I dunno, government funding of private enterprise has worked pretty spectacularly in the past. For example; the railroad system, The New Deal, WWII spending, interstate highways, aerospace technology, the Apollo missions, ARPANET, etc. And those are only a few examples from the US, ignoring other countries' initiatives.
Of course, there are plenty of spectacular failures too, but that's true of any human endeavor. But like I said, this is just speculation. Would we have had the internet at the time we did without government funding?
He asks students to imagine if mainframe vendors had asked government to prop them up in the same way that General Motors recently was.
Perhaps there would have been more supercomputers? Or the internet would have arrived sooner and networking would be more advanced? None of us know what would have happened. Assuming it would have been worse is just speculation.
Man, that's extremely fucked up. I don't think I ever want to play an MMO again, after reading that (not that I had a very strong desire to in the first place, but I'm sometimes tempted).
Well, that's where you are wrong. It does belong to whoever owns the copyright to do whatever they please with. Attaching yourself to such things why you have this problem. It truly was never yours.
What if some other fan disagrees, and likes the new series? What gives you more claim to it than any other viewer?
And if you have friends...real friends...it is easy to say, "Hey, come on over to my party...yes, it will have some strange decorations, but that is no big deal."
If you have any real friends, you won't have any after inviting them to a marketing party. Who the hell is going to respect someone who is whorish enough to do such a thing?
I don't think culture is only about high art, and doesn't include TV. I was commenting on your notion that it belongs to you, and somebody stole it from you, which is absurd. You didn't have anything to do with making "The Prisoner," so it's not yours.
Wait a minute - who said anything about Rock Band or Guitar Hero being about learning to play the guitar? It's not mentioned at all in either the slashdot summary, or the article itself.
Poppycock I'm tired of watching stupid shite that's been dumbed down by some idiot producer who assumes that everyone else is dimmer than he is the 40 Watt waste of space.
Yeah, that's one highly intelligent and well-written sentence.
That's a curious phrase. How is a brick wall unnatural? It's made from ingredients sourced from nature. Likewise, how is a patent any more unnatural than software, as neither occur naturally, or both occur naturally as byproducts of humans?
Again, you're being ridiculously simplistic. I like standards too. It's not that I "prefer Apple" it's that often there are things which aren't covered by standards.
So, do you wait around for the standards bodies to produce something (which may never happen) or do you move ahead on your own? Standards only tend to happen after the fact, and I feel that little progress would be made if we never did anything other than the standard.
Above all, I like quality, efficiency, and things that work. Standards are great when they don't impede that, and even better when they enhance it.
Funny you mention "love" because there's no women on the moon, or on that ridge in Antarctica, which is a major drawback of accepting either of those jobs.
What? They have female scientists who work in Antarctica, and female astronauts.
Xbox 360 has Creators Club and Xbox Live Indie Games, a business model that Apple copied for the iPhone SDK and App Store.
Yes, of course, Apple copied the idea of selling software in an online store from the Xbox. It's not a totally obvious idea that has been around since before the Xbox or anything.... No, Microsoft invented that one entirely by itself... And of course, Apple never had an online digital store before the App store, nosirree.
If you want to run Linux on a PS3, you can still buy the full-sized model which still supports Linux. So there is no excuse. But I'm expecting you just wanted to bitch about Sony, and weren't actually intending on running Linux on a PS3.
If you're interested in running Linux on a PS3, you probably already own one. If you don't, Sony has given you fair warning to get a "chubby" PS3 while they are still available.
I'll be your wingman. If I have to take a chubby, I'll suck it up!
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I dunno, government funding of private enterprise has worked pretty spectacularly in the past. For example; the railroad system, The New Deal, WWII spending, interstate highways, aerospace technology, the Apollo missions, ARPANET, etc. And those are only a few examples from the US, ignoring other countries' initiatives.
Of course, there are plenty of spectacular failures too, but that's true of any human endeavor. But like I said, this is just speculation. Would we have had the internet at the time we did without government funding?
reward the inventor for sharing his inventor with the public
That's some orgy porn I don't particularly want to see.
He asks students to imagine if mainframe vendors had asked government to prop them up in the same way that General Motors recently was.
Perhaps there would have been more supercomputers? Or the internet would have arrived sooner and networking would be more advanced? None of us know what would have happened. Assuming it would have been worse is just speculation.
Man, that's extremely fucked up. I don't think I ever want to play an MMO again, after reading that (not that I had a very strong desire to in the first place, but I'm sometimes tempted).
Why are you so obsessed with mod points?
Well, that's where you are wrong. It does belong to whoever owns the copyright to do whatever they please with. Attaching yourself to such things why you have this problem. It truly was never yours.
What if some other fan disagrees, and likes the new series? What gives you more claim to it than any other viewer?
And if you have friends...real friends...it is easy to say, "Hey, come on over to my party...yes, it will have some strange decorations, but that is no big deal."
If you have any real friends, you won't have any after inviting them to a marketing party. Who the hell is going to respect someone who is whorish enough to do such a thing?
So, you don't like the old-time bikes, eh?
I don't think culture is only about high art, and doesn't include TV. I was commenting on your notion that it belongs to you, and somebody stole it from you, which is absurd. You didn't have anything to do with making "The Prisoner," so it's not yours.
Did you predict the horrendous decline in your spelling abilities, or was it always this bad?
Seriously, video games can be fun, but so can actual real-life hobbies.
How is playing video games not an "actual real-life hobby"?
Wait a minute - who said anything about Rock Band or Guitar Hero being about learning to play the guitar? It's not mentioned at all in either the slashdot summary, or the article itself.
For fuck's sake, shoot yourself in the head if you you think that a TV show is "your culture."
Poppycock I'm tired of watching stupid shite that's been dumbed down by some idiot producer who assumes that everyone else is dimmer than he is the 40 Watt waste of space.
Yeah, that's one highly intelligent and well-written sentence.
but nobody likes cheese in their chocolate.
Have you never eaten a chocolate cheesecake??? Delicious barely begins to describe the experience.
And neither does free market, at least usually. Unless such obsolete designs are artificially propped up by legal means.
What makes the legal system "artificial" but the free market not? They are both human creations, of equal artifice.
I bought only two "mainstream" CDs last year: in both cases the CD came in a flimsy paper case with a one-page booklet.
How can a "booklet" have only one page? For something to resemble a book, even a little one, it needs to have multiple pages.
or Obama's Healthcare is monopoly (hello jail again).
When did that happen?
Tear down the unnatural brick walls
That's a curious phrase. How is a brick wall unnatural? It's made from ingredients sourced from nature. Likewise, how is a patent any more unnatural than software, as neither occur naturally, or both occur naturally as byproducts of humans?
Patents sit as an ever present threat that threatens
Wow, a threat that threatens. Who woulda thunk it?
Again, you're being ridiculously simplistic. I like standards too. It's not that I "prefer Apple" it's that often there are things which aren't covered by standards.
So, do you wait around for the standards bodies to produce something (which may never happen) or do you move ahead on your own? Standards only tend to happen after the fact, and I feel that little progress would be made if we never did anything other than the standard.
Above all, I like quality, efficiency, and things that work. Standards are great when they don't impede that, and even better when they enhance it.
Funny you mention "love" because there's no women on the moon, or on that ridge in Antarctica, which is a major drawback of accepting either of those jobs.
What? They have female scientists who work in Antarctica, and female astronauts.
Xbox 360 has Creators Club and Xbox Live Indie Games, a business model that Apple copied for the iPhone SDK and App Store.
Yes, of course, Apple copied the idea of selling software in an online store from the Xbox. It's not a totally obvious idea that has been around since before the Xbox or anything.... No, Microsoft invented that one entirely by itself... And of course, Apple never had an online digital store before the App store, nosirree.
If you want to run Linux on a PS3, you can still buy the full-sized model which still supports Linux. So there is no excuse. But I'm expecting you just wanted to bitch about Sony, and weren't actually intending on running Linux on a PS3.
If you're interested in running Linux on a PS3, you probably already own one. If you don't, Sony has given you fair warning to get a "chubby" PS3 while they are still available.
I'll be your wingman. If I have to take a chubby, I'll suck it up!