It's been a long time since I read the book, and I'm not actually sure that I read it, but I recall an example from a book that is, at the very least, very similar. If this is not strictly accurate, it's because it's been three years; but for what it's worth.
One company had a large quantity of limestone, stored outside. I don't know why they had the limestone, I'm guessing they sold it to people who needed a quantity of rock. It rained, altering the Ph levels or something along those lines. Some federal regulation kicked in, requiring a hazardous materials license to move it around; so business was frozen until it dried up again.
Again, this may not be the complete story or from the wrong book.
I have one of these, but with a modification. There's a "Turbo" button that has to be pushed for them to do anything. Since there's not really anywhere else to put them, this strikes me as a pretty good design. The Shift key's a little smaller, but since I can't reach the Turbo button with my pinky even if I try, I've never hit it accidently.
The version you've seen is a good idea, with a poor implementation.
If you look at the clock in the background, it's ten after five. Since it's daylight, I'm guessing it's 5 PM. I have this vision of this being a mandatory meeting for all employees, to be held at 4:55 PM.
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This sounds suspiciously like the code of the schoolyard. You know, the rules that teach a boy to be a man. Let's see. Don't tattle. Always make fun of those different from you. Never say anything, unless you're sure everyone feels exactly the same way you do.
Buying each CD will cost money, no denying that, but if you listen to the original CD, you'll only have 10-12 songs instead of the estimated 19. Using the four-minute average, you'll then have 40-48 minutes of music until you'll have to rotate. You will not be able to listen to arbitrarily selected bands in an arbitrary order, which is part of the main reason of going to MP3/Ogg to begin with and doesn't have a particular monetary value. That's also assuming that the entire CD is worth listening to all in one go.
The licensing cost of 100GB of music will be the same regardless of whether it's on the CD or hard drive. While it may be cheaper to use the original CD medium, it will not be more convenient for listening to music selections in arbitrary order, so it comes down to a question of whether it's more worthwhile to avoid paying a dime an hour or to avoid changing CDs every 48 minutes.
Additionally, I believe it's cheaper to license from iTunes than from CD. However, I gather that this project may not be possible using the AAC files from iTunes.
One six minute Ogg file at 256 kB/sec takes up about 10MB of space, which translates to 10 hours of music per gigabyte. At about $1/gig, a 100 GB hard drive will cost around $100, and will hold 1000 hours of music, without having to rotate anything. Figure an average of 4 minutes a file, and you're looking at 15,000 songs, compared to 19 on a CD. A 50-pack of CDs costs $17, for 34 cents, and you'll need about 789 70-minute CDs, for a total cost of $268.26.
Since the CD option costs more per-song and is more inconvenient (since you have to change the CDs every 70 minutes), I'd judge it inferior.
Alphonse Bertillon advanced a system which would provide "unique" identification by taking measurements of various bones throughout the body. In 1903, two prisoners at the same facility were found to have almost identical Bertillion measurements, and the system was more or less scrapped. Modern facial recognition systems work in a matter similar to the Bertillion one, by comparing the ratio/measurement between various components of the face, like eyes, ears, nose, et cetera.
Sir Francis Galton's work regarding fingerprints superceded the Bertillion system, and even that has shown some weaknesses. Overall, biometrics do not appear to be as secure as one would expect to me.
Therefore the MPAA doesn't have a foot to stand on if they attack PVR's which carry features qualitatively equivalent to that available on the VHS platform.
But... It's digital! That means it's completely different.
I considered inflation when I made the post, but I wanted to stay on track; however, I'll comment on it now. The central bank is created by Congress, and the addition of money is what causes inflation. In short, the fact that their original salary wouldn't be enough to live on is their own fault.
If I were to cut off my fingers and make me unable to type, I don't think people would have much pity that I couldn't write programs.
Finally, with respect to conflicts of interest, they already have plenty.
Vote against the incumbent Duopoly every chance you get, and it might happen. Yes, that's right, don't vote for a Republocrat ever again. Even if they're the only (!) choices on the ballot. Run for office yourself, just to give voters another choice. If you like the idea, take a stand for it.
I'd rather have a "None of the people above are remotely qualified, please put a bucket or other inanimate object in charge" option.
Sure, I'll pay their salary. Six dollars per day, and not a penny more. That will save me 86 cents on the dollar. And if that's not enough, then I question whether their motives are to serve or be served. You'll also note that this will prevent most lawyers from having a financial interest in Congress, because the position's compensation is lousy, and with special interests spread 1/10 as thin, for $5640 in contributions (on average); that's a lot less profit there. Then the rest of the year, Congressmen can hold jobs where they produce something other than red tape.
Yes, this is a great idea, that is certain to be implemented in the near future, in Fantasyland.
"The seat monitors the way the incumbent shifts their weight, producing an indication of whether the occupier is asleep, jumpy or otherwise not conforming to expected normal lower-torso motions."
Won't this be thwarted by the first half-decent poker player?
The main difference between these two:
Lawrence Lessig:
"The DMCA is an embarrassment to copyright law. Copyright law has always been about
balance -- about the balance between restrictions and access.
The Constitution expresses that balance: it requires that copyrights be for "limited Times;" the First Amendment requires that copyright yields to "fair use." "
Matt Oppenheim:
"If you are attempting to distribute recordings that you own the rights to and the RIAA is in any way preventing you from doing so, you should contact us immediately."
Note how Lawrence Lessig focuses on balance, while Matt Oppenheim focuses on saying what consumers are allowed to do. (Lessig does not explicitly refer to people at "citizens," but Oppenheim does at least once refer to individuals as "consumers.") This shows their respective trains of thinking quite well.
I don't think this is how it worked, but I think this is a method that would allow skipping commercials: Add a "this is a commercial" button to the remote. There's a brief moment between commercials when no video plays, so if you tell the machine that you're looking at a commercial, it can wait for the next lack-of-video before it continues recording, and next time it sees that sequence of video, ignore it. It's possible this is somewhat what it already did. Very few different shows will have the exact same video played at arbitrary points, excepting awards shows and the like, so when you see it, ignore it. You'd need some sort of expiration time for any given commercial, to prevent using unnecessary space, but it shouldn't use up any more than having the commercial inside the program anyway, it just won't be displayed.
Alternately, you can keep an eye out for the "We'll be right back" and "Welcome back to" segments.
Related: I tried installing Roxio Easy CD Creator to avoid the time cost of burning CDs in Linux. On reboot, Win2k gave an error regarding BOOT. I don't remember if it was the boot partition, or the MBR, or something else, it's been too long. I tried reinstalling, but the same error occurred. I've since formatted the entire drive, but installing Win2k always results in the same error.
It's worth asking if it would be worthwhile setting up a fund, similar to the one created for battling PanIP, to defend against RIAA lawsuits. This student did nothing that Microsoft or Google doesn't do. Therefore, the RIAA does not appear to think there's something wrong with searching, but rather with a student developing a tool for searching. Students can not afford defend themselves and are threatened, corporations can afford to defend themselves and are not.
It's not in the article, but it was on the TechTV news segment. He got the money by working through high school and not spending his salary. That's how a 19-year-old gets this kind of money.
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It's been a long time since I read the book, and I'm not actually sure that I read it, but I recall an example from a book that is, at the very least, very similar. If this is not strictly accurate, it's because it's been three years; but for what it's worth.
One company had a large quantity of limestone, stored outside. I don't know why they had the limestone, I'm guessing they sold it to people who needed a quantity of rock. It rained, altering the Ph levels or something along those lines. Some federal regulation kicked in, requiring a hazardous materials license to move it around; so business was frozen until it dried up again.
Again, this may not be the complete story or from the wrong book.
I have one of these, but with a modification. There's a "Turbo" button that has to be pushed for them to do anything. Since there's not really anywhere else to put them, this strikes me as a pretty good design. The Shift key's a little smaller, but since I can't reach the Turbo button with my pinky even if I try, I've never hit it accidently.
The version you've seen is a good idea, with a poor implementation.
Pardon me, but you seem to have made a typo. "Delight" is not spelled "horror."
If you look at the clock in the background, it's ten after five. Since it's daylight, I'm guessing it's 5 PM. I have this vision of this being a mandatory meeting for all employees, to be held at 4:55 PM.
This sounds suspiciously like the code of the schoolyard. You know, the rules that teach a boy to be a man. Let's see. Don't tattle. Always make fun of those different from you. Never say anything, unless you're sure everyone feels exactly the same way you do.
Buying each CD will cost money, no denying that, but if you listen to the original CD, you'll only have 10-12 songs instead of the estimated 19. Using the four-minute average, you'll then have 40-48 minutes of music until you'll have to rotate. You will not be able to listen to arbitrarily selected bands in an arbitrary order, which is part of the main reason of going to MP3/Ogg to begin with and doesn't have a particular monetary value. That's also assuming that the entire CD is worth listening to all in one go.
The licensing cost of 100GB of music will be the same regardless of whether it's on the CD or hard drive. While it may be cheaper to use the original CD medium, it will not be more convenient for listening to music selections in arbitrary order, so it comes down to a question of whether it's more worthwhile to avoid paying a dime an hour or to avoid changing CDs every 48 minutes.
Additionally, I believe it's cheaper to license from iTunes than from CD. However, I gather that this project may not be possible using the AAC files from iTunes.
One six minute Ogg file at 256 kB/sec takes up about 10MB of space, which translates to 10 hours of music per gigabyte. At about $1/gig, a 100 GB hard drive will cost around $100, and will hold 1000 hours of music, without having to rotate anything. Figure an average of 4 minutes a file, and you're looking at 15,000 songs, compared to 19 on a CD. A 50-pack of CDs costs $17, for 34 cents, and you'll need about 789 70-minute CDs, for a total cost of $268.26.
Since the CD option costs more per-song and is more inconvenient (since you have to change the CDs every 70 minutes), I'd judge it inferior.
Alphonse Bertillon advanced a system which would provide "unique" identification by taking measurements of various bones throughout the body. In 1903, two prisoners at the same facility were found to have almost identical Bertillion measurements, and the system was more or less scrapped. Modern facial recognition systems work in a matter similar to the Bertillion one, by comparing the ratio/measurement between various components of the face, like eyes, ears, nose, et cetera.
Sir Francis Galton's work regarding fingerprints superceded the Bertillion system, and even that has shown some weaknesses. Overall, biometrics do not appear to be as secure as one would expect to me.
So, basically, it's a Mac.
Ah, I see you've played URLy-linky before.
He's gone to meet people.
I considered inflation when I made the post, but I wanted to stay on track; however, I'll comment on it now. The central bank is created by Congress, and the addition of money is what causes inflation. In short, the fact that their original salary wouldn't be enough to live on is their own fault.
If I were to cut off my fingers and make me unable to type, I don't think people would have much pity that I couldn't write programs.
Finally, with respect to conflicts of interest, they already have plenty.
Why is it every film of Ballmer has him running and jumping, but somehow, he hasn't lost any weight?
Sure, I'll pay their salary. Six dollars per day, and not a penny more. That will save me 86 cents on the dollar. And if that's not enough, then I question whether their motives are to serve or be served. You'll also note that this will prevent most lawyers from having a financial interest in Congress, because the position's compensation is lousy, and with special interests spread 1/10 as thin, for $5640 in contributions (on average); that's a lot less profit there. Then the rest of the year, Congressmen can hold jobs where they produce something other than red tape.
Yes, this is a great idea, that is certain to be implemented in the near future, in Fantasyland.
Yes, like adding a scene where the main character tries on lots of funny hats, or a dog with shifty eyes.
"The seat monitors the way the incumbent shifts their weight, producing an indication of whether the occupier is asleep, jumpy or otherwise not conforming to expected normal lower-torso motions."
Won't this be thwarted by the first half-decent poker player?
The main difference between these two:
Lawrence Lessig:
"The DMCA is an embarrassment to copyright law. Copyright law has always been about balance -- about the balance between restrictions and access.
The Constitution expresses that balance: it requires that copyrights be for "limited Times;" the First Amendment requires that copyright yields to "fair use." "
Matt Oppenheim:
"If you are attempting to distribute recordings that you own the rights to and the RIAA is in any way preventing you from doing so, you should contact us immediately."
Note how Lawrence Lessig focuses on balance, while Matt Oppenheim focuses on saying what consumers are allowed to do. (Lessig does not explicitly refer to people at "citizens," but Oppenheim does at least once refer to individuals as "consumers.") This shows their respective trains of thinking quite well.
I don't think this is how it worked, but I think this is a method that would allow skipping commercials: Add a "this is a commercial" button to the remote. There's a brief moment between commercials when no video plays, so if you tell the machine that you're looking at a commercial, it can wait for the next lack-of-video before it continues recording, and next time it sees that sequence of video, ignore it. It's possible this is somewhat what it already did. Very few different shows will have the exact same video played at arbitrary points, excepting awards shows and the like, so when you see it, ignore it. You'd need some sort of expiration time for any given commercial, to prevent using unnecessary space, but it shouldn't use up any more than having the commercial inside the program anyway, it just won't be displayed.
Alternately, you can keep an eye out for the "We'll be right back" and "Welcome back to" segments.
Related: I tried installing Roxio Easy CD Creator to avoid the time cost of burning CDs in Linux. On reboot, Win2k gave an error regarding BOOT. I don't remember if it was the boot partition, or the MBR, or something else, it's been too long. I tried reinstalling, but the same error occurred. I've since formatted the entire drive, but installing Win2k always results in the same error.
Yeah, but how are they going to "3) Profit!" from it?
Please hold off your flames till you read the rest of the article...I'm *not* blaming /.
I don't think you need to worry about flames. The vast majority of Slashdot doesn't like the RIAA or want them to exist.
It's worth asking if it would be worthwhile setting up a fund, similar to the one created for battling PanIP, to defend against RIAA lawsuits. This student did nothing that Microsoft or Google doesn't do. Therefore, the RIAA does not appear to think there's something wrong with searching, but rather with a student developing a tool for searching. Students can not afford defend themselves and are threatened, corporations can afford to defend themselves and are not.
It's not in the article, but it was on the TechTV news segment. He got the money by working through high school and not spending his salary. That's how a 19-year-old gets this kind of money.