uh hmmmmm let me attempt to clear this up: DFS--i.e. Depth First search (of graph) is something like O(n+m) where n is the number of vertices(nodes) and m is the number of edges. m is at most n(n+1)/2. so we can also say DFS is O(n^{3}). But anyhow this just saying that DFS is polynomial in the size of the input!! In other words if you have a graph G with n vertices we can then perform a depth first search on it in time O(n^{3}). However This does not imply that you can solve sodoku in polynomial time. The DFS algorithm for this would involve representing possible solutions for Sodoku as a graph, which would obviously have an exponential number of vertices--call this number h. so when we run DFS on this graph , yes it runs in polytime with respect to h, i.e. Oh^{3}, but h itself is exponential with regard to the input of the original Sodoku problem So in fact this DFS based algorithm is not polynomial! However it is important that DFS is polynomial in the size of its input.
If you have a tree or graph with n nodes, it can be fully traversed in O(n) using marks and stacks. You can make this problem more complicated if you like, but it doesn't have to be.
"all a Sudoku puzzle is, at it's core, is a depth first search."
Which is not an algorithm that runs in polynomial time.
Actually, you can do a depth first search in linear time. Yes, I understand that the Sudoku problem is actually nonlinear, but DFS is not, it is linear.
How hard would it be for Yahoo, Google and other internet mail services to simply have two inboxes?
One for mail addressed to someone in your mailbox.
One for everyone else.
90% of my spam problem would be solved by this simple recipe.
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There is no technical reason. There are business reasons for limiting it in the short term.
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What you are really saying is that Apple has less influence than Palm, and that the iPhone is so fundamentally insecure that it can't be sold without crippling it. You are claiming that introducing a $600 device with less functionality than all modern smartphones is a viable strategy for gaining market share, after which they will then be able to provide the functionality of their competitors.
No, I am not. Don't put words in my mouth.
I am stating that this is Apple's first venture into this marketplace with a new piece of technology making use of an operating system significantly more complicated and powerful than anything else available in the mobile marketplace (with an unknown risk profile). Primarily, I am saying that Apple doesn't want to risk an incident. They want to make sure they have an incident-free rollout, recoup their initial investment, fortify their position and whatnot BEFORE opening up the platform.
And lest you forget, Nokia has been plagued with bluetooth viruses. Something like that could seriously damage an initial rollout by a new player in the mobile marketplace. Your claim of my ignorance is severely overstated and your implicit claim of your own wisdom is similarly severely overstated.
And how do they know whether you are being payed, dipsh*t? Do you understand that they can come arrest you for lobbying in order to determine if you are being payed and have registered?
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The lock on the phone has nothing to do with Steve Jobs being a control freak. Apple is introducing a very sophisticated handheld computer into the marketplace and selling it as a lifestyle device. If the system were open to third-party developers, in the traditional way, how long would it be before phone-spyware, phone-adware, phone-rootkits and other nastiness appeared? There is also the consideration of having a wave of voip software alienating the carriers that Apple NEEDS to ensure the success of this expensive venture, a wave of peer-to-peer filesharing apps on the handset that would alienate and anger the media companies that Apple is in bed with for iPod content and many other potential catastrophes.
Can you image phone spyware? Where you are, who you are calling and texting and potentially even sly use of your camera and microphone? This is no joke. If Apple gets this wrong it will be a complete disaster.
My prediction is that Apple will allow third-party development, but it will be through some certification system. Applications will have to be submitted to Apple for digital signatures or somesuch. This is an expensive proposition for Apple, so I wouldn't expect it to happen right away. But there will be a very serious call for Apple to open the platform and eventually, this will happen (or something similar).
We should be applauding Apple. They have done something very significant here. This device is unique and shatters the envelope. Follow-on models are guaranteed to be amazing with features such as iChatAV, even larger screens, perhaps even docking stations with keyboards, graphic cards, etc... We are witnessing a true paradigm shift. Apple is attempting to ensure the success of this venture. Their behavior will change radically once these devices are ubiquitous.
I saw an interesting discussion regarding Flash and Java. If Flash and Java are supported through Safari on the iPhone, then it is reasonable to assume that application deployment could be completely tied to those technologies. It isn't ideal, but it is a far cry from having no way to run custom apps. Also, everyone here should know, without question, that it will be a month before a root-kit is released (in our community) that allows us to take control of this device and install software.
Clearly, iChat would be seen as a threat to Cingular's revenue stream. It's pretty obvious why this wasn't included. That is an artifact of the Network monopoly marketplace we live in. It sucks, but it is what it is.
However, I know what Steve is doing. He knows that he cannot deploy a cellphone without a network. But once there are enough users of iPhones, his negotiating position will change. People will become loyal to the iPhone product, willing to switch networks rather than switch phones. The two year window with Cingular is the gestation time for this to happen. After that, you can bet your *ss that iChat and all manner of liberation will emerge. If it doesn't, then people will abandon iPhone for similar products guaranteed to ship from the likes of Nokia, Samsung and Motorola.
Elimintating the possibility of third-party software installation is not the only way to protect the phone, clearly. But it is the only sane way to enter the intensely competitive and huge cellphone market. A privacy disaster or virus disaster (etc..) would quickly eliminate Apple from carving out any significant piece of that market. Steve is entering with all the control in his pocket in order to ensure a successful birth. Wait for the child to grow a bit, it will open up.
I'm not sure, the text indicates that you have to be paid. And if I could read legal I would be more confident, but it looks like you might have to be paid to do exactly what you are doing (i.e. if someone posted after being paid to post by a politician).
You guys are missing the point, it doesn't matter if you are paid or not. Sure, the bill might say it only applies if you are being paid, but have you gone through the mental exercise of how this works:
1) Politician angry about speech on slashdot
2) Politician calls aid, aid calls fbi, fbi gets information from slashdot
3) fbi checks to see if you have registered
4) if you have not registered, fbi pays you a visit, possibly arresting you - to find out if you are being paid!
And the way this could be used is if someone here on slashdot raised the eyebrows of a powerful lobby (err.. politician) and they decided to go after you. They could put you in jail for saying something they don't like, on the grounds that you are lobbying without a permit.
Seems like they don't even have regular text iChat, just that SMS cash-cow thing. Don't pretend that there could be any technical reasons for this.
Clearly, iChat would be seen as a threat to Cingular's revenue stream. It's pretty obvious why this wasn't included. That is an artifact of the Network monopoly marketplace we live in. It sucks, but it is what it is.
However, I know what Steve is doing. He knows that he cannot deploy a cellphone without a network. But once there are enough users of iPhones, his negotiating position will change. People will become loyal to the iPhone product, willing to switch networks rather than switch phones. The two year window with Cingular is the gestation time for this to happen. After that, you can bet your *ss that iChat and all manner of liberation will emerge. If it doesn't, then people will abandon iPhone for similar products guaranteed to ship from the likes of Nokia, Samsung and Motorola.
Add-on software from Apple and certified partners is likely to happen, but don't expect anything that does not include some extra profit margin increase for the interested powers, that's Apple (i wonder if they will charge for firmware updates, OS X minor versions, anyone?), the network providers (i would be surprised if the projected price would not include some serious deduction beyond the usual 24-months-contract premium, so they have even more influence than with Nokia et al) and maybe The iTMS-Buddies.
I would like to believe that Apple knows what customers want well enough to avoid that, but companies such as Cingular definitely do not.
I agree with you that there are a lot more good reasons for closedness in a phone device than in a general purpose computer (the number of evil reasons stays roughly the same with the different device classes), but don't claim that closedness would be the only way.
No, it isn't the only way. But it is the only sane way to enter the intensely competitive and huge cellphone market. A privacy disaster or virus disaster (etc..) would quickly eliminate Apple from carving out any significant piece of that market. Steve is entering with all the control in his pocket in order to ensure a successful birth. Wait for the child to grow a bit, it will open up.
The Apple phone is certainly an impressive device and the software could have an advantage here and there, but the way in which fanpeople deny the possibility of shortcomings and the prior existence of other touchscreen smartphones (that basically differ in having a few more tactile keys and lacking pointless 3d-GUI FX in the media player) is just another great example of the reality distortion field at work.
Did you see the keynote? Did you notice how radically more advanced the user interface is? This isn't a small advancement.
While I agree with you wholeheartedly, at least it's a step up. Unlike your average MS product, Apple offerings tend to be prettier and crash less.
The lock on the phone has nothing to do with Steve Jobs being a control freak. Apple is introducing a very sophisticated handheld computer into the marketplace and selling it as a lifestyle device. If the system were open to third-party developers, in the traditional way, how long would it be before phone-spyware, phone-adware, phone-rootkits and other nastiness appeared? There is also the consideration of having a wave of voip software alienating the carriers that Apple NEEDS to ensure the success of this expensive venture, a wave of peer-to-peer filesharing apps on the handset that would alienate and anger the media companies that Apple is in bed with for iPod content and many other potential catastrophes.
Can you image phone spyware? Where you are, who you are calling and texting and potentially even sly use of your camera and microphone? This is no joke. If Apple gets this wrong it will be a complete disaster.
My prediction is that Apple will allow third-party development, but it will be through some certification system. Applications will have to be submitted to Apple for digital signatures or somesuch. This is an expensive proposition for Apple, so I wouldn't expect it to happen right away. But there will be a very serious call for Apple to open the platform and eventually, this will happen (or something similar).
We should be applauding Apple. They have done something very significant here. This device is unique and shatters the envelope. Follow-on models are guaranteed to be amazing with features such as iChatAV, even larger screens, perhaps even docking stations with keyboards, graphic cards, etc... We are witnessing a true paradigm shift. Apple is attempting to ensure the success of this venture. Their behavior will change radically once these devices are ubiquitous.
I saw an interesting discussion regarding Flash and Java. If Flash and Java are supported through Safari on the iPhone, then it is reasonable to assume that application deployment could be completely tied to those technologies. It isn't ideal, but it is a far cry from having no way to run custom apps.
Also, everyone here should know, without question, that it will be a month before a root-kit is released (in our community) that allows us to take control of this device and install software.
Apple is, was, and always has been a brutal monopoly. They are a relic of the days of "proprietary computing"... but due to their fanatic user base, they have never seen any reason to change.
So I suppose that is why they based OS X on BSD, give their developer tools away for free and innovate heavily in open standards?
I don't think it's so much that companies don't want to as it is that there is no money in it.
This is eactly it. Google has a revenue model based on ads, this API is in direct competition with their business. From a financial perspective, it doesn't really make sense for google to allow unrestricted access to their API.
But that is key and I hope Google understands this: The risk is from unrestricted access.
It is somewhat easy to implement XML security and provide approved businesses with what amounts to an access token. They could also allow developers a limited number of queries per day in the same manner. Such a system would allow Google to allow approved uses of their API (e.g. tools that display their ads or relationships with approved business deals behind them).
Simply letting this wonderful access point into their search engine die would be a grand shame.
Like anyone believes that some Tool at Microsoft thought of this first. Seriously, does any Microsoft patent get an automatic stamp of approval by the bored patent examiner? They have tools at microsoft that can think? THAT is what they should be patenting!
Some people really need to learn to count their blessings if everything is doom and gloom to you, you soon sap any ability to keep working for improvement in the world it means you've already given up in a way, you've betrayed whatever it is you care about I agree, for the most part, with what you say here. If you give up, you have betrayed whatever or whoever you care about. One should not give up.
Find heart to carry on, or stop talking about the subject matter entirely but to continue talking about something with pessimism, to continue talking about anything with pessimism, helps no one and nothing, including yourself so stop talking about it and move on, or change your attitude about life in the ocean I think you are being overly harsh here. Should everyone disgusted with environmental abuses hide their voice? Will that accomplish anything? Clearly the answer is "NO". But that is perhaps not enough, I think you are saying. I think you are saying, help with solutions and action, not just your criticisms... Ideally, sure, that is better... but...
The entire human race (or the subset that has some sensibility) needs to scream STOP THE ABUSE - this action in itself is valuable. This man is doing just that and should be commended for it. You are telling him to shut-up or put-up and should re-think that position a bit.
seriously Seriously
This is all pretty typical, actually... I'm sure that what is going through the minds of Ballmer and the marketingdroids in Redmond is that Apple is becoming a threat and they have a weapon. The shift of Apple computers to intel processors may be seen at Microsoft as an opportunity; Try to convince Apple users to run Windows. How? Make sure office now SUCKS on "OS X", then the Apple user will be forced to dual-boot or virtualize a copy of Windows to run Office.
Personally, I could care less. Office hasn't changed in 10 years, with the exception of things like clippy and file formats, and the old stuff runs fine under Rosetta.
If you get an emailed word document that is saved in some new file format designed to make you upgrade, just send the mail back and ask the sender to save in the correct format. Don't let the upgrade virus take control.
Technology has made it easier for the distribution of media. Its them who should be getting lesser 'royalties' for each copy sold, not the artists.
I don't know... I despise the RIAA as much as the next guy, but doesn't it make sense to pay less royalties for a song used as a ringtone, compared to what you'd pay for the full quality version meant to be listened to? On the other hand... the last thing we need is ringtones becoming cheaper.
I couldn't really tell from the article what the RIAA intends exactly. Maybe the article was deliberately vague; it being rather biased. I think the RIAA is trying to make the argument that they are innovating with new business models and that should entitle them to a larger share of the revenue, since part of value that the consumer is purchasing is the *novelty* that was the invention of somoene other than the artist.
Of course, this is ridiculous and they are just being greedy bastards, but I think this is the argument that they are making.
I think that as online TV becomes more popular, people will isolate themselves more and more from a shared experience. So people will end up having even more polarized views of things.
And you consider this a bad thing? Before the advent of television, people generally consumed literature for knowledge and enjoyment. Because what you read is essentially up to you (outside of school), people were in fact much more individualistic back then.
Television is the great brainwashing homogenizer. I don't know about you, but I am very comfortable with the idea that we take the power to control our minds away from those who currently have it. I don't think they are doing a particularly good job at instilling the correct ethics, morality or values into the population.
Perhaps, because of the Internet, we will have generations of thinkers rather than the TV Zombies being manufactured by Fox and HBO.
Verses the combined military might of Russia, China, France, Germany, the UK, Spain, Italy to name a few. Bring your head out of the clouds! In a conventional military engagement with the rest of the world the US would literally be slaughtered.
The rest of the world have more soldiers, more planes, more ships and more than 10 times the US production capability and land access via the rest of the continent.
If you really believe what you just posted then you are a blind moron.
You would be correct, except for one sticky point; The US black projects. The US has weapons systems that have taken decades and trillions of dollars to develop (yes, with a "t"). These super-secret military systems effectively ensure that the US would win in any world war.
Our forefathers felt that it was better to die Free than to live under tyranny.
I'll take their opinions over Newt's any day.
I applaud your resolve.
Newt disgusts me with his remarks that freedom of speech needs to be examined for fear of organizing terrorists. The truth is, the majority can never be terrorists. That label is reserved for any minority that uses force against the majority. Restricting freedom of speech can only truly be effective in attempting to stop the majority from organizing, it has little effect against any minority group (political, racial or otherwise) - who generally organize behind the scenes anyway.
I have a question for all of you reading this - at what point do patriotic Americans that are willing, like the parent poster, to die for their beliefs regarding freedom, become terrorists in the eyes of a tyrannical government?
This is a serious question. If we imagine a government that is truly evil and further imagine patriotic freedom loving Americans standing up to such a regime, then who are the terrorists? In the eyes of the evil tyrannical elite, the idealistic American population are terrorists. In such a situation, you can be damned sure they want to shut you up.
Question everything. Don't be scared to question deeply held beliefs. Much of what you learned in your life was programmed in. Question it.
How does Amazon think that a promotion like that would increase overall sales anyway? What they should have done is said that XBoxs will be onsale randomly throughout the day, so check the price from time to time to see if you are a lucky recipient of the sales price. There will be 100 randomly allocated sales items to customers each hour until the promotion ends.
That would bring more traffic to their website and keep it there all day. Much better idea!
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You morons can't even do research on the most important war in your history without going to jail. I feel sorry for you.
How hard would it be for Yahoo, Google and other internet mail services to simply have two inboxes?
One for mail addressed to someone in your mailbox.
One for everyone else.
90% of my spam problem would be solved by this simple recipe.
There is no technical reason. There are business reasons for limiting it in the short term.
I am stating that this is Apple's first venture into this marketplace with a new piece of technology making use of an operating system significantly more complicated and powerful than anything else available in the mobile marketplace (with an unknown risk profile). Primarily, I am saying that Apple doesn't want to risk an incident. They want to make sure they have an incident-free rollout, recoup their initial investment, fortify their position and whatnot BEFORE opening up the platform.
And lest you forget, Nokia has been plagued with bluetooth viruses. Something like that could seriously damage an initial rollout by a new player in the mobile marketplace. Your claim of my ignorance is severely overstated and your implicit claim of your own wisdom is similarly severely overstated.
And how do they know whether you are being payed, dipsh*t? Do you understand that they can come arrest you for lobbying in order to determine if you are being payed and have registered?
The lock on the phone has nothing to do with Steve Jobs being a control freak. Apple is introducing a very sophisticated handheld computer into the marketplace and selling it as a lifestyle device. If the system were open to third-party developers, in the traditional way, how long would it be before phone-spyware, phone-adware, phone-rootkits and other nastiness appeared? There is also the consideration of having a wave of voip software alienating the carriers that Apple NEEDS to ensure the success of this expensive venture, a wave of peer-to-peer filesharing apps on the handset that would alienate and anger the media companies that Apple is in bed with for iPod content and many other potential catastrophes.
Can you image phone spyware? Where you are, who you are calling and texting and potentially even sly use of your camera and microphone? This is no joke. If Apple gets this wrong it will be a complete disaster.
My prediction is that Apple will allow third-party development, but it will be through some certification system. Applications will have to be submitted to Apple for digital signatures or somesuch. This is an expensive proposition for Apple, so I wouldn't expect it to happen right away. But there will be a very serious call for Apple to open the platform and eventually, this will happen (or something similar).
We should be applauding Apple. They have done something very significant here. This device is unique and shatters the envelope. Follow-on models are guaranteed to be amazing with features such as iChatAV, even larger screens, perhaps even docking stations with keyboards, graphic cards, etc... We are witnessing a true paradigm shift. Apple is attempting to ensure the success of this venture. Their behavior will change radically once these devices are ubiquitous.
I saw an interesting discussion regarding Flash and Java. If Flash and Java are supported through Safari on the iPhone, then it is reasonable to assume that application deployment could be completely tied to those technologies. It isn't ideal, but it is a far cry from having no way to run custom apps. Also, everyone here should know, without question, that it will be a month before a root-kit is released (in our community) that allows us to take control of this device and install software.
Clearly, iChat would be seen as a threat to Cingular's revenue stream. It's pretty obvious why this wasn't included. That is an artifact of the Network monopoly marketplace we live in. It sucks, but it is what it is.
However, I know what Steve is doing. He knows that he cannot deploy a cellphone without a network. But once there are enough users of iPhones, his negotiating position will change. People will become loyal to the iPhone product, willing to switch networks rather than switch phones. The two year window with Cingular is the gestation time for this to happen. After that, you can bet your *ss that iChat and all manner of liberation will emerge. If it doesn't, then people will abandon iPhone for similar products guaranteed to ship from the likes of Nokia, Samsung and Motorola.
Elimintating the possibility of third-party software installation is not the only way to protect the phone, clearly. But it is the only sane way to enter the intensely competitive and huge cellphone market. A privacy disaster or virus disaster (etc..) would quickly eliminate Apple from carving out any significant piece of that market. Steve is entering with all the control in his pocket in order to ensure a successful birth. Wait for the child to grow a bit, it will open up.
1) Politician angry about speech on slashdot
2) Politician calls aid, aid calls fbi, fbi gets information from slashdot
3) fbi checks to see if you have registered
4) if you have not registered, fbi pays you a visit, possibly arresting you - to find out if you are being paid!
And the way this could be used is if someone here on slashdot raised the eyebrows of a powerful lobby (err.. politician) and they decided to go after you. They could put you in jail for saying something they don't like, on the grounds that you are lobbying without a permit.
However, I know what Steve is doing. He knows that he cannot deploy a cellphone without a network. But once there are enough users of iPhones, his negotiating position will change. People will become loyal to the iPhone product, willing to switch networks rather than switch phones. The two year window with Cingular is the gestation time for this to happen. After that, you can bet your *ss that iChat and all manner of liberation will emerge. If it doesn't, then people will abandon iPhone for similar products guaranteed to ship from the likes of Nokia, Samsung and Motorola.
I would like to believe that Apple knows what customers want well enough to avoid that, but companies such as Cingular definitely do not.
No, it isn't the only way. But it is the only sane way to enter the intensely competitive and huge cellphone market. A privacy disaster or virus disaster (etc..) would quickly eliminate Apple from carving out any significant piece of that market. Steve is entering with all the control in his pocket in order to ensure a successful birth. Wait for the child to grow a bit, it will open up.
Did you see the keynote? Did you notice how radically more advanced the user interface is? This isn't a small advancement.
Can you image phone spyware? Where you are, who you are calling and texting and potentially even sly use of your camera and microphone? This is no joke. If Apple gets this wrong it will be a complete disaster.
My prediction is that Apple will allow third-party development, but it will be through some certification system. Applications will have to be submitted to Apple for digital signatures or somesuch. This is an expensive proposition for Apple, so I wouldn't expect it to happen right away. But there will be a very serious call for Apple to open the platform and eventually, this will happen (or something similar).
We should be applauding Apple. They have done something very significant here. This device is unique and shatters the envelope. Follow-on models are guaranteed to be amazing with features such as iChatAV, even larger screens, perhaps even docking stations with keyboards, graphic cards, etc... We are witnessing a true paradigm shift. Apple is attempting to ensure the success of this venture. Their behavior will change radically once these devices are ubiquitous.
I saw an interesting discussion regarding Flash and Java. If Flash and Java are supported through Safari on the iPhone, then it is reasonable to assume that application deployment could be completely tied to those technologies. It isn't ideal, but it is a far cry from having no way to run custom apps. Also, everyone here should know, without question, that it will be a month before a root-kit is released (in our community) that allows us to take control of this device and install software.
But that is key and I hope Google understands this: The risk is from unrestricted access.
It is somewhat easy to implement XML security and provide approved businesses with what amounts to an access token. They could also allow developers a limited number of queries per day in the same manner. Such a system would allow Google to allow approved uses of their API (e.g. tools that display their ads or relationships with approved business deals behind them).
Simply letting this wonderful access point into their search engine die would be a grand shame.
You attacked pessimism and speaking up. I agreed with you about pessismism.
if everything is doom and gloom to you, you soon sap any ability to keep working for improvement in the world
it means you've already given up
in a way, you've betrayed whatever it is you care about
I agree, for the most part, with what you say here. If you give up, you have betrayed whatever or whoever you care about. One should not give up. Find heart to carry on, or stop talking about the subject matter entirely
but to continue talking about something with pessimism, to continue talking about anything with pessimism, helps no one and nothing, including yourself
so stop talking about it and move on, or change your attitude about life in the ocean I think you are being overly harsh here. Should everyone disgusted with environmental abuses hide their voice? Will that accomplish anything? Clearly the answer is "NO". But that is perhaps not enough, I think you are saying. I think you are saying, help with solutions and action, not just your criticisms... Ideally, sure, that is better... but...
The entire human race (or the subset that has some sensibility) needs to scream STOP THE ABUSE - this action in itself is valuable. This man is doing just that and should be commended for it. You are telling him to shut-up or put-up and should re-think that position a bit. seriously
Seriously
This is all pretty typical, actually... I'm sure that what is going through the minds of Ballmer and the marketingdroids in Redmond is that Apple is becoming a threat and they have a weapon. The shift of Apple computers to intel processors may be seen at Microsoft as an opportunity; Try to convince Apple users to run Windows. How? Make sure office now SUCKS on "OS X", then the Apple user will be forced to dual-boot or virtualize a copy of Windows to run Office.
Personally, I could care less. Office hasn't changed in 10 years, with the exception of things like clippy and file formats, and the old stuff runs fine under Rosetta.
If you get an emailed word document that is saved in some new file format designed to make you upgrade, just send the mail back and ask the sender to save in the correct format. Don't let the upgrade virus take control.
I couldn't really tell from the article what the RIAA intends exactly. Maybe the article was deliberately vague; it being rather biased. I think the RIAA is trying to make the argument that they are innovating with new business models and that should entitle them to a larger share of the revenue, since part of value that the consumer is purchasing is the *novelty* that was the invention of somoene other than the artist.
Of course, this is ridiculous and they are just being greedy bastards, but I think this is the argument that they are making.
Television is the great brainwashing homogenizer. I don't know about you, but I am very comfortable with the idea that we take the power to control our minds away from those who currently have it. I don't think they are doing a particularly good job at instilling the correct ethics, morality or values into the population.
Perhaps, because of the Internet, we will have generations of thinkers rather than the TV Zombies being manufactured by Fox and HBO.
It's a good vision.
Newt disgusts me with his remarks that freedom of speech needs to be examined for fear of organizing terrorists. The truth is, the majority can never be terrorists. That label is reserved for any minority that uses force against the majority. Restricting freedom of speech can only truly be effective in attempting to stop the majority from organizing, it has little effect against any minority group (political, racial or otherwise) - who generally organize behind the scenes anyway.
I have a question for all of you reading this - at what point do patriotic Americans that are willing, like the parent poster, to die for their beliefs regarding freedom, become terrorists in the eyes of a tyrannical government?
This is a serious question. If we imagine a government that is truly evil and further imagine patriotic freedom loving Americans standing up to such a regime, then who are the terrorists? In the eyes of the evil tyrannical elite, the idealistic American population are terrorists. In such a situation, you can be damned sure they want to shut you up.
Question everything. Don't be scared to question deeply held beliefs. Much of what you learned in your life was programmed in. Question it.
So, how long until the iPod touchscreen will have a shape-changing plastic cover that allows for various dynamic tactile surfaces?
Hehe... I put my iPod in my pocket and my body heat changed it into an [insert your joke here]..
How does Amazon think that a promotion like that would increase overall sales anyway? What they should have done is said that XBoxs will be onsale randomly throughout the day, so check the price from time to time to see if you are a lucky recipient of the sales price. There will be 100 randomly allocated sales items to customers each hour until the promotion ends.
That would bring more traffic to their website and keep it there all day. Much better idea!
Oh wait... Hmm....