how can they justify blatant infringement without using appropriate channels as "good"
Because they are providing a service to students to assist them in researching books available to them at the library. All Google is doing is providing an automated way to perform research on topics in those books.
The full text of the book is not provided by Google. Students will still have to check out or purchase the book to write a paper.
I use the visibone style guides. All the CSS tags on one page including browser compatability notes, equivalent HTML tag attributes, and some examples.
The ticketmaster office in my town uses the lottery system to prevent this form happening. Everyone in line gets a ticket and they draw tickets until everyone has a chance to buy or the show sells out.
The only downfalls are that people that stand in line for hours hate the lottery and you might get your ass beat for your ticket if you win.
They are standardizing on one version of a book and are using it for many classes. For example, they are using the book "Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture" for software architecture, distributed systems, and a database course.
My wife and I (no kids yet) went to see this movie early this Saturday. The theater was full of children too young to sit through an 80 minute nature documentary.
By the end of the movie there were about half a dozen kids running around the theater vying for attention from their parents. It is kind of hard to enjoy the end of the movie when a 2 year old is running up and down the steps next to you yelling for their parents.
Note to parents: Just because this movie is rated G doesn't mean it is automatically for kids! Older kids will be FASCINATED; younger kids will be BORED.
Because not every bit of music is available with iTunes
Exactly. I use iTunes when they have something I want, but the dreaded "Partial Album" thing ticks me off.
Why pay $10 for a partial album when I can get the full album off Amazon for $12 (including shipping) or off of allofmp3.com for a price too low to meantion.
"the record industry has enthusiastically embraced the new legal download services... and now we're beginning to reap the rewards"
When iTunes and other services like it were first introduced, wasn't the music industry complaining about losing profits because of individual song downloads and fears of people stripping the DRM and redistributing the music?
Now they want us to believe that they were driving this change and are finally reaping the rewards of their efforts?
I think it is more like, they were forced to embrace legal music downloads once they realized it wasn't going away.
Why did the PS3 function as a router in the first place?
The idea was that you and all your friends can bring over their PS3's and plug them all in to each other for a lan party. No additional equipment needed.
I doubt they intended you to plug your PS3 into your modem and serve your whole house as a gateway router.
How have they been moving so far away from turn-based gameplay?
I said turn based and non-linear
Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance were a turn-based RPG fan's wet dream, and they're both on the current generation of consoles.
I don't know about FFTA (I don't have a GBA), but FFX was an excellent turn based game. But (and this is a really big but) it was completely linear. You went where they took you when they wanted to take you and that was it.
Final Fantasy X-2 could be slowed down. Battles were still in active time, but they weren't the lightning-fast affairs you make them out to be.
I made FFX-2 out to be not turn based... and it isn't turn based so I don't see your point. I don't want my ememys hitting me while I'm thinking or getting a beer. Period.
Final Fantasy XI was their first foray into the realm of MMOs
IMO, FFXI is not a real FF title in the same series as the others. It is a MMORPG and belongs in its own category. It should of been called Final Fantasy Online, not FFXI.
I just want to wander around, explore the world, kill things, spend an hour fighting a boss, do side quests when I want, talk to NPCs, and figure things out for myself. The old FF games were like that. The new ones are not. This isn't rocket science.
If it is anything like my company, the greatly under-staffed product development folks that have survived downsizing.
My team used to be 50 people, now it is only 3 people doing the work of about 15. Very fustrating not only for my team, but also for the business folks that don't understand why it takes so long to get things done anymore.
I'm sick of all the posts on Slashdot declaring "Final Fantasy has gone downhill since..."
But it has been downhill for all of us that loved the turn based non-linear gameplay. I couldn't even play FFX-2. I like to take my time during big battles to decide which tactics to use and I like to make my own decisions about where to go and what to do. The latest FF installments are moving away from this.
Perhaps they are trying to cater to a younger, less patient, crowd that wants instant action. Personally, I miss the days of just wandering around a huge map, battling random encounters to level up, and just trying to discover things about the game that are not obvious.
I agree the film was not serious, but... COPS is funny because of the situations, not the comedic dialog of the police officers (most of the time). The one trooper says, "I've been field promoted twice". Kinda sets the mood eh? The director was obviously trying to make the troopers seem realistic... he just missed the mark a tad.
I agree with you there. The troopers were way too whiney and relaxed for trained military personnel responding to an incident where there is a potential for loss of life.
But, the movie was great anyways. Maybe next time they will find a veteran to be a military advisor so they can get that part right.
I never finished college and it has yet to hurt me professionally, financially or emotionally
I'm sure it hurt you, at least financially unless you were extremely lucky. I entered the wonderful world of IT w/o a college education. I got entry level jobs with companies where I moved up the ranks pretty quickly after companies saw what I could do. The problem is constantly having to prove yourself over and over because you have no credentials to say you know the basic set of skills. This means lower starting pay and, usally, lower pay once you reach the upper tiers.
I've been working full time and going to school full time for the past 5 years and I now just got my Masters in Computer Science. I can tell you that no matter how smart you are, you don't know as much as you could with a degree. College forces you to study things you don't care about at the time, but suprisingly pop up in the real world once you know enough to recogize it.
Before my degrees I thought I knew everything, now with my degrees, I know how much knowledge there is out there and how much I just don't know about.
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Because they are providing a service to students to assist them in researching books available to them at the library. All Google is doing is providing an automated way to perform research on topics in those books.
The full text of the book is not provided by Google. Students will still have to check out or purchase the book to write a paper.
Who modded this Offtopic?
Obviously, you don't remember that the Oracle "Unbreakable" campaign was Oracle publicly saying that Oracle 9i was hack proof.
Moron.
Remember the Oracle 9i "Unbreakable" campaign?
A few months after Oracle 9i was released the hacker community has a dozen or so exploits.
I won't be buying any of their power pellets if they taste terrible.
I use the visibone style guides. All the CSS tags on one page including browser compatability notes, equivalent HTML tag attributes, and some examples.
The ticketmaster office in my town uses the lottery system to prevent this form happening. Everyone in line gets a ticket and they draw tickets until everyone has a chance to buy or the show sells out.
The only downfalls are that people that stand in line for hours hate the lottery and you might get your ass beat for your ticket if you win.
Still better than a crazy free for all.
My school is going to opposite way.
They are standardizing on one version of a book and are using it for many classes. For example, they are using the book "Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture" for software architecture, distributed systems, and a database course.
Buy the book once and use it for 3 classes.
My wife and I (no kids yet) went to see this movie early this Saturday. The theater was full of children too young to sit through an 80 minute nature documentary.
By the end of the movie there were about half a dozen kids running around the theater vying for attention from their parents. It is kind of hard to enjoy the end of the movie when a 2 year old is running up and down the steps next to you yelling for their parents.
Note to parents: Just because this movie is rated G doesn't mean it is automatically for kids! Older kids will be FASCINATED; younger kids will be BORED.
Exactly. I use iTunes when they have something I want, but the dreaded "Partial Album" thing ticks me off.
Why pay $10 for a partial album when I can get the full album off Amazon for $12 (including shipping) or off of allofmp3.com for a price too low to meantion.
No. This is the cover they were refering to.
If you don't like something in a MUD you can write a patch, bug the IMMs to do it for you, or even become an IMM yourself.
If you don't like something in EverQuest you just have to complain in the forums and hope someone with power reads your plea.
Now my Aunt can carry around hours of her crappy home videos anywhere she wants for instant torture.
When iTunes and other services like it were first introduced, wasn't the music industry complaining about losing profits because of individual song downloads and fears of people stripping the DRM and redistributing the music?
Now they want us to believe that they were driving this change and are finally reaping the rewards of their efforts?
I think it is more like, they were forced to embrace legal music downloads once they realized it wasn't going away.
The idea was that you and all your friends can bring over their PS3's and plug them all in to each other for a lan party. No additional equipment needed.
I doubt they intended you to plug your PS3 into your modem and serve your whole house as a gateway router.
The majority of Dance Dance Revolution players are women.
I don't know about FFTA (I don't have a GBA), but FFX was an excellent turn based game. But (and this is a really big but) it was completely linear. You went where they took you when they wanted to take you and that was it.
I made FFX-2 out to be not turn based... and it isn't turn based so I don't see your point. I don't want my ememys hitting me while I'm thinking or getting a beer. Period.
IMO, FFXI is not a real FF title in the same series as the others. It is a MMORPG and belongs in its own category. It should of been called Final Fantasy Online, not FFXI.
I just want to wander around, explore the world, kill things, spend an hour fighting a boss, do side quests when I want, talk to NPCs, and figure things out for myself. The old FF games were like that. The new ones are not. This isn't rocket science.
If it is anything like my company, the greatly under-staffed product development folks that have survived downsizing.
My team used to be 50 people, now it is only 3 people doing the work of about 15. Very fustrating not only for my team, but also for the business folks that don't understand why it takes so long to get things done anymore.
But it has been downhill for all of us that loved the turn based non-linear gameplay. I couldn't even play FFX-2. I like to take my time during big battles to decide which tactics to use and I like to make my own decisions about where to go and what to do. The latest FF installments are moving away from this.
Perhaps they are trying to cater to a younger, less patient, crowd that wants instant action. Personally, I miss the days of just wandering around a huge map, battling random encounters to level up, and just trying to discover things about the game that are not obvious.
Ah yes... the over-used excuse.
I agree the film was not serious, but... COPS is funny because of the situations, not the comedic dialog of the police officers (most of the time). The one trooper says, "I've been field promoted twice". Kinda sets the mood eh? The director was obviously trying to make the troopers seem realistic... he just missed the mark a tad.
I agree with you there. The troopers were way too whiney and relaxed for trained military personnel responding to an incident where there is a potential for loss of life.
But, the movie was great anyways. Maybe next time they will find a veteran to be a military advisor so they can get that part right.
I'm sure it hurt you, at least financially unless you were extremely lucky. I entered the wonderful world of IT w/o a college education. I got entry level jobs with companies where I moved up the ranks pretty quickly after companies saw what I could do. The problem is constantly having to prove yourself over and over because you have no credentials to say you know the basic set of skills. This means lower starting pay and, usally, lower pay once you reach the upper tiers.
I've been working full time and going to school full time for the past 5 years and I now just got my Masters in Computer Science. I can tell you that no matter how smart you are, you don't know as much as you could with a degree. College forces you to study things you don't care about at the time, but suprisingly pop up in the real world once you know enough to recogize it.
Before my degrees I thought I knew everything, now with my degrees, I know how much knowledge there is out there and how much I just don't know about.
I agree.
My fuzzy focus Glamor Shots look much better than my normal sharp focus portraits.
It is a square bumpy pomegranate?
I don't know why it is square and bumpy because pomegranates are usally round and smooth.
My scientific research shows that the scientific research that looked into unnecessary scientific research was in fact completely unnecessary.