Look, I think the DMCA is a load of bull too, but that doesn't alter the fact that: <big honkin' rant> reverse engineering is not a right!. If you want to protest by disobeying the law, fine; just don't call something a right when it isn't! </rant>
You just reminded me of the time in fourth grade when our teacher told us about The Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy. I raised my hand and asked how nuclear fission fit into this. She just kind of looked at me for a few seconds and then managed to stammer out a meek, "Ummm...I don't...know." She looked quite shaken. At the time, I was just curious about the answer to my question; but looking back on it, it seems quite funny.
While I'll be the first to condemn all the crap coming out of the media, the answer obviously lies not in eradicating Hollywood, the Internet, or video games, but in eliminating the demand. If you want society to change, change the heart and soul of the citizenry by logical and passionate moral argument--NOT government action.
Well, if that happened, the problem would be one of finding a new way of representing graphical data. I suspect that regular vector graphics would prove too cumbersome for the task.
I'm so incredibly sick and tired of this "these tax breaks are only for the rich" crap. Our family is not even close to being rich; and if my parents died today, the government would be there with their hand out, wanting their (large) cut.
As to voting for Gore: not even with my nose clamped permanently. I'm voting for Howard Phillips and the Constitution Party because, "It's about appropriate power structures, stupid."
OK, Objective C was written by Brad Cox in 1980. He started out working with Bjarne Stroustrup but they had differences of opinion and split up. Mach was started on in 1985 at CMU. It is written entirely in standard C.
Although early Objective C runtimes had some inefficiencies, this has now been corrected and a method is almost as fast as a regular C function call. Even so, the reason NeXTSTEP was slow probably had more to do with Mach messaging and DPS than Objective C.
I'm actually beginning to think that Rob keeps Jon writing articles just so he can piss off all the childish people here. I can just picture him now, sitting at a desk reading some angry email demanding this or that feature in Slashdot, then yelling down the hall: "Hey, Jon! Write up something about society, willya?"
Even if someone wrote software to create art without human intervention, which is the limit of computer "creativeness", what would be wrong with that? Would the world suddenly fly to pieces? I think we could somehow go on.
I guess it's because: 1) We'll run out of it eventually; 2) Organics may end up being cheaper and/or better
Really though, it's kind of hard for me to tell whether they're doing this because they really think it's important or just because they want to see if they can.
Because AT&T don't control content PRODUCTION. That's the real problem here. Personally, if this were simply a matter of two large delivery systems companies merging, I wouldn't care at all (and neither would the FTC in all likelihood). However, since AOL/Time-Warner will combine delivery (AOL's networks and user base, Time-Warner's cable networks and user base) with content (Time-Warner's incredibly large media and content holdings, which include almost every form of content: books, magazines, movies, television, news casting, music, and possibly even shamanism channeling) the whole thing becomes a lock-down on media in this country.
And how many millions of citizens go through VA, Red Hat, or (heaven forbid) Slashdot for information about civil rights violations in the Sudan or (at least supposedly) intelligent reporting on political candidates? And can you tell me exactly what percentage of both content and delivery methods for that content are controlled by VA or Red Hat? There's a really big difference between a couple of relatively small potatoes software vendors (no flames please) and a behemoth news/entertainment/distribution conglomerate.
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Y'know, I think I'm gonna nominate "make that molecule it's bitch" for the Most Creative Scientific Explaination of the Year award.
He didn't say anything about opening their computers up and taking a look did he?
Correct.
Look, I think the DMCA is a load of bull too, but that doesn't alter the fact that:
<big honkin' rant> reverse engineering is not a right!. If you want to protest by disobeying the law, fine; just don't call something a right when it isn't! </rant>
Hello?!? Alpha? SPARC?
Yes, this might be an assembly/C/C++ programmers nightmare, but isn't that why programmers are always learning new things?
Can you explain what you mean here? I don't follow.
It's good to see you branching out, 575! What's next, epic poetry in hexameter?
You just reminded me of the time in fourth grade when our teacher told us about The Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy. I raised my hand and asked how nuclear fission fit into this. She just kind of looked at me for a few seconds and then managed to stammer out a meek, "Ummm...I don't...know." She looked quite shaken. At the time, I was just curious about the answer to my question; but looking back on it, it seems quite funny.
While I'll be the first to condemn all the crap coming out of the media, the answer obviously lies not in eradicating Hollywood, the Internet, or video games, but in eliminating the demand. If you want society to change, change the heart and soul of the citizenry by logical and passionate moral argument--NOT government action.
Well, if that happened, the problem would be one of finding a new way of representing graphical data. I suspect that regular vector graphics would prove too cumbersome for the task.
I-V-II is also an illegal chord progression, according to tonal theory.
Man, I wish I could be happy bonding with myself. But no, I've got to somehow manage getting a woman to bond with me. Tough job, that.
As to voting for Gore: not even with my nose clamped permanently. I'm voting for Howard Phillips and the Constitution Party because, "It's about appropriate power structures, stupid."
Although early Objective C runtimes had some inefficiencies, this has now been corrected and a method is almost as fast as a regular C function call. Even so, the reason NeXTSTEP was slow probably had more to do with Mach messaging and DPS than Objective C.
I'm actually beginning to think that Rob keeps Jon writing articles just so he can piss off all the childish people here. I can just picture him now, sitting at a desk reading some angry email demanding this or that feature in Slashdot, then yelling down the hall: "Hey, Jon! Write up something about society, willya?"
Even if someone wrote software to create art without human intervention, which is the limit of computer "creativeness", what would be wrong with that? Would the world suddenly fly to pieces? I think we could somehow go on.
Computers are merely a tool, just like a brush or pencil; so I don't really understand what you mean.
Really though, it's kind of hard for me to tell whether they're doing this because they really think it's important or just because they want to see if they can.
I'd use it to take notes on. My tendonitis flares up when I write, but I can type for hours without any trouble.
A pretty girl agrees to go out with me...and likes it!
I think it was supposed to be a joke.
I know what you're getting at here but the problems with having more than one utility provide cabling and service to an area make this impractical.
Because AT&T don't control content PRODUCTION. That's the real problem here. Personally, if this were simply a matter of two large delivery systems companies merging, I wouldn't care at all (and neither would the FTC in all likelihood). However, since AOL/Time-Warner will combine delivery (AOL's networks and user base, Time-Warner's cable networks and user base) with content (Time-Warner's incredibly large media and content holdings, which include almost every form of content: books, magazines, movies, television, news casting, music, and possibly even shamanism channeling) the whole thing becomes a lock-down on media in this country.
And how many millions of citizens go through VA, Red Hat, or (heaven forbid) Slashdot for information about civil rights violations in the Sudan or (at least supposedly) intelligent reporting on political candidates? And can you tell me exactly what percentage of both content and delivery methods for that content are controlled by VA or Red Hat? There's a really big difference between a couple of relatively small potatoes software vendors (no flames please) and a behemoth news/entertainment/distribution conglomerate.
Well yeah, but there will be some progress made in more efficient propagation of light through the fiber.
I don't see how better bit depth wouldn't get you broader dynamic range.