That's all well and good if you don't expect China (or any other "destination" country) to notice the increased regulation. Any sort of regulation in this way increases tensions between the regulating country and those affected by the regulations, and that tension is proportional to how much the regulated were benefiting from the now-limited behaviors.
While the internet is certainly fault tolerant, I don't think that's the issue here. I may have read the OP wrong, but it sounds like the EU is concerned about economic tactics in considering this limitation- they don't want China to buy up firms that deal and develop technology key to the European economy, thereby taking money that would have gone to EU members and routing it to China.
Either way, even with a fault tolerant internet, there are other technologies that are not fault tolerant but exist on the net. Just because the whole network doesn't go down doesn't mean that nodes which perform other key functions to a country are impervious.
I'm not actually sure what your point is with this. How do you make the jump from "Chinese companies are buying up EU tech knowledge" with "'Uhrubs' use low-tech means to terrorize European sites"?
hmm, last time I checked, patting a kid on the butt isn't really abuse- I got spanked a few times in my day, but looking back, they didn't even really hurt- it was more the shame of it than anything else. And if you think missing a single meal for misbehavior is reprehensible, take a trip to Africa. I know that example is overused, but seriously- the kid could quite possibly use a few less calories anyway, if obesity is as big an epidemic as the media says. As for kicking your kid out of the car, my parents never did that to me, but at the same time my mom walked home by herself every day from elementary school through high school, without a key to get into the house, and she's not exactly running up therapy costs because of it. Be an adult and punish your children when they go astray. If you're a good parent, you'll know the difference between being a friend and being a parent.
I'm a teenager living in my parent's house, and I can honestly tell you I'm glad they spanked me and grounded me and chewed me out when I was younger, because it taught me not to give them a reason to punish me further on in life. I'm sick of parents who let their kids (my friends) do whatever they want because they're more concerned with being the child's friend than being their parent. Sure, you can be friends with your kids, but you still have to be an authority figure and prepare them for the real world, where they can't do whatever they want without repercussions. Be there to talk to them, laugh with them, and help them with problems, but also be there to slap their hands when the reach for the cookie jar out of turn. If you're a good parent, you'll know how to balance friendship and authority.
That being said, you obviously need to be responsible in your punishments. Spank your child, but don't beat the crap out of them with a wooden switch. Ground them from something they hold dear, but not from something they need- monitor computer use so it's only for homework, or limit their cell phone to family numbers and 911. Send them to bed without supper, but make them a decent breakfast the next day, and talk things over with them as they eat (this an especially good way to show you've forgiven them and make amends). Kick them out of the car on the way home from school, but not a long way from home. Don't take your anger out on them- you want to teach them, not torture them. If you're a good parent, you'll know the difference.
the same could be said for "RPG" There are very few games out there where you aren't playing a role you wouldn't normally in real life, and the games in which you don't normally involve clearing tiles from a board.
As far as "adventure" goes, it's different than an action game (or movie, the same holds through) in that the game's focus isn't 90% on battle. Zelda has much more meat outside of combat than say Enter the Matrix did. Likewise, LOTR had a more involved plot than Kill Bill.
Like the GP said, they're only using H2 assets to save on download bandwidth for the beta- The full game won't need to worry about that and will almost definitely show a boost in graphics, (even if they weren't planning on it before, what with the comments swimming the intertubes today).
Now, with no where to go, how are kids supposed to do that?
They don't. Instead, they use their free time getting hold of guns and shooting out their high schools...
That sounds overly morbid, but think about it. If a kid isn't involved in after school activities (and many of them are), what does he have to tinker with in his spare time? Sure he can mess with programming and hacking, but that doesn't get him outside like a model rocket does, and has a poor social stigma attached to it. They still have model rockets, but there's no instilled interest in them anymore- I'm one of the few teenagers I know whose dad showed any interest in helping me build model rockets when i was a little'un. Everyone else was in day care.
Well I realize that the process would be carbon neutral once you're growing plants to process, I was mainly thinking of the fact that since we're producing CO2 in high concentration, we may as well use it in high concentration to boost plant growth. The next step would be just making sure the CO2 isn't able to hit the atmosphere at large before the plants have a chance to use it. Other than that, you're right- it doesn't really matter if the CO2 gets out there as long as there are plenty of plants to compensate.
Ooh, I just thought of one after I hit submit- circulate it (obviously not at 100% concentration) through small sealed greenhouses used to grow the plants needed to feed the power cell's bacteria- not only does the CO2 boost plant production, but you'd be producing fresh O2 for release back into the atmosphere, as long as you time it so you don't leak CO2 when you open the greenhouse to harvest (cut the CO2 input off with enough time for the plants to consume it down to normal atmospheric levels by the time they're ready for harvest). IANA botanist, but I'm sure they could find a way to make it work.
Aye, I would guess that the next step would be adding a way to scrub/store the CO2 exhaust. There has to be some use for it, and the output would be in a small contained area with a low output, perfect for capturing in tanks for some use. Any ideas?
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yeah, because no geek has ever heard the word "marathon" before, and wouldn't know what one is or how it works. right.
I dunno, a lot of people (and they're not hardcore gamers) I know bought the Wii because of the big name Nintendo games such as Metroid Prime 3 and Super Mario Galaxy, but also bought 3rd party games like Rayman: Raving Rabbids and Elebits. Nintendo may knock the competitor's games out of the water, but they also provide for a much larger install base than any third party would be able to. think back to the gamecube- the install base was relatively small because PS2 had a major lead, but what numbers it did make were due to the likes of smash bros. Third party companies would have sold even less than they did if Nintendo hadn't been an install leader.
Then look at Sony, who doesn't really have much of an in-house development studio (do they even have anything at all?) What sold their PS2? Grand Theft Auto did more than its fair share, along with Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid, and provided the opportunity for "lesser" developers to get their products in as well. Now that GTA and MGS are not going to be exclusive, and Square is talking about focusing more on other platforms soon as well, the PS3's not selling as much as Sony's arrogance led them to believe. All the other third parties dedicated to the Sony platform are going to be affected by of Rockstar and Square's actions just as much as the third parties on Nintendo are affected by Nintendo's actions. It just so happens that Nintendo's actions are normally really good for their consoles' install base, while in this case, the big developers are causing possible trouble for Sony. I think third parties need to stop complaining about Nintendo's success and spend a little time making a product that can take advantage of the plethora of new consoles out there, all wanting something to play in the admittedly large gap between big Nintendo releases. Lord knows that's when I bought all of my third-party games.
ummm, i just carried out your example in Excel 2003, and it sorted all three columns, prioritized by the column that contained the cell that I had selected before I used Ctrl-A. Ctrl-A also highlighted the entire spreadsheet, not just two columns. I think you may be having a personal problem, no offense. The only way I could get it to not synchronize column is to either selct all of column A and click the sort button, or select columns A and B and then click sort. Maybe I'm just missing something?
nah dude, it's a call back to that oldie but goodie, Oregon Trail. the plural of Ox is oxen, so all the older gamers honor the game with "boxen." you obviously wouldn't know because you weren't cool enough to have played it.
Hm, I don't seem to recall the GP saying anything hateful, or even mentioning, the RIAA- he was adressing Jobs. And even that adress wasn't hateful, just pointing out the fact that when you buy a piece of music, you don't actually own the song, just the right to listen to it with certain restrictions. It's just a simple statemant. Yet you're able to read into this person enough to write two scathing paragraphs? Back off, man. He may be impotently crticizing "The Man" on Slashdot, but at least he's not attacking other slashdotters for no reason.
I'm calling BS on this statement. Nothing in this guy's post could honestly be taken as smear- not any more than any other/. article. The fact of the matter is that this Crookes man doesn't like what is being posted about him on open forums, and is suing the editors of said forums for comments that not only did they not make, but that they disavow any ownership of in their legal disclaimers, as does any open forum. Furthermore, Michael Piling, head of OpenPolitics, even edited the offensive material, only to have the original material reposted by the user. How is Piling deserving of a lawsuit for something that is not only not his fault, but that he tried to correct to the wishes of Crookes? It'd be one thing if the lawsuit was for refusing to release the names or IP addresses of the users commiting libel, as that could be (mis)construed as aiding and abetting criminals, but even that would be a pretty weak case. Furthermore, I notice that the lawsuit against Wikipedia was made April 16, though Crookes' entry on the site was cut to a stub and protected nearly a month earlier, on March 19. Besides, he will need to prove to a court that the statements made on these sites were not only false (which shouldn't be too hard) but made with malignant intent something that will be nearly impossible to prove against anonymous users, and absolutely impossible to prove against the hosts of public forums who have made efforts to edit, remove, and block said harmful statements from appearing on their sites.
Dude if you're going to spam some offtopic political piece, at least use one that doesn't talk about the 2000 elections in the future tense...
More ontopic, the only thing keeping me from buying a USB turntable is the fact that there are no stores that sell new vinyl around here, and the only used vinyl is to be found at Half Price Books, which has an iffy selection.
They never had proof that Capone's actions were illegal- the reason they had to nab him for tax evasion. And commercial transactions are illegal not by the definition of going against governmental law, but by the definition of an action that breaks a preset, agreed upon (you did click "Accept" after all) rule. To my understanding, a EULA is a legally binding contract, and if you break it, it is within the legal rights of the opposite party to bring reasonable (and in a EULA's case, mostly preset) against you. The repercussions of carrying out a commercial transaction on WoW is that both accounts are shut down and the nonphysical "good" that was purchased with physical money is lost to both parties when the accounts are shut down- the transaction basically never took place, and the customer just handed the merchant money for nothing. I'm pretty sure the government doesn't tax me for handing a ten dollar bill to a friend, nor do they tax me for transfering money from one bank account to another (at least under a certain limit?). How then could the government tax such a transaction, when by taxing it, Blizzard has proof that people agreed to a transaction, and shut down both accounts, and basically cancelling the transaction. Furthermore, there's the much simpler point that you do not get taxed for transactions across state lines, so unless you happen to be in the same state as the gold farmer you're buying from, it doesn't make sense to tax the transaction anyway. If they won't tax physical purchases, why tax data purchases, when you don't even actually "own" the data anyway?
Hmm nice way to mince words. It's illegal in that if they catch you doing it, both parties lose their accounts, and the transaction isn't completed. How can you tax an undone transaction? And I'm pretty sure Al Capone was charged with tax evasion because he had mysterious amounts of unreported physical income, which just happened to be the result of his other crimes. The only actual changing of money that goes on in WoW (without breaking EULA)is you paying for your disc and your monthly fees (both of which I'm sure are taxed). None of the money in my character's account is technically "mine" as Blizzard (and Linden in SL's case) retain all rights to the actual data. They just "let me play with it" as long as I send them real money every month.
wait a second. if i buy something off of amazon.com, chances are I'm not going to get taxed on it because it's across state lines, and sales tax isn't applicable. why should there be a sales tax on WoW? Furthermore, any commercial venture in WoW is against their EULA anyway, so it makes little sense to tax an illegal venture. At least in SecondLife, you have a semi-real market value for Linden Dollars. Even then, would the tax be paid in Linden Dollars? Is the government really willing to set up a section of the IRS to collect tax in fake (non defacto) money for what will often be no more than data swapping? How do you tax something that never leaves the company's server? at that pont you're basically taxing my right to right-click a graphical representation of a data object and subtract a number from an arbitrary value, while retaining no lasting, physical record of that occurance. How is that a sale?
While I agree that Slashdot shouldn't ban any exercise of free speech, I'm pretty sure one of this site's rules is no advertising your site in discussions, espeically if it has nothing to do with the discussion at hand. This guy is just spamming articles with ads, without making even the slightest effort to make it look like a normal response. I agree that there needs to be a "report abuse" link that/. higher-ups can then review and make a decision based on. There's a difference between free speech and system abuse.
One thing I've heard brought up by universities down here in Texas and Louisiana is a plant called Energy Cane- similar to normal sugar cane, but much more aggressive and much more energy dense. From what I understand the stalks grow over twice the size of for-food cane, and its relatively easy to grow. I say we take a look at utilizing things like that in some parts, at least down in the Houston area (home of Sysco Sugar) where the sugar industry has been hit hard due to artificial sweeteners. Take whatever land that hasn't been converted to suburb yet an get a pilot program going.
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That's all well and good if you don't expect China (or any other "destination" country) to notice the increased regulation. Any sort of regulation in this way increases tensions between the regulating country and those affected by the regulations, and that tension is proportional to how much the regulated were benefiting from the now-limited behaviors.
While the internet is certainly fault tolerant, I don't think that's the issue here. I may have read the OP wrong, but it sounds like the EU is concerned about economic tactics in considering this limitation- they don't want China to buy up firms that deal and develop technology key to the European economy, thereby taking money that would have gone to EU members and routing it to China. Either way, even with a fault tolerant internet, there are other technologies that are not fault tolerant but exist on the net. Just because the whole network doesn't go down doesn't mean that nodes which perform other key functions to a country are impervious.
I'm not actually sure what your point is with this. How do you make the jump from "Chinese companies are buying up EU tech knowledge" with "'Uhrubs' use low-tech means to terrorize European sites"?
hmm, last time I checked, patting a kid on the butt isn't really abuse- I got spanked a few times in my day, but looking back, they didn't even really hurt- it was more the shame of it than anything else. And if you think missing a single meal for misbehavior is reprehensible, take a trip to Africa. I know that example is overused, but seriously- the kid could quite possibly use a few less calories anyway, if obesity is as big an epidemic as the media says. As for kicking your kid out of the car, my parents never did that to me, but at the same time my mom walked home by herself every day from elementary school through high school, without a key to get into the house, and she's not exactly running up therapy costs because of it. Be an adult and punish your children when they go astray. If you're a good parent, you'll know the difference between being a friend and being a parent.
I'm a teenager living in my parent's house, and I can honestly tell you I'm glad they spanked me and grounded me and chewed me out when I was younger, because it taught me not to give them a reason to punish me further on in life. I'm sick of parents who let their kids (my friends) do whatever they want because they're more concerned with being the child's friend than being their parent. Sure, you can be friends with your kids, but you still have to be an authority figure and prepare them for the real world, where they can't do whatever they want without repercussions. Be there to talk to them, laugh with them, and help them with problems, but also be there to slap their hands when the reach for the cookie jar out of turn. If you're a good parent, you'll know how to balance friendship and authority.
That being said, you obviously need to be responsible in your punishments. Spank your child, but don't beat the crap out of them with a wooden switch. Ground them from something they hold dear, but not from something they need- monitor computer use so it's only for homework, or limit their cell phone to family numbers and 911. Send them to bed without supper, but make them a decent breakfast the next day, and talk things over with them as they eat (this an especially good way to show you've forgiven them and make amends). Kick them out of the car on the way home from school, but not a long way from home. Don't take your anger out on them- you want to teach them, not torture them. If you're a good parent, you'll know the difference.
the same could be said for "RPG" There are very few games out there where you aren't playing a role you wouldn't normally in real life, and the games in which you don't normally involve clearing tiles from a board. As far as "adventure" goes, it's different than an action game (or movie, the same holds through) in that the game's focus isn't 90% on battle. Zelda has much more meat outside of combat than say Enter the Matrix did. Likewise, LOTR had a more involved plot than Kill Bill.
Is it bad that I really want to take that class and/or get a copy of that simulator language?
Like the GP said, they're only using H2 assets to save on download bandwidth for the beta- The full game won't need to worry about that and will almost definitely show a boost in graphics, (even if they weren't planning on it before, what with the comments swimming the intertubes today).
If I had to be lost somewhere, it'd be the land of Latinas and tequila.
Sounds a whole heck of a lot like the New Mexico I know...
Now, with no where to go, how are kids supposed to do that? They don't. Instead, they use their free time getting hold of guns and shooting out their high schools... That sounds overly morbid, but think about it. If a kid isn't involved in after school activities (and many of them are), what does he have to tinker with in his spare time? Sure he can mess with programming and hacking, but that doesn't get him outside like a model rocket does, and has a poor social stigma attached to it. They still have model rockets, but there's no instilled interest in them anymore- I'm one of the few teenagers I know whose dad showed any interest in helping me build model rockets when i was a little'un. Everyone else was in day care.
But considering G4 laptops are still going for around 700 dollars on eBay, I'd say that in the iBook's case, it would be beneficial to consumers...
Well I realize that the process would be carbon neutral once you're growing plants to process, I was mainly thinking of the fact that since we're producing CO2 in high concentration, we may as well use it in high concentration to boost plant growth. The next step would be just making sure the CO2 isn't able to hit the atmosphere at large before the plants have a chance to use it. Other than that, you're right- it doesn't really matter if the CO2 gets out there as long as there are plenty of plants to compensate.
Ooh, I just thought of one after I hit submit- circulate it (obviously not at 100% concentration) through small sealed greenhouses used to grow the plants needed to feed the power cell's bacteria- not only does the CO2 boost plant production, but you'd be producing fresh O2 for release back into the atmosphere, as long as you time it so you don't leak CO2 when you open the greenhouse to harvest (cut the CO2 input off with enough time for the plants to consume it down to normal atmospheric levels by the time they're ready for harvest). IANA botanist, but I'm sure they could find a way to make it work.
Aye, I would guess that the next step would be adding a way to scrub/store the CO2 exhaust. There has to be some use for it, and the output would be in a small contained area with a low output, perfect for capturing in tanks for some use. Any ideas?
yeah, because no geek has ever heard the word "marathon" before, and wouldn't know what one is or how it works. right.
I dunno, a lot of people (and they're not hardcore gamers) I know bought the Wii because of the big name Nintendo games such as Metroid Prime 3 and Super Mario Galaxy, but also bought 3rd party games like Rayman: Raving Rabbids and Elebits. Nintendo may knock the competitor's games out of the water, but they also provide for a much larger install base than any third party would be able to. think back to the gamecube- the install base was relatively small because PS2 had a major lead, but what numbers it did make were due to the likes of smash bros. Third party companies would have sold even less than they did if Nintendo hadn't been an install leader.
Then look at Sony, who doesn't really have much of an in-house development studio (do they even have anything at all?) What sold their PS2? Grand Theft Auto did more than its fair share, along with Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid, and provided the opportunity for "lesser" developers to get their products in as well. Now that GTA and MGS are not going to be exclusive, and Square is talking about focusing more on other platforms soon as well, the PS3's not selling as much as Sony's arrogance led them to believe. All the other third parties dedicated to the Sony platform are going to be affected by of Rockstar and Square's actions just as much as the third parties on Nintendo are affected by Nintendo's actions. It just so happens that Nintendo's actions are normally really good for their consoles' install base, while in this case, the big developers are causing possible trouble for Sony. I think third parties need to stop complaining about Nintendo's success and spend a little time making a product that can take advantage of the plethora of new consoles out there, all wanting something to play in the admittedly large gap between big Nintendo releases. Lord knows that's when I bought all of my third-party games.
ummm, i just carried out your example in Excel 2003, and it sorted all three columns, prioritized by the column that contained the cell that I had selected before I used Ctrl-A. Ctrl-A also highlighted the entire spreadsheet, not just two columns. I think you may be having a personal problem, no offense. The only way I could get it to not synchronize column is to either selct all of column A and click the sort button, or select columns A and B and then click sort. Maybe I'm just missing something?
nah dude, it's a call back to that oldie but goodie, Oregon Trail. the plural of Ox is oxen, so all the older gamers honor the game with "boxen." you obviously wouldn't know because you weren't cool enough to have played it.
Hm, I don't seem to recall the GP saying anything hateful, or even mentioning, the RIAA- he was adressing Jobs. And even that adress wasn't hateful, just pointing out the fact that when you buy a piece of music, you don't actually own the song, just the right to listen to it with certain restrictions. It's just a simple statemant. Yet you're able to read into this person enough to write two scathing paragraphs? Back off, man. He may be impotently crticizing "The Man" on Slashdot, but at least he's not attacking other slashdotters for no reason.
I'm calling BS on this statement. Nothing in this guy's post could honestly be taken as smear- not any more than any other /. article. The fact of the matter is that this Crookes man doesn't like what is being posted about him on open forums, and is suing the editors of said forums for comments that not only did they not make, but that they disavow any ownership of in their legal disclaimers, as does any open forum. Furthermore, Michael Piling, head of OpenPolitics, even edited the offensive material, only to have the original material reposted by the user. How is Piling deserving of a lawsuit for something that is not only not his fault, but that he tried to correct to the wishes of Crookes? It'd be one thing if the lawsuit was for refusing to release the names or IP addresses of the users commiting libel, as that could be (mis)construed as aiding and abetting criminals, but even that would be a pretty weak case. Furthermore, I notice that the lawsuit against Wikipedia was made April 16, though Crookes' entry on the site was cut to a stub and protected nearly a month earlier, on March 19. Besides, he will need to prove to a court that the statements made on these sites were not only false (which shouldn't be too hard) but made with malignant intent something that will be nearly impossible to prove against anonymous users, and absolutely impossible to prove against the hosts of public forums who have made efforts to edit, remove, and block said harmful statements from appearing on their sites.
Dude if you're going to spam some offtopic political piece, at least use one that doesn't talk about the 2000 elections in the future tense... More ontopic, the only thing keeping me from buying a USB turntable is the fact that there are no stores that sell new vinyl around here, and the only used vinyl is to be found at Half Price Books, which has an iffy selection.
They never had proof that Capone's actions were illegal- the reason they had to nab him for tax evasion. And commercial transactions are illegal not by the definition of going against governmental law, but by the definition of an action that breaks a preset, agreed upon (you did click "Accept" after all) rule. To my understanding, a EULA is a legally binding contract, and if you break it, it is within the legal rights of the opposite party to bring reasonable (and in a EULA's case, mostly preset) against you. The repercussions of carrying out a commercial transaction on WoW is that both accounts are shut down and the nonphysical "good" that was purchased with physical money is lost to both parties when the accounts are shut down- the transaction basically never took place, and the customer just handed the merchant money for nothing. I'm pretty sure the government doesn't tax me for handing a ten dollar bill to a friend, nor do they tax me for transfering money from one bank account to another (at least under a certain limit?). How then could the government tax such a transaction, when by taxing it, Blizzard has proof that people agreed to a transaction, and shut down both accounts, and basically cancelling the transaction. Furthermore, there's the much simpler point that you do not get taxed for transactions across state lines, so unless you happen to be in the same state as the gold farmer you're buying from, it doesn't make sense to tax the transaction anyway. If they won't tax physical purchases, why tax data purchases, when you don't even actually "own" the data anyway?
Hmm nice way to mince words. It's illegal in that if they catch you doing it, both parties lose their accounts, and the transaction isn't completed. How can you tax an undone transaction? And I'm pretty sure Al Capone was charged with tax evasion because he had mysterious amounts of unreported physical income, which just happened to be the result of his other crimes. The only actual changing of money that goes on in WoW (without breaking EULA)is you paying for your disc and your monthly fees (both of which I'm sure are taxed). None of the money in my character's account is technically "mine" as Blizzard (and Linden in SL's case) retain all rights to the actual data. They just "let me play with it" as long as I send them real money every month.
wait a second. if i buy something off of amazon.com, chances are I'm not going to get taxed on it because it's across state lines, and sales tax isn't applicable. why should there be a sales tax on WoW? Furthermore, any commercial venture in WoW is against their EULA anyway, so it makes little sense to tax an illegal venture. At least in SecondLife, you have a semi-real market value for Linden Dollars. Even then, would the tax be paid in Linden Dollars? Is the government really willing to set up a section of the IRS to collect tax in fake (non defacto) money for what will often be no more than data swapping? How do you tax something that never leaves the company's server? at that pont you're basically taxing my right to right-click a graphical representation of a data object and subtract a number from an arbitrary value, while retaining no lasting, physical record of that occurance. How is that a sale?
While I agree that Slashdot shouldn't ban any exercise of free speech, I'm pretty sure one of this site's rules is no advertising your site in discussions, espeically if it has nothing to do with the discussion at hand. This guy is just spamming articles with ads, without making even the slightest effort to make it look like a normal response. I agree that there needs to be a "report abuse" link that /. higher-ups can then review and make a decision based on. There's a difference between free speech and system abuse.
One thing I've heard brought up by universities down here in Texas and Louisiana is a plant called Energy Cane- similar to normal sugar cane, but much more aggressive and much more energy dense. From what I understand the stalks grow over twice the size of for-food cane, and its relatively easy to grow. I say we take a look at utilizing things like that in some parts, at least down in the Houston area (home of Sysco Sugar) where the sugar industry has been hit hard due to artificial sweeteners. Take whatever land that hasn't been converted to suburb yet an get a pilot program going.