Note I didn't say if you can't beat'em, lobby congress to destroy a legal infrastructure in order to put money in your own pocket. I've been saying for years that if the MPAA threw hoards of half length mp3's on P2P networks, and then provided an alternate service where I could buy the songs I liked, but not the crap I didn't, they would be rolling in the dough. Whats more, it would leave all of the best of P2P networks while destroying all of the worst of P2P. Could it be possible that these guys are starting to get a clue? I know it's too much to hope for, but this seems like a perfect way for the RIAA to coexist, and even profit from P2P.
I'm not an American Film producer, but as a member of the American Public, I sure know that my VCR makes me nervous when it skulks around outside my house plotting to strangle me. When will this madness end.
Actually, thin air is exactly how you generate cold. You compress it let it cool toward room temperature, and then you let it expand (thin) to cool below room temperature. So in essence, you do generate cold out of thin air. Your meaning is valid, but that was an ironic choice of words.
Perhaps I was just young, and old was just old, but if James Doohan is 82, that means the youngest Scotty we ever saw was 45, by the time he did his first movie, he was almost 60, and by the time he did his last Star Trek movie, he was 71. Can this be right? Granted it probably takes 2-3 years from film to air date, but still, I always figured Scotty was about 35. Perhaps it's what they put in the water out in Hollywood.
...who sit around saying to themselves, "I think I'd like to terrorize Germany today, if only I could think of a good way to really get 'em. I know, perhaps I can find a German website which could give me some ideas." It will also stop all the normally sane people who one day surfing, happen across this site and think, "You know, that might be kind of fun."
We'd better get google sued before this gets mirrored in the US, because once it gets on a U.S. website, they're screwed. I hope it doesn't make it to Slashdot, 'cause then they'd be really screwed. Of course terrorists would never look on a U.S. website for information about how to commit terrorism in Germany, so I guess they might be safe if they can shutdown all the German sites. Good thing we've got the clear thinking quick witted people on our side. For a second there, I thought we might someday have another terrorist attack.
First, you should never argue with an idiot, as people might not be able to tell the difference. If you believe me to be an idiot, that was your first mistake.
Second, I can't believe you wasted ten paragraphs on ad hominem attacks (the halmark of a weak argument, or poor arguement skills) to have only one paragraph worth refuting (and even that one contained an ad hominem attack.)
Third, I never stated I was from the U.S. (and I still haven't), and don't bother saying it's obvious, as that is also an ad hominem attack.
Finally, I'll refute the only arguement you made in your diatribe. As I understand it, each ISP pays for traffic which crosses the network of various telco's (yes this even applies when U.S. clients attach to Australian servers.) In the case where the access directions are relatively on par, it is easier financially to not really bill each other. This applies to ISP's in the U.S. as well as it does to Australians. It's simply an economy of scale. If Australia wanted to build a cable, or satellite connection to the States, they would pay in States rates (which still wouldn't necessarily be a peer relationship.) It's a simple economic relationship between telcos, and your assumption that the benefit the U.S. receives from a connection to Australia is the same as the benefit Australia receives from a connection to the U.S. is just that, an assumption, and a pretty arrogant one at that. You'll also notice that as others have already pointed out, U.S. telco's have started to recognize Europe in many more peering relationships, they just don't feel Australia is quite there yet. I could continue this conversation further, but as you are not likely to listen anyway, I don't think I'll bother. (Yes, that last sentance was also an ad hominem attack, though a fairly tame one by your standards.)
By the way, I made the assumption that I wasn't arguing with an idiot, as I know most of the time people can't tell the difference.
Or, putting it another way, consumers in 6 continents are subsidizing Internet access charges for the residents of North America.
First of all, I doubt Antartica is doing much web surfing, so that only leaves 5 continents. Second, the other 5 continents aren't subsidizing anything. Now I'm the first to admit that the U.S. and it's citizens are fairly self centered and most really have no idea the rest of the world really exists, other than in the plot of a few movies, but by your own arguement, most Americans could give a rats ass if the rest of the world fell off the internet. The U.S. is simply refusing to subsidize your access to their network. If you don't want to access the U.S. network, don't pay the bill. I'm sure most Americans could care less. If you want to access the network, pay up. Sorry, that's the way it works in the U.S.
Check out the first site mentioned. This site claims that Monopoly is actually a rip off (more like direct copy) of an older game which is in the public domain. This link is rated as Funny, but should be rated informative. Turns out this guy sued the makers of Monopoly, and they lost their trademark status (or something to that effect.) Read the link, it's quite interesting. For those who missed it, it's:
Short Answer: There is no Thermodynamic limit on the efficency of a heat engine. There is a practical limit due to material limits, but it is considerably higher than 50%.
Long Answer: Efficiency = 1 - Tcold/Thot Temperatures are in Kelvin, so Tcold (room temperature) is about 300K. Assume Thot is 500 C (800 K). That means efficiency would be 62.5%. This is a fairly low estimate of what high tech construction materials can withstand. A reasonable upper limit on materials temperature is 3000 Kelvins. http://g-cubed.org/gc2002/2001GC000180/2001GC000 18 0.shtml This would mean an efficiency of 90%. Granted there are mechanical efficiencies, but current coal plants can reach efficiencies of 45%. It is estimated that advanced gas plants can reach efficiencys of 60% http://www.ieagreen.org.uk/efficncy.htm
It never ceases to amaze me that a post with so little research can be moderated to 5. I suspect mine will remain at 1 since I am posting this so late, but that is another rant altogether.
sitting around in a circle, holding hands, chanting, hips swaying, and plotting the destruction of the human race. It says right in the article that it can only recognize 10 humans. They have no use for the rest of us. The end of the world is nigh. Repent all ye sinners. It's only a matter of time before a beowulf cluster of these becomes self aware, and they will kill us all. Arrrrrrrrgh....
Who knew Linux would contribute to the end of the world, I always thought that was Microsofts job.
Linux is a reinvention of a reinvention. Many UNIXes existed before, and even open source ones. What Linus really invented is a management style. Most people won't argue if you tell them BSD is better, just like most people won't argue if you tell them a Mac (or Amiga) is (or was) better. They won't argue with you because it is irrelevent. Linux is more widespread than BSD primarily because of the management style. Linus made it easy for everyone to contribute... so they did. Read the Cathedral and The Bazaar for more info on this.
This discovery was already reported in a documentary called Chain Reaction (1996). I think Keanu Reeves hosted the documentary. Unfortunately, someone left the damn thing plugged in, and it blew up half the city. I'm glad to see they finally got their equipment set back up again, but I'm glad it's not in my city:)
They might have actually had a case. AT&T broadband in my area currently has a slogan on one of their commercials, "I want to download the top 40 while it's still the top 40." Where as "rip, mix, burn" in most cases constitutes fair use (notice they didn't say "rip, mix, upload", or "borrow, rip, mix and burn", or anything to suggest copyright infringement), I don't see how downloading the top 40 while it's still in the top 40 can possibly constitute fair use (unless AT&T has some deal which I don't know about, in which case I'm getting AT&T Broadband). It seems to me this is good news for us, as Apple simply have to remake the Sony/Betamax timeshifting case all over again. I'm glad they didn't find AT&T Broadband first to irreversibly muddy the waters. AT&T would be the straw man argument. Thank god they are finally going after what they really want rather than some rediculous straw man.
I love Starcraft. I've loved it since it came out, and I love it still. I showed it to the people at work, and they loved it too. We tried to set up a game in the office, but due to the firewall, we couldn't get on to Battle.net. furthermore, when we play from home,we often find the battle.net servers too slow due to overcrowding. I found FSGS, and when I showed them we could play, they each went out and bought a copy. At least a Dozen sales due to FSGS. Perhaps instead of trying to beat them, they should join them. First run games usually run for about $50. Within 6 months, they generally drop to $30(PC Games, not console games.) Each new game generally requires a bnet server update. If Blizzard simply released this update 6 months to a year after the fact, this would probably be good enough for me. If they offered some limited peer to peer, that would also do it. My guess, however, is that they eventually want to start charging for battle.net access. They already have a fairly large repitoire of quality games on Battle.net. Before long, $10 a month might not seem so bad for a dozen quality games. I'll continue to purchase their first run games, but if there is a free server available. I'll continue to use it.
...stealing your property and putting you out of business. This usage of the term, "working with you" is trademarked by the Mafia. Perhaps they should be sued for trademark violation.
The above argument is utter nonsense. In Communist society, the government decides how resources are allocated. In Capatilism, the government stays out of it, and people compete based on quality of product. They don't lobby Congress to protect their artificial monopoly. Many founders of the country thought we didn't need copyright at all, and most of the others viewed copyright as a concession to practicallity. That's why the phrase "for the advancement of the arts and useful sciences" appears in the constitution. The fact is that Capitalism is founded on the concept of scarcity based ecomonics. Intellectual Property does not fit into that system properly. Read the constitution. Copyright is designed to protect the public by motivating the private sector. In capitalism, you don't have a right to make a profit. The founding fathers viewed copyright as a necessary evil, but an evil none the less. The goal is to make works available to the public. Profit is only a mechanism, not a goal.
The desktop and laptop CPU market is starting to saturate. Only a few percent of the population, however, have PDA's. Cellphone markets are starting to saturate as well. There doesn't seem to be a killer app which really demands the new Itanium class of CPU's. What's really starting to take off, however, is the PDA market. I'm thinking that maybe, finally, we are going to get those silent computers which can sit in our stereo racks without massive fans and huge amounts of heat. I for one don't need an Itanium. I'm sure there is an app that will make it really desirable to have an Itanium, but I haven't seen it yet.
Apart from the fantastic initial writing, I know that the fundamental story is of a limited length (I assume 24 episodes:), the plotline is probably reasonably thought out to a dramatic end, and if they are smart, they will have another seperate self contained story line next season. If not, however, at least I've gotten a complete and interesting story out of it.
"Last night's 'Itchy & Scratchy' was, without a doubt, the worst episode ever. Rest assured that I was on the Internet within minutes, registering my disgust throughout the world." "As a loyal viewer," he added, "I feel they owe me."
"What?" said Bart. "They've given you thousands of hours of entertainment for free. What could they possibly owe you? If anything, you owe them."
The Comic Book Guy's answer: "Worst episode ever."
This is just an assinine reactionary comment. Isn't it possible that by "Bill and his mates", he means the richest guy in the world, and the other richest guys in the world. I don't think he was saying anything about Bill except that he's the richest guy in the world, and thus would be a prime candidate for an expensive jet. I didn't see any potshots taken myself.
Slashdot Mirror
The real teaser is it's Slashdotted as soon as I find out about it.
"Don't push the history eraser button Stimpy"
"What does it do?"
"Nobody knows."
Note I didn't say if you can't beat'em, lobby congress to destroy a legal infrastructure in order to put money in your own pocket. I've been saying for years that if the MPAA threw hoards of half length mp3's on P2P networks, and then provided an alternate service where I could buy the songs I liked, but not the crap I didn't, they would be rolling in the dough. Whats more, it would leave all of the best of P2P networks while destroying all of the worst of P2P. Could it be possible that these guys are starting to get a clue? I know it's too much to hope for, but this seems like a perfect way for the RIAA to coexist, and even profit from P2P.
I'm not an American Film producer, but as a member of the American Public, I sure know that my VCR makes me nervous when it skulks around outside my house plotting to strangle me. When will this madness end.
Actually, thin air is exactly how you generate cold. You compress it let it cool toward room temperature, and then you let it expand (thin) to cool below room temperature. So in essence, you do generate cold out of thin air. Your meaning is valid, but that was an ironic choice of words.
Perhaps I was just young, and old was just old, but if James Doohan is 82, that means the youngest Scotty we ever saw was 45, by the time he did his first movie, he was almost 60, and by the time he did his last Star Trek movie, he was 71. Can this be right? Granted it probably takes 2-3 years from film to air date, but still, I always figured Scotty was about 35. Perhaps it's what they put in the water out in Hollywood.
I haven't been in the zone for about 3 1/2 years.
...who sit around saying to themselves, "I think I'd like to terrorize Germany today, if only I could think of a good way to really get 'em. I know, perhaps I can find a German website which could give me some ideas." It will also stop all the normally sane people who one day surfing, happen across this site and think, "You know, that might be kind of fun."
We'd better get google sued before this gets mirrored in the US, because once it gets on a U.S. website, they're screwed. I hope it doesn't make it to Slashdot, 'cause then they'd be really screwed. Of course terrorists would never look on a U.S. website for information about how to commit terrorism in Germany, so I guess they might be safe if they can shutdown all the German sites. Good thing we've got the clear thinking quick witted people on our side. For a second there, I thought we might someday have another terrorist attack.
First, you should never argue with an idiot, as people might not be able to tell the difference. If you believe me to be an idiot, that was your first mistake.
Second, I can't believe you wasted ten paragraphs on ad hominem attacks (the halmark of a weak argument, or poor arguement skills) to have only one paragraph worth refuting (and even that one contained an ad hominem attack.)
Third, I never stated I was from the U.S. (and I still haven't), and don't bother saying it's obvious, as that is also an ad hominem attack.
Finally, I'll refute the only arguement you made in your diatribe. As I understand it, each ISP pays for traffic which crosses the network of various telco's (yes this even applies when U.S. clients attach to Australian servers.) In the case where the access directions are relatively on par, it is easier financially to not really bill each other. This applies to ISP's in the U.S. as well as it does to Australians. It's simply an economy of scale. If Australia wanted to build a cable, or satellite connection to the States, they would pay in States rates (which still wouldn't necessarily be a peer relationship.) It's a simple economic relationship between telcos, and your assumption that the benefit the U.S. receives from a connection to Australia is the same as the benefit Australia receives from a connection to the U.S. is just that, an assumption, and a pretty arrogant one at that. You'll also notice that as others have already pointed out, U.S. telco's have started to recognize Europe in many more peering relationships, they just don't feel Australia is quite there yet. I could continue this conversation further, but as you are not likely to listen anyway, I don't think I'll bother. (Yes, that last sentance was also an ad hominem attack, though a fairly tame one by your standards.)
By the way, I made the assumption that I wasn't arguing with an idiot, as I know most of the time people can't tell the difference.
Or, putting it another way, consumers in 6 continents are subsidizing Internet access charges for the residents of North America.
First of all, I doubt Antartica is doing much web surfing, so that only leaves 5 continents. Second, the other 5 continents aren't subsidizing anything. Now I'm the first to admit that the U.S. and it's citizens are fairly self centered and most really have no idea the rest of the world really exists, other than in the plot of a few movies, but by your own arguement, most Americans could give a rats ass if the rest of the world fell off the internet. The U.S. is simply refusing to subsidize your access to their network. If you don't want to access the U.S. network, don't pay the bill. I'm sure most Americans could care less. If you want to access the network, pay up. Sorry, that's the way it works in the U.S.
Check out the first site mentioned. This site claims that Monopoly is actually a rip off (more like direct copy) of an older game which is in the public domain. This link is rated as Funny, but should be rated informative. Turns out this guy sued the makers of Monopoly, and they lost their trademark status (or something to that effect.) Read the link, it's quite interesting. For those who missed it, it's:
http://www.antimonopoly.com/
into a corner, make sure it's our corner.
A simple search on google yields the thermodynamic limits on heat engine efficiency.
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http://oldsci.eiu.edu/physics/DDavis/1150/14The
Short Answer: There is no Thermodynamic limit on the efficency of a heat engine. There is a practical limit due to material limits, but it is considerably higher than 50%.
Long Answer: Efficiency = 1 - Tcold/Thot
Temperatures are in Kelvin, so Tcold (room temperature) is about 300K. Assume Thot is 500 C (800 K). That means efficiency would be 62.5%. This is a fairly low estimate of what high tech construction materials can withstand. A reasonable upper limit on materials temperature is 3000 Kelvins.
http://g-cubed.org/gc2002/2001GC000180/2001GC00
This would mean an efficiency of 90%. Granted there are mechanical efficiencies, but current coal plants can reach efficiencies of 45%. It is estimated that advanced gas plants can reach efficiencys of 60%
http://www.ieagreen.org.uk/efficncy.htm
It never ceases to amaze me that a post with so little research can be moderated to 5. I suspect mine will remain at 1 since I am posting this so late, but that is another rant altogether.
sitting around in a circle, holding hands, chanting, hips swaying, and plotting the destruction of the human race. It says right in the article that it can only recognize 10 humans. They have no use for the rest of us. The end of the world is nigh. Repent all ye sinners. It's only a matter of time before a beowulf cluster of these becomes self aware, and they will kill us all. Arrrrrrrrgh....
Who knew Linux would contribute to the end of the world, I always thought that was Microsofts job.
Linux is a reinvention of a reinvention. Many UNIXes existed before, and even open source ones. What Linus really invented is a management style. Most people won't argue if you tell them BSD is better, just like most people won't argue if you tell them a Mac (or Amiga) is (or was) better. They won't argue with you because it is irrelevent. Linux is more widespread than BSD primarily because of the management style. Linus made it easy for everyone to contribute... so they did. Read the Cathedral and The Bazaar for more info on this.
This discovery was already reported in a documentary called Chain Reaction (1996). I think Keanu Reeves hosted the documentary. Unfortunately, someone left the damn thing plugged in, and it blew up half the city. I'm glad to see they finally got their equipment set back up again, but I'm glad it's not in my city:)
They might have actually had a case. AT&T broadband in my area currently has a slogan on one of their commercials, "I want to download the top 40 while it's still the top 40." Where as "rip, mix, burn" in most cases constitutes fair use (notice they didn't say "rip, mix, upload", or "borrow, rip, mix and burn", or anything to suggest copyright infringement), I don't see how downloading the top 40 while it's still in the top 40 can possibly constitute fair use (unless AT&T has some deal which I don't know about, in which case I'm getting AT&T Broadband). It seems to me this is good news for us, as Apple simply have to remake the Sony/Betamax timeshifting case all over again. I'm glad they didn't find AT&T Broadband first to irreversibly muddy the waters. AT&T would be the straw man argument. Thank god they are finally going after what they really want rather than some rediculous straw man.
I love Starcraft. I've loved it since it came out, and I love it still. I showed it to the people at work, and they loved it too. We tried to set up a game in the office, but due to the firewall, we couldn't get on to Battle.net. furthermore, when we play from home,we often find the battle.net servers too slow due to overcrowding. I found FSGS, and when I showed them we could play, they each went out and bought a copy. At least a Dozen sales due to FSGS. Perhaps instead of trying to beat them, they should join them. First run games usually run for about $50. Within 6 months, they generally drop to $30(PC Games, not console games.) Each new game generally requires a bnet server update. If Blizzard simply released this update 6 months to a year after the fact, this would probably be good enough for me. If they offered some limited peer to peer, that would also do it. My guess, however, is that they eventually want to start charging for battle.net access. They already have a fairly large repitoire of quality games on Battle.net. Before long, $10 a month might not seem so bad for a dozen quality games. I'll continue to purchase their first run games, but if there is a free server available. I'll continue to use it.
...stealing your property and putting you out of business. This usage of the term, "working with you" is trademarked by the Mafia. Perhaps they should be sued for trademark violation.
The above argument is utter nonsense. In Communist society, the government decides how resources are allocated. In Capatilism, the government stays out of it, and people compete based on quality of product. They don't lobby Congress to protect their artificial monopoly. Many founders of the country thought we didn't need copyright at all, and most of the others viewed copyright as a concession to practicallity. That's why the phrase "for the advancement of the arts and useful sciences" appears in the constitution. The fact is that Capitalism is founded on the concept of scarcity based ecomonics. Intellectual Property does not fit into that system properly. Read the constitution. Copyright is designed to protect the public by motivating the private sector. In capitalism, you don't have a right to make a profit. The founding fathers viewed copyright as a necessary evil, but an evil none the less. The goal is to make works available to the public. Profit is only a mechanism, not a goal.
The desktop and laptop CPU market is starting to saturate. Only a few percent of the population, however, have PDA's. Cellphone markets are starting to saturate as well. There doesn't seem to be a killer app which really demands the new Itanium class of CPU's. What's really starting to take off, however, is the PDA market. I'm thinking that maybe, finally, we are going to get those silent computers which can sit in our stereo racks without massive fans and huge amounts of heat. I for one don't need an Itanium. I'm sure there is an app that will make it really desirable to have an Itanium, but I haven't seen it yet.
Apart from the fantastic initial writing, I know that the fundamental story is of a limited length (I assume 24 episodes :), the plotline is probably reasonably thought out to a dramatic end, and if they are smart, they will have another seperate self contained story line next season. If not, however, at least I've gotten a complete and interesting story out of it.
... you know, like Agilent, or Lucent, or Funzo.
"Last night's 'Itchy & Scratchy' was, without a doubt, the worst episode ever. Rest assured that I was on the Internet within minutes, registering my disgust throughout the world." "As a loyal viewer," he added, "I feel they owe me."
"What?" said Bart. "They've given you thousands of hours of entertainment for free. What could they possibly owe you? If anything, you owe them."
The Comic Book Guy's answer: "Worst episode ever."
I don't know where you get your information, but please post a link and a quote. I believe bankruptcy varies state to state:
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"Also, laws may vary since the state determines what you can keep, so even if you may keep your home in Florida, you may lose it in New York. "
http://www.dollar4dollar.com/bankrupt/txbankt.h
I believe there are also several aspects however which are federal, but your simple statement is just wrong.
This is just an assinine reactionary comment. Isn't it possible that by "Bill and his mates", he means the richest guy in the world, and the other richest guys in the world. I don't think he was saying anything about Bill except that he's the richest guy in the world, and thus would be a prime candidate for an expensive jet. I didn't see any potshots taken myself.