That sounds like a great way to deal with religious radicals. Right up there with projecting a whisper right next to their ears, except this can be implemented on a mass scale.
Those with a higher level of education are hopefully able to better understand the problem and question being posed. I would expect that they are also more likely to engage in critical thinking. Maybe those with a short attention span just didn't read the whole thing. The results don't suggest much more than to say that it might be worth repeating the experiment with some improvements.
My fortune: "Malek's Law: Any simple idea will be worded in the most complicated way."
FTA: "The algae-powered system hasnâ(TM)t yet been built, however, and skeptics will remain until it is. Even if FernÃndez-Hanâ(TM)s design doesnâ(TM)t pan out as planned, weâ(TM)re thoroughly impressed by his innovative spirit."
Wheat has also worked as a technical writer, music journalist for national magazines, and publicist in the music industry. Off and on over the years he has been a professional musician as well. (see: http://wheatwilliams.com/computers/index.html )
Ya.. and those 700,000 lines of code copyrighted by IBM are mostly comments and header files anyways, and therefore unoriginal. IBM doesn't stand a chance.
USA didn't make the list? What about a DMCA takedown? You don't call that censorship? Freedom of speech is an interesting idea, but does it actually exist anywhere?
My guess is that this will end bloody. After all, I'm quite sure that robots will be found on the battlefields of the future because it's easier (politically) to send a few thousand robots against your enemy and let them be 'killed' instead of human beings who have parents and peers. Over time, robots will be the only ones who have sufficient training in military arms. And then... good night humankind. I'd say that the major delay to such an "advance" is that humans are way cheaper to replace.
I just want to be on record as letting everyone know that I think this is a great idea. It was always a great idea. In fact, it is inconceivable that anyone would think otherwise.
The great wall of China will probably be around for a long time. While trying to filter all that content, the government is ensuring innovation in filtering and firewalling techologies. They won't ever succeed at stopping everything, but watching them try is fascinating. Regardless of your political views, the challenge faced by the engineers implementing the system is an inviting one. I mean, wouldn't it be kinda fun to filter all references to Al Gore and replace them with, for example, the Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Do you really think you can stop Amazon or any other bookstore from selling a book? I could see stopping someone from publishing a book because you're the copyright holder, but once it's published, I can't imagine a way to stop those copies from being sold and resold wherever, short of making everyone you sell the book to sign a licensing agreement that gives you that control.
It would be WAY easier to keep a list of names and heuristics for all of the legitimate code out there and have a default deny policy with a whitelist. The only condition that would need to be met is that no legitimate application is denied entry or the concept could become worse than DRM.
Here's yet another article... "Some of the big music labels are now clammoring to raise prices for digital music downloads. From the article: 'Music industry executives said introductory wholesale prices for digital tracks had been set low to stimulate demand for online music sales but the success of Apple's music store had prompted concern that they may now be too low.'" Relatedly, the BBC is reporting that iTunes is under investigation in Britain for charging disparities between the UK and the European continent.
Oh.. and again, just in case you missed it the last few times...
"Some of the big music labels are now clammoring to raise prices for digital music downloads. From the article: 'Music industry executives said introductory wholesale prices for digital tracks had been set low to stimulate demand for online music sales but the success of Apple's music store had prompted concern that they may now be too low.'" Relatedly, the BBC is reporting that iTunes is under investigation in Britain for charging disparities between the UK and the European continent.
You'd almost think the editors were cutting and pasting...
If Bill were being knighted for his charitable deeds, his intelligence, maybe even his success as a businessman, I could understand this. After all, there is no denying that he is a brilliant and successful capitalist, the realization of American ideals. However, according to TFA, he's being knighted for the profound impact Microsoft has had on the British Economy. And they're greatful for this??? His company isn't out to contribute to the British economy, it's out to rape and pillage it.
Hell, let's start giving out knighthoods to oil companies because of their profound impact on the environment. Actually, that's one example we'll likely see too, with oil companies being recognized for their contributions into fuel efficiency and alternate fuels research. Argh.
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Much better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PeRS0hOKyg
That sounds like a great way to deal with religious radicals. Right up there with projecting a whisper right next to their ears, except this can be implemented on a mass scale.
Those with a higher level of education are hopefully able to better understand the problem and question being posed. I would expect that they are also more likely to engage in critical thinking. Maybe those with a short attention span just didn't read the whole thing. The results don't suggest much more than to say that it might be worth repeating the experiment with some improvements.
My fortune: "Malek's Law: Any simple idea will be worded in the most complicated way."
FTA: "The algae-powered system hasnâ(TM)t yet been built, however, and skeptics will remain until it is. Even if FernÃndez-Hanâ(TM)s design doesnâ(TM)t pan out as planned, weâ(TM)re thoroughly impressed by his innovative spirit."
Wheat has also worked as a technical writer, music journalist for national magazines, and publicist in the music industry. Off and on over the years he has been a professional musician as well.
(see: http://wheatwilliams.com/computers/index.html )
http://lists.beryl-project.org/pipermail/beryl-dev /2007-March/000371.html
(ok, so that might go down in flames too)
Um.. Guess you entered into a contract then. Sucks to be you. You now owe $5000.
Ya.. and those 700,000 lines of code copyrighted by IBM are mostly comments and header files anyways, and therefore unoriginal. IBM doesn't stand a chance.
USA didn't make the list? What about a DMCA takedown? You don't call that censorship? Freedom of speech is an interesting idea, but does it actually exist anywhere?
It is called the hype cycle, as popularized by Gartner. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle
I just want to be on record as letting everyone know that I think this is a great idea. It was always a great idea. In fact, it is inconceivable that anyone would think otherwise.
Collective intelligence is not a new term and is certainly not a new concept. (see: http://www.co-intelligence.org/Collective_Intellig ence.html ) However, studying it and finding ways to actually make it work is a worthwhile challenge.
Just think, the next big thing in stack computing: Towers^H^H^H^H^H^H Stacks of Hanoi at 2Ghz!
Article is a troll.
That was intended as satire, right?
yhbt
The great wall of China will probably be around for a long time. While trying to filter all that content, the government is ensuring innovation in filtering and firewalling techologies. They won't ever succeed at stopping everything, but watching them try is fascinating. Regardless of your political views, the challenge faced by the engineers implementing the system is an inviting one. I mean, wouldn't it be kinda fun to filter all references to Al Gore and replace them with, for example, the Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Do you really think you can stop Amazon or any other bookstore from selling a book? I could see stopping someone from publishing a book because you're the copyright holder, but once it's published, I can't imagine a way to stop those copies from being sold and resold wherever, short of making everyone you sell the book to sign a licensing agreement that gives you that control.
It would be WAY easier to keep a list of names and heuristics for all of the legitimate code out there and have a default deny policy with a whitelist. The only condition that would need to be met is that no legitimate application is denied entry or the concept could become worse than DRM.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/24/1
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04
The unfortunate side effect of this is that you wind up with a network that has a rotten core for some time to come.
Here's yet another article...
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"Some of the big music labels are now clammoring to raise prices for digital music downloads. From the article: 'Music industry executives said introductory wholesale prices for digital tracks had been set low to stimulate demand for online music sales but the success of Apple's music store had prompted concern that they may now be too low.'" Relatedly, the BBC is reporting that iTunes is under investigation in Britain for charging disparities between the UK and the European continent.
Oh.. and again, just in case you missed it the last few times
"Some of the big music labels are now clammoring to raise prices for digital music downloads. From the article: 'Music industry executives said introductory wholesale prices for digital tracks had been set low to stimulate demand for online music sales but the success of Apple's music store had prompted concern that they may now be too low.'" Relatedly, the BBC is reporting that iTunes is under investigation in Britain for charging disparities between the UK and the European continent.
You'd almost think the editors were cutting and pasting...
I think you might have mistaken me for an American.
If Bill were being knighted for his charitable deeds, his intelligence, maybe even his success as a businessman, I could understand this. After all, there is no denying that he is a brilliant and successful capitalist, the realization of American ideals. However, according to TFA, he's being knighted for the profound impact Microsoft has had on the British Economy. And they're greatful for this??? His company isn't out to contribute to the British economy, it's out to rape and pillage it.
Hell, let's start giving out knighthoods to oil companies because of their profound impact on the environment. Actually, that's one example we'll likely see too, with oil companies being recognized for their contributions into fuel efficiency and alternate fuels research. Argh.