No, while what you want to talk about is reporting accountability, this issue is about plagarism. You seem to be saying that reporters need to be accountable for what they write, and I don't disagree. But they are supposed to actually WRITE what gets published under their name. It doesn't matter if the bloggers have no accountability, the reporter's accountability goes out the window the minute that they copy from an unaccountable source.
So yes, it is about reporting accountability - and plagarists have NONE.
You make some good points, but there are some problems with what you said.
a) both firms are software houses, this would negate the stronger/weaker side of the argument. make both sides equal to the judge.
Weaker, at least in this context, does not refer to some physical or financial bound, it refers to the weak position that the party forced to adhere to the EULA represents. Therefore, both sides are not necessarily equal to the judge.
b) both firms are familiar with Eula's, this would slow down or stop spy-ware detectors line of thinking. judge would only have to say " you have one in your software ", spy-ware detection company says "yes sir", Judge says " well you would expect people to agree to yours, so you now have to agree to their " ( or at least place them in a bad light )
This is up to the prosecution to do, and the judge to ignore. The merits of the defendant's EULA are not on trial, their usage of the spyware is, and their violation of the spyware EULA. The judge hopefully can't honestly reason that "since you have a standard contract that other people accept, you have to accept this absurd one."
c) because both parties are equals, the courts might lean towards the spy-ware company.
And as I've mentioned, both parties are not equal.
The GP points out that the contract fall within "reasonable expectation" and that it is not "unduly oppressive", and "courts will not enforce against an adhering party a provision limiting the duties or abilities of the stronger party absent plain and clear notification of the terms and an understanding consent," that implies the judge would rule for the defendant.
Students who participate in extracurricular activities that require higher standards of conduct, such as cheerleading, band, and athletics
Um..., I was in the latter 2 and believe me, being on a sports team does NOT require a higher standard of conduct, and we've all seen American Pie...band camp anyone? Also, I don't know about anyone else's school, but cheerleaders? Come on, the point is to whirl all the testosterone into a pseudo(or not pseudo)-sexual frenzy, to charge up the athletes and fans.
That and you left the phone number in. Probably not too hard to look up the AC, but I won't...
Not making any particular point, but the US railway system was built mostly by the Chinese immigrants for next to nothing (if they were lucky), and the highway system was build in part by post-Depression workers "employed" by the PWA (the poor, previously unemployed blue-collar workers). And the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the French. And more to the point, she is supposed to be a symbol of independence and freedom, not just a pretty piece of art. You should really go see it in person, it's quite magnificent.
What the GP meant, without saying it, was that NASCAR racing is very much low tech and not involved in devloping new technologies that can be applied to consumer cars. Take WRC or any other top-level rally circuit. They are developing higher efficency turbochargers, higher revving and more efficent valvetrains, both things which can be applied to the consumer market. Hell, there's even a Toyota Prius rally car. Talk about not being bound strictly to internal combustion.
NASCAR has been basically using the same engine design for years, because the rules haven't changed significantly in that regard. Now, IRL and F1 OTOH have been through massive changes in engine design, from 3.0L V12's to 1.5L turbo V6's in the same season! (The Unfair Advantage!)
How about using a photovoltaic array coupled with a hydrogen electrolyzer to make hydrogen from water? Then it can be made onsite, compressed, and doesn't need to be shipped.
Now, that works for a gas station that is off-grid. Imagine if you have a gas station on-grid. As of now, there aren't that many hydrogen cars, but if the demand hits daily peaks, where the PVA couldn't keep up, you could draw power from the grid. And when you've built up a stockpile, you can either use the PVA or the power from the electrolyzer (stored in the form of hydrogen) to feed back into the grid and break even with your energy costs.
The biggest problem with pollution is finding an energy source to start with. The PVA is a start, but if you're on-grid, you are basically getting the same power everyone else is, natural gas, coal, et... But any powerplant is cleaner than burning gasoline in a car, per unit energy, even coal (at least one that is using the right stack filters and such...)
So hyrdrogen won't solve ALL pollution problems, but it's a running leap in the right direction. And yes, break-even is the sum of energy in vs. energy out.
Lehr said it is unfortunate the bombs were used for war.
Sooo, what were you expecting, thermonuclear noisemakers?
Seriously, whenever someone tries to justify something truely horrific, it always comes out as the most asinine comment one could make, under those circumstances.
There are UAV's that use this EXACT setup, and to address battery concerns, a hydrogen fuel cell is basically a battery, but the energy is stored in the hydrogen itself, and used like any other fuel.
If all a computer can be is logic, I wonder if anyone has found a way to force a shutdown loop, to do something so illogical the computer can not continue.
I'm not sure what you mean by "all a computer can be is logic." If you mean that it can only follow logical arguments, I don't see that as a shortcoming. The way a computer brute-forces it's moves in a game is that it creates "game trees", where each node is a possible board state, and each branch is a possible move, either for them or thier opponent. It assigns values to each board based on things like how many moves it has available, how many pieces it has captured, which ones...
So in order to make the computer undefeatable, you need to look ahead quite a few moves to see what your opponent could possible do and counter it. This is EXACTLY what a high level chess player does, but they do it in a more intuitive way, rather than analyze every move, they analyze only probable moves, and even then, try to predict responses.
A well designed chess program will not enter a feedback loop, because if it is, say, looking 10 moves ahead, it will have its options already mapped out. The only way that a well designed chess program can get "stuck" is in the case of a draw. Now, you could force a poorly designed program to repeat its moves, but that would result in neither of you winning.
Chess can be reduced to a number of possible moves, it's just that there are so many possible moves that as of now, it cannot be completely solved.
err, you don't mean the pro-African sovereign state Marcus Garvy, do you? Cuz I'm sure he wasn't having sex with a 15 year old white girl. That sounds like a Marcus Dixon thing to do.
Except for the fact that it is the editorial page to begin with. That's the point of an editorial, an article which expresses the opinions or views of the authors or editors. Don't look to the editorial page for facts, look to it for opinions. Proof by definition. QED.
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Sorry baby, the money's all spent and the computers are going to good use. Enjoy the T-shirt!
No, while what you want to talk about is reporting accountability, this issue is about plagarism. You seem to be saying that reporters need to be accountable for what they write, and I don't disagree. But they are supposed to actually WRITE what gets published under their name. It doesn't matter if the bloggers have no accountability, the reporter's accountability goes out the window the minute that they copy from an unaccountable source.
So yes, it is about reporting accountability - and plagarists have NONE.
You make some good points, but there are some problems with what you said.
a) both firms are software houses, this would negate the stronger/weaker side of the argument. make both sides equal to the judge.
Weaker, at least in this context, does not refer to some physical or financial bound, it refers to the weak position that the party forced to adhere to the EULA represents. Therefore, both sides are not necessarily equal to the judge.
b) both firms are familiar with Eula's, this would slow down or stop spy-ware detectors line of thinking. judge would only have to say " you have one in your software ", spy-ware detection company says "yes sir", Judge says " well you would expect people to agree to yours, so you now have to agree to their " ( or at least place them in a bad light )
This is up to the prosecution to do, and the judge to ignore. The merits of the defendant's EULA are not on trial, their usage of the spyware is, and their violation of the spyware EULA. The judge hopefully can't honestly reason that "since you have a standard contract that other people accept, you have to accept this absurd one."
c) because both parties are equals, the courts might lean towards the spy-ware company.
And as I've mentioned, both parties are not equal.
The GP points out that the contract fall within "reasonable expectation" and that it is not "unduly oppressive", and "courts will not enforce against an adhering party a provision limiting the duties or abilities of the stronger party absent plain and clear notification of the terms and an understanding consent," that implies the judge would rule for the defendant.
Students who participate in extracurricular activities that require higher standards of conduct, such as cheerleading, band, and athletics
Um..., I was in the latter 2 and believe me, being on a sports team does NOT require a higher standard of conduct, and we've all seen American Pie...band camp anyone? Also, I don't know about anyone else's school, but cheerleaders? Come on, the point is to whirl all the testosterone into a pseudo(or not pseudo)-sexual frenzy, to charge up the athletes and fans.
That and you left the phone number in. Probably not too hard to look up the AC, but I won't...
Not making any particular point, but the US railway system was built mostly by the Chinese immigrants for next to nothing (if they were lucky), and the highway system was build in part by post-Depression workers "employed" by the PWA (the poor, previously unemployed blue-collar workers). And the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the French. And more to the point, she is supposed to be a symbol of independence and freedom, not just a pretty piece of art. You should really go see it in person, it's quite magnificent.
What the GP meant, without saying it, was that NASCAR racing is very much low tech and not involved in devloping new technologies that can be applied to consumer cars. Take WRC or any other top-level rally circuit. They are developing higher efficency turbochargers, higher revving and more efficent valvetrains, both things which can be applied to the consumer market. Hell, there's even a Toyota Prius rally car. Talk about not being bound strictly to internal combustion.
NASCAR has been basically using the same engine design for years, because the rules haven't changed significantly in that regard. Now, IRL and F1 OTOH have been through massive changes in engine design, from 3.0L V12's to 1.5L turbo V6's in the same season! (The Unfair Advantage!)
Alas, your mythical FPGA is known as the LPGA. Because I guess the females prefer to be called ladies...
And here I was thinking that all AC's were full of hot air...
How about using a photovoltaic array coupled with a hydrogen electrolyzer to make hydrogen from water? Then it can be made onsite, compressed, and doesn't need to be shipped.
Now, that works for a gas station that is off-grid. Imagine if you have a gas station on-grid. As of now, there aren't that many hydrogen cars, but if the demand hits daily peaks, where the PVA couldn't keep up, you could draw power from the grid. And when you've built up a stockpile, you can either use the PVA or the power from the electrolyzer (stored in the form of hydrogen) to feed back into the grid and break even with your energy costs.
The biggest problem with pollution is finding an energy source to start with. The PVA is a start, but if you're on-grid, you are basically getting the same power everyone else is, natural gas, coal, et... But any powerplant is cleaner than burning gasoline in a car, per unit energy, even coal (at least one that is using the right stack filters and such...)
So hyrdrogen won't solve ALL pollution problems, but it's a running leap in the right direction. And yes, break-even is the sum of energy in vs. energy out.
WTF!!!
Lehr said it is unfortunate the bombs were used for war.
Sooo, what were you expecting, thermonuclear noisemakers?
Seriously, whenever someone tries to justify something truely horrific, it always comes out as the most asinine comment one could make, under those circumstances.
Much like this one...
There are UAV's that use this EXACT setup, and to address battery concerns, a hydrogen fuel cell is basically a battery, but the energy is stored in the hydrogen itself, and used like any other fuel.
If all a computer can be is logic, I wonder if anyone has found a way to force a shutdown loop, to do something so illogical the computer can not continue.
I'm not sure what you mean by "all a computer can be is logic." If you mean that it can only follow logical arguments, I don't see that as a shortcoming. The way a computer brute-forces it's moves in a game is that it creates "game trees", where each node is a possible board state, and each branch is a possible move, either for them or thier opponent. It assigns values to each board based on things like how many moves it has available, how many pieces it has captured, which ones...
So in order to make the computer undefeatable, you need to look ahead quite a few moves to see what your opponent could possible do and counter it. This is EXACTLY what a high level chess player does, but they do it in a more intuitive way, rather than analyze every move, they analyze only probable moves, and even then, try to predict responses.
A well designed chess program will not enter a feedback loop, because if it is, say, looking 10 moves ahead, it will have its options already mapped out. The only way that a well designed chess program can get "stuck" is in the case of a draw. Now, you could force a poorly designed program to repeat its moves, but that would result in neither of you winning.
Chess can be reduced to a number of possible moves, it's just that there are so many possible moves that as of now, it cannot be completely solved.
err, you don't mean the pro-African sovereign state Marcus Garvy, do you? Cuz I'm sure he wasn't having sex with a 15 year old white girl. That sounds like a Marcus Dixon thing to do.
Except for the fact that it is the editorial page to begin with. That's the point of an editorial, an article which expresses the opinions or views of the authors or editors. Don't look to the editorial page for facts, look to it for opinions.
Proof by definition.
QED.