Guesswork. Interesting guesswork, but let's not elevate it above its merits. A tree has a good year. Does that mean the temperature was warm? Or that the groundwater was abundant?
As for the inherent temperature assumptions, Leif Ericsson would probably disagree with you.
The change is occuring VERY rapidly relative to anytime before
Bullshit. Or not. The point is we have no fscking idea. Anyone who makes a claim like that is making shit up. We just don't have the data, past a couple hundred years or so, to make these statements. We can make educated guesses, but they're still just guesses.
This doesn't surprise me one bit. I find that when I have a computer with me while I'm watching TV, I'm much more likely to visit an advertiser's page.
I know this doesn't apply to you, but this one falls under the "No Duh" category. Catch me while I have my computer open, and it's likely that I'll follow a link. Catch me when it's closed, and I may just remember your complicated URL, but probably not.
Frankly, I find most of these discussions which try to argue whether a particular thing is art or not, a bit silly.
Philistine!
Re:Well I won't be listening...
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I personally won't trust the opinions of anyone who thinks podcasting (shown to be massively overhyped by the media compared to usage) is the next big thing, when most evidence points to it not being...
I can only speak for myself, but almost ALL of my interaction with iTunes is D/Ling podcasts. I can't stand the drek that the music companies push these days.
As for podcasts themselves... Some are terrific ("This Spartan Life", "Macintosh Folklore Radio") some are not-so-much (no need to mention names.)
Is Supply exceeding demand? Absolutely. Does that hurt me as a consumer? Absolutely not. Sure, some of the good ones will go away despite my support (anyone remember the TV show "Fast Eddy?") Some of the bad ones will stick it out regardless (anyone watch anything else on network TV lately?) I'll sift through the mud and remove the gems and hope that, in the future, the mud-to-gems ration will decline.
All it takes is a few rounds of not re-electing the same bought and paid-for fools.
...to create a class that is entirely dependent upon outside finacing. You kids may not remember, but this is what the Gingrich Revolution was about. It pretty much worked, but lasted about two years. Then the new kids at school were facing competition... Predictable outcome ensues.
And that's pretty much the point of this article. Only with a more amusing pronunciation of 'about'.
Corporations don't make decisions, corporations don't act
Of course they do. I agree with your implied point that dilluted responsibility is problematic in the corporate world, but the whole point of incorporating is to create a separate legal person who can own things, etc. A coporation is a singular body and should be refered to as such.
Note that Creative Commons and the GPL would not be neccessary if their program was successful:-)
No, think about it. The beauty of the GPL and CC licenses is that they use copyright law to achieve ends not really envisioned by the framers of copyright law. Toss out copyrights and you have no means of ensuring that, say, the picture you took of your cat and released under CC gets attributed to you, even if someone turns it into a best-selling poster. Or that someone who builds a linux-based device returns any source code.
And as the skies get more crowded, it will happen more.
And they're about to get much more crowded if the Air Taxi concept takes off. (No pun intended) That would put a lot of single-pilot jets in the skies. Automated avoidance systems will become necessary (or more necessary.)
The interesting thing is that if they do, and are sucessful, there'll be more call for, and less resistance to, doing something similar in automobiles.
I'm afraid they do. I think the problem is that they're not as skilled in writing english as they are in writing PERL. (That's not a slam, by the way. I suck at PERL.)
And before anyone goes on an "Off Topic" jag, it really does make a difference if the readers can understand what's being written. I stumbled over the "that there are so many" sentence a couple times trying to make sense of it. There are so many process threads layers in OS X that what? It slows it down? It's hard to program? Or is there simply a gee-whizz lot?
Yeah, I know, I'm off to R the FA. I just wish I had a better idea of what's in there.
Online subscribers pay $84/year,
whereas print subscribers are still paying $356...
So why the hell don't they throw in online access when you pay for the dead tree version? They'd be more likely to pick up some of the online subscribers as print customers, and it would make the current print subscribers feel like they're getting more value for their bucks.
An early computer created at the University of Kansas. Lacking easy access to the sand necessary for silicon-based components, midwesterners experimented with wheat-based computing. Unfortunately, they were never able to get all the bugs out.
Re:Man who mistook his wife for a hat
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Sounds similar to "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" a book
written in the late 60s (or early 70s)
Do you mean The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks? That was mid-eighties. Great book, and it does cover some of the same ground as this one.
Also from TFA: Finally, I downloaded SuSE Linux 9.1, both the Live Boot and the full install. What a pleasant surprise. Everything in both versions worked right out-of-the-box, sound and WiFi included. As a bonus, the 9.1 distro is a 2.6 kernel, so I wasn't sacrificing the latest kernel features to get hardware compatibility. SuSE also had the smoothest, slickest install procedure.
...so now they control a method of how people reciecve and view content online/on TV?
Now they have another six arrows to fend off competitors like DISH Network (against whom they've an ongoing lawsuit.)
It's a little suprising that IBM sold them outright. Corps usually cross-license patents. Either TiVo didn't have much to offer that way, or they think they can use them to good (litigious) effect.
Is a site
that shares old Stevie Nicks, Frank Sinatra, and Ian Hunter live shows
really that much of a threat to the music industry?
Only if the Music Industry is releasing similar product (and they're not, by and large.) It's not like folks who are into these files are not buying the studio releases.
I have a friend who is queer for U2. He has just about everything they've ever released. Now, U2 may not think it's worth it to release CDs of every show on, say, their Zooropa tour. Now, how are they (U2) being hurt when my friend amasses a bootleg collection? He's already bought everything they're selling. If they missed an opportunity for a sale (by not selling recordings of every single one of their shows) it's their fault.
Canceling
this project means saving almost nothing compared to the hundreds of
millions of dollars spent so far.
The amount of money spent so far has nothing to do with whether we should spend more money. Spent money is gone, no matter what we do. New expenditures should be evaluated on their own merits.
I would agree, however, that this seems like a project worth continuing.
If
nothing else this should drive down the costs of cable and DSL.
Or price them out of the market? OK, prob. not since most of them have other business in the area (phone, cable, etc.) but the costs could just as easily go up (broadband as luxury item.)
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Are you so young that you've never experienced a cool, damp year?
You need to read up on Paleoclimatology.
Guesswork. Interesting guesswork, but let's not elevate it above its merits. A tree has a good year. Does that mean the temperature was warm? Or that the groundwater was abundant?
As for the inherent temperature assumptions, Leif Ericsson would probably disagree with you.
The change is occuring VERY rapidly relative to anytime before
Bullshit. Or not. The point is we have no fscking idea. Anyone who makes a claim like that is making shit up. We just don't have the data, past a couple hundred years or so, to make these statements. We can make educated guesses, but they're still just guesses.
This doesn't surprise me one bit. I find that when I have a computer with me while I'm watching TV, I'm much more likely to visit an advertiser's page.
I know this doesn't apply to you, but this one falls under the "No Duh" category. Catch me while I have my computer open, and it's likely that I'll follow a link. Catch me when it's closed, and I may just remember your complicated URL, but probably not.
Frankly, I find most of these discussions which try to argue whether a particular thing is art or not, a bit silly.
Philistine!
I personally won't trust the opinions of anyone who thinks podcasting (shown to be massively overhyped by the media compared to usage) is the next big thing, when most evidence points to it not being...
I can only speak for myself, but almost ALL of my interaction with iTunes is D/Ling podcasts. I can't stand the drek that the music companies push these days.
As for podcasts themselves... Some are terrific ("This Spartan Life", "Macintosh Folklore Radio") some are not-so-much (no need to mention names.)
Is Supply exceeding demand? Absolutely. Does that hurt me as a consumer? Absolutely not. Sure, some of the good ones will go away despite my support (anyone remember the TV show "Fast Eddy?") Some of the bad ones will stick it out regardless (anyone watch anything else on network TV lately?) I'll sift through the mud and remove the gems and hope that, in the future, the mud-to-gems ration will decline.
I just wish "Red vs. Blue" would podcast...
All it takes is a few rounds of not re-electing the same bought and paid-for fools.
...to create a class that is entirely dependent upon outside finacing. You kids may not remember, but this is what the Gingrich Revolution was about. It pretty much worked, but lasted about two years. Then the new kids at school were facing competition... Predictable outcome ensues.
And that's pretty much the point of this article. Only with a more amusing pronunciation of 'about'.
Corporations don't make decisions, corporations don't act
Of course they do. I agree with your implied point that dilluted responsibility is problematic in the corporate world, but the whole point of incorporating is to create a separate legal person who can own things, etc. A coporation is a singular body and should be refered to as such.
Note that Creative Commons and the GPL would not be neccessary if their program was successful :-)
No, think about it. The beauty of the GPL and CC licenses is that they use copyright law to achieve ends not really envisioned by the framers of copyright law. Toss out copyrights and you have no means of ensuring that, say, the picture you took of your cat and released under CC gets attributed to you, even if someone turns it into a best-selling poster. Or that someone who builds a linux-based device returns any source code.
'I don't think anybody else does this, developers suspend their lives for a week to focus entirely on just development.'"
WTF? What the hell are they doing, then? JFC, it must be fscking nice... No Karma points for them. Bad developers! Bad! *smacks nose with newspaper*
And as the skies get more crowded, it will happen more.
And they're about to get much more crowded if the Air Taxi concept takes off. (No pun intended) That would put a lot of single-pilot jets in the skies. Automated avoidance systems will become necessary (or more necessary.)
The interesting thing is that if they do, and are sucessful, there'll be more call for, and less resistance to, doing something similar in automobiles.
Right. MIT students automated their room. Isn't this a dog-bites-man story?
Try Firefox with NoScript. It makes surfing the web a clean, relatively ad-free experience, and minty fresh too.
Feh. Try lynx. Even fewer ads and pages load in a snap.
Do the editors even look at submissions any more?
I'm afraid they do. I think the problem is that they're not as skilled in writing english as they are in writing PERL. (That's not a slam, by the way. I suck at PERL.)
And before anyone goes on an "Off Topic" jag, it really does make a difference if the readers can understand what's being written. I stumbled over the "that there are so many" sentence a couple times trying to make sense of it. There are so many process threads layers in OS X that what? It slows it down? It's hard to program? Or is there simply a gee-whizz lot?
Yeah, I know, I'm off to R the FA. I just wish I had a better idea of what's in there.
In the end it'll still be a net wash as far as profit goes, and just a lot of wasted energy and money chasing it all down.
Spoken like someone who's not a lawyer.
What does Neitzsche have to do with intellectual property rights?
His work is in the public domain.
This is GREAT. Someone needs to give this guy the script to the first 3 movies to redo. ;-)
Even better: a commentary track. He could do it as an MP3. Tough part would be getting the voice right.
Online subscribers pay $84/year, whereas print subscribers are still paying $356...
So why the hell don't they throw in online access when you pay for the dead tree version? They'd be more likely to pick up some of the online subscribers as print customers, and it would make the current print subscribers feel like they're getting more value for their bucks.
What's a braniac?
An early computer created at the University of Kansas. Lacking easy access to the sand necessary for silicon-based components, midwesterners experimented with wheat-based computing. Unfortunately, they were never able to get all the bugs out.
Sounds similar to "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" a book written in the late 60s (or early 70s)
Do you mean The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks? That was mid-eighties. Great book, and it does cover some of the same ground as this one.
Also from TFA: Finally, I downloaded SuSE Linux 9.1, both the Live Boot and the full install. What a pleasant surprise. Everything in both versions worked right out-of-the-box, sound and WiFi included. As a bonus, the 9.1 distro is a 2.6 kernel, so I wasn't sacrificing the latest kernel features to get hardware compatibility. SuSE also had the smoothest, slickest install procedure.
So, use that one. What's the problem?
Now they have another six arrows to fend off competitors like DISH Network (against whom they've an ongoing lawsuit.)
It's a little suprising that IBM sold them outright. Corps usually cross-license patents. Either TiVo didn't have much to offer that way, or they think they can use them to good (litigious) effect.
Is a site that shares old Stevie Nicks, Frank Sinatra, and Ian Hunter live shows really that much of a threat to the music industry?
Only if the Music Industry is releasing similar product (and they're not, by and large.) It's not like folks who are into these files are not buying the studio releases.
I have a friend who is queer for U2. He has just about everything they've ever released. Now, U2 may not think it's worth it to release CDs of every show on, say, their Zooropa tour. Now, how are they (U2) being hurt when my friend amasses a bootleg collection? He's already bought everything they're selling. If they missed an opportunity for a sale (by not selling recordings of every single one of their shows) it's their fault.
Canceling this project means saving almost nothing compared to the hundreds of millions of dollars spent so far.
The amount of money spent so far has nothing to do with whether we should spend more money. Spent money is gone, no matter what we do. New expenditures should be evaluated on their own merits.
I would agree, however, that this seems like a project worth continuing.
If nothing else this should drive down the costs of cable and DSL.
Or price them out of the market? OK, prob. not since most of them have other business in the area (phone, cable, etc.) but the costs could just as easily go up (broadband as luxury item.)