How about trying something new instead of trying to recreate something that has been done so many times over that nobody cares anymore?
Industry leaders are not good at that, and Wizards of the Coast is no exception. The only really compelling idea that came out of WotC was Magic: The Gathering back in the early 1990's. (WotC didn't invent D&D, they bought TSR, the company that did.)
You seem to be confusing the bank, MBNA, with the Boston transit authority, MBTA. Hacking MBNA would almost certainly be a felony. Hacking the MBTA is not even definitely illegal if you don't actually ride a train without paying. That what all this is about.
Not that I want a security system compromised, because I don't...
The students didn't hack a security system. They hacked the toll-collection system of the subway turnstiles. The MBTA made some whiny noise about the hack being a security risk but evidently the judge didn't believe their argument.
Now it's been what, almost 10 years since The Cathedral and the Bazaar, and we still have guys like this author telling us the Wisdom of the Enlightened Few should be dictating standards to us ignorant masses who are, well, doing all the productive work.
From a technical point of view, there is no complexity, unless you're stupid enough to try to network all the voting machines in state and then secure that network. Physically transporting the machines output media (both electronic and paper) is much easier and more reliable.
From a political point of view, the complexity is that most state/local officials were so blindingly foolish as to spend thousands or millions of dollars on machines that don't have a paper validation back-up. Then instead of writing off the bad purchase they try to retro-fit the useless machines -- throwing good money after bad.
So the complexity is basically in trying to get our multi-tiered, elected government to make good decisions for the benefit of the public, instead of making hasty and bad decisions under political and financial pressure, then trying to shift the blame and costs around.
If you globally replace "society" with "recording industry" in the article, then statements like
If our [recording industry] can monetize music in a balanced, consumer-friendly way, the results will be awesome. If we can't... well, remember Chernobyl?
become correct.
I guess I missed the part where society is critically dependent on the recording industry.
I completely believe that these UAV pilots experience stress from, well, killing people.
My idea is this: now that the U.S. military has the technology to kill people from halfway across the globe without exposing the pilot to physical danger, let's let the President sit next to the pilot and push the button for a couple of those missions, then sit there and watch the blood and destruction.
I think this should be a mandatory experience for anyone who has the authority to order an attack. Military officers have a good chance of having fought in combat already; now let's let the President experience killing an enemy and watching him die. Then we'll see whether his attitude toward using military force displays a little more, let's say, maturity.
Let's start by convincing me that this is a problem.
OK, try this for size: companies that find they can get free work hours out of their staff will be strongly tempted to downsize. Sooner or later, age discrimination is going to rear its ugly head. "Fine hardworking fellows" like yourself will be on the chopping block because your health benefits cost too much. Not to mention your stock options.
Explain to me how deteriorating working conditions and loss of job security in one's chosen field shouldn't be cause for concern.
The optimist in me says maybe it's like the way the Eskimo language has 15 different words for "snow."
The pessimist in me says Congress simply outlawed the same crime in four different laws because the last law they passed obviously didn't make the crime stop happening...
In my opinion, MS is late to this party. The electronic devices we want and use inside the car are, in order of importance, music players (radio/CD/MP3/8-track for all I care), GPS navigation, hands-free cell phone.
All of those already exist and are available as add-ons, if not dealer options.
Sure, it would be nice to have a central control point for all those devices, but it would be nice to have "digital convergence" in my living room with a central controller for my TV, DVD player, stereo, etc. "Would be nice" evidently doesn't make things happen in the marketplace.
I don't see what a car computer can offer, that isn't already available.
But will wikigene be completely biological companies lying about their gene of interest and corrupt scientists trying to prove their research? Doubtful.
Agreed. My point is, the risks of open access (fraud, sabotage, bad research) seem pretty significant. People's lives are potentially at stake. Do you really trust the commons that much? I don't.
As long as immature researchers don't try to resolve a controversy via wiki vandalism instead of research and logic, there won't be much.
I think you're underestimating the number of immature (or viciously competitive and unscrupulous) researchers out there.
If you're going to vandalize something, you're probably going to want do do it on something with a wider audience, like the page on George Bush, not zebrafish fibroblast growth factor 21A.
Unless you've found a way to make a buck off zebrafish fibroblast growth factor 21A, and you're willing to commit a major ethical breach to sabotage any possible competitors.
Here's a question: why is it that one, and ONLY one, religious group wants their viewpoint shoved down everyone elses throat yet, when the mention of allowing children being exposed to other religious or cultural viewpoints these same people have apoplectic seizures because somehow that could "contaminate" the children.
Because one, and ONLY one, religious group has political strong influence in the state of Louisiana. But evangelical Christianity is not unique in this attitude. I imagine you'd get the same attitude in Saudi Arabia.
I've seen enough errors, sloppiness, and outright sabotage on Wikipedia to be highly skeptical when, as TFA says,
The stub articles are expected to seed the posting of more detailed information by Wikipedia users.
What safeguards will be in place to make sure the information in this Wiki is trustworthy and reliable? Think for a moment about the potential consequences.
Once you can do that, solving those equations is rather trivial.
Yes - if you know how to do basic arithmetic. Almost all the arithmetic I do in real life, I do in my head -- usually just approximated to two significant figures.
I worry that kids who don't learn multiplication tables will become paralyzed by an everyday question like "which carpet is more expensive, $1.95/square foot or $39.99/square yard?"
Ultimately, the point of translating real life problems into mathematical equations is to get a solution. If someone can't at least get a ballpark solution on his own, I submit he's functionally innumerate.
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Or maybe if I wanted to run Vista. ;-) Thanks.
That's in the EU. Off the top of my head I would say it's second (possibly first) in North America, and certainly first in South America.
What is a Bloomfield and why should I care?
Industry leaders are not good at that, and Wizards of the Coast is no exception. The only really compelling idea that came out of WotC was Magic: The Gathering back in the early 1990's. (WotC didn't invent D&D, they bought TSR, the company that did.)
You seem to be confusing the bank, MBNA, with the Boston transit authority, MBTA. Hacking MBNA would almost certainly be a felony. Hacking the MBTA is not even definitely illegal if you don't actually ride a train without paying. That what all this is about.
And I notice the university didn't rush to send their own crack legal team to defend free inquiry and academic freedom.
The students didn't hack a security system. They hacked the toll-collection system of the subway turnstiles. The MBTA made some whiny noise about the hack being a security risk but evidently the judge didn't believe their argument.
Now it's been what, almost 10 years since The Cathedral and the Bazaar, and we still have guys like this author telling us the Wisdom of the Enlightened Few should be dictating standards to us ignorant masses who are, well, doing all the productive work.
I would think we'd be beyond that point by now.
From a technical point of view, there is no complexity, unless you're stupid enough to try to network all the voting machines in state and then secure that network. Physically transporting the machines output media (both electronic and paper) is much easier and more reliable.
From a political point of view, the complexity is that most state/local officials were so blindingly foolish as to spend thousands or millions of dollars on machines that don't have a paper validation back-up. Then instead of writing off the bad purchase they try to retro-fit the useless machines -- throwing good money after bad.
So the complexity is basically in trying to get our multi-tiered, elected government to make good decisions for the benefit of the public, instead of making hasty and bad decisions under political and financial pressure, then trying to shift the blame and costs around.
If you globally replace "society" with "recording industry" in the article, then statements like
become correct.
I guess I missed the part where society is critically dependent on the recording industry.
I completely believe that these UAV pilots experience stress from, well, killing people.
My idea is this: now that the U.S. military has the technology to kill people from halfway across the globe without exposing the pilot to physical danger, let's let the President sit next to the pilot and push the button for a couple of those missions, then sit there and watch the blood and destruction.
I think this should be a mandatory experience for anyone who has the authority to order an attack. Military officers have a good chance of having fought in combat already; now let's let the President experience killing an enemy and watching him die. Then we'll see whether his attitude toward using military force displays a little more, let's say, maturity.
That's just tasteless.
OK, try this for size: companies that find they can get free work hours out of their staff will be strongly tempted to downsize. Sooner or later, age discrimination is going to rear its ugly head. "Fine hardworking fellows" like yourself will be on the chopping block because your health benefits cost too much. Not to mention your stock options.
Explain to me how deteriorating working conditions and loss of job security in one's chosen field shouldn't be cause for concern.
The optimist in me says maybe it's like the way the Eskimo language has 15 different words for "snow."
The pessimist in me says Congress simply outlawed the same crime in four different laws because the last law they passed obviously didn't make the crime stop happening...
In my opinion, MS is late to this party. The electronic devices we want and use inside the car are, in order of importance, music players (radio/CD/MP3/8-track for all I care), GPS navigation, hands-free cell phone.
All of those already exist and are available as add-ons, if not dealer options.
Sure, it would be nice to have a central control point for all those devices, but it would be nice to have "digital convergence" in my living room with a central controller for my TV, DVD player, stereo, etc. "Would be nice" evidently doesn't make things happen in the marketplace.
I don't see what a car computer can offer, that isn't already available.
Dude, to get Windows to run decently, you'd need to rewrite the source code.
Like most companies' privacy terms, they boil down to "we can collect whatever data we like, keep it as long as we like, share it with whomever we like, and use it however we like." Anyone who reads those terms and agrees to them either places no value on his privacy, or has no imagination.
"Do no evil," my ass. Needless to say, I'm not a YouTube user.
Now you're really putting a lot of faith in the biotech industry. ;-) You're definitely right: it should be.
Agreed. My point is, the risks of open access (fraud, sabotage, bad research) seem pretty significant. People's lives are potentially at stake. Do you really trust the commons that much? I don't.
I think you're underestimating the number of immature (or viciously competitive and unscrupulous) researchers out there.
Unless you've found a way to make a buck off zebrafish fibroblast growth factor 21A, and you're willing to commit a major ethical breach to sabotage any possible competitors.
Because one, and ONLY one, religious group has political strong influence in the state of Louisiana. But evangelical Christianity is not unique in this attitude. I imagine you'd get the same attitude in Saudi Arabia.
I've seen enough errors, sloppiness, and outright sabotage on Wikipedia to be highly skeptical when, as TFA says,
What safeguards will be in place to make sure the information in this Wiki is trustworthy and reliable? Think for a moment about the potential consequences.
Yes - if you know how to do basic arithmetic. Almost all the arithmetic I do in real life, I do in my head -- usually just approximated to two significant figures.
I worry that kids who don't learn multiplication tables will become paralyzed by an everyday question like "which carpet is more expensive, $1.95/square foot or $39.99/square yard?"
Ultimately, the point of translating real life problems into mathematical equations is to get a solution. If someone can't at least get a ballpark solution on his own, I submit he's functionally innumerate.