The way the topic makes this sound, this is some sort of blatantly obvious study...
it isn't, really:)
It is about the effectiveness of interventions... if you skipped over it, its worth a perusal to a skim... at the very least... but it would seem to me that the whole thing has lead to almost no positive conclusion itself... with 44% of the experiments being replications and 24% unchallenged... the 66% really don't seem to have much value...... so it's kind of... ambiguous...
Ahhh, academic research... only there can you get paid well to tell us absolutely nothing...
Well, it says 1/3 of the studies are inaccurate, so let us rank that on a percentage scale, say the study is inaccurate, we give them a 0 value.
Accurate studies, lets say 100 (I know nothing is 100% accurate, and I know most studies even if they are somewhat accurate probably don't exceed 70% probability even in the specific environments they are enacted in, but lets just be over-generous since this whole thing is rather ridiculous anyway)... *GASP FOR AIR*... okay... so you have 66% chance of that particular study being at least somewhat accurate...
Right?... (rolls percentile dice)... OOOOHH! Man, rolled a 72, looks like I can't believe it.
Quoth that source: WHAT IS NOT PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT?
Works consisting entirely of information that is common property and containing no original authorship (for example: standard calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers, and lists or tables taken from public documents or other common sources) ===
Technically those symphonies DO have original authorship but are now public domain, correct?... so which one takes precedence?
Is that original authorship a registered copyright, or is that just that it was created by a human and would have been protected by copyright (if they had applied)?
"freeze MS Windows 98SE when older versions of ZoneAlarm start. Uninstalling the old version and installing the lastest ZoneAlarm works."
--- this is with older versions of Zone Alarm, if reinstalling Zone Alarm fixes the problem... why would this be some ploy of Microsoft to hurt Zone Alarm?
Windows 98 isn't exactly new, either, I really doubt they would (if they chose an 'attack' of this sort)... to do it with Win98... (since most people who would care would already be running something else)
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Perhaps I am missing something, feel free to tell me what I am missing if I am, I like to have a clue sometimes;)
My life lasts around 2 hours, so I am never really straining there, I can always find a plug...
Though admittedly there have been a couple occasions that I thought about hiking to the woods and coding there for a change of pace... and I have been deterred by the battery life problem...;)
I wasn't joking, I just said my point in a funny way...
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I haven't use any of the top of the line PDAs, so I don't know an amazing amount on their capabilities, but there should be a way to wake a laptop without pushing power... (there has to be some that will WakeOnLAN)...
They do take longer to go on and off... but its not like it takes very long at all... (especially depending on the OS you are running)
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As for the writing recognition, this is definately true, you'd need to buy a pad and software for the laptop... these things I wouldn't know much about (I have a drawing board, its fun, and the pen is pressure sensitive, so you can actually "draw" in Photoshop and get the lines the right shade as you go, but I use that with my desktop, having the pad along with me would be a little weird:) )
Actually, as much as I was also trying to be funny, my point was quite similar to what you've just said (not the Palm V part;) )...
For all you'd pay for the latest and greatest Palms and Pockets... save a little more and get a laptop...
I have a palm and a laptop... the laptop goes everywhere with me... (and I walk everywhere, I have a lovely backpack for it)... so I wait a little longer on boot up (ack! 30 seconds of my life gone! ahhhh!), its not like I need to see my schedule *RIGHT NOW*... its just so much more versatile...:)
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Now, cell phones with Palms built in, that's a different story, those kick some serious hindquarters;)
If it is because of stealing concerns... Pocket PCs can be jacked too, not as easily, but waving around a top of the line one could certainly earn a punch in the face and some rummaged pockets;)
[Granted a laptop is easier to steal, unless you have a belt clip for your Palm]
I've used Ruckus beta [I go to one of their beta colleges]... it's alright, the selection of music is pretty good, though the selection of free movies (at least on the beta) was not so good at times... (content varied week to week)... but you could pay to download new releases (though I never did).
I don't think anyone will pay for it, though, once it is a pay service.
The common attitude is likely, "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?"
If a well-composed essay is a form of art... I would have to say an efficient program is certainly a form of art.
You just have to remember the appeal of art of this sort is MUCH smaller... you need to understand it to really enjoy it... and unlike abstract art or modern art (where very few understand it and very many say they do)... you have very few who understand it... and not a lot of people who care a lick about it.
So, yes, it is an art form... for a very small subset of the population.
Well, if you went on a percentage of spams per user, the percentages begin to change a little, I'd imagine... but interesting stats, none the less:)
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Why the US hasn't enacted stricter spam legislation is beyond me, I doubt congressmen are getting "spam kickbacks" (except perhaps from Hormel)... so the usual hold-up of 'greed' isn't in action...
... that they are engaging in a policy of "No publicity is bad publicity"... and this will get them more publicity than some click throughs ever could...
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, I heard about that, that's crazy, its like a herd of lemmings possessed the sheep and someone hit 'Abort level'!
The way the topic makes this sound, this is some sort of blatantly obvious study...
:)
... so it's kind of... ambiguous...
it isn't, really
It is about the effectiveness of interventions... if you skipped over it, its worth a perusal to a skim... at the very least... but it would seem to me that the whole thing has lead to almost no positive conclusion itself... with 44% of the experiments being replications and 24% unchallenged... the 66% really don't seem to have much value...
Ahhh, academic research... only there can you get paid well to tell us absolutely nothing...
Well, it says 1/3 of the studies are inaccurate, so let us rank that on a percentage scale, say the study is inaccurate, we give them a 0 value.
... *GASP FOR AIR* ... okay... so you have 66% chance of that particular study being at least somewhat accurate...
... (rolls percentile dice)... OOOOHH! Man, rolled a 72, looks like I can't believe it.
Accurate studies, lets say 100 (I know nothing is 100% accurate, and I know most studies even if they are somewhat accurate probably don't exceed 70% probability even in the specific environments they are enacted in, but lets just be over-generous since this whole thing is rather ridiculous anyway)
Right?
Rats.
What... are you guys trying to blow up our heads?
;)
I think it is possible this is the most amusingly ridiculous piece of "legitemate" news I've read in awhile...
Anyone got anything to beat it? Post it, I need to shock my brain a little more
I'd have to say /. is still more than a shade or two above talking about reality TV with the office dullard...
Thanks for clearing that up, that is a bit more clear...
Quoth that source:
... so which one takes precedence?
WHAT IS NOT PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT?
Works consisting entirely of information that is common property and containing no original authorship (for example: standard calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers, and lists or tables taken from public documents or other common sources)
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Technically those symphonies DO have original authorship but are now public domain, correct?
Is that original authorship a registered copyright, or is that just that it was created by a human and would have been protected by copyright (if they had applied)?
Is it for the protection of the original ideas?
Or the protection of individual performances?
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Can you play only public domain songs, sell it, and then have people trading your performances withouit purchasing them be pirates?
Does anyone know?
[I legitemately don't but would like to]
"freeze MS Windows 98SE when older versions of ZoneAlarm start. Uninstalling the old version and installing the lastest ZoneAlarm works."
... to do it with Win98... (since most people who would care would already be running something else)
;)
--- this is with older versions of Zone Alarm, if reinstalling Zone Alarm fixes the problem... why would this be some ploy of Microsoft to hurt Zone Alarm?
Windows 98 isn't exactly new, either, I really doubt they would (if they chose an 'attack' of this sort)
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Perhaps I am missing something, feel free to tell me what I am missing if I am, I like to have a clue sometimes
Hell, I don't know about you, but I tape put a pair of sunglasses on mine, it keeps it cool 24 hours a DAY...
... they aren't even bright, they can't drive him mad!
:(
If I want to play with a lightswitch, I'd throw a lightswitch rave here... those lights are totally unfulfilling
He should change the name of his site or find some way for us to put drugs in his coffee through the Internet, I say!
Terminal Serving - 1 ... rats!
Being Able to Play Diablo 2 at Work - 0
Thank God animals can't demand reparations! *whew*
Ah, good point, I didn't really consider that! :)
;)
My life lasts around 2 hours, so I am never really straining there, I can always find a plug...
Though admittedly there have been a couple occasions that I thought about hiking to the woods and coding there for a change of pace... and I have been deterred by the battery life problem...
I wasn't joking, I just said my point in a funny way...
...
:) )
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I haven't use any of the top of the line PDAs, so I don't know an amazing amount on their capabilities, but there should be a way to wake a laptop without pushing power... (there has to be some that will WakeOnLAN)
They do take longer to go on and off... but its not like it takes very long at all... (especially depending on the OS you are running)
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As for the writing recognition, this is definately true, you'd need to buy a pad and software for the laptop... these things I wouldn't know much about (I have a drawing board, its fun, and the pen is pressure sensitive, so you can actually "draw" in Photoshop and get the lines the right shade as you go, but I use that with my desktop, having the pad along with me would be a little weird
Actually, as much as I was also trying to be funny, my point was quite similar to what you've just said (not the Palm V part ;) ) ...
... so I wait a little longer on boot up (ack! 30 seconds of my life gone! ahhhh!), its not like I need to see my schedule *RIGHT NOW*... its just so much more versatile... :)
;)
For all you'd pay for the latest and greatest Palms and Pockets... save a little more and get a laptop...
I have a palm and a laptop... the laptop goes everywhere with me... (and I walk everywhere, I have a lovely backpack for it)
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Now, cell phones with Palms built in, that's a different story, those kick some serious hindquarters
Why not? Put on lap, use, it still works...
;)
If it is because of stealing concerns... Pocket PCs can be jacked too, not as easily, but waving around a top of the line one could certainly earn a punch in the face and some rummaged pockets
[Granted a laptop is easier to steal, unless you have a belt clip for your Palm]
In my opinion, people should just get bigger pockets and buy a laptop...
Amen. Dadaists can suck a lemon, too! :)
I've used Ruckus beta [I go to one of their beta colleges] ... it's alright, the selection of music is pretty good, though the selection of free movies (at least on the beta) was not so good at times... (content varied week to week) ... but you could pay to download new releases (though I never did).
I don't think anyone will pay for it, though, once it is a pay service.
The common attitude is likely, "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?"
If a well-composed essay is a form of art... I would have to say an efficient program is certainly a form of art.
... you have very few who understand it... and not a lot of people who care a lick about it.
You just have to remember the appeal of art of this sort is MUCH smaller... you need to understand it to really enjoy it... and unlike abstract art or modern art (where very few understand it and very many say they do)
So, yes, it is an art form... for a very small subset of the population.
My two cents, anyway...
Well, if you went on a percentage of spams per user, the percentages begin to change a little, I'd imagine... but interesting stats, none the less :)
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Why the US hasn't enacted stricter spam legislation is beyond me, I doubt congressmen are getting "spam kickbacks" (except perhaps from Hormel)... so the usual hold-up of 'greed' isn't in action...
So... WTF?
... that they are engaging in a policy of "No publicity is bad publicity" ... and this will get them more publicity than some click throughs ever could...
It's a patent on connectionist networks...
Lovely!
The answer is:
...
Not now.
When they are at a usable level, you won't be filling your gas tank anymore, chummer...