SOE (Sony Online Entertainment) was at one time more-or-less the developer and publisher of EverQuest through the 989 Studios label. Years ago, though, the decision was made to spin off the company developing EverQuest into its own entity, called Verant Interactive. About a year after EQ went live, though, SOE saw the recurring revenues that the EQ subscriber base had produced, and grabbed Verant back up.
Currently, the company that runs EQ is called Sony Online Entertainment. They also run SWG, more or less, handling the billing, operations, and expansion development. LucasArts ends up being a large investor in the project as well as the holder of the Star Wars license, and they do have some directory oversight, but SOE is not simply the publisher.
It sounds like a variation of an expert system, though the article isn't particularly forthcoming with the grisly details. Expert systems are considered to be a part of classical AI.
I am writing regarding the despicable conduct of one of your appointees, namely, Tom Hayes of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. He recently fired an employee, a computer programmer named Charles Smith, for running a program called SETI@Home on the department machines. The program uses spare computer time (when the computer isn't being used, like when a screensaver is running, for example) to do mathematical analysis on data received via radio telescopes by the SETI Program.
The SETI@Home project is well-respected in the scientific and technology communities, and there was no need for Mr. Hayes to fire the programmer for installing the program on department computers. However, the issue goes much deeper than that.
Mr. Hayes demonstrates not only a lack of knowledge on the subject, but also an unwillingness to learn about things he doesn't already know about. A very small amount of poking about on the Internet would have revealed a wealth of information on the SETI@Home project, including its endorsement by a variety of educational organizations and industries.
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
Instead, Hayes indicates his assumption of intellectual superiority with such witty repartee as this quote from the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
"I understand his desire to search for intelligent life in outer space, because obviously he doesn't find it in the mirror in the morning," Hayes said. "I think that people can be comfortable that security has beamed this man out of our building."
Hayes's complete lack of tact when dealing with the media over what is actually an unjust firing demonstrates that he is incapable of performing his duties in a way that reflects positively on the State of Ohio, and I hope you will take appropriate action in this situation.
But it's the first step in forcing PVR owners and others to watch every last commercial that Big Media wants you to watch. If this bill becomes law, then the law will say you're allowed to skip content as long as it isn't commercials. Big Media will come along and tell a judge that the exception implies that technology can't be created that skips commercials. All it takes is one judge to believe that argument, and we're all screwed.
Additionally, this is sort of a "testing of the waters". Having the explicit exemption in statute is halfway to making it illegal in statute.
"Emergent" usually refers to a phenomenon which results from the combination of other phenomena, none of which by themselves can achieve the larger phenomenon.
Traffic jams are an example - individual drivers usually take the most immediately advantageous action at any point in time. (Ride the bumper of the person in front of you, jam in to faster-moving traffic if a hole presents itself.) But the emergent result of the individual behavior is a traffic jam, something that none of the individuals involved were trying to create, but that formed from the combination of lots of people exhibiting the same selfish behavior.
It seems like somebody was playing buzzword bingo here and decided that since emergence is a pretty hot topic these days, they should appropriate the word even though it doesn't really have anything to do with what they're talking about.
The plus side to this mess is that the FCC is going to so thoroughly piss off Congress that it could mean good things in terms of the Broadcast Flag and the EFF's argument that the FCC is overstepping its Congressionally-granted bounds in that matter. This certainly isn't the first case where Michael Powell found himself at odds with Congress.
It seems to me that if the national telecom system is so fragile that the info contained in those documents would make it easy to break, then the vulnerability doesn't lie with the documents. Instead, the government should be examining how to improve the reliability and redundancy of the telecom system.
Why bother lying to a community that you want to film a movie in their town? There are zillions of movies being filmed on locations all over the world, so why not just pick one, tow cameras around all over the place, and record what the real reactions of people are to the real-life situation of having a big production come to their town?
Oh, wait. That's not reality TV. That's a documentary.
that forces us to question the power of our memories and the sanctity of our privacy.
This isn't GATTACA. We're not talking about a technology that in twenty or thirty years could be developed into a heinous invasion of our lives here. Even if such a technology were possible, it's such a ridiculously advanced tech that we might as well not worry about it. It's about as relevant to our lives as Minority Report - that is, purely academic.
"We're concentrating on effects that are reversible," said Lt. Col. Andy Roake, with Air Force Space Command. "You blow up an aircraft or an airfield, these are things that can be repaired or replaced." That's not as true for a space system, Roake noted.
"Plus," he added, "if you blow something up in space, you create lots and lots of bitty pieces that threaten your own assets."
Actually, China uses quite large amounts of coal and oil for its burgeoning industry and its surging automobile market. Their emission standards are very poor, and combined with their tremendous population, it has caused a significant air pollution problem, especially along the coast. China is the second biggest energy consumer in the world (behind the US), but spends 30000 Btu per dollar of GDP versus the US's 9000 Btu per dollar.
Except that Moore already sold the distro rights to another company. Saying "download my movie" is like saying "I just sold my car to Fred down the road, but I'll give it to you. Just go take it."
Of course, you're selling the license to use XP in addition to the media it comes on. You can sell the license to the person and they can use a ripped-off non-OEM-encumbered CD to do the install, and it will (should) still be legal.
Try hitting somebody's eye through the window of a jet that's up in the sky, and furthermore moving, presumably right in your general direction. Takes a skill.
Or a good object-recognition system and a PID controller.
In all likelihood, Brooks will (among other things) be spoofing the concept of movie sequels. He's always been very willing to poke fun at the "meta" aspect of the films he parodies (that being, the moviemaking process itself), and Spaceballs was probably the best example of that out of all his movies.
"Spaceballs the Flamethrower!...The kids love that one."
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B = Bush wins ....but does he beat the spread?
I'll take Ad Hominem Arguments for $400, Trebek!
SOE (Sony Online Entertainment) was at one time more-or-less the developer and publisher of EverQuest through the 989 Studios label. Years ago, though, the decision was made to spin off the company developing EverQuest into its own entity, called Verant Interactive. About a year after EQ went live, though, SOE saw the recurring revenues that the EQ subscriber base had produced, and grabbed Verant back up.
Currently, the company that runs EQ is called Sony Online Entertainment. They also run SWG, more or less, handling the billing, operations, and expansion development. LucasArts ends up being a large investor in the project as well as the holder of the Star Wars license, and they do have some directory oversight, but SOE is not simply the publisher.
It sounds like a variation of an expert system, though the article isn't particularly forthcoming with the grisly details. Expert systems are considered to be a part of classical AI.
Dear Governor Taft,
I am writing regarding the despicable conduct of one of your appointees, namely, Tom Hayes of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. He recently fired an employee, a computer programmer named Charles Smith, for running a program called SETI@Home on the department machines. The program uses spare computer time (when the computer isn't being used, like when a screensaver is running, for example) to do mathematical analysis on data received via radio telescopes by the SETI Program.
The SETI@Home project is well-respected in the scientific and technology communities, and there was no need for Mr. Hayes to fire the programmer for installing the program on department computers. However, the issue goes much deeper than that.
Mr. Hayes demonstrates not only a lack of knowledge on the subject, but also an unwillingness to learn about things he doesn't already know about. A very small amount of poking about on the Internet would have revealed a wealth of information on the SETI@Home project, including its endorsement by a variety of educational organizations and industries.
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
Instead, Hayes indicates his assumption of intellectual superiority with such witty repartee as this quote from the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
"I understand his desire to search for intelligent life in outer space, because obviously he doesn't find it in the mirror in the morning," Hayes said. "I think that people can be comfortable that security has beamed this man out of our building."
Hayes's complete lack of tact when dealing with the media over what is actually an unjust firing demonstrates that he is incapable of performing his duties in a way that reflects positively on the State of Ohio, and I hope you will take appropriate action in this situation.
But it's the first step in forcing PVR owners and others to watch every last commercial that Big Media wants you to watch. If this bill becomes law, then the law will say you're allowed to skip content as long as it isn't commercials. Big Media will come along and tell a judge that the exception implies that technology can't be created that skips commercials. All it takes is one judge to believe that argument, and we're all screwed.
Additionally, this is sort of a "testing of the waters". Having the explicit exemption in statute is halfway to making it illegal in statute.
Phase 1: Sue some large company for four quadrillion USD.
Phase 2: ???
Phase 3: Profit!
"Emergent" usually refers to a phenomenon which results from the combination of other phenomena, none of which by themselves can achieve the larger phenomenon.
Traffic jams are an example - individual drivers usually take the most immediately advantageous action at any point in time. (Ride the bumper of the person in front of you, jam in to faster-moving traffic if a hole presents itself.) But the emergent result of the individual behavior is a traffic jam, something that none of the individuals involved were trying to create, but that formed from the combination of lots of people exhibiting the same selfish behavior.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence
It seems like somebody was playing buzzword bingo here and decided that since emergence is a pretty hot topic these days, they should appropriate the word even though it doesn't really have anything to do with what they're talking about.
The plus side to this mess is that the FCC is going to so thoroughly piss off Congress that it could mean good things in terms of the Broadcast Flag and the EFF's argument that the FCC is overstepping its Congressionally-granted bounds in that matter. This certainly isn't the first case where Michael Powell found himself at odds with Congress.
They're only spending $2M on a Presidential debate? We spent $4.2M on the VP debate. Cheap bastards.
How many addicted gamers do you know who have a life you would call satisfying away from the computer?
Uh, most of the members of my EQ guild (that'd be dozens of people right there).
It seems to me that if the national telecom system is so fragile that the info contained in those documents would make it easy to break, then the vulnerability doesn't lie with the documents. Instead, the government should be examining how to improve the reliability and redundancy of the telecom system.
Why bother lying to a community that you want to film a movie in their town? There are zillions of movies being filmed on locations all over the world, so why not just pick one, tow cameras around all over the place, and record what the real reactions of people are to the real-life situation of having a big production come to their town?
Oh, wait. That's not reality TV. That's a documentary.
that forces us to question the power of our memories and the sanctity of our privacy.
This isn't GATTACA. We're not talking about a technology that in twenty or thirty years could be developed into a heinous invasion of our lives here. Even if such a technology were possible, it's such a ridiculously advanced tech that we might as well not worry about it. It's about as relevant to our lives as Minority Report - that is, purely academic.
probably faces 5+ years of appeals before any money changes hands
I doubt the lawyers are waiting that long to get paid.
Sterling forgot to mention that the UN is as rife with corruption as its member states are.
...ever actually RTFA?
"We're concentrating on effects that are reversible," said Lt. Col. Andy Roake, with Air Force Space Command. "You blow up an aircraft or an airfield, these are things that can be repaired or replaced." That's not as true for a space system, Roake noted.
"Plus," he added, "if you blow something up in space, you create lots and lots of bitty pieces that threaten your own assets."
Actually, China uses quite large amounts of coal and oil for its burgeoning industry and its surging automobile market. Their emission standards are very poor, and combined with their tremendous population, it has caused a significant air pollution problem, especially along the coast. China is the second biggest energy consumer in the world (behind the US), but spends 30000 Btu per dollar of GDP versus the US's 9000 Btu per dollar.
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Oh, and here are some references.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/china.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/chinaenv.html
http://app.quotemedia.com/data/newsItem.htm?story
Except that Moore already sold the distro rights to another company. Saying "download my movie" is like saying "I just sold my car to Fred down the road, but I'll give it to you. Just go take it."
Of course, you're selling the license to use XP in addition to the media it comes on. You can sell the license to the person and they can use a ripped-off non-OEM-encumbered CD to do the install, and it will (should) still be legal.
And the true, true irony....
http://news.google.com/news?q=dilema
The true irony in that typo?
http://www.google.com/search?q=dilema
Try hitting somebody's eye through the window of a jet that's up in the sky, and furthermore moving, presumably right in your general direction. Takes a skill.
Or a good object-recognition system and a PID controller.
In all likelihood, Brooks will (among other things) be spoofing the concept of movie sequels. He's always been very willing to poke fun at the "meta" aspect of the films he parodies (that being, the moviemaking process itself), and Spaceballs was probably the best example of that out of all his movies.
...The kids love that one."
"Spaceballs the Flamethrower!
And this has to do with IT how?