Actually.. that's more likely to be caused by excess simultaneous connections. You can potentially sort this out by limiting the number of active connections in your BT client.
There is zero chance of those things ever working. Australia has neither the resources or manpower to police the internet. Anyone who says otherwise is gunning for reelection or looking to make a quick dollar from failed government contracts.
We have jerks here, just like everywhere else. Some of them take to pointing lasers at incoming planes and hovering helicopters. I don't endorse banning the lasers, but then i'm not the kind of guy who thinks it's fun to try to hit the cockpit of a landing 747.
Note, that (iirc) it's only class 3 and 4 lasers that are banned, not all laser pointers.
I applaud you for actually making reasonable sense of the situation. Far too much energy is spent around here on people reinforcing their own beliefs by pointing out the flaws in others'.
If i had the points, I would totally mod you up for your insight.
It'd probably be more accurate to say that he writes on the premise that he's an expert. His political affiliations are obvious, and i'm not sure why so many Americans (or westerners perhaps) can't see that, but then i'm often surprised how much people will take on face value.
That is parallel to the fact, though, that as an 'expert' he has very little idea what the hell he's talking about. The little i've read of his writing suggests that he thinks Tom Clancy novels are non-fiction.
I have a friend who promotes his own band solely online, and (as well as the regular Myspace and streaming audio from his page) he deliberately runs multiple filesharing clients, sharing only his own music. As an unsigned, self promoting artist who makes more money from live shows than album sales, that's his legal right.
While this has nothing to do with the lack of expectation to distribute (since that's actually what he's hoping for.. the extra promotion does help, or so he says) it seems that the common perception is that non-authorized music is inevitably the only stuff that is shared, and that's not the case.
tl;dr The RIAA don't make or own all the music in the world, and shouldn't litigate as if they do.
I completely disagree. Scifi was what got me into actual science as a child. The concept of Intelligent Design is close to my heart.. and that of Occam's razor. To paraphrase a tired, useless argument: we're far more likely to have been made by aliens than to have appeared out of nothing.
The AFP have been pushing hard for powers like this. As far as they're concerned, this law is a slapdown... That is, it doesn't give them anywhere near the powers they've been saying they 'need'.
a pissy little business contest between two groups of suits is of less interest to this community than the membership of an international standards body. If the technically capable people leave, the whole point of ISO is lost.
It's true that ISO have dealt with non-implementable standards before (OSI anyone?) but at least there they have previously had working groups who attempted to hammer out the bugs without someone with only political interests watching over their collective shoulders.
Compliance is a matter of implementation. It's immediately obvious when an implementation of a standard isn't complete, because it's not 100% compatible with existing examples of the spec. In my understanding, no one person or group stamps a product as compliant to a standard.
Re: Microsoft's own implementation.. If a clear distinction is made between.docx and OOXML, those groups which require open, standard formats will not be able to use.docx/Office due to lack of standards compliance.
How that actually plays out is another thing entirely...
You're correct that the episodes are initially identified that way, but the lines are deliberately blurred at many points. There are hidden elements in many of the Stand Alone episodes that are directly related to the wider storyline.
Of course, that's not the only reference to these terms in the series. I severely doubt that Dreamworks will be able to create comparable storylines.
random robot lesbian sex might be difficult to make into a Hollywood movie, yes.
Also, since Shirow already made a point to explain every little detail, the dumbing down would be so extreme and painful most geeks would kill themselves halfway through the first scene.
This supports Marvel's "what a twist!" plot generator perfectly. Tony will be forced to choose between his loyalty to his industrial forbears and the good of all humanity.
Of course, his character is a raging, womanizing alcoholic who regularly gets blackmailed for things he's actually done.. Hold on.. which one is the good guy again?
Suggestion: allow bots. That aught to level the playing field a bit.
I loved EVE when i played it years ago, but i really felt that most of the game should have been automated, or at least have the potential for automation. You just gotta make things in the actual environment a bit more unpredictable for offset.
Eve is already structured around this idea, with corps controlled from the top, etc. I think, done right, it could add a lot more depth to the game.
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Actually.. that's more likely to be caused by excess simultaneous connections. You can potentially sort this out by limiting the number of active connections in your BT client.
There is zero chance of those things ever working. Australia has neither the resources or manpower to police the internet. Anyone who says otherwise is gunning for reelection or looking to make a quick dollar from failed government contracts.
We have jerks here, just like everywhere else. Some of them take to pointing lasers at incoming planes and hovering helicopters. I don't endorse banning the lasers, but then i'm not the kind of guy who thinks it's fun to try to hit the cockpit of a landing 747.
Note, that (iirc) it's only class 3 and 4 lasers that are banned, not all laser pointers.
I applaud you for actually making reasonable sense of the situation. Far too much energy is spent around here on people reinforcing their own beliefs by pointing out the flaws in others'.
If i had the points, I would totally mod you up for your insight.
It'd probably be more accurate to say that he writes on the premise that he's an expert. His political affiliations are obvious, and i'm not sure why so many Americans (or westerners perhaps) can't see that, but then i'm often surprised how much people will take on face value.
That is parallel to the fact, though, that as an 'expert' he has very little idea what the hell he's talking about. The little i've read of his writing suggests that he thinks Tom Clancy novels are non-fiction.
Saw this yesterday on hackaday. Looks like they're making a lot of friends.
Win++
;)
OTOH, +++ATH0
Not so smartmodem now, are we? 1992 might not be far enough
The fact that this is a Myspace thread is the only possible explanation. Their standards are lower there, or so i hear.
Fixed that for you.
I have a friend who promotes his own band solely online, and (as well as the regular Myspace and streaming audio from his page) he deliberately runs multiple filesharing clients, sharing only his own music. As an unsigned, self promoting artist who makes more money from live shows than album sales, that's his legal right.
While this has nothing to do with the lack of expectation to distribute (since that's actually what he's hoping for.. the extra promotion does help, or so he says) it seems that the common perception is that non-authorized music is inevitably the only stuff that is shared, and that's not the case.
tl;dr The RIAA don't make or own all the music in the world, and shouldn't litigate as if they do.
*woosh*
That was the stealthy sound of sandpaper-dry sarcasm whistling coarsely overhead.
You are right, though.. There was very little sanity going on there, and we all suffered because of it.
Slashdot's groupthink is hardware and software. That is sufficient.
You might want to read up on Determinism. Perhaps then you can come up with an argument that isn't 2500 years old.
I completely disagree. Scifi was what got me into actual science as a child. The concept of Intelligent Design is close to my heart.. and that of Occam's razor. To paraphrase a tired, useless argument: we're far more likely to have been made by aliens than to have appeared out of nothing.
Yes, and we've spent the last lifetime building up an immunity.
The AFP have been pushing hard for powers like this. As far as they're concerned, this law is a slapdown. .. That is, it doesn't give them anywhere near the powers they've been saying they 'need'.
I'm still not happy about it though.
I hear you.. but delayed.
also, why was this modded offtopic?
Typical.
Glad i don't really pay attention to mainstream releases, they always manage to fuck it up.
Thanks for the link.
a pissy little business contest between two groups of suits is of less interest to this community than the membership of an international standards body. If the technically capable people leave, the whole point of ISO is lost.
It's true that ISO have dealt with non-implementable standards before (OSI anyone?) but at least there they have previously had working groups who attempted to hammer out the bugs without someone with only political interests watching over their collective shoulders.
Compliance is a matter of implementation. It's immediately obvious when an implementation of a standard isn't complete, because it's not 100% compatible with existing examples of the spec. In my understanding, no one person or group stamps a product as compliant to a standard.
.docx and OOXML, those groups which require open, standard formats will not be able to use .docx/Office due to lack of standards compliance.
Re: Microsoft's own implementation.. If a clear distinction is made between
How that actually plays out is another thing entirely...
You're correct that the episodes are initially identified that way, but the lines are deliberately blurred at many points. There are hidden elements in many of the Stand Alone episodes that are directly related to the wider storyline.
Of course, that's not the only reference to these terms in the series. I severely doubt that Dreamworks will be able to create comparable storylines.
random robot lesbian sex might be difficult to make into a Hollywood movie, yes.
Also, since Shirow already made a point to explain every little detail, the dumbing down would be so extreme and painful most geeks would kill themselves halfway through the first scene.
I know this happens with some providers in the US, but i'm not sure about the UK.. it's certainly not universal.
Also, your sig rocks. Space Dinosaurs ftw.
This supports Marvel's "what a twist!" plot generator perfectly. Tony will be forced to choose between his loyalty to his industrial forbears and the good of all humanity.
Of course, his character is a raging, womanizing alcoholic who regularly gets blackmailed for things he's actually done.. Hold on.. which one is the good guy again?
Suggestion: allow bots. That aught to level the playing field a bit.
I loved EVE when i played it years ago, but i really felt that most of the game should have been automated, or at least have the potential for automation. You just gotta make things in the actual environment a bit more unpredictable for offset.
Eve is already structured around this idea, with corps controlled from the top, etc. I think, done right, it could add a lot more depth to the game.