Exactly. In this depiction humans were occupied and vastly overpowered by the Cylons. They refused to surrender but couldn't hope to match the military power of the Cylon force. Suicide bombings ended up being the only effective way to strike at them. Col. Tigh says "I've sent men on suicide missions in two different wars now and let me tell you something. It don't make a gods damn bit of difference whether they're riding in a Viper or walking out onto a parade ground. In the end, they're just as dead."
I'll bet members of modern day terrorist groups like Al Qaeda are feeling much the same. Nobody wants to consider the idea that they might just be ordinary human beings. Somehow, if they condone suicide bombings they must be evil incarnate. No reasonable human being could ever be driven to those sorts of actions, right? No 'normal' person like you or I could ever be driven to use those tactics, right? Those sorts of questions came up during the New Caprica story arc.
I don't think anyone's suggesting artists shouldn't get paid at all, but the system we have now is broken. You say artists were commissioned by the wealthy, meaning they were paid -once- to create a piece of art, not paid every time someone came into contact with that art for the rest of their lives.
Artists should be paid when they do work, like (almost) everyone else. In the case of musicians, this means performing shows, or being paid (once) to record music.
That's true, but could the open source community have created something like Stage6 with it? I don't agree with what they did to the DivX codec, but at least they tried to give something back too, even if it was just a market venture for them.
I have a cracked version of the DivX encoder though, eye for an eye no?
It infects healthy cells, multiplies like crazy, introduces all kinds of horrible mutations then eventually moves on, leaving dead tissue in its wake. I think in biology it's called that Cancer.
Youtube.com is down right now because Pakistan Telecom has decided to (accidentally probably) hijack their IP address space which means that nobody in the world can reach Youtube. This isnt an OpenDNS issue. Just letting you all know.
Instead they're selling half a dozen or more version of Vista where eye candy is an option - more so in some than others.
Not quite, only the most expensive versions have the eye candy as an option. And that's the problem. You pay more specifically for the eye candy then aren't able to run it on your Vista Capable machine.
And that doesn't hint at anything? TBH I wouldn't expect my new £50,000 sports car to run well at all on the £60 each cheap tyres I bought for my Fiat Punto.
No, it doesn't hint at anything, certainly not in the way your analogy makes it seem. Microsoft has a history of charging more for versions that can do more, but in the past it's had nothing to do with computer specifications. XP Pro will run just as well on a computer that supports XP Home.
Only if you take marketing at their word and assume (naively) that "capable" means "fully functional of everything" rather than taking the more normal meaning of "capable" which is "it can do it in some way". Capable has an implied undertone of "and not much more". Some of its synonyms imply more than a basic level, but I would always take capable to mean capable, not capable and exceeding the minimum.
I would too, but I still think it's a basis for a lawsuit, and obviously the judge in this case agrees. I just don't think they'll win, for the reason you mentioned.
If they were only selling one version of Vista, where eye candy was just an option, that'd be fine. But they're selling multiple versions, and Vista Ultimate costs quite a bit more than Vista Basic. So Joe Sixpack buys a "Vista Capable" computer, then decides he wants to go all out and buys Vista Ultimate to go with it, only to find out he wasted money on Ultimate because the computer can only handle Basic.
For people with little knowledge about computers and hardware specs it was a very misleading label, and should be enough for a lawsuit. Whether they'll win the suit I don't know, I doubt it, but we'll see.
You're right, I should have worded that differently. My thinking was that since the Higgs boson is supposed to explain mass it may also help explain gravitation, since the two are obviously linked in some way.
Curved spacetime is a mathematical model we use to describe the motion of matter in a gravitational field, it doesn't mean space is physically curved. "Spacetime" doesn't really exist, it's an abstract mathematical concept that combines physical space with the fourth time dimension and that is what physicists use to model gravitational effects.
That's why physicists are so keen on finding a so called "God Particle", because gravity still can't be explained. We can model its effects, but since space doesn't curve some other mechanism must be at work to transfer gravitational force between objects.
IANAP, so if there are any real physicists out there correct me if I'm wrong.
According to the CDC (pdf) suicide is the third leading cause of death in the United States for people aged 15-24, and 8.4% of students in grade 9-12 reported making at least one suicide attempt in the past 12 months. Legislation against online bullying isn't going to help at all, but thanks to the overwhelming media coverage for this case we'll probably get it anyway. And no doubt it will use subtle wording that will make it applicable in a broad range of cases, "for the children".
After all, it's so much easier to treat a symptom than it is the underlying causes of teen suicide.
IANAP, but our understanding of gravity isn't complete. We have a fairly good understanding of how it operates, but we're not sure what it even is. We assume the effects of gravity remain the same throughout the universe, and throughout time. We assume it works on very large scales much like it does on smaller scales. We have no idea how it works on quantum scales.
With all these uncertainties I think it's jumping the gun to assume any gravitational effects we can't explain with our models of the universe are due to invisible matter, for which the only real evidence are those gravitational effects.
Im serious. If we find a way to enforce copy right again, why shouldnt we? I know we like stuff to be free, but it really shouldnt be unless the person chooses to give it away.
In principle I would agree with you, but we've crossed a bridge with the information revolution that changed everything. There's no going back to 'the way things used to be', what we need to do instead is adapt to the way things are now. This is going to mean major changes, especially in the entertainment industry, but it's entirely possible. Problem is the entertainment industry is not spending enough time on adapting, they're too busy fighting to hold onto the old ways.
Take 3D cinema for example, what a great opportunity. Here's something entirely new that you can't get by downloading a movie. I paid to see Beowulf in a 3D cinema and it was fantastic. The movie itself wasn't so great, but seeing it in real 3D without the discomfort caused by the old red/blue system was well worth the price of admission. High Definition DVD's was another good concept, badly executed and made for the wrong reasons, but it's the right idea. Offer a new product people will want that can't be so easily infringed.
As for music, maybe it's time the focus went back to concerts? Bands don't make enough money from them because they have to pay a huge portion of earnings back to their record company for distribution, advertising and studio costs. The big record labels are no longer necessary. Cut them out of the picture, distribute your music world wide for free on the internet and the money you make from shows, and especially merchendise, should be enough for a comfortable living. Let radio stations play whatever they want to for a change, the best music is on the non-profit college radio stations that have this freedom. The albums themselves are just advertisement.
Copyright simply can't be enforced the way it used to be, not without breaking the technological advancements we've made in the past 2 decades. Controlling the flow of information is simply not compatible with a system designed to share information freely.
There should be no retroactive immunity for the telcos. They broke the law, they knew they were breaking the law when they did it. They should now be open to civil litigation, now that their actions are out in the open.
I agree with you 100%, but I imagine the conversation went something like this:
Bush: "Alright here's the deal telcos. We need wiretaps, lots of em. LOTS. Warrants would take too long, cause we just have so many phones to tap. We need you to go ahead without them." Telco: "Hold up. You need a warrant for this, otherwise it's illegal bud. We don't want to take any heat for your illegal activity." Bush: "Trust me, no one will know. And if word ever gets out I promise I'll get you immunity." Telco: "Really? Would we have to win some sort of challenge before we get immunity?" Bush: "Nope. I'll just use my executive powers and claim National Security again, it'll work trust me." Telco: "Alright then, but only if you pay us for it." Bush: "No problem! What's another few million in a $9 trillion debt?"
Big broadband companies are headed for a clash with Washington over whether consumers have a right to get as much as they want from the Internet, as fast as they want it, without paying extra for the privilege.
I didn't realize this was a "privilege". I'm pretty sure when I signed up for internet I was told I would be getting a very fast connection (16 Mbps) with unlimited usage. Let me just check my ISP's website.... yup, that's what it says here. I did pay extra for my fast, unlimited connection. Basic dial-up is $5 a month, this is $35 a month. Where's the problem?
Saturn is another big electronics retailer in Germany, will they be raided too? Because like Media Markt they don't sell AMD either. Not surprising considering they're both owned by the Metro conglomerate. Must make for some good 'competition' in the electronics market...
The problem is heavy P2P users who actually understand the behind-the-scenes goings on are a very small minority. Nothing will stop until the general public a) becomes informed about these issues and b) cares enough about them to have an opinion of their own, then act on that opinion. It's possible.
Here in Germany Nokia recently decided to move production to Poland, where labor is much cheaper, shutting down a large factory in Dortmund where 3000 people are employed. 3000 people out of 80+ million is a very tiny fraction, one that could be waved off with a casual "Well that really sucks for them, but that's business." attitude. Yet this decision cause a huge public reaction. For the past 3 years Nokia has been making very healthy profits, and was even being subsidized several million Euro by the government to keep their production in Germany after they threatened to pull out 3 years ago. They happily obliged, until this January when that subsidy contract expired. They decided then that they would leave after all.
As a result the German opinion of Nokia's phones has plummetted overnight. Now carrying a Nokia cell phone is all but verboten, even the Nordrhein Westfalen government (the "state" in which Dortmund resides) has cut off all contracts with Nokia and switched to Sony Ericsson cell phones for its employees. I'm sure others will follow suit.
All because of their greedy attitude and the fact that 3000 people will be out of a job.
Nokia is currently "reconsidering" their decision.
P2P needs to find itself a 'Dortmund'. That one example of greed and corporate stupidity that every common Joe can get outraged over.
The CSS Zen Garden is a great place to get some ideas. No book will teach you creativity, you can learn some general rules or tips and tricks but good design ultimately comes down to experience. The best advice, in my opinion, is to keep it simple and clean. Most visitors will appreciate a clean, easy to navigate site more than fancy flash graphics or a Photoshop jungle.
"And what is also unusual is for a member of the Bar to deliberately lie to a federal judge, because the consequences which can flow from that to the lawyer's career are huge. These lawyers deliberately lied to the Judge when they represented that I am an Electronic Frontier Foundation. They also lied to the Judge when they implied that the quote they'd extracted was from February 5, 2008, when in fact it was from months earlier."
It could well be that they deliberately lied about representing you as an EFF attorney, it certainly looks that way. But, reading the brief they filed, it doesn't seem to me that they implied the quote they extracted was posted February 5, 2008, but rather that they retrieved it from the blog on that date. It's common practice in citing websites to give the date on which you retrieved the information, since websites, unlike 'traditional' media, are dynamic and ever changing.
Slashdot Mirror
I hope you didn't miss out on Exodus I, II and Collaberators, that was some top quality BSG.
Exactly. In this depiction humans were occupied and vastly overpowered by the Cylons. They refused to surrender but couldn't hope to match the military power of the Cylon force. Suicide bombings ended up being the only effective way to strike at them. Col. Tigh says "I've sent men on suicide missions in two different wars now and let me tell you something. It don't make a gods damn bit of difference whether they're riding in a Viper or walking out onto a parade ground. In the end, they're just as dead."
I'll bet members of modern day terrorist groups like Al Qaeda are feeling much the same. Nobody wants to consider the idea that they might just be ordinary human beings. Somehow, if they condone suicide bombings they must be evil incarnate. No reasonable human being could ever be driven to those sorts of actions, right? No 'normal' person like you or I could ever be driven to use those tactics, right? Those sorts of questions came up during the New Caprica story arc.
I don't think anyone's suggesting artists shouldn't get paid at all, but the system we have now is broken. You say artists were commissioned by the wealthy, meaning they were paid -once- to create a piece of art, not paid every time someone came into contact with that art for the rest of their lives.
Artists should be paid when they do work, like (almost) everyone else. In the case of musicians, this means performing shows, or being paid (once) to record music.
Land of the free indeed. Just yesterday I was trying to read a blog about the wiretapping progr--- TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED - ERROR CODE 403
And here I thought Scientology was the only 'religion' that charges membership fees. Donations are one thing, but a fee to be a Catholic? WWJD?
That's true, but could the open source community have created something like Stage6 with it? I don't agree with what they did to the DivX codec, but at least they tried to give something back too, even if it was just a market venture for them.
I have a cracked version of the DivX encoder though, eye for an eye no?
It infects healthy cells, multiplies like crazy, introduces all kinds of horrible mutations then eventually moves on, leaving dead tissue in its wake. I think in biology it's called that Cancer.
I'm in Germany, can't reach it either.
Tracert times out after hop 6, cr02.frf02.pccwbtn.net [80.81.192.50]
canyouhearmenow?
If they were only selling one version of Vista, where eye candy was just an option, that'd be fine. But they're selling multiple versions, and Vista Ultimate costs quite a bit more than Vista Basic. So Joe Sixpack buys a "Vista Capable" computer, then decides he wants to go all out and buys Vista Ultimate to go with it, only to find out he wasted money on Ultimate because the computer can only handle Basic.
For people with little knowledge about computers and hardware specs it was a very misleading label, and should be enough for a lawsuit. Whether they'll win the suit I don't know, I doubt it, but we'll see.
You're right, I should have worded that differently. My thinking was that since the Higgs boson is supposed to explain mass it may also help explain gravitation, since the two are obviously linked in some way.
Curved spacetime is a mathematical model we use to describe the motion of matter in a gravitational field, it doesn't mean space is physically curved. "Spacetime" doesn't really exist, it's an abstract mathematical concept that combines physical space with the fourth time dimension and that is what physicists use to model gravitational effects.
That's why physicists are so keen on finding a so called "God Particle", because gravity still can't be explained. We can model its effects, but since space doesn't curve some other mechanism must be at work to transfer gravitational force between objects.
IANAP, so if there are any real physicists out there correct me if I'm wrong.
According to the CDC (pdf) suicide is the third leading cause of death in the United States for people aged 15-24, and 8.4% of students in grade 9-12 reported making at least one suicide attempt in the past 12 months. Legislation against online bullying isn't going to help at all, but thanks to the overwhelming media coverage for this case we'll probably get it anyway. And no doubt it will use subtle wording that will make it applicable in a broad range of cases, "for the children".
After all, it's so much easier to treat a symptom than it is the underlying causes of teen suicide.
IANAP, but our understanding of gravity isn't complete. We have a fairly good understanding of how it operates, but we're not sure what it even is. We assume the effects of gravity remain the same throughout the universe, and throughout time. We assume it works on very large scales much like it does on smaller scales. We have no idea how it works on quantum scales.
With all these uncertainties I think it's jumping the gun to assume any gravitational effects we can't explain with our models of the universe are due to invisible matter, for which the only real evidence are those gravitational effects.
Take 3D cinema for example, what a great opportunity. Here's something entirely new that you can't get by downloading a movie. I paid to see Beowulf in a 3D cinema and it was fantastic. The movie itself wasn't so great, but seeing it in real 3D without the discomfort caused by the old red/blue system was well worth the price of admission. High Definition DVD's was another good concept, badly executed and made for the wrong reasons, but it's the right idea. Offer a new product people will want that can't be so easily infringed.
As for music, maybe it's time the focus went back to concerts? Bands don't make enough money from them because they have to pay a huge portion of earnings back to their record company for distribution, advertising and studio costs. The big record labels are no longer necessary. Cut them out of the picture, distribute your music world wide for free on the internet and the money you make from shows, and especially merchendise, should be enough for a comfortable living. Let radio stations play whatever they want to for a change, the best music is on the non-profit college radio stations that have this freedom. The albums themselves are just advertisement.
Copyright simply can't be enforced the way it used to be, not without breaking the technological advancements we've made in the past 2 decades. Controlling the flow of information is simply not compatible with a system designed to share information freely.
Bush: "Alright here's the deal telcos. We need wiretaps, lots of em. LOTS. Warrants would take too long, cause we just have so many phones to tap. We need you to go ahead without them."
Telco: "Hold up. You need a warrant for this, otherwise it's illegal bud. We don't want to take any heat for your illegal activity."
Bush: "Trust me, no one will know. And if word ever gets out I promise I'll get you immunity."
Telco: "Really? Would we have to win some sort of challenge before we get immunity?"
Bush: "Nope. I'll just use my executive powers and claim National Security again, it'll work trust me."
Telco: "Alright then, but only if you pay us for it."
Bush: "No problem! What's another few million in a $9 trillion debt?"
Saturn is another big electronics retailer in Germany, will they be raided too? Because like Media Markt they don't sell AMD either. Not surprising considering they're both owned by the Metro conglomerate. Must make for some good 'competition' in the electronics market...
The problem is heavy P2P users who actually understand the behind-the-scenes goings on are a very small minority. Nothing will stop until the general public a) becomes informed about these issues and b) cares enough about them to have an opinion of their own, then act on that opinion. It's possible.
Here in Germany Nokia recently decided to move production to Poland, where labor is much cheaper, shutting down a large factory in Dortmund where 3000 people are employed. 3000 people out of 80+ million is a very tiny fraction, one that could be waved off with a casual "Well that really sucks for them, but that's business." attitude. Yet this decision cause a huge public reaction. For the past 3 years Nokia has been making very healthy profits, and was even being subsidized several million Euro by the government to keep their production in Germany after they threatened to pull out 3 years ago. They happily obliged, until this January when that subsidy contract expired. They decided then that they would leave after all.
As a result the German opinion of Nokia's phones has plummetted overnight. Now carrying a Nokia cell phone is all but verboten, even the Nordrhein Westfalen government (the "state" in which Dortmund resides) has cut off all contracts with Nokia and switched to Sony Ericsson cell phones for its employees. I'm sure others will follow suit.
All because of their greedy attitude and the fact that 3000 people will be out of a job.
Nokia is currently "reconsidering" their decision.
P2P needs to find itself a 'Dortmund'. That one example of greed and corporate stupidity that every common Joe can get outraged over.
-50 C windchill is damn cold even for a Winnipeg winter, thank Xenu for Tim Hortons coffee eh?
The CSS Zen Garden is a great place to get some ideas. No book will teach you creativity, you can learn some general rules or tips and tricks but good design ultimately comes down to experience. The best advice, in my opinion, is to keep it simple and clean. Most visitors will appreciate a clean, easy to navigate site more than fancy flash graphics or a Photoshop jungle.
Well in that case, very stupid move on their part!
"And what is also unusual is for a member of the Bar to deliberately lie to a federal judge, because the consequences which can flow from that to the lawyer's career are huge. These lawyers deliberately lied to the Judge when they represented that I am an Electronic Frontier Foundation. They also lied to the Judge when they implied that the quote they'd extracted was from February 5, 2008, when in fact it was from months earlier."
It could well be that they deliberately lied about representing you as an EFF attorney, it certainly looks that way. But, reading the brief they filed, it doesn't seem to me that they implied the quote they extracted was posted February 5, 2008, but rather that they retrieved it from the blog on that date. It's common practice in citing websites to give the date on which you retrieved the information, since websites, unlike 'traditional' media, are dynamic and ever changing.