if the choice comes down to Britney Spears or civil liberties, I'll choose civil liberties
No fucking shit. Barriers to entry into broadcast media serve no one except those who are already in the industry. This is art for god's sake. Competition doesn't create innovation and sure as fuck doesn't enhance inspiration.
That's what's so great about capitalism. You are free to get rich, buy the government, and erect barriers to entry in your industry. That way you don't have to work so hard at anything, but you can claim to be working. Then call anyone who thinks you don't work a communist and take their karma.
The post was about how unrealistic some of this guy's thinking was. Specifically emotional computing. Hence the Star Trek allusion.
I mean, how the hell can you consider a man brilliant for saying that a robot should just get frustrated when it's caught in a corner, or be afraid of heights to prevent it from falling down stairs? How do you implement frustration, or fear? And once you have successfully implemented these 'emotions', does their actual implementation, in reality, resemble anything even close to common sense notions of fear or frustration? Aren't they really just a series of feedback loops and electrical impulses? Does the robot get scared when you try to lift it? And how is that useful exactly?
As far as your lawn mower, or any other contraption with an internal cumbustion engine, analogy goes: I know enough. I know that it needs fuel. I also know that fuel is not just gas, it needs air. Now I know that I won't be able to use my lawn mower to mow the weeds at the bottom of the pond in my back yard. I also know the engine needs oil. I also know for some engines you need to mix the oil with the gas, some you don't. On my mower, you need to move the throttle so that it starts. I have also noticed the cable that runs from the throttle lever to a valve on the engine. Basically I know a lot, not every little thing, but enough to get the job done regarding the mower.
To be quite honest, you make it sound like you shouldn't need to know anything to use a computer. I'm asking how can you use a computer with out knowing anything (which is what this guy thinks should be normal)? The only answer, it seems, is to buy a Mac and pay a lot of money for a really, really, nice status symbol, that really adds about as much to your life as a good looking pair of jeans. Then you can relax and feel confident that you are not naked, and finally be normal.
Re:Clearly a disconnect, let me rephrase...
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Skinner:...yes Lisa, but then we'd have all the stupider students in here, furrowing their brows in a vain attempt to understand the situation.
Comedy is philosophical, and you are a prime example of all the educational shortcomings you outlined.
Want a prime example of limited, lazy thinking?
The job of the university should be to create a graduation class of people who are going to lead the advancement of the arts and sciences. To do so, these people are going to require a broad education, one that has challenged them on all fronts and forced them to think creatively and thoughtfully. They need to be people who are eternally curious, doggedly determined, and, above all, brilliant.
How many non-issues can you present as issues? Like anyone is thinking, "We should not think creatively and thoughtfully." Broad education-- what's that? I was going for narrow mindedness.
College, just like life, is exactly what you make of it. There aren't pretend forces at work like "lower standards" that limit one's potential. Learned that shit watching the Simpsons, especially Homer.
It seems like all one has to do to get around the DRM in this example is to pretend to be a home recording enthusiast. Buy your sound card from someplace like here instead of best buy and nothing can stop you. Their list prices are very, very high, but if you give them a call you'll find prices are closer to 2/3-1/2 of the list prices. (I don't work there, my friend does.) I own an Echo Mia, it has S/PDIF i/o and I could very easily make a digital copy of the songs by connecting the s/pdif out to the s/pdif in and muting the output of the recording app. The Mia isn't 5.1, but they have that type of stuff also.
will hopefully become extinct, and soon.
Some teachers find the new writing style alarming. "First of all, it's very rude, and it's very careless," said Lois Moran, a middle school English teacher at St. Nicholas School in Jersey City.
It is not _real_ garbage!! They ask questions, I provide answers, even if I use the random generator. I could take the time to provide my _own_ false answers, since I make no promise of truthfulness, but I *choose* the random generator.
Garbage is organic waste. I do not fill their memory buffers with organic waste. I give them electronic pulses, they provide "news". Don't really see any vandalism or how the word vandal applies.
You and all your _property_ rights buddies need to take advantage -- god put weed here for you and me.
I for one would perfectly understand if NYTimes some day decides to banned links from slashdot.
Now, I'm not going to rip on you for your typos. ..
But what really is the big deal about garbage in the database? What if I took the time to answer all of the questions falsely, but originally? Would that make you feel better? They ask questions and I give, from their server's perspective, answers, even if I use the free registration generator. That is all I agreed to do. I made no promise that the information I am sumbitting is truthful to the best of my knowledge(IANAL but I skimmed the Subscriber Agreement). WTF??
I though I was the only one. I mean come on -- there are about 1 billion overfed people in the world and about 1 billion underfed people. The important thing for security is to make sure that some overfed person's overfed kids are "protected" when they go online?
Much work needs to be done in terms of human development and you are worried about how little time you need to invest being involved in what your kid sees or hears online?
You suck!! Your whole overpopulating operating sucks!!
Some advice: Keep your kids away from the net and me if you need to control what they think and feel. That is all you have to do. Don't tell me what I can and can't do in certain domains on the net.
Unless, of course, you set up a separate chunk of land near my house where I can grow and smoke weed without fear of persecution. Then we can talk about what ever you want.
If you do not understand why this is cool, you suck. Plain and simple.
bye bye free registration Like that would ever happen. It doesn't help create the so-called "institutional memory" that is so very, very necessary for the manufacture of consent.
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How the hell to beer drinking/pot smoking hippies screw you broke?
Err. . . um, the 'new' live action movie Akira?
Sorry, I've been up too late and aah fuck it.
Wouldn't it be cool if there was a new Saturday morning cartoon series based on the movie Akira?
if the choice comes down to Britney Spears or civil liberties, I'll choose civil liberties
No fucking shit. Barriers to entry into broadcast media serve no one except those who are already in the industry. This is art for god's sake. Competition doesn't create innovation and sure as fuck doesn't enhance inspiration.
That's what's so great about capitalism. You are free to get rich, buy the government, and erect barriers to entry in your industry. That way you don't have to work so hard at anything, but you can claim to be working. Then call anyone who thinks you don't work a communist and take their karma.
How do they know how many people are listening to a song? What if no single person listens to the whole song?
The post was about how unrealistic some of this guy's thinking was. Specifically emotional computing. Hence the Star Trek allusion.
I mean, how the hell can you consider a man brilliant for saying that a robot should just get frustrated when it's caught in a corner, or be afraid of heights to prevent it from falling down stairs? How do you implement frustration, or fear? And once you have successfully implemented these 'emotions', does their actual implementation, in reality, resemble anything even close to common sense notions of fear or frustration? Aren't they really just a series of feedback loops and electrical impulses? Does the robot get scared when you try to lift it? And how is that useful exactly?
As far as your lawn mower, or any other contraption with an internal cumbustion engine, analogy goes: I know enough. I know that it needs fuel. I also know that fuel is not just gas, it needs air. Now I know that I won't be able to use my lawn mower to mow the weeds at the bottom of the pond in my back yard. I also know the engine needs oil. I also know for some engines you need to mix the oil with the gas, some you don't. On my mower, you need to move the throttle so that it starts. I have also noticed the cable that runs from the throttle lever to a valve on the engine. Basically I know a lot, not every little thing, but enough to get the job done regarding the mower.
To be quite honest, you make it sound like you shouldn't need to know anything to use a computer. I'm asking how can you use a computer with out knowing anything (which is what this guy thinks should be normal)? The only answer, it seems, is to buy a Mac and pay a lot of money for a really, really, nice status symbol, that really adds about as much to your life as a good looking pair of jeans. Then you can relax and feel confident that you are not naked, and finally be normal.
Oops!! I forgot to give you your prize. Shoulda hit preview.
Whatever. I've got no karma cause I don't like to give the NYTimes any "real" information.
More like a pearl necklace. :P
Homer: Linguo. . .Dead?
Linguo: Linguo is dead.
Skinner: ...yes Lisa, but then we'd have all the stupider students in here, furrowing their brows in a vain attempt to understand the situation.
Comedy is philosophical, and you are a prime example of all the educational shortcomings you outlined.
Want a prime example of limited, lazy thinking?
The job of the university should be to create a graduation class of people who
are going to lead the advancement of the arts and sciences. To do so, these
people are going to require a broad education, one that has challenged them on
all fronts and forced them to think creatively and thoughtfully. They need to be
people who are eternally curious, doggedly determined, and, above all, brilliant.
How many non-issues can you present as issues? Like anyone is thinking, "We should not think creatively and thoughtfully." Broad education-- what's that? I was going for narrow mindedness.
College, just like life, is exactly what you make of it. There aren't pretend forces at work like "lower standards" that limit one's potential. Learned that shit watching the Simpsons, especially Homer.
But it still does turn an old computer into an access point. Right?
Beer is reality.
where HIGHER education is supposed to be happening, that the networks are ran by complete half-wits
Because, man, we're all really into the HIGHER education, and you should be too.
Information wants to be high.
It seems like all one has to do to get around the DRM in this example is to pretend to be a home recording enthusiast. Buy your sound card from someplace like here instead of best buy and nothing can stop you. Their list prices are very, very high, but if you give them a call you'll find prices are closer to 2/3-1/2 of the list prices. (I don't work there, my friend does.) I own an Echo Mia, it has S/PDIF i/o and I could very easily make a digital copy of the songs by connecting the s/pdif out to the s/pdif in and muting the output of the recording app. The Mia isn't 5.1, but they have that type of stuff also.
Four times my ass.
I fail to see how most hollywood films are an art form without profanity/sex.
will hopefully become extinct, and soon. Some teachers find the new writing style alarming. "First of all, it's very rude, and it's very careless," said Lois Moran, a middle school English teacher at St. Nicholas School in Jersey City.
Whooooa there dude -- get a grip!!
It is not _real_ garbage!! They ask questions, I provide answers, even if I use the random generator. I could take the time to provide my _own_ false answers, since I make no promise of truthfulness, but I *choose* the random generator.
Garbage is organic waste. I do not fill their memory buffers with organic waste. I give them electronic pulses, they provide "news". Don't really see any vandalism or how the word vandal applies.
You and all your _property_ rights buddies need to take advantage -- god put weed here for you and me.
I for one would perfectly understand if NYTimes some day decides to banned links from slashdot.
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Now, I'm not going to rip on you for your typos. .
But what really is the big deal about garbage in the database? What if I took the time to answer all of the questions falsely, but originally? Would that make you feel better? They ask questions and I give, from their server's perspective, answers, even if I use the free registration generator. That is all I agreed to do. I made no promise that the information I am sumbitting is truthful to the best of my knowledge(IANAL but I skimmed the Subscriber Agreement). WTF??
You guys need some of my sweet cheeba. . .
Thanks for clearing that up. . .I guess I just assumed that y'all were down wit da lingo.
It also communicates a cynical attitude towards the media.
Amen.
I though I was the only one. I mean come on -- there are about 1 billion overfed people in the world and about 1 billion underfed people. The important thing for security is to make sure that some overfed person's overfed kids are "protected" when they go online?
Much work needs to be done in terms of human development and you are worried about how little time you need to invest being involved in what your kid sees or hears online?
You suck!! Your whole overpopulating operating sucks!!
Some advice: Keep your kids away from the net and me if you need to control what they think and feel. That is all you have to do. Don't tell me what I can and can't do in certain domains on the net.
Unless, of course, you set up a separate chunk of land near my house where I can grow and smoke weed without fear of persecution. Then we can talk about what ever you want.
The chances are good for everything except the anarchy part as long as the capitalist facists still live.
. . .fills the NYT db with garbage
If you do not understand why this is cool, you suck. Plain and simple.
bye bye free registration
Like that would ever happen. It doesn't help create the so-called "institutional memory" that is so very, very necessary for the manufacture of consent.