I believe that science in its strictest sense can be separate from the social context. The whole idea of the scientific method is to remove it. What they really seem to be describing is that the impetus for scientific endeavor cannot be removed from the social context. Those are two entirely different things.
It is interesting they harp on the most easily defensible position (evolution) to defend themselves against criticisms that are based additionally on things such as their coverage of global warming, abortion, etc.
Yes it is an April fools joke. They are not calling us idiots for falling for it, they are calling us idiots for criticizing them for not sticking to science. Which involves more than just their take on evolution.
Why not have the registrar have some method of disclosure obtainable by court order or the like. There are plenty of good reasons not to publish your address. If you can't think of a few, I suspect you're either young and immature or an idiot.
I have a web site where I sometimes post pictures of my family. I privately registered the domain because I didn't want some wacko coming across it and then easily being able to get my address. Mind you the address is not publicly published anyway, but it was an easy measure to take for just a bit more protection.
I think Microsoft is actually leaning toward.. "If it is on your machine, don't come b*tching to us."
Putting it on individual machines does mean that a huge store of information cannot (or is far less likely) to be compromised all at once.
1. The more info button.
2. The aggregate users statistics.
3. The ads on the initial TiVo screen.
4. actual effect: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/buzz/archives/0 00418.html
5. a press release which shows quickly delivered, aggregate data showing which commercials or actually viewed (that sounds like changing the way that advertisement is delivered to me) http://www.tivo.com/5.3.1.1.asp?article=240
6. from the TiVo site Leading global businesses in the fields of music, filmed entertainment, consumer electronics, and more, have now discovered the interactive TiVo platform as a new way to reach a desirable demographic. Freeing themselves from the limitations of the traditional thirty-second advertising spot, TiVo Showcases advertising partners can present their products and services in a unique and engaging way. http://www.tivo.com/5.1.asp
7. more from the TiVo site http://www.tivo.com/5.5.asp
but I guess the one thing that made it the most obvious to me was that there is an advertising section right on the main TiVo page. It is obvious to me they knew they had to deliver advertising. I can only assume because they did it in a novel way that at some level they had a desire to change the way the ads are delivered. And that they believe that that change could be beneficial to the advertisers.
I own a TiVo... and I paid closer to $300 for it. I don't find this concept annoying at all. But then again... I bought it for more than just some childish idea that I can remove the revenue stream that brought me the show I want to watch without repercussions.
TiVo's idea of creating a static ad during the fast forward, with a "Click for More" is an excellent way to meet me halfway. I get to speed up watching my shows, I don't have to sit through the commercial in realtime, the marketers get their ad, *and* they actually get a value add of the user being able to express interest in the product to get more info.
You seem to think the sole purpose of the TiVo is to remove commercials. You are dead wrong. It provides far more that I actually care about than just fast forwarding the commercials. TiVo has always positioned themselves as wanting to change the way the ads were delivered. If you bothered to look at the writing on the wall you could see that ads were going to be reinsterted at some point in some way. I'm glad they have found a way that doesn't include nearly being sued out of existence like replaytv.
I own a TiVo, and I have for 3 years. I didn't buy it to skip commercials. Skipping commercials is a feature I expect of a device that allows me to timeshift shows though. I do however think that if they want to show me an ad that has no effect on me other than being present in my field of view then it is probably not that big of a deal.
I don't fast forward through commercial because I have some idiotic and childish idea that commercials should not exist.
Yeah. Really it is mostly a non issue. You still get to fast forward through the commercial. You just see an add. This is just a lot of knee jerk reaction.
I've been using A9 as my primary search since it launched and I have to say this new feature is very cool. When a search doesn't find hits like I like, I can go to WikiPedia and even blog searches to find out if someone else has mentioned the topic. When you are looking for clusters of keywords on a topic you are only beginning to research it is very powerful.
It *is* important. But that importance should be market driven. Not driven by some self described lone crusader. If the market wants the features to get better, it *will* get better.
The issue is that it is the first real solution that makes it "click" installable with Average Joe knowledge about the system. The fact that it also uses more modern delivery methods is certainly in its favor. Otherwise I would have said. "((Handshake)) Welcome to 1990. And congrats on only doing it as well as 1990 level even though it is 2005."
Making something "Internet aware" is just not an earth shattering big deal, it really never was. It is more important to talk about what you do with that internet awareness. Otherwise e-toys would have made billions.
We just need to be concerned if people can't tell when to use one form versus another. In school I was tought not to use "can't" (but to use "can not") in formal writing, but it is perfectly fine in casual writing. Language has many layers to its depth. The fact is "netspeak" fills a role where space is precious, or quick back and forth communication is desired such as in gaming.
I only worry about speech that is not clear or not precise. Netspeak is clear and precise, though you may have to learn it like any other dialect.
C# and the.NET Framework *are* powerful and *do* provide things nothing else does in quite the same way. This guy shouldn't be trying to explain it to us so we can "get" the Mono project. He should be asking "How come you guys are so hung up on your religion that you question this so much?"
Check out this little gem "I think there are good ways round the first objection. The AI program would continually check its own integrity and its ability to modify itself. If these checks failed then it could self-destruct. The aliens would then have to start again with a fresh copy of the program which would, at the least, be irritating.
The article starts off pretty good, but devolves into some rather circular and odd logic. He does bring up an interesting problem, but he should have just given us an outline of the solution... instead of the drivel that finishes the article.
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The Web has been around for how long? If my pictures or online I expect to be able to share them. It is cruft. I bet you bought e-toys stock because it was "toys on the Web, maaaan! toys on the Web, the weeeebbb, man!".
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Well, it seems to me to be a web implementation of Photo Album from Adobe, with some Web cruft slapped on.
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This April fools Feels particularly uninspired
I believe that science in its strictest sense can be separate from the social context. The whole idea of the scientific method is to remove it. What they really seem to be describing is that the impetus for scientific endeavor cannot be removed from the social context. Those are two entirely different things.
It is interesting they harp on the most easily defensible position (evolution) to defend themselves against criticisms that are based additionally on things such as their coverage of global warming, abortion, etc. Yes it is an April fools joke. They are not calling us idiots for falling for it, they are calling us idiots for criticizing them for not sticking to science. Which involves more than just their take on evolution.
Why not have the registrar have some method of disclosure obtainable by court order or the like. There are plenty of good reasons not to publish your address. If you can't think of a few, I suspect you're either young and immature or an idiot.
I have a web site where I sometimes post pictures of my family. I privately registered the domain because I didn't want some wacko coming across it and then easily being able to get my address. Mind you the address is not publicly published anyway, but it was an easy measure to take for just a bit more protection.
I think Microsoft is actually leaning toward.. "If it is on your machine, don't come b*tching to us." Putting it on individual machines does mean that a huge store of information cannot (or is far less likely) to be compromised all at once.
1. The more info button.0 00418.html
2. The aggregate users statistics.
3. The ads on the initial TiVo screen.
4. actual effect: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/buzz/archives/
5. a press release which shows quickly delivered, aggregate data showing which commercials or actually viewed (that sounds like changing the way that advertisement is delivered to me) http://www.tivo.com/5.3.1.1.asp?article=240
6. from the TiVo site Leading global businesses in the fields of music, filmed entertainment, consumer electronics, and more, have now discovered the interactive TiVo platform as a new way to reach a desirable demographic. Freeing themselves from the limitations of the traditional thirty-second advertising spot, TiVo Showcases advertising partners can present their products and services in a unique and engaging way. http://www.tivo.com/5.1.asp
7. more from the TiVo site http://www.tivo.com/5.5.asp
but I guess the one thing that made it the most obvious to me was that there is an advertising section right on the main TiVo page. It is obvious to me they knew they had to deliver advertising. I can only assume because they did it in a novel way that at some level they had a desire to change the way the ads are delivered. And that they believe that that change could be beneficial to the advertisers.
I own a TiVo... and I paid closer to $300 for it. I don't find this concept annoying at all. But then again... I bought it for more than just some childish idea that I can remove the revenue stream that brought me the show I want to watch without repercussions.
TiVo's idea of creating a static ad during the fast forward, with a "Click for More" is an excellent way to meet me halfway. I get to speed up watching my shows, I don't have to sit through the commercial in realtime, the marketers get their ad, *and* they actually get a value add of the user being able to express interest in the product to get more info.
You seem to think the sole purpose of the TiVo is to remove commercials. You are dead wrong. It provides far more that I actually care about than just fast forwarding the commercials. TiVo has always positioned themselves as wanting to change the way the ads were delivered. If you bothered to look at the writing on the wall you could see that ads were going to be reinsterted at some point in some way. I'm glad they have found a way that doesn't include nearly being sued out of existence like replaytv.
I own a TiVo, and I have for 3 years. I didn't buy it to skip commercials. Skipping commercials is a feature I expect of a device that allows me to timeshift shows though. I do however think that if they want to show me an ad that has no effect on me other than being present in my field of view then it is probably not that big of a deal.
I don't fast forward through commercial because I have some idiotic and childish idea that commercials should not exist.
Yeah. Really it is mostly a non issue. You still get to fast forward through the commercial. You just see an add. This is just a lot of knee jerk reaction.
I've been using A9 as my primary search since it launched and I have to say this new feature is very cool. When a search doesn't find hits like I like, I can go to WikiPedia and even blog searches to find out if someone else has mentioned the topic. When you are looking for clusters of keywords on a topic you are only beginning to research it is very powerful.
that's funny...
It *is* important. But that importance should be market driven. Not driven by some self described lone crusader. If the market wants the features to get better, it *will* get better.
Exactly. Microsoft sell an OS and gives away T-Shirts. RedHat sells t-shirts and gives away an OS.
The issue is that it is the first real solution that makes it "click" installable with Average Joe knowledge about the system. The fact that it also uses more modern delivery methods is certainly in its favor. Otherwise I would have said. "((Handshake)) Welcome to 1990. And congrats on only doing it as well as 1990 level even though it is 2005."
Making something "Internet aware" is just not an earth shattering big deal, it really never was. It is more important to talk about what you do with that internet awareness. Otherwise e-toys would have made billions.
((Handshake)) Welcome to 1990.
It is a bad theme song... Star Trek is not folksy. Dangit.
lol.... nice insightful way to look at it
We just need to be concerned if people can't tell when to use one form versus another. In school I was tought not to use "can't" (but to use "can not") in formal writing, but it is perfectly fine in casual writing. Language has many layers to its depth. The fact is "netspeak" fills a role where space is precious, or quick back and forth communication is desired such as in gaming.
I only worry about speech that is not clear or not precise. Netspeak is clear and precise, though you may have to learn it like any other dialect.
C# and the .NET Framework *are* powerful and *do* provide things nothing else does in quite the same way. This guy shouldn't be trying to explain it to us so we can "get" the Mono project. He should be asking "How come you guys are so hung up on your religion that you question this so much?"
10 years on the Internet, 24x7 for eight of those years. No antivirus. Not a single infection....
I do install one copy every few years to verify this personal protest against virus company scare tactics
Check out this little gem "I think there are good ways round the first objection. The AI program would continually check its own integrity and its ability to modify itself. If these checks failed then it could self-destruct. The aliens would then have to start again with a fresh copy of the program which would, at the least, be irritating.
The article starts off pretty good, but devolves into some rather circular and odd logic. He does bring up an interesting problem, but he should have just given us an outline of the solution... instead of the drivel that finishes the article.
The Web has been around for how long? If my pictures or online I expect to be able to share them. It is cruft. I bet you bought e-toys stock because it was "toys on the Web, maaaan! toys on the Web, the weeeebbb, man!".
Well, it seems to me to be a web implementation of Photo Album from Adobe, with some Web cruft slapped on.
I don't really need Karma... :)