Can people here drop the inane "we're all gonna die" meme in regards to the LHC? It's not funny and it perpetuates some silly myth that the mainstream media can pick up on. I would like to think that/. is a little better than fark (is fark still around?); Isn't the readership here a bit more educated?
Every LHC story has more "jokes" than any talk of potential new physics or any discussion on whether this beast will even work. It's a damn sight more complicated than any facility previously built, and even though I desperately want it to work, I have my doubts we'll see first collisions within the first year of operations.
If the LHC is a failure, it essentially signals the end (in our lifetime, at least) of any more high-energy physics programs being pursued, especially in the US. The ILC has already been tabled pending first results from LHC.
There's so much good electronic music out there, it's silly to make such a statement. Not all of these labels will necessarily be your cup of tea, but these are the first five or so that popped in to my head without looking on the back of any CD's. Check out some record store sites like:
No, actually, I'm not trolling. I'm not even being an apologist for those who illegally download and/or share music with their "friends." Copyright infringement is still wrong, and I'm still against it--I make music myself, and I would like to be rewarded for my efforts and/or lack of talent.
And let's stop playing stupid games like "shooting a man in the neck vs. hiring someone to do it," etc. They are both wrong. But they do carry different penalties and are seen differently in the eyes of the law. That's what's at issue here. What you and "a lot of people disagree(ing) with (me)" can't seem to get through is the cognitive dissonance of someone like me being in full agreement that copyright infringement is wrong, but it is not theft and shouldn't be referred to nor prosecuted the same. Damn, people, how about making the penalty commensurate with the crime and stop comparing it to jacking old ladies and killing people? It's a fucking potential loss of sale. The piracy and theft monikers are a social engineering attempt to make this contemptible in the eyes of a public that thinks it's free and easy to d/l trax from the internet.
And, again, let's not make assumptions about my intent. That "(I) don't want to admit it because it's so fun and easy." Fuck you. Re-read my original post and try to find where I argue that the 12 year old kid should not be penalized because it's easier than shoplifting. Both are an issue. CRI should not carry a $30k fine.
Jaysus, yet another fucking **AA troll. Does it have to be explained, yet again, to you?
Stealing a milkshake and copying a digital file are not, I repeat not, the same thing.
Perhaps a better example would be the person charging you $10 for the recipe of a milkshake and you took a picture of that recipe and shared it with your friends.
Some 12 year old kid downloading music from the internet is not the same as the 12 year old kid creeping merchandise from Tower Records. There is a potential sale lost in the first case, and actual damages to Tower Recs, the distributor, the manager, etc. in the second.
I repeat, fundamentally not the same. How did this ignorant and blithe comment get modded as insightful? More **AA patsies in the mod system, I guess.
One would hope, on/. of all places, that this fundamental difference would be observed. Call it copyright infringement, but do not call it "theft," "piracy," or any other action which it is unequivocally not. There is a difference, and that difference matters. Both may be illegal, but one is a very fundamentally different beast than the other and they should be referred to and dealt with in different ways. Having the penalty for downloading (or uploading, or providing, whatever) digital files shouldn't have the same penalty (actually, much worse) than jacking merch in the store.
I belive the parent was referring to the co-opt of trademarked brands entering the common vernacular as a general noun, rather than a proper one. I don't think your other examples really have any thing to do with what they were saying.
Also, "props" is not a 'shortened...phrase that makes no logical sense.' It is in fact a concatenation of proper respect. Eg, "gots to give props to the DJ."
I think you are referring to English language ambiguities in pop culture (which are encouraged by marketers because trademarking is easier), like "sick" means "cool", "props" is a shortened version of another phrase that makes no logical sense, "loose" vs. "lose", and "becomming" replacing "becoming". I put that last period at the end because I didn't want the '"' to fall off during transmission.
How the hell is this modded Insightful? Your children aren't going to be paying interest on these projects, they're going to be paying interest on this fucking war that little bush is waging. Take a look at the budget and get back to me--these projects are CHEAP compared to the $100bn that we're spending killing people. How about the cost of a new B2 bomber? The DoE budget for fundamental science research is such a pittance in this country. We barely have the money to keep our labs staffed, buy new computers, and pay for the electricity. Compare with the Japanese and European National Labs--these cats have nice machines that are well staffed and positively leaving us in the dust. If you want some figures on this, I'll be glad to oblige you.
"...then replace half of the programmers with physicists who have less programming experience than most second year CS major"
And this is a bad thing, how? I know/. is not the place to make any kind of derogatory inferences about programmers or CS-types, but your statement is patently stupid. Perhaps in private industry, coders are doing the right thing, but in Big Science, having a CS degree doesn't mean a hell of a lot to me. IAAP, and at my national lab the only people to really make any kind of progress in computing *are* the physicists. Our computer services and software development department are too busy restricting access and applying WinXP patches to do anything useful for us.
You do realize that before most universities were offering CS degrees, there were people programming computers. I'd venture to say a lot of those folks were physicists. We may not be the most efficient coders around, but we build what works for us and allows us to gather and analyze data in the way most conducive to conducting particle accelerator physics experiments.
I'm sure that few of the physicists involved are going to get jobs in Redmond or Cupertino or any other regions in the world where they'll need to build general purpose machines, but I'll take computing systems built by physicists for physicists any time over anything most CS majors without a physics degree (and thus, little idea what we need) crap out.
Another thing you might not realize is that most governments are overly critical of any projects the science community tackles. Anything that smells like lack of progress can mean lack of funding. This is in reference to your comment about progress reports not being "positive enough." There is a fine line many in the community have to walk in order to get the approval of governmental funding agencies that want everything to be run like a fortune 500 company. We're not here to turn a profit to share-holders. Some people seem to lack that understanding and insight.
Flame on, mod me down, whatever, but this is the opinion/observation of someone actually in the field trying to get some physics done. Most of the time, the exhalted CS folks won't produce the tools we need, so we make them ourselves. I'd be interested in hearing from others at the large national labs and their experiences in getting the tools they need to conduct research unimpeded.
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There are a few head units that have AUX in. The best I've seen so far (price, features, etc.) is the Blaupunkt San Jose. Right around $200, plays MP3 CDs, has a nice interface, and sounds pretty good. I'd offer up a link, but the last time I went to Blaupunkt's site, I couldn't find info on this particular model. Go down to your local Fry's (where I found mine).
Other than the Blaupunkt, I seem to remember that most of the Aiwa decks I looked at had AUX in, as well.
Disabling an RFID will be tantamount to tampering with a product in a way it was not meant to be. Whether using the DCMA or some future bill it will become illegal to disable the RFID. You think I'm kidding, but I would not be surprised at all to hear this in the future.
Wouldn't disabling an RFID on a purchase you made be more akin to removing that tag on your mattress that says "Do not remove under penalty of law?" Do I need to worry? I mean, I tore that sucker off as soon as it made it in my house...
Honestly, I can't see how there could be any enforcement of such a provision of the DMCA or some future unjust law. But, I agree--perhaps if this becomes the de facto standard for RFID tags in products, it will be a great test case for the courts (assuming by then we still have any vestige of a judicial system...).
'Following the announcement, Microsoft shares rose $3 and Apple shares were $12 down at close of trading. The usual suspects predicted the demise of Apple within 3 weeks, citing the failure to keep up technically with the PC market, and Steve Jobs was slightly injured by a troll from slashdot complaining about file copy speed on a 9600/300....try to keep posts on topic'
Too true. Why is that everytime Apple makes some announcement of pending Great Things, their share prices drop? Sales are up. Share prices down. Good reviews from Wintel-centric publications. Share prices down. Apple can do no right for Wallstreet. Who cares about low marketshare? I didn't think the goal of business was to rule the world--only to make a profit.
Apple does great things. Not the answer for everyone's needs, but fills a niche pretty well.
Don't think the announcement will be as great as a G9/3000, but hope that it's nothing as boring as a 40G iPod...
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Can people here drop the inane "we're all gonna die" meme in regards to the LHC? It's not funny and it perpetuates some silly myth that the mainstream media can pick up on. I would like to think that /. is a little better than fark (is fark still around?); Isn't the readership here a bit more educated?
Every LHC story has more "jokes" than any talk of potential new physics or any discussion on whether this beast will even work. It's a damn sight more complicated than any facility previously built, and even though I desperately want it to work, I have my doubts we'll see first collisions within the first year of operations.
If the LHC is a failure, it essentially signals the end (in our lifetime, at least) of any more high-energy physics programs being pursued, especially in the US. The ILC has already been tabled pending first results from LHC.
http://www.shitkatapult.com/
http://www.areal-records.com/
http://www.mego.at/
http://www.kompakt-net.de/
etc.,etc.,....
There's so much good electronic music out there, it's silly to make such a statement. Not all of these labels will necessarily be your cup of tea, but these are the first five or so that popped in to my head without looking on the back of any CD's. Check out some record store sites like:
http://aquariusrecords.org/
http://forcedexposure.com/
or a site like http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/
for new music releases from several genres. It's all out there for the listening!
And let's stop playing stupid games like "shooting a man in the neck vs. hiring someone to do it," etc. They are both wrong. But they do carry different penalties and are seen differently in the eyes of the law. That's what's at issue here. What you and "a lot of people disagree(ing) with (me)" can't seem to get through is the cognitive dissonance of someone like me being in full agreement that copyright infringement is wrong, but it is not theft and shouldn't be referred to nor prosecuted the same. Damn, people, how about making the penalty commensurate with the crime and stop comparing it to jacking old ladies and killing people? It's a fucking potential loss of sale. The piracy and theft monikers are a social engineering attempt to make this contemptible in the eyes of a public that thinks it's free and easy to d/l trax from the internet.
And, again, let's not make assumptions about my intent. That "(I) don't want to admit it because it's so fun and easy." Fuck you. Re-read my original post and try to find where I argue that the 12 year old kid should not be penalized because it's easier than shoplifting. Both are an issue. CRI should not carry a $30k fine.
Stealing a milkshake and copying a digital file are not, I repeat not, the same thing.
Perhaps a better example would be the person charging you $10 for the recipe of a milkshake and you took a picture of that recipe and shared it with your friends.
Some 12 year old kid downloading music from the internet is not the same as the 12 year old kid creeping merchandise from Tower Records. There is a potential sale lost in the first case, and actual damages to Tower Recs, the distributor, the manager, etc. in the second.
I repeat, fundamentally not the same. How did this ignorant and blithe comment get modded as insightful? More **AA patsies in the mod system, I guess.
One would hope, on /. of all places, that this fundamental difference would be observed. Call it copyright infringement, but do not call it "theft," "piracy," or any other action which it is unequivocally not. There is a difference, and that difference matters. Both may be illegal, but one is a very fundamentally different beast than the other and they should be referred to and dealt with in different ways. Having the penalty for downloading (or uploading, or providing, whatever) digital files shouldn't have the same penalty (actually, much worse) than jacking merch in the store.
Also, "props" is not a 'shortened...phrase that makes no logical sense.' It is in fact a concatenation of proper respect. Eg, "gots to give props to the DJ."
How the hell is this modded Insightful? Your children aren't going to be paying interest on these projects, they're going to be paying interest on this fucking war that little bush is waging. Take a look at the budget and get back to me--these projects are CHEAP compared to the $100bn that we're spending killing people. How about the cost of a new B2 bomber? The DoE budget for fundamental science research is such a pittance in this country. We barely have the money to keep our labs staffed, buy new computers, and pay for the electricity. Compare with the Japanese and European National Labs--these cats have nice machines that are well staffed and positively leaving us in the dust. If you want some figures on this, I'll be glad to oblige you.
"...then replace half of the programmers with physicists who have less programming experience than most second year CS major"
/. is not the place to make any kind of derogatory inferences about programmers or CS-types, but your statement is patently stupid. Perhaps in private industry, coders are doing the right thing, but in Big Science, having a CS degree doesn't mean a hell of a lot to me. IAAP, and at my national lab the only people to really make any kind of progress in computing *are* the physicists. Our computer services and software development department are too busy restricting access and applying WinXP patches to do anything useful for us.
And this is a bad thing, how? I know
You do realize that before most universities were offering CS degrees, there were people programming computers. I'd venture to say a lot of those folks were physicists. We may not be the most efficient coders around, but we build what works for us and allows us to gather and analyze data in the way most conducive to conducting particle accelerator physics experiments.
I'm sure that few of the physicists involved are going to get jobs in Redmond or Cupertino or any other regions in the world where they'll need to build general purpose machines, but I'll take computing systems built by physicists for physicists any time over anything most CS majors without a physics degree (and thus, little idea what we need) crap out.
Another thing you might not realize is that most governments are overly critical of any projects the science community tackles. Anything that smells like lack of progress can mean lack of funding. This is in reference to your comment about progress reports not being "positive enough." There is a fine line many in the community have to walk in order to get the approval of governmental funding agencies that want everything to be run like a fortune 500 company. We're not here to turn a profit to share-holders. Some people seem to lack that understanding and insight.
Flame on, mod me down, whatever, but this is the opinion/observation of someone actually in the field trying to get some physics done. Most of the time, the exhalted CS folks won't produce the tools we need, so we make them ourselves. I'd be interested in hearing from others at the large national labs and their experiences in getting the tools they need to conduct research unimpeded.
There are a few head units that have AUX in. The best I've seen so far (price, features, etc.) is the Blaupunkt San Jose. Right around $200, plays MP3 CDs, has a nice interface, and sounds pretty good. I'd offer up a link, but the last time I went to Blaupunkt's site, I couldn't find info on this particular model. Go down to your local Fry's (where I found mine). Other than the Blaupunkt, I seem to remember that most of the Aiwa decks I looked at had AUX in, as well.
Disabling an RFID will be tantamount to tampering with a product in a way it was not meant to be. Whether using the DCMA or some future bill it will become illegal to disable the RFID. You think I'm kidding, but I would not be surprised at all to hear this in the future.
Wouldn't disabling an RFID on a purchase you made be more akin to removing that tag on your mattress that says "Do not remove under penalty of law?" Do I need to worry? I mean, I tore that sucker off as soon as it made it in my house...
Honestly, I can't see how there could be any enforcement of such a provision of the DMCA or some future unjust law. But, I agree--perhaps if this becomes the de facto standard for RFID tags in products, it will be a great test case for the courts (assuming by then we still have any vestige of a judicial system...).
'Following the announcement, Microsoft shares rose $3 and Apple shares were $12 down at close of trading. The usual suspects predicted the demise of Apple within 3 weeks, citing the failure to keep up technically with the PC market, and Steve Jobs was slightly injured by a troll from slashdot complaining about file copy speed on a 9600/300. ...try to keep posts on topic'
Too true. Why is that everytime Apple makes some announcement of pending Great Things, their share prices drop? Sales are up. Share prices down. Good reviews from Wintel-centric publications. Share prices down. Apple can do no right for Wallstreet. Who cares about low marketshare? I didn't think the goal of business was to rule the world--only to make a profit.
Apple does great things. Not the answer for everyone's needs, but fills a niche pretty well.
Don't think the announcement will be as great as a G9/3000, but hope that it's nothing as boring as a 40G iPod...