The article isn't even pointing out journalism's failings. It is mocking the very purpose of journalism; to simplify and misrepresent events so that they form an attention grabbing narrative.
This task is especially difficult for science journalism as the events they have to report on are usually small developments in quite narrow fields. These can be used to present a vague idea of progress but getting much else out the events requires some "creativity". In this situation most journalists fall back on familiar for and against template.
I'm not sure if much can be done to change the situation as journalism doesn't require accuracy. Instead, it thrives on emotion (sensation?) and narrative. Always has, always will.
Our market system rewards productivity - people (and very much likely to be including you), reward productivity by seeking value for money - you buy the most for the least. With collective bargaining encouraging mediocre performance, how do consumers (who are also include those union members) get best value for money?
Come on! You already know the answer to this question. They go to Tesco/Walmart/your country's favourite giant store and buy cool stuff from China
This only holds if the union doesn't provide enough benefit to stop people from wanting to break ranks. And if there not doing that then there's no reason for them to be there at all.
It's the sound of the copyright lobby having another heart attack.
When will the governments of the world finally say "Enough is enough" to these clowns?
The lobbying will stop when the money runs out. Unfortunately, there's no easy way to make that happen quickly.
Then I realized that some dickhead would probably just take the videos, put them up on Piratebay and I would be left poor and broke after spending a crapload of time and money on this project so I said fuck it.
I agree completely. This is a reasonably accurate evaluation of the market conditions for video content and a sound business decision based on that evaluation. What I don't understand is why the MPAA members don't seem to do this.
I'm guessing the MPAA would love to prosecute cases of copyright infringement under the same law (and maybe even penalties) as cases of threats to national security.
Why shouldn't copyright infringement and national security come under the same law? They're both tools for stopping the spread of information built around assumptions that have long ceased to be even half true.
Burberry were hit especially hard because as soon as it became vaguely popular the market was flooded with much cheaper clothes which looked burberry enough. Having said that, their entire brand was a tartan pattern in slightly distinctive colours, maybe they should have made something less easy to copy.
Trouble is, philosophical writing is pretty variable. It can deliver great works which advance our understanding of the world but it can also deliver dense texts which don't seem to say a whole lot. Add to this the fact that some of the greats need a lot historical context to make sense (for instance, try reading Kant without knowing which problems he was trying to solve) and you have a situation where someone who selects the wrong book as an introduction to philosophy can be left with a pretty negative view of the field.
I probably shouldn't bite but I will. GP talked about stuff you don't choose (gay), you talked about stuff you can choose (conservative Christian, tea party). It's not exactly the same thing is it?
The statement only says that the bureaucrats did their job according to the protocol. Changing the justice system is not something they can do, you need to buy politicians for that.
Is it a requirement for a tech reporter to be completely clueless? Is not doing basic research part of the job requirement?
Following this logic Google Web Toolkit is "Java-based" too. Nevermind that the whole thing compiles to HTML and JavaScript.
This is unfair to reporters. They're not completely clueless. All reporters have to be computer literate enough to copy and paste the text from the press release.
Ok so they might have a case against google
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But that still doesn't explain why one of oracle's demands is for all copies of android to be destroyed. That demand just reeks of evil power trip. I would prefer it if my very nice phone continued to work and it needs android to do that. Oracle need to back off a bit.
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The article isn't even pointing out journalism's failings. It is mocking the very purpose of journalism; to simplify and misrepresent events so that they form an attention grabbing narrative.
This task is especially difficult for science journalism as the events they have to report on are usually small developments in quite narrow fields. These can be used to present a vague idea of progress but getting much else out the events requires some "creativity". In this situation most journalists fall back on familiar for and against template.
I'm not sure if much can be done to change the situation as journalism doesn't require accuracy. Instead, it thrives on emotion (sensation?) and narrative. Always has, always will.
Our market system rewards productivity - people (and very much likely to be including you), reward productivity by seeking value for money - you buy the most for the least. With collective bargaining encouraging mediocre performance, how do consumers (who are also include those union members) get best value for money?
Come on! You already know the answer to this question. They go to Tesco/Walmart/your country's favourite giant store and buy cool stuff from China
And if there not doing
there -> they're - i'm watching futurama here, sorry.
Sorry, by "join in" I meant "join in with the strike from 3 states away". I need to use more words sometimes.
This only holds if the union doesn't provide enough benefit to stop people from wanting to break ranks. And if there not doing that then there's no reason for them to be there at all.
Don't join in then. You want to go to work then go to fucking work, your employer will probably love you.
It's the sound of the copyright lobby having another heart attack. When will the governments of the world finally say "Enough is enough" to these clowns?
The lobbying will stop when the money runs out. Unfortunately, there's no easy way to make that happen quickly.
Then I realized that some dickhead would probably just take the videos, put them up on Piratebay and I would be left poor and broke after spending a crapload of time and money on this project so I said fuck it.
I agree completely. This is a reasonably accurate evaluation of the market conditions for video content and a sound business decision based on that evaluation. What I don't understand is why the MPAA members don't seem to do this.
I'm guessing the MPAA would love to prosecute cases of copyright infringement under the same law (and maybe even penalties) as cases of threats to national security.
Why shouldn't copyright infringement and national security come under the same law? They're both tools for stopping the spread of information built around assumptions that have long ceased to be even half true.
Please don't put the idea of picturing people naked into my head, I've got QI on the TV in the background.
This:
mobile accounts for only 2.6% of web views, and the iOS share stands at only 1.1%.
is presumably measured over a single set time period and is not a rate of change. It says nothing about this:
iOS growth is "massive"
I have no idea what the ransom bit is on about tho. Troll?
You make that sound bad. Kicks are fun.
No you don't. If you don't put encrypted data on the wire then you don't even need HDCP1.
Burberry were hit especially hard because as soon as it became vaguely popular the market was flooded with much cheaper clothes which looked burberry enough. Having said that, their entire brand was a tartan pattern in slightly distinctive colours, maybe they should have made something less easy to copy.
Trouble is, philosophical writing is pretty variable. It can deliver great works which advance our understanding of the world but it can also deliver dense texts which don't seem to say a whole lot. Add to this the fact that some of the greats need a lot historical context to make sense (for instance, try reading Kant without knowing which problems he was trying to solve) and you have a situation where someone who selects the wrong book as an introduction to philosophy can be left with a pretty negative view of the field.
FFS, he just a fucking politician. He has no influence on anything.
There's only one side been attacking here and it isn't technology. This isn't a truce, at best it's a cease-fire.
No it doesn't. Some systems don't even bother to pretend.
Sharing is for commies, he'd never get it past your other party.
I probably shouldn't bite but I will. GP talked about stuff you don't choose (gay), you talked about stuff you can choose (conservative Christian, tea party). It's not exactly the same thing is it?
They paid too much and were in a gambler's frame of mind.
Gambling addict's frame of mind. This kind of bidding war is really not the way to win at gambling.
Do they sell trousers with heat proofing around the arse? This seems to be a detail most tv/film jet packs ignore.
The statement only says that the bureaucrats did their job according to the protocol. Changing the justice system is not something they can do, you need to buy politicians for that.
Is it a requirement for a tech reporter to be completely clueless? Is not doing basic research part of the job requirement?
Following this logic Google Web Toolkit is "Java-based" too. Nevermind that the whole thing compiles to HTML and JavaScript.
This is unfair to reporters. They're not completely clueless. All reporters have to be computer literate enough to copy and paste the text from the press release.
But that still doesn't explain why one of oracle's demands is for all copies of android to be destroyed. That demand just reeks of evil power trip. I would prefer it if my very nice phone continued to work and it needs android to do that. Oracle need to back off a bit.