Your point is valid but irrelevant. The whole point of this post is about LJ deleting journals for violating TOS, specifically, linking to things that violate TOS like pedophiles and other things of that nature. LJ's actions have little or nothing to do with the aspect of direct linking you describe. I'm certain that those culled from LJ were found to be affirmitively in violation of TOS and not just accidently.
Another viable option are the managed services i.e. messagelabs and postini. they are becoming increasingly popular and are alot simpler to implement for small business.
the act of prognostication, or calling it out, will almost certainly ensure that it doesn't happen (burst) as it will raise awareness and limit investment.
there aren't many "b" games, because "b" games are often buggy and unplayable. bugs are not fun or funny or tolerable. I don't crash out of a game and go "haha that was so bad it was fun". no.
even with the worst movies, they still "work" because all you are doing is watching them. there's no technological requirement. it's not like the movie film breaks while watching or anything.
it would require an unusual development house to create a game with no programming bugs and reasonable graphics engine to support a totally shoddy gameplay that allowed for humour and enjoyment.
Sping for A web developer? OP is significantly underestimating the inertia of large organizations.
The comcast web portal is a highly complex application that no doubt has countless dependencies that has been developed by entire teams of people over the past 6-10 years.
You'd need far more than just A web developer... The cost of such a project (They have 13 million customers used to the current one, and all sorts of other intangibles) would be quite an expensive and arduous undertaking.
Wow, i recognize that picture of the couple there. That's a BBC owned image from an article about the couple and their two kids and surely a violation of that couple's personality rights, let alone copyright of the BBC.
it seems respecting image licenses was not at the forefront of their thought process when determining what they could include when building their displays.
Second chance was the first body armor manufacturer using Zylon to recall their product and replace them, even before Toyoba announced the defect. They operated in a dutiful manner respectful of their customers.
No doubt they did pick the wrong horse, but it wasn't out of malice or lack of responsibility.
I'm from the small town in Michigan in which second chance was founded, and I know the entire history of the "incident"
The officer in that shooting was shot 6 or 7 times. *ONE* bullet penetrated the Zylon, and it was on the periphery of the vest. The edges of *ANY* vest are vulnerable and not as strong as center-mass.
Second chance has 960+ confirmed saves with their body armor.
What they've done to the second chance business as a result is, on the whole, a travesty. They were/are one of the few american manufacturers, and they did nothing wrong at all.
Michigan does not use privately assigned numbers for our drivers license numbers. Our drivers license numbers are calculated using a method that's not secret or random or anything.
We use a system that combines soundex codes with date of birth. You can find anyones michigan driver's license number if you know:
First name, Middle Name, Last name, Month of Birth, year of birth.
There are only a few times where it might be a few numbers off. If you happen to share a first name middle name last name month of birth and year of birth, then the last 3 numbers will be off by 1. Besides that, this works really well.
This is great for catching fake ID's. None of the fake ID's bother to calculate the right number. Most bouncers who police doors are familiar enough with the codes to flag fakes quite easily.
what the hell does this have to do with Microsoft? NYSE was never run with Microsoft software. Are you suggesting it doesn't bode well because they didn't choose to move to a Microsoft platform? Not sure I get it.
These are not randomly generated maps. They are not procedural. The idea is actually that there is one base map which can have 14 different states depending on lots of different factors.
This type of map would then, in my opinion, make memorization even more important. There are certain areas of the map that are blocked off and certain areas that are opened up depending upon factors like CP ownership.
This is not procedural. It is not done to "balance the game" so that new players are more even keeled with older players who have wrote memorized the level.
I was thinking about this just the other night, strange coincidence. There are probably a lot of functions like photosynthesis that rely on quantum effects. One of them might be the idea of consciousness. Consciousness may not be so easily explained without taking into account quantum effects. If self awareness is enabled through some sort of quantum effect, imagine the philosophical implications.
in this case it's about taxing a business, so more accurately it's the profits that are taxed.
yes, I am aware that by some definitions, income is profit, but that's only as a wage. for a business, the difference between income (revenue) and profit (revenue minus cost) is quite clear.
can you site a case where europeans pay a state sales tax? I don't think i can think of any situation where they would.
Hell, I live in Michigan and even I don't have to pay state sales taxes.
If someone is charging a european a US State sales tax on a mail ordered item, they are pocketing the money. That makes them a reseller of questionable moral character.
Wales is a business man, not a do-gooder. His for-profit wikia.com venture stands ready to replace wikipedia, and with all Wikipedia content under a GFDL license, he has the legal right to do so.
i don't want to be a conspiracy theorist, but everything seems to be falling into place for a commercial takeover of the wikimedia foundation. Wikimedia bankruptcy, recent pushes on Wikipedia to remove all not-for-free content, etc. they figure it's time to cash in.
The availability of entertainment and the distraction it is to persons who might otherwise be motivated to do something more productive than consuming entertainment is what keeps the majority of Americans disinterested in the political process.
It makes me wonder if these senators know they are poking a sleeping beast with a stick. If I were a senator who preferred constituents who didn't care, I would be wont to introduce such legislation that may them from their distractions.
Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm no expert on this subject, but undersea cables certainly aren't 21 mm wide. Certainly they are run in bundles of dozens (maybe hundreds) for a total width of several inches. At work we had fiber cable installed that has 16 or so strands and it was half an inch thick.
I guess it's just bad writing and I shouldn't be so nitpicky.:)
Slashdot Mirror
press release news posted to slashdot = gayest shit ever.
Your point is valid but irrelevant. The whole point of this post is about LJ deleting journals for violating TOS, specifically, linking to things that violate TOS like pedophiles and other things of that nature. LJ's actions have little or nothing to do with the aspect of direct linking you describe. I'm certain that those culled from LJ were found to be affirmitively in violation of TOS and not just accidently.
Another viable option are the managed services i.e. messagelabs and postini. they are becoming increasingly popular and are alot simpler to implement for small business.
the act of prognostication, or calling it out, will almost certainly ensure that it doesn't happen (burst) as it will raise awareness and limit investment.
i think the premise of this story is wrong.
there aren't many "b" games, because "b" games are often buggy and unplayable. bugs are not fun or funny or tolerable. I don't crash out of a game and go "haha that was so bad it was fun". no.
even with the worst movies, they still "work" because all you are doing is watching them. there's no technological requirement. it's not like the movie film breaks while watching or anything.
it would require an unusual development house to create a game with no programming bugs and reasonable graphics engine to support a totally shoddy gameplay that allowed for humour and enjoyment.
Sping for A web developer? OP is significantly underestimating the inertia of large organizations.
The comcast web portal is a highly complex application that no doubt has countless dependencies that has been developed by entire teams of people over the past 6-10 years.
You'd need far more than just A web developer... The cost of such a project (They have 13 million customers used to the current one, and all sorts of other intangibles) would be quite an expensive and arduous undertaking.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drjonboyg/526984635/i n/set-72157600301874014/
Wow, i recognize that picture of the couple there. That's a BBC owned image from an article about the couple and their two kids and surely a violation of that couple's personality rights, let alone copyright of the BBC.
it seems respecting image licenses was not at the forefront of their thought process when determining what they could include when building their displays.
jesus christ! what an abomination.
Second chance was the first body armor manufacturer using Zylon to recall their product and replace them, even before Toyoba announced the defect. They operated in a dutiful manner respectful of their customers.
No doubt they did pick the wrong horse, but it wasn't out of malice or lack of responsibility.
I'm from the small town in Michigan in which second chance was founded, and I know the entire history of the "incident"
The officer in that shooting was shot 6 or 7 times. *ONE* bullet penetrated the Zylon, and it was on the periphery of the vest. The edges of *ANY* vest are vulnerable and not as strong as center-mass.
Second chance has 960+ confirmed saves with their body armor.
What they've done to the second chance business as a result is, on the whole, a travesty. They were/are one of the few american manufacturers, and they did nothing wrong at all.
Michigan does not use privately assigned numbers for our drivers license numbers. Our drivers license numbers are calculated using a method that's not secret or random or anything.
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We use a system that combines soundex codes with date of birth. You can find anyones michigan driver's license number if you know:
First name, Middle Name, Last name, Month of Birth, year of birth.
If you're from michigan, get out your driver's license and see for yourself.
http://www.highprogrammer.com/cgi-bin/uniqueid/dl
There are only a few times where it might be a few numbers off. If you happen to share a first name middle name last name month of birth and year of birth, then the last 3 numbers will be off by 1. Besides that, this works really well.
This is great for catching fake ID's. None of the fake ID's bother to calculate the right number. Most bouncers who police doors are familiar enough with the codes to flag fakes quite easily.
what the hell does this have to do with Microsoft? NYSE was never run with Microsoft software. Are you suggesting it doesn't bode well because they didn't choose to move to a Microsoft platform? Not sure I get it.
to insinuate that customTF is related to the TF1 community at all is a miscarriage of justice.
God you guys just get off on a tangent don't you?
These are not randomly generated maps. They are not procedural. The idea is actually that there is one base map which can have 14 different states depending on lots of different factors.
This type of map would then, in my opinion, make memorization even more important. There are certain areas of the map that are blocked off and certain areas that are opened up depending upon factors like CP ownership.
This is not procedural. It is not done to "balance the game" so that new players are more even keeled with older players who have wrote memorized the level.
RTFA.
I was thinking about this just the other night, strange coincidence. There are probably a lot of functions like photosynthesis that rely on quantum effects. One of them might be the idea of consciousness. Consciousness may not be so easily explained without taking into account quantum effects. If self awareness is enabled through some sort of quantum effect, imagine the philosophical implications.
what's the deal with the google logo? what do they have to do with this?
in this case it's about taxing a business, so more accurately it's the profits that are taxed.
yes, I am aware that by some definitions, income is profit, but that's only as a wage. for a business, the difference between income (revenue) and profit (revenue minus cost) is quite clear.
can you site a case where europeans pay a state sales tax? I don't think i can think of any situation where they would.
Hell, I live in Michigan and even I don't have to pay state sales taxes.
If someone is charging a european a US State sales tax on a mail ordered item, they are pocketing the money. That makes them a reseller of questionable moral character.
True that. But, of any potential fork, JW's would be most likely to succeed, i would think.
Wales is a business man, not a do-gooder. His for-profit wikia.com venture stands ready to replace wikipedia, and with all Wikipedia content under a GFDL license, he has the legal right to do so.
i don't want to be a conspiracy theorist, but everything seems to be falling into place for a commercial takeover of the wikimedia foundation. Wikimedia bankruptcy, recent pushes on Wikipedia to remove all not-for-free content, etc. they figure it's time to cash in.
Thank you for your thoughtful posts, they were very interesting and informative.
-Jeff
The US Dollar isn't based on anything other than trust now - fiat money. What makes second life, or any other currency, any different?
Currency gets its value thanks to simple acceptance.
The availability of entertainment and the distraction it is to persons who might otherwise be motivated to do something more productive than consuming entertainment is what keeps the majority of Americans disinterested in the political process.
It makes me wonder if these senators know they are poking a sleeping beast with a stick. If I were a senator who preferred constituents who didn't care, I would be wont to introduce such legislation that may them from their distractions.
http://www.google.com/search?q=21+millimetres+in+r ods
Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm no expert on this subject, but undersea cables certainly aren't 21 mm wide. Certainly they are run in bundles of dozens (maybe hundreds) for a total width of several inches. At work we had fiber cable installed that has 16 or so strands and it was half an inch thick.
:)
I guess it's just bad writing and I shouldn't be so nitpicky.