The justice department will file a friend of the court brief urging the judge not to impose any limitations on data retention. In fact, while a monetary penalty for releasing the information is in play, the idea that they could shorten or in anyway affect the retention of data is so contrary to the desires of people like Rumsfield and Gonzales that it will never happen.
Privacy is anathma to control and this administration loves control.
"The gethuman project is a consumer movement to improve the quality of phone support in the US. This free website is run by volunteers and is powered by over one million consumers who demand high quality phone support from the companies that they use.
We will soon publish a list of the best and worst mass-market consumer companies in the US based on how long it takes to get to a human on the phone and on the quality of support received."
So, right now, this website is great for finding direct-to-human numbers and then as a place to rate customer service. Soon it will be a great place to see how others have evaluated the customer service of various companies.
Are we really understanding why these mice are being cured or are we just satisfied to have a technique that appears to work?
The key thing about this article is the depth to which they understand how the effect works. Not only is a specific mechanical effect explored (i.e. how much current, in what way) but how that mechanism effects the biology right down to the level of gene expression! This kind of top-to-bottom understanding is highly unusual. In direct opposition to your example when you have detailed understanding of how things work you can apply that knowledge carefully and specifically rather than just a slap-dash "this will cure everything" approach.
The attempt has been made to put humans in this kind of plus G environment. People loose so much bone mass during space flight the idea was to build as much bone as possible before leaving earth and then let people fall back to normal.
Unfortunately our sense of balance is directly tied into G, specifically the acceleration of liquids in one G. When you're in a high G environment your inner ear believes that a small turn of the head is an increadibly rapid and vicious turn. What results is increadible nausea and an inability to function, and since it takes months at high G to build bone this idea is limited in its applications. While people are able to adapt relatively quickly to freefall this is not so easy with Hyper-G.
Looking at these graphs I didn't realise that Nintendo has always released its new console at $200. It seems odd in all the speculation over the Wii's price, this is never mentioned.
Furthermore looking at the inflation adjusted model I have to say thanks to the big N for bringing us newer and better systems cheaper each time!
Slashdoters don't like IT Unions. Ok, we've got that.
Now, is there a way that organized labor can improve the tech workers world? Yes.
Meritocracies are always championed by those with greatest merit. IT is a meritocracy. Slashdoters can code like demons.
Right now IT is still fairly cutting edge, it is something you really have to be interested in to pick up. But it won't be that way forever.
Soon the hackers who love what they do will be surrounded by those who do what they do for a salary. And for those people, job security and equitable work environments matter.
If you're a star, anything that helps out the non-stars looks like a handout, and a drain on your potential salary. Beside the fact that makes you a greedy insenstive pig, it also ignores the fact that most people don't work with the kind of passion and love you do. They work for the money.
Right now the tech workers of the world are being happily exploited. But that won't always be the case. EA getting sued over unpaid overtime is just the start. Geeks are aging, the field is getting crowded by the mediocre, and with these things come the need for security and additional support from a so-far cut throat industry.
The hack it or quit mentality, besides being crass, selfish, and heartless, just doesn't work the more important your industry is to a large segment of the population.
If IT is to drive the economy for years to come, it needs to be controlled, stagnated, leashed. Otherwise you get the abuses of a young industry where people happily tolerate them, in an aging industry where people who can't live life on the edge are being really hurt.
I'm angered by the "it works for me, screw you if it doesn't" mentality I've seen on a lot of high modded posts. I would have hoped that people would at least recognise the dangers and flaws of the industry before proclaiming themselves coding gods who sneer at mortal coders. (Which is how they came off)
Unions have problems, but organised labor is a good solution to combat organised and exploitive management.
... if they have alert drivers in the other cars, and... if they select an urban area which is in decent repair, and... if they allow ideal driving conditions like the last race.
Think about it. City driving is designed to be easy. In fact it is really really easy. You are told exactly where to go with visible lines, lights, signs, etc which are all designed to be noticed and easily intepreted.
The hardest part of GC1 was finding the road! When it's layed out for you nice and easy.... man thats a cakewalk.
DARPA won't risk random people in these tests so all the other drivers will be hyper aware of the robot cars. Thus merging will be greatly reduced in difficulty, and that will be one of the two hardest things to do.
So on face this seems like something that Stanley could do today, but what we need to do is brainstorm what could make this a real challenge. Here's my short list.
1. Unaware human drivers. 2. BAD human drivers. 3. Rain/Darkness/Snow (weather that obscures the road) 4. Potholes, stupid pedestrians, trafic cones (urban obstacles) 5. Human Drivers
As you can see, I believe the greatest obstacle to good driving is stupidity. How to program around that? I have no idea.:)
The difficulty in any system like this is what I like to call the Artistic Paradox.
Great art comes from experience and talent. It almost always comes from the vision of a single individual. Truly fine art cannot be done by committee.
Thus while brilliant and committed people in business need the ideas of those people around them, a system like this can only serve as an inspirational tool for those people with talent. The idea is not the art, the execution of that idea is.
I have lots of great ideas, but no matter how many I give out, or see on the web, few, if any, ever get done. Why? Because I'm lazy.
This marketplace could easily give rise to dependence on it for ideas, and ignore the fact that people who can get things done often don't have the best ideas, but because they can accomplish them, are infinitely more valuable than the armchair quarterbacks scattered throughout a company. And asking people to implement ideas other than their own, even if they are objectively better, reduces a talented individuals ability to great true greatness.
"it does not follow that Defendants violated his right to travel, given that other forms of travel remain possible."
So yah, you can bike across the country or get someone else to drive you the whole way. It is possible. But just as with the right to free speech a restriction on the ability to use that right is just as unconstitutional as violating that right straight out.
Unfortunately, while the opinion by Judge Paez is largely idiotic, he does have one nail which is big enough for the whole coffin.
"The identification policy requires that airline passengers either present identification or be subjected to a more extensive search. The more extensive search is similar to searches that we have determined were reasonable and 'consistent with a full recognition of appellant's constitutional right to travel.'"
The ID requirement is unconstitutional. No doubt about it. However it has this other option, "or get searched," which IS constitutional and frankly good sense. Showing an ID doesn't stop you from blowing up the plane. Hijacking kits come standard with valid photo ID. However getting thoroughly searched might stop someone. (Maybe)
So when you factor in that you can still fly without an ID his right to travel/petition aren't being violated...just abused.
This will go to the SC where it will be 9-0 against.
Is this the case? Can you show me where this is documented? Obviously they cost more, but does that mean that artists are making more money off them? Not neccesarily and I'd like to see a contract which lays out the terms of compensation for both songs sold through iTunes and as ring-tones.
-Ian
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If there is a threat which requires world-wide coordination I cannot imagine a more effective tool for creating action than fear. I like to look at this from a pragmatic point of view, if you have a real chance that something like this could happen and happen soon you have to make careful decisions on how you publicize it. If you say "year on year there is a 5 to 15% chance of pathogenic mutation cumulating in an 80% chance over the next decade." People simply won't listen. If however you say 40 million dead! DEAD!!!!! Then there is a better chance to get a reaction.
The truth is that our species is increasingly vulnerable to viruses like Bird Flu and our medical science has not advanced at the same pace that our intermingling has, thus we need a solution to this general vulnerability even if this specific threat is being over-played.
I recommend people take all these reports as intelligent people should, as reminder that we need to have a solution in advance of encountering the problem. "The masses" if you will may need to be afraid before they will act, but I like to think the average/. geek has the forethought to have water and food on hand if you are ever forced to stay at home for a week due to quarintine. If you haven't made those preperations...well, maybe you do need to be frightened.
"Provided that they own a physical copy of the program"
This test alone would directly contradict the DMCA, however the modification must also:
"constitute 'an essential step in the utilization' of the program"
and somewhat confusingly
"the software [must be] used 'in no other manner.'"
So what we're looking at here is a case where essential software can be modified, or if the program must be modified before it can be used. Then that's legal.
So my question is, doesn't this mean I can alter/crack/reverse any program I want if I need to get it running on a *nix box? Isn't that essential for most programs before I can use it?
I do bone density measurments for a living so here are some comparisons.
If he has been loosing 1.5% of his bone mass a month (this is measured from a baseline prior to flight) he's down around 36%. This would put him 6-7 standard deviations below what's normal for his age. While this is very very serious consider these two things.
1. The younger you are the better your bones are at avoiding fracture regardless of bone mass. Low bone mass doesn't help of course, but he's still probably better off than a 75 year old woman.
2. People with various diseases like celiac sprue are seen to have densities this low and recover very well when the cause is eliminated. Thus when he returns to normal g he should see rapid bone remineralization. However
This process will take two or more years. So if you wanted to know what "a long time" means. There it is. After two years at 1 g, I suspect his bone mass will be 95% of what it was at baseline.
In the meantime he has a hugely increased risk of fracture and will/should probably have to wear all sorts of special padding just in case he falls over.
As Re-entry can easily hit 5g, I think that would be the scariest part of the whole ordeal.
I would be interested to know if he will be put on an anti-resorptive thearapy such as Fosamax or even Forteo, though they would probably only do that if he wasn't regrowing bone on his own.
Publishers who refuse to participate should be punished. While I respect their right to protect their property I do not respect their lack of foresight nor do I appreciate the damage they do to the free exchange of ideas by artificially limiting access to these valuable resources. Take the time to write to your favorite publishers and let them know that you support the Google Print project and will vote with your dollars for those publishers who do. Here is contact information for three of my favorite publishers.
Tor Books
E-mail: inquiries@tor.com
Fax: (212) 388-0191
Dead Tree:
Tor Books 175 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10010.
Perseus Books Group
2300 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Phone: 800-371-1669 Fax: 800-453-2884 Email: perseus.orders@perseusbooks.com
1. People "inventing" things that have already been done elsewhere. (Which they didn't know about)
2. People "inventing" things simultaneously
3. People coming up with great ideas that are never disseminated.
All these proccesses become more pronounced when you have a huge population, segments of which are all at different stages in the socioeconomic ladder. Not only is the argument that innovation is slowing flawed because per population doesn't matter, but the idea that individuals are less innovative is not possible to measure unless you can control for the three things above, which he hasn't.
I totally agree, whats more is that he doesn't say that overall innovation rates have slowed. We have more world changing innovations a year now than ever before. Its just when you look at a "per population" number that it looks bleak. However, as you point out, who cares about "per population?!" These types of inventions affect everyone, their value isn't diluted the more people they help.
I took that using a still camera's video option while waiting for MGM v Grokster to start.
-----------------The Welcome Note to the New Features-------------
Today we're pleased to announce that we're (finally) launching a new Google Video feature: video playback of all that great content you folks uploaded to us. Given that we started accepting uploads back in April, this development is certainly long overdue; we'd like to apologize for the delay and thank you for your newsgroup posts, your emails, your blog posts... oh, yes, and your patience.
Feel free to test out our new playback feature. Keep in mind only the videos that feature a small triangle "play" icon next to the snippets of transcript text will allow playback. Try typing in the following search terms to watch free videos: gamespot, Greenpeace, AdWords, badminton, PS3, cattlemen, Hortus, sarong, breakdancing, capoeira.
Going forward, we plan to use this newsgroup to communicate product changes and updates and respond to your inquiries in (ahem) a more timely manner. Enjoy the video playback, and please do keep writing. Google Video is still in beta; we have a lot of work to do to make this product as good as it can be, and your opinions and ideas are always welcome.
And so, of course, are your videos. Keep those uploads coming!
If you have a card in your wallet/purse with no identifying information on it, but on which is written your complicated password, this is an effective tool for password protection which I have recommended to friends for years.
However, this only applies to non-home computer security. At home users will invariably store passwords for websites and bank accounts and leave their computers unlocked and easily compromised.
So... if you are trying to protect the use of a password in a public place, and deter remote access to your information through guess-hacking this is a good system.
About four years ago a friend's dad pitched a group of us with this idea to guage reactions of the target demographic. We all said, "God No!" and told him that a really usefull technology would simply be a car radio that knew what each song was and could download/purchase any song you heard with the click of a button.
Because of our reactions he passed, but obviously someone took a bite.
Honestly it still sounds like a dumb idea to me, but maybe there are enough people out there who can't remember the lyrics long enough to look them up on Google for this to make money.
>>Taking pictures of cameras taking pictures of you is not keeping a record of your own actions.
People take pictures of places they have been even if *gasp* they arn't in the photos. Our environments are key to our experience. Recording those environments is closely akin to recording your actions even if the camera isn't focused on you.
>>How is taking pictures of the devices recording YOU going to prevent them from improperly keeping an accurate photographic record of your own actions.
Knowing that a record exists is the first step to knowing how it might be used against you. Weather it ever *is* doesn't matter. Just as survelliance prevents crime out of the fear of being caught, counter survelliance deters data manipulation, "accidental loss", or misinterpretation by providing a secondary record.
>>almost all malls are private property
I dislike this statement because it gives rise to a false dichotomy where you only possess rights on public land.
>>Why should a random private mall employee have a... discussion with some self-righteous, cynical privacy advocate[?]
1. For attention as you noted 2. Because even mall security guards are people, with brains, and might be convinced to ignore stupid rules like "No Photographing the Cameras."
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Finally I must remark, while you call Mann a cynic you are utterly wrong. He is the most outrageous kind of idealist. To think that a mall guard could care about privacy rights. Or that normal people can be rallied around works like "Panopticon" or "Kafkaesque." That is brilliant and praiseworthy optimism.
What is truly offensive is an atitude which says that people who work in malls are dumb, corperations can do whatever they want, and ultimately any fight centered on philosophy is stupid and untenable.
I can tell you right off that Young's definition of "addiction" has not been properly tested. In the first part of my paper I do a factor analysis to draw a distinction between addiction and engagement which is often ignored in behavioral addiction literature.
The second part of the paper deals with prevelance of addiction (far below 15%) and personality correlates to addiction.
I had a similar sample size, used players from the Asheron's Call franchise and did this as my undergraduate Thesis.
Ian Danforth
P.S. iandanforth.net itself is so comment spammed at the moment you probably don't want to bother. Just read the pdf
Slashdot Mirror
The justice department will file a friend of the court brief urging the judge not to impose any limitations on data retention. In fact, while a monetary penalty for releasing the information is in play, the idea that they could shorten or in anyway affect the retention of data is so contrary to the desires of people like Rumsfield and Gonzales that it will never happen.
Privacy is anathma to control and this administration loves control.
From their website:
"The gethuman project is a consumer movement to improve the quality of phone support in the US. This free website is run by volunteers and is powered by over one million consumers who demand high quality phone support from the companies that they use.
We will soon publish a list of the best and worst mass-market consumer companies in the US based on how long it takes to get to a human on the phone and on the quality of support received."
So, right now, this website is great for finding direct-to-human numbers and then as a place to rate customer service. Soon it will be a great place to see how others have evaluated the customer service of various companies.
Hope this helps!
Ian
The key thing about this article is the depth to which they understand how the effect works. Not only is a specific mechanical effect explored (i.e. how much current, in what way) but how that mechanism effects the biology right down to the level of gene expression! This kind of top-to-bottom understanding is highly unusual. In direct opposition to your example when you have detailed understanding of how things work you can apply that knowledge carefully and specifically rather than just a slap-dash "this will cure everything" approach.
-Ian
The attempt has been made to put humans in this kind of plus G environment. People loose so much bone mass during space flight the idea was to build as much bone as possible before leaving earth and then let people fall back to normal.
Unfortunately our sense of balance is directly tied into G, specifically the acceleration of liquids in one G. When you're in a high G environment your inner ear believes that a small turn of the head is an increadibly rapid and vicious turn. What results is increadible nausea and an inability to function, and since it takes months at high G to build bone this idea is limited in its applications. While people are able to adapt relatively quickly to freefall this is not so easy with Hyper-G.
-Ian
Looking at these graphs I didn't realise that Nintendo has always released its new console at $200. It seems odd in all the speculation over the Wii's price, this is never mentioned.
Furthermore looking at the inflation adjusted model I have to say thanks to the big N for bringing us newer and better systems cheaper each time!
Sony can go jump in a lake.
-Ian
Slashdoters don't like IT Unions. Ok, we've got that.
Now, is there a way that organized labor can improve the tech workers world? Yes.
Meritocracies are always championed by those with greatest merit. IT is a meritocracy. Slashdoters can code like demons.
Right now IT is still fairly cutting edge, it is something you really have to be interested in to pick up. But it won't be that way forever.
Soon the hackers who love what they do will be surrounded by those who do what they do for a salary. And for those people, job security and equitable work environments matter.
If you're a star, anything that helps out the non-stars looks like a handout, and a drain on your potential salary. Beside the fact that makes you a greedy insenstive pig, it also ignores the fact that most people don't work with the kind of passion and love you do. They work for the money.
Right now the tech workers of the world are being happily exploited. But that won't always be the case. EA getting sued over unpaid overtime is just the start. Geeks are aging, the field is getting crowded by the mediocre, and with these things come the need for security and additional support from a so-far cut throat industry.
The hack it or quit mentality, besides being crass, selfish, and heartless, just doesn't work the more important your industry is to a large segment of the population.
If IT is to drive the economy for years to come, it needs to be controlled, stagnated, leashed. Otherwise you get the abuses of a young industry where people happily tolerate them, in an aging industry where people who can't live life on the edge are being really hurt.
I'm angered by the "it works for me, screw you if it doesn't" mentality I've seen on a lot of high modded posts. I would have hoped that people would at least recognise the dangers and flaws of the industry before proclaiming themselves coding gods who sneer at mortal coders. (Which is how they came off)
Unions have problems, but organised labor is a good solution to combat organised and exploitive management.
-Ian
... if they have alert drivers in the other cars, and ... if they select an urban area which is in decent repair, and ... if they allow ideal driving conditions like the last race.
:)
Think about it. City driving is designed to be easy. In fact it is really really easy. You are told exactly where to go with visible lines, lights, signs, etc which are all designed to be noticed and easily intepreted.
The hardest part of GC1 was finding the road! When it's layed out for you nice and easy.... man thats a cakewalk.
DARPA won't risk random people in these tests so all the other drivers will be hyper aware of the robot cars. Thus merging will be greatly reduced in difficulty, and that will be one of the two hardest things to do.
So on face this seems like something that Stanley could do today, but what we need to do is brainstorm what could make this a real challenge. Here's my short list.
1. Unaware human drivers.
2. BAD human drivers.
3. Rain/Darkness/Snow (weather that obscures the road)
4. Potholes, stupid pedestrians, trafic cones (urban obstacles)
5. Human Drivers
As you can see, I believe the greatest obstacle to good driving is stupidity. How to program around that? I have no idea.
Let PBS know what you thought about the format, show, or anything else.
-Ian
The difficulty in any system like this is what I like to call the Artistic Paradox.
Great art comes from experience and talent. It almost always comes from the vision of a single individual. Truly fine art cannot be done by committee.
Thus while brilliant and committed people in business need the ideas of those people around them, a system like this can only serve as an inspirational tool for those people with talent. The idea is not the art, the execution of that idea is.
I have lots of great ideas, but no matter how many I give out, or see on the web, few, if any, ever get done. Why? Because I'm lazy.
This marketplace could easily give rise to dependence on it for ideas, and ignore the fact that people who can get things done often don't have the best ideas, but because they can accomplish them, are infinitely more valuable than the armchair quarterbacks scattered throughout a company. And asking people to implement ideas other than their own, even if they are objectively better, reduces a talented individuals ability to great true greatness.
-Ian
The judge claims:
"it does not follow that Defendants violated his right to travel, given that other forms of travel remain possible."
So yah, you can bike across the country or get someone else to drive you the whole way. It is possible. But just as with the right to free speech a restriction on the ability to use that right is just as unconstitutional as violating that right straight out.
Unfortunately, while the opinion by Judge Paez is largely idiotic, he does have one nail which is big enough for the whole coffin.
"The identification policy requires that airline
passengers either present identification or be subjected to a
more extensive search. The more extensive search is similar
to searches that we have determined were reasonable and
'consistent with a full recognition of appellant's constitutional
right to travel.'"
The ID requirement is unconstitutional. No doubt about it. However it has this other option, "or get searched," which IS constitutional and frankly good sense. Showing an ID doesn't stop you from blowing up the plane. Hijacking kits come standard with valid photo ID. However getting thoroughly searched might stop someone. (Maybe)
So when you factor in that you can still fly without an ID his right to travel/petition aren't being violated...just abused.
This will go to the SC where it will be 9-0 against.
-Ian
[PDF]The Physics of Burkhard Heim and its Applications to Space Propulsion
Fun reading!
Is this the case? Can you show me where this is documented? Obviously they cost more, but does that mean that artists are making more money off them? Not neccesarily and I'd like to see a contract which lays out the terms of compensation for both songs sold through iTunes and as ring-tones.
-Ian
The Value of Sensationalist Journalism
/. geek has the forethought to have water and food on hand if you are ever forced to stay at home for a week due to quarintine. If you haven't made those preperations...well, maybe you do need to be frightened.
If there is a threat which requires world-wide coordination I cannot imagine a more effective tool for creating action than fear. I like to look at this from a pragmatic point of view, if you have a real chance that something like this could happen and happen soon you have to make careful decisions on how you publicize it. If you say "year on year there is a 5 to 15% chance of pathogenic mutation cumulating in an 80% chance over the next decade." People simply won't listen. If however you say 40 million dead! DEAD!!!!! Then there is a better chance to get a reaction.
The truth is that our species is increasingly vulnerable to viruses like Bird Flu and our medical science has not advanced at the same pace that our intermingling has, thus we need a solution to this general vulnerability even if this specific threat is being over-played.
I recommend people take all these reports as intelligent people should, as reminder that we need to have a solution in advance of encountering the problem. "The masses" if you will may need to be afraid before they will act, but I like to think the average
-Ian
"Provided that they own a physical copy of the program"
This test alone would directly contradict the DMCA, however the modification must also:
"constitute 'an essential step in the utilization' of the program"
and somewhat confusingly
"the software [must be] used 'in no other manner.'"
So what we're looking at here is a case where essential software can be modified, or if the program must be modified before it can be used. Then that's legal.
So my question is, doesn't this mean I can alter/crack/reverse any program I want if I need to get it running on a *nix box? Isn't that essential for most programs before I can use it?
-Ian
Google Earth Hacks has overlays of all the planets! So if you have Google Earth, you can have Google Mars!
I do bone density measurments for a living so here are some comparisons.
If he has been loosing 1.5% of his bone mass a month (this is measured from a baseline prior to flight) he's down around 36%. This would put him 6-7 standard deviations below what's normal for his age. While this is very very serious consider these two things.
1. The younger you are the better your bones are at avoiding fracture regardless of bone mass. Low bone mass doesn't help of course, but he's still probably better off than a 75 year old woman.
2. People with various diseases like celiac sprue are seen to have densities this low and recover very well when the cause is eliminated. Thus when he returns to normal g he should see rapid bone remineralization. However
This process will take two or more years. So if you wanted to know what "a long time" means. There it is. After two years at 1 g, I suspect his bone mass will be 95% of what it was at baseline.
In the meantime he has a hugely increased risk of fracture and will/should probably have to wear all sorts of special padding just in case he falls over.
As Re-entry can easily hit 5g, I think that would be the scariest part of the whole ordeal.
I would be interested to know if he will be put on an anti-resorptive thearapy such as Fosamax or even Forteo, though they would probably only do that if he wasn't regrowing bone on his own.
-Ian, CDT.
Publishers who refuse to participate should be punished. While I respect their right to protect their property I do not respect their lack of foresight nor do I appreciate the damage they do to the free exchange of ideas by artificially limiting access to these valuable resources. Take the time to write to your favorite publishers and let them know that you support the Google Print project and will vote with your dollars for those publishers who do. Here is contact information for three of my favorite publishers.
u s.jsp
Tor Books
E-mail: inquiries@tor.com
Fax: (212) 388-0191
Dead Tree:
Tor Books
175 Fifth Avenue
New York NY 10010.
Perseus Books Group
2300 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 800-371-1669
Fax: 800-453-2884
Email: perseus.orders@perseusbooks.com
http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/perseus/contact_
Random House
customerservice@randomhouse.com
Random House, Inc.
1745 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 782-9000
http://www.randomhouse.com/about/contact.html
Think about what he can't measure:
1. People "inventing" things that have already been done elsewhere. (Which they didn't know about)
2. People "inventing" things simultaneously
3. People coming up with great ideas that are never disseminated.
All these proccesses become more pronounced when you have a huge population, segments of which are all at different stages in the socioeconomic ladder. Not only is the argument that innovation is slowing flawed because per population doesn't matter, but the idea that individuals are less innovative is not possible to measure unless you can control for the three things above, which he hasn't.
-I
I totally agree, whats more is that he doesn't say that overall innovation rates have slowed. We have more world changing innovations a year now than ever before. Its just when you look at a "per population" number that it looks bleak. However, as you point out, who cares about "per population?!" These types of inventions affect everyone, their value isn't diluted the more people they help.
From their welcome note:
o ogle-Video/browse_thread/thread/1c3c182f2cc7215d/5 4db938f56c6904e#54db938f56c6904e
video.google.com
gamespot, Greenpeace, AdWords,
badminton, PS3, cattlemen, Hortus, sarong, breakdancing, capoeira
Source: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Google-Labs-G
I have used their uploader and have a video for download right now.
r &time=0&page=2&docid=6131409577636313198&urlcreate d=1119894120&chan=Uploaded&prog=MGM+v.+Grokster&da te=Wed+Apr+13+2005+at+5%3A54+PM+PDT
1. Select a video and upload it to their servers. Add associated text, type of video (documentary, comedy etc), and authors.
2. They review the video for obviously infringing content and pornography. They except neither.
3. Your video is listed at video.google.com using any text you supply during the upload process.
4. Free videos appear in the listings with the universal play symbol next to the title.
This process is not very quick since real people review the vids.
To see what such a result looks like you can see my short/poor/test offering here:
http://video.google.com/videopreviewbig?q=grokste
I took that using a still camera's video option while waiting for MGM v Grokster to start.
-----------------The Welcome Note to the New Features-------------
Today we're pleased to announce that we're (finally) launching a new
Google Video feature: video playback of all that great content you
folks uploaded to us. Given that we started accepting uploads back in
April, this development is certainly long overdue; we'd like to
apologize for the delay and thank you for your newsgroup posts, your
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If you have a card in your wallet/purse with no identifying information on it, but on which is written your complicated password, this is an effective tool for password protection which I have recommended to friends for years.
However, this only applies to non-home computer security. At home users will invariably store passwords for websites and bank accounts and leave their computers unlocked and easily compromised.
So... if you are trying to protect the use of a password in a public place, and deter remote access to your information through guess-hacking this is a good system.
-Ian
About four years ago a friend's dad pitched a group of us with this idea to guage reactions of the target demographic. We all said, "God No!" and told him that a really usefull technology would simply be a car radio that knew what each song was and could download/purchase any song you heard with the click of a button.
Because of our reactions he passed, but obviously someone took a bite.
Honestly it still sounds like a dumb idea to me, but maybe there are enough people out there who can't remember the lyrics long enough to look them up on Google for this to make money.
-Ian
Your arguments are logically inconsistant.
... discussion with some self-righteous, cynical privacy advocate[?]
>>Taking pictures of cameras taking pictures of you is not keeping a record of your own actions.
People take pictures of places they have been even if *gasp* they arn't in the photos. Our environments are key to our experience. Recording those environments is closely akin to recording your actions even if the camera isn't focused on you.
>>How is taking pictures of the devices recording YOU going to prevent them from improperly keeping an accurate photographic record of your own actions.
Knowing that a record exists is the first step to knowing how it might be used against you. Weather it ever *is* doesn't matter. Just as survelliance prevents crime out of the fear of being caught, counter survelliance deters data manipulation, "accidental loss", or misinterpretation by providing a secondary record.
>>almost all malls are private property
I dislike this statement because it gives rise to a false dichotomy where you only possess rights on public land.
>>Why should a random private mall employee have a
1. For attention as you noted
2. Because even mall security guards are people, with brains, and might be convinced to ignore stupid rules like "No Photographing the Cameras."
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Finally I must remark, while you call Mann a cynic you are utterly wrong. He is the most outrageous kind of idealist. To think that a mall guard could care about privacy rights. Or that normal people can be rallied around works like "Panopticon" or "Kafkaesque." That is brilliant and praiseworthy optimism.
What is truly offensive is an atitude which says that people who work in malls are dumb, corperations can do whatever they want, and ultimately any fight centered on philosophy is stupid and untenable.
That is cynacism of the worst kind.
-Ian
You can read it in full here:
http://iandanforth.net/pdfs/addiction.pdf
I can tell you right off that Young's definition of "addiction" has not been properly tested. In the first part of my paper I do a factor analysis to draw a distinction between addiction and engagement which is often ignored in behavioral addiction literature.
The second part of the paper deals with prevelance of addiction (far below 15%) and personality correlates to addiction.
I had a similar sample size, used players from the Asheron's Call franchise and did this as my undergraduate Thesis.
Ian Danforth
P.S. iandanforth.net itself is so comment spammed at the moment you probably don't want to bother. Just read the pdf