I learned everything I need to know about Germans by playing
Wolfenstein.
That's actually a good point. These 'games' are great at imparting the creator's bias. It's one of the things I love/hate about 'God Games' (think SimCity tax policy) but it unnerves me when people talk about their educational value.
One safeguard is, of course, open source. It won't get the bias out of the 'games', but at least you can identify it.
(And someone mod parent 'Funny'--the winking emoticon should have been a clue.)
By applying a CC-type license to the content, the BBC will enable
individuals in the UK to download released content to their computers,
share it, edit it and create new content.
"In the UK"? Will there be different restrictions for the rest of us?
The US isn't exactly
known for following the rest of the world. Think of the metric system,
for one...
Well, the metric system has made inroads here. It's patchy--you buy liters of Pepsi, but gallons of milk. In certain occupations, though, it's the lingua franca.
Linux adoption will probably be equivalent. It'll be here-and-there, except in areas where it's omnipresent. And that's a good thing, as it avoids a software monoculture.
A handful of failed attempts to replicate the results are
discouraging, yes, but the potential benefits should've justified a
bit more tinkering back when it was announced.
I'd like to announce that I've produced a fusion reaction in my sock drawer. I await further funding. Surely the potential benefits justify a bit more tinkering?
Oh for heaven's sake, the NYT writers have
been presenting a very complex and nuanced picture of the
relationships of the different parties in the Bush administration for
years.
It's the Cathedral and the Bazaar, isn't it? You can either rely on the NYT (or the WSJ, which may be eclipsing it) and find what you hope is a very 'complex and nuanced picture', or you can form one from the voices in the marketplace. I guess I prefer the bazaar.
Well, I do appreciate, say, a really well-written news analysis in the
New York Times (which aims for neutrality and comprehensiveness)
I'll bet they even believe that. The problem is that the 'journalist' community is rather small, and they all read each other's stuff, so there tends to be a consensus of opinion.(Although with Fox you at least get a second nexus of opinion.) I get much more out of reading the blogosphere. Where else can you find anti-war conservatives and pro-war frenchmen?
Journalism is a craft which mixes observation, investigation,
analysis, scientific description, creative description, and a careful
balancing of conflicting information and viewpoints.
That's because reporting has fallen out of favor. Bloggers tend to do a lot of 'analysis' and relatively little reporting. Unfortunately, the major news outlets are producing more analysis at the expense of reporting (or they're combining the two.)
Perhaps reporters should go back to reporting, and let the bloggers handle the journaling.
Speaking of which, good luck if they wanted to collect. As the article
mentioned, the honor system doesn't work.
That's exactly the problem they had with the income tax--once people realized how much they were expected to fork over, they refused. The solution in that case was to take their money before they ever got it. Now, states have some real control over employers and retailers within their jurisdiction, but they can't do a whole lot outside of it. I can't see this being very effective.
Of course, it's also convenient to have a system where everyone is a criminal, because you can use that against them on a selective basis.
While this iPod jacket from Burton is probably not bizarre pastiche
enough to make the fashion show, I'd say it's a practical example of
Wearable Technology.
Yeah, once the novelty wears off, you want something that doesn't make you look like a slave to bad fashion.
My personal favorite was by Andy Ink... Andy Inkha... that guy who writes for MacWorld. He had a holster for his Newton that was fashioned from a tactical pistol holster. Pity that google only turns up tangental references.
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I learned everything I need to know about Germans by playing Wolfenstein.
That's actually a good point. These 'games' are great at imparting the creator's bias. It's one of the things I love/hate about 'God Games' (think SimCity tax policy) but it unnerves me when people talk about their educational value.
One safeguard is, of course, open source. It won't get the bias out of the 'games', but at least you can identify it.
(And someone mod parent 'Funny'--the winking emoticon should have been a clue.)
As far as a massive global storm, it isn't unrealistic. Just look at Mars.
It isn't unrealistic on Mars. Jupiter has storms that last centuries. It doesn't follow that Earth could.
Odd line from TFA:
By applying a CC-type license to the content, the BBC will enable individuals in the UK to download released content to their computers, share it, edit it and create new content.
"In the UK"? Will there be different restrictions for the rest of us?
"The days of engineering-led technology companies are coming to an end," Mr. Dell declared.
It doesn't then follow that Dell will prosper. I bought my last computer at Walmart for $200. That should worry him.
For one thing, who wants to pay for delivery?
You do, if you ever sent out for pizza. (Unless you're a cheap no-tipping bastard.)
Second, my biggest gripe with grocery shopping was the crowds, which is why I love 24 hour grocery stores... I simply go at midnight.
Gee, pay someone a little extra to bring my food to me, or wait 'til MIDNIGHT to go shopping? Tough choice.
Now, if only I could get them to put the groceries away for me I'd be all set.
Star Wars was simply a western...
It's an Eastern (or tries to be.) C.f. The Hidden Fortress
It's cool how with the Shaftoe family he shows successful geeks through history.
I think you mean the Waterhouse family. The Shaftoes aren't too geeky.
The US isn't exactly known for following the rest of the world. Think of the metric system, for one...
Well, the metric system has made inroads here. It's patchy--you buy liters of Pepsi, but gallons of milk. In certain occupations, though, it's the lingua franca.
Linux adoption will probably be equivalent. It'll be here-and-there, except in areas where it's omnipresent. And that's a good thing, as it avoids a software monoculture.
A handful of failed attempts to replicate the results are discouraging, yes, but the potential benefits should've justified a bit more tinkering back when it was announced.
I'd like to announce that I've produced a fusion reaction in my sock drawer. I await further funding. Surely the potential benefits justify a bit more tinkering?
Funny how the world seems to be catching up with Neal Stephenson.
Great. Soon we'll all be living in the seventeenth century...
Will the network have UNIX or Windows based OS's?
Read the fine article--the Army team, at least, uses Linux
Pretty amazing the /. story didn't trumpet that fact.
But that seems like a lot of RAM. Is it?
Well, it is now. But once they start clustering them...
(And whoever modded parent 'offtopic'--I'll see you in meta-modding.)
Oh for heaven's sake, the NYT writers have been presenting a very complex and nuanced picture of the relationships of the different parties in the Bush administration for years.
It's the Cathedral and the Bazaar, isn't it? You can either rely on the NYT (or the WSJ, which may be eclipsing it) and find what you hope is a very 'complex and nuanced picture', or you can form one from the voices in the marketplace. I guess I prefer the bazaar.
Well, I do appreciate, say, a really well-written news analysis in the New York Times (which aims for neutrality and comprehensiveness)
I'll bet they even believe that. The problem is that the 'journalist' community is rather small, and they all read each other's stuff, so there tends to be a consensus of opinion.(Although with Fox you at least get a second nexus of opinion.) I get much more out of reading the blogosphere. Where else can you find anti-war conservatives and pro-war frenchmen?
Journalism is a craft which mixes observation, investigation, analysis, scientific description, creative description, and a careful balancing of conflicting information and viewpoints.
That's because reporting has fallen out of favor. Bloggers tend to do a lot of 'analysis' and relatively little reporting. Unfortunately, the major news outlets are producing more analysis at the expense of reporting (or they're combining the two.)
Perhaps reporters should go back to reporting, and let the bloggers handle the journaling.
Microsoft is looking at it constant court costs and anti-trust fines as simply 'the cost of doing business,'
And they're more than happy to spread that cost around--don't expect the SCO suit to be the end of it.
Speaking of which, good luck if they wanted to collect. As the article mentioned, the honor system doesn't work.
That's exactly the problem they had with the income tax--once people realized how much they were expected to fork over, they refused. The solution in that case was to take their money before they ever got it. Now, states have some real control over employers and retailers within their jurisdiction, but they can't do a whole lot outside of it. I can't see this being very effective.
Of course, it's also convenient to have a system where everyone is a criminal, because you can use that against them on a selective basis.
The raw Debian in it's current state seems more like a "platform" and less like a distro...
I'd like to see Custom Knoppix Distributions. D/L an ISO and go.
I'm inclined to believe this one, if only because it seems to bizarre to be fabricated.
Remember, this is the nation that gave us Supermarionation...
Will this negatively impact ("replace") SETI@home, folding@home, etc.? Or will it make it easier for them to add/support Macs?
While this iPod jacket from Burton is probably not bizarre pastiche enough to make the fashion show, I'd say it's a practical example of Wearable Technology.
Yeah, once the novelty wears off, you want something that doesn't make you look like a slave to bad fashion.
My personal favorite was by Andy Ink... Andy Inkha... that guy who writes for MacWorld. He had a holster for his Newton that was fashioned from a tactical pistol holster. Pity that google only turns up tangental references.
These defenses of TC always make me think of someone advocating National Socialism as a solution to that problem with the trains.
The GPL needs to be updated to make it compatible with attribution restrictions.
So, write your own license. Others have.
Gnome Gsucks.
Gno, it dogn't.