Almost no one that's replied here has actually used a the Kindle or Sony. People assume they just wouldn't like it. That's odd, considering that most of the people here spend all day glued to a screen!
I think that someone needs to defend an ebook reader in general and the Kindle in specific:
- Carry a large selection of books in a small space
- Get new books at any time, in seconds (the Kindle)
- Get a large selection of newspapers/magazines for less money and clutter (the Kindle)
The current generation isn't perfect, but it's easy to see how improvements in the screen, design, and cost will make it a ubiquitous device one day. If you like to read and want easy access to a huge selection of written materials, both of these devices are excellent. They may have minor flaws, but they're minor for the average person.
Most graffiti is randomly applied to public spaces without any community involvement. If the people 'in charge' of a space decide to decorate it, great. If I spend time to paint the wall of my building and it gets graffiti for someone elses amusement... that's not cool... just like me graffiting your house would be wicked uncool.
Yes. I do not want my f*cking tax dollars spent removing someone elses idea of art. Let them paint their own walls!
On the other hand, I have no problem with graffiti artists volunteering to paint a mural on the side of a delapidated community center. That's constructive.
People that have something to say will have successful blogs. People will link to them. Discuss them. Search engines will learn how to rank these higher. Those with nothing to say will get no traffic, no links, and fail.
Just like in real life, some people say valuable things and other people waste a little bit of your life by speaking.
Anyway, isn't Slashdot a group blog with comments like any other? I can't tell the difference.
Here's an article overviewing this bullsh!t (pdf) from Scientific American.
Clearly there are limits to the scientific method... but that doesn't make non-science science.
So, kids will play video games for 12 years and then come work for me? Part of education is learning how to do mind-numbing a tedious work so you can become a part of our economy. If education was always fun, it might kill a generation of working class people. Data entry isn't Halo 2. Or Halo for that matter.
With the comoditization of information, there's increasing incentive for deep-pocketed corporations to slam the mini-pocketed with a lawsuit to get information.
In a perfect world, I would have it come down to intent. Does someone whare information maliciously, as a whistle-blower trying to help, or merely because she heard something that she thought was interesting. Of course, how do you prove intention?
And you're right about the label of journalist fast fading. Most everyone has something to report. If a protection is good enough for a Fox journalist, it's good enough for me.
Is anyone familiar with the laws regarding revealing your source.
If employee tells person A a secrect and person A tells me, must I tell the company who person A is so they can trace the leak?
I would think that if there was a criminal investigation and I was *not* a journalist I would have to reveal my source.
If there was an investigation and I was a journalist, then it gets murky. Lately, it looks like the courts respect you keeping your source secret until they don't.
The world is getting a little less free every day (but I'm making a little more money so it feels freer). Go figure!
David
Would it kill a project to have 'expert versions' of pages that have been okayed by a panel (elected by majority vote, of course) of experts? These could be right next to regular pages and inspire a little more confidence in results.... especially in more specialized or scientific areas.
Your thoughts?
Why hasn't this happened already? It wasn't so long ago that people were building oil rigs and claiming them as private land... I would think anything would resource potential would have been gobbled up in the 80s and 90s.
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Almost no one that's replied here has actually used a the Kindle or Sony. People assume they just wouldn't like it. That's odd, considering that most of the people here spend all day glued to a screen! I think that someone needs to defend an ebook reader in general and the Kindle in specific: - Carry a large selection of books in a small space - Get new books at any time, in seconds (the Kindle) - Get a large selection of newspapers/magazines for less money and clutter (the Kindle) The current generation isn't perfect, but it's easy to see how improvements in the screen, design, and cost will make it a ubiquitous device one day. If you like to read and want easy access to a huge selection of written materials, both of these devices are excellent. They may have minor flaws, but they're minor for the average person.
Most graffiti is randomly applied to public spaces without any community involvement. If the people 'in charge' of a space decide to decorate it, great. If I spend time to paint the wall of my building and it gets graffiti for someone elses amusement... that's not cool... just like me graffiting your house would be wicked uncool.
Yes. I do not want my f*cking tax dollars spent removing someone elses idea of art. Let them paint their own walls!
On the other hand, I have no problem with graffiti artists volunteering to paint a mural on the side of a delapidated community center. That's constructive.
People that have something to say will have successful blogs. People will link to them. Discuss them. Search engines will learn how to rank these higher. Those with nothing to say will get no traffic, no links, and fail. Just like in real life, some people say valuable things and other people waste a little bit of your life by speaking. Anyway, isn't Slashdot a group blog with comments like any other? I can't tell the difference.
Here's an article overviewing this bullsh!t (pdf) from Scientific American. Clearly there are limits to the scientific method... but that doesn't make non-science science.
So, kids will play video games for 12 years and then come work for me? Part of education is learning how to do mind-numbing a tedious work so you can become a part of our economy. If education was always fun, it might kill a generation of working class people. Data entry isn't Halo 2. Or Halo for that matter.
With the comoditization of information, there's increasing incentive for deep-pocketed corporations to slam the mini-pocketed with a lawsuit to get information.
In a perfect world, I would have it come down to intent. Does someone whare information maliciously, as a whistle-blower trying to help, or merely because she heard something that she thought was interesting. Of course, how do you prove intention?
And you're right about the label of journalist fast fading. Most everyone has something to report. If a protection is good enough for a Fox journalist, it's good enough for me.
Is anyone familiar with the laws regarding revealing your source. If employee tells person A a secrect and person A tells me, must I tell the company who person A is so they can trace the leak? I would think that if there was a criminal investigation and I was *not* a journalist I would have to reveal my source. If there was an investigation and I was a journalist, then it gets murky. Lately, it looks like the courts respect you keeping your source secret until they don't. The world is getting a little less free every day (but I'm making a little more money so it feels freer). Go figure! David
For real. It's smaller than a ship you would use to travel across the ocean. How long did it take to get to the moon?
Would it kill a project to have 'expert versions' of pages that have been okayed by a panel (elected by majority vote, of course) of experts? These could be right next to regular pages and inspire a little more confidence in results.... especially in more specialized or scientific areas. Your thoughts?
Why hasn't this happened already? It wasn't so long ago that people were building oil rigs and claiming them as private land... I would think anything would resource potential would have been gobbled up in the 80s and 90s.