some "piracy" (unsanctioned demos) will be converted to sales, and some legitimate users would be annoyed by the scheme.
If there is a legitimate demo I might try it, and then if I like it I will buy it. If there is no demo I won't download an unsanctioned game; I will wait until there is a review from one or three sites I trust, and or good word of mouth about it, and only then will I consider buying it. DRM/copy prevention/anti"piracy" schemes WILL annoy me, and no amount of awesome will get me to buy such a game. It's good to hear about these things before I consider a game.
Of course, I run a mac and an ubuntu rig, so I'm not in the target market for many game companies anyway.
On the other hand, you already know where to get apple pie, but you have to use the internet to get porn, or post in the swingers classifieds. The comparison is skewed.
I bet you'll get a felony "attempting to defeat a security device" conviction for blocking the seat-back camera, even inadvertently. Don't keep your face turned to the window either, that's suspicious activity.
I use the number pad so much that the telephone pad is upside down to me. Good thing all the numbers I call are on speed-dial, because I always get the number I'm punching in wrong the first time.
Might this material make the Hirsch-Meeks fusor energy positive? Or are the unnamed "radioactive particles that slam into the gold" not neutrons? Is the energy recovery from this material, even 20 times better than thermoelectric materials, not nearly good enough to extract enough energy from the fusor?
If you thought idiots talking on cell phones while driving were dangerous, wait until you get next to some jerk using the convenient steering wheel mount on the Cario laptop.
...making it easier to manipulate robots to allowing drivers to keep their eyes on the road when changing radio stations
Which is easier to do while driving--reaching down to press one of your radio's preset buttons, or programming your lego mindstorms robot to reach down and press one of your radio's preset buttons? I don't think any amount of haptics/tactile feedback/nonvisual cues will change that situation.
That Vista RTM had been delayed due to DRM issues... That the OS was probably scrapped in the first place to be rewritten with DRM as the underlying security model.
I had long thought, and I'm sure I'm not alone, that microsoft should have pulled an apple and damn the backward compatability. They should have rewritten the OS from scratch after windows XP, and shouldn't have dropped key features along the way like the new WinFS, for instance. They should have bought VMware and integrated a virtual machine with a full copy of the appropriate WindowsXP (pro for pro, home for home)to run all the older "mission critical" software in "classic mode." They could have deprecated the win32 API and most of MFC, and forced all NEW development to move to the.net runtime.
I suspect that the idea crossed their minds, whether or not they started to implement it, but they couldn't figure out how to guarantee front to back digital restrictions with such a dual-OS model.
Something, though, made them panic and start over a few years ago, scrapping any progress they made. And integrating DRM along the way kept making things worse.
This may be a more common problem than you suspect, and not merely as the result of mutation (most mutations kill or otherwise negatively affect the mutated organism).
What's the relevance? The article is about virus therapy, the FDA link is about gene therapy? Gene therapy is generally delivered through the use of modified viruses. (Virii? A pox on you, I say!)
I remember hearing about the Pennsylvania case when it happened, as it sent shockwaves through medical research in the US, whether or not you were involved in gene therapy, or even human trials at all. Apparently what happened to this particular boy was that they attempted to introduce corrected genes to overwrite his own mutation. They chose a human cold virus as the vector, and injected it into his liver. The result? Acute liver failure. The researcher in charge had been underreporting adverse events. I believe 6 other medical centers had their research closely scrutinized, as they were part of his study. I don't recall any pertinent details though.
That said, one of the things about medical research, or medical treatments in general, is to weigh the benefits of therapy to the risks. For research in particular, the research subject generally bears much more risk, and society stands to benefit more from the research than the subject does.
I echo your sentiments. In the case of aggressive, inoperable brain cancer, I suspect that high risk procedures such as this may be worth pursuing. (With proper informed consent, and proper human research safeguards in place of course!)
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in an 8 page interview? I feel like a sucker for buying the 900 page book
the release date they announce in June of 2010 will probably be a more accurate one.
some "piracy" (unsanctioned demos) will be converted to sales, and some legitimate users would be annoyed by the scheme.
If there is a legitimate demo I might try it, and then if I like it I will buy it. If there is no demo I won't download an unsanctioned game; I will wait until there is a review from one or three sites I trust, and or good word of mouth about it, and only then will I consider buying it.
DRM/copy prevention/anti"piracy" schemes WILL annoy me, and no amount of awesome will get me to buy such a game. It's good to hear about these things before I consider a game.
Of course, I run a mac and an ubuntu rig, so I'm not in the target market for many game companies anyway.
I know I am. And apple pie sure is tasty!
On the other hand, you already know where to get apple pie, but you have to use the internet to get porn, or post in the swingers classifieds. The comparison is skewed.
I totally want to do Sleater-Kinney
Will this be the year of linux on the UMPC?
Alternate troll:
Is linux ready for the UMPC?
I bet you'll get a felony "attempting to defeat a security device" conviction for blocking the seat-back camera, even inadvertently. Don't keep your face turned to the window either, that's suspicious activity.
I use the number pad so much that the telephone pad is upside down to me. Good thing all the numbers I call are on speed-dial, because I always get the number I'm punching in wrong the first time.
Glad to see you back from Gitmo, man. We missed you.
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US Telecoms are demanding immunity for assisting unlawful federal wiretaps.
Might this material make the Hirsch-Meeks fusor energy positive?
Or are the unnamed "radioactive particles that slam into the gold" not neutrons?
Is the energy recovery from this material, even 20 times better than thermoelectric materials, not nearly good enough to extract enough energy from the fusor?
I have 180 GB free. That should be enough room. I hope.
Cario, I think # 4 in the image gallery...
If you thought idiots talking on cell phones while driving were dangerous, wait until you get next to some jerk using the convenient steering wheel mount on the Cario laptop.
Well, the CEO Don o'Treply was getting tired of getting everyone's bounced emails, THAT's what happened.
"...and have a minimum top speed of 100 miles per hour..."
Do they say how high the cliff is allowed to be?
I would ask it why it is not helping the tortoise, upside down and baking in the desert heat. I will not, however, ask about its mother.
As long as they don't flash a nipple on TV, the FCC won't do anything. It's like Ed Meese or John Ashcroft work there.
Maybe they can arrange to purchase some from Iran. Everybody wins!
Which is easier to do while driving--reaching down to press one of your radio's preset buttons, or programming your lego mindstorms robot to reach down and press one of your radio's preset buttons?
I don't think any amount of haptics/tactile feedback/nonvisual cues will change that situation.
is that for the whole Kobe beef cow?
Wikipedia link! bonus!
That Vista RTM had been delayed due to DRM issues... That the OS was probably scrapped in the first place to be rewritten with DRM as the underlying security model.
.net runtime.
I had long thought, and I'm sure I'm not alone, that microsoft should have pulled an apple and damn the backward compatability. They should have rewritten the OS from scratch after windows XP, and shouldn't have dropped key features along the way like the new WinFS, for instance. They should have bought VMware and integrated a virtual machine with a full copy of the appropriate WindowsXP (pro for pro, home for home)to run all the older "mission critical" software in "classic mode." They could have deprecated the win32 API and most of MFC, and forced all NEW development to move to the
I suspect that the idea crossed their minds, whether or not they started to implement it, but they couldn't figure out how to guarantee front to back digital restrictions with such a dual-OS model.
Something, though, made them panic and start over a few years ago, scrapping any progress they made. And integrating DRM along the way kept making things worse.
This may be a more common problem than you suspect, and not merely as the result of mutation (most mutations kill or otherwise negatively affect the mutated organism).
http://www.fda.gov/Fdac/features/2000/500_gene.html
What's the relevance? The article is about virus therapy, the FDA link is about gene therapy? Gene therapy is generally delivered through the use of modified viruses. (Virii? A pox on you, I say!)
I remember hearing about the Pennsylvania case when it happened, as it sent shockwaves through medical research in the US, whether or not you were involved in gene therapy, or even human trials at all.
Apparently what happened to this particular boy was that they attempted to introduce corrected genes to overwrite his own mutation. They chose a human cold virus as the vector, and injected it into his liver. The result? Acute liver failure. The researcher in charge had been underreporting adverse events. I believe 6 other medical centers had their research closely scrutinized, as they were part of his study. I don't recall any pertinent details though.
That said, one of the things about medical research, or medical treatments in general, is to weigh the benefits of therapy to the risks. For research in particular, the research subject generally bears much more risk, and society stands to benefit more from the research than the subject does.
I echo your sentiments. In the case of aggressive, inoperable brain cancer, I suspect that high risk procedures such as this may be worth pursuing. (With proper informed consent, and proper human research safeguards in place of course!)