I'm less worried than I would be otherwise because of the high chance that in the process of producing a bioweapon, any potential bioterrorist might accidentally come down with some new illness. Like, nanomachines tearing apart his cells. Something pleasant like that.
I agree that windows costs more than an engineer makes in a month. If you want to legitimately buy Windows XP, MS Office, and MS Visual Studio Architect (say, you want to be a programmer for windows), it'll set you back more than I think is worth it.
So their choices are to starve and buy those, pirate them, or use linux. The latter two just need an okay internet connection and a bittorrent client.
I don't doubt that there's a lot of piracy in developing countries. That's probably one reason why MS is making Vista Basic. Sell it to China, and at least you'll be making a buck off of them before they run off and pirate Vista Ultimate (now with MS Kitchen Sink!).
I've always believed that you should need to apply for a parenting license in order to have kids... not that I like DMVs, but this is sort of a nessasary evil.
For those too lazy to actually click on the link...
Breaking: Michigan Violent Games Law Thrown Out
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) gained another victory today as Judge George Caram Steeh, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan handed down a permanent injunction against the state's violent video games law.
Once again the video game industry is victorious in another one of its battles against state regulation of violent video games. Today the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), representing the computer and video games industry, announced that a federal district court in Michigan ruled that a bill--SB416, which was signed into law by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm--intended to restrict the sale of certain games to minors is unconstitutional and cannot be implemented.
Apparently the state of Michigan had claimed that video games' interactive nature made them less entitled to protection under the First Amendment, but The Hon.George Caram Steeh, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, clearly did not agree with this assessment.
"The interactive, or functional aspect, in video games can be said to enhance the expressive elements even more than other media by drawing the player closer to the characters and becoming more involved in the plot of the game than by simply watching a movie or television show," explained Judge Steeh. "It would be impossible to separate the functional aspects of a video game from the expressive, inasmuch as they are so closely intertwined and dependent on each other in creating the virtual experience."
Last November, the very same judge handed down a temporary injunction against the Michigan law, but the latest ruling has now transformed that temporary block into a permanent one.
Although the federal government is still pushing for the CDC to investigate the effects of all electronic media on children, there is still no evidence of a direct link between violence in video games and real-life violence acted out by kids or teens. Regarding studies cited by the state in support of the bill, Judge Steeh said, "Dr. (Craig) Anderson's studies have not provided any evidence that the relationship between violent video games and aggressive behavior exists... The research not only fails to provide concrete evidence that there is a connection between violent media and aggressive behavior, it also fails to distinguish between video games and other forms of media."
While certain politicians and anti-game activists have also suggested that games are far worse for children than other media because they offer interactive, not passive experiences, the district court once again shot down this notion. "...it could just as easily be said that the interactive element in video games acts as an outlet for minors to vent their violent or aggressive behavior, thereby diminishing the chance they would actually perform such acts in reality....Not only does the Act not materially advance the state's stated interest, but it appears to discriminate against a disfavored 'newcomer' in the world of entertainment media. Thus, 'singling out' the video game industry does not advance the state's alleged goal," concluded Judge Steeh.
Naturally, the ESA couldn't be happier with the court's ruling. The organization also said that it would seek reimbursement from Michigan for its legal fees, a move it also recently took with the state of Illinois.
"Judge Steeh's ruling represents a sweeping rejection of the state's claims regarding the harmful effects of violent video games and we will move immediately for reimbursement of the substantial legal fees incurred in this court fight which the state could have, and should have, never triggered," commented ESA President Douglas Lowenstein. "It is noteworthy that Judge Steeh specifically chastised the state for not doing what we urged them to do from the start, which is to find less restrictive ways to help ensure that parents make sound choices about the games their kids play. With this wasteful litigation behind us, we hope the state will now do just that and we remain ready to work cooperatively with them."
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Yarr! Ye speak the truth. May ye find tha' treasure of +1 Insightful mod poin's.
I looked it up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database However... anyone who can actually _understand_ it is a smarter man than I.
How about
c) our ability to produce data far outstrips our ability and/or willingness to analzye it
If there's a way to cheat, it will be found.
You must be new here...
I'm less worried than I would be otherwise because of the high chance that in the process of producing a bioweapon, any potential bioterrorist might accidentally come down with some new illness. Like, nanomachines tearing apart his cells. Something pleasant like that.
I agree that windows costs more than an engineer makes in a month. If you want to legitimately buy Windows XP, MS Office, and MS Visual Studio Architect (say, you want to be a programmer for windows), it'll set you back more than I think is worth it.
So their choices are to starve and buy those, pirate them, or use linux. The latter two just need an okay internet connection and a bittorrent client.
I don't doubt that there's a lot of piracy in developing countries. That's probably one reason why MS is making Vista Basic. Sell it to China, and at least you'll be making a buck off of them before they run off and pirate Vista Ultimate (now with MS Kitchen Sink!).
So how difficult is it to build an asynchronous multi-core processor, if that's even possible? I'm not sure how those ideas fit together.
So all of the anus joke comments on this article are actually dupes.
At slashdot, is that so much of a surprise?
I've always believed that you should need to apply for a parenting license in order to have kids... not that I like DMVs, but this is sort of a nessasary evil.
There are some adults that shouldn't be playing GTA. Nobody stops them.
For those too lazy to actually click on the link...
Breaking: Michigan Violent Games Law Thrown Out
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) gained another victory today as Judge George Caram Steeh, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan handed down a permanent injunction against the state's violent video games law.
Once again the video game industry is victorious in another one of its battles against state regulation of violent video games. Today the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), representing the computer and video games industry, announced that a federal district court in Michigan ruled that a bill--SB416, which was signed into law by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm--intended to restrict the sale of certain games to minors is unconstitutional and cannot be implemented.
Apparently the state of Michigan had claimed that video games' interactive nature made them less entitled to protection under the First Amendment, but The Hon.George Caram Steeh, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, clearly did not agree with this assessment.
"The interactive, or functional aspect, in video games can be said to enhance the expressive elements even more than other media by drawing the player closer to the characters and becoming more involved in the plot of the game than by simply watching a movie or television show," explained Judge Steeh. "It would be impossible to separate the functional aspects of a video game from the expressive, inasmuch as they are so closely intertwined and dependent on each other in creating the virtual experience."
Last November, the very same judge handed down a temporary injunction against the Michigan law, but the latest ruling has now transformed that temporary block into a permanent one.
Although the federal government is still pushing for the CDC to investigate the effects of all electronic media on children, there is still no evidence of a direct link between violence in video games and real-life violence acted out by kids or teens. Regarding studies cited by the state in support of the bill, Judge Steeh said, "Dr. (Craig) Anderson's studies have not provided any evidence that the relationship between violent video games and aggressive behavior exists... The research not only fails to provide concrete evidence that there is a connection between violent media and aggressive behavior, it also fails to distinguish between video games and other forms of media."
While certain politicians and anti-game activists have also suggested that games are far worse for children than other media because they offer interactive, not passive experiences, the district court once again shot down this notion. "...it could just as easily be said that the interactive element in video games acts as an outlet for minors to vent their violent or aggressive behavior, thereby diminishing the chance they would actually perform such acts in reality....Not only does the Act not materially advance the state's stated interest, but it appears to discriminate against a disfavored 'newcomer' in the world of entertainment media. Thus, 'singling out' the video game industry does not advance the state's alleged goal," concluded Judge Steeh.
Naturally, the ESA couldn't be happier with the court's ruling. The organization also said that it would seek reimbursement from Michigan for its legal fees, a move it also recently took with the state of Illinois.
"Judge Steeh's ruling represents a sweeping rejection of the state's claims regarding the harmful effects of violent video games and we will move immediately for reimbursement of the substantial legal fees incurred in this court fight which the state could have, and should have, never triggered," commented ESA President Douglas Lowenstein. "It is noteworthy that Judge Steeh specifically chastised the state for not doing what we urged them to do from the start, which is to find less restrictive ways to help ensure that parents make sound choices about the games their kids play. With this wasteful litigation behind us, we hope the state will now do just that and we remain ready to work cooperatively with them."
For that matter, they should enable searching and general browsing (independent of user profile) of pictures.
Q: Why do guys go on myspace?
A: To see pictures of hot women.
Just look for mp3 players on ebay, that's where I got mine. Also, don't be in a hurry to get one - you'll end up bidding more than you need to. Try this link: http://electronics.search.ebay.com/usb_MP3-Players _W0QQa10244ZQ2d24QQa14ZQ2d24QQa41399ZQ2d24QQalistZ a14Q2ca26092Q2ca41399Q2ca10244QQbsZSearchQQcatrefZ C6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenu mZ1QQfgtpZQQfromZR2QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ 1QQgcsZ1821QQlopgZQQpf_queryZusbQQpfidZ2586QQpfmod eZ1QQreqtypeZ2QQsacatZ15057QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQs argnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZpf
holy ass that's long.
On the contrary. GeoCities didn't have a worm, to my knowlege.
MySpace is sort of a step sideways from GeoCities. Or down. Which of those depends on whether or not you're a teenage girl.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of terrorists who cared about technology other than trinitrotoluene.
ds9 is only valid when in the same episode as TNG.
First, you can never watch too much Star Trek...
That statement isn't entirely true. It's possible to watch too much Voyager.
Mr. Fusion... any relation to Mr. Clean?
void Main()
{
do{
Evil();
}while(true)
};
gives a compiler error at Google.
Actually, the page to be watching now is GOOG. Pretty awesome layout, I think it's rather polished for an initial beta.
Too bad that they've cancelled the Aibo, Qrio, and Qualia programs since then.
8. ??? 9. Profit!
How are you gentlemen?!?!