Sure, you have a point of some kind. However, this device could much better be used to detect cell phone use when people have a reason to conceal it. As a student I know that plenty of cheating via text messages and camera phone images goes on, as do the authors of the article. It even mentions that they're going to try out the devices at the boys' university during exams.
Total agreement that musicians already know that music is indeed a language.
When we were learning about cadences in music theory, my teacher likened them to punctuation. Half cadences are like commas, often predictably placed and leaving the need for resolution of an idea. Deceptive cadences are often like semicolons; you think the idea is going to end and then it catches you off-guard and keeps going (unless the piece/movement is simply ending in minor after being in major, but hush, you.) Plagal and authentic cadences are like periods because they give a feeling of resolution to the music ending on the tonic (I) chord. And finally, perfect authentic cadences are like exclamation points because they have extra power behind their resolution.
Of course, the fact that phrases have a rythmic rise and fall is quite accurate. That music can tell a story... very true. Where do you think musical pieces like Romeo and Juliet or the Legend of Alcobaca come from?
I think that this is totally a legitimate thing to get people in trouble for... but I mean, 3 years if you didn't profit from it? 3 years seems harsh even for the people who sell those bad VCDs of movies in theatres.
If I broke out my cell phone video recorder and took a quick clip of a movie, does that warrant 3 years in prison?
I'm unsure if this was supposed to be a humorous post... it almost feels like it, but not quite. If it is a joke, it unfortunately doesn't work out.
Uploading and downloading are modifying "movies, music, or games" correctly. Even if one were to try to separate the two, one could only truly say that by that wording they are prohibiting uploading. Downloading is directly connected to "movies, music or games" in their wording.
Which is, of course, what patents are really about. Very good point.
Copyrights would be more of a "take your house and use it as my own" deal, yes?
I'm always torn on patents; the idea is good but the system is flawed. People can get patents for very stupid or common things. However, if you have a really great and original idea, it also seems like you ought to be able to make money off of it without a bunch of copycats stomping you out of business. At least for an appropriate period of time, at least.
PS games, definitely not. Only played an XBOX a couple of times so I can't speak to it directly, but my feeling would be probably not plenty of games on it, either.
I've had problems with a lot of the more recent FPSs but most other games simply don't use such high framerates and have as much motion going on. I've heard some people complain about certain highly realistic racing games but I had no problems myself. I especially don't experience problems with kiddie-style games, though those are more a GameCube phenomenon.
If you're really worried but want to play awesome games, try RPGs. They're good for you and your brain!:)
DOOM is almost 11, indeed... seems line only yesterday I was playing it against my brother on the home LAN.
Does anybody know how old the various Wolfenstein games are? That's where I got my start on true FPSs and now this whole post has made me quite curious.
Still, the Big Brother effect keeps becoming greater and greater, and yes... it is very unsettling at times, especially when you don't know what kinds of normal actions (maybe I like the middle seat!) will earn you a second, suspicious look.
The problem is there's a need to balance privacy rights with a hightened level of security.
Disclosing that much information is , in my opinion, excessive and crosses the line.
Of course, privacy seems all but dead these days, so maybe I'm just being too optomistic even about what could be. All I know is I don't think anyone needs my credit card info to figure out if I'm a security threat or not, not really.
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You'd need to be hard-wired though... I can't think of a wifi signal strong enough to get through his skull.
Mahler's 10^12, the Symphony for 1000 Terabits?
Sure, you have a point of some kind. However, this device could much better be used to detect cell phone use when people have a reason to conceal it. As a student I know that plenty of cheating via text messages and camera phone images goes on, as do the authors of the article. It even mentions that they're going to try out the devices at the boys' university during exams.
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RTF post/article, you silly person...
What Changes would I liked to see?
Realism... in the form of a breast reduction for Lara.
Are there any pictures of this art project? It sounds interesting. AOL CD art... probably a much kinder, gentler solution... :)
But I've already got Jenny's number. I'm gonna make her mine... Jenny, please... don't change your number.
Decrease price/gallon and people will buy more gas guzzlers, use up the finite oil supply sooner, and pollute the air faster.
Somehow that doesn't sound like a good plan to me. Hell, I think we should raise taxes on gas...
(Wow, and I was really naive enough to think it was his original idea, too, because obviously I must be an idiot, if I'm not you.)
Total agreement that musicians already know that music is indeed a language.
When we were learning about cadences in music theory, my teacher likened them to punctuation. Half cadences are like commas, often predictably placed and leaving the need for resolution of an idea. Deceptive cadences are often like semicolons; you think the idea is going to end and then it catches you off-guard and keeps going (unless the piece/movement is simply ending in minor after being in major, but hush, you.) Plagal and authentic cadences are like periods because they give a feeling of resolution to the music ending on the tonic (I) chord. And finally, perfect authentic cadences are like exclamation points because they have extra power behind their resolution.
Of course, the fact that phrases have a rythmic rise and fall is quite accurate. That music can tell a story... very true. Where do you think musical pieces like Romeo and Juliet or the Legend of Alcobaca come from?
I think that this is totally a legitimate thing to get people in trouble for... but I mean, 3 years if you didn't profit from it? 3 years seems harsh even for the people who sell those bad VCDs of movies in theatres.
If I broke out my cell phone video recorder and took a quick clip of a movie, does that warrant 3 years in prison?
I'm unsure if this was supposed to be a humorous post... it almost feels like it, but not quite. If it is a joke, it unfortunately doesn't work out.
Uploading and downloading are modifying "movies, music, or games" correctly. Even if one were to try to separate the two, one could only truly say that by that wording they are prohibiting uploading. Downloading is directly connected to "movies, music or games" in their wording.
(Then she eats, shoots, and leaves.)
I'm very excited to see all these announcements space expansion...
Let's just hope the fantasy lasts and they all actually come through. I sure want it all to be true.
Which is, of course, what patents are really about. Very good point.
Copyrights would be more of a "take your house and use it as my own" deal, yes?
I'm always torn on patents; the idea is good but the system is flawed. People can get patents for very stupid or common things. However, if you have a really great and original idea, it also seems like you ought to be able to make money off of it without a bunch of copycats stomping you out of business. At least for an appropriate period of time, at least.
I think some of those are called "rust" colors ;)
PS games, definitely not. Only played an XBOX a couple of times so I can't speak to it directly, but my feeling would be probably not plenty of games on it, either.
:)
I've had problems with a lot of the more recent FPSs but most other games simply don't use such high framerates and have as much motion going on. I've heard some people complain about certain highly realistic racing games but I had no problems myself. I especially don't experience problems with kiddie-style games, though those are more a GameCube phenomenon.
If you're really worried but want to play awesome games, try RPGs. They're good for you and your brain!
DOOM is almost 11, indeed... seems line only yesterday I was playing it against my brother on the home LAN.
Does anybody know how old the various Wolfenstein games are? That's where I got my start on true FPSs and now this whole post has made me quite curious.
Hmmm. Dubya is watching you?
Somehow it doesn't have the same effect.
Still, the Big Brother effect keeps becoming greater and greater, and yes... it is very unsettling at times, especially when you don't know what kinds of normal actions (maybe I like the middle seat!) will earn you a second, suspicious look.
The problem is there's a need to balance privacy rights with a hightened level of security.
Disclosing that much information is , in my opinion, excessive and crosses the line.
Of course, privacy seems all but dead these days, so maybe I'm just being too optomistic even about what could be. All I know is I don't think anyone needs my credit card info to figure out if I'm a security threat or not, not really.
Awww, that's my cell-phone providor! Go get 'em, cingular. :P