my comment is not exactly objective, because i work for mattel, (no i am not a trolling lawyer) i read slashdot daily. BTW i speak for my company in capacity, all opinions expressed here are my own.
your post sounds like corrupt logic, let me elucidate my argument: You are unilaterily banning a site because you don't agree with the corporation's policies. This action is pure censorship on your part because it has nothing to do with your company's policy(i assume) on website viewing. That means the users in your domain are getting cheated because they cannot make their own choice at all. Parents at home have the choice of installing cyberpatrol to block their children from viewing sites. A business has the choice of buying the block list to prevent uncomfortable situations from arising on company computers. I will conceed that as soon as someone from your company goes home, they can use the Mattel site on their personal computer. But those adults who have to browse under cyberpatrol will be able to go home and make up their own minds with their own computers.
sorry about all the bold but i am trying to add emphasis
Nutcases, I agree with you, always have, and always will hold the world hostage to some degree. But at the same time, you cannot tell who will be the next Einstein or where he will come from, and witholding information from those who wish to learn and experiment, may be detrimental to progress.
I am speculating here, but I imagine there is a possibility that gene therapy could be able to treat/eliminate unfounded aggression. People one day may not be compelled to design such attrocious weapons. How I long for that day...
This morning after clicking on the Mattel/Cyber-Patrol story, I found myself in a rather novel position. I had moderator points, and I work for Mattel. And I censor images and text for them. And I read slashdot regularly. Quite an interesting position, non? By the way, I do not speak for my company in any capacity, all opinions and ideas expressed here are my own.
I am one of the people who looks over the immense number of graphics that we put into Printshop, Printmaster & ClickArt. I specifically look for corrupted images and images that may be offensive. Offensive images may be racist in nature, or may be derogatory towards women, or maybe too mature for those who might use our product. The reason we take those out is that the majority of the people who buy these products do not want these images in there. What disturbs me the most when I find a racist image, is the thought of young person in the ethnic group portrayed seeing that image and not liking themselves because they saw it. Childhood and adolescence is hard enough. Parents who buy these products do not want their children to find mature graphics. And I am sure that many women who buy this product would take issue with being portrayed in the old stereotypical ways.
This said, I still harbor very many doubts about censorship in general. I think that adults should be able to look for and find any information that they want or need. I also think that artists and the media should be able to freely produce whatever they see fit to make. And be able to show it in public. But parents should be able to restrict the information that their children receive. And that is what the filters do. Schools are institutions that exist specifically to teach people. The selection of a textbook can be construed as an act of censorship because of the difference in political leanings and depth & scope of textbooks. I cannot see what the issue is if K-12 schools want to restrict what students can use the network connection for. Looking up pr0n can be considered an educational experience, but it is not the kind schools are intended to impart. Colleges are a different matter all together, often times a big part of the experience of going to college is finding out who you are, and free(!beer) information access should be considered an integral part of the process.
But there is still the issue of wrongly blocked sites. And this is probably the biggest problem with filter software. There is a need for quick resolution and correction of wrongly blocked sites.
I think you are talking about biological weapons(diseases & viruses) rather than chemical weapons.
How do you know that these sorts of things have not been developed yet anyway?
Also, the good that will come out of this will most probably far outweigh the bad. I am thinking about the end of disease and extension of lifespan that will most probably arise from this.
The solution to the problem you elucidate is to not advance/learn at all, which in my opinion is not a good solution
the greenmarines posted this E problem as being the first bug that needs fixing, he pointed out the likely culprit also, check the sourceforge page.click on the bug link
you should have read about the uses that these devices are planned for. One is for hands-free aircraft inspection, the other for hands-free poultry inspection. They project that these devices will reduce inspection times.
I counted at least three male models. Sorry to respond so negatively to your post but you said yourself you did not look through the whole thing, and I think you missed the point. wearables will augment you, they are not like any garments before them, they don't necessarily have to look like previous clothing, and thirdly most of the wearables were actually seperate from the clothing so you can wear your favorite clothing and wear the computer on top of it!
I have two rendering technologies that I intend to write research engines for.
This seems very interesting. John, if you are reading, will you throw us any scraps about these babies, are they speed optimizations, quality optimizations, both, or other? Also, it seems like a lot of people are speaking for you in this story thread, are they even close to what you are thinking?
it is possible that the hungry folk can use their newfound network to organize politicaly, an informal people's vote(submitted to their leaders), or to organize a revolution, or revamping of their current government. Or they could use it to hack your bank account, or everyone's bank account. It is not like our republican(US) congress will be sending food to any hungry people in the country, let alone out of it.
but if they do not have anonymous identities, the government could hunt them down. that is why anonymity should never be taken away from the internet.
how about the damn toaster burning logos into to your toast every day?
but it could be a good thing, you could share your toast making applet with your friends: Damn John, that's a great butter applicator applet. Also sending your shower temperature preferences to where you are going to stay. Or if your alarm clock doesn't wake you up, it could enlist the help of the rest of the electric appliances in your bedroom. Or cooking dinner from work, or doing laundry. Of course I will only buy programmable devices where an individual could implement their own secuirity and apps.
I respectfully request the address of the payola point. With said address, I can send you a large donation & gain your little privacy seal without really giving the marks any privacy at all.
If we get caught, I believe that the amount paid to you should be enough that you really would not do anything to the company at all. Agreed?
Evolution cannot be stopped by anything, let alone nanobots. Evolution = time, populations seperated by distance & selection pressure(predators & such), none of which will be any different in a nanoworld. Also sounds like you are talking about evolution in regards to only humans.
From your own post, it seems like you would be unwilling yourself to look like todays stars. And speaking of stars, when the world becomes overcrowded, the space program will start paying for itself.
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Just as computers break down data into its most basic form--1s and 0s--nanotechnology deals with matter in its most elemental form: atoms and molecules.
This is a really bad analogy or metaphor, or whatever the heck they were trying to say. Computers, as far as I know, don't break down data into its most basic form. Data is on and off in regards to a computer and it's hardware, and not all data is lodged in a computer anyhow. Data is a loose term for information. Furthermore, I thought that quanta(quarks and such) were matter's most basic building blocks.
In regards to nanites being able to do things on a macroscopic scale(I mean noticable by humans), the science of complexity will play a huge roll in the development of nanosystems. If you doubt the ability of nanobotes being able to perform complex tasks like building a new car, or repairing the body, think about your own body and it's cells. Nanobots that work together will not neccessarily have to be of the same make & model if you will indulge me. Your cells are by no means the same type, yet they work together on a cellular level to make the entity that is you. They work together because of genes and their ability to self-organize. Self-Organization will play a crucial role in nanosystems. Chemical reactions also display this ability, like the B-Z reaction.
Making nanabots work together on macroscopic scales will be a very black art, but I believe far from impossible.
Considering how many IP addresses IPV6 makes available, devices will probably have permanent IP addresses assigned. Consider also how wired the devices we are talking about will be. When the consumer buys these devices, the routing information can be burned in by the reseller or manufacturer, because said IPs will most probably be stored(and available for transfer to the reseller) in either all devices you own, or your main computer.
So, because there is a trusted IP table, the devices will only listen(recognize) to devices(yours and those you allow) listed on it's burned in table. Imagine the table only being wipeable by the IPs that it trusts. That means that the duckling will not be killed by any other device than the owners(in theory hacking this would require someone to physically take the device from the owner, but that level of trust regarding security is dumb). And therefore cannot be reanimated to recognize any other devices except when the owner of the controlling device deems it necessary.
At least that is what I understood from the article
I own a copy of Unreal for the macintosh. It is an excellent game. The best macintosh 3d shooter by far(IMHO). The graphics, maps & multiplay are better than I thought a mac port could ever be.
Westlake Interactive did a very good job porting the game, except that I still don't have a stable version of 224 or 225. My system meets and surpasses the system requirments and it still freezes up every once in a while. Westlake seems to be aware and working on it, and I am happy about that. What I am not happy about is how the date for Unreal Tournament Mac got pushed back 3 or 4 months for what was supposed to be a simultaneous pc/mac release. I am not surprised though, seeing as mac is releasing OS 9. I am under the impression that Westlake is probably making sure that UT will run clean on OS 9, and the same probably holds true for Descent 3, which I thought I was going to see on Mac store shelves last month or this month.
My rambling point is this: maybe Sierra is not interested in ironing out OS 9 bugs or optimizations, and have given up because of that. Or maybe Sierra is nervous because of the G4 ordering fiasco. I have hope(however unlikely) that this trend will not continue.
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my comment is not exactly objective, because i work for mattel, (no i am not a trolling lawyer) i read slashdot daily. BTW i speak for my company in capacity, all opinions expressed here are my own.
your post sounds like corrupt logic, let me elucidate my argument: You are unilaterily banning a site because you don't agree with the corporation's policies. This action is pure censorship on your part because it has nothing to do with your company's policy(i assume) on website viewing. That means the users in your domain are getting cheated because they cannot make their own choice at all. Parents at home have the choice of installing cyberpatrol to block their children from viewing sites. A business has the choice of buying the block list to prevent uncomfortable situations from arising on company computers. I will conceed that as soon as someone from your company goes home, they can use the Mattel site on their personal computer. But those adults who have to browse under cyberpatrol will be able to go home and make up their own minds with their own computers.
sorry about all the bold but i am trying to add emphasis
Nutcases, I agree with you, always have, and always will hold the world hostage to some degree. But at the same time, you cannot tell who will be the next Einstein or where he will come from, and witholding information from those who wish to learn and experiment, may be detrimental to progress.
I am speculating here, but I imagine there is a possibility that gene therapy could be able to treat/eliminate unfounded aggression. People one day may not be compelled to design such attrocious weapons. How I long for that day...
This morning after clicking on the Mattel/Cyber-Patrol story, I found myself in a rather novel position. I had moderator points, and I work for Mattel. And I censor images and text for them. And I read slashdot regularly. Quite an interesting position, non? By the way, I do not speak for my company in any capacity, all opinions and ideas expressed here are my own.
I am one of the people who looks over the immense number of graphics that we put into Printshop, Printmaster & ClickArt. I specifically look for corrupted images and images that may be offensive. Offensive images may be racist in nature, or may be derogatory towards women, or maybe too mature for those who might use our product. The reason we take those out is that the majority of the people who buy these products do not want these images in there. What disturbs me the most when I find a racist image, is the thought of young person in the ethnic group portrayed seeing that image and not liking themselves because they saw it. Childhood and adolescence is hard enough. Parents who buy these products do not want their children to find mature graphics. And I am sure that many women who buy this product would take issue with being portrayed in the old stereotypical ways.
This said, I still harbor very many doubts about censorship in general. I think that adults should be able to look for and find any information that they want or need. I also think that artists and the media should be able to freely produce whatever they see fit to make. And be able to show it in public. But parents should be able to restrict the information that their children receive. And that is what the filters do. Schools are institutions that exist specifically to teach people. The selection of a textbook can be construed as an act of censorship because of the difference in political leanings and depth & scope of textbooks. I cannot see what the issue is if K-12 schools want to restrict what students can use the network connection for. Looking up pr0n can be considered an educational experience, but it is not the kind schools are intended to impart. Colleges are a different matter all together, often times a big part of the experience of going to college is finding out who you are, and free(!beer) information access should be considered an integral part of the process.
But there is still the issue of wrongly blocked sites. And this is probably the biggest problem with filter software. There is a need for quick resolution and correction of wrongly blocked sites.
Thank you for your time.
I think you are talking about biological weapons(diseases & viruses) rather than chemical weapons.
How do you know that these sorts of things have not been developed yet anyway?
Also, the good that will come out of this will most probably far outweigh the bad. I am thinking about the end of disease and extension of lifespan that will most probably arise from this.
The solution to the problem you elucidate is to not advance/learn at all, which in my opinion is not a good solution
nary a word about uptime
splitting the code and making 1/3 available at one site, other 2/3 at other sites?
or maybe adding a 3 to every third place in the code making it something like:
loa3d f3ile3
and then leave it to the user to figure out the pattern?
that way no one would be posting the code but it would be useable
http://www.consoledev.com/dcdev/
the greenmarines posted this E problem as being the first bug that needs fixing, he pointed out the likely culprit also, check the sourceforge page.click on the bug link
you should have read about the uses that these devices are planned for. One is for hands-free aircraft inspection, the other for hands-free poultry inspection. They project that these devices will reduce inspection times.
I counted at least three male models. Sorry to respond so negatively to your post but you said yourself you did not look through the whole thing, and I think you missed the point. wearables will augment you, they are not like any garments before them, they don't necessarily have to look like previous clothing, and thirdly most of the wearables were actually seperate from the clothing so you can wear your favorite clothing and wear the computer on top of it!
why is the date listed on the service for dec. 28th 1999?
i believe the girl was played by drew barrymore
reason is relative & reality is fluid.
he says:
I have two rendering technologies that I intend to write research engines for.
This seems very interesting. John, if you are reading, will you throw us any scraps about these babies, are they speed optimizations, quality optimizations, both, or other? Also, it seems like a lot of people are speaking for you in this story thread, are they even close to what you are thinking?
i think dell just said it is going to start focusing more on things other than hardware.
all you guys sound like you want to start the trials again, remarkably facist for slashdot.
you too should think out of the box...
it is possible that the hungry folk can use their newfound network to organize politicaly, an informal people's vote(submitted to their leaders), or to organize a revolution, or revamping of their current government. Or they could use it to hack your bank account, or everyone's bank account. It is not like our republican(US) congress will be sending food to any hungry people in the country, let alone out of it.
but if they do not have anonymous identities, the government could hunt them down. that is why anonymity should never be taken away from the internet.
how about the damn toaster burning logos into to your toast every day?
but it could be a good thing, you could share your toast making applet with your friends: Damn John, that's a great butter applicator applet. Also sending your shower temperature preferences to where you are going to stay. Or if your alarm clock doesn't wake you up, it could enlist the help of the rest of the electric appliances in your bedroom. Or cooking dinner from work, or doing laundry. Of course I will only buy programmable devices where an individual could implement their own secuirity and apps.
Sounds like a lot of fun to me!
Dear Trust-e,
I respectfully request the address of the payola point. With said address, I can send you a large donation & gain your little privacy seal without really giving the marks any privacy at all.
If we get caught, I believe that the amount paid to you should be enough that you really would not do anything to the company at all. Agreed?
maybe your subconscious likes amazon.com because you probably get the mispelled URL entries from them. hehe
amazing.com?
Evolution cannot be stopped by anything, let alone nanobots. Evolution = time, populations seperated by distance & selection pressure(predators & such), none of which will be any different in a nanoworld. Also sounds like you are talking about evolution in regards to only humans.
From your own post, it seems like you would be unwilling yourself to look like todays stars. And speaking of stars, when the world becomes overcrowded, the space program will start paying for itself.
This is a really bad analogy or metaphor, or whatever the heck they were trying to say. Computers, as far as I know, don't break down data into its most basic form. Data is on and off in regards to a computer and it's hardware, and not all data is lodged in a computer anyhow. Data is a loose term for information. Furthermore, I thought that quanta(quarks and such) were matter's most basic building blocks.
In regards to nanites being able to do things on a macroscopic scale(I mean noticable by humans), the science of complexity will play a huge roll in the development of nanosystems. If you doubt the ability of nanobotes being able to perform complex tasks like building a new car, or repairing the body, think about your own body and it's cells. Nanobots that work together will not neccessarily have to be of the same make & model if you will indulge me. Your cells are by no means the same type, yet they work together on a cellular level to make the entity that is you. They work together because of genes and their ability to self-organize. Self-Organization will play a crucial role in nanosystems. Chemical reactions also display this ability, like the B-Z reaction.
Making nanabots work together on macroscopic scales will be a very black art, but I believe far from impossible.
Considering how many IP addresses IPV6 makes available, devices will probably have permanent IP addresses assigned. Consider also how wired the devices we are talking about will be. When the consumer buys these devices, the routing information can be burned in by the reseller or manufacturer, because said IPs will most probably be stored(and available for transfer to the reseller) in either all devices you own, or your main computer.
So, because there is a trusted IP table, the devices will only listen(recognize) to devices(yours and those you allow) listed on it's burned in table. Imagine the table only being wipeable by the IPs that it trusts. That means that the duckling will not be killed by any other device than the owners(in theory hacking this would require someone to physically take the device from the owner, but that level of trust regarding security is dumb). And therefore cannot be reanimated to recognize any other devices except when the owner of the controlling device deems it necessary.
At least that is what I understood from the article
I own a copy of Unreal for the macintosh. It is an excellent game. The best macintosh 3d shooter by far(IMHO). The graphics, maps & multiplay are better than I thought a mac port could ever be.
Westlake Interactive did a very good job porting the game, except that I still don't have a stable version of 224 or 225. My system meets and surpasses the system requirments and it still freezes up every once in a while. Westlake seems to be aware and working on it, and I am happy about that. What I am not happy about is how the date for Unreal Tournament Mac got pushed back 3 or 4 months for what was supposed to be a simultaneous pc/mac release. I am not surprised though, seeing as mac is releasing OS 9. I am under the impression that Westlake is probably making sure that UT will run clean on OS 9, and the same probably holds true for Descent 3, which I thought I was going to see on Mac store shelves last month or this month.
My rambling point is this: maybe Sierra is not interested in ironing out OS 9 bugs or optimizations, and have given up because of that. Or maybe Sierra is nervous because of the G4 ordering fiasco. I have hope(however unlikely) that this trend will not continue.
I patented frivolous lawsuits yesterday
I am going to make an AI, and it will be made on the macintosh.