The way I see it, with the amount of time it took to complain to the network about the commercial, the parents could have easily talked to their children and made sure they understood not to copy it.
For some reason, these parents think ignorance is better for their children than knowing about and understanding an issue.
I am far from having a complete understanding of relativity, but I was under the impression that gravity is one of the consequences of the theory of relativity. A mass creates a bump or dip in the time-space field proportional to the inverse square of the distance, and we perceive it as the mass exerting gravitational force on it surroundings (these dips and bumps also result in time being slower the closer to a large mass).
Similarly, consumers who want to consume content on only a single device can pay less than those who want to use it across all of their entertainment areas -- vacation homes, cars, different devices and remotely. Abandoning DRM now will unnecessarily doom all consumers to a "one size fits all" situation that will increase costs for many of them. Then half a page down:
Truly interoperable DRM will hasten the shift to the electronic distribution of content and make it easier for consumers to manage and share content in the home -- and it will enable it in an open environment where their content is portable across a number of devices, not held hostage to just one company's products. If that isn't doublespeak, I don't know what is.
This will, however effect my plans of building a cryogenic chamber to freeze myself until they year 5,000,000,000,000. I would hate for the subtraction to overflow, and wake up in the year 707,722,973,404 BC. Actually, come to think of it, it would be interesting to see the universe before it was actually created.
How about even shorter terms? So that sometime within our lives we can actually benefit from the invention?
How about if a company can't get a working product out in a decent amount of time (either by themselves or through a partnership with another company which pays licensing), then the patent is terminated.
However, if there is actually a product on the market, they are allowed to keep the patent longer. You could even add incentives for competition by allowing patent lengths to grow proportionally to the number of different companies with products using the patent.
There are thousands of ways to improve the patent system, some of them more unnecessarily complicated than others. The REAL trick is finding one that the large patent holding corporations will actually support (or at least let pass through congress).
I personally think the reason sales are low is because not as many people are buying new computers, as they did during the 98-XP switch. The majority of Vista sales is going to be through new computer sales.
Since XP actually does a decent job of retaining speed (a reformat still does wonders), no one needs to buy a new computer. If all they use it for is web browsing and e-mail, why do they need a new computer/OS that does neither any better than XP (unless you count more flashy as better)?
Haha. Nice.
I don't buy the response of the pirate though..
Instead of:
"The fellow replies that he needs the food for his 'crew'."
I think it would be more like :
"The fellow replies, 'Arrgh - it be for me maties.'"
Wait, wait, wait.. Twinkies with a higher nutritional value? If there's one thing I learned from Family Guy, it's that twinkies are pure nutrition. . . . Steve Perry
I disagree. Sex offense is definitely one of the crimes that a person should be able to be rehabilitated from. However, for most of the people, they need help. This includes psychiatry and possibly the knowledge that someone might be checking up on their screen names from time to time. Sex offense isn't necessarily one of those things that everyone considers to be immoral (the people who commit the offense could have very different upbringings than you and I, and may have a ****ed up understanding about it), but it IS against the law. If you make it harder for past offenders to do it again, maybe they will eventually move on.
I don't see how this is any different than sex offenders being required to register their address. Hell, it seems a lot less intrusive.
They don't get paid a certain amount of money per movie, though. They get paid per admission. Just because 11% of the movies were recorded on camcorder, doesn't mean the drop in sales was 11%.
If you factor in the number of people who saw the CAM version, and the number of those people who would have paid to see it, but didn't have to - the loss in revenue is negligible.
Doesn't the OLPC cost a lot more than $100 per unit ATM?
I forget the actual number, but wasn't it more like $400?
Of course, in a year or two, it should be around $100.
And who says e-ink has been around for 15 years? Seems to me like its just now getting to a usable state. They don't even have the flexible version (let alone color) out of the lab yet, as far as I know.
If I could get an open format e-ink e-book reader that rolls up into a convenient pocket size and lasts a few days on a single charge (it would have to stop the processor between pages, unlike the current sony reader), i would gladly pay upwards near $200. However, the current functionality at the current price? Not happening. (Oh and wtf is with the mp3 BS on the sony one. Talk about wasted electronics.)
Yeah, but that means you had to come up with about 30 phrases that didn't apply to the suggestion.
Your just not lazy enough to exist here on slashdot.
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The way I see it, with the amount of time it took to complain to the network about the commercial, the parents could have easily talked to their children and made sure they understood not to copy it.
For some reason, these parents think ignorance is better for their children than knowing about and understanding an issue.
Oh Canada!
They're just so cute, with their little order.
I blame the ex-judge.
I can see why he is an EX-judge. If he is too dumb to get convicted on stolen evidence, he deserves to be in jail.
Not to mention he could have easily claimed the paraphernalia was placed there by the hacker. Who are they going to believe, a judge, or a hacker?
I guess the judge just wanted to get caught.
I am far from having a complete understanding of relativity, but I was under the impression that gravity is one of the consequences of the theory of relativity. A mass creates a bump or dip in the time-space field proportional to the inverse square of the distance, and we perceive it as the mass exerting gravitational force on it surroundings (these dips and bumps also result in time being slower the closer to a large mass).
This will, however effect my plans of building a cryogenic chamber to freeze myself until they year 5,000,000,000,000. I would hate for the subtraction to overflow, and wake up in the year 707,722,973,404 BC. Actually, come to think of it, it would be interesting to see the universe before it was actually created.
How about even shorter terms? So that sometime within our lives we can actually benefit from the invention?
How about if a company can't get a working product out in a decent amount of time (either by themselves or through a partnership with another company which pays licensing), then the patent is terminated.
However, if there is actually a product on the market, they are allowed to keep the patent longer. You could even add incentives for competition by allowing patent lengths to grow proportionally to the number of different companies with products using the patent.
There are thousands of ways to improve the patent system, some of them more unnecessarily complicated than others. The REAL trick is finding one that the large patent holding corporations will actually support (or at least let pass through congress).
Its better than soliciting the opinions of the hoards of incompetent, non-bill-reading congressmen.
Why don't administrators just disable the automatic time change, and change it manually the night of?
Until they can get the software altered, it seems like a simple work around.
I guess the concern is about no one knowing about the problem... which could be a problem.
With Y2k, everyone had heard about it, and the necessary precautions were taken. Will all companies be prepared for Y2007?
I personally think the reason sales are low is because not as many people are buying new computers, as they did during the 98-XP switch. The majority of Vista sales is going to be through new computer sales.
Since XP actually does a decent job of retaining speed (a reformat still does wonders), no one needs to buy a new computer. If all they use it for is web browsing and e-mail, why do they need a new computer/OS that does neither any better than XP (unless you count more flashy as better)?
"There is no reason anyone would want a hamster computer in their home."
- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of DEC
There, now by the jinx of the computer industry, we should have a hamster computer within 2 decades.
Haha. Nice. I don't buy the response of the pirate though.. Instead of: "The fellow replies that he needs the food for his 'crew'." I think it would be more like : "The fellow replies, 'Arrgh - it be for me maties.'"
Wait, wait, wait.. Twinkies with a higher nutritional value? If there's one thing I learned from Family Guy, it's that twinkies are pure nutrition.
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Steve Perry
I don't know the bittorrent protocol, but I would assume it still passes some sort of hash code to the client even if it is not downloading.
Would the hash code be covered by copyright?
Not that it really matters in the end, I suppose....
I disagree. Sex offense is definitely one of the crimes that a person should be able to be rehabilitated from. However, for most of the people, they need help. This includes psychiatry and possibly the knowledge that someone might be checking up on their screen names from time to time. Sex offense isn't necessarily one of those things that everyone considers to be immoral (the people who commit the offense could have very different upbringings than you and I, and may have a ****ed up understanding about it), but it IS against the law. If you make it harder for past offenders to do it again, maybe they will eventually move on.
I don't see how this is any different than sex offenders being required to register their address. Hell, it seems a lot less intrusive.
They don't get paid a certain amount of money per movie, though. They get paid per admission. Just because 11% of the movies were recorded on camcorder, doesn't mean the drop in sales was 11%. If you factor in the number of people who saw the CAM version, and the number of those people who would have paid to see it, but didn't have to - the loss in revenue is negligible.
Oh come now,
anyone with a sense of reason knows that can't possibly be true.
If it is obviously not going to actually happen, the law doesn't apply.
Now Tom Cruise Missiles, on the other hand...
So thats why all the games these days are just rehashes of old games with one or two new features.
Doesn't the OLPC cost a lot more than $100 per unit ATM?
I forget the actual number, but wasn't it more like $400?
Of course, in a year or two, it should be around $100.
And who says e-ink has been around for 15 years? Seems to me like its just now getting to a usable state. They don't even have the flexible version (let alone color) out of the lab yet, as far as I know.
If I could get an open format e-ink e-book reader that rolls up into a convenient pocket size and lasts a few days on a single charge (it would have to stop the processor between pages, unlike the current sony reader), i would gladly pay upwards near $200. However, the current functionality at the current price? Not happening. (Oh and wtf is with the mp3 BS on the sony one. Talk about wasted electronics.)
My question is where does the other 95% of the energy go? Heat, right?
Now what if you live in a cold environment? (AKA, one where you use HEAT instead of A/C)
How efficient is that heater? Probably not better than 95%. (100% if you consider the other 5% is used for light)
So why should we ban lights if they save energy on heating?
So just in time for the Half Life 3 engine =P
It can actually be spelled either way, blond or blonde. Although now that I am typing it, Firefox doesn't think blonde is a word...
Stupid Firefox.
We all know thats just the cover up Area 51, built afterwards in order to remove attention.
...CONNECTION TERMINATED...
The real one is several miles away and uses an active camouflage bubble to hide itself.
Crap, am I posting from an unsecured lo
What do you think he is dumb?
He just wants to buy all the stock, spam the net with junk mail saying how good it is, then dump it all after it raises 10%.
Rinse and repeat.
Yeah, but that means you had to come up with about 30 phrases that didn't apply to the suggestion. Your just not lazy enough to exist here on slashdot.