Screw you, BBC. My little girl is in tears you idiots. I live in NYC and I am the proud Dad of a 7 year old Dr. Who fanatic. As soon as I saw this I told my little girl and we were both so excited to play this game. Then, we got the stupid "you must be in the UK" message.
Really BBC? I am so disappointed. There are hard core Dr. Who fans who live outside the UK.
Don't do this to your fans!
The simple solution is to move your family here to the UK.
OK, I *would* definitely get this for my kids, except that I'm in the US and can't get it. Ah well...
The good points gained by them for creating this software are immediately negated by their deliberate and willful withholding of it from the rest of the world. Almost makes them look racist/nationalist for only wanting "their own" to benefit from this educational software... I mean, why not at least make it available for sale outside of Britain?
1. The BBC is funded by UK taxpayers, which is why UK taxpayers get free access.
2. The BBC is under no obligation either to educate or trade with the rest of the world, although it does seem odd that they are not taking commercial advantage of the popularity of the Dr Who brand abroad.
Generally it is used for those who resist the idea that the third world must be imported into the first world, reducing the first world population to a third world hybrid, thus destroying culture, heritage and values and making it more tractable by the twin parasites of government and industry.
No, "racist" is a term correctly used to describe halfwits who think that the colour of a person's skin defines their whole personal and cultural identity.
The UK equivalent of the Tea Party is UKIP. Most of their members are presumably long term meths/drain cleaner drinkers judging by their level of intellect.
Except this isn't about protecting people's hurt feelings, it's about punishing people who make criminal threats.
I know libertarians would say we should wait until the threat is carried out and someone is actually raped and killed, but in the real world most of us would prefer to stop it happening in the first place.
Your right to free speech does not include the right to (seriously) threaten me without recourse.
Holding people responsible for making threats of death and rape is indeed an infringement on free speech, in the same way that locking someone in prison for murder is an infringement of their right to liberty.
Freedom of speech has never meant freedom from its consequences, and the fact that it's on the internet is entirely irrelevant.
And yet the funny / ironic thing is the Werner von Braun orchestrated a surrender of his team to the US instead of the rapidly advancing Russian forces due to religious reasons... he would prefer the German rocket scientists fall into the hands of Christians instead of atheists.
The ensuing space race / cold war could have turned out much differently.
I'd love to have seen the intellectual acrobatics he went through to reconcile his "Christianity" with being a Nazi mass murderer.
I've been asked to put books and magazines in the seat pocket in front of me, and remove headphones. Maybe I don't fly on such lackadaisical airlines as you do.
This is a classic example of "mission creep". The decision to ban electronic devices originally had nothing to do with making people pay attention to flight attendants. Yet that is now being used as an excuse to keep the ban. The only reason for the ban was RF interference. That is no longer a problem with modern devices, so the ban should end.
I thought it was more to do with not having loose items in the cabin, which seems entirely sensible. In the event of an emergency, you really don't want laptops, iPads and the like being flung around.
I don't think he was an enthusiastic/ideological Nazi. He was just unfortunate to have been enmeshed in the German industrial hierarchy when he was recruited to work on their missile program.
Yeah, him and every other German. There were , of course, only ever a few TRUE Nazis (Hitler, Goebbels, a handful of others, definitely not anyone's grandfather).
Everyone else just joined for the cool uniforms and healthy camping, and had absolutely no idea what was going on with all that "rounding up the Jews" and "invading Poland" stuff.
My advice to my son or daughter would be the same regarding photos of semen all over their faces: if you don't want people to see those photos, don't take those photos. Do not allow those photos to be taken. Do not allow them to exist.
So, in other words, you accept that there is no such thing as privacy?
If I understand correctly, the devices produces energy without radioactive waste. That should be enough to drive huge interest, even if we do not understand how it happens.
No, you don't understand correctly.
The device is CLAIMED to produce energy without radioactive waste.
I can claim to have discovered the secret of immortality or time travel, but you'd only believe me if I gave you very, very strong proof indeed.
To associate your reputation and name with cold fusion would be roughly equal to associating it with paranormal studies. So even if you have a pet theory that you have in a bottom drawer that perfectly meshes with what this guy is doing would you dare take the risk and back this guy?
The problem with "paranormal studies" is that so-called paranormal practitiioners are always incapable of reproducing their tricks in controlled conditions. You would only have to achieve one unambiguous, reproducible result to get a lot of people taking you more seriously. Same with cold fusion.
If you just "back" him with no evidence, then it serves you right when the illusion is revealed, the medium's wires and mirrors shown in the light of day.
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It's an attempt to get kids interested in programming, not provide an online PhD in Computer Science.
Wow, Rupert Murdoch is posting on slashdot.
Screw you, BBC. My little girl is in tears you idiots. I live in NYC and I am the proud Dad of a 7 year old Dr. Who fanatic. As soon as I saw this I told my little girl and we were both so excited to play this game. Then, we got the stupid "you must be in the UK" message.
Really BBC? I am so disappointed. There are hard core Dr. Who fans who live outside the UK.
Don't do this to your fans!
The simple solution is to move your family here to the UK.
OK, I *would* definitely get this for my kids, except that I'm in the US and can't get it. Ah well ...
The good points gained by them for creating this software are immediately negated by their deliberate and willful withholding of it from the rest of the world. Almost makes them look racist/nationalist for only wanting "their own" to benefit from this educational software... I mean, why not at least make it available for sale outside of Britain?
1. The BBC is funded by UK taxpayers, which is why UK taxpayers get free access.
2. The BBC is under no obligation either to educate or trade with the rest of the world, although it does seem odd that they are not taking commercial advantage of the popularity of the Dr Who brand abroad.
Commonwealth citizenship apparently grants no privileges.
Do Commonwealth citizens pay the BBC license fee?
It is a political term, and nothing more.
Generally it is used for those who resist the idea that the third world must be imported into the first world, reducing the first world population to a third world hybrid, thus destroying culture, heritage and values and making it more tractable by the twin parasites of government and industry.
No, "racist" is a term correctly used to describe halfwits who think that the colour of a person's skin defines their whole personal and cultural identity.
Indians (or "Inde") is what the Apache nation were calling themselves before European explorers arrived.
I'd have thought they called themselves Apaches.
The UK equivalent of the Tea Party is UKIP. Most of their members are presumably long term meths/drain cleaner drinkers judging by their level of intellect.
" the Borg makes viruses look like sheer child's play."
Um, you realize Star Trek is FICTION, right?
In space,no one can hear you whoosh.
No, most sinecures were a way of keeping useless aristocrats out of harm's way. It was mainly coincidence that some of them were artists.
Didn't someone call Henry James a female Jane Austen?
I know libertarians would say we should wait until the threat is carried out and someone is actually raped and killed, but in the real world most of us would prefer to stop it happening in the first place.
Your right to free speech does not include the right to (seriously) threaten me without recourse.
I would imagine the answer is zero, but am happy to be corrected.
Freedom of speech has never meant freedom from its consequences, and the fact that it's on the internet is entirely irrelevant.
And yet the funny / ironic thing is the Werner von Braun orchestrated a surrender of his team to the US instead of the rapidly advancing Russian forces due to religious reasons... he would prefer the German rocket scientists fall into the hands of Christians instead of atheists.
The ensuing space race / cold war could have turned out much differently.
I'd love to have seen the intellectual acrobatics he went through to reconcile his "Christianity" with being a Nazi mass murderer.
I've been asked to put books and magazines in the seat pocket in front of me, and remove headphones. Maybe I don't fly on such lackadaisical airlines as you do.
This is a classic example of "mission creep". The decision to ban electronic devices originally had nothing to do with making people pay attention to flight attendants. Yet that is now being used as an excuse to keep the ban. The only reason for the ban was RF interference. That is no longer a problem with modern devices, so the ban should end.
I thought it was more to do with not having loose items in the cabin, which seems entirely sensible. In the event of an emergency, you really don't want laptops, iPads and the like being flung around.
I don't think he was an enthusiastic/ideological Nazi. He was just unfortunate to have been enmeshed in the German industrial hierarchy when he was recruited to work on their missile program.
Yeah, him and every other German. There were , of course, only ever a few TRUE Nazis (Hitler, Goebbels, a handful of others, definitely not anyone's grandfather).
Everyone else just joined for the cool uniforms and healthy camping, and had absolutely no idea what was going on with all that "rounding up the Jews" and "invading Poland" stuff.
How much money did Brokeback Mountain make? Over $80 million.
How much of that was guys willing to buy tickets for a gay cowboy movie, just to see Anne Hathaway's boobs?
That movie being her first topless role certainly lifted its box office revenue.
Jennifer Lawrence now doesn't have that option for some future 'gay football player' movie.
Who's Anne Hathaway?
Er, I mean, of course that's why I saw the film three times. Obviously.
On slashdot, privacy only applies to the ability to anonymously download child porn, or buy illeggal drugs.
My advice to my son or daughter would be the same regarding photos of semen all over their faces: if you don't want people to see those photos, don't take those photos. Do not allow those photos to be taken. Do not allow them to exist.
So, in other words, you accept that there is no such thing as privacy?
Well, hopefully he'll also collect his $1M from Randi for his magic power source then. Or he's feeding it added power on the sly, one of those.
So you're saying there's a 50% chance it's true?
It is still in the realm of magic.
Yes, but magic in the David Blaine sense, not the Harry Potter one.
If I understand correctly, the devices produces energy without radioactive waste. That should be enough to drive huge interest, even if we do not understand how it happens.
No, you don't understand correctly.
The device is CLAIMED to produce energy without radioactive waste.
I can claim to have discovered the secret of immortality or time travel, but you'd only believe me if I gave you very, very strong proof indeed.
To associate your reputation and name with cold fusion would be roughly equal to associating it with paranormal studies. So even if you have a pet theory that you have in a bottom drawer that perfectly meshes with what this guy is doing would you dare take the risk and back this guy?
The problem with "paranormal studies" is that so-called paranormal practitiioners are always incapable of reproducing their tricks in controlled conditions. You would only have to achieve one unambiguous, reproducible result to get a lot of people taking you more seriously. Same with cold fusion.
If you just "back" him with no evidence, then it serves you right when the illusion is revealed, the medium's wires and mirrors shown in the light of day.