I think you got it 100% correct. The question here is who will your customers side with, the EVIL phone company trying to cause bandwith in this country to cost even more than its current overpriced rate, or their favorite search engine?
eg, in New Zealand, Battlestar Galactica is just starting its first season airing.
Then its their fault for not getting it there earlier. And who knows, with that kind of lag time you could have bought the Galactica DVD set and MAILED it to New Zealand. Yes, yes you would of course need a evil region free DVD player, but I think true fans of the show might be able to find one somewhere;-)
While this is breaking a lot of profitable distribution models, it is opening up even more, if any of these insdustries would get up off of their ass and try to be innovative, they might just find out that they can make a lot more money than they can by trying to control their consumers.
Oh, and BTW, even though I watched every torrent of Dr. Who last year, I'll still pick up the episodes again when they premier on Sci-Fi. It was good enough to watch twice.
You see, those guys proved that the prevailing 'wisdom' about ulcers related to stress and lifestyle were FALSE. That in most ulcer cases, there was a bacteria causing the ulcers to arize. Getting rid of the bacteria actually cured the ulcers. The Type A with an ulcer needs nothing more than medicine to cure their condition - A career change is not necessary.
But you provided a great example of how hard society holds onto its stereotypes for certain conditions.
Nowhere in my posts did I insuate that obesity was purely a disease, that has a cure and that better diet and exercise aren't good things. But in light of what was learned about ulcers, shouldn't scientists sometimes challenge the conventional wisdom? Who knows, someday maybe the people studying links between obesity and viruses might earn a nobel prize!
It also not just a one variable equation. Perhaps the other variables in you life are more important and a long commute is something you have to deal with for everything else to be the way you like.
Me, I happen to live six blocks from work, but wouldn't mind a longer commute to a better job;-)
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Sorry I'm not going to start feeling sorry for a condition where the solution is as simple as 'put down the sandwich.' There's too many people with real problems.
Quick question: Did you feel sorry for the major Type A personality business person who ended up in the hospital due to a severe ulcer? Was it their fault they got one from working too hard and being too stressed?
Do you feel differently now that ulcers have been linked to bacteria and not environment?
How many people here point and laugh at anyone who belives in ID instead of real science, but in this case are basing their comments on their BELIEFS about obesity and not looking at the very interesting science these researchers are doing.
Binary depictions of our world don't survive beyond the ideal confines of our minds.
I'm not so sure. Digital music sounds ok to me. At least the analog depiction of the digital data stored on my iPod does.;-)
There are some things we have managed quite well to depict in binary. There are also a whole raft of things that we haven't. But it is amazing how fast we are gaining in that territory.
then we're looking at the light rays that are just reaching earth now - which first bounced off that planet 25,000 freaking years ago. So the planet may be long gone by now
They're speaking in astronomical and geological terms here. 25,000 years is the blink of an eye in those terms. The planet is nearly certainly still there barring the death of its solar system that we haven't seen yet, or a cataclysmic world destroying event. Both of these things are also very rare in astronomical timeframes.
Statistically speaking it is very likely this planet is still there today, and will be for at least a few million years.
I think it does nothing to sway radicals because the radical elements of both parties see "their" guy doing things they don't like, but they realize (or rationalize) that if it were the "other" guy, it would be worse. So for Bush's perscription drug example true conservatives just look at the plan agast, but say to themselves "well the democrats would have come up with a MORE expensive plan", nevermind that most true conserviative think the perscription drug plan is a horrible big government entitlement.
With respect to Clinton, liberals agast at seeing welfare reform take away the handout they feel the underprivalged absolutely need to survive. But, "they" just say that a Republican would have really decimated the welfare program, and at least "their" guy kept some of it intact.
No I consider myself conservative/libertarian and if you look at these two items, _I_ am actually more happy with Clinton and his welfare reform than with Bush's perscription drug plan.
Of course, the funny thing it that the base for both men still wholeheartedly supported them while they do things that the people who _didn't_ vote for them want. In my opinion Clinton did this well and it was effecitive in gaining him some support from moderates. Of course we all know that he didn't get the Republicans in congress to support for him at all. Bush faces the aftermath of this and has given the liberals a few of their big programs, but of course gets no real support from democrats anyway, and I also believe that he had a large amount of support from moderates already, but will never get Democrats to support him, no matter how many new entitlements he creates.
We have created a political system thats basically a sporting event now, but its one where you root for a team you hate the most to lose and not for your team to win, because you know they're going to let the other side have a few easy scores just to try and get their fans to root for them. Of course that analogy doesn't make much sense, but then neither does modern politics.
I'm not so sure I agree. In my opinion, scientists do more "Hard Thought" than hard work. There is a difference and I think its espically notable in the sciences.
In the business world there is a large amount of attention paid to how hard people work. Of course thats measured in how many hours you put in. In science its a little bit different, sure you may put in long hours and work very hard, but in the end its what you think that marks the impact of your work. Hard Thought is what differentinates the scientists from just a general worker. In many cases in todays society, sitting and thinking is actually seen as not doing any work, but in science, this is just not the case. Thats why I would prefer to think of science work as Hard Thought.
Although this study, like so many opinion surveys, doesn't really convey much useful information.
I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of professors that get labeled as radical would wear the term as a badge of pride.
I think you're right, and that's probably the most scary thing. Professors like that are truly ones who do not and would not believe in teaching about all philosophies, but only present their own.
Whether or not this group is ethical in what they are doing, your post clearly reminds us that both sides have firmly decided that the other is wrong and while they will both claim to be open-minded, neither are.
Also, another thing is that copper won't be used for wiring as much in the future. Many miles of the copper locked up in CAT 5 will pulled out and replaced by fiber (glass) for which we have an incredible abundance of raw material.
Why exactly do you need to conduct religious ceremonies on government property?
Because public propery like parks are for the use of ALL the public, not just those who are not religious. And use of these propereties should not be predicated on what religious activities you would carry out there.
What is wrong with a church group camping on public property and praying or having some sort of service on Sunday. Also, I certainly would expect muslim campers to be expected to not pray towards Mecca if they are camping on public land.
It can take 5-10 years (or more) after the patent is filed for the product to come to market.
This is what pisses me off so much about software patents. They NEVER take that long to implement and are often completely obsoleted by new technology before then. But one big problem I see is that the stronger software patents get the more we head towards a world where a software patent will have viability over 5 years, but only because it has killed off all software innovation.
The patent system (for software) does exactly the opposite of what it is supposed to do. The whole system needs to be scrapped and rebuilt to be viable for the future.
With respect to this patent. I sure hope this company sells these types of systems and isn't just a IP sqwatter, but I doubt it. Someone who really sells this stuff would have talked to Toyota long before now. It always appears the sqwatters wait for the item to become immensely popular before they pounce.
Also, Battlestar Galactica has some comedy in it as well. Its just often quite dark. But the "Six Degrees.. " (not sure of the full title) episode from last season was quite funny.
when talent is spread around and several companies are chasing results
You have nothing to worry about. There are 3 (or 4) companies running around chasing results. And competition in the free market is good. Its just that in the case of Google , it appears they are gearing up for a very large confilct.
And in that case it would help to have Skynet on your side;-)
Dang, I just have to respond to this, and lose my mod points in this discussion...
Bill Gates from Triumph of the nerds:
Success is a menace -- it fools smart people into thinking they can't lose.
That is absolutely the perfect quote to describe why Microsoft is the unbelivably paranoid company that it is. Bill always thinks Microsoft might lose and does any and everything (legal or not) to make sure that they don't.
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Ok, how many of you are reading a review of this book on /. while at work?
...and yes, my hand is up too.
Oh, the irony.
I think you got it 100% correct. The question here is who will your customers side with, the EVIL phone company trying to cause bandwith in this country to cost even more than its current overpriced rate, or their favorite search engine?
Note to Verison, it isn't going to be you.
eg, in New Zealand, Battlestar Galactica is just starting its first season airing.
;-)
Then its their fault for not getting it there earlier. And who knows, with that kind of lag time you could have bought the Galactica DVD set and MAILED it to New Zealand. Yes, yes you would of course need a evil region free DVD player, but I think true fans of the show might be able to find one somewhere
While this is breaking a lot of profitable distribution models, it is opening up even more, if any of these insdustries would get up off of their ass and try to be innovative, they might just find out that they can make a lot more money than they can by trying to control their consumers.
Oh, and BTW, even though I watched every torrent of Dr. Who last year, I'll still pick up the episodes again when they premier on Sci-Fi. It was good enough to watch twice.
but at $100 for 3 keys I'm not biting.
;-)
If its $ 100 for 3 keys, just imagine what a 101 key keyboard would cost....
$ 10,100 - Yikes...
No wonder they're releasing this one first
Sure because there's a big difference between the cures.
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Bzzzt wrong answer. The stressed excutive with an ulcer can be cured.
See: http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/2005/pre
You see, those guys proved that the prevailing 'wisdom' about ulcers related to stress and lifestyle were FALSE. That in most ulcer cases, there was a bacteria causing the ulcers to arize. Getting rid of the bacteria actually cured the ulcers. The Type A with an ulcer needs nothing more than medicine to cure their condition - A career change is not necessary.
But you provided a great example of how hard society holds onto its stereotypes for certain conditions.
Nowhere in my posts did I insuate that obesity was purely a disease, that has a cure and that better diet and exercise aren't good things. But in light of what was learned about ulcers, shouldn't scientists sometimes challenge the conventional wisdom? Who knows, someday maybe the people studying links between obesity and viruses might earn a nobel prize!
Science is the _path_ to truth, not truth itself.
It also not just a one variable equation. Perhaps the other variables in you life are more important and a long commute is something you have to deal with for everything else to be the way you like.
;-)
Me, I happen to live six blocks from work, but wouldn't mind a longer commute to a better job
Sorry I'm not going to start feeling sorry for a condition where the solution is as simple as 'put down the sandwich.' There's too many people with real problems.
Quick question: Did you feel sorry for the major Type A personality business person who ended up in the hospital due to a severe ulcer? Was it their fault they got one from working too hard and being too stressed?
Do you feel differently now that ulcers have been linked to bacteria and not environment?
How many people here point and laugh at anyone who belives in ID instead of real science, but in this case are basing their comments on their BELIEFS about obesity and not looking at the very interesting science these researchers are doing.
Binary depictions of our world don't survive beyond the ideal confines of our minds.
;-)
I'm not so sure. Digital music sounds ok to me. At least the analog depiction of the digital data stored on my iPod does.
There are some things we have managed quite well to depict in binary. There are also a whole raft of things that we haven't. But it is amazing how fast we are gaining in that territory.
then we're looking at the light rays that are just reaching earth now - which first bounced off that planet 25,000 freaking years ago. So the planet may be long gone by now
They're speaking in astronomical and geological terms here. 25,000 years is the blink of an eye in those terms. The planet is nearly certainly still there barring the death of its solar system that we haven't seen yet, or a cataclysmic world destroying event. Both of these things are also very rare in astronomical timeframes.
Statistically speaking it is very likely this planet is still there today, and will be for at least a few million years.
I think it does nothing to sway radicals because the radical elements of both parties see "their" guy doing things they don't like, but they realize (or rationalize) that if it were the "other" guy, it would be worse. So for Bush's perscription drug example true conservatives just look at the plan agast, but say to themselves "well the democrats would have come up with a MORE expensive plan", nevermind that most true conserviative think the perscription drug plan is a horrible big government entitlement.
With respect to Clinton, liberals agast at seeing welfare reform take away the handout they feel the underprivalged absolutely need to survive. But, "they" just say that a Republican would have really decimated the welfare program, and at least "their" guy kept some of it intact.
No I consider myself conservative/libertarian and if you look at these two items, _I_ am actually more happy with Clinton and his welfare reform than with Bush's perscription drug plan.
Of course, the funny thing it that the base for both men still wholeheartedly supported them while they do things that the people who _didn't_ vote for them want. In my opinion Clinton did this well and it was effecitive in gaining him some support from moderates. Of course we all know that he didn't get the Republicans in congress to support for him at all. Bush faces the aftermath of this and has given the liberals a few of their big programs, but of course gets no real support from democrats anyway, and I also believe that he had a large amount of support from moderates already, but will never get Democrats to support him, no matter how many new entitlements he creates.
We have created a political system thats basically a sporting event now, but its one where you root for a team you hate the most to lose and not for your team to win, because you know they're going to let the other side have a few easy scores just to try and get their fans to root for them. Of course that analogy doesn't make much sense, but then neither does modern politics.
I'm not so sure I agree. In my opinion, scientists do more "Hard Thought" than hard work. There is a difference and I think its espically notable in the sciences.
In the business world there is a large amount of attention paid to how hard people work. Of course thats measured in how many hours you put in. In science its a little bit different, sure you may put in long hours and work very hard, but in the end its what you think that marks the impact of your work. Hard Thought is what differentinates the scientists from just a general worker. In many cases in todays society, sitting and thinking is actually seen as not doing any work, but in science, this is just not the case. Thats why I would prefer to think of science work as Hard Thought.
Although this study, like so many opinion surveys, doesn't really convey much useful information.
Yeah, birds, acorns, and water (especially water) hate being anthropomorphized.
...Form of an Ice Bucket!!!
;-)
Your post made me think this.
Wondertwin powers...
Sorry, just popped into my head...
Yes, I really don't like the anthropomorphization of water either
I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of professors that get labeled as radical would wear the term as a badge of pride.
I think you're right, and that's probably the most scary thing. Professors like that are truly ones who do not and would not believe in teaching about all philosophies, but only present their own.
Whether or not this group is ethical in what they are doing, your post clearly reminds us that both sides have firmly decided that the other is wrong and while they will both claim to be open-minded, neither are.
Also, another thing is that copper won't be used for wiring as much in the future. Many miles of the copper locked up in CAT 5 will pulled out and replaced by fiber (glass) for which we have an incredible abundance of raw material.
Why exactly do you need to conduct religious ceremonies on government property?
Because public propery like parks are for the use of ALL the public, not just those who are not religious. And use of these propereties should not be predicated on what religious activities you would carry out there.
What is wrong with a church group camping on public property and praying or having some sort of service on Sunday. Also, I certainly would expect muslim campers to be expected to not pray towards Mecca if they are camping on public land.
No, no, no, it would be the MacPhone Pro ;-)
It can take 5-10 years (or more) after the patent is filed for the product to come to market.
This is what pisses me off so much about software patents. They NEVER take that long to implement and are often completely obsoleted by new technology before then. But one big problem I see is that the stronger software patents get the more we head towards a world where a software patent will have viability over 5 years, but only because it has killed off all software innovation.
The patent system (for software) does exactly the opposite of what it is supposed to do. The whole system needs to be scrapped and rebuilt to be viable for the future.
With respect to this patent. I sure hope this company sells these types of systems and isn't just a IP sqwatter, but I doubt it. Someone who really sells this stuff would have talked to Toyota long before now. It always appears the sqwatters wait for the item to become immensely popular before they pounce.
Or even the show mentioned in your sig.
Also, Battlestar Galactica has some comedy in it as well. Its just often quite dark. But the "Six Degrees.. " (not sure of the full title) episode from last season was quite funny.
But the new Dr. Who is quite good.
when talent is spread around and several companies are chasing results
;-)
You have nothing to worry about. There are 3 (or 4) companies running around chasing results. And competition in the free market is good. Its just that in the case of Google , it appears they are gearing up for a very large confilct.
And in that case it would help to have Skynet on your side
Dang, I just have to respond to this, and lose my mod points in this discussion...
Bill Gates from Triumph of the nerds:
Success is a menace -- it fools smart people into thinking they can't lose.
That is absolutely the perfect quote to describe why Microsoft is the unbelivably paranoid company that it is. Bill always thinks Microsoft might lose and does any and everything (legal or not) to make sure that they don't.
Or maybe they really meant less than a top of the line mobile phone _before_ the discounts for signing up for a long term committment.
My guess is this keyboard will cost more than some computers, but for some it might be worth it (it IS massively cool).
We may need a whole new phrase to describe THAT level of destruction. :-)
:-)
It been Slashdigged!!We may need a whole new phrase to describe THAT level of destruction.
the school's website has been down most of the day
Somehow I doubt the actions that got this kid charged even came anywhere close to the amount of disruption unleashed on them today.
Ooops, their mistake.
Causing a tremendous amount of damage?
I'm sure the kid didn't cause a tremendous amount of damage. Not so sure about what the slashdotting will do....