I'm not even a dog owner or dog lover and I can usually tell the difference between the "hi, let's play" bark and the "hi, I'm going to eat your face for lunch" bark. Oh, and the bark while looking at the door usually means "I need to go bend a biscuit", while hanging around the dinner bowl while barking generally translates as "feed me you ignorant bastard". That bark whenever the doorbell rings generally means "Danger, Will Robinson. Danger"!
Because now CBS/Paramount can't independently come up with that idea. Not that they would've, but if they had the could no longer do it without suffering comparisons to the fanfic.
Had Alec Peters kept it non-profit, there's a really good chance CBS/Paramount would've ignored him. Hell, they may even quietly have been grateful to him for pumping more life into the Star Trek franchise. Star Trek Continues is a fine example of such a not-for-profit venture. For the record, JJ Abrams made some interesting space opera movies, but they were decidedly notStar Trek.
My research indicates that Alec Peters was violating nearly every guideline set out by CBS/Paramount in a for-profit venture. His good work will therefore go to waste (as it should). This is why Axenar is now subject to injunctive limitations.
Star Trek Continues also violates those same guidelines (high-quality props/sets/uniforms instead of toy-store quality items, professional acting/directing/scriptwriting, episode length and continuity, etc.) and so could well be sued. However, Trek Continues is creating this content in an explicitly not-for-profit context. Trek Continues therefore is holding high hopes that CBS will choose not to exercise their legal rights against them.
Since CBS/Paramount and the Star Trek franchise are not demonstrably hurt by the Trek Continues production (and suing them might well result in such damage), the people associated with Trek Continues have said publicly that they intend to create the full eleven episode run which they originally set out to publish - intended to fill the gap between the episode Turnabout Intruder and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. They've also pointed out that just because CBS/Paramount can sue them doesn't mean they will sue them. They've said that they have sufficient funding and resources to complete and publish the remaining four episodes.
While there's a lot if if coming off this, I share their hopes. CBS/Paramount would do vastly more to harm their interests by suing than they might gain from injunctive relief in this case. But - yes, Alec Peters tried to stick his fingers in the cookie jar, so to speak, and risked ruining a lot of great fan fiction for all of us.
We did this to ourselves. No matter what it feels like, the fact is our system of government has functioned (and continues to function) exactly as designed. If Mr. President Trump is not likely to make America whole again, the task falls to us, the citizenry of this (long great and still great) nation. We must oppose insanity with calm and deliberate purpose, not with incohate and aimless rage.
Praying fervently to whatever god or gods we hold sacred that our nation will not suffer too terribly from four (conceivably eight) years of isolationist policies from our new C in C.
While I'll admit that Mr. President Trump's speech offers little hope to me that he will make America whole again, he has only been with in as President, not Fuhrer. It does feel unpleasantly like cresting the first rise in a roller coaster, but at this point we have no real choice but to see where the ride goes . . . and by vigilance and proper engagement in the political process try to keep the ride from going off the rails.
We once had machinery that did computations (example: adding machines). It seemed natural to try to model the brain as a complex machine then.
We once had electronic circuits designed to perform calculations (example: Enigma). It seemed natural to try to model the brain as a complex electronic device.
We now routinely use silicon integrated circuits to perform calculations (example: the IBM PC-XT). It seems natural now to try to model the brain as a complex general computing device.
The take-away point I get from this is that we may need another revolutionary technology or two (fully three-dimensional integrated circuits? IC's based on carbon instead of silicon?) before we can model the sentient mind as similar to an artificially created device. Such advances may also be required before we can create (invent?) a true "artificial intelligence".
Notice that this entire thread has been downmodded.
That's okay - I've got karma to burn, and if M$ shills choose to employ Trumpian tactics, well . . . they should go after someone with serious complaints instead of a bunch of comedians like us. Now I know how Alec Baldwin and the cast of SNL feel. It's good to know that we engendered such a response in one of Redmond's minions. Next, we'll be hearing how this could be fixed by not relying on name services for host resolution - after all there's got to be a better way.
(Waiting for my pet troll to answer, assuming he still has an internet connection)
Totally wrong. False post. "New Around Here" should pay more attention to his bug-infested computer and less to trolling/. Not funny. UID should be cancelled.
The citizens of the UK allowed Brexit to pass and must now accept the consequences of their choice. The citizens of the US allowed Trump to win the Presidential election and must now accept the consequences.
Correct me if I'm wrong - aren't most system calls antique, in the sense that they weren't invented recently? The aforementioned system calls may or may not have recently been updated, but if developers have done their job correctly the intended functions continue to work exactly as they did before, given valid inputs. As an example, I'm pretty sure gethostbyname() is still in there. It's almost certainly been updated over the years, but it's still called the same way and returns the same thing.
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Nope. It just makes room for the next asshat to take over the operation.
Sure those guidelines existed - it's called copyright law.
I'm not even a dog owner or dog lover and I can usually tell the difference between the "hi, let's play" bark and the "hi, I'm going to eat your face for lunch" bark. Oh, and the bark while looking at the door usually means "I need to go bend a biscuit", while hanging around the dinner bowl while barking generally translates as "feed me you ignorant bastard". That bark whenever the doorbell rings generally means "Danger, Will Robinson. Danger"!
Had Alec Peters kept it non-profit, there's a really good chance CBS/Paramount would've ignored him. Hell, they may even quietly have been grateful to him for pumping more life into the Star Trek franchise. Star Trek Continues is a fine example of such a not-for-profit venture. For the record, JJ Abrams made some interesting space opera movies, but they were decidedly not Star Trek.
Star Trek Continues also violates those same guidelines (high-quality props/sets/uniforms instead of toy-store quality items, professional acting/directing/scriptwriting, episode length and continuity, etc.) and so could well be sued. However, Trek Continues is creating this content in an explicitly not-for-profit context. Trek Continues therefore is holding high hopes that CBS will choose not to exercise their legal rights against them.
Since CBS/Paramount and the Star Trek franchise are not demonstrably hurt by the Trek Continues production (and suing them might well result in such damage), the people associated with Trek Continues have said publicly that they intend to create the full eleven episode run which they originally set out to publish - intended to fill the gap between the episode Turnabout Intruder and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. They've also pointed out that just because CBS/Paramount can sue them doesn't mean they will sue them. They've said that they have sufficient funding and resources to complete and publish the remaining four episodes. While there's a lot if if coming off this, I share their hopes. CBS/Paramount would do vastly more to harm their interests by suing than they might gain from injunctive relief in this case. But - yes, Alec Peters tried to stick his fingers in the cookie jar, so to speak, and risked ruining a lot of great fan fiction for all of us.
*ducks*
We did this to ourselves. No matter what it feels like, the fact is our system of government has functioned (and continues to function) exactly as designed. If Mr. President Trump is not likely to make America whole again, the task falls to us, the citizenry of this (long great and still great) nation. We must oppose insanity with calm and deliberate purpose, not with incohate and aimless rage.
We religiously defend the separation of church and state here in the US (except for Christianity).
Praying fervently to whatever god or gods we hold sacred that our nation will not suffer too terribly from four (conceivably eight) years of isolationist policies from our new C in C.
While I'll admit that Mr. President Trump's speech offers little hope to me that he will make America whole again, he has only been with in as President, not Fuhrer. It does feel unpleasantly like cresting the first rise in a roller coaster, but at this point we have no real choice but to see where the ride goes . . . and by vigilance and proper engagement in the political process try to keep the ride from going off the rails.
We once had electronic circuits designed to perform calculations (example: Enigma). It seemed natural to try to model the brain as a complex electronic device.
We now routinely use silicon integrated circuits to perform calculations (example: the IBM PC-XT). It seems natural now to try to model the brain as a complex general computing device.
The take-away point I get from this is that we may need another revolutionary technology or two (fully three-dimensional integrated circuits? IC's based on carbon instead of silicon?) before we can model the sentient mind as similar to an artificially created device. Such advances may also be required before we can create (invent?) a true "artificial intelligence".
Al, is that you?
That's okay - I've got karma to burn, and if M$ shills choose to employ Trumpian tactics, well . . . they should go after someone with serious complaints instead of a bunch of comedians like us. Now I know how Alec Baldwin and the cast of SNL feel. It's good to know that we engendered such a response in one of Redmond's minions. Next, we'll be hearing how this could be fixed by not relying on name services for host resolution - after all there's got to be a better way.
(Waiting for my pet troll to answer, assuming he still has an internet connection)
LifesABeach is all talk, talk, talk. Takes more than Google search, you can't tell who did it unless you catch him in the act. Sad.
I see you're using an Android phone. Can I help?
Totally wrong. False post. "New Around Here" should pay more attention to his bug-infested computer and less to trolling /. Not funny. UID should be cancelled.
"Hi, I'm Clippy. It looks like your infecting an Apple product. Can I help?"
Assange never said that. Totally made up. Another example of the lying media.
If the author worked for Microsoft, the exploit would require frequent updates, half of which would break it.
Sorta like a hangover.
SchrÃdinger's device.
Hey . . . Don't tell me, tell the DOL.
Clueless.
Correct me if I'm wrong - aren't most system calls antique, in the sense that they weren't invented recently? The aforementioned system calls may or may not have recently been updated, but if developers have done their job correctly the intended functions continue to work exactly as they did before, given valid inputs. As an example, I'm pretty sure gethostbyname() is still in there. It's almost certainly been updated over the years, but it's still called the same way and returns the same thing.
Apparently, PEOTUS had some mod points. False downmod. So sad.