I live in Washington, DC and did a quick search for my house on Capitol Hill. Pretty nifty; can make out my neighborhood with ease. Then I scrolled to the west a bit to look at the Capitol. Its all blurred out! I kept moving west some more and took a look at 1600 Penn. Ave - the White House is not there!
My logic was not showing that "without NASA, peace corps would do 4x as much good." I was showing the context of the cost of 1 launch. I think it is good to compare, this 1 week in Iraq = 8.3 launches = 16 Peace Corps. That is all.
The Peace Corps' annual budget is about $300 million. So cut out 1 launch, and we could triple the Peace Corps' budget. Peace Corp easily does more for grassroots diplomacy and PR for this country than anything, and directly improves the lives of millions around the world. Think of what 1 week of the Iraqi operation would do...
All it will take is one site to not back down from these silly letters, much like HardOCP did with Infinium Labs, and we can see what a court makes of it. IANAL, but I don't believe there is any legislation or legal precedent that has established a definition of "spyware."
There is no need to worry over how Lucas will ruin 3 more Star Wars films; it will never happen.
First, the NDA stuff is a rumor that has been around for a while, and is just there to protect some IP.
Second, Lucas is too old to want to devote another solid 10 years to the single topic of SW films.
Third, Lucas has said in public that he wants to do more stuff in TV next.
Fourth, there is no story. Its now clear that ROTJ ends the story arc that Lucas wanted to tell.
Fifth, and last, is that there is way too much SW Universe crap put there (30+ novels) that fill up from the day after ROTJ to 20+ years beyond.
Yes, I know that they are not "canon" unless Lucas writes them, but there is way too much out there and way to much money invested to then have some new movies come out and change it all. Can you imagine the fan backlash if all the stuff the novels created was then just made into "fan-fiction?" Get real.
Not only is it good PR for 3M to ship them a few cases, its a classy gesture. Shows they got a good sense of humor and stuff. Not to mention they make that crazy adhesive that is not _too_ sticky...
There was a lot of hype when this book came out, and then some backlash. The $45 plus to get it is a big barrier to jump for the average science junkie, let alone 'core geek. Getting it online for free kills that problem.
As for the questions raised in the book, and more so the questions _about_ the material, a little peer review never hurt. Now anyone can access this work and start judging!
Its very foolish for SCOX to do this, if indeed they due sue Google. Google is a private company with a ton of cash and no real shareholders to answer (at least not as many/as much as a public company.) That, combined with Google's willingness to litigate, may be the first chance to get this madness in court.
Very good point - but the missing thing from all of this IMO is an exit strategy. what is the end game for SCO? they know they can't win, unless the level of madness is so deep McBride is truly delusional. So what is the secret hidden goal they are going to piss away millions in legal fees in vain for? And the worst thing - I keep trying to short SCOX and there are no shares to borrow!
With the amount of spam, cracked software, pr0n, illegally copyrighted material, etc out there, I'd be shocked if even 1% is information with saving.
The question I have is who's responsibility is it to save it? Do we just hope that 100 years down the road the folks trying to sift through it all can separate the wheat from the chaff? Is there a market for information archivist now that can benefit and profit from the preservation of data?
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As most probably already know, the bill has been signed and is now law.
I live in Washington, DC and did a quick search for my house on Capitol Hill. Pretty nifty; can make out my neighborhood with ease. Then I scrolled to the west a bit to look at the Capitol. Its all blurred out! I kept moving west some more and took a look at 1600 Penn. Ave - the White House is not there!
My logic was not showing that "without NASA, peace corps would do 4x as much good." I was showing the context of the cost of 1 launch. I think it is good to compare, this 1 week in Iraq = 8.3 launches = 16 Peace Corps. That is all.
The Peace Corps' annual budget is about $300 million. So cut out 1 launch, and we could triple the Peace Corps' budget. Peace Corp easily does more for grassroots diplomacy and PR for this country than anything, and directly improves the lives of millions around the world. Think of what 1 week of the Iraqi operation would do...
All it will take is one site to not back down from these silly letters, much like HardOCP did with Infinium Labs, and we can see what a court makes of it. IANAL, but I don't believe there is any legislation or legal precedent that has established a definition of "spyware."
I heard that they are just going to use CGI to pop in the old Barf...
There is no need to worry over how Lucas will ruin 3 more Star Wars films; it will never happen. First, the NDA stuff is a rumor that has been around for a while, and is just there to protect some IP. Second, Lucas is too old to want to devote another solid 10 years to the single topic of SW films. Third, Lucas has said in public that he wants to do more stuff in TV next. Fourth, there is no story. Its now clear that ROTJ ends the story arc that Lucas wanted to tell. Fifth, and last, is that there is way too much SW Universe crap put there (30+ novels) that fill up from the day after ROTJ to 20+ years beyond. Yes, I know that they are not "canon" unless Lucas writes them, but there is way too much out there and way to much money invested to then have some new movies come out and change it all. Can you imagine the fan backlash if all the stuff the novels created was then just made into "fan-fiction?" Get real.
I spoke too soon - Google News is now off the grid. So where do we turn to find out what is going on?
Looks like the main site (web search) is down, as is Yahoo's same service. However, in both cases the News search is still working. Very strange...
Not only is it good PR for 3M to ship them a few cases, its a classy gesture. Shows they got a good sense of humor and stuff. Not to mention they make that crazy adhesive that is not _too_ sticky...
There was a lot of hype when this book came out, and then some backlash. The $45 plus to get it is a big barrier to jump for the average science junkie, let alone 'core geek. Getting it online for free kills that problem. As for the questions raised in the book, and more so the questions _about_ the material, a little peer review never hurt. Now anyone can access this work and start judging!
Its very foolish for SCOX to do this, if indeed they due sue Google. Google is a private company with a ton of cash and no real shareholders to answer (at least not as many/as much as a public company.) That, combined with Google's willingness to litigate, may be the first chance to get this madness in court.
Very good point - but the missing thing from all of this IMO is an exit strategy. what is the end game for SCO? they know they can't win, unless the level of madness is so deep McBride is truly delusional. So what is the secret hidden goal they are going to piss away millions in legal fees in vain for? And the worst thing - I keep trying to short SCOX and there are no shares to borrow!
With the amount of spam, cracked software, pr0n, illegally copyrighted material, etc out there, I'd be shocked if even 1% is information with saving. The question I have is who's responsibility is it to save it? Do we just hope that 100 years down the road the folks trying to sift through it all can separate the wheat from the chaff? Is there a market for information archivist now that can benefit and profit from the preservation of data?