I fully agree with that. However, the IP law as of now seems a bit ridiculous and the pricing is currently on the level of being a monopoly. While I do have some support of the law (the sentence seems a bit harsh, and the inherent clause on easing the burden of proof are reason why I don't support it much), they need to rewrite it. And here comes the rub, WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT! And the jail... and others. Second, the law doesn't solve the problem when a lot of piracy was out of the State.
Actually the reason OJ was found innocent by 12 citizens because several key evidence was thrown out on technicallity (bad collection, contamination of evidences) and the jury cannot include those, therefore looking at the remaining evidences, there's no "Beyond all reasonable doubt" that OJ is guilty.
I actually heard a presentation on forensic science by the guy who's testimony caused those evidences to be excluded. He's a forensic expert who's has a strong sense of honesty. In fact, the prosecuting attorney placed him on the stand because of his expertise, only to get their jaw dropped when he start discrediting their own evidences.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials /S impson/leetest.html Oh, forgot to put it in, that guy's name is Dr. Henry Lee.
P.S. I like his honesty. And all we can blame is the lousy CSI's processing OJ's evidences.
Although the real question would be, since according to the law of supply and demand, a low cost (free of internet) would drive the demand (downloads) disporportionally large. So the real question is, out of those 500 million downloaders, how many will actually be compelled to buy the CD, and how many actually already have the CD but are just too lazy to get good CD-ripping softwares?
A lot of file sharing originated in foreign country. (hate to say this, but I think Taiwan will have a huge network, for one I came from there, and for two, they have lousy copyright enforcement).
I don't think geeks in US and EU won't get offended. Since that statement is perfectly true, the government officials depend on large corporation for election funds. While historically speaking, massive election fund does not equate to winning and election, it does give an edge. While I don't have the time to write letter nor calling them (they seems to ignore e-mail a lot), the least everyone can do is go out there and VOTE! I would bet if enough people voted, they'll be forced to listen to us.
P.S. WE'RE NOT VOTING ENOUGH! 20 ~ 30% VOTING RATE ISN'T GOOD! EVEN TAIWAN GOT A VOTING RATE HIGHER THEN THAT. (unfortunatly, the 2004 presidential election on March 25 in Taiwan got so much election fraud, caught on tape, that it might as well be void...).
Actually the Japanese companies don't care much about fansubber. They don't encourage it, but the silently allow it since among fasubbers, they have a decree that if an Anime is licensed in state (or whatever country they're doing the translation for) they'll stop all work and cease distribution. The companies in Japanese actually like fansubbers since they gave the anime they're subbing a head start in term of recognition.
I think the 90 years limitation OR 15 years after the artist death (is it 15? or something else, I forgot) is designed because in the past, creating a very good piece of artistic work is VERY hard. That and the limitation in an essence means the artists OWNS his own work for the rest of his life (kinda like buying something, it's yours, until you sell it).
Space is big, asteroid is tiny compare to space. Plus with all those space junk up there, it's literally looking for a grain of pepper in a sea of salt.
I'll give you a few reason why people want to play games then doing "something"
1. They don't wanna die (sure it'll be cool to do tricks like in SSX, but you'll kill yourself if you botched the real thing)
2. They are not god. (Not even the mayor can call down alien invasion, tornado, and natural disaster like one can in SimCity series, or something)
3. They're not licensed. (Flight Sim, need a license for plane, some people just want to fly but don't have a license, and RC isn't realistic enough for them)
4. It's illegal to kill. (Paintball is all nice and good, but you don't have sniper guns in paintball because its inaccurate, and it's illegal to use real gun. So to quech those killing thirst, a video game sounds good)
5. They don't exist. (CON's and Renassance festival don't exactly have goblin you can kill, or real prince/princess who is not totting around a cellphone or with a body guard. On the other end of the timeline, we don't have tacyon canon nor advance space fighters for us to blow each other. Nor have we found any aliens willing to keep our butt so we can get the satisfaction out of killing them.
But let's put this in practical view. PC as a gaming system has several edge over console gaming and vice versa. PC is a good platform for FPS, RTS, and Planning-related simulations (Sim City type) due to its mouse and keyboard interface. Console is perfect for Fighting games where interface and uber-powerful graphics are the norm and flight combat, also console allow the game developer to know exactly what type of control they need to anticipated.
Just as a follow up, use E ink in notebook, easily stored just as a notebook, with the advantage of searching through your typed note. If they're really ambitious, add the ability to store image drawn by e-pen (for those darn calculus formulas), or a handwriting recognition software. The possibility is endless. And once they fixed the fps problem... VIDEO! Droole...
One, it's in black and white only right now. Two, it doesn't need a battery if the page is staying static (which means, the battery life is technically infinite if you're not changing it).
To answer your question, there had been R&D efforts on E-Ink, both in US, Europe and Japan. While E-Ink can maintain the image without electricity while only needing a small amount to change, the E-Ink has one major drawback, a ridiculously low frame rate (last I checked its 4fps). That may be why. As for color, there's already a research group (forgot which, google for it) that already developed a color prototype. But still with the same problem, low framerate. On a side note, it's not that easy to add color to E-Ink, go read a few white papers on them and you'll see why.
I would say I agree with the first part of your comment, but I must say something about your last part. You DO NOT WANT to have 80 students in one class (upper limit? 40). With 80 students in class, most English teacher won't even think about teaching it. On another note, "liberal social" classes should be scrapped all together, stuff that have to deal with gay issues and such should not be part of the subject. Unfortunately, with Bush in charge... I have little hope that would change. And you're right we need more Science and Mathematics, and more history.
Having read most comment posted, I couldn't resist replying so everyone can read this. If the satellite is ever deployed, and controlled by a remote signal... and is hackable (I bet someone will find a way to do it), I plead to those who are capable that when the time comes, put the goatse image on it... So situations such as follow might happen.
Little Girl >> "Mommy, what's that man doing to his poo poo hole?" Mother >> "What man... OH MY &@!%$&%!&@#$&%!@%#$!"
Astronomer 1 >> "Check this out, I think we just found a super massive black hole." Astronomer 2 >> "Let me see... all I see are a bunch of black thing." Astronomer 1 >> "Let's zoom out a little..." Astronomer 1&2 >> "HOLY F***!"
The man featured in goatse >> "Hey! That's my ass up there."
New anchor >> "Today...... a highly obscene image depicting a man enlarging his *BEEP* is shown across the night sky in full view of elementary student in an excercise to view the stars. The same image is also viewed across the entire globe, illiciting countless enraged called to the StarShow Corporation, who owns the satellite that displayed said image..."
That would be awesome. Maybe that hacker would be kind enough to load a goatse photo onto it... Little Girl >> "Mommy, what's that man doing to his poo poo?" Mother >> "What man... OH MY @$%!#%!@$&%!@$!"
That and the amount of satellite needed to even make an ad big enough. Each satellite, even at their height of luminosity (when their body reflects the most light), is just a frigging tiny dot (even the space station). Now, imagine the size of the satellite trying to do a frigging ad.
Too bad you posted as anonymous, I might've modded as Interesting. It is hard to see Anony Cowards who posted somewhat intelligently. By the way, maybe funny is a better mod for it... sponsoring an entire American city... the question is not When will it stop, but How FAR will it go (ad in human genome?)?
Hm... Google seems to do MUCH better then Yahoo with no TV ads (who here can remember the "Do you Yahoo?" TV ads? Uh huh... Who remember any Google TV ads?)
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I fully agree with that. However, the IP law as of now seems a bit ridiculous and the pricing is currently on the level of being a monopoly. While I do have some support of the law (the sentence seems a bit harsh, and the inherent clause on easing the burden of proof are reason why I don't support it much), they need to rewrite it.
And here comes the rub, WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT! And the jail... and others.
Second, the law doesn't solve the problem when a lot of piracy was out of the State.
Sorry, a correction on my previous post (got my facts mixed up completely), Dr. Henry Lee was put on the stand by the defense attorney, not the prosecutin attorney.S impson/leetest.html
Here's the link against in clickable form
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/
Actually the reason OJ was found innocent by 12 citizens because several key evidence was thrown out on technicallity (bad collection, contamination of evidences) and the jury cannot include those, therefore looking at the remaining evidences, there's no "Beyond all reasonable doubt" that OJ is guilty.
s /S impson/leetest.html
I actually heard a presentation on forensic science by the guy who's testimony caused those evidences to be excluded. He's a forensic expert who's has a strong sense of honesty. In fact, the prosecuting attorney placed him on the stand because of his expertise, only to get their jaw dropped when he start discrediting their own evidences.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrial
Oh, forgot to put it in, that guy's name is Dr. Henry Lee.
P.S. I like his honesty. And all we can blame is the lousy CSI's processing OJ's evidences.
By the way this is going, they should levy a prison tax on large corporation and STOP TAKING MONEY FROM COMMON PEOPLE TO JAIL THEMSELVES!
Hm... come to think about, we're literally paying our way to be in jail.
That doesn't seems to stop drugs.
Although the real question would be, since according to the law of supply and demand, a low cost (free of internet) would drive the demand (downloads) disporportionally large. So the real question is, out of those 500 million downloaders, how many will actually be compelled to buy the CD, and how many actually already have the CD but are just too lazy to get good CD-ripping softwares?
A lot of file sharing originated in foreign country. (hate to say this, but I think Taiwan will have a huge network, for one I came from there, and for two, they have lousy copyright enforcement).
I don't think geeks in US and EU won't get offended. Since that statement is perfectly true, the government officials depend on large corporation for election funds. While historically speaking, massive election fund does not equate to winning and election, it does give an edge. While I don't have the time to write letter nor calling them (they seems to ignore e-mail a lot), the least everyone can do is go out there and VOTE! I would bet if enough people voted, they'll be forced to listen to us.
P.S. WE'RE NOT VOTING ENOUGH! 20 ~ 30% VOTING RATE ISN'T GOOD! EVEN TAIWAN GOT A VOTING RATE HIGHER THEN THAT. (unfortunatly, the 2004 presidential election on March 25 in Taiwan got so much election fraud, caught on tape, that it might as well be void...).
Actually the Japanese companies don't care much about fansubber. They don't encourage it, but the silently allow it since among fasubbers, they have a decree that if an Anime is licensed in state (or whatever country they're doing the translation for) they'll stop all work and cease distribution. The companies in Japanese actually like fansubbers since they gave the anime they're subbing a head start in term of recognition.
I think the 90 years limitation OR 15 years after the artist death (is it 15? or something else, I forgot) is designed because in the past, creating a very good piece of artistic work is VERY hard. That and the limitation in an essence means the artists OWNS his own work for the rest of his life (kinda like buying something, it's yours, until you sell it).
Space is big, asteroid is tiny compare to space. Plus with all those space junk up there, it's literally looking for a grain of pepper in a sea of salt.
I'll give you a few reason why people want to play games then doing "something"
1. They don't wanna die (sure it'll be cool to do tricks like in SSX, but you'll kill yourself if you botched the real thing)
2. They are not god. (Not even the mayor can call down alien invasion, tornado, and natural disaster like one can in SimCity series, or something)
3. They're not licensed. (Flight Sim, need a license for plane, some people just want to fly but don't have a license, and RC isn't realistic enough for them)
4. It's illegal to kill. (Paintball is all nice and good, but you don't have sniper guns in paintball because its inaccurate, and it's illegal to use real gun. So to quech those killing thirst, a video game sounds good)
5. They don't exist. (CON's and Renassance festival don't exactly have goblin you can kill, or real prince/princess who is not totting around a cellphone or with a body guard. On the other end of the timeline, we don't have tacyon canon nor advance space fighters for us to blow each other. Nor have we found any aliens willing to keep our butt so we can get the satisfaction out of killing them.
But let's put this in practical view. PC as a gaming system has several edge over console gaming and vice versa.
PC is a good platform for FPS, RTS, and Planning-related simulations (Sim City type) due to its mouse and keyboard interface.
Console is perfect for Fighting games where interface and uber-powerful graphics are the norm and flight combat, also console allow the game developer to know exactly what type of control they need to anticipated.
Just as a follow up, use E ink in notebook, easily stored just as a notebook, with the advantage of searching through your typed note. If they're really ambitious, add the ability to store image drawn by e-pen (for those darn calculus formulas), or a handwriting recognition software. The possibility is endless. And once they fixed the fps problem... VIDEO! Droole...
One, it's in black and white only right now. Two, it doesn't need a battery if the page is staying static (which means, the battery life is technically infinite if you're not changing it).
To answer your question, there had been R&D efforts on E-Ink, both in US, Europe and Japan. While E-Ink can maintain the image without electricity while only needing a small amount to change, the E-Ink has one major drawback, a ridiculously low frame rate (last I checked its 4fps). That may be why. As for color, there's already a research group (forgot which, google for it) that already developed a color prototype. But still with the same problem, low framerate. On a side note, it's not that easy to add color to E-Ink, go read a few white papers on them and you'll see why.
I would say I agree with the first part of your comment, but I must say something about your last part. You DO NOT WANT to have 80 students in one class (upper limit? 40). With 80 students in class, most English teacher won't even think about teaching it.
On another note, "liberal social" classes should be scrapped all together, stuff that have to deal with gay issues and such should not be part of the subject. Unfortunately, with Bush in charge... I have little hope that would change. And you're right we need more Science and Mathematics, and more history.
Having read most comment posted, I couldn't resist replying so everyone can read this. If the satellite is ever deployed, and controlled by a remote signal... and is hackable (I bet someone will find a way to do it), I plead to those who are capable that when the time comes, put the goatse image on it... So situations such as follow might happen.
Little Girl >> "Mommy, what's that man doing to his poo poo hole?"
Mother >> "What man... OH MY &@!%$&%!&@#$&%!@%#$!"
Astronomer 1 >> "Check this out, I think we just found a super massive black hole."
Astronomer 2 >> "Let me see... all I see are a bunch of black thing."
Astronomer 1 >> "Let's zoom out a little..."
Astronomer 1&2 >> "HOLY F***!"
The man featured in goatse >> "Hey! That's my ass up there."
And put a goatse image on top of it.
... a highly obscene image depicting a man enlarging his *BEEP* is shown across the night sky in full view of elementary student in an excercise to view the stars. The same image is also viewed across the entire globe, illiciting countless enraged called to the StarShow Corporation, who owns the satellite that displayed said image..."
New anchor >> "Today...
That would be awesome. Maybe that hacker would be kind enough to load a goatse photo onto it...
Little Girl >> "Mommy, what's that man doing to his poo poo?"
Mother >> "What man... OH MY @$%!#%!@$&%!@$!"
I'll play the Racist card... and combine it with my Genocide card and destroy all cards of a certain race... hm... decisions, decisions...
That and the amount of satellite needed to even make an ad big enough. Each satellite, even at their height of luminosity (when their body reflects the most light), is just a frigging tiny dot (even the space station). Now, imagine the size of the satellite trying to do a frigging ad.
Too bad you posted as anonymous, I might've modded as Interesting. It is hard to see Anony Cowards who posted somewhat intelligently. By the way, maybe funny is a better mod for it... sponsoring an entire American city... the question is not When will it stop, but How FAR will it go (ad in human genome?)?
Hm... Google seems to do MUCH better then Yahoo with no TV ads (who here can remember the "Do you Yahoo?" TV ads? Uh huh... Who remember any Google TV ads?)