"That's because in contrast to an anti-cancer drug that might be 'one big drug based on one big idea,' a computer software program, comprising millions of lines of code, could be 'hundreds of bright ideas [that] equal maybe no patents at all, [that] equal maybe one patent, or hundreds of bright ideas [that] equal hundreds of patents.'"
The whole idea here will only hold up as long as our understanding of genetics is poor. The GM Golden Rice wasn't one big idea, but many ideas properly composed together (recreating many pathways from different plants within one species for an overall effect of more beta-carotene). When we get good at this, GM species (say a terraforming microbe for mars if you're squeamish about food) will be massive groups of synthesized genetic code like software. With an open research environment (not that that is likely with today's terrorist-fearing society), complex products based on many lines of code could end up conflicting in the same way software patents so often do.
And oh, what a mess when we get to open-source genetic programming!
Let's not forget the lessons from Godel, Escher, Bach! For every perfect record player (or system recieving information), there exists some pattern of music (information) which will destroy the system.
As for the memory analogy, of course you will forget something if someone tells you just the right info to make your brain explode!
ya, that was a badly phrased comment. I meant that that was the area that needed the most revolutionizing, which the article suggests On will be doing.
I'm sure everyone's already seen this impressive video (widely regarded as an elaborate hoax). It makes a good point: With their vast storage and processing abilities and constantly improving compatibility, Nintendo has only it's lack of development in interface that keeps it from seeking the holy grail of virtual reality.
Obviously microsoft or some clever enemy of firefox made these advertisements with the knowledge that it would turn us against the browser. An insider, a traitor amongst them!
the reason VR hasn't taken off, say, in websites, is because it takes a lot to program it, and because there isn't a common interface. If browsers supported a some common 3d environments that were open source, VR would have a chance. I've wondered if x3d (successor to vrml) could do this, but it isn't (yet) well enough supported.
Thanks for taking the time to reply John. I'm glad to see that you are aware of the concerns of audiences other than your direct clients.
The technology does have its upsides, but for the security-concerned, its faults as well. I have a proposition to deal with this.
The biggest concern is that we may be reading a tracked PDF without knowing it; Everyone here likes to know what's happening in their machines, and what others can tell about them.
My proposition is that your PDFs carry a sort of flag that will alert knowledgable uses that they are about to open a Remote Approach PDF. This could be something as simple as capitalizing only the D in pDf, but it would be nice to have instead a script to alert browsers and systems.
Thanks to everyone on this post for your wide variety of opinions, the exploits (a major concern), and solutions. John, I hope these things have an effect on your product. If so, I wish you luck.
I'll support this movement. Howabouts might we make people aware of the possibiliy? It seems your suggestion has been buried.
I'm going to suggest it to some local bands, see what they think, bring it up in other forums.
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pardon the italics error...
"That's because in contrast to an anti-cancer drug that might be 'one big drug based on one big idea,' a computer software program, comprising millions of lines of code, could be 'hundreds of bright ideas [that] equal maybe no patents at all, [that] equal maybe one patent, or hundreds of bright ideas [that] equal hundreds of patents.'"
The whole idea here will only hold up as long as our understanding of genetics is poor.
The GM Golden Rice wasn't one big idea, but many ideas properly composed together (recreating many pathways from different plants within one species for an overall effect of more beta-carotene).
When we get good at this, GM species (say a terraforming microbe for mars if you're squeamish about food) will be massive groups of synthesized genetic code like software. With an open research environment (not that that is likely with today's terrorist-fearing society), complex products based on many lines of code could end up conflicting in the same way software patents so often do.
And oh, what a mess when we get to open-source genetic programming!
Let's not forget the lessons from Godel, Escher, Bach! For every perfect record player (or system recieving information), there exists some pattern of music (information) which will destroy the system.
As for the memory analogy, of course you will forget something if someone tells you just the right info to make your brain explode!
It fills me with a fury that can only be compared to that of a fairly angry person.
ya, that was a badly phrased comment. I meant that that was the area that needed the most revolutionizing, which the article suggests On will be doing.
I'm sure everyone's already seen this impressive video (widely regarded as an elaborate hoax). It makes a good point: With their vast storage and processing abilities and constantly improving compatibility, Nintendo has only it's lack of development in interface that keeps it from seeking the holy grail of virtual reality.
String Theory is just a shorthand name for Superstring Theory.
Obviously microsoft or some clever enemy of firefox made these advertisements with the knowledge that it would turn us against the browser. An insider, a traitor amongst them!
the reason VR hasn't taken off, say, in websites, is because it takes a lot to program it, and because there isn't a common interface. If browsers supported a some common 3d environments that were open source, VR would have a chance. I've wondered if x3d (successor to vrml) could do this, but it isn't (yet) well enough supported.
Lyrics from the first half of "A Day In The Life" mixed with the piano of Radiohead's "Karma Police"
*commits seppuku*
Thanks for taking the time to reply John. I'm glad to see that you are aware of the concerns of audiences other than your direct clients.
The technology does have its upsides, but for the security-concerned, its faults as well. I have a proposition to deal with this.
The biggest concern is that we may be reading a tracked PDF without knowing it; Everyone here likes to know what's happening in their machines, and what others can tell about them. My proposition is that your PDFs carry a sort of flag that will alert knowledgable uses that they are about to open a Remote Approach PDF. This could be something as simple as capitalizing only the D in pDf, but it would be nice to have instead a script to alert browsers and systems.
Thanks to everyone on this post for your wide variety of opinions, the exploits (a major concern), and solutions. John, I hope these things have an effect on your product. If so, I wish you luck.
I'll support this movement. Howabouts might we make people aware of the possibiliy? It seems your suggestion has been buried. I'm going to suggest it to some local bands, see what they think, bring it up in other forums.
this won't work for start-up artists releasing their first lp, which make up a large percent of musicians, but it's a good idea.
that "perfect being" wasn't so much a God as a standard we go for, society's personality goal. Too bad It's quite Schizophrenic.