It could open up a much better avenue for attempting those. After all, if you can identify the underlying cause of gravity, you might also be able undermine it.
Here's the kicker though: forget anti-gravity altogether and start targeting the underlying forces to create a derivation that would be perceived as anti-gravity!
Does anyone else find it a little creepy that the sex bot was able to recognize Mal? I mean, did Mr. Universe keep a lot of pics of Mal around, hand one to the sexbot and say, "Hey, I know I'm dying and all, but if you could be a dear and relay the following message to this dude when he shows up, I think you'd totally score points to keep you out of Robot Hell? Thattagirl . . . There's a beer in the fridge for you when yer done. Thanks, babe."
I know that the TCO of a couple mixed drinks, a venereal disease and eventual child support payments is more than $6,000, but I think your average buyer is gonna find that price tag pretty steep.
Especially when these things look like the fucking puppets from Team America: World Police!!
" I've been studying it for years and years and still don't think I know anything."
Excatly, dumbass.
The first rule of programmers: whatever is the most expeditious path to the most usable solution is the one a programmer will take. The great skill a programmer has is the ability to assimilate and apply new information in as short a span of time as possible. If it takes years in order to not use and apply something, you can forget about a programmer ever bothering.
1. The Aztecs were the ones prone to reporting the high numbers. Kinda disturbing when you think about it. More important, it proves the sacrifice story wasn't just a sort of blood libel.
I won't say that it isn't possible that self-reporting yielded bad data. But, it says a great deal about the Aztecs that they bragged about doing this.
2. I'm not certain why a comparison to the Nazis' methods is meaningful. By that standard, reports of deaths in every major battle in history are wrong, because you can only kill 4,000 people a day. I'm pretty sure there are ways to kill tens of thousands of people in a single day that would have be possible in the 1400s as long as you had enough help.
3. The Tlaxcalans thing was just a joke.
4. All things being equal, it seems the locals were ready for an end to human sacrifice. You don't see much evidence that the Spanish had to struggle to end the practice once they took control of central Mexico.
I struggle to believe that a society that once murder 70,000 in a single day to appease the gods was big on registering copyrights. I could be wrong, and I'd hate to stereotype, but . ..
Why would the Mexican government get that copyright? Why not a Nahuatl organization? Or maybe victims fund for all the Tlaxcalans the Aztecs killed.
Truth be told, if companies wanted to get into a knockdown fight over this, the place to go with it would be Congress. This is much more an anti-trust issue.
As for the power of parody, look no further the the Blitz: the League games.
In general, the NFL conforms to established case law. Where the NFL enters bad guy land is that they do constitute a monopoly, and they do leverage the hell out of it. It just happens to be that no one with standing really cares enough to bring the fight to the NFL.
Truth be told, the Madden games were already butchering the competition before the exclusive license. Except for the NFL 2K games, none of the others were even worth playing, let alone comparing to Madden.
2. EA paid a king's ransom several years ago to gain full control of the NFL games license.
So, in order to do what you're suggesting, a company would have to be prepared to go to war with the NFL over established law. Not to mention, if the NFL backed down, they would then be sued by EA for breach of contract.
And yeah, the consumer loses. God knows Madden is one of the most stale NFL franchises out there. And the NFL 2K games were just starting to peak when EA bought the entire license.
But, no one in their right mind would end up in a knock down, drag out fight with EA and the NFL.
We were openly encouraged by the boss -- a lesser geek himself -- to use company time and equipment to screw off. To his perspective, if it encouraged loyalty and relaxation while dealing with tough projects, so be it.
I've seen some very tightly wound geeks in my time. Especially among the talented ones. I think if a business has to err on this issue, it's probably wiser to err on the side of relaxation.
Everyone called me mad right up to the point we suddenly needed my laser!
As for him trying again . . . I don't think he blew the money. I just think it is in the nature of geeks to not sleep peacefully while there is anything out there waiting to be tweaked a little better.
How intellectually lazy is it to say there won't be a free DB? Do I want to migrate from MySQL to PG? No. But, if the economics of MySQL become prohibitive, it's not like I'm going to kill myself over it. I'm going to move on.
If the existing solutions aren't good enough, then a new solution will emerge. That's economics. The niche is already proven by MySQL. If MySQL ceases to fill that niche, it won't be long before something else fills it.
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Cause let's just be honest, as a framework for understanding the universe, gravity is just a stone cold bitch that has no answers but lots of demands.
It could open up a much better avenue for attempting those. After all, if you can identify the underlying cause of gravity, you might also be able undermine it.
Here's the kicker though: forget anti-gravity altogether and start targeting the underlying forces to create a derivation that would be perceived as anti-gravity!
What the fuck kinda way to preserve your friend is making a piss poor latex sexbot resembling the puppets from Team America?
In the Cylons defense, Ron Moore & Friends never knew what the fuck they were doing.
Does anyone else find it a little creepy that the sex bot was able to recognize Mal? I mean, did Mr. Universe keep a lot of pics of Mal around, hand one to the sexbot and say, "Hey, I know I'm dying and all, but if you could be a dear and relay the following message to this dude when he shows up, I think you'd totally score points to keep you out of Robot Hell? Thattagirl . . . There's a beer in the fridge for you when yer done. Thanks, babe."
In abundant fairness, Blu-Ray was porn for the RIAA types. A non-stop train of new DRM possibilities.
I know that the TCO of a couple mixed drinks, a venereal disease and eventual child support payments is more than $6,000, but I think your average buyer is gonna find that price tag pretty steep.
Especially when these things look like the fucking puppets from Team America: World Police!!
" I've been studying it for years and years and still don't think I know anything."
Excatly, dumbass.
The first rule of programmers: whatever is the most expeditious path to the most usable solution is the one a programmer will take. The great skill a programmer has is the ability to assimilate and apply new information in as short a span of time as possible. If it takes years in order to not use and apply something, you can forget about a programmer ever bothering.
Oh, that's right, paying taxes is a privilege.
Too funny.
A few thoughts . . .
1. The Aztecs were the ones prone to reporting the high numbers. Kinda disturbing when you think about it. More important, it proves the sacrifice story wasn't just a sort of blood libel.
I won't say that it isn't possible that self-reporting yielded bad data. But, it says a great deal about the Aztecs that they bragged about doing this.
2. I'm not certain why a comparison to the Nazis' methods is meaningful. By that standard, reports of deaths in every major battle in history are wrong, because you can only kill 4,000 people a day. I'm pretty sure there are ways to kill tens of thousands of people in a single day that would have be possible in the 1400s as long as you had enough help.
3. The Tlaxcalans thing was just a joke.
4. All things being equal, it seems the locals were ready for an end to human sacrifice. You don't see much evidence that the Spanish had to struggle to end the practice once they took control of central Mexico.
I struggle to believe that a society that once murder 70,000 in a single day to appease the gods was big on registering copyrights. I could be wrong, and I'd hate to stereotype, but . . .
Why would the Mexican government get that copyright? Why not a Nahuatl organization? Or maybe victims fund for all the Tlaxcalans the Aztecs killed.
The Boston Bruins are gonna have to accept a buy out by the Red Army in order to settle their debts.
The answer is . . . No?
If this is the case, then sweat damn are all the states of the old Confederacy gonna make some serious Union dollars.
And an additional 33% from SQL injection attacks?
Truth be told, if companies wanted to get into a knockdown fight over this, the place to go with it would be Congress. This is much more an anti-trust issue.
As for the power of parody, look no further the the Blitz: the League games.
In general, the NFL conforms to established case law. Where the NFL enters bad guy land is that they do constitute a monopoly, and they do leverage the hell out of it. It just happens to be that no one with standing really cares enough to bring the fight to the NFL.
Truth be told, the Madden games were already butchering the competition before the exclusive license. Except for the NFL 2K games, none of the others were even worth playing, let alone comparing to Madden.
1. The NFL licensing regime is 100% legal.
2. EA paid a king's ransom several years ago to gain full control of the NFL games license.
So, in order to do what you're suggesting, a company would have to be prepared to go to war with the NFL over established law. Not to mention, if the NFL backed down, they would then be sued by EA for breach of contract.
And yeah, the consumer loses. God knows Madden is one of the most stale NFL franchises out there. And the NFL 2K games were just starting to peak when EA bought the entire license.
But, no one in their right mind would end up in a knock down, drag out fight with EA and the NFL.
We were openly encouraged by the boss -- a lesser geek himself -- to use company time and equipment to screw off. To his perspective, if it encouraged loyalty and relaxation while dealing with tough projects, so be it.
I've seen some very tightly wound geeks in my time. Especially among the talented ones. I think if a business has to err on this issue, it's probably wiser to err on the side of relaxation.
For the record, I'm supporter of raising taxes. There's a pretty strong correlation between higher taxes and higher standards of living.
"And that's no moon. It's a space station."
Everyone called me mad right up to the point we suddenly needed my laser!
As for him trying again . . . I don't think he blew the money. I just think it is in the nature of geeks to not sleep peacefully while there is anything out there waiting to be tweaked a little better.
That seems to be the USPTO's over-riding theory. Approve all the patents and then if people want to scream prior art, let them scream it to a judge.
If someone gave me a billion dollars, I would spend 90% of it building an orbital laser to blow up the moon.
His "Help keep the Internet free" stuff implies that without MySQL there's nothing.
How intellectually lazy is it to say there won't be a free DB? Do I want to migrate from MySQL to PG? No. But, if the economics of MySQL become prohibitive, it's not like I'm going to kill myself over it. I'm going to move on.
If the existing solutions aren't good enough, then a new solution will emerge. That's economics. The niche is already proven by MySQL. If MySQL ceases to fill that niche, it won't be long before something else fills it.