"The day we stop discussing facts/history because somebody may be offended is the day we are all screwed."
I agree fully.
So I wonder when the British school system will start teaching about other recent and historical genocides, like: - The massacre of Dutch settlers in South African concentration camps by the British during the Boer War. - The ethnic cleansing of Acadians in Nova Scotia by the British during the Great Upheaval. - Numerous Indian massacres by the United States during its expansion. - The massacre of Filipinos by the United States following the Spanish-American War - Massacres and forced migration of aborigines by Australian settlers.
Or does anyone think the British government plans to be more selective and ignore the genocides perpetrated by them and their close allies?
You make it sound like AllofMp3 is new, experimental operation. In fact, they've been selling music for years and years, with thousands (if not millions) of satisfied customers. Assuming they stay in business, it'll be up to companies outside of Russia to adjust their business models.
And sure enough, I think EMI's decision to ditch DRM on iTunes is part of the new competitive environment we can thank AllofMP3 for.
1. Your body absorbs EM radiation from the infra-red band! Also known as heat, IR sources are everywhere and can eliminate the need for you to wear thick clothing.
2. Your skin absorbs EM radiation from the optical spectrum! Black people are particularly vulnerable to this type of radiation absorption.
3. Your skin absorbs radiation from the UV spectrum! Millions of people develop tans and synthesize vitamin D every year due to UV radiation absorption.
Notice that in all these cases, we're talking about the conversion of energy to *heat* by the absorbing tissue. Raising an alarm about this is like getting up in arms about the dangers of "dihydrogen monoxide". In fact, radio-band emissions are even lower-energy than the energy spectra listed above, and is thus generally even more benign.
Dangerous radiation is high-energy ionizing radiation, like that found in the X-ray and gamma spectra. Such radiation has the capacity to damage cell DNA and cause radiation sickness, but that's a completely different animal than what this article is dealing with.
Yeah, but the bartender giving free drinks to his friends is in the wrong because he's using up his boss's booze without making a sale.
Obviously, since the Indian retailers themselves are copying and installing Windows, nothing on Microsoft's end is getting "used up" or stolen. At best, Microsoft can complain about sales they would *like* to have made on a product that costs them nothing per copy, and they want to make those sales at a price that Indian customers could not, and would not, pay.
In the end, it's a media stunt, and perhaps a political stunt; nothing more.
Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see Linux making headway in India, but I suspect that Linux-based software localization and text processing support for Indic languages has a way to go yet; I abandoned Linux because even Japanese didn't work adequately. Hopefully projects like IndLinux keep making progress.
While your suggestions are well-intentioned, I see the potential for merely adding complexity and confusion to the already extremely complicated world of "law".
Really, the whole darn system needs to be thrown out. Everything. No human can rationally understand or realistically abide by the hundreds of thousands (or is it millions?) of conflicting laws, by-laws, regulations, statutes, and precedents on the books in any given US jurisdiction.
Throw it all out. Reduce civil law to a simple description of what it means to injure another person, financially or otherwise. Make it so it fits on one sheet of paper, and a judge can try any reasonable case in a day. Make it so any person of average intelligence can understand the law in its entirety and argue his own case. Allow "open source law" where people can negotiate which court and judge will see their case; honestly, people like Judge Judy are a pretty good model: she applies common sense and can hand down a smart verdict in an hour that might take months in normal court.
Of course, if you have a simple legal system like that, based on actual actions and right and wrong, the corporations, lobbyists, and politicians all lose their jobs; so it will never happen, short of a revolution.
The point isn't that polarization for 3-D project was just invented. The point is that a few particularly filmmakers and studios are keenly interested in it at the moment and have refined the technology further than it's ever gone before. Many of the problems with perspective and motion not being quite right before have been solved. The visors and the reflective screens are better than before. 3-D movies might actually be a substantial improvement now instead of a mere gimmick.
The real test may be James Cameron's Avatar, which goes into production soon. Cameron has overseen the development of completely new digital cameras for shooting in 3-D, and he plans to take advantage of the format's superior frame rate as well; we're talking about sci-fi action in 60 fps or more.
"Just want to know what the heck the standard should be... I guess it depends upon who you are..."
I can see why you're confused. You appear to be missing your moral compass.
The issue transcends government laws. Imprisoning and torturing someone for having a different point of view is despicable no matter what the law on one piece of dirt says. Assisting and participating in that incarceration makes one equally culpable. The managers and executives of Yahoo! went along with this crap just so they could avoid some legal hassles and, I suppose, make extra time for that golf game on Saturday.
That's why Yahoo sucks, and this lawsuit will hopefully succeed.
While your point is excellent, that purpose still might be better served with "us.apple" and "uk.apple". In that case, it would be up to Apple how finely to divide up their regional websites. They might decide to build wales.apple and scotland.apple, for example. In addition to ca.apple, they could have qc.apple for Canada's French region.
I'll bet you Apple's regular upgrades to OS X will use all Intel's extensions as they come out. Core Image, Core Data, and the like will all put Intel's architecture to use, and since most apps use those frameworks, they'll also be using it.
Remember, Apple is Intel's show pony. That's why they get stuff like the 3 GHz quad-core processor first.
Because this is Slashdot, where lately no one bothers paying attention to the article, or even the blurb (which is incorrect as usual anyway), and just tries to get their opinion in as quickly as possible for moderation.
This William Kovacic dude is a bureaucrat for the FTC. He has no authority whatsoever to make laws or throw people in jail. All he can do is threaten, much like the drunk guy on the corner (except that he's more likely to get a Congressman to listen).
Science fiction and fantasy are both speculative fiction sub-genres.
Science fiction is mostly defined by its setting and subject matter: outer space, aliens, time travel, imaginary technology, etc. Star Wars is certainly science fiction, even though it crosses the boundary a little with what might be considered magic (as does Dune). What Star Wars is not is hard sf, a sub-genre of science fiction in which the plot itself is based on plausible scientific theory.
A lot of the Americans I know happily assume the same bullying attitude their government has. So long as the bombs drop on the countries they don't like and industries (like gambling) they're not interested in are outlawed, they're happy.
Other Americans I know are sick of the whole thing. Unfortunately, they have no say in the matter. American politicians are second to none in manipulating the system to get what they want. Throw the mob enough bones and they'll be happy; that's the democratic principle.
No matter what they might have lost, it wasn't worth $38 billion. The state gross product of Alaska is only $33 billion, and their tax revenue will only be a fraction of that. And it's not like they lost any of that either, just some files.
What, another hyperbole-filled, wildly inaccurate Slashdot post? Inconceivable.
"Whether it's sex education, abortion rights or teaching evolution in schools, the religious right won't ever quit."
I'm a little surprised, actually. This sort of group also tends to be very pro-violence, pro-war, pro-big government. Desensitizing Americans to torture and violence and preaching the message that hurting people for a good cause is justifiable sounds like an important part of their cause. I can see them wanting to censor sex and other things, but not violence.
As far as I know, Japanese URLs have been working and in use for quite some time. I've visited several myself. Mind you, I'm surprised anyone in the anglophone sphere takes notice.
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Agreed. This is just begging for the slogan "the reliability of Windows combined with the user-friendliness of Linux".
"He found a way to make a buck out of a canceled show. My hats off to him."
You manage to wear more than one hat at a time?
"The day we stop discussing facts/history because somebody may be offended is the day we are all screwed."
I agree fully.
So I wonder when the British school system will start teaching about other recent and historical genocides, like:
- The massacre of Dutch settlers in South African concentration camps by the British during the Boer War.
- The ethnic cleansing of Acadians in Nova Scotia by the British during the Great Upheaval.
- Numerous Indian massacres by the United States during its expansion.
- The massacre of Filipinos by the United States following the Spanish-American War
- Massacres and forced migration of aborigines by Australian settlers.
Or does anyone think the British government plans to be more selective and ignore the genocides perpetrated by them and their close allies?
You make it sound like AllofMp3 is new, experimental operation. In fact, they've been selling music for years and years, with thousands (if not millions) of satisfied customers. Assuming they stay in business, it'll be up to companies outside of Russia to adjust their business models.
And sure enough, I think EMI's decision to ditch DRM on iTunes is part of the new competitive environment we can thank AllofMP3 for.
Guess what:
1. Your body absorbs EM radiation from the infra-red band! Also known as heat, IR sources are everywhere and can eliminate the need for you to wear thick clothing.
2. Your skin absorbs EM radiation from the optical spectrum! Black people are particularly vulnerable to this type of radiation absorption.
3. Your skin absorbs radiation from the UV spectrum! Millions of people develop tans and synthesize vitamin D every year due to UV radiation absorption.
Notice that in all these cases, we're talking about the conversion of energy to *heat* by the absorbing tissue. Raising an alarm about this is like getting up in arms about the dangers of "dihydrogen monoxide". In fact, radio-band emissions are even lower-energy than the energy spectra listed above, and is thus generally even more benign.
Dangerous radiation is high-energy ionizing radiation, like that found in the X-ray and gamma spectra. Such radiation has the capacity to damage cell DNA and cause radiation sickness, but that's a completely different animal than what this article is dealing with.
Yeah, but the bartender giving free drinks to his friends is in the wrong because he's using up his boss's booze without making a sale.
Obviously, since the Indian retailers themselves are copying and installing Windows, nothing on Microsoft's end is getting "used up" or stolen. At best, Microsoft can complain about sales they would *like* to have made on a product that costs them nothing per copy, and they want to make those sales at a price that Indian customers could not, and would not, pay.
In the end, it's a media stunt, and perhaps a political stunt; nothing more.
Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see Linux making headway in India, but I suspect that Linux-based software localization and text processing support for Indic languages has a way to go yet; I abandoned Linux because even Japanese didn't work adequately. Hopefully projects like IndLinux keep making progress.
"My life for Eire"? Irish nationalists, you know...
While your suggestions are well-intentioned, I see the potential for merely adding complexity and confusion to the already extremely complicated world of "law".
Really, the whole darn system needs to be thrown out. Everything. No human can rationally understand or realistically abide by the hundreds of thousands (or is it millions?) of conflicting laws, by-laws, regulations, statutes, and precedents on the books in any given US jurisdiction.
Throw it all out. Reduce civil law to a simple description of what it means to injure another person, financially or otherwise. Make it so it fits on one sheet of paper, and a judge can try any reasonable case in a day. Make it so any person of average intelligence can understand the law in its entirety and argue his own case. Allow "open source law" where people can negotiate which court and judge will see their case; honestly, people like Judge Judy are a pretty good model: she applies common sense and can hand down a smart verdict in an hour that might take months in normal court.
Of course, if you have a simple legal system like that, based on actual actions and right and wrong, the corporations, lobbyists, and politicians all lose their jobs; so it will never happen, short of a revolution.
Well, in Japanese it's one word, so I guess you're vindicated. :)
Heck, Wikipedia itself is well on its way. And it's available in practically every language spoken throughout the world.
That's a pretty good summary. I'll support China, so long as they don't have a problem with private entrepreneurs opening up competing Disneylands. :)
The point isn't that polarization for 3-D project was just invented. The point is that a few particularly filmmakers and studios are keenly interested in it at the moment and have refined the technology further than it's ever gone before. Many of the problems with perspective and motion not being quite right before have been solved. The visors and the reflective screens are better than before. 3-D movies might actually be a substantial improvement now instead of a mere gimmick.
The real test may be James Cameron's Avatar, which goes into production soon. Cameron has overseen the development of completely new digital cameras for shooting in 3-D, and he plans to take advantage of the format's superior frame rate as well; we're talking about sci-fi action in 60 fps or more.
"Just want to know what the heck the standard should be... I guess it depends upon who you are..."
I can see why you're confused. You appear to be missing your moral compass.
The issue transcends government laws. Imprisoning and torturing someone for having a different point of view is despicable no matter what the law on one piece of dirt says. Assisting and participating in that incarceration makes one equally culpable. The managers and executives of Yahoo! went along with this crap just so they could avoid some legal hassles and, I suppose, make extra time for that golf game on Saturday.
That's why Yahoo sucks, and this lawsuit will hopefully succeed.
While your point is excellent, that purpose still might be better served with "us.apple" and "uk.apple". In that case, it would be up to Apple how finely to divide up their regional websites. They might decide to build wales.apple and scotland.apple, for example. In addition to ca.apple, they could have qc.apple for Canada's French region.
I'll bet you Apple's regular upgrades to OS X will use all Intel's extensions as they come out. Core Image, Core Data, and the like will all put Intel's architecture to use, and since most apps use those frameworks, they'll also be using it.
Remember, Apple is Intel's show pony. That's why they get stuff like the 3 GHz quad-core processor first.
"Why only threathen?"
Because this is Slashdot, where lately no one bothers paying attention to the article, or even the blurb (which is incorrect as usual anyway), and just tries to get their opinion in as quickly as possible for moderation.
This William Kovacic dude is a bureaucrat for the FTC. He has no authority whatsoever to make laws or throw people in jail. All he can do is threaten, much like the drunk guy on the corner (except that he's more likely to get a Congressman to listen).
Star Wars is fantasy, not science fiction.
Science fiction and fantasy are both speculative fiction sub-genres.
Science fiction is mostly defined by its setting and subject matter: outer space, aliens, time travel, imaginary technology, etc. Star Wars is certainly science fiction, even though it crosses the boundary a little with what might be considered magic (as does Dune). What Star Wars is not is hard sf, a sub-genre of science fiction in which the plot itself is based on plausible scientific theory.
A lot of the Americans I know happily assume the same bullying attitude their government has. So long as the bombs drop on the countries they don't like and industries (like gambling) they're not interested in are outlawed, they're happy.
Other Americans I know are sick of the whole thing. Unfortunately, they have no say in the matter. American politicians are second to none in manipulating the system to get what they want. Throw the mob enough bones and they'll be happy; that's the democratic principle.
So shop at Allofmp3 already like the smart people do. Great selection, your choice of format and bit-rate, and no bullcrap EULAs.
Well, at least the article isn't about getting the most out of an English "cirriculum".
But surely, if the United States's 9,000+ nuclear warheads are converted to fuel for peaceful purposes, the terrorists win.
(Wow, that's mind-boggling. Think how many hundreds of millions of civilians the war planners hope to be able to kill with an arsenal like that.)
No matter what they might have lost, it wasn't worth $38 billion. The state gross product of Alaska is only $33 billion, and their tax revenue will only be a fraction of that. And it's not like they lost any of that either, just some files.
What, another hyperbole-filled, wildly inaccurate Slashdot post? Inconceivable.
"Whether it's sex education, abortion rights or teaching evolution in schools, the religious right won't ever quit."
I'm a little surprised, actually. This sort of group also tends to be very pro-violence, pro-war, pro-big government. Desensitizing Americans to torture and violence and preaching the message that hurting people for a good cause is justifiable sounds like an important part of their cause. I can see them wanting to censor sex and other things, but not violence.
I think his best is Century Rain. Again, fairly good, hard SF.
As far as I know, Japanese URLs have been working and in use for quite some time. I've visited several myself. Mind you, I'm surprised anyone in the anglophone sphere takes notice.