there's nothing illegal about banning users from your private system for what ever reason that you choose as long as you stop billing them. Also, it is probably written into the TOS that the users of this software must not modify it.
that would be very cool in theory, but bittorrent has an extremely high latency, where keyhole would really only be useful if that is kept to a minimum. How do you propose that we handle that problem?
Also, if we wanted to keep a few gigs worth of data on our machines why not just download all of the maps? A DVD distro would be nice as long as it had web updates.
After using keyhole I'll have to say that I was both impressed and disappointed. The things that impressed me the most about Keyhole were the fact that it had full color images of anywhere that I wanted to look(including my ranch in FL) and that it had a very elegant interface. I was, however, disappointed with the speed at which these images were delivered to my desktop. The first 20 minutes that I used Keyhole I thought that it had a very limited high-res image base because everywhere that I tried to view came back very blurred. While browsing the software I had to take a call that lasted about 10 minutes, when I switched back to the keyhole application I was amazed to see a crisp clean image in front of me. I was on an OC-3, so it's not as if my connection would've caused a slowdown. The Keyhole application definitely has a lot of potential, but if it continues to be so slow then I think I'll pass. One of the more interesting features that was able to set Keyhole apart from other imaging services is that you can pan/tilt in "realtime" this was very cool because it enabled me to get a better view of what surrounded an area. All in all it is a good product, but still needs to be polished a little. And the price per year is even fairly low.
I thought that the "Uncanny Valley" was very interesting too. I'm curious as to whether or not game designers are going to try and hide things from the players or start to develop AI that simulates NPCs at rest.
It would be very cool to have a game in which the NPCs would sit around and chat, or play cards when they think that they are idle. It would also be very cool to sneak up on a group that was enjoying social time. Imagine flying drinks and tables being knocked over when you start shooting them.
I'm not saying that it is legal to use pirated software, but unless some type of monetary loss can be proven by the company that produced that software prosecuting is a waste of time.
In the case of someone distributing 100's of copies of a software package a loss can be shown, but for someone to use the software to try it out doesn't show a significant loss to the company.
It is very illegal to distribute files created by pirated software. Just having the software is not a problem, it's using the software to make money when you haven't compensated the developers.
If I were to use a pirated copy of Photoshop to create an image I would probably not be prosecuted when anyone found out, but if I were to sell that image or in some other way profit from it I would surely face legal reprocussions.
It's amazing that someone can sue b/c a character creatiion engine allows one to design a large character with green skin and pants. I'll have to admit when I first started playing the game I made a DBZ character and there WERE a lot of wolverine clones out there, but none came anywhere close to the level of detail that Marvel characters have. Also, if I'm not mistaken there are certain names that you cannot use even though there are no characters using them. One that comes to mind is "Lucky". I hate that lawsuits like this are even allowed to see the light of day. Of course people playing a superhero themed game are going to create characters that remind them of superheroes that they are familiar with...people are too lazy to create their own, and to scared that someone might care think that their creation is stupid. I hope that this lawsuit gets thrown out, or that Marvel at least loses. It's horrible that a company comes out with an innovative product that fill a request from the market(more differentiation in characters) and someone else decideds to sue.
I am personally going to boycott Marvel at least until this blows over.
Why doesn't M$ just use google's search technology, it's highly doubtful that M$ will ever be able to create a better search engine than google(not that google is perfect, but M$ will probably try to add some strange integration with Windows openning up a huge security flaw and crippling home PCs for years to come).
Is this going to do exactly what the Google Desktop Search for OS X would do?
I heard that Google was supposed to be developing that software, but now that this will be part of the OS, and probably implemented more elegantly, is Google going to abandon the idea?
I'm not proposing that we transmit the power long distances. That's the reason that I mentioned multiple sources. While solar power works well in temperate zones, it will not work well too close to the poles(ie: wisconsin, alaska, etc.) With different types of generation being used in different climates we would be able to create a strong power grid. Also, by using many small power stations spread around the country we could keep power on in the case of any local catastrophe. And these power stations would function much like the power stations we have in place today, by integrating a way to store power when too little can be generated. There are many ways we can fulfill our needs for electricity, in coastal areas the motion of waves can be converted to electricity, in deserts we can use solar power, in the plains we can use wind, in the mountains we can build dams...the problem isn't finding a viable solution, but implementing that solution. I am very much against an intrusive government, but I think that mandating a certain percentage of power come from "renewable" sources is a great catalyst for progress which any government should encourage.
I'd love for mine to do this, unfortunately I jumped on the bandwagon too early and got the 1st gen. The new Roomba can automatically return to its dock and, I'm told, has a dirt detector.
I suppose if this technology were to come to the Roomba you'd need to have concave trim to allow the Roomba to make the transition.
What if we relocated nuclear power plants to places similar to Yucca mountain. Underground powerplant locations would prevent terrorist attacks, and the sites being out of view would eliminate a lot of the fear that comes with the power plants.
I personally think that we need to begin to rely of more natural technologies. The entire biomass(with some exceptions, i know) of our planet gets its "power" from the sun, I don't see why we don't take advantage of that more than we do.
In many of the tropical and sub-tropical regions there is more than enough sunlight to power the population.
In the areas closer to the poles wind seems to come in abundance.
I'd also like to see an increase in conservation. As new electricity consuming products are conceived we should be working on ways to reduce their consumption while maintaining their functionality.
We really shouldn't be relying on a service that is so easily spoofable anyways. It has always been pretty easy to do this from a PBX, now it's just open to the masses.
It's not the fact that the media reports this problem, but that the media reports the problem and incorrectly attributes it to the google product.
Sorry if I misunderstood your post, but it sounded like you were happy to blame google for the problem and would want to be one of the people who would limit the use of its technology.
if you paid a little more attention you'd realize that this service doesn't compromise privacy in any way, it only facilitates the finding of private information for inexperienced users.
The same information will be available regardless of whether or not the google desktop search is installed.
Hopping on this bandwagon would be like hopping on the bandwagon of people who try to blame handguns for crimes.
We really need to step back to a time in which people are responsible for what they do.
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there's nothing illegal about banning users from your private system for what ever reason that you choose as long as you stop billing them. Also, it is probably written into the TOS that the users of this software must not modify it.
that would be very cool in theory, but bittorrent has an extremely high latency, where keyhole would really only be useful if that is kept to a minimum.
How do you propose that we handle that problem?
Also, if we wanted to keep a few gigs worth of data on our machines why not just download all of the maps? A DVD distro would be nice as long as it had web updates.
After using keyhole I'll have to say that I was both impressed and disappointed. The things that impressed me the most about Keyhole were the fact that it had full color images of anywhere that I wanted to look(including my ranch in FL) and that it had a very elegant interface.
I was, however, disappointed with the speed at which these images were delivered to my desktop. The first 20 minutes that I used Keyhole I thought that it had a very limited high-res image base because everywhere that I tried to view came back very blurred. While browsing the software I had to take a call that lasted about 10 minutes, when I switched back to the keyhole application I was amazed to see a crisp clean image in front of me. I was on an OC-3, so it's not as if my connection would've caused a slowdown.
The Keyhole application definitely has a lot of potential, but if it continues to be so slow then I think I'll pass.
One of the more interesting features that was able to set Keyhole apart from other imaging services is that you can pan/tilt in "realtime" this was very cool because it enabled me to get a better view of what surrounded an area.
All in all it is a good product, but still needs to be polished a little. And the price per year is even fairly low.
I thought that the "Uncanny Valley" was very interesting too. I'm curious as to whether or not game designers are going to try and hide things from the players or start to develop AI that simulates NPCs at rest.
It would be very cool to have a game in which the NPCs would sit around and chat, or play cards when they think that they are idle. It would also be very cool to sneak up on a group that was enjoying social time. Imagine flying drinks and tables being knocked over when you start shooting them.
#7- If it looks good in Black & White it probably looks good in color.
I'm not saying that it is legal to use pirated software, but unless some type of monetary loss can be proven by the company that produced that software prosecuting is a waste of time.
In the case of someone distributing 100's of copies of a software package a loss can be shown, but for someone to use the software to try it out doesn't show a significant loss to the company.
No more legal, but usually not an issue
It is very illegal to distribute files created by pirated software. Just having the software is not a problem, it's using the software to make money when you haven't compensated the developers.
If I were to use a pirated copy of Photoshop to create an image I would probably not be prosecuted when anyone found out, but if I were to sell that image or in some other way profit from it I would surely face legal reprocussions.
what a sad, sad day it is...
It's amazing that someone can sue b/c a character creatiion engine allows one to design a large character with green skin and pants.
I'll have to admit when I first started playing the game I made a DBZ character and there WERE a lot of wolverine clones out there, but none came anywhere close to the level of detail that Marvel characters have.
Also, if I'm not mistaken there are certain names that you cannot use even though there are no characters using them. One that comes to mind is "Lucky".
I hate that lawsuits like this are even allowed to see the light of day. Of course people playing a superhero themed game are going to create characters that remind them of superheroes that they are familiar with...people are too lazy to create their own, and to scared that someone might care think that their creation is stupid.
I hope that this lawsuit gets thrown out, or that Marvel at least loses. It's horrible that a company comes out with an innovative product that fill a request from the market(more differentiation in characters) and someone else decideds to sue.
I am personally going to boycott Marvel at least until this blows over.
with the speed of your slide projector you can easily play anime :)
Blaming people for their own actions! You're sounding like a damn republican....there's no place for that on slashdot :)
Why doesn't M$ just use google's search technology, it's highly doubtful that M$ will ever be able to create a better search engine than google(not that google is perfect, but M$ will probably try to add some strange integration with Windows openning up a huge security flaw and crippling home PCs for years to come).
Exit polls don't mean much though, democrats tend to be much more vocal and may actually flock to the exit pollers.
Is this going to do exactly what the Google Desktop Search for OS X would do?
I heard that Google was supposed to be developing that software, but now that this will be part of the OS, and probably implemented more elegantly, is Google going to abandon the idea?
What does everyone think?
I'm not proposing that we transmit the power long distances. That's the reason that I mentioned multiple sources. While solar power works well in temperate zones, it will not work well too close to the poles(ie: wisconsin, alaska, etc.)
With different types of generation being used in different climates we would be able to create a strong power grid. Also, by using many small power stations spread around the country we could keep power on in the case of any local catastrophe.
And these power stations would function much like the power stations we have in place today, by integrating a way to store power when too little can be generated.
There are many ways we can fulfill our needs for electricity, in coastal areas the motion of waves can be converted to electricity, in deserts we can use solar power, in the plains we can use wind, in the mountains we can build dams...the problem isn't finding a viable solution, but implementing that solution.
I am very much against an intrusive government, but I think that mandating a certain percentage of power come from "renewable" sources is a great catalyst for progress which any government should encourage.
I'd love for mine to do this, unfortunately I jumped on the bandwagon too early and got the 1st gen.
The new Roomba can automatically return to its dock and, I'm told, has a dirt detector.
I suppose if this technology were to come to the Roomba you'd need to have concave trim to allow the Roomba to make the transition.
What if we relocated nuclear power plants to places similar to Yucca mountain. Underground powerplant locations would prevent terrorist attacks, and the sites being out of view would eliminate a lot of the fear that comes with the power plants.
I personally think that we need to begin to rely of more natural technologies. The entire biomass(with some exceptions, i know) of our planet gets its "power" from the sun, I don't see why we don't take advantage of that more than we do.
In many of the tropical and sub-tropical regions there is more than enough sunlight to power the population.
In the areas closer to the poles wind seems to come in abundance.
I'd also like to see an increase in conservation. As new electricity consuming products are conceived we should be working on ways to reduce their consumption while maintaining their functionality.
One gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things...
it was really more of a tongue in cheek comments, sorry I didn't make my sarcasm a little more evident
--Jesse
...I thought that the US was supposed to be the most technologically advanced country...what happened :D
We really shouldn't be relying on a service that is so easily spoofable anyways.
It has always been pretty easy to do this from a PBX, now it's just open to the masses.
It's not the fact that the media reports this problem, but that the media reports the problem and incorrectly attributes it to the google product.
Sorry if I misunderstood your post, but it sounded like you were happy to blame google for the problem and would want to be one of the people who would limit the use of its technology.
I realize that a system like this would increase voter turnout, but it is extremely sad that we would come to this.
The incentive for voting should be the chance to speak one's mind.
I personally don't want a bunch of uninformed voters who are just there for a chance to win some money.
This is a sick proposition.
The same information will be available regardless of whether or not the google desktop search is installed.
Hopping on this bandwagon would be like hopping on the bandwagon of people who try to blame handguns for crimes.
We really need to step back to a time in which people are responsible for what they do.
Virtual Boy...it was all downhill after that :)