Glad to hear about the Good Samaritan Laws. I stand corrected. Hey, me and Tom Cruise... We're there to help.
Seriously, I would not be deterred from doing what I could.
1. QX-314 blocks all neurons.
2. QX-314 only works if you can get it inside the neuron cell itself.
3. Capsaicin opens a channel on only pain neurons that will let QX-314 through.
I met him once. He really was a remarkable bird and could use language for communication, not just mimicry. He would answer all sorts of question about objects that you showed him. Some errors, of course, but correct responses way above chance. Together with all the reports over the last few years about tool-making and using in crows, it makes you have a lot more respect for birds. Makes me think of watching crows play and tumble on a strong, turbulent wind or pelican "surf" the air just in front of a nice clean wave. Awesome.
Second, it is fair. It is called economies of scale. Clear Channel deals is huge quantities. To put it another way, if you go to a local corner market and buy a pack of four rolls of toilet paper for $2.00, then you go to Costco and see the same brand of toilet paper in a box of 40 for $10.00, is that unfair? No, it is called purchasing in bulk. Same as the sort of thing that MS does with corporate VLKs versus regular retail prices.
Wrong on two counts. Clear Channel and all other FM radio stations pay NO performance royalties. Yet the new rules would have inernet radio pay HUGE performance royatlies, relative to their revenues. (Both pay artist royalties. )
Also, much of the reason that the toilet paper costs more at the small store is because of local overhead. The suppliers charge somewhat higher rates to the little guys, but not many times as much, as is being proposed in the new rules from the Copyright Office.
One of the things it takes to be good at math is compulsiveness to complete tasks and to pay attention to detail. Those same drives are the ones that make you unhappy in the real world, which is by its nature messy, illogical and incomplete. Seems like in most arenas, the people who succeed are the ones who are internally driven and thus never really satisfied. Isn't that why most of the people at the top are off the bell curve in one or another aspect of social behavior?
Been done. I was talking to BF Skinner after a lecture he gave in the late 70's. He described a project he worked on during WWII: missiles with embedded pigeons. They are amazingly good at object recognition.
The pigeons were trained to peck on an aerial image of say -- a factory in Germany.
The missile has a camera poking out the nose, which shows the pigeon where it's headed.
The pigeon pecks on the screen at the image of the factory.
If it's off center on the screen, the missile detects this and heads in that direction.
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Instead of their headquarters, why isn't Google Video called a GooglePlex?
I think he's amzingly clever. I love listening to him on the radio. I would never buy one of his albums. I just don't buy many albums at all.
But I DID buy some of Al's songs on iTunes when they became available. Less expensive. Easy. Fun. So, Al, iTunes made you money you would never have gotten otherwise. You have to figure that into your calculation. ITunes enables the musical lurkers like me.
When auto companies sell defective cars that will injure or kill or even just break down, they are REQUIRED to do a recall and fix them for FREE. When Microsoft sells a completely defective operating system that allows data theft, invasion of privacy, extortion and wholesale hijacking of the internet, at a cost of billions of dollars, they get to charge more money for the fix. The arrogance and irresponsible behavior toward the customer is breathtaking. Why are lawyers not lining up for the class action suits?
A) The graph on Wikipedia has reversed axes, which is contrary to almost all scientific display standards. B) I already corrected this in my own self-flaming reply. C) The Flying Spaghetti Monster is a very forgiving god.
If ever there was a 1984-like item in the news, this is it. Give to the ACLU and to EFF. Write to your congressman, boycott the phone companies. This is completely intolerable.
How about a reverse/. effect, in which not one of its subscribers ever uses Amazon? I wonder how much that would effect their servers/business, especially if it got picked up by the popular press. These people need to be stopped. I sure don't order books from them anymore.
We could call it Zero Click Ordering, and apply for a patent...
The clear agenda of the Bush administration is to downsize government and give huge tax breaks to the well off. What better way to kill NASA than to propose completely preposterous goals like going to Mars, and to delay and starve anything useful, like the planetary missions and space telecopes. The shuttle delays play into that strategy beautifully. I bet there is no rush on the part of the administration to get the shuttle back in service. NASA will slowly wither away.
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Glad to hear about the Good Samaritan Laws. I stand corrected. Hey, me and Tom Cruise... We're there to help. Seriously, I would not be deterred from doing what I could.
And if anything goes wrong, the guy AND the game makers will get sued for millions.
OMG, someone mod this up. This is the funniest thing on /. ever!
1. QX-314 blocks all neurons.
2. QX-314 only works if you can get it inside the neuron cell itself.
3. Capsaicin opens a channel on only pain neurons that will let QX-314 through.
I met him once. He really was a remarkable bird and could use language for communication, not just mimicry. He would answer all sorts of question about objects that you showed him. Some errors, of course, but correct responses way above chance. Together with all the reports over the last few years about tool-making and using in crows, it makes you have a lot more respect for birds. Makes me think of watching crows play and tumble on a strong, turbulent wind or pelican "surf" the air just in front of a nice clean wave. Awesome.
IBM: All your code base are belong to us. You have no chance to survive make your time.
Wrong on two counts. Clear Channel and all other FM radio stations pay NO performance royalties. Yet the new rules would have inernet radio pay HUGE performance royatlies, relative to their revenues. (Both pay artist royalties. )
Also, much of the reason that the toilet paper costs more at the small store is because of local overhead. The suppliers charge somewhat higher rates to the little guys, but not many times as much, as is being proposed in the new rules from the Copyright Office.
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All your Bays are belo... Oh, never mind.
One of the things it takes to be good at math is compulsiveness to complete tasks and to pay attention to detail. Those same drives are the ones that make you unhappy in the real world, which is by its nature messy, illogical and incomplete. Seems like in most arenas, the people who succeed are the ones who are internally driven and thus never really satisfied. Isn't that why most of the people at the top are off the bell curve in one or another aspect of social behavior?
How is this different from CinemaNow?
The pigeons were trained to peck on an aerial image of say -- a factory in Germany.
The missile has a camera poking out the nose, which shows the pigeon where it's headed.
The pigeon pecks on the screen at the image of the factory.
If it's off center on the screen, the missile detects this and heads in that direction.
--------------
Instead of their headquarters, why isn't Google Video called a GooglePlex?
But I DID buy some of Al's songs on iTunes when they became available. Less expensive. Easy. Fun. So, Al, iTunes made you money you would never have gotten otherwise. You have to figure that into your calculation. ITunes enables the musical lurkers like me.
When auto companies sell defective cars that will injure or kill or even just break down, they are REQUIRED to do a recall and fix them for FREE. When Microsoft sells a completely defective operating system that allows data theft, invasion of privacy, extortion and wholesale hijacking of the internet, at a cost of billions of dollars, they get to charge more money for the fix. The arrogance and irresponsible behavior toward the customer is breathtaking. Why are lawyers not lining up for the class action suits?
"Great unwashed masses"? "sheeple"? Somebody with points mod this arrogant poster down.
A) The graph on Wikipedia has reversed axes, which is contrary to almost all scientific display standards. B) I already corrected this in my own self-flaming reply. C) The Flying Spaghetti Monster is a very forgiving god.
Idiot. I got it wrong. They'll REDUCE global warming. Pirate on, dudes!
contribute to global warming? They should be ashamed.
(sala) manDerWalls forces.
Written to my provider that I intend to change if they don't stop. Donated extensively to ACLU and EFF. Written my senators...
If ever there was a 1984-like item in the news, this is it. Give to the ACLU and to EFF. Write to your congressman, boycott the phone companies. This is completely intolerable.
Now wait until they get together and rule the world.
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Sub ubi non contorque (Don't get your knickers in a twist)
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Non contorque sub ubi voster. (Don't get your knickers in a twist).
How about a reverse /. effect, in which not one of its subscribers ever uses Amazon? I wonder how much that would effect their servers/business, especially if it got picked up by the popular press. These people need to be stopped. I sure don't order books from them anymore.
We could call it Zero Click Ordering, and apply for a patent...
The clear agenda of the Bush administration is to downsize government and give huge tax breaks to the well off. What better way to kill NASA than to propose completely preposterous goals like going to Mars, and to delay and starve anything useful, like the planetary missions and space telecopes. The shuttle delays play into that strategy beautifully. I bet there is no rush on the part of the administration to get the shuttle back in service. NASA will slowly wither away.