 'Aceky Breaky Heart' was whining about royalties). I was wondering if there is still a push for this, or if it has been implimented. If it has then the companies and artists that fall under the Mickey Mouse law would still be able to recieve payments on used items sold until the products fall apart...
You might have the dimensions of your eye on there as well, these are needed for contacts. I forget exactly what the def'n of the -N.N vales are. I know it is a correction value and that is about it. And i'm just lazy enough not to look it up...
First of all use a system of measurement that 5.5bill (give or take 500mill) people use.
Second the speed of an electron thru a wire is no where near the same as photon thru a fibre. Read some of the other comments for info, or take quantum 101
To the door, I think your going to have a huge problem with the last mile. Telcos are not going to put out the money needed with the current economic situation. Your looking at, at least 15-25 before they need to competativly switch. If there is a significant need for a traditional telco by that point. I think cable might make the higher end of your estimate if there is a drop in PC prices, or a rise in internet apps, but the cost for them to do last mile is also very high.
Well I hope for your sake Telus and Shaw/Rogers don't buy out your provider. It's good to see some CLEC's can still handle areas the giants don't go for...