"I wish Google would index the lyrics in their own database."
As soon as they do that, then they've lost their primary defense should the NMPA choose to come after them.
This is why Google won't provide more than a teeny bit of content from their book archiving -- if they are hosting the content, then they need to keep people from getting all the content from them in violation of copyright law (just or not).
I'd hate to have Google host the lyrics, and then only give me the refrain whenever I searched.
"If the record labels were smart, they'd forget about the few million $s they could be making by licensing sheet music and instead be pushing free sheet music for popular songs as a way to promote their albums."
I like your thinking, is there some way to have a device phone home every time you open the book, so that your prepaid performance rights account can be debited? Because otherwise, everyone will be stealing, and the RIAA companies will be losing money, right?
You might want to get up and stretch once a decade or so;)
"Could it be akin to a child who starts smoking at 9 and lives to 99 smoking every day of his life and dies peacefully in his sleep of old age; whereas, someone else starts smoking at 30 and dies of lung cancer by age 45 caused by smoking."
No. There is no acclimation for smoking, it's other factors (such as genetics, diet, chance, etc) that affect whether or not a smoker gets cancer, along with how much carcinogenic material they've exposed themselves to. Starting smoking at 9 doesn't make you any less likely to die from lung cancer than starting at 30. In fact, it makes you more likely to do so.
This works for some concepts, and you've made some good points.
One of the problems with having such a lean period, though, is that it is VERY tempting to accept any VC offer in the first round of funding -- this is where some startups lose control of the product.
Basically, though, what you're saying is that for software startups, you've got to have a product (even if not complete) before you should try to get funding. No surprises there, and I was working off the assumption in my previous posts that you'd have some kind of product ready for demo and further dev.
Unfortunately, the scope of some business plans make self-funding impossible for those of us without a couple million sitting in the bank.
One of the mistakes a lot of startups make is to take the first VC offer they get. It's hard to get funding sometimes, even for the best of concepts, but startups should vet their investors as much as the investors vet them.
FTS: "The source of the claim is Pierre Chappaz, the former president of Yahoo Europe"
FTA: "Pierre Chappaz, the former president of Yahoo Europe, claims to have a source, whom he says is generally very well informed, who told him that Google is planning on buying the Opera web browser."
So someone tells someone something, and then that person tells someone else?
I admire the submitter for trying to make/. more relevant with breaking news, but this isn't news. It's idle speculation.
Also, Chappaz was president of Yahoo Europe for about one month before he submitted his resignation, for personal reasons. His total tenure as president of Yahoo Europe? Less than two months. Here's his blog, which includes the source for TFA. It's in French. And he states that he's guessing that Google might want to in order to compete with MS.ahref=http://www.blogger.com/profile/3848632rel =url2html-4514http://www.blogger.com/profile/38486 32>
"I'm complaining that the researchers have done the absolute worst thing possible"
As always, the few ruining it for the many. It does suck, you're right.
"In addition, the entire body of work done on stem cell research will be targeted"
That is potentially a problem, kind of what has happened with cold fusion -- a ton of people think that cold fusion researchers are charlatans, and that it's a waste of money to continue funding them.
All in all, though, I'm in favor of greater scrutiny in general, of greater transparency at all levels of government-funded activity and public documents.
"What I don't understand is the anti-PvP majority getting pissed off at the existance of the PvP crowd. Seems like a lot of em feel that they are entitled to enjoy every game on the market. I won't be surprised if they all start playing DarkFall and then start whining to the developers about how they got killed by those mean PKs."
That's their right, and both sides make that complaint. The problem is the game publishers, who are still learning about the market. As the MMO market develops, I'm sure we'll see healthy representation for both PvE and PvP.
Re: trolls, it's usually not about people disagreeing -- most of the time, it's the tone of the comment. The wikipedia section on trolls is pretty good. To me, it's about intent -- did the poster make a comment just to incite a reaction, or was it to further a discussion? Usually when people flame or use an insulting tone in a post, it's because they are just trying to incite a reaction.
I've gotten into some heated discussions, but they were not filled with troll posts IMO, because despite all the swearing etc, the intent was to discuss an issue.
"There is nothing to stop him from having made copies of those cd's when he got home."
Sure, but you can assume those files are compromised, and try to figure out how to minimize the affect. Not knowing what other files might have been compromised means that you have to treat the entire system as compromised.
Real scientists will be able to separate the egg source issue from the study itself. Research will continue.
If you don't draw attention to a problem you can't directly fix, then the problem will likely not be fixed. It's important that the egg source issue is publicized.
It's kind of ironic, though -- you complain about how the egg source issue will distract everyone from the study, in response to an article not about the egg issue.
"Even if the paper was not faked, criticism will come from all sides, with questions ranging from the ethical standards/morality of scientists to the usefulness of the peer review process."
Why is this a bad thing?
Asking questions and challenging the status quo are the very foundations of science.
And if those ethical questions come up, why is that a problem? Or do you think ethical concerns should be swept under the rug?
Re: the peer review process, this is exactly what peer review is intended to do. Under peer review, the study results are not holding up. This is just an example of peer review working exactly as it should.
The problem, IMO, is that too many people take as truth that which hasn't been confirmed.
"Does the person actually have a viable case here? The prices of Jamdat's stock did go up after the sale announcement to nearly the price per share they were going to pay."
That was because of the announcement. Of course people would buy for under EA's price, when they know they are going to be able to sell at EA's price.
This happens every time a company announces they are buying another company. The price on outstanding shares of the company being bought rises to about the level of the buy announcement.
"Encyclopedias are meant to be concise and to the point"
Encyclopedias are meant to be exhaustive repositories of fact, whether about a particular subject, or about everything (like Wikipedia or the EB). It's accuracy concerns, cost, and space constraints that keep the entries short and concise.
"Yeah. In theory it COULD be. But it practice it WILL be mind-bogglingly stupid operating in perfectly predictable and thus boring fashion."
How hard would it be to have a one-time boss that uses different tactics that previous mobs? Not very. Adding unique enemies could help an AI be challenging.
"The point of PvP is to pit one's skill (not twitch skill, but rather combat tactics) against other humans who are unpredictable, inventive, and generally fun to fight."
Yeah, I know. The wording of my response was meant to mirror the wording of GGP, since that post was pretty snide about PvE. I was trying to make the point that just because he didn't feel rewarded by PvE doesn't mean others can't feel differently. Also, that some people feel the same way about PvP as he does about PvE.
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"I wish Google would index the lyrics in their own database."
As soon as they do that, then they've lost their primary defense should the NMPA choose to come after them.
This is why Google won't provide more than a teeny bit of content from their book archiving -- if they are hosting the content, then they need to keep people from getting all the content from them in violation of copyright law (just or not).
I'd hate to have Google host the lyrics, and then only give me the refrain whenever I searched.
"If the record labels were smart, they'd forget about the few million $s they could be making by licensing sheet music and instead be pushing free sheet music for popular songs as a way to promote their albums."
I like your thinking, is there some way to have a device phone home every time you open the book, so that your prepaid performance rights account can be debited? Because otherwise, everyone will be stealing, and the RIAA companies will be losing money, right?
" I've been sitting in front of PCs since 1978"
;)
You might want to get up and stretch once a decade or so
"Could it be akin to a child who starts smoking at 9 and lives to 99 smoking every day of his life and dies peacefully in his sleep of old age; whereas, someone else starts smoking at 30 and dies of lung cancer by age 45 caused by smoking."
No. There is no acclimation for smoking, it's other factors (such as genetics, diet, chance, etc) that affect whether or not a smoker gets cancer, along with how much carcinogenic material they've exposed themselves to. Starting smoking at 9 doesn't make you any less likely to die from lung cancer than starting at 30. In fact, it makes you more likely to do so.
Intellivision was the worst for this, especially when the controllers started wearing out.
I think I permanently damaged my thumbs playing Burgertime.
This works for some concepts, and you've made some good points.
One of the problems with having such a lean period, though, is that it is VERY tempting to accept any VC offer in the first round of funding -- this is where some startups lose control of the product.
Basically, though, what you're saying is that for software startups, you've got to have a product (even if not complete) before you should try to get funding. No surprises there, and I was working off the assumption in my previous posts that you'd have some kind of product ready for demo and further dev.
Unfortunately, the scope of some business plans make self-funding impossible for those of us without a couple million sitting in the bank.
One of the mistakes a lot of startups make is to take the first VC offer they get. It's hard to get funding sometimes, even for the best of concepts, but startups should vet their investors as much as the investors vet them.
Of course not! That's what the summary is for. ;)
I'm just glad I guessed right this time.
Not even Yahoo Europe. Some dude who was their chairman for two months in 2004.
"The new crop need only to look to the past [to] avoid missteps"
I wish business were that easy. It's not just about avoiding the mistakes of your predecessors, though that's probably a necessity.
" It has been known for some time that google registered gbroswer.com"
They might be better off registering gbrowser.com, but maybe that's just me.
Stupid not to preview to check the link. Here's that link again:
Chappaz's blog
FTS: "The source of the claim is Pierre Chappaz, the former president of Yahoo Europe"
/. more relevant with breaking news, but this isn't news. It's idle speculation.
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FTA: "Pierre Chappaz, the former president of Yahoo Europe, claims to have a source, whom he says is generally very well informed, who told him that Google is planning on buying the Opera web browser."
So someone tells someone something, and then that person tells someone else?
I admire the submitter for trying to make
Also, Chappaz was president of Yahoo Europe for about one month before he submitted his resignation, for personal reasons. His total tenure as president of Yahoo Europe? Less than two months. Here's his blog, which includes the source for TFA. It's in French. And he states that he's guessing that Google might want to in order to compete with MS.ahref=http://www.blogger.com/profile/3848632re
"Soon we'll have advertising on every inanimate surface."
And it will lose most of its value, but be cheap enough that it will still be profitable. Signal-to-noise ratio and all that.
I don't want the grocery store to look like Times Square. If I did, I'd shop at the convenience store in Times Square.
Yes, FOSS companies should make people pay licensing fees. Huh?
It doesn't matter who you're charging fees, it's still against the entire principle of FOSS.
"I'm complaining that the researchers have done the absolute worst thing possible"
As always, the few ruining it for the many. It does suck, you're right.
"In addition, the entire body of work done on stem cell research will be targeted"
That is potentially a problem, kind of what has happened with cold fusion -- a ton of people think that cold fusion researchers are charlatans, and that it's a waste of money to continue funding them.
All in all, though, I'm in favor of greater scrutiny in general, of greater transparency at all levels of government-funded activity and public documents.
"What I don't understand is the anti-PvP majority getting pissed off at the existance of the PvP crowd. Seems like a lot of em feel that they are entitled to enjoy every game on the market. I won't be surprised if they all start playing DarkFall and then start whining to the developers about how they got killed by those mean PKs."
That's their right, and both sides make that complaint. The problem is the game publishers, who are still learning about the market. As the MMO market develops, I'm sure we'll see healthy representation for both PvE and PvP.
Re: trolls, it's usually not about people disagreeing -- most of the time, it's the tone of the comment. The wikipedia section on trolls is pretty good. To me, it's about intent -- did the poster make a comment just to incite a reaction, or was it to further a discussion? Usually when people flame or use an insulting tone in a post, it's because they are just trying to incite a reaction.
I've gotten into some heated discussions, but they were not filled with troll posts IMO, because despite all the swearing etc, the intent was to discuss an issue.
"There is nothing to stop him from having made copies of those cd's when he got home."
Sure, but you can assume those files are compromised, and try to figure out how to minimize the affect. Not knowing what other files might have been compromised means that you have to treat the entire system as compromised.
Real scientists will be able to separate the egg source issue from the study itself. Research will continue.
If you don't draw attention to a problem you can't directly fix, then the problem will likely not be fixed. It's important that the egg source issue is publicized.
It's kind of ironic, though -- you complain about how the egg source issue will distract everyone from the study, in response to an article not about the egg issue.
"Even if the paper was not faked, criticism will come from all sides, with questions ranging from the ethical standards/morality of scientists to the usefulness of the peer review process."
Why is this a bad thing?
Asking questions and challenging the status quo are the very foundations of science.
And if those ethical questions come up, why is that a problem? Or do you think ethical concerns should be swept under the rug?
Re: the peer review process, this is exactly what peer review is intended to do. Under peer review, the study results are not holding up. This is just an example of peer review working exactly as it should.
The problem, IMO, is that too many people take as truth that which hasn't been confirmed.
" The cloning has not been proven 'fake' yet"
/.ed. There are pretty credible allegations of doctoring results, and the paper has been withdrawn.
You're right. That's why TFA and TFS don't say that the the results have been proven a fake. But not proven != not true.
" I think it is only some of the 'morality' of the experiment that could be called into question so far."
No. RTFA. At the minimum, read TFS, since TFA is
"Does the person actually have a viable case here? The prices of Jamdat's stock did go up after the sale announcement to nearly the price per share they were going to pay."
That was because of the announcement. Of course people would buy for under EA's price, when they know they are going to be able to sell at EA's price.
This happens every time a company announces they are buying another company. The price on outstanding shares of the company being bought rises to about the level of the buy announcement.
"Encyclopedias are meant to be concise and to the point"
Encyclopedias are meant to be exhaustive repositories of fact, whether about a particular subject, or about everything (like Wikipedia or the EB). It's accuracy concerns, cost, and space constraints that keep the entries short and concise.
" How about Global Warming, Punky Brewster, and rayon?"
I'm sure I could find the connection... I know Punky got hot when she got older, maybe she caused some Globule Warming in my rayon pants?
"Yeah. In theory it COULD be. But it practice it WILL be mind-bogglingly stupid operating in perfectly predictable and thus boring fashion."
How hard would it be to have a one-time boss that uses different tactics that previous mobs? Not very. Adding unique enemies could help an AI be challenging.
"The point of PvP is to pit one's skill (not twitch skill, but rather combat tactics) against other humans who are unpredictable, inventive, and generally fun to fight."
Yeah, I know. The wording of my response was meant to mirror the wording of GGP, since that post was pretty snide about PvE. I was trying to make the point that just because he didn't feel rewarded by PvE doesn't mean others can't feel differently. Also, that some people feel the same way about PvP as he does about PvE.
"Soul Caliber III, Civilization IV, and The Movies are just about as incongruous as you can get"
;)
Oh yeah?
How about muffins, Kimodo dragons, and superconductors?
I'd say that's a way more incongruous set.