The problem is this quote from the article:
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The unit would reportedly monitor media such as weblogs and would also employ "surrogates", or top politicians or lobbyists who could be interviewed on TV and radio shows.
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Yes, the Pentagon should have a PR department. No, it shouldn't be paying politicians to promote their point of view.
All that does is undermine their reliability. If this starts happening, anyone who speaks (or posts) in favor of the administration's policy or viewpoint will immediately come under suspicion of being on their payroll.
US interests are always better served by honesty and transparency in government. To put it into a sound bite: the moment dishonesty becomes policy, all policy becomes suspected of dishonesty.
The problem is that there's a connection between in-game property and real property. Once someone is willing to buy something it has value - regardless of whether it's a virtual sword, a piece of music, or a car.
On the face of it, it seems as though stealing that piece of property is theft. However, it's a "part of the game". It seems to me that players are aware of the problem, accept the risk, and play anyway. It seems more like an NFL QB getting flattened during a blitz. Anywhere other than the football field that would be assault.
Furthermore, if you treat one character stealing a character's stuff as theft, wouldn't you have to treat the game destroying a character's stuff as destruction of property?
I wonder if this is going to open the door for companies to take action against domain names that are similar to their trademarked name.
If it's unacceptable for Google to sell "Geico", will it also be unacceptable for someone to have www.G31c0.com and no, I don't know if that's a valid URL or not.
Anyone who's ever played WOW, GuildWars, or any other MMORPG that has you assign abilities to function keys would love this.
Not having to have those little icons on the bottom of the screen - because they'd be on your keyboard - would be fantastic
For that matter, I hope the PS3 designers are looking at this. A console whose controller lights up with appropriate button labels would be fantastic!
Have 'em put their money where their mouth is
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If I'm WB, I'd reply publicly and honestly to Rogers, "We're still not interested, but if you think you can do it, great. We'll sell the rights - for P2P distribution only - to you for $X".
If Rogers is right, WB would have learned a great lesson, saved face, and gotten a piece of the pie.
If Rogers is wrong, WB would have learned a great lesson, Rogers would be out a chunk of change, and we all can finally put this whole "free downloaders really want to pay for content" myth to bed once and for all.
For me, the toughest part of getting "bumped up" was giving up control. Let people do their jobs. Let them make their mistakes. Yes, as management, you are responsible. But you are also building a team for the long term. Encourage and correct, don't micromanage.
Have you seen any articles saying that global warming won't cause catastrophes? I haven't. Even the most optimistic merely claim that the problem is too far in the future to worry about.
It is also my understanding that everyone (on both sides of the argument) agrees that reducing emissions would reduce global warming.
That's why I say that it seems like we have a known problem and a known solution. The only argument seems to be whether to apply the solution or not.
What I don't understand about this issue are the arguments against doing something to resolve the problem. They seem to be:
1) We're in a warming cycle/trend and this problem is not our fault.
2) The earth will survive the warming.
3) The problem is not as bad as people say.
Given that the earth is warming, and that this warming will cause catastrophes in excess of anything we've seen, shouldn't we be trying to do something about it? Does it matter if it's caused by us or something else? Does it matter if the problems will arrive in 100 years or 1,000 years?
If we see a clear path to fixing a problem that could save millions of lives, shouldn't we do that?
This whole thing seems like a server admin arguing against doing system backups. Sure, they *might* not be necessary, what what sane person doesn't do them?
It's not a question of money, but of presence. Once you have everyone using your software, you can look at sneaking in profit centers.
Google's a great example. They didn't start with AdSense - they added it once they were king.
Once your app is everywhere, you have all sorts of options. For example, if you don't want to sell ads, write another (commercial) program which expands the functionality of the original.
It's not always about the quick buck. Sometimes, it's about putting yourself in the proper position.
Has there been a run of stamp-machines getting broken into? All of the stamp-machines locally are in post offices, which have video cameras in every corner anyway.
For that matter, is this a real privacy issue? Considering that you can buy stamps online, in your local hallmark store, or even through the mail to a P.O. box, I'm not too concerned about the post office taking my picture.
Now if they start putting cameras on the soda machines, then I'll get upset. And I won't even bring up the condom dispenser question...
"...making it suitable for flat expanses of electronics such as massive display surfaces or walls with embedded networking" Sounds like they're talking about turning movie screens into giant processors.
The question now is what would we want our movie screens to do?
What is it about some development languages that causes such devout loyalty? I'm a huge fan of Delphi, and have been for some time.
If you're selling shrink-wrapped software, Java and VB are way too difficult to support. Ditto for the various "database development systems". C++ is too costly in terms of development headaches (unless you're doing high-end games or some such).
If you're developing shrink-wrapped user-targetted software (ala Quicken or some such), Delphi is definitely the way to go. This isn't to say I have anything against other languages/development environments - even VB has its place.
was in response to Kerry wanting to raise the minimum wage
Incorrect. Here's the transcript:
SCHIEFFER: Mr. President, what do you say to someone in this country who has lost his job to someone overseas who's being paid a fraction of what that job paid here in the United States?
BUSH: I'd say, Bob, I've got policies to continue to grow our economy and create the jobs of the 21st century. And here's some help for you to go get an education. Here's some help for you to go to a community college.
True, but I still think GW's comment was so ludicrous it was funny. Regardless of your political leanings, having a president carefully point out his own lack of understanding of one of the key topics of a debate... well, it's funny.
He couldn't have come any closer to saying "let them eat cake" if he tried.
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The problem is this quote from the article: " The unit would reportedly monitor media such as weblogs and would also employ "surrogates", or top politicians or lobbyists who could be interviewed on TV and radio shows. " Yes, the Pentagon should have a PR department. No, it shouldn't be paying politicians to promote their point of view. All that does is undermine their reliability. If this starts happening, anyone who speaks (or posts) in favor of the administration's policy or viewpoint will immediately come under suspicion of being on their payroll. US interests are always better served by honesty and transparency in government. To put it into a sound bite: the moment dishonesty becomes policy, all policy becomes suspected of dishonesty.
Google should put one of those annoying Paypal tip boxes on its site: "donate to help our legal defense". They'd make billions.
The problem is that there's a connection between in-game property and real property. Once someone is willing to buy something it has value - regardless of whether it's a virtual sword, a piece of music, or a car.
On the face of it, it seems as though stealing that piece of property is theft. However, it's a "part of the game". It seems to me that players are aware of the problem, accept the risk, and play anyway. It seems more like an NFL QB getting flattened during a blitz. Anywhere other than the football field that would be assault.
Furthermore, if you treat one character stealing a character's stuff as theft, wouldn't you have to treat the game destroying a character's stuff as destruction of property?
I wonder if this is going to open the door for companies to take action against domain names that are similar to their trademarked name.
If it's unacceptable for Google to sell "Geico", will it also be unacceptable for someone to have www.G31c0.com and no, I don't know if that's a valid URL or not.
Anyone who's ever played WOW, GuildWars, or any other MMORPG that has you assign abilities to function keys would love this.
Not having to have those little icons on the bottom of the screen - because they'd be on your keyboard - would be fantastic
For that matter, I hope the PS3 designers are looking at this. A console whose controller lights up with appropriate button labels would be fantastic!
If I'm WB, I'd reply publicly and honestly to Rogers, "We're still not interested, but if you think you can do it, great. We'll sell the rights - for P2P distribution only - to you for $X".
If Rogers is right, WB would have learned a great lesson, saved face, and gotten a piece of the pie.
If Rogers is wrong, WB would have learned a great lesson, Rogers would be out a chunk of change, and we all can finally put this whole "free downloaders really want to pay for content" myth to bed once and for all.
Once Walmart has implemented its RFID protocol, Amal better hope that his ID doesn't overlap with what they're using.
"Thanks for shopping at Walmart. Um, my system shows that you have a toaster oven in your shirt?"
For me, the toughest part of getting "bumped up" was giving up control. Let people do their jobs. Let them make their mistakes. Yes, as management, you are responsible. But you are also building a team for the long term. Encourage and correct, don't micromanage.
True.
Have you seen any articles saying that global warming won't cause catastrophes? I haven't. Even the most optimistic merely claim that the problem is too far in the future to worry about.
It is also my understanding that everyone (on both sides of the argument) agrees that reducing emissions would reduce global warming.
That's why I say that it seems like we have a known problem and a known solution. The only argument seems to be whether to apply the solution or not.
1) We're in a warming cycle/trend and this problem is not our fault.
2) The earth will survive the warming.
3) The problem is not as bad as people say.
Given that the earth is warming, and that this warming will cause catastrophes in excess of anything we've seen, shouldn't we be trying to do something about it? Does it matter if it's caused by us or something else? Does it matter if the problems will arrive in 100 years or 1,000 years?
If we see a clear path to fixing a problem that could save millions of lives, shouldn't we do that?
This whole thing seems like a server admin arguing against doing system backups. Sure, they *might* not be necessary, what what sane person doesn't do them?It's not a question of money, but of presence. Once you have everyone using your software, you can look at sneaking in profit centers.
Google's a great example. They didn't start with AdSense - they added it once they were king.
Once your app is everywhere, you have all sorts of options. For example, if you don't want to sell ads, write another (commercial) program which expands the functionality of the original.
It's not always about the quick buck. Sometimes, it's about putting yourself in the proper position.
Has there been a run of stamp-machines getting broken into? All of the stamp-machines locally are in post offices, which have video cameras in every corner anyway.
For that matter, is this a real privacy issue? Considering that you can buy stamps online, in your local hallmark store, or even through the mail to a P.O. box, I'm not too concerned about the post office taking my picture.
Now if they start putting cameras on the soda machines, then I'll get upset. And I won't even bring up the condom dispenser question...
Oops. Too Late.
"...making it suitable for flat expanses of electronics such as massive display surfaces or walls with embedded networking" Sounds like they're talking about turning movie screens into giant processors.
The question now is what would we want our movie screens to do?
What is it about some development languages that causes such devout loyalty? I'm a huge fan of Delphi, and have been for some time. If you're selling shrink-wrapped software, Java and VB are way too difficult to support. Ditto for the various "database development systems". C++ is too costly in terms of development headaches (unless you're doing high-end games or some such). If you're developing shrink-wrapped user-targetted software (ala Quicken or some such), Delphi is definitely the way to go. This isn't to say I have anything against other languages/development environments - even VB has its place.
SCHIEFFER: Mr. President, what do you say to someone in this country who has lost his job to someone overseas who's being paid a fraction of what that job paid here in the United States?
BUSH: I'd say, Bob, I've got policies to continue to grow our economy and create the jobs of the 21st century. And here's some help for you to go get an education. Here's some help for you to go to a community college.
True, but I still think GW's comment was so ludicrous it was funny. Regardless of your political leanings, having a president carefully point out his own lack of understanding of one of the key topics of a debate... well, it's funny. He couldn't have come any closer to saying "let them eat cake" if he tried.
Didn't Bush tell us to go to a community college and educate ourselves so we can get higher paying jobs?