Technically, it's not legally possible to put things in the public domain at all, as far as I know. You just have to wait for the copyright to expire. The nearest you can get is something like CC0 (which does disclaim warranties).
Cinedigm is a separate company, listed on Nasdaq. They sold their cinema distribution business to Technicolor and now do some production work for them. However, not being in the movie business, I don't have a great understanding of what this company does exactly.
I'm curious about what they mean by "power to change the balance of power between individuals and large bureaucracies in much the same way the Internet did in the past".
The Internet improves the ability of the people to speak back and organise themselves. Perhaps personal drones will allow the people to shoot back, with missiles?
Microsoft have been making money from open source for years - by shaking it down for patent royalties. Making money from open source and supporting it are not exactly the same thing in this case.
Just to state the obvious, but not mentioned in the summary, but MPC also required that thou shall run Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions. It's hardly appropriate to have an "industry standard" where a single vendor is given a monopoly over a major part of the system. However a cross-platform games standard would obviously be too hard for the industry as it exists today.
Likewise, I always use cash in shops. I'd prefer that the bank/government doesn't have an itemised list of everything I spend. Hopefully enough like-minded people are around to prevent the "cashless society" that some pundits seem to prefer, but to me sounds like something out of 1984, the novel.
I tried it, living in a relatively small town there were 15 matches "just like me". However judging by the monthly spending patterns these people were actually nothing like me *shrug*.
I do actually have an account at the bank concerned.
I don't like the idea that a bank would decline a transaction just because it's something I wouldn't normally do. E.g., I don't usually travel, but when I do I don't want my debit card put on hold. Not that that has ever happened.
However I think it would be useful if banks could allow geographic restrictions on card usage to be set using online banking. I'd be happy to restrict it to my local area and expand the restriction temporarily as required.
Does anybody actually use the Unity interface? All I've every heard about it is negative, and it's easily replaced e.g., with Gnome 3. That's part of my standard procedure for installing Ubuntu, since I also find Unity unusable.
If nobody uses it, there's no need to be concerned about its features.
Yeah, it's amazing how short the typical person's timeframe is when using a word like "forever". I really can't see PCs surviving the heat death of the Universe, since there would be no way to power them (and I don't think hypothetical alternative universes should count, since they would have a completely independent time scale).
Well, this is Microsoft we are dealing with. I wouldn't put it past them to treat tablets (and phones) differently, and then modify their certification requirements page when somebody points out the discrepency.
You seem to contradict yourself between "idea of AI as independent thought is irrational. It is all programmed responses at some level." and "we can map every thought in the human brain **AND** have the technical ability to construct an artificial system that enables what we know as 'free will' and 'thought' and 'choice' and especially 'self awareness'....THEN and ONLY THEN have we made something..."
It should already clear that it's possible to have a thinking computer, since that's what the human brain is. You can still say it's "all programmed responses at some level", which would be the responses of individual neurons. Also Turing equivalence says an electronic computer should be able to do anything that a human brain can.
Also, in the event of a natural disaster, the people of NZ might be in for even more hurt. The US Navy, more than any other force on the globe, is a massive resource for quickly sending out a great deal of logistical support for disaster relief. I wonder if they would suspend that policy in the event of a disaster, even though I hope that need never arises.
NZ has a lot of experience with natural disasters. Remember the Christchurch earthquake last year? Somehow they have managed to get through without the massive US Navy logistical support.
It would be reasonable to let the would-be astronauts decide whether they are willing to accept the risk. In the event that no qualified person wants to do it, the mission obviously can't go ahead in that form.
Regarding "pushing the boundaries of human colonization in space", colonization in space is not even on the horizon at the moment.
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This is years out of date, and applied to certain countries only. It doesn't work anymore.
Technically, it's not legally possible to put things in the public domain at all, as far as I know. You just have to wait for the copyright to expire. The nearest you can get is something like CC0 (which does disclaim warranties).
Utilities in general, public transport including airlines, government at all levels.
Cinedigm is a separate company, listed on Nasdaq. They sold their cinema distribution business to Technicolor and now do some production work for them. However, not being in the movie business, I don't have a great understanding of what this company does exactly.
I'd just live closer to the business. If there aren't any houses there to buy, I'd build one.
I'm curious about what they mean by "power to change the balance of power between individuals and large bureaucracies in much the same way the Internet did in the past".
The Internet improves the ability of the people to speak back and organise themselves. Perhaps personal drones will allow the people to shoot back, with missiles?
Microsoft have been making money from open source for years - by shaking it down for patent royalties. Making money from open source and supporting it are not exactly the same thing in this case.
Just to state the obvious, but not mentioned in the summary, but MPC also required that thou shall run Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions. It's hardly appropriate to have an "industry standard" where a single vendor is given a monopoly over a major part of the system. However a cross-platform games standard would obviously be too hard for the industry as it exists today.
Now we have to put up with "2013 will be the year of Windows on the phone", forever.
I thought the same until Unity.
Likewise, I always use cash in shops. I'd prefer that the bank/government doesn't have an itemised list of everything I spend. Hopefully enough like-minded people are around to prevent the "cashless society" that some pundits seem to prefer, but to me sounds like something out of 1984, the novel.
I tried it, living in a relatively small town there were 15 matches "just like me". However judging by the monthly spending patterns these people were actually nothing like me *shrug*.
I do actually have an account at the bank concerned.
I don't like the idea that a bank would decline a transaction just because it's something I wouldn't normally do. E.g., I don't usually travel, but when I do I don't want my debit card put on hold. Not that that has ever happened.
However I think it would be useful if banks could allow geographic restrictions on card usage to be set using online banking. I'd be happy to restrict it to my local area and expand the restriction temporarily as required.
Roguelike. Seems perfectly reasonable to me for a "badass" mode to feature permadeath.
Does anybody actually use the Unity interface? All I've every heard about it is negative, and it's easily replaced e.g., with Gnome 3. That's part of my standard procedure for installing Ubuntu, since I also find Unity unusable.
If nobody uses it, there's no need to be concerned about its features.
Yeah, it's amazing how short the typical person's timeframe is when using a word like "forever". I really can't see PCs surviving the heat death of the Universe, since there would be no way to power them (and I don't think hypothetical alternative universes should count, since they would have a completely independent time scale).
Because forever is a long time.
Well, this is Microsoft we are dealing with. I wouldn't put it past them to treat tablets (and phones) differently, and then modify their certification requirements page when somebody points out the discrepency.
Some of the old games have been open sourced however, and now run very well on Linux. Warzone 2100 for example.
So we are retaining the status quo, Android and IOS on ARM and Windows on x86?
I expect these tablets will be locked to Windows 8 through a secure boot system. It remains to be seen that users will be able to install other OSes.
Humans fall for that one too.
You seem to contradict yourself between "idea of AI as independent thought is irrational. It is all programmed responses at some level." and "we can map every thought in the human brain **AND** have the technical ability to construct an artificial system that enables what we know as 'free will' and 'thought' and 'choice' and especially 'self awareness'....THEN and ONLY THEN have we made something..." It should already clear that it's possible to have a thinking computer, since that's what the human brain is. You can still say it's "all programmed responses at some level", which would be the responses of individual neurons. Also Turing equivalence says an electronic computer should be able to do anything that a human brain can.
Also, in the event of a natural disaster, the people of NZ might be in for even more hurt. The US Navy, more than any other force on the globe, is a massive resource for quickly sending out a great deal of logistical support for disaster relief. I wonder if they would suspend that policy in the event of a disaster, even though I hope that need never arises.
NZ has a lot of experience with natural disasters. Remember the Christchurch earthquake last year? Somehow they have managed to get through without the massive US Navy logistical support.
It would be reasonable to let the would-be astronauts decide whether they are willing to accept the risk. In the event that no qualified person wants to do it, the mission obviously can't go ahead in that form.
Regarding "pushing the boundaries of human colonization in space", colonization in space is not even on the horizon at the moment.