He should tackle M.C. Escher next. Take some of his etchings and overlay them with tracing paper then start connecting the intersections of his stairs and whatnot. The result may surprise you.
Deep Blue, the first computer program to beat a world chess champion, is an example of how ATRAP can respond to changing factors, Ten Eyck explained. "Every time its opponent made a move, Deep Blue recalculated all the possibilities and likely courses of action, eventually settling on the fittest move that would achieve its goal of winning the game."
However, chess is not an exact analogy because only two players are involved and the end goal is for one player to win.
In unstable areas, winning often means establishing an environment in which the factions co-exist in a win-win situation or at least in an equilibrium in which there are no rewards, and some penalties, for disturbing the status quo, Rozenblit said.
"Deep Blue is a good analogy because it illustrates the complexity of the problems, but in chess you have a finite court and a well-defined set of operations," Rozenblit added. "Therefore, a move constitutes a valid move.
But what we're dealing with now is a world with no rules, with infinite possibilities and moves that defy logic, such as total disregard for the basic instinct of self preservation."
Or maybe they have but are ignoring the fact it cannot be predicted. I like the last graf. It kind of says it all.
However, registration is not a condition of copyright protection. Even though registration is not a requirement for protection, the copyright law provides several inducements or advantages to encourage copyright owners to make registration.
Good points. I wasted my mod points for a post but such is life.
I used to work for a McClatchy paper. This was 10 years ago.
I had a conversation with the publisher of said paper. I had a few ideas to help kickstart their web site.
One was the blogger idea though back then it was not called that. I think they were community billboards or some such. Their first attempt was a bit of a disaster.
My second, and I still think it is a good idea, was to scan all their old copies of the paper from the morgue. I spent some time there looking at 100+ years of history plus the photos they had. Man! I would pay for that.
I suggested they scan, oh, ten years at a time and offer the CDs for around $10 bux a decade. Give them to the libraries. Leave all the ads in. Don't touch them.
Back then they were concerned about searchability. The technology was not there then but now it is.
One employee scanning with a good quality scanner and voila! Good revenue stream.
PD work can be copyrighted under some circumstances.
Metropolis went PD but when Giorgio Moroder added his soundtrack it was that version was copyrighted by him. The original is left open for others to do as they wish.
I don't think anyone can copyright the original PD work. They can only build upon it. That is what the law was designed for in the first place. I can add my own soundtrack to Metropolis and there is no quarrel but I can't post Moroders on Utube.
If I release my work under CC can I change the terms down the road? I have never seen anything stating I can't. So if I release my work under PD and decided later I want it back can I do so? I don't think I can. I can change the license of whatever I own but if I say it is PD that is it. I have lost all control.
So far my kids are 4 and 6. I just use Mac OS X parental controls and they can only visit the sites I book mark for them in Safari. They can't get to getfirefox.com to download it, so problem solved for that.
Uhm, there is some sort of incompatibility problem, you see. Something about something called Windows and Lunatix, I think? Something like that. I have the papers at home.
That would make a great movie if they did it right. Something like No Way Out where you were never really sure who the bad guy was. Shadowy face shots of the perp and the relentless copper on the case. Then it turns out the copper did it. Or his partner so we have the last wrenching scene where copper blows away his partner when said partner pulls a gun.
Or the secretary did it. Maybe the chief. It has to be an inside job on this one with millions at stake for the company.
Maybe the CEO of the company did it.
Or maybe my stint at the mystery dinner has done me in. It was really fun and the food was great.
All the blinking lights served a purpose. A repeating pattern would show it is in a loop.
I used to maintain a Tandem mainframe. I could tell from the lights what the disc access rate was, page swapping and general overall load. They were very helpful in checking the health of the system at a glance.
The most helpful was all solid. CPU out of commision.
There used to be a number you could call and it would connect you to a, more or less, party line. It worked the same as you described but with no time lady. It worked for about a week then went away. I'm thinking around 1970ish or so.
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He should tackle M.C. Escher next. Take some of his etchings and overlay them with tracing paper then start connecting the intersections of his stairs and whatnot. The result may surprise you.
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Yer right. No one outside our country would care about Texas fish and game.
Heck. Why not block the rest of the states? We don't care either.
Are you the webmaster? I wouldn't admit it.
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if you don't look for it.
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But then I couldn't write this sentence - Windows are transparent.
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We all bitch and moan and groan about the lady who lost to a supposedly impartial jury and you want to be on one with your mind already made up?
I wouldn't want you on any jury if I was on trial.
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Uh, oh. I just saw 10 mil + 1 colors.
Damn those eyes!
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They never heard of the chaos theory.
Deep Blue, the first computer program to beat a world chess champion, is an example of how ATRAP can respond to changing factors, Ten Eyck explained. "Every time its opponent made a move, Deep Blue recalculated all the possibilities and likely courses of action, eventually settling on the fittest move that would achieve its goal of winning the game."
However, chess is not an exact analogy because only two players are involved and the end goal is for one player to win.
In unstable areas, winning often means establishing an environment in which the factions co-exist in a win-win situation or at least in an equilibrium in which there are no rewards, and some penalties, for disturbing the status quo, Rozenblit said.
"Deep Blue is a good analogy because it illustrates the complexity of the problems, but in chess you have a finite court and a well-defined set of operations," Rozenblit added. "Therefore, a move constitutes a valid move.
But what we're dealing with now is a world with no rules, with infinite possibilities and moves that defy logic, such as total disregard for the basic instinct of self preservation."
Or maybe they have but are ignoring the fact it cannot be predicted. I like the last graf. It kind of says it all.
Oh well, good luck on that one.
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http://www.backtothefuture88.com/movies-TV/bttf3_pic6_train.jpg
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Perhaps you could quote the part that states this? I could not find it.
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It's not a requirement.
However, registration is not a condition of copyright protection. Even though registration is not a requirement for protection, the copyright law provides several inducements or advantages to encourage copyright owners to make registration.
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Good points. I wasted my mod points for a post but such is life.
I used to work for a McClatchy paper. This was 10 years ago.
I had a conversation with the publisher of said paper. I had a few ideas to help kickstart their web site.
One was the blogger idea though back then it was not called that. I think they were community billboards or some such. Their first attempt was a bit of a disaster.
My second, and I still think it is a good idea, was to scan all their old copies of the paper from the morgue. I spent some time there looking at 100+ years of history plus the photos they had. Man! I would pay for that.
I suggested they scan, oh, ten years at a time and offer the CDs for around $10 bux a decade. Give them to the libraries. Leave all the ads in. Don't touch them.
Back then they were concerned about searchability. The technology was not there then but now it is.
One employee scanning with a good quality scanner and voila! Good revenue stream.
qz
You might want to read this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
PD work can be copyrighted under some circumstances.
Metropolis went PD but when Giorgio Moroder added his soundtrack it was that version was copyrighted by him. The original is left open for others to do as they wish.
I don't think anyone can copyright the original PD work. They can only build upon it. That is what the law was designed for in the first place. I can add my own soundtrack to Metropolis and there is no quarrel but I can't post Moroders on Utube.
If I release my work under CC can I change the terms down the road? I have never seen anything stating I can't. So if I release my work under PD and decided later I want it back can I do so? I don't think I can. I can change the license of whatever I own but if I say it is PD that is it. I have lost all control.
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Yep. You solved that one.
http://www.mozilla.org/
http://www.opera.com/
There are more.
And they can all be installed by drag/drop into a home directory.
Nice shooting, soldier!
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Good point. The same could be said for employees. I would have been out of there long ago.
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Which begs the question what is personal information?
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I find them distracting. I have trouble reading with jumping ads.
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http://www.top500.org/list/2007/06/100
.mil sites but I'm sure they do work for them.
They not be
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How many chips do you have?
Oh, 15 or so.
Dude, why so many?
For the stores I shop at.
Why not just one?
Uhm, there is some sort of incompatibility problem, you see. Something about something called Windows and Lunatix, I think? Something like that. I have the papers at home.
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That would make a great movie if they did it right. Something like No Way Out where you were never really sure who the bad guy was. Shadowy face shots of the perp and the relentless copper on the case. Then it turns out the copper did it. Or his partner so we have the last wrenching scene where copper blows away his partner when said partner pulls a gun.
Or the secretary did it. Maybe the chief. It has to be an inside job on this one with millions at stake for the company.
Maybe the CEO of the company did it.
Or maybe my stint at the mystery dinner has done me in. It was really fun and the food was great.
qz
All the blinking lights served a purpose. A repeating pattern would show it is in a loop.
I used to maintain a Tandem mainframe. I could tell from the lights what the disc access rate was, page swapping and general overall load. They were very helpful in checking the health of the system at a glance.
The most helpful was all solid. CPU out of commision.
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Excellent link! Thanks for sharing it. It was a truly amazing effort in design that has stood the test of time.
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What is this watch thing you speak of?
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There used to be a number you could call and it would connect you to a, more or less, party line. It worked the same as you described but with no time lady. It worked for about a week then went away. I'm thinking around 1970ish or so.
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Corporations keep stealing my childhood memories. Many a time I dialed popcorn to get the time.
Don't laugh. That was the number.
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As it came from the linked article but it does seem like a great solution:
My thought is get some goggles, some good super soaker squirt guns, and grow some scotch bonnet peppers.
The monkeys won't touch the peppers because they're hot as hell. so you chop em up and mix them in with squirt gun water. Poor mans pepper spray.
Infinite free ammo, cheap weapon, very very unhappy and undamaged monkey.
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