Do we really need a whole beurocracy[sic.] to make the various departments share information and cooperate with each other? Aren't they run by grownups?
You would be surprised. My company often contracts for govt. agencies, and collaboration is a huge problem. It's one of those "my agency did it first" type deals. Adults have more of a sense of pride and competition than children ever will.
The idea is that it is peer reviewed. Sure Microsoft could submit bogus information, but the concept of collaboration is that other people would see it and vote it as bogus. This is also much better than the current system because at least now, the patent examiners at least have _some_ information about that patent from people in the field (whether from a large corporation or not).
Also I could be wrong, but the way I read the article it seemed like only those companies would be testing the system, not the only ones participating in the final product. If/when it is implemented, again this is just the way I read it, experts could register with the patent office and be able to submit and review other's comments. Again, one person could submit bogus information, but the rest of the reviewers would jump on it.
And yes, obviously you could have a sort of gouging thing where everyone is paid to up-vote certain information which may not be technically correct, but the same could happen in the patent office with the current system; there's no stopping this sort of thing no matter what system you're using.
Again, the patent examiners would at least have _some_ information which they may not have been able to easily find before (in an approximate three day period), especially when, from the article, "they are discouraged from using the Internet in their research".
I think this system has a lot of potential and IMO would do nothing more than help assist the current one.
The biggest problem I have with this bill is that the lines aren't the telco's to regulate in the first place. Here's the sequence of events in the form of a chat log:
Telcos: Hey congress, we want to build fiber to have a faster internet for the future. Would you please pay for it? Congress: Sure! That sounds like a swell idea. Here's some money! Telcos: (Later) Congress we ran out of money! Can we have some more? Congress: Sure! Just finish the daggone thing already! Telcos: (More Later) Congress we ran out of money! Can we have some more? Congress: Sure! Just finish the daggone thing already! Telcos: (Even More Later) Congress we ran out of money! Can we have some more? Congress: Sure! Just finish the daggone thing already! Telcos: Congress! WTF! We want to be able to charge people more for using these lines you paid for with taxpayer dollars! Congress: FINE JUST GO AWAY
I would disagree. Has EQ gone downhill? Sure maybe people have come and gone, but the game itself is still good.
Same with Everquest II. Same with Planetside. I haven't played Matrix Online so I can't comment. But SWG is really the only game that has had this kind of problem, that is, making it so bad that a good amount of people leave.
Yes, and to this effect, in that kind of game time _does_ mean that you deserve more, because everyone's skill is equal. Time is the only thing you can use to measure accomplishment.
It's not a civil right; it's a contract. You want to use the service? Then you have to agree to these terms. Feel that the contract is unnecessarily restrictive? Then don't buy their game!
You're right. And that's fine for the people who _play_ the game. Blizzard sued the guys who were actually doing the reverse engineering, not necessarily playing the game. It sets a dangerous precedent.
For those to lazy to read TFA, Blizzard took these guys to court for reverse engineering and creating a Battle.Net client. In the end, it was ruled that the EULA overrides personal rights. Rediculous IMO.
The problem isn't so much bad parenting as it is Fundamental Attribution Error.
This is a term in psychology where basically, bad things that happen to me are attributed to external causes, and good things that happen to me are attributed to internal causes.
For example, if I do well on a test, it was because I studied hard. If I didn't, then it's because the teacher failed me or didn't like me for some other reason, or because I was tired.
Being a parent myself, one of the last things I would want to do is admit I'm a bad parent. If my son went off and killed some people, it would be very difficult for me to admit that it was my bad parenting that caused it.
Because I tend to be more open minded then the average Joe in America, I think I would admit it eventually.
But someone like Jack Thompson is just another ambulance chaser. He just aggrivates the situation the parent is going through by telling them that their kid killing some people isn't their fault, it's the video games' fault. Everyone is prone to Fundamental Attribution Error, and Jack Thompson is just helping that process along. When you're in a state or mourning, it's easy to not see the truth clearly.
Yes, it could be a very big deal, especially here on the East Coast. I don't know about anywhere else, but here, Comcast (cable company) reigns supreme over television with a few minor cable companies here and there.
In fact, they're so greedy that they even their raise prices past inflation. Hopefully this will help even out the playing field so people don't have to pay $50 fucking dollars for cable every month.
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Wait, did you just call _yourself_ a Trollfag?
is a question asked on the Lifestyle polygraph test for a top secret clearance.
You would be surprised. My company often contracts for govt. agencies, and collaboration is a huge problem. It's one of those "my agency did it first" type deals. Adults have more of a sense of pride and competition than children ever will.
The idea is that it is peer reviewed. Sure Microsoft could submit bogus information, but the concept of collaboration is that other people would see it and vote it as bogus. This is also much better than the current system because at least now, the patent examiners at least have _some_ information about that patent from people in the field (whether from a large corporation or not).
Also I could be wrong, but the way I read the article it seemed like only those companies would be testing the system, not the only ones participating in the final product. If/when it is implemented, again this is just the way I read it, experts could register with the patent office and be able to submit and review other's comments. Again, one person could submit bogus information, but the rest of the reviewers would jump on it.
And yes, obviously you could have a sort of gouging thing where everyone is paid to up-vote certain information which may not be technically correct, but the same could happen in the patent office with the current system; there's no stopping this sort of thing no matter what system you're using.
Again, the patent examiners would at least have _some_ information which they may not have been able to easily find before (in an approximate three day period), especially when, from the article, "they are discouraged from using the Internet in their research".
I think this system has a lot of potential and IMO would do nothing more than help assist the current one.
We use JiveServer (Wildfire) and the associated spark client.
It uses the jabber protocol and as such, can be used with a variety of IM clients.
The biggest problem I have with this bill is that the lines aren't the telco's to regulate in the first place. Here's the sequence of events in the form of a chat log:
Telcos: Hey congress, we want to build fiber to have a faster internet for the future. Would you please pay for it?
Congress: Sure! That sounds like a swell idea. Here's some money!
Telcos: (Later) Congress we ran out of money! Can we have some more?
Congress: Sure! Just finish the daggone thing already!
Telcos: (More Later) Congress we ran out of money! Can we have some more?
Congress: Sure! Just finish the daggone thing already!
Telcos: (Even More Later) Congress we ran out of money! Can we have some more?
Congress: Sure! Just finish the daggone thing already!
Telcos: Congress! WTF! We want to be able to charge people more for using these lines you paid for with taxpayer dollars!
Congress: FINE JUST GO AWAY
Except that with this game SOE is not the developer, Perpetual is. SOE is simply distributing the game.
I can't think of something bad that SOE has done as a publisher that would make me steer from this game.
I would disagree. Has EQ gone downhill? Sure maybe people have come and gone, but the game itself is still good. Same with Everquest II. Same with Planetside. I haven't played Matrix Online so I can't comment. But SWG is really the only game that has had this kind of problem, that is, making it so bad that a good amount of people leave.
Correct, EQ was originally completely developed by Verant Interactive. SOE was just the publishing company. However SOE bought EQ from them.
Yes, and to this effect, in that kind of game time _does_ mean that you deserve more, because everyone's skill is equal. Time is the only thing you can use to measure accomplishment.
was that included with the letter was a check from the U.S. government for an exorbitant amount of money.
It's not a civil right; it's a contract. You want to use the service? Then you have to agree to these terms. Feel that the contract is unnecessarily restrictive? Then don't buy their game!
You're right. And that's fine for the people who _play_ the game. Blizzard sued the guys who were actually doing the reverse engineering, not necessarily playing the game. It sets a dangerous precedent.
...the result was nothing less than the level of excellence that we have come to expect from Blizzard.
Need I remind everyone of the BNetD case?
For those to lazy to read TFA, Blizzard took these guys to court for reverse engineering and creating a Battle.Net client. In the end, it was ruled that the EULA overrides personal rights. Rediculous IMO.
http://www.amerix.com/ runs 100% Windows. 100% Windows probably isn't too uncommon, however 100% unix is probably fairly rare.
I use Autoclave. Although people don't support it anymore, I've never had a problem with it.
The problem isn't so much bad parenting as it is Fundamental Attribution Error.
This is a term in psychology where basically, bad things that happen to me are attributed to external causes, and good things that happen to me are attributed to internal causes.
For example, if I do well on a test, it was because I studied hard. If I didn't, then it's because the teacher failed me or didn't like me for some other reason, or because I was tired.
Being a parent myself, one of the last things I would want to do is admit I'm a bad parent. If my son went off and killed some people, it would be very difficult for me to admit that it was my bad parenting that caused it.
Because I tend to be more open minded then the average Joe in America, I think I would admit it eventually.
But someone like Jack Thompson is just another ambulance chaser. He just aggrivates the situation the parent is going through by telling them that their kid killing some people isn't their fault, it's the video games' fault. Everyone is prone to Fundamental Attribution Error, and Jack Thompson is just helping that process along. When you're in a state or mourning, it's easy to not see the truth clearly.
Do you refer to disc space as "memory"? Faker. Ever heard of a RAM drive?
Yes, it could be a very big deal, especially here on the East Coast. I don't know about anywhere else, but here, Comcast (cable company) reigns supreme over television with a few minor cable companies here and there.
In fact, they're so greedy that they even their raise prices past inflation. Hopefully this will help even out the playing field so people don't have to pay $50 fucking dollars for cable every month.