I agree, partially. I do think that it is a great idea to market information in this day and age.
But to prevent others from discovering or inventing the same information is NOT a great idea.
If you have some awesome algorithm, it would be unethical of me to read all of your research, duplicate your efforts, and then compete with you.
But what if I come up with the algorithm on my own? Why should I be prevented from doing this due to some "me first" attitude?
If I can think it up, the idea is just as much mine as your's. Also, I don't think the free market system ever intended to deal with a legal roadblock on the individual's ability to invent/engineer/innovate.
It's not BSD or GPL, but it does allow you a lot more freedom than completely closed source solutions do. The only caveat I see is that, unless you work for the company, you aren't getting CVS access.
However, it allows the people who work on the software to be compensated.
"... I do, however, enjoy pissing off..."
Troll.
I'm actually not a democrat, I just wanted the lesser of two douchebags to win. I.e., I care about my liberty more than my "safety".
You're a libertarian, so did you get what you wanted in this election? Probably not.
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Why is it that you are so proud of the popular vote THIS time? Everywhere I go I hear about this supposed couple of percent "mandate". Four years ago you definitely played a different tune when the popular vote was mentioned.
Opportunists.
I think you may be right about the private sector, but I went to a presentation by someone in the Dallas FBI "cyber crime" unit, and I wouldn't exactly call him the cream of the crop. (Not that it means all of them sucks)
The extent of his comments on analysis was the software they used. Encase was one he mentioned.
The presentation included many deterrents to the technologically knowledgeable, with statements such as "Nimbda infects web pages." peppering the fairly contentless background.
He seemed fairly uninterested in the deep technical aspects of his job... he snuffed the few technical questions in the Q&A session and indicated that his division didn't have time to delve into deep technical issues.
Those specs were from the Linux based predecessor of this device.
This device has a 3 GHz Pentium 4 processor and 200 GB internal hard drive.
Also, I don't think linux needs to be "ported"... it already supports the hardware.
The question is whether the application software (not OS) functionality can be mimicked closely enough.
So, does anyone think the newly elected Senate or the soon to be appointed Supreme Court justice(s) will do anything about the rampant abuse of the patent system?
I really hope so. I've never heard anything conclusive, though.
I think the average maximum difference between primes may increase as primes grow higher (prime density decreases), but twin primes (primes of form p and p+2) continue to exist so the minimum difference for any range can still be very low.
IMHO, numerology should be treated like any other -ology, but I did find one reference to what you are talking about: The Music of the Primes, however the site seems to be gone/down.
Good luck with your search!
This article wasn't about the U.S., but here are some statistics that could apply:
60% of all Americans play video games, or about 145 million people. We can assume the percentage wasn't this high in 1994.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, violent crime rates declined since 1994, reaching the lowest level ever recorded in 2003.
Since so many Americans (60%) play video games, it seems like it would have affected the overall trend of violent crimes if it was an important factor.
It seems like in most cases where video games "influence" people to carry out violence, the people were already inclined to do it.
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Err ... benzene :)
Perhaps you mean sodium benzoate or potassium benzoate, which are used as preservatives. Benzine is, AFAIK, poisonous.
Yeah, let's get professional editors. Then, Slashdot can be like the MAINSTREAM MEDIA! That would be awesome! *cough*
OK, you do have to take off your tin-foil hat and trust the privacy policy.
But you do that every time you use your ISP for an internet connection or pick up your phone anyways.
Uh ... AFAIK, you can easily turn that off. And even if it is on, it is anonymous.
I agree, partially. I do think that it is a great idea to market information in this day and age.
But to prevent others from discovering or inventing the same information is NOT a great idea.
If you have some awesome algorithm, it would be unethical of me to read all of your research, duplicate your efforts, and then compete with you.
But what if I come up with the algorithm on my own? Why should I be prevented from doing this due to some "me first" attitude?
If I can think it up, the idea is just as much mine as your's. Also, I don't think the free market system ever intended to deal with a legal roadblock on the individual's ability to invent/engineer/innovate.
... do they have a freezer big enough for 460TB worth of drives?
I think money can still be made with something like Caucho's developer source license.
It's not BSD or GPL, but it does allow you a lot more freedom than completely closed source solutions do. The only caveat I see is that, unless you work for the company, you aren't getting CVS access.
However, it allows the people who work on the software to be compensated.
"... I do, however, enjoy pissing off ..."
Troll.
I'm actually not a democrat, I just wanted the lesser of two douchebags to win. I.e., I care about my liberty more than my "safety".
You're a libertarian, so did you get what you wanted in this election? Probably not.
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Google's "data" is collected, generated, and stored by their technology.
I won't steal your oven, but I'll steal your food!
Why is it that you are so proud of the popular vote THIS time? Everywhere I go I hear about this supposed couple of percent "mandate". Four years ago you definitely played a different tune when the popular vote was mentioned. Opportunists.
... this will begin to curb the reproductive capability of certain people living in and around Seattle.
Ahem.
So ... when your mom gives you your allowance? ;)
I think you may be right about the private sector, but I went to a presentation by someone in the Dallas FBI "cyber crime" unit, and I wouldn't exactly call him the cream of the crop. (Not that it means all of them sucks) The extent of his comments on analysis was the software they used. Encase was one he mentioned. The presentation included many deterrents to the technologically knowledgeable, with statements such as "Nimbda infects web pages." peppering the fairly contentless background. He seemed fairly uninterested in the deep technical aspects of his job ... he snuffed the few technical questions in the Q&A session and indicated that his division didn't have time to delve into deep technical issues.
Most of us are still using magnetic hard drives, so a laser (and especially multiple lasers) might have some unintended effects.
Those specs were from the Linux based predecessor of this device. This device has a 3 GHz Pentium 4 processor and 200 GB internal hard drive. Also, I don't think linux needs to be "ported" ... it already supports the hardware.
The question is whether the application software (not OS) functionality can be mimicked closely enough.
Who is "we"? I was talking about the guy in the grandparent post and his thoughts on the music of the primes and such.
I was advising him that numerology is like astrology -- it's sometimes fun, but it is ulimately B.S.
So, does anyone think the newly elected Senate or the soon to be appointed Supreme Court justice(s) will do anything about the rampant abuse of the patent system?
I really hope so. I've never heard anything conclusive, though.
Oh my, it's modded up. Did you not notice the resolution down here mods? Sigh.
I thought about that when I was writing it, but I thought that most people would get the meaning of what I was saying.
I guess I overestimated.
I meant numerology. I think that finding music in the primes qualifies as numerology.
I think the average maximum difference between primes may increase as primes grow higher (prime density decreases), but twin primes (primes of form p and p+2) continue to exist so the minimum difference for any range can still be very low. IMHO, numerology should be treated like any other -ology, but I did find one reference to what you are talking about: The Music of the Primes, however the site seems to be gone/down. Good luck with your search!
This article wasn't about the U.S., but here are some statistics that could apply:
60% of all Americans play video games, or about 145 million people. We can assume the percentage wasn't this high in 1994.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, violent crime rates declined since 1994, reaching the lowest level ever recorded in 2003.
Since so many Americans (60%) play video games, it seems like it would have affected the overall trend of violent crimes if it was an important factor.
It seems like in most cases where video games "influence" people to carry out violence, the people were already inclined to do it.
There's a company that banks their proven reliability on the redundancy of their software. Not hardware.
I think they are doing pretty good.