The two hottest political topics under public Slashdotters' eyes are the SCO and RIAA lawsuits. What are your views in each of them?
For the RIAA cases, most politicians would side with RIAA. Afterall, sharing copyright material is an infringement. But how do you view the methods being used to find these music sharers. Are they a threat to privacy rights? In another words, do the ends justify the means? Also, do you feel the fines, $10k+, are to severe for those convicted. Many of those who download and share musics are kids, from teenagers to college students. They seemed to be singled out for something they don't feel is any more illegal than jaywalking. I personally feel that the fine should be no more than $500.
As for the SCO case, do you support the actions taken by SCO? I suppose there's little a CA governor can do in this case. What are your views on the Open Source Software and GPL. What protection and their limits do you feel they should have?
I understand these cases are not bound within California, but many of those involved are in the state. How much can you influence these cases if you are elected governor, and what would you do?
Einstein once said something like this: I can't predict what they will be fighting with in World War 3. But in World War 4, they will be fighting with stick and stones.
wow, this is getting really ugly. If SCO loses, or rather, when it loses the lawsuits, I wonder if their customers, like Sun and Microsoft, would want their money. I think they are entitled to it if SCO is found by court to have illegally scammed up their licenses.
I'm beginning to suspect Microsoft is hiring SCO to do all this, with the intention to damage the Linux growth and market share.
First of all, I doubt SCO actually believe they have a chance in collecting these $699 license fees.
I also doubt SCO believes they can win the lawsuit against IBM, and now against RedHat as well. This is because they are at a advantage with IBM financially, also they have a weak case.
From all these SCO fiasco, I'm getting one common impression: SCO is trying to scare people off of using Linux. Afterall, if they are sincerely trying to see licenses, they would have taken another approach.
But why would they want to give Linux bad publicity? Why keep customer away from Linux? I think MS is behind all these...
Scientists...now know how the universe
will end and are on the brink of
understanding its beginning.
Your theory claims to understand the end of the universe, and will soon figure out its beginning. That sounds to me like you have assumed whatever that ends a universe, is the beginning of a new one. This assumption, that the universe goes through a cycle, is it just plainly an assumption, or is it supported with evidence or theory?
To me, the question of whether the universe cycles itself is as important as the "how universe ends" theory itself.
If you are going to assume what ends a universe starts a new one, can you explain what drives that assumption?
I would like suggest preparing handouts for the classes you hold. This will also help you organize and structure your course. In my experience of attending classes, I learn more when I have material to go home with and study. Often times in classes where professor do not have handouts, I have to take notes on everything they write on the board and miss most of what is being said. Bottom line is a lot of people learn at a different pace than you teach, so giving handouts with details can really help.
Many here have already stated this system doesn't collect anything new, just centralize existing data.
But what if analysis are done on a scoring basis? Then will this system eventually be used by colleges to consider a student's qualification for admission? It says it is used to predict drop-outs, but I'm sure it will have the capability to determine any student's performance as well.
I like the spirit shown by this arthor. Although monetary reward is not so great considering the time spent, the arthor truly exercised his rights as a consumer. If all the consumers out there can 1) independently make a choice on the what products they want, and 2) take action against situation where a manufacturers bundle products they don't want, then that will truly be the best offense against Microsoft.
In the interest of encouraging that skill, Booch this fall will lead a seminar on software archaeology and preservation at the newly reopened Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif.
I work near that Computer History Museum building. It used to a SGI building until maybe like two years ago when it closed down. My coworkers would joke about how SGI is now history...
No offense to SGI. Just a joke over a watercooler.
When the need comes, the not-so-human rights movements will not be led by the humans themselves. When it is recognized that transhumans are not equal to a normal man, such as if transhumans live a longer life or they are stronger, the transhuman will lead their war against humans to fight for their rights.
Most efforts to impose rights to other species or people of other cultures do not turn out successful. This is because we can't influence another culture with our own values.
Also, where you draft a not-so-human rights, someone else would want to pass a not-so-human restriction. Most likely, the transhuman would not agree with the laws humans impose on them.
In the end, we will all resort to our fundamental instinct to eliminate what we feel threatens our survival. And war will begin.
I'm not saying war is inevitable. But if science is able to make a considerably large group of beings more superior to a normal man, then it is likely that they will fight for their rights and humans will resist.
Looks like Apple set a bar for music download services. BuyMusic.com rushed into things, and this is very embarrassing news for them. Considering that they are selling MP3 players also, it is very bad that they didn't encounter this during testing.
They really should have stayed with the popular MP3 format. Perhaps it would have avoided problems like this one.
I highly recomend installing solar panel for individual homes. The cost starts at $13k (includes system, rebates, installations, etc.). If you finance with a loan for 30 yr, it's about $100/mo. This is great news for people who pay more than $100/mo for electricity. I live in California, so I know many people who can make use of this. PG&E buys back electricity from your solar panels, so you won't even need a battery. In fact, if you use their time-of-use rates metering instead of flat rates, you can sell them electricity during the day when rate are higher, and buy at night when the rates are lower. That's buy low, sell high. People are making a profit out of this. Imagine, if you are payment more than $100/mo for electricity bills, this means you will have positive cash flow from day one. As electricity rate grows, you still just pay $100/mo for the loan.
The sad part about that two million jobs thing is that it's the entire legal basis of the
suit.
I agree with you on this. They are using lame excuse to base their suit. Their goal is probably to have the court delay the deadline for the compliance to the do-not-call list. I doubt most of the telemarketing companies out there are ready for it, or even trying. They will probably ask the court for time to gather their "evidence" and in the meantime, put the list on hold.
This reminds me of the court order for cell phone companies to allow customers keep their number when switching carriers.
The infrastruture to support what these courts ordered are so expensive, that it is cheaper it keep appealling.
First, The
Continuator system, from Sony Computer
Science Laboratory, Paris which learns in
real-time the style of a performing pianist,
taking into account chord structures, rhythm,
and melody, and then renders a musical
performance in a similar style.
That is so cool! I can't wait for an album release by Deep Blue!
Whoever that wrote this probably don't know much about managing a business. In any business, you have to take risks. The difference between a sucessful business and one that is not, is being able to calculate your risks by recognizing its cost and profit. MS's "failure" maybe more apparent because the dollar amount they invest on pushing out a product is more than a small company's entire budget. But that's just scaling. Any company will find some of its investment a hit, and some are miss. You can list all the battles MS has lost in, but I think in the end MS has won the war (ie. it is successful in overall).
The fact that MS has the infrastructure to invest in so many areas of the market and the backing to take some losts is a sign of a successful company.
The only real solution to the MS monopoly is to force them to completely open their APIs
Therein lies the problem. How do you force MS to release their APIs? The antitrust lawsuit is not about Windows and it applications. It is legal for a company to not release its technologies behind its products. It's MS's business tactics that's concerning the antitrust laws. For example, MS might tell a PC distributor, "If you ship your PC with netscape installed, your Windows license will cost you more." These are the types of business models that are keeping MS monopoly and crossing antitrust laws.
MS will not release any code or API unless it finds revenue in doing so. The court can't really tell them to release anything. And the lawyers know the battle is not just in finding a solution, but also winning the legal battle and enforcing the solution. So far they have failed in the legal battle. There's little they can do. MS will have to be challenged in the business and consumer arena.
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The two hottest political topics under public Slashdotters' eyes are the SCO and RIAA lawsuits. What are your views in each of them?
For the RIAA cases, most politicians would side with RIAA. Afterall, sharing copyright material is an infringement. But how do you view the methods being used to find these music sharers. Are they a threat to privacy rights? In another words, do the ends justify the means? Also, do you feel the fines, $10k+, are to severe for those convicted. Many of those who download and share musics are kids, from teenagers to college students. They seemed to be singled out for something they don't feel is any more illegal than jaywalking. I personally feel that the fine should be no more than $500.
As for the SCO case, do you support the actions taken by SCO? I suppose there's little a CA governor can do in this case. What are your views on the Open Source Software and GPL. What protection and their limits do you feel they should have?
I understand these cases are not bound within California, but many of those involved are in the state. How much can you influence these cases if you are elected governor, and what would you do?
What is your Karma? :)
Einstein once said something like this: I can't predict what they will be fighting with in World War 3. But in World War 4, they will be fighting with stick and stones.
If we find the "end of the universe", will there be a resturant, perhaps with a evening show?
And dine on a creature that wants to be eaten.
wow, this is getting really ugly. If SCO loses, or rather, when it loses the lawsuits, I wonder if their customers, like Sun and Microsoft, would want their money. I think they are entitled to it if SCO is found by court to have illegally scammed up their licenses.
I'm beginning to suspect Microsoft is hiring SCO to do all this, with the intention to damage the Linux growth and market share.
First of all, I doubt SCO actually believe they have a chance in collecting these $699 license fees.
I also doubt SCO believes they can win the lawsuit against IBM, and now against RedHat as well. This is because they are at a advantage with IBM financially, also they have a weak case.
From all these SCO fiasco, I'm getting one common impression: SCO is trying to scare people off of using Linux. Afterall, if they are sincerely trying to see licenses, they would have taken another approach.
But why would they want to give Linux bad publicity? Why keep customer away from Linux? I think MS is behind all these...
Scientists...now know how the universe will end and are on the brink of understanding its beginning.
Your theory claims to understand the end of the universe, and will soon figure out its beginning. That sounds to me like you have assumed whatever that ends a universe, is the beginning of a new one. This assumption, that the universe goes through a cycle, is it just plainly an assumption, or is it supported with evidence or theory?
To me, the question of whether the universe cycles itself is as important as the "how universe ends" theory itself.
If you are going to assume what ends a universe starts a new one, can you explain what drives that assumption?
I would like suggest preparing handouts for the classes you hold. This will also help you organize and structure your course. In my experience of attending classes, I learn more when I have material to go home with and study. Often times in classes where professor do not have handouts, I have to take notes on everything they write on the board and miss most of what is being said. Bottom line is a lot of people learn at a different pace than you teach, so giving handouts with details can really help.
Good luck!
Many here have already stated this system doesn't collect anything new, just centralize existing data.
But what if analysis are done on a scoring basis? Then will this system eventually be used by colleges to consider a student's qualification for admission? It says it is used to predict drop-outs, but I'm sure it will have the capability to determine any student's performance as well.
I like the spirit shown by this arthor. Although monetary reward is not so great considering the time spent, the arthor truly exercised his rights as a consumer. If all the consumers out there can 1) independently make a choice on the what products they want, and 2) take action against situation where a manufacturers bundle products they don't want, then that will truly be the best offense against Microsoft.
In the interest of encouraging that skill, Booch this fall will lead a seminar on software archaeology and preservation at the newly reopened Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif.
I work near that Computer History Museum building. It used to a SGI building until maybe like two years ago when it closed down. My coworkers would joke about how SGI is now history...
No offense to SGI. Just a joke over a watercooler.
When the need comes, the not-so-human rights movements will not be led by the humans themselves. When it is recognized that transhumans are not equal to a normal man, such as if transhumans live a longer life or they are stronger, the transhuman will lead their war against humans to fight for their rights.
Most efforts to impose rights to other species or people of other cultures do not turn out successful. This is because we can't influence another culture with our own values.
Also, where you draft a not-so-human rights, someone else would want to pass a not-so-human restriction. Most likely, the transhuman would not agree with the laws humans impose on them.
In the end, we will all resort to our fundamental instinct to eliminate what we feel threatens our survival. And war will begin.
I'm not saying war is inevitable. But if science is able to make a considerably large group of beings more superior to a normal man, then it is likely that they will fight for their rights and humans will resist.
lot's of functions named foo will be preserved. What's your most common function names?
BuyMusic attempts to block Mac Users:
http://www.macnn.com/news/20350
Looks like Apple set a bar for music download services. BuyMusic.com rushed into things, and this is very embarrassing news for them. Considering that they are selling MP3 players also, it is very bad that they didn't encounter this during testing.
They really should have stayed with the popular MP3 format. Perhaps it would have avoided problems like this one.
having a wealth of content on your hard disk to get into the clique
Sounds more like a trap to me.
I highly recomend installing solar panel for individual homes. The cost starts at $13k (includes system, rebates, installations, etc.). If you finance with a loan for 30 yr, it's about $100/mo. This is great news for people who pay more than $100/mo for electricity. I live in California, so I know many people who can make use of this. PG&E buys back electricity from your solar panels, so you won't even need a battery. In fact, if you use their time-of-use rates metering instead of flat rates, you can sell them electricity during the day when rate are higher, and buy at night when the rates are lower. That's buy low, sell high. People are making a profit out of this. Imagine, if you are payment more than $100/mo for electricity bills, this means you will have positive cash flow from day one. As electricity rate grows, you still just pay $100/mo for the loan.
I guess they are *that* close. :)
The sad part about that two million jobs thing is that it's the entire legal basis of the suit.
I agree with you on this. They are using lame excuse to base their suit. Their goal is probably to have the court delay the deadline for the compliance to the do-not-call list. I doubt most of the telemarketing companies out there are ready for it, or even trying. They will probably ask the court for time to gather their "evidence" and in the meantime, put the list on hold.
This reminds me of the court order for cell phone companies to allow customers keep their number when switching carriers.
The infrastruture to support what these courts ordered are so expensive, that it is cheaper it keep appealling.
What could be more rewarding than helping to promote two great American traditions: music and property rights?
Here's a few:
Free speech
Privacy
Protection from unreasonable search and seizure
And the fact that people are innocent until proven guilty
Get rid of all the Linux boxes and the Windows machines still won't play well with each other.
First, The Continuator system, from Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Paris which learns in real-time the style of a performing pianist, taking into account chord structures, rhythm, and melody, and then renders a musical performance in a similar style.
That is so cool! I can't wait for an album release by Deep Blue!
Whoever that wrote this probably don't know much about managing a business. In any business, you have to take risks. The difference between a sucessful business and one that is not, is being able to calculate your risks by recognizing its cost and profit. MS's "failure" maybe more apparent because the dollar amount they invest on pushing out a product is more than a small company's entire budget. But that's just scaling. Any company will find some of its investment a hit, and some are miss. You can list all the battles MS has lost in, but I think in the end MS has won the war (ie. it is successful in overall).
The fact that MS has the infrastructure to invest in so many areas of the market and the backing to take some losts is a sign of a successful company.
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The only real solution to the MS monopoly is to force them to completely open their APIs
Therein lies the problem. How do you force MS to release their APIs? The antitrust lawsuit is not about Windows and it applications. It is legal for a company to not release its technologies behind its products. It's MS's business tactics that's concerning the antitrust laws. For example, MS might tell a PC distributor, "If you ship your PC with netscape installed, your Windows license will cost you more." These are the types of business models that are keeping MS monopoly and crossing antitrust laws.
MS will not release any code or API unless it finds revenue in doing so. The court can't really tell them to release anything. And the lawyers know the battle is not just in finding a solution, but also winning the legal battle and enforcing the solution. So far they have failed in the legal battle. There's little they can do. MS will have to be challenged in the business and consumer arena.