We should also point out the frequently cited possibility that downloaders' propensity to purchase is positively correlated with downloading (the so-called sampling effect). Google around for this and you will find at least 10 papers that discuss it.
The danger of an Electronic Health Record is that it may perpetuate mistakes which of course do happen and any mistakes can carry on and lead to more problems. Sometimes for people with mental health problems, a diagnosis is made and then subsequently it's discovered that that was not the actual diagnosis. Having this kind of an electronic trail to follow you around forever could be extremely dangerous, in my opinion.
In case you're an idiot like me, you might appreciate to know that interferometry is about studying the properties of two or more waves by looking at the pattern of interference created by their superposition. The instrument used to interfere the waves together is called an interferometer.
What, you don't remember this stuff from Physics 101? Shame on you...
I agree with your sentiment, but the practical side of me worries that insurance companies would do whatever they could to find out whether we carried this defect or not.
Even if you make it illegal for them to discriminate on genetic defects, there's still a risk they'll try to get around the legislation...
At GMU even Computer Engineering (a field closer to Electrical Engineering than Software Engineering or Computer Science) undergrads learn all about the linking process, strong symbols, weak symbols, all that good stuff. You just had a bad candidate.
Our planet's uranium supplies won't last forever (possibly not even until the end of this century if we continue to ramp up production exponentially) but at least they'll last longer than the oil.
Regardless, companies should know by now that any attempt to censor or remove (in particular, by the means of cease-and-desist letters) information will backfire, bigtime.
You can't argue this was intentional, either, because MediaDefender is just drawing bad press to themselves.
I don't think they'll care. Most Comcast broadband subscribers are also paying for the cable service. This isn't much different than the " on demand" service that some cable providers already offer.
You may be right, but consider this: ISP's complain iPlayer uses too much bandwith. I expect this to be a growing point of contention between media companies and ISPs as more and more video content moves online.
No. The "singularity" is caused by an increase in intelligence beyond human levels that obscures our ability to make meaningful predictions. There is no need for any kind of infinite growth. Please do not discuss things you do not understand.
This will definitely overshadow the Zimbra bought by Yahoo yesterday and will haunt Microsoft Office unless they provide a simple webminar option.
I'm not so sure. Office has a lot of momentum and it will be hard to dethrone it or even steal away just a bit of marketshare unless Google finds a strong way to leverage their position to encourage people to use it.
For example, Apple has taken some marketshare away from Powerpoint with Keynote (insofar as I've seen people using it instead of MS Office), but only because they have a captive market to sell to.
For the first time, Kerberos will have an official home, supported by MIT and other Consortium members. This is a good thing no matter how you look at it.
Implementing good security practices tends to waste time.
If Cindy from HR calls me and I have to verify that she is, in fact, Cindy from HR, every time she calls me, that reduces my productivity by a certain amount.
There are ways to spend money instead of reducing productivity (like installing dedicated phones between offices that don't link to the POTS network), but losing money is hardly better than losing time.
The moral of the story is, until losses from poor security exceed losses to productivity caused by rigorously following security protocols on average, people will not be inclined to rigorously follow those protocols.
What a second... you mean that those damaged CDs that don't work when you put them into a computer may actually help to curb piracy in some appreciable way? I am shocked and awed.
Though I do wonder what level of fine it would take for Microsoft to really change it's way of doing things instead of just making whatever paltry change the regulatory body required (like selling a version of Windows that probably no one is going to buy without IE bundled in).
I wonder because even after some pretty hefty fines in the past they seem to have changed direction very little as a company.
Maybe, but only if you are buying a large amount. 2GB USB sticks are so cheap now that they routinely show up for free after a rebate, or sometimes around $5 if you don't want to deal with the rebates.
We sure have come a long way from floppy disks in such a short time...
I wonder why this capability doesn't this kind of thing cause more of an outrage or show up in the "real" media. Microsoft may not be doing anything blatantly wrong _in this case_, but what about when they start auto-installing updates that nuke installs suspected to be pirated? You know it's coming...
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We should also point out the frequently cited possibility that downloaders' propensity to purchase is positively correlated with downloading (the so-called sampling effect). Google around for this and you will find at least 10 papers that discuss it.
Example: http://www.rufuspollock.org/economics/p2p_summary.html
The danger of an Electronic Health Record is that it may perpetuate mistakes which of course do happen and any mistakes can carry on and lead to more problems. Sometimes for people with mental health problems, a diagnosis is made and then subsequently it's discovered that that was not the actual diagnosis. Having this kind of an electronic trail to follow you around forever could be extremely dangerous, in my opinion.
In case you're an idiot like me, you might appreciate to know that interferometry is about studying the properties of two or more waves by looking at the pattern of interference created by their superposition. The instrument used to interfere the waves together is called an interferometer.
What, you don't remember this stuff from Physics 101? Shame on you...
I agree with your sentiment, but the practical side of me worries that insurance companies would do whatever they could to find out whether we carried this defect or not.
Even if you make it illegal for them to discriminate on genetic defects, there's still a risk they'll try to get around the legislation...
At GMU even Computer Engineering (a field closer to Electrical Engineering than Software Engineering or Computer Science) undergrads learn all about the linking process, strong symbols, weak symbols, all that good stuff. You just had a bad candidate.
Our planet's uranium supplies won't last forever (possibly not even until the end of this century if we continue to ramp up production exponentially) but at least they'll last longer than the oil.
Or would it be $798?
Regardless, companies should know by now that any attempt to censor or remove (in particular, by the means of cease-and-desist letters) information will backfire, bigtime.
You can't argue this was intentional, either, because MediaDefender is just drawing bad press to themselves.
I don't think they'll care. Most Comcast broadband subscribers are also paying for the cable service. This isn't much different than the " on demand" service that some cable providers already offer.
You may be right, but consider this: ISP's complain iPlayer uses too much bandwith. I expect this to be a growing point of contention between media companies and ISPs as more and more video content moves online.
Cue Comcast and other ISPs complaining that NBC is taking advantage of the bandwidth they provide and should be forced to pay in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
No. The "singularity" is caused by an increase in intelligence beyond human levels that obscures our ability to make meaningful predictions. There is no need for any kind of infinite growth. Please do not discuss things you do not understand.
How about this: Paypal needs to start treating their customer service situation more like a business and less like a hobby.
This will definitely overshadow the Zimbra bought by Yahoo yesterday and will haunt Microsoft Office unless they provide a simple webminar option.
I'm not so sure. Office has a lot of momentum and it will be hard to dethrone it or even steal away just a bit of marketshare unless Google finds a strong way to leverage their position to encourage people to use it.
For example, Apple has taken some marketshare away from Powerpoint with Keynote (insofar as I've seen people using it instead of MS Office), but only because they have a captive market to sell to.
Sorry, I just modded your comment -1 Trolltech.
For the first time, Kerberos will have an official home, supported by MIT and other Consortium members. This is a good thing no matter how you look at it.
Implementing good security practices tends to waste time.
If Cindy from HR calls me and I have to verify that she is, in fact, Cindy from HR, every time she calls me, that reduces my productivity by a certain amount.
There are ways to spend money instead of reducing productivity (like installing dedicated phones between offices that don't link to the POTS network), but losing money is hardly better than losing time.
The moral of the story is, until losses from poor security exceed losses to productivity caused by rigorously following security protocols on average, people will not be inclined to rigorously follow those protocols.
Silly Silicon Knights, you can't reject a bind-on-pickup.
Actually, it has been unblocked.
the vast majority comes from people borrowing CDs
What a second... you mean that those damaged CDs that don't work when you put them into a computer may actually help to curb piracy in some appreciable way? I am shocked and awed.
Good points all around.
Though I do wonder what level of fine it would take for Microsoft to really change it's way of doing things instead of just making whatever paltry change the regulatory body required (like selling a version of Windows that probably no one is going to buy without IE bundled in).
I wonder because even after some pretty hefty fines in the past they seem to have changed direction very little as a company.
Maybe, but only if you are buying a large amount. 2GB USB sticks are so cheap now that they routinely show up for free after a rebate, or sometimes around $5 if you don't want to deal with the rebates.
We sure have come a long way from floppy disks in such a short time...
Something pretty similar to that was tried a while ago but it was a severe market failure.
To get the people to "support" something like that you have to trick them into it. You can't sell it as a new product like those guys tried to.
3MB per song $0.99 per song 53333 songs per 160GB iPod $52800 to fill 160GB iPod And your worried about your connection being cut off?
Exactly. One of the biggest reasons to be a PC gamer is because you can still run most of yesterday's games today, unlike on consoles.
If nVidia is taking that ability away, then PCs start to look a whole lot more like consoles...
I wonder why this capability doesn't this kind of thing cause more of an outrage or show up in the "real" media. Microsoft may not be doing anything blatantly wrong _in this case_, but what about when they start auto-installing updates that nuke installs suspected to be pirated? You know it's coming...