Look for Howard Berman, et al, to start introducing rackateering-exempt bills...
What somethinghallow is referring to is this response to a local newspapers editorial staff.
Here is a little sampling of my favorites for the lazy slashdot reader:
"...what is shocking is that the entertainment industries are now being completely lambasted by the editorial board for what is essentially their home town paper."
The editoral board of a home town paper is supposed to completely support any stance of local industries?
Its actually very difficult to tell what side he is on, because he keeps bringing up opposing views: The nature of the problem is easy to describe to any consumer who has tried to jump into the digital content fray. A well-meaning consumer buys songs through the Apple iTunes store rather than downloading illegal files from Kazaa. But then, he finds those songs don?t play on his Creative Nomad MuVo digital music player, which he bought for a substantial sum only last year. Another well-meaning consumer finds he cannot sign up for Movielink because he refuses to use Internet Explorer as his browser. Another finds that, in signing up for different digital media services, each attempts to establish a different media player as his default, the result being substantial annoyance and inconvenience when trying to use a service.
But the best quote by far: The editorial uses as a jumping off point the recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a case that pitted Verizon against the Recording Industry Association of America.... few paragraphs later... The editorial also characterizes the D.C. Circuit decision as ?a victory for consumer privacy rights.? I think it?s the opposite.
I always forget that not providing your customer's names away for what has been illegal finding of your customer's ISP is not a "victory for comsumer privacy".../sarcasm
I think this just serves as a reminder to go out and vote this fall.
Replace "Hubble Telescope" with "Interstate 90" in your essay abov
I thought of the same example which is why I said "most government programs" in my comment. Obviously there are several things that don't fit my analogy (mostly the illogical ones--no more welfare, roads, etc...), but almost any analogy is partially flawed and can be shown as least partially incorrect by any devils advocate.
You're a publicly-funded, publicly-mandated government agency. If the public tells you to go to the moon, you go to the moon. If the public tells you to land on the sun, you'd best figure out some damn good materials that'll hold up.
You are paying rent for an apartment. The landlord periodically gives you new carpet, bathrooms, and applicances (which you at least partially fund, you're paying the rent). But the truth is, if the landlord decides he doesn't want to be in real-estate anymore, he can tear down your apartment and kick you out. You have no say in the matter unless you can shell out the $$--which we'll assume you don't have if you're living there--to buy the entire property.
I this is similar to how most government organizations work. We're paying taxes, and definately get some good rewards, but the truth is the government owns it all and can tear it down/repair/replace at its own will. I'll be the first to bitch about beuacracy in NASA, but I'd be willing to say less than 3/4 of the people here have any clue what NASA does/costs on a daily basis (myself included). At least we have a new 'scope coming, and as long as it doesn't go hubble before it gets to L2, I'm happy.
I've always been confused about the logistics of Private Sector type of stuff w/ discrimination.
Looking towards the future... will stuff like Gattaca(a personal favorite)--descrimination based on physical ability or percieved physical ablitiy-- enter everyday lives? I know the BoyScouts/Army are running Don't Ask/Don't Tell policies. As of now space requires certain physical abilities and fortitude. Can there be selective/non-descrimination based choices for who can do what? With the growing population (pun intended), some places like Cedar Point give limits as to some of the rides limitless people (pun intended) can ride on. Obviously IANAL, but would love to travel into space and was just wondering if someone closer to the sector could explain the possiblities/limitation.
FYI: Ateryx <,<,< Taco (so the limits don't really apply to me)
Perhaps if this CD sells because of its notoriety and because loads of people like the idea of getting a couple of free CD-R's with the logo on, maybe they might get a clue that there might be ways of exploiting the free (as in beer) exchange of copyright material for their own profit.
I actually very much dissagree with this assessment. This is my standard process when actually purchasing a cd: I go to Best Buy/Target/Ma and Pa Records, buy cd. If I know others interested in the cd, often I'll burn them copies as a philantropist/good friend, because I know in the future they will return me the favor. I might burn 5 copies of a brand new cd. If given 2 cd blanks with logos, I'd only burn the two blanks, and buy this cd over others because of the logos on the cd blanks. If anything, it would make my other friends who I share cds with purchase another copy so between everyone, we ALL get a logo cd, and we are supporting the band that we enjoy listening and knows what their consumers want.
Like Chem and ChemE, a computer scientist is hired to solve problems and an Engineer is to find real world applications using those solution.
Why do most people die in airplane crashes (other than the initial impact)?
It's actually the fire, burning and release of toxins from all of the plastic seats/overhead bins/walls/etc--think about the inside of an commercial airplane--90% of what is inside the cabin is plastic. So the airplane company decides to create a new plastic that is non-toxic. Brilliant--the chemists create a non-toxic plastic, which hardly burns in the first place gives off a minimal amount of toxins.
Why isn't the plastic used in airplanes now?
Because chemical engineers cannot create a cost-effective and efficient line of machines to mass produce the plasic. The chemical engineer takes what the chemist has invented and creates the entire process. In order to build a process, chemical engineers need to grasp not only chemistry, but physics, biology, and plenty of math. This is why many refer to a chemical engineer as the "universal engineer" because chem. eng. are really a combination of many engineering degrees.
...I go online and notice that California doesn't have a 2d barcode on the back of their licenses.
My experience was actually the exact opposite. I checked my id (new as of March 2003, so less than one year old), and saw no 2d barcode. Figured, what the hell, and decided to look to see what good 'ol Minnesota has for privacy (overall not too bad, only a few, separate mess ups.) I saw that Minnesota indeed does have a 2-d barcode, however it is nowhere on anyones licences that I checked made this year (I couldn't find anyone w/ a new licence as of this year). Either this site is 1)up to date, Minnesota started regulations as of the first of the year, or 2) has incorrect information.
thanks for the tip, i'm a umn student and will now shop there for all needs, vs. newegg if their deals are good. i always like supporting a local store
Too bad the ties only good for about a month: (From the article) "The life of our organic electronics displays has been already prolonged from ?hours to months,?
Ironically enough, It would last the same amount of time as normal ties for most slashdotters last without mustard/ketchup stains.
Perhaps what is better noted about his giving is he doesn't have any disease (except for maybe a black heart *cough*linuxkarma*cough*). This is an important point IMO that no one has made. Take some other celebs, for example Christopher Reeves. He didn't give a shit about paralisys before he fell off his horse. Gates is saving others lives without self-interest.
IAAM (A Minnesotan), and although at first angry, I realize being from Minnesota is probably best for this situation: He'll actually listen to my vote.
Although, privately, I didn't vote for him in the first place.
Looks can be decieving, much R&D in the aerospace industry is just on developing new materials that are lighter, stronger, more resistant to extremes. Although completely structurally related, take the shell of an egg. Appear fragile? Absolutely. But I'd be willing to bet less than 20% of slashdot readers could crush an unboiled egg inside of their hand.
...only Europa-relevant mission currently under consideration by NASA is the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO). Unfortunately, as its name implies, JIMO won't have a lander facility.
Was I the only one who read JIMO as Just In My Opinion?
I have noticed a trend among comments with slashdot stories, the highest commented stories are those with political or social links/ideas. For example, a few weeks ago when a story detailing L.A. County 'banning' the use of Master/Slave appeared the post recieved 2100+ comments. A simple look in the Hall of Fame reveals 9/10 most commented stories are primarily political/social. Saddam Hussein Captured has reached 3300+ comments. Has anyone else noticed this trend?
Although some of the points soluzar22 makes may be debateable, his point about forums is easily observed.
Because you will feel, in at least my experience with no caffine, almost in a depressed state--dispondent, lathargic, etc.--you need to find other ways to cope w/ these crappy feelings.
Personally, exercise has always been for me the best to keep my head in check. In high school I decided to give up my 3-4 can (I know its not *that* much) habit. I felt like shit, so decided to supercede that feeling by running. Go run even a mile or two a day and you'll feel tons better even by the end of the first week. Keep it up for a month and you won't even urge for caffine anymore. The first time I had a Mountain Dew after this period I actually hated the taste, although now I'm in college, the story is obviously different.
It has been a few minutes since this topic was posted, and with the given 15 minutes for subscribers, let us figure this first (or perhaps second) post appears a full 20 minutes after intially posted. I think the primary reason for this is another big story is recieving most the headlines today.
I have noticed a trend among comments with slashdot stories, the highest commented stories are those with political or social links/ideas. For example, a few weeks ago when a story detailing L.A. County 'banning' the use of Master/Slave appeared the post recieved 2100+ comments. A simple look in the Hall of Fame reveals 8/10 most commented stories are primarily political/social. Most likely before nightfall today, Saddam Hussein Captured will, judging by previous stories, reach 3000+ comments.
Try a DC++ hub w/ 900+ users and growing at a large Midwest campus, utilizing the Resident Halls network. I hoesntly don't know what I'll do when I leave I've become so addicted to 1.2 mb/s downloads.
On a side note, my best friend the sys admin for the hub was shut down because in a month he had uploaded roughly 1.5 tera of data. His friend and insider in the networking department looked up his file and found the following note:
"DO NOT RE-CONNECT WITHOUT FIRST TALKING TO B_______ E_______ FIRST! This is the most flagrant misuse of network reasorces I have ever seen in my career."
Needless to say we framed it and put it on the wall.
Although I realize slightly offtopic from the article, the parent brought up an interesting point in my mind... why isn't the internet 'public'? Or is it already? I guess I'm not totally sure what would work best, and what is working well/poorly right now. Maybe the way I'm even phrasing this question is incorrect, any replies would be appreciated.
I was curious if anyone else heard the same tidbit of info:
When Kas was playing Deep Blue or Deep Thought or one of the above, an interesting thing occured: Deep _____ continually recalculated its moves. This was not programmed into the program, and it happened several times throughout the matches.
Is this an urban myth or AI oddity?
Anyone?
Slashdot Mirror
What somethinghallow is referring to is this response to a local newspapers editorial staff.
Here is a little sampling of my favorites for the lazy slashdot reader:
"...what is shocking is that the entertainment industries are now being completely lambasted by the editorial board for what is essentially their home town paper."
The editoral board of a home town paper is supposed to completely support any stance of local industries?
Its actually very difficult to tell what side he is on, because he keeps bringing up opposing views :
The nature of the problem is easy to describe to any consumer who has tried to jump into the digital content fray. A well-meaning consumer buys songs through the Apple iTunes store rather than downloading illegal files from Kazaa. But then, he finds those songs don?t play on his Creative Nomad MuVo digital music player, which he bought for a substantial sum only last year. Another well-meaning consumer finds he cannot sign up for Movielink because he refuses to use Internet Explorer as his browser. Another finds that, in signing up for different digital media services, each attempts to establish a different media player as his default, the result being substantial annoyance and inconvenience when trying to use a service.
But the best quote by far: ... few paragraphs later ... The editorial also characterizes the D.C. Circuit decision as ?a victory for consumer privacy rights.? I think it?s the opposite.
The editorial uses as a jumping off point the recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a case that pitted Verizon against the Recording Industry Association of America.
I always forget that not providing your customer's names away for what has been illegal finding of your customer's ISP is not a "victory for comsumer privacy".../sarcasm
I think this just serves as a reminder to go out and vote this fall.
Only w/ Microsoft will you find the code "escape". It may not be the smartest code... but its united in its resistance.
I thought of the same example which is why I said "most government programs" in my comment. Obviously there are several things that don't fit my analogy (mostly the illogical ones--no more welfare, roads, etc...), but almost any analogy is partially flawed and can be shown as least partially incorrect by any devils advocate.
You are paying rent for an apartment. The landlord periodically gives you new carpet, bathrooms, and applicances (which you at least partially fund, you're paying the rent). But the truth is, if the landlord decides he doesn't want to be in real-estate anymore, he can tear down your apartment and kick you out. You have no say in the matter unless you can shell out the $$--which we'll assume you don't have if you're living there--to buy the entire property.
I this is similar to how most government organizations work. We're paying taxes, and definately get some good rewards, but the truth is the government owns it all and can tear it down/repair/replace at its own will. I'll be the first to bitch about beuacracy in NASA, but I'd be willing to say less than 3/4 of the people here have any clue what NASA does/costs on a daily basis (myself included). At least we have a new 'scope coming, and as long as it doesn't go hubble before it gets to L2, I'm happy.
Looking towards the future... will stuff like Gattaca(a personal favorite)--descrimination based on physical ability or percieved physical ablitiy-- enter everyday lives? I know the BoyScouts/Army are running Don't Ask/Don't Tell policies. As of now space requires certain physical abilities and fortitude. Can there be selective/non-descrimination based choices for who can do what? With the growing population (pun intended), some places like Cedar Point give limits as to some of the rides limitless people (pun intended) can ride on. Obviously IANAL, but would love to travel into space and was just wondering if someone closer to the sector could explain the possiblities/limitation.
FYI: Ateryx <,<,< Taco (so the limits don't really apply to me)
I actually very much dissagree with this assessment. This is my standard process when actually purchasing a cd: I go to Best Buy/Target/Ma and Pa Records, buy cd. If I know others interested in the cd, often I'll burn them copies as a philantropist/good friend, because I know in the future they will return me the favor. I might burn 5 copies of a brand new cd. If given 2 cd blanks with logos, I'd only burn the two blanks, and buy this cd over others because of the logos on the cd blanks. If anything, it would make my other friends who I share cds with purchase another copy so between everyone, we ALL get a logo cd, and we are supporting the band that we enjoy listening and knows what their consumers want.
Why do most people die in airplane crashes (other than the initial impact)?
It's actually the fire, burning and release of toxins from all of the plastic seats/overhead bins/walls/etc--think about the inside of an commercial airplane--90% of what is inside the cabin is plastic. So the airplane company decides to create a new plastic that is non-toxic. Brilliant--the chemists create a non-toxic plastic, which hardly burns in the first place gives off a minimal amount of toxins.
Why isn't the plastic used in airplanes now?
Because chemical engineers cannot create a cost-effective and efficient line of machines to mass produce the plasic. The chemical engineer takes what the chemist has invented and creates the entire process. In order to build a process, chemical engineers need to grasp not only chemistry, but physics, biology, and plenty of math. This is why many refer to a chemical engineer as the "universal engineer" because chem. eng. are really a combination of many engineering degrees.
My experience was actually the exact opposite. I checked my id (new as of March 2003, so less than one year old), and saw no 2d barcode. Figured, what the hell, and decided to look to see what good 'ol Minnesota has for privacy (overall not too bad, only a few, separate mess ups.) I saw that Minnesota indeed does have a 2-d barcode, however it is nowhere on anyones licences that I checked made this year (I couldn't find anyone w/ a new licence as of this year). Either this site is 1)up to date, Minnesota started regulations as of the first of the year, or 2) has incorrect information.
thanks for the tip, i'm a umn student and will now shop there for all needs, vs. newegg if their deals are good. i always like supporting a local store
"The life of our organic electronics displays has been already prolonged from ?hours to months,?
Ironically enough, It would last the same amount of time as normal ties for most slashdotters last without mustard/ketchup stains.
Reading this was way more intense than seeing the footage... I was left in tears.
Perhaps what is better noted about his giving is he doesn't have any disease (except for maybe a black heart *cough*linuxkarma*cough*). This is an important point IMO that no one has made. Take some other celebs, for example Christopher Reeves. He didn't give a shit about paralisys before he fell off his horse. Gates is saving others lives without self-interest.
Good News for NASA, Bad news for Brits. NASA had 20 minutes of connection at 120b/s with spirit.
It is a sucess for the Euro Space Programme, although I haven't seen anyone note yet that in 2002 NASA discovered the exact same.
IAAM (A Minnesotan), and although at first angry, I realize being from Minnesota is probably best for this situation: He'll actually listen to my vote.
Although, privately, I didn't vote for him in the first place.
Looks can be decieving, much R&D in the aerospace industry is just on developing new materials that are lighter, stronger, more resistant to extremes.
Although completely structurally related, take the shell of an egg. Appear fragile? Absolutely. But I'd be willing to bet less than 20% of slashdot readers could crush an unboiled egg inside of their hand.
Was I the only one who read JIMO as Just In My Opinion?
Although some of the points soluzar22 makes may be debateable, his point about forums is easily observed.
Personally, exercise has always been for me the best to keep my head in check. In high school I decided to give up my 3-4 can (I know its not *that* much) habit. I felt like shit, so decided to supercede that feeling by running. Go run even a mile or two a day and you'll feel tons better even by the end of the first week. Keep it up for a month and you won't even urge for caffine anymore. The first time I had a Mountain Dew after this period I actually hated the taste, although now I'm in college, the story is obviously different.
Right... if by I have to work you mean surfing slashdot and by staying after work you mean getting all the work you avoided finished at home?
I have noticed a trend among comments with slashdot stories, the highest commented stories are those with political or social links/ideas. For example, a few weeks ago when a story detailing L.A. County 'banning' the use of Master/Slave appeared the post recieved 2100+ comments. A simple look in the Hall of Fame reveals 8/10 most commented stories are primarily political/social. Most likely before nightfall today, Saddam Hussein Captured will, judging by previous stories, reach 3000+ comments.
Has anyone else noticed this trend?
On second thought, you might as well mod me down (-1, redundant) now.
On a side note, my best friend the sys admin for the hub was shut down because in a month he had uploaded roughly 1.5 tera of data. His friend and insider in the networking department looked up his file and found the following note:
"DO NOT RE-CONNECT WITHOUT FIRST TALKING TO B_______ E_______ FIRST! This is the most flagrant misuse of network reasorces I have ever seen in my career."
Needless to say we framed it and put it on the wall.
Although I realize slightly offtopic from the article, the parent brought up an interesting point in my mind... why isn't the internet 'public'? Or is it already? I guess I'm not totally sure what would work best, and what is working well/poorly right now. Maybe the way I'm even phrasing this question is incorrect, any replies would be appreciated.
I was curious if anyone else heard the same tidbit of info:
When Kas was playing Deep Blue or Deep Thought or one of the above, an interesting thing occured: Deep _____ continually recalculated its moves. This was not programmed into the program, and it happened several times throughout the matches.
Is this an urban myth or AI oddity?
Anyone?