The loudness wars have been a complaint of mine for some time now. The example video at the end of the article gives an EXCELLENT explanation. I only wish that more people would complain about this so that the quality of recordings would get better. Unfortunately most of the music of today sounds more like a Stephen Hawking lecture with distorted beeping and buzzing in the background and no actual music. When I was in school - music was part of the curriculum. I don't know if it still is but the kids of today are completely CLUELESS when it comes to music. They only seem to like songs about 'guns, money, drugs, niggas and bitches' because they SEE not HEAR these videos on MTV. They see some gun toting loser driving a ferrari, throwing stacks of cash around, surrounded by half naked crack whores and think - "Man that is the life I want to lead!" Their music tastes follow accordingly. If they actually listened to the lyrics - they might actually be disgusted.
Here's a simple solution that could be built in - a gps check to see if the phone is travelling too fast to be a human on foot - and disable the keypad.
I purchased a Logitech Trackman Marble FX a number of years ago for about $60. Logitech discontinued it a long time ago. Personally I think it's the best mouse I have ever used. When friends of mine use the computer though they don't like it. It does take getting used to but it's extremely comfortable. Great for first person shooters. Eventually playing Unreal Tournament killed the right mouse button. I went looking for a replacement online and found some on ebay priced at over $300. I guess I'm not the only one that thinks this mouse rocks, but I'm not about to fork over $300 for a mouse. To keep mine alive I took a button out of a $10 mouse and soldered it into the old one. Someday I hope Logitech will bring this design back in a wireless version.
As a side note, I think console systems would be improved if the right analog joystick on the controller was replaced with a trackball. Aiming is next to impossible with a joystick.
That won't work. If he shows up in court and say's, "I did not receive such a letter your honour.", then how the hell did he know to go to court. I've watched this happen in court before. The judge doesn't care how the document was served and will accuse you of playing games. If you don't show up in court, then you'll have a default judgement against you and a much harder uphill battle to get the order thrown out. In any case, it sounds like this is just a warning letter. It's not required to send a warning letter before taking legal action, just common courtesy. Just take a look at all the RIAA cases against unnamed defendants.
The linux community could be a little more sensitive to this by making the operating system and the programs installed with it considerably easier to use. I have seen incredible improvements over the past several years but it really does need to be more "Mac Like" if you want to target the moron market. The problem with this thinking is that it doesn't really resolve the problem, it just complicates issues.
The real issue is computer illiteracy. The more you dumb down the machine, the dumber the users get. The simpler the interface becomes to use, the less the user learns about the internal workings of a program. Then when a problem occurs, they don't have the capability to understand the problem and fix it.
I've done technical support for 10 years. When I fix a problem for a customer, I try to explain in laymans terms how the problem occurred and how to fix it themselves and how to prevent it in the future. I explain how they can learn more about a problem when they run into trouble. Some people get it and learn an incredible amount. They become quite proficient.
The key is educating users. We've seen this problem before when the printing press was invented. Only the well educated knew how to read. Computers are no different. They are a part of our everyday life. Like it or not we are dependent on them. We start our children reading at a very young age now. We should be doing the same with computers.
I was one of the fortunate few that did. When I was 5 my parents got a Commodore 64. My dad taught me how to write a program to print my name on the screen repeatedly. My fascination continued from there. In high school I had hard wired a CPU, some memory, a hexidecimal keypad and a digital display and programmed a clock. In university I designed a CPU. I have a pretty good understanding about how a computer works from the inside to the outside and am confident that I can fix any problem I run into with a computer - be it a hardware or software problem.
The basic concepts can be taught to children in their normal schooling. In kindergarden when children are learning numbers and how to add they should be taught other number systems as well such as binary or hexidecimal. In grade 1 when they are taught how to do simple arithmetic they should also be taught about AND and OR gates, etc. Children will make the connections. It will take a long time before enough people are educated enough that the illiteracy is no longer an issue. The educators need to be educated before they can teach. This would be an excellent project for a university. Computer science students, sociology students, psychology students, and students working on their teaching degree could work together to come up with system for teaching computer literacy through the entire school system (kindergarden - grade 12), and convince a local school board to test the waters. At each step of the way they will take a computer literacy test to determine the effectiveness of the program. Sure it will take a little over 12 years to run this type of a study, and even longer to implement it across the board if it's successful, but consider how long it's taken us to wipe out illiteracy since the printing press was invented.
1. Class action lawsuit against RIAA for false advertizing. They make up an absolute lie to look non-evil to sell more records.... Anyone who bought those records bought them under false pretenses. 2. ????? 3. Profit!!!
It could just be because of the "Google is not evil" thing. They want to maintain that image. They are doing the responsible thing and promoting competition in the market. Any company that is big enough to run amock in anti-trust law is probably also greedy enough to go ahead with the deal. When the DOJ comes knocking they'll just take the ass pounding in court for a few years until the DOJ runs low on funds and drops it. In the meantime the company is still making far more profit as a result of the deal than they are paying out in legal fees.
Of course, another strong possibility is that Microsoft is pointing fingers. It wouldn't be the first time. Ballmer wants to fucking kill Google. *ducks*
"According to palaeogeographic reconstructions, South China and South Australia were close to each other at the time, belonging to a supercontinent called Gondwana," says lead author Dr Maoyan Zhu.
I think the more important discovery here is time travel. How else would he know the continent was called Gondwana 300 million years ago? Also suprising is that these 8 legged creatures were able to tell him that. I don't think humans existed back then.
Very poorly implemented. The majority of people who use computers are completely computer illiterate. Most times I'm suprised they can figure out how to do something as technical as breathing. Anyway, what I'm getting at is they wouldn't know WTF "privileged" means in computer terms, even after consulting a dictionary.
The dialog should just say, "You are about to give a program permission to do whatever the fuck it wants to your computer, including INFECT IT WITH A VIRUS if it so chooses!!!! Unless you know 100% that the program is safe to run, or at least know how to fix ANY problem if it occurs, I strongly suggest you PROMPTLY CLICK NO!!!!". If they click the yes button they should be prompted for their windows product key, twice.
This might discourage people from clicking yes to everything. It may also discourage software companies from writing software that requires admin access. Better yet, it may encourage people who don't know how to use a computer to not use one. Then they can go back to using crayons, paper, envelopes and stamps to send an email.
Not really, once you get internet access there, just start googling for barely legal martian co-eds. Hmm... that kinda re-defines illegal aliens doesn't it?
Why are so many people having difficulty understanding this. Fair use doesn't even come into play here. Specifically that's what is going on. By violating the terms of the EULA you have waived the right to fair use. This person accepted the contract by clicking the I accept button. He then violated said contract when he launched Glide. He is no longer legally allowed to have a copy of that game in RAM. Doing so is copyright infringement. He got what was coming to him. End of story.
What really causes global warming? I for one beleive that the earth is still trying to figure out the question that arrives at the answer 42. It's just doing some really complex number crunching right now and the CPU is getting hot as a result.
Just so you are a little better informed, my neighbour just bought an H3. The H3 gets better mileage than any of their other trucks. So driving a hummer might be better for the environment, as well as save you money at the pump. A lot of people hear GM and think "Gas Guzzler" right off the bat because their biggest sellers have always been trucks. Well, some people need trucks. If you take a close look at their trucks and compare them to other company's trucks, you'll find they get better mileage than most. Think about it. If a company's biggest seller is trucks, then they must make pretty good at making them, and they want to keep that edge. Considering the current trend towards everything being green, I would say that GM has probably put a lot of R&D into the fuel efficiency of their trucks.
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...probably said this would happen.
The loudness wars have been a complaint of mine for some time now. The example video at the end of the article gives an EXCELLENT explanation. I only wish that more people would complain about this so that the quality of recordings would get better. Unfortunately most of the music of today sounds more like a Stephen Hawking lecture with distorted beeping and buzzing in the background and no actual music. When I was in school - music was part of the curriculum. I don't know if it still is but the kids of today are completely CLUELESS when it comes to music. They only seem to like songs about 'guns, money, drugs, niggas and bitches' because they SEE not HEAR these videos on MTV. They see some gun toting loser driving a ferrari, throwing stacks of cash around, surrounded by half naked crack whores and think - "Man that is the life I want to lead!" Their music tastes follow accordingly. If they actually listened to the lyrics - they might actually be disgusted.
Here's a simple solution that could be built in - a gps check to see if the phone is travelling too fast to be a human on foot - and disable the keypad.
... duke nukem forever will be released. Seriously? They are still at this?
I smell a Stella award...
I purchased a Logitech Trackman Marble FX a number of years ago for about $60. Logitech discontinued it a long time ago. Personally I think it's the best mouse I have ever used. When friends of mine use the computer though they don't like it. It does take getting used to but it's extremely comfortable. Great for first person shooters. Eventually playing Unreal Tournament killed the right mouse button. I went looking for a replacement online and found some on ebay priced at over $300. I guess I'm not the only one that thinks this mouse rocks, but I'm not about to fork over $300 for a mouse. To keep mine alive I took a button out of a $10 mouse and soldered it into the old one. Someday I hope Logitech will bring this design back in a wireless version. As a side note, I think console systems would be improved if the right analog joystick on the controller was replaced with a trackball. Aiming is next to impossible with a joystick.
That won't work. If he shows up in court and say's, "I did not receive such a letter your honour.", then how the hell did he know to go to court. I've watched this happen in court before. The judge doesn't care how the document was served and will accuse you of playing games. If you don't show up in court, then you'll have a default judgement against you and a much harder uphill battle to get the order thrown out. In any case, it sounds like this is just a warning letter. It's not required to send a warning letter before taking legal action, just common courtesy. Just take a look at all the RIAA cases against unnamed defendants.
The linux community could be a little more sensitive to this by making the operating system and the programs installed with it considerably easier to use. I have seen incredible improvements over the past several years but it really does need to be more "Mac Like" if you want to target the moron market. The problem with this thinking is that it doesn't really resolve the problem, it just complicates issues.
The real issue is computer illiteracy. The more you dumb down the machine, the dumber the users get. The simpler the interface becomes to use, the less the user learns about the internal workings of a program. Then when a problem occurs, they don't have the capability to understand the problem and fix it.
I've done technical support for 10 years. When I fix a problem for a customer, I try to explain in laymans terms how the problem occurred and how to fix it themselves and how to prevent it in the future. I explain how they can learn more about a problem when they run into trouble. Some people get it and learn an incredible amount. They become quite proficient.
The key is educating users. We've seen this problem before when the printing press was invented. Only the well educated knew how to read. Computers are no different. They are a part of our everyday life. Like it or not we are dependent on them. We start our children reading at a very young age now. We should be doing the same with computers.
I was one of the fortunate few that did. When I was 5 my parents got a Commodore 64. My dad taught me how to write a program to print my name on the screen repeatedly. My fascination continued from there. In high school I had hard wired a CPU, some memory, a hexidecimal keypad and a digital display and programmed a clock. In university I designed a CPU. I have a pretty good understanding about how a computer works from the inside to the outside and am confident that I can fix any problem I run into with a computer - be it a hardware or software problem.
The basic concepts can be taught to children in their normal schooling. In kindergarden when children are learning numbers and how to add they should be taught other number systems as well such as binary or hexidecimal. In grade 1 when they are taught how to do simple arithmetic they should also be taught about AND and OR gates, etc. Children will make the connections. It will take a long time before enough people are educated enough that the illiteracy is no longer an issue. The educators need to be educated before they can teach. This would be an excellent project for a university. Computer science students, sociology students, psychology students, and students working on their teaching degree could work together to come up with system for teaching computer literacy through the entire school system (kindergarden - grade 12), and convince a local school board to test the waters. At each step of the way they will take a computer literacy test to determine the effectiveness of the program. Sure it will take a little over 12 years to run this type of a study, and even longer to implement it across the board if it's successful, but consider how long it's taken us to wipe out illiteracy since the printing press was invented.
1. Class action lawsuit against RIAA for false advertizing. They make up an absolute lie to look non-evil to sell more records.... Anyone who bought those records bought them under false pretenses.
2. ?????
3. Profit!!!
Code from failed projects? It usually ends up here: http://research.microsoft.com/
It could just be because of the "Google is not evil" thing. They want to maintain that image. They are doing the responsible thing and promoting competition in the market. Any company that is big enough to run amock in anti-trust law is probably also greedy enough to go ahead with the deal. When the DOJ comes knocking they'll just take the ass pounding in court for a few years until the DOJ runs low on funds and drops it. In the meantime the company is still making far more profit as a result of the deal than they are paying out in legal fees.
Of course, another strong possibility is that Microsoft is pointing fingers. It wouldn't be the first time. Ballmer wants to fucking kill Google. *ducks*
"According to palaeogeographic reconstructions, South China and South Australia were close to each other at the time, belonging to a supercontinent called Gondwana," says lead author Dr Maoyan Zhu.
I think the more important discovery here is time travel. How else would he know the continent was called Gondwana 300 million years ago? Also suprising is that these 8 legged creatures were able to tell him that. I don't think humans existed back then.
If someone sends an internet to my cellphone I'm going to duck.
Talk about beating a dead horse... Street Fighter Forever anyone? I smell vaporware.
I hate marketing buzzwords. Web 2.0, blogosphere, crap like that. Thank god I haven't heard "podosphere" yet. Oops...
I've heard this story before about the university I went to (Lakehead U). Either this is urban myth or it happens very often:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=6505527
http://sewicked.blogspot.com/2008/07/urban-legend-have-you-ever-heard-story.html
What's it matter? The internet is made of tubes! Just connect to a web site in Antarctica and suck all the cold air through the tube!
"Reasonable Expectation of Privacy" and "Web" in the same sentence. Feeling optomistic?
Very poorly implemented. The majority of people who use computers are completely computer illiterate. Most times I'm suprised they can figure out how to do something as technical as breathing. Anyway, what I'm getting at is they wouldn't know WTF "privileged" means in computer terms, even after consulting a dictionary.
The dialog should just say, "You are about to give a program permission to do whatever the fuck it wants to your computer, including INFECT IT WITH A VIRUS if it so chooses!!!! Unless you know 100% that the program is safe to run, or at least know how to fix ANY problem if it occurs, I strongly suggest you PROMPTLY CLICK NO!!!!". If they click the yes button they should be prompted for their windows product key, twice.
This might discourage people from clicking yes to everything. It may also discourage software companies from writing software that requires admin access. Better yet, it may encourage people who don't know how to use a computer to not use one. Then they can go back to using crayons, paper, envelopes and stamps to send an email.
Getting off is the hard part.
Not really, once you get internet access there, just start googling for barely legal martian co-eds. Hmm... that kinda re-defines illegal aliens doesn't it?
I for one, welcome our chinese reistant, acid dropping overlords?
Why are so many people having difficulty understanding this. Fair use doesn't even come into play here. Specifically that's what is going on. By violating the terms of the EULA you have waived the right to fair use. This person accepted the contract by clicking the I accept button. He then violated said contract when he launched Glide. He is no longer legally allowed to have a copy of that game in RAM. Doing so is copyright infringement. He got what was coming to him. End of story.
What really causes global warming? I for one beleive that the earth is still trying to figure out the question that arrives at the answer 42. It's just doing some really complex number crunching right now and the CPU is getting hot as a result.
Just so you are a little better informed, my neighbour just bought an H3. The H3 gets better mileage than any of their other trucks. So driving a hummer might be better for the environment, as well as save you money at the pump. A lot of people hear GM and think "Gas Guzzler" right off the bat because their biggest sellers have always been trucks. Well, some people need trucks. If you take a close look at their trucks and compare them to other company's trucks, you'll find they get better mileage than most. Think about it. If a company's biggest seller is trucks, then they must make pretty good at making them, and they want to keep that edge. Considering the current trend towards everything being green, I would say that GM has probably put a lot of R&D into the fuel efficiency of their trucks.
Unemployed yet? Keep buying foreign.
Where's the Nobel Prize you insensitive clods?