You remind me of the 80s / dotcom boom / every other prediction about technology.
Stop it.
HUD Glasses? Using it for UI? Speech recognition to type and control?
Maybe when the technology gets there, but it's no where near it yet. I don't want to wear something on my head all day, and reduce the movement afforded me by my wireless optical mouse. My mouse and keyboard skills are uber, however I don't have RSI, so maybe it's more necessary for you.
I'm torn as to whether this would improve gaming ability or decrease gaming ability.
For instance it is unlikely that the sensor will be able to map the complex ideas of the mind, instead it would reduce it to basic commands, so they can be mapped to the computer.
However, this would mean you would have to cognitively think of something, to product the desired result.
Now if I'm trying to think of something to produce the result, how much does this conflict with me strategizing?
At present the commands are mapped to physical movements, which eventually become subconscious and can be used quite well.
However given you need to consciously think about something to train this thing in the first place, doesn't that imply that you will always need to consciously think about it?
I don't think this would be better than our current technology, until we can intemperate what the mind wants, as opposed to adapting the controller for the mind.
I'd like it for fast typing, given it could keep up with my mind, and given I could train it to read my internal dialog.
(Disclaimer: I am not an authority on anything this subject or any subject like this. In true Slashdot form I didn't even read the article, just got opinionated about it based on the summary.)
First of all, how much of the crime he is referring to is pirating/gambling/porn/censorship related.
Second, businesses are already dealing with the current cyber crime and are adapting and getting better at handling it.
So far we have established that the second internet wouldn't be used because it wouldn't be free, and wouldn't vastly improve on anything.
We could go on all day about how this is fucking stupid, and anything that met his definition of secure, would probably not be scalable and would remove the freedoms most people enjoy the internet for.
I like this idea. I wish there was something like this that was more wide spread, not government regulated (so you can opt out) and available in Australia.
One problem I have had is through switching doctors and the new one not getting the files of the old, and not being privy to the others results.
Also, this should increase the quality of peer review of your doctors notes.
Think of it this way: What does it say when a coach of a sports team decides to jump ship to another team mid-season?
Umb... I think it means that the old team has reached maturity and doesn't need that style of coach any more, whereas the new team requires the skills and training this coach can provide.
You do realize that none of the countries you listed are socialist right? They have mixed economies, where some things are controlled by Government, but not enough to consider it socialist. Else by that measure you can consider almost every country in the world as socialist. (besides the ones which are communist)
This makes a lot of sense to me, after reading this, I had a look at all of the books I have purchased and realized they fall into 1 of 2 categories:
Books I didn't read before buying them (All of these are books Uni text-books)
Books I read before buying them (This is everything else in my collection)
I think this comes down to, I don't like to take a risk with the vast amount of absolute crap that is out there, and prefer to know that I like a book before I buy it. Then when I buy it, I feel really good for having bought it and supporting the author.
As with most positions it isn't one way or the other. You need to balance both, if you neglect the rest of the business that doesn't help you in the long run, if you neglect the department, neither does that.
Good management skills are great, but you need leadership skills also.
Either way, learning more about business and economics would not hurt your position, and would not hurt your chances of getting that position or higher.
Can I be the first person to suggest that the crew of the first manned mission to an asteroid absolutely must be...
1) Bruce Willis 2) Ben Affleck (Hey, send Matt Daemon too, sure it has nothing to do with the movie, but I think he deserves to be in space) 3) A sketchy guy (Who I can't remember the name of and don't care) and some big black guy for racial equality (Who I also can't remember the name of and don't care)
Either way, this is the only way I see a mission like this succeeding.
Besides this happening, I believe it would be much cooler to establish a colony on the moon, however the first colony absolutely must...
1) Setup an amusement park 2) Setup a monument in said amusement park to the first whalers to land on the moon 3) Send Matt Groening there to show him that, this is what happens when you make a popular show which resonates with nerds who have a huge sense of irony
Both of these activities will garner the support NASA needs to undertake these missions from the common man, while increasing the future success of the human species, specifically as it pertains to colonization of the universe.
After all, it's not like RFID chips could be swapped, erased, removed and as we all know, relying on technology to enforce behavior has never failed. That's why DRM is so popular and electronic passports are completely unhackable, and even if they were hackable, it's not like people get used to the new systems and forget to do the most basic of checks.
Also, the social repercussions for putting these in inmates raises no problems, all you need to do is look at the great success the US has had with the sex offender registry in rehabilitating people.
I can't find a single reason not to do this. Go Britain!
WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!? It took me a whole 2 seconds to think of all of these, how has this idea made it this far?
Australia has a culture about being suspicious and progress, new technologies (That aren't the Hills Hoist) and similar.
Because of this, more people have an irrational fear of the Internet. Not so much to do with system security, but more with credit card security, bank security and general detail security.
To the point where, if you try to start an online business in Australia that requires these sorts of transactions, you might find yourself in an EVEN SMALLER market than you thought you were to being with.
The strongest arguments against DRM are not economic, but moral, and concerns the loss of consumer rights.
The strongest argument against DRM (for me) are economic. DRM is intended to further copyrights/royalties and such. As such it regulates a market where it needn't be regulated. The result of this is, increased cost for artists, increased costs for consumers, increased costs for distribution businesses, the primary beneficiaries are the middlemen (producers, etc).
I know people who work for APRA ( http://www.apra.com.au/ ) and a fair few bands in the Australian market. Because of DRM/CopyRight/Royalties/Etc, there is a barrier to entry for people only just starting in the music industry, which is created and sustained by people who are already established in the music industry.
I don't know many musos who are well educated on economics, however the ones who are, understand this and see it all the time when trying to get things released and played.
Additionally, if you believe that business and government is there to serve the interests of people (I don't think anybody would argue else wise), then you see that any regulations on markets, especially in instances like this, does not serve the interests of people, instead it serves the interests of the businesses, however also hurts these businesses in the long term.
So to end my rant, there are many perfectly valid economic reasons which I would take over the moral ones.
And so I'm waiting for the part where the medical profession realizes this, and then doctors/hospitals/etc start providing accurate information by qualified professionals on YouTube as a form of free advertising.
Stupid people lead the way on spreading FUD, but rational people follow when it garners enough attention.
I live in Australia, never been to the US, but know some people from there. However, we hear stories about Black Friday, and I even looked into shopping online for Black Friday/Cyber Monday, etc.
Slashdot Mirror
I don't know.
You remind me of the 80s / dotcom boom / every other prediction about technology.
Stop it.
HUD Glasses? Using it for UI? Speech recognition to type and control?
Maybe when the technology gets there, but it's no where near it yet. I don't want to wear something on my head all day, and reduce the movement afforded me by my wireless optical mouse. My mouse and keyboard skills are uber, however I don't have RSI, so maybe it's more necessary for you.
I'm torn as to whether this would improve gaming ability or decrease gaming ability.
For instance it is unlikely that the sensor will be able to map the complex ideas of the mind, instead it would reduce it to basic commands, so they can be mapped to the computer.
However, this would mean you would have to cognitively think of something, to product the desired result.
Now if I'm trying to think of something to produce the result, how much does this conflict with me strategizing?
At present the commands are mapped to physical movements, which eventually become subconscious and can be used quite well.
However given you need to consciously think about something to train this thing in the first place, doesn't that imply that you will always need to consciously think about it?
I don't think this would be better than our current technology, until we can intemperate what the mind wants, as opposed to adapting the controller for the mind.
I'd like it for fast typing, given it could keep up with my mind, and given I could train it to read my internal dialog.
(Disclaimer: I am not an authority on anything this subject or any subject like this. In true Slashdot form I didn't even read the article, just got opinionated about it based on the summary.)
To paraphrase someone who came up with this on another Slashdot thread.
Because he is from the school of thought where an apostrophe means "WATCH OUT THERE'S AN S COMING UP!"
Hey boy! Stop ruining the FBI's fun. We don' wanna hear no nonsense about Internet2 or IPv6. You just scram, ya hear?
First of all, how much of the crime he is referring to is pirating/gambling/porn/censorship related.
Second, businesses are already dealing with the current cyber crime and are adapting and getting better at handling it.
So far we have established that the second internet wouldn't be used because it wouldn't be free, and wouldn't vastly improve on anything.
We could go on all day about how this is fucking stupid, and anything that met his definition of secure, would probably not be scalable and would remove the freedoms most people enjoy the internet for.
Can we mod this article as Troll?
I have found JavaScript performance depends immensely on what it was written for.
For instance Gmail in FireFox is really fast, almost as if it weren't a web application.
However, Gmail in Opera is a lot slower.
Possibly due to how FireFox caches and similar, but either way, theend result is that Google Apps is a lot faster on FireFox.
I like this idea. I wish there was something like this that was more wide spread, not government regulated (so you can opt out) and available in Australia.
One problem I have had is through switching doctors and the new one not getting the files of the old, and not being privy to the others results.
Also, this should increase the quality of peer review of your doctors notes.
Umb... I think it means that the old team has reached maturity and doesn't need that style of coach any more, whereas the new team requires the skills and training this coach can provide.
Is that what you were getting at?
You do realize that none of the countries you listed are socialist right? They have mixed economies, where some things are controlled by Government, but not enough to consider it socialist. Else by that measure you can consider almost every country in the world as socialist. (besides the ones which are communist)
This makes a lot of sense to me, after reading this, I had a look at all of the books I have purchased and realized they fall into 1 of 2 categories:
Books I didn't read before buying them (All of these are books Uni text-books)
Books I read before buying them (This is everything else in my collection)
I think this comes down to, I don't like to take a risk with the vast amount of absolute crap that is out there, and prefer to know that I like a book before I buy it. Then when I buy it, I feel really good for having bought it and supporting the author.
And it looks great on my shelf!
Yes.
What a stupid question.
You'd think the billions being poured into this industry would give it away.
Or perhaps the ridiculous amount of lawsuits to stop the people, who are already doing it in droves.
I haven't had a TV since about 2000.
Next article!
As with most positions it isn't one way or the other. You need to balance both, if you neglect the rest of the business that doesn't help you in the long run, if you neglect the department, neither does that.
Good management skills are great, but you need leadership skills also.
Either way, learning more about business and economics would not hurt your position, and would not hurt your chances of getting that position or higher.
Please.... oh please tell me that Spy Chips, the movie is being made by Uwe Boll.
Finally, we could put him to some good use.
My guess is this wouldn't happen, conspiracy theorists are too smart to fall for Uwe Boll's tricks.
Can I be the first person to suggest that the crew of the first manned mission to an asteroid absolutely must be...
1) Bruce Willis
2) Ben Affleck (Hey, send Matt Daemon too, sure it has nothing to do with the movie, but I think he deserves to be in space)
3) A sketchy guy (Who I can't remember the name of and don't care) and some big black guy for racial equality (Who I also can't remember the name of and don't care)
Either way, this is the only way I see a mission like this succeeding.
Besides this happening, I believe it would be much cooler to establish a colony on the moon, however the first colony absolutely must...
1) Setup an amusement park
2) Setup a monument in said amusement park to the first whalers to land on the moon
3) Send Matt Groening there to show him that, this is what happens when you make a popular show which resonates with nerds who have a huge sense of irony
Both of these activities will garner the support NASA needs to undertake these missions from the common man, while increasing the future success of the human species, specifically as it pertains to colonization of the universe.
So to conclude:
4) ???
5) Profit!
Can you direct me to the society for raping the word "definitely"?
Lets see, the more we regulate, the worse our education system becomes.
Most of the problems I see with my schooling, comes from enforced equality and government regulation of education.
It has nothing to do with religion, it's economics.
China, India and developing countries have quite regulated education, but they also have the drive to succeed. (It's called poverty)
This makes perfect sense to me!
After all, it's not like RFID chips could be swapped, erased, removed and as we all know, relying on technology to enforce behavior has never failed. That's why DRM is so popular and electronic passports are completely unhackable, and even if they were hackable, it's not like people get used to the new systems and forget to do the most basic of checks.
Also, the social repercussions for putting these in inmates raises no problems, all you need to do is look at the great success the US has had with the sex offender registry in rehabilitating people.
I can't find a single reason not to do this. Go Britain!
WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!? It took me a whole 2 seconds to think of all of these, how has this idea made it this far?
I think everyone caught that the first read through.
I don't know any day to day Linux user who is a gamer.
I do know gamers who are slight or once off Linux users.
Something FREE! That's good!
...
Vista Ultimate? That's bad!
Monitoring? That's bad!
Can I downgrade it to Windows XP Pro and get a free Windows XP Pro license that's legit? That'd be good!
Just seems you can't even give Vista away.
It's the reverse in Australia.
Australia has a culture about being suspicious and progress, new technologies (That aren't the Hills Hoist) and similar.
Because of this, more people have an irrational fear of the Internet. Not so much to do with system security, but more with credit card security, bank security and general detail security.
To the point where, if you try to start an online business in Australia that requires these sorts of transactions, you might find yourself in an EVEN SMALLER market than you thought you were to being with.
The strongest argument against DRM (for me) are economic. DRM is intended to further copyrights/royalties and such. As such it regulates a market where it needn't be regulated. The result of this is, increased cost for artists, increased costs for consumers, increased costs for distribution businesses, the primary beneficiaries are the middlemen (producers, etc).
I know people who work for APRA ( http://www.apra.com.au/ ) and a fair few bands in the Australian market. Because of DRM/CopyRight/Royalties/Etc, there is a barrier to entry for people only just starting in the music industry, which is created and sustained by people who are already established in the music industry.
I don't know many musos who are well educated on economics, however the ones who are, understand this and see it all the time when trying to get things released and played.
Additionally, if you believe that business and government is there to serve the interests of people (I don't think anybody would argue else wise), then you see that any regulations on markets, especially in instances like this, does not serve the interests of people, instead it serves the interests of the businesses, however also hurts these businesses in the long term.
So to end my rant, there are many perfectly valid economic reasons which I would take over the moral ones.
The economic case against DRM is clear cut.
And so I'm waiting for the part where the medical profession realizes this, and then doctors/hospitals/etc start providing accurate information by qualified professionals on YouTube as a form of free advertising.
Stupid people lead the way on spreading FUD, but rational people follow when it garners enough attention.
I live in Australia, never been to the US, but know some people from there. However, we hear stories about Black Friday, and I even looked into shopping online for Black Friday/Cyber Monday, etc.
It's internationally known
Hey man, all of that extra stuff was great...
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But you had me at "I, for one,