But in order for us to create colonies on mars, we would have to use that water we find there to terraform the planet. And if we terraform the planet, we the life that may potentially be found there would probably not be able to survive in the new conditions. We should first make very sure that there is no life to be found if we're considering such an act. And maybe it is worth preserving the current state of mars just a little longer so we can appreciate the beauty of this alien planet, before we turn it into earth v.2. take it easy flix
Uhhh, HP has nothing to do whatsoever with Packard Bell. Packard bell is a crappy manufacturer of PCs which doesn't even even exist any more (it's run by NEC now). Packard Bell probably started out trying to capitalize on the name Hewlett-Packard and Bell. HP systems are much better than Packard Bell.
Yeah I've used it, and to tell you the truth I haven't seen any problems really. I'm running Win2K SP2 on a 800Mhz P3 with 384MB ram. Although I've since stopped using it since I don't really care about the eyecandy. You probably want to ask this question to someone else however since I'm far from being an authority on the matter, try here:
news://news.stardock.com/stardock.windowblinds
news://news.stardock.com/stardock.windowblinds.s up port
I think "real" books as we know it have many advantages over e-books. They are easier on your eyes, are easily portable (for those of us who don't have a pda), cheap, and acceptance in the market. They have been around for over 500 years!
E-books will not eat into the market for books until they are at least as good as real books. And I think that will only happen when electronic paper becomes a reality.
I think it depends. Sure, I agree that the educational value "educational games" is quite doubtful. On the other hand, if your young kids are spending time doing stuff like logo or Mindstorms then you probably don't want to stop them from doing so. Since they're already playing with Lego, introducing them to mindstorms might turn out great.
Alltogether I agree with the article though. Schools teaching "how to use the internet" is a joke. And I think stuff like office, online collaboration using things like , etc. are better taught at a later age.
People don't mod flaimebait like this because it isn't flamebait. You were not talking about the roads in your first comment, you were talking about books. I feel that you are misreprisenting his viewpoint when you claim that Lessig thinks some things should not be copyrightable at all. Even though I have not read his new book yet, I am certain that nowhere in it he ever claims this. Certainly not for any form of creativity. I know this because he stated so very specifically in his latest debate with Jack Valenti. As a matter of fact, Valenti makes almost the same comment you make, implying that because he had to purchase Lessig's book he is being hypocrytical. Lessig subsequently totally refutes that statement.
Anyway, I think the roads are a very good example of a commons: they were created with public funding, to the benefit of everyone. Of course, since roads are rivalrous, they are subject to the tragedy of the commons, as is evident in traffic jams.
Maybe I was a bit harsh with my wording in my first reply, for which I apologise!
You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Lessig does not think copyright is evil, he thinks it's a useful tool to ensure that creators have an incentive to create. But he feels that it should be for limited times only. In any case, I'm not gonna sum up lessig for you here. I'll let him do that.
Whatever. The fact of the matter is they're supporting Linux. So what if it's a "Me too" strategy. Give them some respect for standing up against M$, which cannot be an easy thing to do since they're the biggest PC manufacturer (or has Dell passed them?), and rely heavily on M$ for a very large portion of their revenue.
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Wow that's really interesting: running a virtual economy in the game to get funding. Of course the game company could be a virtual monopoly if they coded the game in that way. I'm really reminded of Snow Crash when I think of where these games could go. I think introducing complex things like an economy into the game could be very interesting.
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Blizzard must maintain a fair number of servers to keep Battle.net running, and they're not charging. I'm sure the number of people still playing Diablo2 and Starcraft ournumber UO players.
Incidentally, there are some excellent lectures on HCI online. They're not from M$, just hosted there. These are actually Stanford lectures. You need to have Windows Media Player though, which is kind of a pain in the...
I started out doing a course in Computer Science. However, along the way I realized that I wasn't all that interested in mathematical software specification, algorithm analysis, etc. I was more interested in design issues, and looking at how computers can be improved, not so much technically (altough it always helps), but more from a design standpoint. So now I am doing a course in Human/Computer Interaction. I'm sure there are many people out there who only find out what they really want to do once they've actually spent some time learning and know a little more about the domain they're in.
Hmm great, i checked if there were already some comments on itanium, typed my comment and submitted, then there were two others already:) mod me as redundant i guess.
Does anyone know how this new architecture would compare with Itanium? I know AMD doesn't really have a dedicated 64-bit architecture. I'd appreciate it if someone could provide some info.
I agree with you that Lessig definitely did not mean this to be a joke. Microsoft could be an ally of freedom of the internet, but only if the remedy in the MS vs DOJ case steers them in this direction. Professor Lessig himself makes this point clearly in his testimony on the issue.
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woops guess i didn't read enough threads to realize everyone else here also realized this:)
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But in order for us to create colonies on mars, we would have to use that water we find there to terraform the planet. And if we terraform the planet, we the life that may potentially be found there would probably not be able to survive in the new conditions. We should first make very sure that there is no life to be found if we're considering such an act. And maybe it is worth preserving the current state of mars just a little longer so we can appreciate the beauty of this alien planet, before we turn it into earth v.2. take it easy flix
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The board "flipper" was actually developed by a company called ArtX, which has since been aquired by ATI.
It's funny how when MS announces a new platform for phones it get's posted to /. and this kind of stuff doesn't.
It was Compaq
Uhhh, HP has nothing to do whatsoever with Packard Bell. Packard bell is a crappy manufacturer of PCs which doesn't even even exist any more (it's run by NEC now). Packard Bell probably started out trying to capitalize on the name Hewlett-Packard and Bell. HP systems are much better than Packard Bell.
Actually I've just turned on winblinds again, since I found a skin that I actually like. I hate all the XP themes.
Yeah I've used it, and to tell you the truth I haven't seen any problems really. I'm running Win2K SP2 on a 800Mhz P3 with 384MB ram. Although I've since stopped using it since I don't really care about the eyecandy. You probably want to ask this question to someone else however since I'm far from being an authority on the matter, try here:
s up port
news://news.stardock.com/stardock.windowblinds
news://news.stardock.com/stardock.windowblinds.
And if you use Windowblinds, you can even get the Eyecandy on Win2K. Skin away!
I think "real" books as we know it have many advantages over e-books. They are easier on your eyes, are easily portable (for those of us who don't have a pda), cheap, and acceptance in the market. They have been around for over 500 years!
E-books will not eat into the market for books until they are at least as good as real books. And I think that will only happen when electronic paper becomes a reality.
I think it depends. Sure, I agree that the educational value "educational games" is quite doubtful. On the other hand, if your young kids are spending time doing stuff like logo or Mindstorms then you probably don't want to stop them from doing so. Since they're already playing with Lego, introducing them to mindstorms might turn out great.
Alltogether I agree with the article though. Schools teaching "how to use the internet" is a joke. And I think stuff like office, online collaboration using things like , etc. are better taught at a later age.
People don't mod flaimebait like this because it isn't flamebait. You were not talking about the roads in your first comment, you were talking about books. I feel that you are misreprisenting his viewpoint when you claim that Lessig thinks some things should not be copyrightable at all. Even though I have not read his new book yet, I am certain that nowhere in it he ever claims this. Certainly not for any form of creativity. I know this because he stated so very specifically in his latest debate with Jack Valenti. As a matter of fact, Valenti makes almost the same comment you make, implying that because he had to purchase Lessig's book he is being hypocrytical. Lessig subsequently totally refutes that statement.
Anyway, I think the roads are a very good example of a commons: they were created with public funding, to the benefit of everyone. Of course, since roads are rivalrous, they are subject to the tragedy of the commons, as is evident in traffic jams.
Maybe I was a bit harsh with my wording in my first reply, for which I apologise!
You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Lessig does not think copyright is evil, he thinks it's a useful tool to ensure that creators have an incentive to create. But he feels that it should be for limited times only. In any case, I'm not gonna sum up lessig for you here. I'll let him do that.
Yeah just like the egyptian currencny would devaluate if it was being offloaded for dollars. I think :)
Whatever. The fact of the matter is they're supporting Linux. So what if it's a "Me too" strategy. Give them some respect for standing up against M$, which cannot be an easy thing to do since they're the biggest PC manufacturer (or has Dell passed them?), and rely heavily on M$ for a very large portion of their revenue.
Wow that's really interesting: running a virtual economy in the game to get funding. Of course the game company could be a virtual monopoly if they coded the game in that way. I'm really reminded of Snow Crash when I think of where these games could go. I think introducing complex things like an economy into the game could be very interesting.
Blizzard must maintain a fair number of servers to keep Battle.net running, and they're not charging. I'm sure the number of people still playing Diablo2 and Starcraft ournumber UO players.
Incidentally, there are some excellent lectures on HCI online. They're not from M$, just hosted there. These are actually Stanford lectures. You need to have Windows Media Player though, which is kind of a pain in the...
I started out doing a course in Computer Science. However, along the way I realized that I wasn't all that interested in mathematical software specification, algorithm analysis, etc. I was more interested in design issues, and looking at how computers can be improved, not so much technically (altough it always helps), but more from a design standpoint. So now I am doing a course in Human/Computer Interaction. I'm sure there are many people out there who only find out what they really want to do once they've actually spent some time learning and know a little more about the domain they're in.
Hmm great, i checked if there were already some comments on itanium, typed my comment and submitted, then there were two others already :) mod me as redundant i guess.
Does anyone know how this new architecture would compare with Itanium? I know AMD doesn't really have a dedicated 64-bit architecture. I'd appreciate it if someone could provide some info.
it uses DeCSS for encryption? Wow does that mean it will play multi-region DVDs for me ???
For those people who don't know, Philips has the marketing phrase "Let's make things better".
I agree with you that Lessig definitely did not mean this to be a joke. Microsoft could be an ally of freedom of the internet, but only if the remedy in the MS vs DOJ case steers them in this direction. Professor Lessig himself makes this point clearly in his testimony on the issue.
woops guess i didn't read enough threads to realize everyone else here also realized this :)