I'd love to post the videos here (some flyovers at the beach), but my department's sysadmin would be pissed if I uploaded the 20+M mpgs.
It is not a good idea to post videos on Slashdot. From the Wikipedia entry on the Slashdot effect...
Major news sites or corporate websites are typically unaffected by the Slashdot effect because they have been engineered to serve large numbers of requests. Websites that usually fall victim are smaller sites hosted on home servers or those with many large images or movie files.
Your sysadmin would be very pissed, as well as the rest of your department.
I guess it could already be implemented. The 100% value equivalent in normal currency would be the total units of currency in circulation divided by the total population. So it actually doesn't need to be the currency itself, but simply a useful graph of one's net worth, say when someone is checking their bank account balance or something. It would be an interesting way of keeping things in perspective.
Are all potatoes equal?
Yes, but some potatoes are more equal than others:P
If you want to see a reference implementation (RI) in other languages than Java I'll be glad to help in any way possible but I'm very much Java-centric these days.
I haven't been programming for a while, so I'm not the right person to approach. Just give it an open source license and let others on the internet handle porting it to other programming languages.
I was just thinking of whatever part of the project can be done in XML shoud, so you don't end up isolating yourself to one proprietary language, especially if the project is released under the GPL. Others could re-write it in other programming languages and have it all seamlessly integrate with one another. using XML as the medium of communication.
Another commenter recommended the readings of Bernard Lietaer, who helped implement the Euro. He proposes a currency called Terra, that is supposed to be immune to the effects of inflation.
Since you were the submitter, I thought I might pass this by you. I've been wondering about form of currency. Normal currency gives you the impression money is like mass and can only get bigger and bigger, because it appears to use units of measurements, like physics. But currency is actually a percentage of the overall amount in circulation. It's a piece of a pie. The larger your piece is, the smaller someone else's is. What about a form of currency that is an actual percentage value? Either the percentage of the entire currency in circulation, or a percentage of the amount a person would have if the currency were divided equally among people.
I'll use the latter example. Say for example, a person would have 100%. That means if he goes over 100%, he knows that someone is getting less. It brings a bit of psychology into the issue. Compared to normal currency, this would have an effect of trying not to be too greedy, hopefully, when it is apparent to the individual that they are depriving others when they go over 100%. I just wonder what kind of psychological effect this would have. I feel that the current representatioin of money seems to bring about a psychological response akin to Jane Goodall's chimps fighting over a pile of Bananas in National Geographic's Among the Wild Chimpanzees.
Actually, the lawyers may end up suing the advertising agency or the advertised company for the offending advertisement, so in this case litigation may end up actually doing good by stopping their use. Remember the McDonald's Hot Cofee Lawsuit?
I was just wondering that myself. Google corrected the spelling to "Bernard Lietaer" from "Bernard Leitaer", and Amazon.co.uk seems to yield different results compared to Amazon.com for some reason. It looks like he only has one book called "The Future of Money" on the topic. Some google results say he helped implement the Euro. Do you have any links with a more comprehensive list of his books?
This sounds a lot like the Local Exchange Trading System, which has been around for a while. It allows communities to engage in economic activities without official currency if there is none available.
Walk into a grocery and the shelves are so flashy, yet no one product sticks out more than the others around it. The effectiveness of banner ads has decreased since they first came out because of their proliferation. The same goes for all other forms of advertising. People just get desensetised to it all. These noisy ads are not going to be any different. If anything, they are just going to be annoying and upset consumers, driving them away from the advertised product and brand. What concerns me is that these idiots will probably try and make the audio so interrupting it will startle people like a foghorn. What if it causes people to bump into one another in a subway or on a crowded sidewalk? What if it causes someone on a bike to have an accident?
I thought about a revolutionary toilet device that examined what consumers were, well, consuming
Just stick ads for Metamucil or Imodium on the inside of bathroom stall doors. Chances are the toilet device would find out that most are either constipated or have diarrhea anyway.
The stand of the iMac G5 looks a lot like the stand of their Cinema Displays, which can be replaced with a VESA mount adapter kit. I'm sure this was by design. One type of VESA arm would probably work across the board for all the Cinema Displays as well as the iMac G5.
Microsoft is filing all these patents recently is that they see themselves losing market share to Linux.
Maybe it also has something to do with the fact that Bill Gates stepped down as CEO and has become the head of Research and Development at Microsoft, the branch dealing with intellectual property and patents. Gates has always seemed to bring a law-based approach to the computer industry in whatever role he played. He seemed to have an proficiency in that area possibly because his dad was a lawyer, as well as the fact he went to Harvard to become lawyer to follow in his father's footsteps. I think that's why, as CEO, Microsoft came out with all these restrictive legal contracts and licenses that gave them an advantage. Now that he is in R&D, they are patenting every little idea. As patenting is the legal aspect to R&D, it seems that he is bringing a legal slant to his current position as well. So in other words, instead of screwing around with antitrust laws, now Microsoft is going to screw around with intellectual property laws.
The local telco where I am markets that as Caller ID, thus the confusion. I only get names on my Caller ID if I have programmed them into the speed dial on my phone. I also get stings like "Private" and "Overseas", but that's it.
I thought that caller ID was done through the phone company and people couldn't alter it. And I always thought it would be a great method for dial-up authentication and private networking. With caller ID, a computer recieving a data call could identify that the calling computer was physically located at a land line. This would be extremely useful for businesses to business transactions and banking. Having to rely on encryption while connecting through the internet just isn't as secure as a direct physically secured phone call.
Sure, there could be legitimate uses; say for example that you have a call forwarding feature provided by the phone company and you are having calls to your number forwarded to a phone at your location. It would be useful to be able to have calls from that location display your caller ID if you need to return a call. However, that shouldn't be up to a company like this. It should be a feature connected with calling card billing; if you use your calling card from a remote location and it is being billed to your phone number, it should also display your caller ID. Connecting caller ID to billing would also work well for tax accounting. If you were making a phone call for business, you would want your business number caller ID to appear. And you would want the call to be billed to your business phone number as well, for tax purposes.
The options for using this service legitimately don't compare to the possible illigitimate uses for it. This would be the next "spamming" type of business, making money out of putting others through misery. The fact that caller ID is called "caller ID" is so that it can work just like proper identification. Using a service like this to pretend you are someone else calling would be the equivalent of using a fake driver's license, even though it isn't percieved that way by the legal system yet.
Does anybody see the appeal of these things other than the geekiness factor?
The two biggest things people download off the net are MP3s and porn. The iPod lets people bring around their MP3 colections. This thing will let them bring around their porn collections. Not out of the house, but into the bathroom or in bed:P
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That's a bit like saying that a TV channel depends on the one company that at a certain time is buying most of the comercial time.
The threat to pull advertising to censor publications does happen.
I thought the ads are served by a 3rd party company, based on keywords/page content or something like that?
The ads on this site are served by OSDN.com, which owns Slashdot, so it isn't exactly a third party company. OSDN is now called OSTG, but the ads still use the "ads.osdn.com" URL.
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MS is spending money, giving it to slashdot/OSDN, to advertise products that 90%+ of the readership isn't interested in, and you're somehow upset about this?
They spend money to gain nothing; OSDN/slashdot gain money and lose nothing.
If the cost of maintaining this site depends on the advertising revenue, MS could gain a hand in censorship. The fact that this site coined the phrase "Slashdot effect" means that it requires a lot of bandwidth, which probably costs heaps considering that the Slashdot effect can even take down professionally hosted sites from what I've seen. The readership can only get bigger, and so will the expenses, and the dependency on whoever the revenue comes from. MS throws money away at staged case studies that reach pre-determined conclusions in favor of MS. Using their deep pockets as leverege to silence critics wouldn't be out of character for the lawbreaking monopoly. They could be, in a sense, simply be adhering to their old pattern of using their dominant position and deep pockets in attempting to "gain market share"- but in this case, that would be the "market share" of Slashdot's revenue.
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Should the editors refuse MS money and not allow them to advertise content directly opposing their views? Damned if they do, damned if they don't.
What bothers me about that is that advertisers can manipulate a publication by threatening to pull advertising revenue if they get negative publicity. If this site became dependent on MS advertising, then MS could do just that.
I was about to say exactly the same thing. Funny how 1999 was supposed to be that futuristic. Then there was 2001:Space Oddyssey. So much for space colonisation.
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I'd love to post the videos here (some flyovers at the beach), but my department's sysadmin would be pissed if I uploaded the 20+M mpgs.
It is not a good idea to post videos on Slashdot. From the Wikipedia entry on the Slashdot effect...
Your sysadmin would be very pissed, as well as the rest of your department.
I guess it could already be implemented. The 100% value equivalent in normal currency would be the total units of currency in circulation divided by the total population. So it actually doesn't need to be the currency itself, but simply a useful graph of one's net worth, say when someone is checking their bank account balance or something. It would be an interesting way of keeping things in perspective.
Are all potatoes equal?
Yes, but some potatoes are more equal than others :P
If you want to see a reference implementation (RI) in other languages than Java I'll be glad to help in any way possible but I'm very much Java-centric these days.
I haven't been programming for a while, so I'm not the right person to approach. Just give it an open source license and let others on the internet handle porting it to other programming languages.
I was just thinking of whatever part of the project can be done in XML shoud, so you don't end up isolating yourself to one proprietary language, especially if the project is released under the GPL. Others could re-write it in other programming languages and have it all seamlessly integrate with one another. using XML as the medium of communication.
Another commenter recommended the readings of Bernard Lietaer, who helped implement the Euro. He proposes a currency called Terra, that is supposed to be immune to the effects of inflation.
Since you were the submitter, I thought I might pass this by you. I've been wondering about form of currency. Normal currency gives you the impression money is like mass and can only get bigger and bigger, because it appears to use units of measurements, like physics. But currency is actually a percentage of the overall amount in circulation. It's a piece of a pie. The larger your piece is, the smaller someone else's is. What about a form of currency that is an actual percentage value? Either the percentage of the entire currency in circulation, or a percentage of the amount a person would have if the currency were divided equally among people.
I'll use the latter example. Say for example, a person would have 100%. That means if he goes over 100%, he knows that someone is getting less. It brings a bit of psychology into the issue. Compared to normal currency, this would have an effect of trying not to be too greedy, hopefully, when it is apparent to the individual that they are depriving others when they go over 100%. I just wonder what kind of psychological effect this would have. I feel that the current representatioin of money seems to bring about a psychological response akin to Jane Goodall's chimps fighting over a pile of Bananas in National Geographic's Among the Wild Chimpanzees.
it's the lawyers drumming up new business.
Actually, the lawyers may end up suing the advertising agency or the advertised company for the offending advertisement, so in this case litigation may end up actually doing good by stopping their use. Remember the McDonald's Hot Cofee Lawsuit?
Not sure why this is modded funny.
I was just wondering that myself. Google corrected the spelling to "Bernard Lietaer" from "Bernard Leitaer", and Amazon.co.uk seems to yield different results compared to Amazon.com for some reason. It looks like he only has one book called "The Future of Money" on the topic. Some google results say he helped implement the Euro. Do you have any links with a more comprehensive list of his books?
Why is this being made a java-specific thing? I would much rather see this generalized.
Couldn't this be implemented in XML? Except for the encryption, that is.
This sounds a lot like the Local Exchange Trading System, which has been around for a while. It allows communities to engage in economic activities without official currency if there is none available.
Walk into a grocery and the shelves are so flashy, yet no one product sticks out more than the others around it. The effectiveness of banner ads has decreased since they first came out because of their proliferation. The same goes for all other forms of advertising. People just get desensetised to it all. These noisy ads are not going to be any different. If anything, they are just going to be annoying and upset consumers, driving them away from the advertised product and brand. What concerns me is that these idiots will probably try and make the audio so interrupting it will startle people like a foghorn. What if it causes people to bump into one another in a subway or on a crowded sidewalk? What if it causes someone on a bike to have an accident?
I thought about a revolutionary toilet device that examined what consumers were, well, consuming
Just stick ads for Metamucil or Imodium on the inside of bathroom stall doors. Chances are the toilet device would find out that most are either constipated or have diarrhea anyway.
What! No Floppy Drive!?
Are you referring to the 3.5" or 5.25" floppy drives? :P
I know, I know, wireless keyboard and mouse -- but most people will be hooking a printer up to this thing
Rather than hooking up a printer to the unit, the printer could be hooked up to an AirPort Express.
The stand of the iMac G5 looks a lot like the stand of their Cinema Displays, which can be replaced with a VESA mount adapter kit. I'm sure this was by design. One type of VESA arm would probably work across the board for all the Cinema Displays as well as the iMac G5.
Microsoft is filing all these patents recently is that they see themselves losing market share to Linux.
Maybe it also has something to do with the fact that Bill Gates stepped down as CEO and has become the head of Research and Development at Microsoft, the branch dealing with intellectual property and patents. Gates has always seemed to bring a law-based approach to the computer industry in whatever role he played. He seemed to have an proficiency in that area possibly because his dad was a lawyer, as well as the fact he went to Harvard to become lawyer to follow in his father's footsteps. I think that's why, as CEO, Microsoft came out with all these restrictive legal contracts and licenses that gave them an advantage. Now that he is in R&D, they are patenting every little idea. As patenting is the legal aspect to R&D, it seems that he is bringing a legal slant to his current position as well. So in other words, instead of screwing around with antitrust laws, now Microsoft is going to screw around with intellectual property laws.
The local telco where I am markets that as Caller ID, thus the confusion. I only get names on my Caller ID if I have programmed them into the speed dial on my phone. I also get stings like "Private" and "Overseas", but that's it.
So does that mean the number can't be spoofed, but the name can? Is that what this company was doing?
I thought that caller ID was done through the phone company and people couldn't alter it. And I always thought it would be a great method for dial-up authentication and private networking. With caller ID, a computer recieving a data call could identify that the calling computer was physically located at a land line. This would be extremely useful for businesses to business transactions and banking. Having to rely on encryption while connecting through the internet just isn't as secure as a direct physically secured phone call.
Sure, there could be legitimate uses; say for example that you have a call forwarding feature provided by the phone company and you are having calls to your number forwarded to a phone at your location. It would be useful to be able to have calls from that location display your caller ID if you need to return a call. However, that shouldn't be up to a company like this. It should be a feature connected with calling card billing; if you use your calling card from a remote location and it is being billed to your phone number, it should also display your caller ID. Connecting caller ID to billing would also work well for tax accounting. If you were making a phone call for business, you would want your business number caller ID to appear. And you would want the call to be billed to your business phone number as well, for tax purposes.
The options for using this service legitimately don't compare to the possible illigitimate uses for it. This would be the next "spamming" type of business, making money out of putting others through misery. The fact that caller ID is called "caller ID" is so that it can work just like proper identification. Using a service like this to pretend you are someone else calling would be the equivalent of using a fake driver's license, even though it isn't percieved that way by the legal system yet.
Does anybody see the appeal of these things other than the geekiness factor?
The two biggest things people download off the net are MP3s and porn. The iPod lets people bring around their MP3 colections. This thing will let them bring around their porn collections. Not out of the house, but into the bathroom or in bed :P
Does an ewok shit in the woods?
That's a bit like saying that a TV channel depends on the one company that at a certain time is buying most of the comercial time.
The threat to pull advertising to censor publications does happen.
I thought the ads are served by a 3rd party company, based on keywords/page content or something like that?
The ads on this site are served by OSDN.com, which owns Slashdot, so it isn't exactly a third party company. OSDN is now called OSTG, but the ads still use the "ads.osdn.com" URL.
That explains why I had an urge to buy a copy of Windows after seeing his Developers Dance.
Thanks for that image. And I thought the goatse man was disturbing.
He needs to understand IRONY.
(and I am not talking the Alanis Morrisette variety either)
Cue annoying Ironic link
MS is spending money, giving it to slashdot/OSDN, to advertise products that 90%+ of the readership isn't interested in, and you're somehow upset about this?
They spend money to gain nothing; OSDN/slashdot gain money and lose nothing.
If the cost of maintaining this site depends on the advertising revenue, MS could gain a hand in censorship. The fact that this site coined the phrase "Slashdot effect" means that it requires a lot of bandwidth, which probably costs heaps considering that the Slashdot effect can even take down professionally hosted sites from what I've seen. The readership can only get bigger, and so will the expenses, and the dependency on whoever the revenue comes from. MS throws money away at staged case studies that reach pre-determined conclusions in favor of MS. Using their deep pockets as leverege to silence critics wouldn't be out of character for the lawbreaking monopoly. They could be, in a sense, simply be adhering to their old pattern of using their dominant position and deep pockets in attempting to "gain market share"- but in this case, that would be the "market share" of Slashdot's revenue.
Should the editors refuse MS money and not allow them to advertise content directly opposing their views? Damned if they do, damned if they don't.
What bothers me about that is that advertisers can manipulate a publication by threatening to pull advertising revenue if they get negative publicity. If this site became dependent on MS advertising, then MS could do just that.
didn't you ever watch space 1999
I was about to say exactly the same thing. Funny how 1999 was supposed to be that futuristic. Then there was 2001:Space Oddyssey. So much for space colonisation.