Sorry if it seemed condescending - I did notice you mentioned not having a cell phone. It's just surprising that someone on a site like Slashdot would think you cannot run your own software on your own phone, which to me would indicate that's what most people "not in the know" think.
Modern phones run software. Most users have control over devices they own.
I thought your provider pretty much controlled what your phone can do and what programs are on it.
Only if your phone is tied to your service provider and your agreement with said provider / firmware controlled by them prevents you from running your own software. Would you be surprised to hear that some people can run arbitrary code on their own computers without being prevented from doing so by their ISP?
If your way of thinking about this is common, it seems consumers have already accepted "trusted computing" in the mobile world.
Ok, so what does this default judgement mean? Is my intuitive understanding that the court considers guilt to be proven but the amount of damages can still be contested correct?
Ugh. A moment's panic may well cost someone thirty million. Depressing.
Stress and depression are very different things. From Wikipedia:
Mental responses to stress include adaptive ("good") stress, anxiety and depression. Where stress enhances function (physical or mental) it may be considered "good" stress. However, if stress persists and is of "excessive" degree it eventually leads to a need for resolution, which may lead either to anxiety (escape) or depressive (withdrawal) behaviors.
Many games and movies contain stressful situations, in moderation. Playing games and watching movies are still considered relaxing activities.
To answer your question, "Is it a good idea to get rid of stress-related (causing) mechansims?", directly, it probably is a good idea to get rid of the worst-case results of stress but not stress in general.
There's really nothing better than receiving threatening e-mails at work and home as well as subscriptions to gay magazines, threats of violence against your home, family, and dog just because you locked a thread on a forum.
So, how does this work; someone who posted in that thread pays for the subscription?
Also, both of these products - Profit Pod and TightPod - are new products, released long after the iPod has been established; while it might be questionable that the former is could be mistaken for an iPod, the latter is an accessory for portable music players
O rly?. Hint: "Stylish protection for your laptop".
The creator of a work has the right to ensure that that work is only seen in a form which the creator approves of.
So, how does the fact that all rights are signed away to a record label or film studio impact this? The "rights of the artist" seems to be a fallacy that the holders of copyrights use to motivate widening and extension of copyright.
What happens if the copyright holder and the original creator of a work disagree on whether someone can create a derivative work? The artist has a right to decide how his work is seen? No.
The creator of a work has no rights. The copyright holder does. These two are seldom the same.
Only objects orbiting a star would be called planets. Charon doesn't orbit Pluto, they both orbit a point between them. In contrast, the Earth-Moon-system's center of gravity is inside Earth.
Anyway, having 50+ planets makes remembering their names both difficult and pointless. I suspect the crowd that didn't want Pluto to be a planet came up with the plutoid classification to split it off form the eight "real" planets.
Because, no matter what side of the debate you are on, you must agree that the RIAA is using the lawsuits to harass people. That is an abuse of process.
I don't think a court would call the lawsuits harassment. The real problem here is that even those who are innocent pay up rather than defend themselves due to the cost and risk of doing the latter. In a fair legal system, an innocent man should not feel the need to pay a fee for something he didn't do.
Personally, I don't think a cop should be monitored on the job any more than say, a casino dealer. Even though a cop is dealing with life, death, and the public good, and a dealer is just dealing with money. I've heard that dealers are watched every minute, but I don't know if that's true.
At least in Helsinki, Finland they have one supervisor per two tables that constantly watch what's going on. I think cheating or cooperation with the customers is a secondary concern, though. The supervisors tend to point out small mistakes fairly often. If the casino would lose (just guessing here) 50-100/hour to random mistakes without a supervisor, the choice to have one is fairly clear.
The other problem is that I and possibly other people prefer hard-wired art, you know, the good ol' idea of art provoking emotions, not responding to them.
How best to provoke emotions is dependent on the mood of the viewer. If you are stressed and angry, and the artwork wants to make you happy, it needs to calm you down before showing funny clown pictures. Old-fashioned art doesn't have the option of changing how it tries to provoke emotions based on your mood.
Hell, this form of interactive mood manipulation could become huge. It could learn over time how to best make your mood change. Starting with Goatse to get your attention, then less offensive pr0n to keep it. All while playing soothing music in the background. Ludvig van, perhaps?
Unless he's trying to get into USA as an american citizen, I don't see why a german would like to pass as an american in any other place in the world, considering that, unfortunattely, american people are the favorite target of terrorists around the planet.
Out of curiosity, how many US tourists have been killed by terrorists? I can't recall a single case.
One can have many opinions of socialistic solutions, but when it comes to nutrition and education I'm all for it.
Another Finn here, happily paying taxes right now so the next kid can get the free education and healthy meals I got when I was in his place. I'm all for free markets, but seven-year-olds haven't had a chance to work for the money to pay for their education and having rich parents is not a choice.
And I want to have a say in how microsoft does business, but then again I didn't create microsoft, so I don't get to control it.
You don't get to control Microsoft because you are not the current owner of Microsoft. It doesn't matter who originally came up with the business idea.
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Sorry if it seemed condescending - I did notice you mentioned not having a cell phone. It's just surprising that someone on a site like Slashdot would think you cannot run your own software on your own phone, which to me would indicate that's what most people "not in the know" think.
Modern phones run software. Most users have control over devices they own .
I thought your provider pretty much controlled what your phone can do and what programs are on it.
Only if your phone is tied to your service provider and your agreement with said provider / firmware controlled by them prevents you from running your own software. Would you be surprised to hear that some people can run arbitrary code on their own computers without being prevented from doing so by their ISP?
If your way of thinking about this is common, it seems consumers have already accepted "trusted computing" in the mobile world.
Does this mean Netcraft is dead? And NetBSD, ironically, outlasted it.
Ok, so what does this default judgement mean? Is my intuitive understanding that the court considers guilt to be proven but the amount of damages can still be contested correct?
Ugh. A moment's panic may well cost someone thirty million. Depressing.
Stress and depression are very different things. From Wikipedia:
Mental responses to stress include adaptive ("good") stress, anxiety and depression. Where stress enhances function (physical or mental) it may be considered "good" stress. However, if stress persists and is of "excessive" degree it eventually leads to a need for resolution, which may lead either to anxiety (escape) or depressive (withdrawal) behaviors.
Many games and movies contain stressful situations, in moderation. Playing games and watching movies are still considered relaxing activities.
To answer your question, "Is it a good idea to get rid of stress-related (causing) mechansims?", directly, it probably is a good idea to get rid of the worst-case results of stress but not stress in general.
Apparently they live on La Planeta De Agua (Arriba!).
(I know this is the UK patent office, but with Blair being Bush's lapdog and all...)
I see you use the type of dog in the UK, rather than gender.
There's really nothing better than receiving threatening e-mails at work and home as well as subscriptions to gay magazines, threats of violence against your home, family, and dog just because you locked a thread on a forum.
So, how does this work; someone who posted in that thread pays for the subscription?
Also, both of these products - Profit Pod and TightPod - are new products, released long after the iPod has been established; while it might be questionable that the former is could be mistaken for an iPod, the latter is an accessory for portable music players
O rly?. Hint: "Stylish protection for your laptop".
The creator of a work has the right to ensure that that work is only seen in a form which the creator approves of.
So, how does the fact that all rights are signed away to a record label or film studio impact this? The "rights of the artist" seems to be a fallacy that the holders of copyrights use to motivate widening and extension of copyright.
What happens if the copyright holder and the original creator of a work disagree on whether someone can create a derivative work? The artist has a right to decide how his work is seen? No.
The creator of a work has no rights. The copyright holder does. These two are seldom the same.
Only objects orbiting a star would be called planets. Charon doesn't orbit Pluto, they both orbit a point between them. In contrast, the Earth-Moon-system's center of gravity is inside Earth.
Anyway, having 50+ planets makes remembering their names both difficult and pointless. I suspect the crowd that didn't want Pluto to be a planet came up with the plutoid classification to split it off form the eight "real" planets.
God willing, we will prevail, in peace and freedom from fear, and in true health, through the purity and essence of our natural...fluids.
Oh, come on! That's like searching for "pornography", "exposed vaginas" or "rectal penetration"!
I assume, that is.
A blasting cap, or some Mentos. Taking bets on how long until some joker dumps a pack of Mentos into one of those barrels and gets himself shot.
Because, no matter what side of the debate you are on, you must agree that the RIAA is using the lawsuits to harass people. That is an abuse of process.
I don't think a court would call the lawsuits harassment. The real problem here is that even those who are innocent pay up rather than defend themselves due to the cost and risk of doing the latter. In a fair legal system, an innocent man should not feel the need to pay a fee for something he didn't do.
But no, as usual, it's just another laughable device to separate scientifically-ignorant wealthy people from their money.
I hope he patents it! LOL
I tried patenting separating the ignorant from their money, but apparently there was some prior art.
Personally, I don't think a cop should be monitored on the job any more than say, a casino dealer. Even though a cop is dealing with life, death, and the public good, and a dealer is just dealing with money. I've heard that dealers are watched every minute, but I don't know if that's true.
At least in Helsinki, Finland they have one supervisor per two tables that constantly watch what's going on. I think cheating or cooperation with the customers is a secondary concern, though. The supervisors tend to point out small mistakes fairly often. If the casino would lose (just guessing here) 50-100/hour to random mistakes without a supervisor, the choice to have one is fairly clear.
The other problem is that I and possibly other people prefer hard-wired art, you know, the good ol' idea of art provoking emotions, not responding to them.
How best to provoke emotions is dependent on the mood of the viewer. If you are stressed and angry, and the artwork wants to make you happy, it needs to calm you down before showing funny clown pictures. Old-fashioned art doesn't have the option of changing how it tries to provoke emotions based on your mood.
Hell, this form of interactive mood manipulation could become huge. It could learn over time how to best make your mood change. Starting with Goatse to get your attention, then less offensive pr0n to keep it. All while playing soothing music in the background. Ludvig van, perhaps?
Unless he's trying to get into USA as an american citizen, I don't see why a german would like to pass as an american in any other place in the world, considering that, unfortunattely, american people are the favorite target of terrorists around the planet.
Out of curiosity, how many US tourists have been killed by terrorists? I can't recall a single case.
In a spaceship with hot grits bombs! Imagine the possibilities!
One can have many opinions of socialistic solutions, but when it comes to nutrition and education I'm all for it.
Another Finn here, happily paying taxes right now so the next kid can get the free education and healthy meals I got when I was in his place. I'm all for free markets, but seven-year-olds haven't had a chance to work for the money to pay for their education and having rich parents is not a choice.
And I want to have a say in how microsoft does business, but then again I didn't create microsoft, so I don't get to control it.
You don't get to control Microsoft because you are not the current owner of Microsoft. It doesn't matter who originally came up with the business idea.
I'd rather have the idiots sniping for "last post". That way I wouldn't have to see them.
Its author claims it does its job better than Partition Magic or any other commercial or non-commercial tool
Sounds a lot less convincing than
it is allegedly the best there is
I don't doubt it works, but there are lots of people who claim their product is the best...
...geeks who don't use deodorant make fun of YOU!