They just used to call them reporters, and they used to have an editor to answer to. Now they write abotu what they feel like or what the public wants to hear, and we call them idiots. Oh I'm sorry. bloggers.
Oh yeah, in addition though... I do have the GameBoy advanced SP... NES edition. makes me feel all mushy inside. I play shining force on it when I'm doing really long trips.
Well, I must say... my first game console was a Nes. I had the first gen gameboy. I played that thing until it broke, and I mean there where no buttons nay more, just plastic rings that once housed a flat surface. I was a major nintendo fan boy as to upbringing.
But slowly.. over the years... they grew to be the non-option for me. The Snes was cool, I used to rent N64 now and then to play golden eye with my four friends, split screen. That was the only great game we found for it. As for the gamecube, it just made me think of babytoys when I saw it, and I never touched it.
If more people feel like me, I'd say they have managed to somewhat alienate their aging audience, while probably still being a viable alternative for toddlers. But that statement is made knowing full well that I don't really have a clue what this "revolution" thingie is, since I have not been exposed to any news of it, no screenshots, no great games I've heard coming for it, and so on. All I know is... supposedly, there is one. And to be honest... I'm not looking for news on it.
so okay... microsoft is the lesser of three evils. The bad the childish and the evil. Now you made me REALLY depressed.
So the first job of this marvelous search engine statistical method... is to find the one person in a bunch of perverts that would appreciate the results.
jack thompson.
see, didn't need a search engine. and why pray tell would he want to find the one page that said "nekkid teen sexy" and wasn't a pr0n page? Oh to press charges of course. Pages like that corrupt our young! Never mind the real pr0n, thats so.. out there. It's the one page that mentions a single naughty word thats in for the trouble!
The Case team discovered a technique that is built on the principle of comparing a set of summary characteristics for any sub region of the observations with the background variation. From these characteristics, attempts are made to find small regions that appear significantly different from the background--a difference that cannot simply be attributed to random chance
So, basically its the one search engine that can only find the words "horny teen nekkid" if it is NOT on a pr0n-page. I can see uses for that. Not for me, but I'm sure SOMEONE is interested in finding other kinds of pages once in a while.
Well, I am glad that things are not quite as depressing as I see them. At least some people stand up against patenting. I find it quite hilarious though that in the article you linked they claim it was piracy to file a patent for somethign already known, while usually the only piracy peopel mention is when something patented is recreated by others without licensing.
Nah, I do believe patenting it self is the thing to blame for this and many other problems.
I'll probably have to pick up a 360 since my anti-sony mood is making me weary of even playing my PS2... (yeah, on an unrelated side note, sad day when microsoft products seems like the lesser of two evils)
But why now? Why the rush? Sure, it's cool, and it's new, and it burns in pretty colours when the powerblock overheats, but... really... all the games worth buying "new tech" for will be released at the earliest six months to a year from now.
I'll wait until then. The added bonus of course being that I'll probably get a few games thrown in the deal for the same price as people eager to have the "latest and greatest" pays up now.
Prior art hasn't really stopped anyone yet. I guess having a patent for a year or so can be valuable enough even if it is contested. Besides, if this is traditional knowledge, who will dispute the claim? Things like... "uhm, we knew that..." doesnt seem to hold up very well in court. Not even if you have it published.
Always interesting to see how virus technology evolves. But this... well just reminds me of a t-shirt note I saw somewhere... "Because there is no patch for human stupidity."
Until they make a patch for the crappy music on most of those CD's, I'm not purchasing. Oh, and while they're at it, make a patch for their distribution, since it seems something is faulty with their current method of forcing me to walk to the store and buying the physical disc... when I don't even have a regular cd-audio player.
Of course this is a needed step for the "average joe" out there that didn't even know he got a malicious rootkit for free when playing a cd on his pc, but then again, does this average joe even know there is a patch out?
as for the rest of us... too little, too late. they have to start with digital distribution without drm, or they will fail.
But I confess I do not have the understanding of modern science as say, a professor would have. However, my understanding of how science works is greater than average, due to schooling in scientific research. Hence I can see how misleading such an article is to those who do not have knowledge of the truths behind statistics.
Oh yes, I agree... Inertia as in "Inertia is a Latin term meaning idleness that has come to mean the tendency of a body to maintain its state of uniform motion unless acted on by an external unbalanced force." (quite wikipedia)
Meaning it won't be accelerated, it will not change course, it will not make any new discoveries... Now take a nap and realise what I'm saying. I'm not bashing your precious statistics as much as I'm bashing the way they are portraied to the general public through the media. Statistics can be used to prove or disprove anything, no matter the truth behind the case... hence statistical research is very careful and must check all factors many times, while statistical headlines scream as loud as they can without checking their facts.
And even to researchers, statistics is dangerous to trust entirely.
Well, let's go over the point here... if we assume that a lot from group a (as in americans) are b, c, and d... does this mean that people who are b, c, and d... is probably from group a? No... saying that one is fat, loud and brash does not make you an american... it makes you fat, loud, and brash.
Another furry critter that have survived for a long time until meeting humanity. Oh golly, let's stuff it and place it on the mantelpiece, or swarm scientists down to it's natural habitat until it gives up and hangs itself.
Some of the things in the back of my fridge have evolved to the point of coherent speech, and I'm sure life on earth would get as far if only scientists (and developers, of course) kept their fingers (and bulldozers) out of the game.
I drive kind of recklessly, I never repair my vehicle, and I don't believe in traffic laws.
Of course, most of all - I don't drive all that often. A rented truck every now and then to move the loot... ehrm... I mean legally aquired goods without receipts... Anyways, why would tracking of my vehicle change the way I drive? If I didn't find a way to disable it I would simply live with it. If I needed some... ehrm.. privacy... for moving the dead bodies out of the kitchen... I guess I would use public transportation, "borrow" another car or just encase the gps-tracker-thingie in lead.
Bottom line... I fail to see how it would affect the way I drive.
Sure, they say that people will choose less congested times for their transportation if it would cost them more to drive during rush hour, but thats bs. Most people drive during rush hour because thats the time they need to get somewhere. The people who don't care about when they drive are probably on vacation.
Blech... oh well, not like it will affect me really... not for many years. It just once more makes me thankful I don't live in the states.
Well, I am very sorry for you. Must be very difficult hating ignorant bastards and being one. In fact, your comment itself proves you are... first of all, generalization of a people from a sterotype is ignorant, second of all, accusing someone of being american just because they claim to be fat, overweight, loud and brash and whatever, is ignorant.
If you had the guts to stand for your opinions I might have been tempted to be insulted by you calling me an american, but... you're apparently not worth the effort.
"Next generation games will combine unprecedented audio and visual experiences to create worlds that are beyond real and they'll deliver storylines and game play so compelling that it will feel like living a lucid dream."
Hmmm... Oh yeah... I have a game here that says something very similar on the back. You know, along the lines of "unprecedented video and audio" and "beyond real" and "live the game". It's for the Commodore 64... on a casette.
It didn't live up to the hype then... I doubt this will now. It was, however... quite fun to play. Quick controls, good game progression, easy to learn, annoying music. Hmmm... I need to go dig something out of the basement again.
You know, I must say, presently Kazaa is the best filesharing protocol in the world! At least for us overweight hairy horny sweaty geeks living in mothers basement. Whatever I search for, I get more pr0n for my ever growing collection! Sure, a few broken files, but it is quantity that matters, not quality!
Of course... in reality I long since moved out of mothers basement, she died, and so did Kazaa. I'm still overweight, hairy, horny and sweaty, but nowadays I use the ed2k and bittorrent protocols for filetranfers instead. These days I only get the good pr0n.
I agree totally. In fact, I agree so much that back in school I did a statistical report on this for a project in math. Since the school was chemistry oriented a lot of people did statistical analyzis on different compounds, and asked the chem prof. about where to find books on the subject. You should have seen his confusion as I asked him where to find studies about the lethal effects of Dihydrogen Monoxide on the human body.
I... don't think I was looking for phrases. I think I was mainly looking for a way to (in a wacky fashion) remind some people that we see these kinds of reports way to often, scaring members of the general public because a lot of people dont really understand the use of statistics.
Now, without going in to the ethical thoughts on genetical studies, let's just say that of course they are conducted via statistics and complex formulas for deviations and so on... But would you print the numbers in your daily newspaper, and if you did, would it make any sense to the persons on the other side?
Of course, theoretically, nothing is random. We just need to find the rigth angle to view it from, so that it looks the same as it was before.
Well, I know I was joking as well... mostly. I wish I wasn't, because statistically, the world would contain less stupid people if I was right.
I agree that statistics can be a very useful tool amongst those who understands it, and between researchers. I don't read much in the form of reputable science journals, but it has happened that I have read articles that later ended up in them... I understand that reading this report is much better than reading the media coverage of it, since as you say out-of-context media reports is a problem...
Then of course, statistics is often misguiding when shown to those that doesn't understand them. For instance, many people can't quite wrap their head around the fact that if I have one hand in a fire, and one in ice, then statistically I'm feeling pretty good. If this fact was published in general news, I bet you some moron would try it out for himself.
Hence, blind belief in statistical based research is dangerous. Those reading reputable science journals... are seldom that blind.
Well... If you feel the need to predict the future, then I suppose you are about as secure in your present as people relying totally on hotline psychics.
I don't mind statistics all that much, it has it's uses... but mainly the use for them today seems to be making nice looking headlines and ignoring consequenses.
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Hmm.. I don't know... should I buy one... hmmm... Do they come with a free rootkit, or is that extra this time around?
They just used to call them reporters, and they used to have an editor to answer to. Now they write abotu what they feel like or what the public wants to hear, and we call them idiots. Oh I'm sorry. bloggers.
Oh yeah, in addition though... I do have the GameBoy advanced SP... NES edition. makes me feel all mushy inside. I play shining force on it when I'm doing really long trips.
Well, I must say... my first game console was a Nes. I had the first gen gameboy. I played that thing until it broke, and I mean there where no buttons nay more, just plastic rings that once housed a flat surface. I was a major nintendo fan boy as to upbringing.
But slowly.. over the years... they grew to be the non-option for me. The Snes was cool, I used to rent N64 now and then to play golden eye with my four friends, split screen. That was the only great game we found for it. As for the gamecube, it just made me think of babytoys when I saw it, and I never touched it.
If more people feel like me, I'd say they have managed to somewhat alienate their aging audience, while probably still being a viable alternative for toddlers. But that statement is made knowing full well that I don't really have a clue what this "revolution" thingie is, since I have not been exposed to any news of it, no screenshots, no great games I've heard coming for it, and so on. All I know is... supposedly, there is one. And to be honest... I'm not looking for news on it.
so okay... microsoft is the lesser of three evils. The bad the childish and the evil. Now you made me REALLY depressed.
So the first job of this marvelous search engine statistical method... is to find the one person in a bunch of perverts that would appreciate the results.
jack thompson.
see, didn't need a search engine. and why pray tell would he want to find the one page that said "nekkid teen sexy" and wasn't a pr0n page? Oh to press charges of course. Pages like that corrupt our young! Never mind the real pr0n, thats so.. out there. It's the one page that mentions a single naughty word thats in for the trouble!
The Case team discovered a technique that is built on the principle of comparing a set of summary characteristics for any sub region of the observations with the background variation. From these characteristics, attempts are made to find small regions that appear significantly different from the background--a difference that cannot simply be attributed to random chance
So, basically its the one search engine that can only find the words "horny teen nekkid" if it is NOT on a pr0n-page. I can see uses for that. Not for me, but I'm sure SOMEONE is interested in finding other kinds of pages once in a while.
it's tiny companies, only one guy hired to sit and write lists of all the games the lawyers should dig up licenses for. And he's a midget!
Well, I am glad that things are not quite as depressing as I see them. At least some people stand up against patenting. I find it quite hilarious though that in the article you linked they claim it was piracy to file a patent for somethign already known, while usually the only piracy peopel mention is when something patented is recreated by others without licensing.
Nah, I do believe patenting it self is the thing to blame for this and many other problems.
I'll probably have to pick up a 360 since my anti-sony mood is making me weary of even playing my PS2...
(yeah, on an unrelated side note, sad day when microsoft products seems like the lesser of two evils)
But why now? Why the rush? Sure, it's cool, and it's new, and it burns in pretty colours when the powerblock overheats, but... really... all the games worth buying "new tech" for will be released at the earliest six months to a year from now.
I'll wait until then. The added bonus of course being that I'll probably get a few games thrown in the deal for the same price as people eager to have the "latest and greatest" pays up now.
Prior art hasn't really stopped anyone yet. I guess having a patent for a year or so can be valuable enough even if it is contested. Besides, if this is traditional knowledge, who will dispute the claim? Things like... "uhm, we knew that..." doesnt seem to hold up very well in court. Not even if you have it published.
obsession is never good, no matter what religion. Especially when the obsession is all about how other people should be allowed to live their lives.
No, if these people are examples of God's finest... sign me up for a trip to hell.
Always interesting to see how virus technology evolves. But this... well just reminds me of a t-shirt note I saw somewhere... "Because there is no patch for human stupidity."
Some people just can not be educated.
Until they make a patch for the crappy music on most of those CD's, I'm not purchasing. Oh, and while they're at it, make a patch for their distribution, since it seems something is faulty with their current method of forcing me to walk to the store and buying the physical disc... when I don't even have a regular cd-audio player.
Of course this is a needed step for the "average joe" out there that didn't even know he got a malicious rootkit for free when playing a cd on his pc, but then again, does this average joe even know there is a patch out?
as for the rest of us... too little, too late.
they have to start with digital distribution without drm, or they will fail.
Or a belief that it could work better.
But I confess I do not have the understanding of modern science as say, a professor would have. However, my understanding of how science works is greater than average, due to schooling in scientific research. Hence I can see how misleading such an article is to those who do not have knowledge of the truths behind statistics.
Oh yes, I agree... Inertia as in "Inertia is a Latin term meaning idleness that has come to mean the tendency of a body to maintain its state of uniform motion unless acted on by an external unbalanced force." (quite wikipedia)
Meaning it won't be accelerated, it will not change course, it will not make any new discoveries... Now take a nap and realise what I'm saying. I'm not bashing your precious statistics as much as I'm bashing the way they are portraied to the general public through the media. Statistics can be used to prove or disprove anything, no matter the truth behind the case... hence statistical research is very careful and must check all factors many times, while statistical headlines scream as loud as they can without checking their facts.
And even to researchers, statistics is dangerous to trust entirely.
Well, let's go over the point here... if we assume that a lot from group a (as in americans) are b, c, and d... does this mean that people who are b, c, and d... is probably from group a? No... saying that one is fat, loud and brash does not make you an american... it makes you fat, loud, and brash.
Another furry critter that have survived for a long time until meeting humanity. Oh golly, let's stuff it and place it on the mantelpiece, or swarm scientists down to it's natural habitat until it gives up and hangs itself.
Some of the things in the back of my fridge have evolved to the point of coherent speech, and I'm sure life on earth would get as far if only scientists (and developers, of course) kept their fingers (and bulldozers) out of the game.
I drive kind of recklessly, I never repair my vehicle, and I don't believe in traffic laws.
Of course, most of all - I don't drive all that often. A rented truck every now and then to move the loot... ehrm... I mean legally aquired goods without receipts... Anyways, why would tracking of my vehicle change the way I drive? If I didn't find a way to disable it I would simply live with it. If I needed some... ehrm.. privacy... for moving the dead bodies out of the kitchen... I guess I would use public transportation, "borrow" another car or just encase the gps-tracker-thingie in lead.
Bottom line... I fail to see how it would affect the way I drive.
Sure, they say that people will choose less congested times for their transportation if it would cost them more to drive during rush hour, but thats bs. Most people drive during rush hour because thats the time they need to get somewhere. The people who don't care about when they drive are probably on vacation.
Blech... oh well, not like it will affect me really... not for many years. It just once more makes me thankful I don't live in the states.
Well, I am very sorry for you. Must be very difficult hating ignorant bastards and being one. In fact, your comment itself proves you are... first of all, generalization of a people from a sterotype is ignorant, second of all, accusing someone of being american just because they claim to be fat, overweight, loud and brash and whatever, is ignorant.
If you had the guts to stand for your opinions I might have been tempted to be insulted by you calling me an american, but... you're apparently not worth the effort.
"Next generation games will combine unprecedented audio and visual experiences to create worlds that are beyond real and they'll deliver storylines and game play so compelling that it will feel like living a lucid dream."
Hmmm... Oh yeah... I have a game here that says something very similar on the back. You know, along the lines of "unprecedented video and audio" and "beyond real" and "live the game". It's for the Commodore 64... on a casette.
It didn't live up to the hype then... I doubt this will now. It was, however... quite fun to play. Quick controls, good game progression, easy to learn, annoying music. Hmmm... I need to go dig something out of the basement again.
You know, I must say, presently Kazaa is the best filesharing protocol in the world! At least for us overweight hairy horny sweaty geeks living in mothers basement. Whatever I search for, I get more pr0n for my ever growing collection! Sure, a few broken files, but it is quantity that matters, not quality!
Of course... in reality I long since moved out of mothers basement, she died, and so did Kazaa. I'm still overweight, hairy, horny and sweaty, but nowadays I use the ed2k and bittorrent protocols for filetranfers instead. These days I only get the good pr0n.
I agree totally. In fact, I agree so much that back in school I did a statistical report on this for a project in math. Since the school was chemistry oriented a lot of people did statistical analyzis on different compounds, and asked the chem prof. about where to find books on the subject. You should have seen his confusion as I asked him where to find studies about the lethal effects of Dihydrogen Monoxide on the human body.
I... don't think I was looking for phrases. I think I was mainly looking for a way to (in a wacky fashion) remind some people that we see these kinds of reports way to often, scaring members of the general public because a lot of people dont really understand the use of statistics.
Now, without going in to the ethical thoughts on genetical studies, let's just say that of course they are conducted via statistics and complex formulas for deviations and so on... But would you print the numbers in your daily newspaper, and if you did, would it make any sense to the persons on the other side?
Of course, theoretically, nothing is random. We just need to find the rigth angle to view it from, so that it looks the same as it was before.
Well, I know I was joking as well... mostly. I wish I wasn't, because statistically, the world would contain less stupid people if I was right.
I agree that statistics can be a very useful tool amongst those who understands it, and between researchers. I don't read much in the form of reputable science journals, but it has happened that I have read articles that later ended up in them... I understand that reading this report is much better than reading the media coverage of it, since as you say out-of-context media reports is a problem...
Then of course, statistics is often misguiding when shown to those that doesn't understand them. For instance, many people can't quite wrap their head around the fact that if I have one hand in a fire, and one in ice, then statistically I'm feeling pretty good. If this fact was published in general news, I bet you some moron would try it out for himself.
Hence, blind belief in statistical based research is dangerous.
Those reading reputable science journals... are seldom that blind.
Well... If you feel the need to predict the future, then I suppose you are about as secure in your present as people relying totally on hotline psychics.
I don't mind statistics all that much, it has it's uses... but mainly the use for them today seems to be making nice looking headlines and ignoring consequenses.