The way I see it, *software* isn't a service, but *writing/updating/etc. software* is a service. Just the same as making a tractor is a service, but the tractor itself is not a service.
Whether or not you want to call it a service, there are instances where it is better for a customer to rent/lease a tractor than buy it. Just as there are instances where it might be better to rent/lease software.
Software as a service? Perpetual payments? No thanks.
Who -- besides companies looking for more profits and a constant revenue stream -- actually wants this? The cons far, far outweight the pros for the typical customer.
Just as computing can be provided as a service, so can software. It all depends on what is being provided, and what the customer needs. Do you buy Google Search Engine software, or do you utilize Google as a service?
Generalizations can accurately predict outcomes, despite exceptions to the contrary. You don't lose every bet in Vegas, but the shiny buildings indicate which way the money is flowing.
Generalizations are only as good as the data they are based on. In your example of Vegas, the conditions of interaction are more controlled - known odds, concrete win/loss conditions. For this study, the data is limited at best. You have the students rating their own performance. Personally my grades in school didn't match my performance, since I didn't do homework but did excellent on tests. So was I an excellent student for knowing the material, or a good student because I had a B-average? Going back to your Vegas example, a gambler might rate their performance not on how much money they won/lost, but how long they were able to play for. You can be an excellent gambler and help build those shiney buildings.
Also, there is no indication of how they are interacting with video games or television. Is a student's performance in school better if they are hanging out at the mall, or watching the History Channel? Are the kids playing platformers which are more twitch oriented, or strategy games that require more complex thought and problem solving skills.
Correlation matters, even if it throws a negative light on your hobby.
Correlation matters, but you should understand it's meaning. Is this study less about video games and more a reflection of interests of parents in their children? A disinterested parent would more likely let their child watch more TV, and have a child who performs more poorly in school. The results could very well be the same with a study on "Students who have parents that drive them to school"
Mr. Chase believes firmly in the creative and dramatic potential of television, but isn't so sure that videogames can mean all that much.
Pot meet kettle. Everybody knows that Television is a low-class form of entertainment for the masses, and doesn't have the same cultural significance as books or stage plays. Pretty much what he says was also said of television 60 years ago.
Is this just a weird effect of the way that American city limits are drawn? By which I mean, if you included the greater metropolitan areas of cities in their population count would you actually end up with many many more cities with more than a million people?
That is part of the reason. For example, Phoenix has 1.4M while the Phoenix metro area(Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale, Tempe, etc) has a total population of 3.2M But also, because of the size of the country there can be many more urban areas with smaller populations like 300k in Pittsburgh
That should read: "Don't forget the immense possible benefit to producers: zero cost of reproduction." The cost to produce the first copy will still exist.
Even after the first bomb fell, and even after the Soviet Union declared war and began the invasion, they still weren't willing to surrender. Can you explain how they were on the verge of surrendering?
I think the misunderstanding lies in the disconnect between the civilian and military leadership in Japan. The ambassadors were negotiating terms of surrender, but that didn't necessarily mean that the military leaders in the country were ready to surrender.
I haven't figured out why, but there are few crimes I consider less serious than ripping off a casino. I personally feel the world would be better off without them, so if they fail as businesses, I don't care. It bothers me that they make their money on other people's gambling weaknesses. It would bother me less if they didn't allow people to lose their life savings.
Should we shut down bars because some people are alcoholics? The vast majority of people who go to casinos can control themselves and enjoy gambling.
Plus, as someone else noted, interns probably wouldn't see the bad sides, therefore the article is most likely not even omitting anything.
During my internships at different big tech companies, I was never shielded from the bad parts of the company. While you aren't directly participating in the long work hours, you definately get to see it. No matter what HR wants, the average worker is going to give the intern an idea of the good and bad of the company. I was co-oping at IBM when they were making changes to the pension plan, and it was definately talked about amongst everybody.
Isn't the whole point of DRM to restrict what consumers can do, thereby harming consumers?
How TF can restricting DRM then harm consumers?
Because then the RIAA/MPAA can say electronic distribution systems aren't doing enough to protect their IP, pull their material, and sue the distributors into obscurity. Until artists stop signing away their souls to the **AA, DRM will be a necessary evil for legal non-physical distribution schemes.
For example, if it is cheaper to use more energy than to use more efficent equipment, you just use more energy.
Resources isn't just energy, it's manpower, time, money, materials. We could have had 50mpg cars a decade ago, the problem was that the consumer would not buy them because they preferred heavier more powerful SUVs. The resources invested in developing a marketable 50mpg car would have been wasted - If nobody buys a more efficient vehicle you aren't saving any oil. Now that prices have shifted, so have the priorities of consumers and car companies.
I'll word this differently: should people have a RIGHT to make private contracts? If I want to do something respectable in exchange for $4, who are you to come and tell me that I can't?
You can make the agreement, you just don't waive your rights.
The minimum wage is a great law for the middle class: someone with an education is more likely to be worth $6 an hour. Sucks if you are one of the elements of the cycle-of-poverty who is only worth $3 an hour, because no one is going to hire you at a $3 loss. (Actually, what usually happens is that those below the poverty line do get hired, but not for nearly enough hours. They would be better off working a dollar less per hour for twice as many hours--which is not an unlikely outcome for a marginal utility curve for labor!--but try explaining the math involved to someone in congress.)
The problem with your arguement is there are plenty of unskilled minimum wage jobs that are unfilled; I don't know any high school kid that had a problem trying to find a minimum wage summer job. Marginal job losses occur when the minimum wage cannot effectively be absorbed by the economy. An effective minimum wage does not significantly effect inflation or unemployment, but does ensure wealth dispersal.
Now here is the problem: where is the responsibility? Is it also Target's responsibilty to pay for the blind's computer access equipment? Do they have to provide them transport to and from the store, since they can't drive on their own? Does there need to be a guy with a megaphone standing on every Target billboard declaring the contents of the sign in an audible format?
That is why the standard is reasonable accomodation.
Of course not. The idea that people should have a right to a wage greater than the value of their labour is one the most absurd theories out there.
Blind allegience to free markets to the detriment of people is absurd. An economic system is a tool for the use of resources in society. Capitalism maximizes efficient use of resources, but since labor is a resource, the maximization can result in negative impact on people. For the most part capitalism works to serve society, there are some cases where the system fails and requires regulation (eg OSHA, minimum wage, ADA). Unfortunately the government has gone overboard and overregulates to the point where it's no longer fixing gaps, but rather, is trying to directly manage.
Most stores don't sell stuff that's made for left handed people. However there's stores that have realized this and decided to sell only left handed stuff, and they make pretty good money at it. In the same way, if businesses weren't forced to be accessible, I believe that there would be more businesses specifically catering to people with disabilities.
I think the key difference is accessability vs. product. Lefthanded stores are selling a product to exploit a market, just as there are stores that sell equipment for disabled people. Disabled people need many of the same products non-disabled people need, the problem lies in not being able to get those products. Niche stores could work, then again, there is no certainty they would show up, which would mean serious gaps in service.
Comparing the US to Europe is apples and oranges, a better measure is comparing unemployment rates within the US with State minimum wages. States with higher minimum wages don't necessarily have higher unemployment rates.
However, when it comes to private enterprise, I believe it should be up to the business whether or not they want to provideo services to those with disabilities, especially when it comes at an increased cost.
The requirement is reasonable accomodation, businesses can apply for a compliance waiver if they feel if the requirements are impractical.
Should world of telescopes be required to ensure their services are open to the blind?
Yes, a blind person can hook the telescope up to a computer or figure out some way to make the telescope useful.
Should the running equipment store have to ensure that their store is wheelchair accessible?
Yes, there is running equipment that would be useful for somebody in a wheelchair (weights, sweats). Also, the disabled person may intend to purchase items for somebody else
Should the music store have to contain written lyrics of all their albums for sale?
No, the ADA only addresses accessability, not require businesses sell products for the disabled
I think that businesses should do what they can for those with disabilities, however, they shouldn't be forced into it.
The problem is that if it isn't required, it won't be done.
But nobody has a RIGHT to do business with any particular company
Should people have a RIGHT to minimum wage or decent working conditions? Workers can always choose to work for a different company, or not work at all Should people have a RIGHT to not have their medical records released to everybody? We can always choose to not use a health care provider that doesn't protect privacy.
Protection laws such as minimum wage or ADA were enacted to address the gaps between social responsibility and the free market.
They don't bother to explain why anyone has a "right" to force me (as a business owner) to modify my business to suit THEIR needs and wants. No such right exists, but nobody has told the federal government that.
Just look at the Interstate Commerce clause in the Constitution.
I think the biggest impact is the seperation of children from their parents. Children on the farm were directly responsible to their parent, don't clean the barn and pa would beat you. There were daily checks on whether the kids were doing what they were supposed to. If parents aren't involved in their child's education (not just looking at grades at the end each quarter), then the child isn't really held accountable.
They charge more if their competition allows it, or they change their business model
Isn't that what they are intending to do, and what net neutrality would prevent.
Google's telco is entirely free to charge Google more if it needs to. My telco is entirely free to charge me more if it needs to. They are not free to set up an infinite number of toll bridges in between me and Google.
Why not? The problem isn't the toll system, it's that cable and telcos should be restricted from the content business, since they can leverage their delivery monopolies unfairly.
Assuming they mean 30% better than they currently are, that the average student is making at best 77/100 on their grades. (And if that were the case, they expect 100/100 as the new average. So it's got to be much lower than that.)
I've had engineering classes where the average on a test was 40% (transport sucked). "Furthermore, preliminary evaluation shows that using animations as a part of their study resource enhances performance on questions requiring data interpretation followed by hypothesis building in the cellular context by almost 30%," Looks like they expect improvement on a specific type of question, not an across-the-board improvement.
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That's why I focus on cultural impact. Doom was the game that brought FPS into the public discussion and was the first gold standard for the genre. Similarly EQ brought MMOs into public discussion with stories on MMO addictions, spurred conventions, had famous athletes playing, and was the game everybody else was aiming for (DAOC, SWG, AO, AC were all were trying to unseat EQ). Even though WoW is more popular, culturally it has not really brought anything vastly new to the table. It is very possible given it's mass appeal that it could do something significantly new culturally, but it isn't there yet.
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Whether or not you want to call it a service, there are instances where it is better for a customer to rent/lease a tractor than buy it. Just as there are instances where it might be better to rent/lease software.
Just as computing can be provided as a service, so can software. It all depends on what is being provided, and what the customer needs.
Do you buy Google Search Engine software, or do you utilize Google as a service?
mmmm.... ducks with boobies
Of course he has been known to make mistakes... from time to time
Generalizations are only as good as the data they are based on. In your example of Vegas, the conditions of interaction are more controlled - known odds, concrete win/loss conditions. For this study, the data is limited at best.
You have the students rating their own performance. Personally my grades in school didn't match my performance, since I didn't do homework but did excellent on tests. So was I an excellent student for knowing the material, or a good student because I had a B-average?
Going back to your Vegas example, a gambler might rate their performance not on how much money they won/lost, but how long they were able to play for. You can be an excellent gambler and help build those shiney buildings.
Also, there is no indication of how they are interacting with video games or television. Is a student's performance in school better if they are hanging out at the mall, or watching the History Channel? Are the kids playing platformers which are more twitch oriented, or strategy games that require more complex thought and problem solving skills.
Correlation matters, but you should understand it's meaning. Is this study less about video games and more a reflection of interests of parents in their children? A disinterested parent would more likely let their child watch more TV, and have a child who performs more poorly in school. The results could very well be the same with a study on "Students who have parents that drive them to school"
Pot meet kettle. Everybody knows that Television is a low-class form of entertainment for the masses, and doesn't have the same cultural significance as books or stage plays.
Pretty much what he says was also said of television 60 years ago.
That is part of the reason. For example, Phoenix has 1.4M while the Phoenix metro area(Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale, Tempe, etc) has a total population of 3.2M
But also, because of the size of the country there can be many more urban areas with smaller populations like 300k in Pittsburgh
That should read: "Don't forget the immense possible benefit to producers: zero cost of reproduction."
The cost to produce the first copy will still exist.
The rest were probably dupes.
I think the misunderstanding lies in the disconnect between the civilian and military leadership in Japan. The ambassadors were negotiating terms of surrender, but that didn't necessarily mean that the military leaders in the country were ready to surrender.
Should we shut down bars because some people are alcoholics? The vast majority of people who go to casinos can control themselves and enjoy gambling.
During my internships at different big tech companies, I was never shielded from the bad parts of the company. While you aren't directly participating in the long work hours, you definately get to see it. No matter what HR wants, the average worker is going to give the intern an idea of the good and bad of the company. I was co-oping at IBM when they were making changes to the pension plan, and it was definately talked about amongst everybody.
Because then the RIAA/MPAA can say electronic distribution systems aren't doing enough to protect their IP, pull their material, and sue the distributors into obscurity.
Until artists stop signing away their souls to the **AA, DRM will be a necessary evil for legal non-physical distribution schemes.
Resources isn't just energy, it's manpower, time, money, materials.
We could have had 50mpg cars a decade ago, the problem was that the consumer would not buy them because they preferred heavier more powerful SUVs. The resources invested in developing a marketable 50mpg car would have been wasted - If nobody buys a more efficient vehicle you aren't saving any oil. Now that prices have shifted, so have the priorities of consumers and car companies.
That's because with 8 cores, it's more difficult to clog up the tubes with internets
You can make the agreement, you just don't waive your rights.
The problem with your arguement is there are plenty of unskilled minimum wage jobs that are unfilled; I don't know any high school kid that had a problem trying to find a minimum wage summer job.
Marginal job losses occur when the minimum wage cannot effectively be absorbed by the economy. An effective minimum wage does not significantly effect inflation or unemployment, but does ensure wealth dispersal.
That is why the standard is reasonable accomodation.
Blind allegience to free markets to the detriment of people is absurd. An economic system is a tool for the use of resources in society. Capitalism maximizes efficient use of resources, but since labor is a resource, the maximization can result in negative impact on people.
For the most part capitalism works to serve society, there are some cases where the system fails and requires regulation (eg OSHA, minimum wage, ADA). Unfortunately the government has gone overboard and overregulates to the point where it's no longer fixing gaps, but rather, is trying to directly manage.
I think the key difference is accessability vs. product. Lefthanded stores are selling a product to exploit a market, just as there are stores that sell equipment for disabled people. Disabled people need many of the same products non-disabled people need, the problem lies in not being able to get those products. Niche stores could work, then again, there is no certainty they would show up, which would mean serious gaps in service.
Comparing the US to Europe is apples and oranges, a better measure is comparing unemployment rates within the US with State minimum wages. States with higher minimum wages don't necessarily have higher unemployment rates.
The requirement is reasonable accomodation, businesses can apply for a compliance waiver if they feel if the requirements are impractical.
Yes, a blind person can hook the telescope up to a computer or figure out some way to make the telescope useful.
Yes, there is running equipment that would be useful for somebody in a wheelchair (weights, sweats). Also, the disabled person may intend to purchase items for somebody else
No, the ADA only addresses accessability, not require businesses sell products for the disabled
The problem is that if it isn't required, it won't be done.
Should people have a RIGHT to minimum wage or decent working conditions? Workers can always choose to work for a different company, or not work at all
Should people have a RIGHT to not have their medical records released to everybody? We can always choose to not use a health care provider that doesn't protect privacy.
Protection laws such as minimum wage or ADA were enacted to address the gaps between social responsibility and the free market.
Just look at the Interstate Commerce clause in the Constitution.
I think the biggest impact is the seperation of children from their parents.
Children on the farm were directly responsible to their parent, don't clean the barn and pa would beat you. There were daily checks on whether the kids were doing what they were supposed to. If parents aren't involved in their child's education (not just looking at grades at the end each quarter), then the child isn't really held accountable.
Isn't that what they are intending to do, and what net neutrality would prevent.
Why not? The problem isn't the toll system, it's that cable and telcos should be restricted from the content business, since they can leverage their delivery monopolies unfairly.
"Furthermore, preliminary evaluation shows that using animations as a part of their study resource enhances performance on questions requiring data interpretation followed by hypothesis building in the cellular context by almost 30%,"
Looks like they expect improvement on a specific type of question, not an across-the-board improvement.
That's why I focus on cultural impact.
Doom was the game that brought FPS into the public discussion and was the first gold standard for the genre. Similarly EQ brought MMOs into public discussion with stories on MMO addictions, spurred conventions, had famous athletes playing, and was the game everybody else was aiming for (DAOC, SWG, AO, AC were all were trying to unseat EQ).
Even though WoW is more popular, culturally it has not really brought anything vastly new to the table. It is very possible given it's mass appeal that it could do something significantly new culturally, but it isn't there yet.