I could have made that exact same comment. Economics, CS, helping people out with their projects and everything. Are you me in an alternate slashiverse?
Have you seen the first paragraph in the terms of service?
You shall not download audio and video files from AllOFMP3.com if the Terms are in conflict with the laws of your country of residence. AllOFMP3.com shall not control actions of its users and the latter bear the sole responsibility for any illegal use.
So perhaps the BPI can start going after users if they win this judgement.
> Think about it: With MySQL, the People's Army will now be able to do > multiple queries on their tables of democratic activists in Olog(n) > time instead of lengthy searches in card catalogs.
Using MySQL doesn't reduce the time complexity of any algorithm they already use. It just makes the iterations faster;-)
Mate, if you are prepared to live and work abroad at the local going rate, you would be at no disadvantage as an American. This is especially true if you're prepared to learn a little of their language/culture and make some friends while you're there.
I remember before I'd even heard of Free Software, a story about
the new Labour Government striking a great deal with Microsoft to
supply Windows to UK Schools for free.
At the time I thought "Wow, what a coup. I wonder how they managed
to wangle that one!"
Now that all my friends equate Word as the only thing you can edit
text with, it doesn't seem like such a great deal.
Andy
First of all, the Chinese government is *not* funding them. They are giving them a loan on which they charge interest.
Secondly, the US government can hardly complain about subsidies. A recent bloomberg article states that the US government has spent $117 billion on the war in Iraq (almost 8 x more than the Chinese loan).
Superstars *are* worth that much. Do you think the movie industry pays more than it needs to to hire Keanu Reeves et al? I don't think so. Check out this journal article for the Economics of it if you're interested.
Rosen, S. "The Economics of Superstars," American Economic Review 71 (December 1981): 845-858.
And regarding your idea of studios colluding to reduce the fees paid to stars? That wouldn't work. There is always an incentive for each studio to "renege" on any agreement made in order to attract the most stars to their latest movie. This is first year Game Theory.
[/economics_lesson];-)
I think the grand-parent was not explicitly linking the US with the notion of Civilised; rather pointing out that a pair of Civilised eyes would view the actions of the Turkish government in this case as wrong.
I'm sure that even if the US Government is not Civilised, there are a great deal of Americans that are.
Last Xmas I got a little puzzle that involved arranging 16 cards, each having one of about 9-10 images on each side so that each image was next to a similar one. (Maybe a wee diagram will help) __________ __|__|__|__| __|__|__|__| __| __|__|__| __|__|__|__|
I'd just started learning Java at the time and thought it would be fun to try and solve the puzzle using Java.
It was great for learning purposes. It required fairly complex logic (a brute force alg would take weeks), used a couple of classes, and also made use of most of the control structures that Java has to offer (break, switch..etc as well as the usual for/while loops)
I can't remember the title of the game off hand but I'm sure there are loads of games like this around - especially now we're getting close to xmas again.
A monopoly *does* exist when the barriers to entry are high. Your post seems to imply that it would be no more difficult to get a movie into your own cinema than to open up an ice-cream parlour?
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I could have made that exact same comment. Economics, CS, helping people out with their projects and everything. Are you me in an alternate slashiverse?
Our government currently gives up people for extradition to the U.S without requiring supporting evidence. Why not China?
Have you seen the first paragraph in the terms of service?
So perhaps the BPI can start going after users if they win this judgement.> Stanford and Berkeley often spawn many startups that make it big (i.e. HP, SGI,
> Google)
FYI...
i.e. = "That is"
e.g. = "For example"
If you think it's so good, why don't you do it?
Look what else the Brits have been searching for -- are you listening Mr. Blair???
> Think about it: With MySQL, the People's Army will now be able to do
;-)
> multiple queries on their tables of democratic activists in Olog(n)
> time instead of lengthy searches in card catalogs.
Using MySQL doesn't reduce the time complexity of any algorithm they already use. It just makes the iterations faster
Thankyou and goodnight. I'll be here all week
Obviously not so busy that you don't have time to post on /.
Which manpages are incorrect? Have you informed the authors? Do you know how to make a patch?
Mate, if you are prepared to live and work abroad at the local going rate, you would be at no disadvantage as an American. This is especially true if you're prepared to learn a little of their language/culture and make some friends while you're there.
If the market for products is global, then why not the market for labour?
I remember before I'd even heard of Free Software, a story about the new Labour Government striking a great deal with Microsoft to supply Windows to UK Schools for free. At the time I thought "Wow, what a coup. I wonder how they managed to wangle that one!" Now that all my friends equate Word as the only thing you can edit text with, it doesn't seem like such a great deal. Andy
A letter comes every month telling me about it. If my employer values me more than this, then he knows what to do about it.
How about this?
This link seems to provide a few pointers.
Have you mods not seen this joke before? WTF has the new Ruby compiler got to do with Gentoo?
/me goes back to work in a bad mood
Seriously. This is flamebait/offtopic/unfunny all rolled into one. Possibly the worst post EVER on Slashdot.
First of all, the Chinese government is *not* funding them. They are giving them a loan on which they charge interest.
Secondly, the US government can hardly complain about subsidies. A recent bloomberg article states that the US government has spent $117 billion on the war in Iraq (almost 8 x more than the Chinese loan).
Now...I wonder which companies benefit from that?
Superstars *are* worth that much. Do you think the movie industry pays more than it needs to to hire Keanu Reeves et al? I don't think so. Check out this journal article for the Economics of it if you're interested. Rosen, S. "The Economics of Superstars," American Economic Review 71 (December 1981): 845-858. And regarding your idea of studios colluding to reduce the fees paid to stars? That wouldn't work. There is always an incentive for each studio to "renege" on any agreement made in order to attract the most stars to their latest movie. This is first year Game Theory. [/economics_lesson] ;-)
I think the grand-parent was not explicitly linking the US with the notion of Civilised; rather pointing out that a pair of Civilised eyes would view the actions of the Turkish government in this case as wrong.
I'm sure that even if the US Government is not Civilised, there are a great deal of Americans that are.
They'll sell loans to the guys and girls getting the welfare benefits.
Last Xmas I got a little puzzle that involved arranging 16 cards, each having one of about 9-10 images on each side so that each image was next to a similar one. (Maybe a wee diagram will help)| __|__|__|
__________
__|__|__|__|
__|__|__|__|
__
__|__|__|__|
I'd just started learning Java at the time and thought it would be fun to try and solve the puzzle using Java.
It was great for learning purposes. It required fairly complex logic (a brute force alg would take weeks), used a couple of classes, and also made use of most of the control structures that Java has to offer (break, switch..etc as well as the usual for/while loops)
I can't remember the title of the game off hand but I'm sure there are loads of games like this around - especially now we're getting close to xmas again.
A monopoly *does* exist when the barriers to entry are high. Your post seems to imply that it would be no more difficult to get a movie into your own cinema than to open up an ice-cream parlour?
C'mon
There are many sites who use server side java script to power their web applications. Try viewing the source at .
Don't see much do you? And those functions are not included in separate files either.
Here's a guide on server side js
...by brancing out into songs and movie talent too!
Didn't your mother tell you that if you haven't anything nice to say, then don't say it all!