. There is no possible way that any person humanly possible uses less than 250MB of data on their iPhone unless they don't have an iPhone.
Really? Out of curiosity, are you getting those numbers from your Service Provider? Or from your phone? (I've heard of providers claiming higher amounts than the phones indicate.)
My phone (yes it is an iPhone - 3GS) says that I've sent and recieved 4GB of data... since Sept 09. That's an average of ~180GB per month (assuming I didn't punt horribly on the math somewhere.)
Granted, that's higher than I expected, but it's well enough below the 250MB per month cap that, if that were my cap, I would still have some room to do more each month (on average.)
what if the black box information was encrypted in such a way that only the car owner could decrypt it (e.g. with the owner's public key, requiring the owner's private key to decrypt)? Would you call for a court order to demand the decryption key?
Well, since they can get warrants to search someone's house & workplace if they think it's relevant, it's probably not going to be hard to get a warrant to 'search' the black box, and use what they find inside.
WASHINGTON Nov. 3 --
Federal regulators are proposing their first major penalty against a company for violating the "do not call" list for telemarketers: a $780,000 fine against AT&T.
Take a simple example: Imagine you are sitting in a completely closed off room (some isolated test environment) and you are told that you need to press buttons (provided in the room) to get food and water. So you learn to press this button over here to get food and that button over there to get water, and so on. Now, the test environment changes and removes the buttons from your little room. Now, you must learn to perform certain actions to get food and water like raising your right hand for food and raising your left hand for water.
Would this change of approach be benificial to gaming?
Actually, This kind of approach has been tried before. Remember back when you use to play on your NES system? There was a 'controler' you could get for it called the Power Glove. To move in a direction, you moved your arm, to press a button, you kinda twitched on of your fingers. This is similar to what they are suggesting, as it is a new paradigm.
I think the biggest problem with the power glove was that it required so much more energy to use. Having to hold your arm up and out, and then fully 'closing' your finger to press a button. Compared to the slight movements required to press a button.
This new technology will try to change the paradigm once again, but it may be more successful as it requires less movement. But then again, some games may end up requiring you to practically wave your hands back and forth as you use one of your fingers to go press another button.
I don't think gamers will care too much for that. We're a lazy lot
...We allow (people) to make copies for their own personal use: for their computer, for their compilation disc and for their MP3 player, so they can have portable use of their music.
Umm... so, someone can put a copy on their MP3 player... which can means a couple things:
The MP3 players will need special software to read the new CD's... in which case, someone will write a program to read those CD's... and convert them into MP3's on your HD.
Someone transfers a track from thier CD to their MP3 player... then, they transfer the MP3 from their MP3 player to their HD... now whats stopping them from connected to a peer to peer network and sharing this?
And what about DJ's who mix their own songs? Is swiping part of the song now going to mean breaking the DMCA?
if you were to actually look at it yourself.. you'd see that there is the Ctrl and Alt keys on the righ hand side of it... they also double as the 'apple' and 'options' keys for the mac (I don't use a mac so I dunno if those are the proper names for them or not).
Yes, I read the article too, and yes, the review does say that there's no Ctrl or Alt keys... but they're there... take a look for yourself
here
he is reviewing the "game" that he purchased, which, as he stated, does not exist.
but, if you were to actually read it, he's also reviewing the purchase, and advising people that, in his belief, this is not something you want to go buy. That may not be "technically" what it means to review it, but, for the un-educated masses, it'll do.
No, this is actually a review. Most reviews are done pre-shipping, and this one was done post shipping, as such, there are a few basics that are assumed before the review starts.
First assumption is that it will install.
Having bought a "game" only to find that it will not install, no longer makes it a game that you've bought. It just becomes frustration as you try to install it, as, having been released to the public, it should install.
Installing is the very first part of the game, without being able to install, there is no game... and since there is (effectively) no game, the game got a review of 0.
Okay, say someone is nice enough to write extra code for the <TEXTAREA> so you can highlight & hit bold... The most it can do, is put the <B> tags around it, and let the browser display it back bolded. Now, just say that it does put those tags in... how usefull was that for a site that strips the html tags from the input??
Okay, lets go even further... say that the place you're posting to allows HTML tags (which is a rather large security risk) or even just some HTML tags... what good is it going to do you if it isn't displayed properly? Just because you can now highlight and press Ctrl+B or Ctrl+I or something, doesn't mean that when you see it, it'll be seen how it is supposed to.
The problems that the document is dealing with are very basic behavioral concepts that, apparently, all the browsers don't seem to agree on (when they should).
Actually... the NT name/trademark was at that point owned (and still owned) by Northern Telecom (now referred to as NORTEL). I've heard it that Northern Telecom _still_ owns the the trademark of NT, and that MS is paying them to use it in their Windows NT. (Which may be part of why it's not Windows NT anymore, but Windows2000).
Think about it.. all you do for these games is you take on the role of someone else... and you're not really competing against anyone else. Yes there are adventures where you have to go and get a certain item or items, but there are also games where the main goal, is to just live. You take the life of someone else, and try to live and stay sane.
Hunter: The Reconing is an example of that, the idea behind it is, you're a normal human in the world, who suddenly is able to see these 'otherworldly' beings around on earth. While sometimes you get rid of them, mostly, that game is to try to survive.
Basically, while RPGs can be defined as a zero sum game, it also has the potential not to be.
Perhaps originally Metallica was influenced a lot by Black Sabbath (I haven't listened to much Blach Sabbath, so I really dont' know) however, the band has changed and progressed since then.
Originally you this was being talking about intellectual property, and "the ideas, the clothes, the attitude" aren't part of IP. All that is copyrighted is the combination of the lyrics, and music, which includes which chords, the order of the chords, the tuning of the guitars, any effects put on the sounds, the drum rhythm/beat.
And besides, you can't copyright the chord progression of G-C-D-G, or any other progression as chances are, it's been in use MUCH too long to be under copyright anymore.
Basically, my point is, I'd like to see you come up with some music that isn't from somewhere else... something that you didn't "steal."
Computing is not an art, it is a science governed by mathematical laws and logical premises.
You know, that's just like saying that painting isn't an art. It's just a science, governed by the mathematical and scientific (logical if you will) premises. In the case of painting, it's governed by the premises of colour and light.
Writing computer code is an art, and let me tell you why. Each coder has his or her own style. Think of the language that they use (C++, Pascal, BASIC, Assembler, perl, etc) as their paint. The compiler is their brush, and the OS it runs on? the canvas. It's the intellectual property of how you put the code together, and in what form. It's because of this that you're not allowed to reverse engineer a program, because then you'd be using someone else's intellectual property (okay, this may not be the actual reason, but you see my point).
Painting isn't something that anyone can do, as is programming. It's an art, it's a way that some people express themselves (see xBill.. I'm sure that it was just someone's way of expressing themselves.)
It drives me insane when I hear an announcement that X game is delayed to correct a few multiplayer cheat bugs. *I DON'T CARE*. Why do I have to sit and wait because some poor attention-starved loser wants to cheat on a part I will never use?
You have to wait because any delay of the game for that reason, would be not because the programmers want to stop cheating, but that they want to release a quality product that will allow people to play fairly and equally (at let everyone have fun).
Add to that the added insanity (disclaimer: I believe single player games should allow me to cheat my damn brains out - i bought the game, let me do what I want with it) that sometimes developers disable cheating entirely in the game as a way to deal with the multiplayer bugs.
No, you bought the game to play by the rules that were set out by the programmers/concept designers. If you want to cheat however you want, go find a game to buy that will let you do anything and everything.
Personally I am against cheating for the most part. I have used cheat codes before, but it was only used to help my game play out. ie, no-clipping in quake so I can see the layout of the map and figure out where the hell I'm supposed to go, or I used (once) the 'show map' command in Starcraft. I did this because everytime I played against the computer, it kicked my ass. Then I watched what it did, and learned from it. I can now beat the computer without any cheats.
Allow me to clarify a little bit... the concept of the registry is a wonderful thing... MS's implementation of it, isn't. It's too bulky, and has useless information in there. What I think windows needs to do is have a combination between the registry and.ini files... the registry should not be one huge central settings file. it should be a central settings file, for the base programs only. (ie, the kernal & the GUI).
It appears that you either don't like GNOME, or don't like the choice of GUI's being taken away from you. Both opinions are fine, and I think what Miguel is talking about makes lots of sence. I also think it can be accomplished without loosing any choices of your window manager or GUI interface.
What needs to be done, is not to have a unified set of libraries to do a specific task, but a unified interface that all systems can use. Have it so that when I call NewWindow(); it takes all the same parameters, and in the same order, regardless if I'm using KDE or GNOME. Then you may need some system to put all these together and to keep track of them.
Dispite what other people say, Microsoft has had some decent things done... DLL files and the Registry are wonderful things... now only if they were both used properly.
Really, it's not surprising that Americans are censoring all the anime's that come across from Japan. Japanese culture is quite different from ours, they are more open about nudity and sexuality. This is evidenced through the the public baths, as well as character relationships in various Anime. (many more lesbians & gays in anime than in american shows).
Anime isn't just meant for children in Japan. Yes, there are some anime shows for children (ie, Pokemon), but there are easily just as many for Adults or people inbetween.
Just another distinction between Japanese and American culture...
In America: someone from another country is called a foreigner. If that person knows our language, then they're (usually) called a tourist.
In Japan, someone from another country is called gaijin (foreigner). And someone from another country who bothers to learn they language and their customs, is called hanna gaijin (weird foreigner).
Note: the above is from memory... if I got it wrong, either wrong word, or wrong spelling, I appologize now.
Am I the only one who doesn't seem to be loosing their leisure time? For me, the distinction between work or school, and free/leisure time is very distinct.
When I'm at work, I do whatever I can to get my work done & looking nice (currently a web site design/maint/admin) in an efficient manner. However, I rarely "take any work home to do." By the time I get home, I really don't want to think about work anymore... 8hours of work + 1 hour, 15 min commute there & back... it really doesn't make me feel all that willing to do anything else.
When I'm at school, it's similar, but slightly different. I have my assignments that I have to do at home, but once they're done - or while I'm procrastinating... I do that lots. - my time is my own. I'll do whatever I want.
My biggest problem is that some of my interests that I do during my leisure time relate, if not are exactly the same, as what I do at work/school. As I said, I'm currently working as a web page design/maint/admin, and I also run my own web site for fun (still trying to set it up nicely). At school, I'm in a computers course... and my courses include stuff like learning how to network computers, programming, and using *nix. Lets see, what do I do during my free time at home? I'm in charge of my home network, I occationally make small programs to do simple tasks, and I like experimenting with linux.
One of the few things I like doing during my spare time that doesn't relate to work/school is playing games.
But still, while my leisure activities and school/work activities relate, I'm quite specific on when I'll do my school/work activities. To me, there is a very distinct line between them, and I don't let work/school interfere with it. I just value it too much.
On the first point - regarding any new work/development being done for GUI's - I don't know. I'm not a GUI desginer/creator, and have little interest in doing so. I'm quite happy with how my GUI works/looks now.
Which brings me to my main point. While it may be possible for new GUI development to be around, it is almost certainly restrained by the GUI's we currently have around. Most people know how to get around in windows, and most other GUI's are similar enough so you can learn them almost 'intuitively' (I haven't seen any that are drastically different... from a base user's perspective)
Seeing as most people are familiar with the windows GUI, any new and 'radical' GUI will be shot down, just because there's not likely to be many people who will want to bother with learning something completely new. Using a GUI isn't intuitive. Most people learn how to use a GUI by either being shown, or just by watching someone else. Anything that's new, and different, won't be used because very few people will know how to use it & show it to other people.
As such, I don't see any new great inspired GUI's coming alive. Everything will be based on what we currently see now.
Note: this isn't to say that someone won't come up with a faster way of displaying/rendering a GUI... just that it will look similar to what we have today
Now, Usually, I'm all for computers they help us in our day-to-day lives, they (theoretically) make work/life a lot easier (For people other than Techs & network admins... it seems people keep finding new ways to mess things up), but I agree with the article, that kids & computers should be kept at a bit of a distance.
I think the/. topic here is a bit mis-leading. Not only are they recommending that kids not have computers in all the classrooms, but that kids under grade 4 should have them in their classrooms, and that young kids shouldn't have access to them at all.
Okay, to address the first bit... no computers in classrooms until grade 5. Yes, that's fine, I agree with that completely. Until grade 5, possibly later, I can see no reason what-so-ever to have computers in the classroom. With computers in the classroom, the kids will be hindered in developing some rather basic skills. Such skills are:
social interaction
printing/writing
There's probably more than that, just those two come to mind. Social interaction is crucial. It's rare that you can find a place in society that you don't have to interact with others. And as for printing & writing? well, at the very least, you need to know how to do that so it's easier to use a palm pilot (or other similar device) ^_^
However, once they get to a certain level, I think that computer access is neccessary. Teaching kids how easy it is to type up their book report, or essay is good, as it also instills in them a sence of what looks good/professional.
Also remember, that even today, not everyone has a computer at home. So denying a kid access to one all throughout school is bad. Not only will they not learn some neccessary skills (typing, how to get around in windows), but they also have a greater likelyhood of being ostrasiced.
Hmmm, so I apparently read that wrong... which would be the problem with the English language, it's dying. One of the things wrong with it is people are shortening out 'un-neccisary' (sp?) parts of sentances. ie, the line I commented on should be (for clarity sake) "In a (press) statement issued by Icann, they denied treating Afternic unfairly".
I apparently read it wrong, and have been amused by the total lack of ettiquite/elegance with which you have all responded.
Please allow me to try to clarify how I read that line.
"In a statement..." In one sentance, in summary, etc. "... Icann denied treating Afternic unfairly" the part I was picking at.
Now, if none of you can see it being read that way, I suggest you go back to school to gain better knowledge of the English language. The English language is NOT the best language in the world, it's probably one of the worst/ugliest, and I'm pretty sure it's one of the hardest to learn.
Of course, this side-steps the issue of whether it's ethical to take someone's content for free that they are requesting you to register for.
Umm, the registration for nytimes.com is free... so you using the other link to 'take someone's content for free' isn't much of a point.
Being a someone in charge of looking at stats for a web page, the only reason I can think of to ask people to register before browsing, is so you can get more accurate statistics. Yes, of course you can look at the http logs... but having seen that your home page has been loaded 100 times in one day doesn't really tell you much. Was it 100 people? was it just a few people who reloaded the homepage a lot (a-la slashdot homepage)? By having people register, you can find out how many different people visited your site on a day. That information is much more usefull, although, still, not wholy accurate.
The features include better security and "garbage collection,"
I dunno about you, but I'm rather cautious about the security of Microsoft's new products... If they can release a new OS with over 64K of known bugs, I don't want to think about the possible problems with a new programming language. *shudder*
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Really? Out of curiosity, are you getting those numbers from your Service Provider? Or from your phone? (I've heard of providers claiming higher amounts than the phones indicate.)
My phone (yes it is an iPhone - 3GS) says that I've sent and recieved 4GB of data ... since Sept 09. That's an average of ~180GB per month (assuming I didn't punt horribly on the math somewhere.)
Granted, that's higher than I expected, but it's well enough below the 250MB per month cap that, if that were my cap, I would still have some room to do more each month (on average.)
Enhanced visual attention is also useful for your everyday person -- such as anyone who drives a car.
Well, since they can get warrants to search someone's house & workplace if they think it's relevant, it's probably not going to be hard to get a warrant to 'search' the black box, and use what they find inside.
Actually, This kind of approach has been tried before. Remember back when you use to play on your NES system? There was a 'controler' you could get for it called the Power Glove. To move in a direction, you moved your arm, to press a button, you kinda twitched on of your fingers. This is similar to what they are suggesting, as it is a new paradigm.
I think the biggest problem with the power glove was that it required so much more energy to use. Having to hold your arm up and out, and then fully 'closing' your finger to press a button. Compared to the slight movements required to press a button.
This new technology will try to change the paradigm once again, but it may be more successful as it requires less movement. But then again, some games may end up requiring you to practically wave your hands back and forth as you use one of your fingers to go press another button.
I don't think gamers will care too much for that. We're a lazy lot
The MP3 players will need special software to read the new CD's... in which case, someone will write a program to read those CD's... and convert them into MP3's on your HD.
Someone transfers a track from thier CD to their MP3 player... then, they transfer the MP3 from their MP3 player to their HD... now whats stopping them from connected to a peer to peer network and sharing this?
And what about DJ's who mix their own songs? Is swiping part of the song now going to mean breaking the DMCA?
Yes, I read the article too, and yes, the review does say that there's no Ctrl or Alt keys... but they're there... take a look for yourself here
but, if you were to actually read it, he's also reviewing the purchase, and advising people that, in his belief, this is not something you want to go buy. That may not be "technically" what it means to review it, but, for the un-educated masses, it'll do.
First assumption is that it will install.
Having bought a "game" only to find that it will not install, no longer makes it a game that you've bought. It just becomes frustration as you try to install it, as, having been released to the public, it should install.
Installing is the very first part of the game, without being able to install, there is no game... and since there is (effectively) no game, the game got a review of 0.
Okay, say someone is nice enough to write extra code for the <TEXTAREA> so you can highlight & hit bold... The most it can do, is put the <B> tags around it, and let the browser display it back bolded. Now, just say that it does put those tags in... how usefull was that for a site that strips the html tags from the input??
Okay, lets go even further... say that the place you're posting to allows HTML tags (which is a rather large security risk) or even just some HTML tags... what good is it going to do you if it isn't displayed properly? Just because you can now highlight and press Ctrl+B or Ctrl+I or something, doesn't mean that when you see it, it'll be seen how it is supposed to.
The problems that the document is dealing with are very basic behavioral concepts that, apparently, all the browsers don't seem to agree on (when they should).
Actually... the NT name/trademark was at that point owned (and still owned) by Northern Telecom (now referred to as NORTEL). I've heard it that Northern Telecom _still_ owns the the trademark of NT, and that MS is paying them to use it in their Windows NT. (Which may be part of why it's not Windows NT anymore, but Windows2000).
Think about it.. all you do for these games is you take on the role of someone else... and you're not really competing against anyone else. Yes there are adventures where you have to go and get a certain item or items, but there are also games where the main goal, is to just live. You take the life of someone else, and try to live and stay sane.
Hunter: The Reconing is an example of that, the idea behind it is, you're a normal human in the world, who suddenly is able to see these 'otherworldly' beings around on earth. While sometimes you get rid of them, mostly, that game is to try to survive.
Basically, while RPGs can be defined as a zero sum game, it also has the potential not to be.
Originally you this was being talking about intellectual property, and "the ideas, the clothes, the attitude" aren't part of IP. All that is copyrighted is the combination of the lyrics, and music, which includes which chords, the order of the chords, the tuning of the guitars, any effects put on the sounds, the drum rhythm/beat.
And besides, you can't copyright the chord progression of G-C-D-G, or any other progression as chances are, it's been in use MUCH too long to be under copyright anymore.
Basically, my point is, I'd like to see you come up with some music that isn't from somewhere else... something that you didn't "steal."
You know, that's just like saying that painting isn't an art. It's just a science, governed by the mathematical and scientific (logical if you will) premises. In the case of painting, it's governed by the premises of colour and light.
Writing computer code is an art, and let me tell you why. Each coder has his or her own style. Think of the language that they use (C++, Pascal, BASIC, Assembler, perl, etc) as their paint. The compiler is their brush, and the OS it runs on? the canvas. It's the intellectual property of how you put the code together, and in what form. It's because of this that you're not allowed to reverse engineer a program, because then you'd be using someone else's intellectual property (okay, this may not be the actual reason, but you see my point).
Painting isn't something that anyone can do, as is programming. It's an art, it's a way that some people express themselves (see xBill.. I'm sure that it was just someone's way of expressing themselves.)
You have to wait because any delay of the game for that reason, would be not because the programmers want to stop cheating, but that they want to release a quality product that will allow people to play fairly and equally (at let everyone have fun).
No, you bought the game to play by the rules that were set out by the programmers/concept designers. If you want to cheat however you want, go find a game to buy that will let you do anything and everything.
Personally I am against cheating for the most part. I have used cheat codes before, but it was only used to help my game play out. ie, no-clipping in quake so I can see the layout of the map and figure out where the hell I'm supposed to go, or I used (once) the 'show map' command in Starcraft. I did this because everytime I played against the computer, it kicked my ass. Then I watched what it did, and learned from it. I can now beat the computer without any cheats.
Allow me to clarify a little bit... the concept of the registry is a wonderful thing... MS's implementation of it, isn't. It's too bulky, and has useless information in there. What I think windows needs to do is have a combination between the registry and .ini files... the registry should not be one huge central settings file. it should be a central settings file, for the base programs only. (ie, the kernal & the GUI).
What needs to be done, is not to have a unified set of libraries to do a specific task, but a unified interface that all systems can use. Have it so that when I call NewWindow(); it takes all the same parameters, and in the same order, regardless if I'm using KDE or GNOME. Then you may need some system to put all these together and to keep track of them.
Dispite what other people say, Microsoft has had some decent things done... DLL files and the Registry are wonderful things... now only if they were both used properly.
Really, it's not surprising that Americans are censoring all the anime's that come across from Japan. Japanese culture is quite different from ours, they are more open about nudity and sexuality. This is evidenced through the the public baths, as well as character relationships in various Anime. (many more lesbians & gays in anime than in american shows).
Anime isn't just meant for children in Japan. Yes, there are some anime shows for children (ie, Pokemon), but there are easily just as many for Adults or people inbetween.
Just another distinction between Japanese and American culture...
In America: someone from another country is called a foreigner. If that person knows our language, then they're (usually) called a tourist.
In Japan, someone from another country is called gaijin (foreigner). And someone from another country who bothers to learn they language and their customs, is called hanna gaijin (weird foreigner).
Note: the above is from memory... if I got it wrong, either wrong word, or wrong spelling, I appologize now.
Am I the only one who doesn't seem to be loosing their leisure time? For me, the distinction between work or school, and free/leisure time is very distinct.
When I'm at work, I do whatever I can to get my work done & looking nice (currently a web site design/maint/admin) in an efficient manner. However, I rarely "take any work home to do." By the time I get home, I really don't want to think about work anymore... 8hours of work + 1 hour, 15 min commute there & back... it really doesn't make me feel all that willing to do anything else.
When I'm at school, it's similar, but slightly different. I have my assignments that I have to do at home, but once they're done - or while I'm procrastinating... I do that lots. - my time is my own. I'll do whatever I want.
My biggest problem is that some of my interests that I do during my leisure time relate, if not are exactly the same, as what I do at work/school. As I said, I'm currently working as a web page design/maint/admin, and I also run my own web site for fun (still trying to set it up nicely). At school, I'm in a computers course... and my courses include stuff like learning how to network computers, programming, and using *nix. Lets see, what do I do during my free time at home? I'm in charge of my home network, I occationally make small programs to do simple tasks, and I like experimenting with linux.
One of the few things I like doing during my spare time that doesn't relate to work/school is playing games.
But still, while my leisure activities and school/work activities relate, I'm quite specific on when I'll do my school/work activities. To me, there is a very distinct line between them, and I don't let work/school interfere with it. I just value it too much.
On the first point - regarding any new work/development being done for GUI's - I don't know. I'm not a GUI desginer/creator, and have little interest in doing so. I'm quite happy with how my GUI works/looks now.
Which brings me to my main point. While it may be possible for new GUI development to be around, it is almost certainly restrained by the GUI's we currently have around. Most people know how to get around in windows, and most other GUI's are similar enough so you can learn them almost 'intuitively' (I haven't seen any that are drastically different... from a base user's perspective)
Seeing as most people are familiar with the windows GUI, any new and 'radical' GUI will be shot down, just because there's not likely to be many people who will want to bother with learning something completely new. Using a GUI isn't intuitive. Most people learn how to use a GUI by either being shown, or just by watching someone else. Anything that's new, and different, won't be used because very few people will know how to use it & show it to other people.
As such, I don't see any new great inspired GUI's coming alive. Everything will be based on what we currently see now.
Note: this isn't to say that someone won't come up with a faster way of displaying/rendering a GUI... just that it will look similar to what we have today
I think the /. topic here is a bit mis-leading. Not only are they recommending that kids not have computers in all the classrooms, but that kids under grade 4 should have them in their classrooms, and that young kids shouldn't have access to them at all.
Okay, to address the first bit... no computers in classrooms until grade 5. Yes, that's fine, I agree with that completely. Until grade 5, possibly later, I can see no reason what-so-ever to have computers in the classroom. With computers in the classroom, the kids will be hindered in developing some rather basic skills. Such skills are:
- social interaction
- printing/writing
There's probably more than that, just those two come to mind. Social interaction is crucial. It's rare that you can find a place in society that you don't have to interact with others. And as for printing & writing? well, at the very least, you need to know how to do that so it's easier to use a palm pilot (or other similar device) ^_^However, once they get to a certain level, I think that computer access is neccessary. Teaching kids how easy it is to type up their book report, or essay is good, as it also instills in them a sence of what looks good/professional.
Also remember, that even today, not everyone has a computer at home. So denying a kid access to one all throughout school is bad. Not only will they not learn some neccessary skills (typing, how to get around in windows), but they also have a greater likelyhood of being ostrasiced.
I apparently read it wrong, and have been amused by the total lack of ettiquite/elegance with which you have all responded.
Please allow me to try to clarify how I read that line.
"In a statement..." In one sentance, in summary, etc. "... Icann denied treating Afternic unfairly" the part I was picking at.
Now, if none of you can see it being read that way, I suggest you go back to school to gain better knowledge of the English language. The English language is NOT the best language in the world, it's probably one of the worst/ugliest, and I'm pretty sure it's one of the hardest to learn.
I just love double negatives. That one statement (from the article) means just about the exact opposite of the rest of the article.
Now lets just take that statement and remove the double negative (or multiply by -1, whatever you feel more comfortable with):
In a statement, Icann treated Afternic fairly
What I think they meant was: Icann denied Afternic, treating them unfairly; which would make a lot more sense with the rest of the article.
Umm, the registration for nytimes.com is free... so you using the other link to 'take someone's content for free' isn't much of a point.
Being a someone in charge of looking at stats for a web page, the only reason I can think of to ask people to register before browsing, is so you can get more accurate statistics. Yes, of course you can look at the http logs... but having seen that your home page has been loaded 100 times in one day doesn't really tell you much. Was it 100 people? was it just a few people who reloaded the homepage a lot (a-la slashdot homepage)? By having people register, you can find out how many different people visited your site on a day. That information is much more usefull, although, still, not wholy accurate.
I dunno about you, but I'm rather cautious about the security of Microsoft's new products... If they can release a new OS with over 64K of known bugs, I don't want to think about the possible problems with a new programming language. *shudder*