This - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... is 10 years older than power rangers.
The "gritty" film could just rename it after this and avoid the legal hassle from the guys running the old show.
We can - just not in the same ballot.
Actually, it'd be a great idea to do both. Even in the same booth.
If the secret ballot matches the recorded ballot results well - there is probably not much corruption or coercion.
if the results are very different, there must have been miscounting, corruption, or some kind of problem going on.
Sure - that is a big problem with "Direct Democracy"
The idea of "Liquid Democracy" is that people can select representatives in various different areas (and they can select sub-representatives, etc)
Right over here. I made "Wheelz" for android. Put it up on Demonoid (great torrent site now killed by murica) and my sales *doubled*.
some stats:
free (supported by ingames ads) downloads ~4million
pirated: ~400,000
paid: ~20,000
I got a disproportionately high reward. copyright did not help - it's to stop people from copying for free - which people were doing and seeming to increase my sales in the process. To be frank - the system is mad, if copyright terms were closer to ~5 years
A Much better model than copyright is kinda obvious. Collect enough money to do the job in advance - it's getting even easier these days. We could do with a decent "OpenStarter" - Like kickstarter but more democratic - resulting on only FOSS, and without taking such a cut (0% cut with a p2p openstarter).
Problem is - many people make money off copyright think stuff like "yes, this is wrong, but I like money, and it is socially acceptable - so lets keep it this way!" There is also alot of thought along the lines of "Wow, I've earnd loads of money! I must be amazing - look at all the stupid people working hard for less reward" and many more streams of thought along similar lines.
Minimal copyright has some merit - our system today has evolved to increase disparity in wealth and get the majority to work for the gain of a few, thanking them for it at the same time. A much more advanced system to get people to do your bidding than directly threatining them (which happens too).
Sure - when it is new, people will make mistakes. give people a few scandals, a few years - perhaps even a few generations and people will remember to backup their private key.
Or we will have private keys in secure distrib storage!
It's pure anicdote - but I made a somewhat popular little android called "Wheelz" - the day I put it up on demonoid (and TPB) my sales, and ad-supported downloads doubled.
Quoting myself:
"As an aside – more than 20x as many people have downloaded the full version of my game Wheelz (from TPB or other “piracy” websites) rather than bought it. And yet as I see it, it has never been stolen! In fact I would go as far as to say it has never even been infringed! And that’s because I uploaded it, giving my permission for other to download the full version for free, shortly after putting it on the android market for a profit.
Why? Well – why not? Popular games will be pirated anyway (no amount of DRM will stop that – although it is likely to destroy any enjoyment the game previously offered), there’s no stopping that. I thought it may lower my sales, but was a nice ethical thing to do
What happened? My sales doubled! and I received thousands of kind messages!"
I suspect, often someone downloads the free full version from demonoid, shows it to their friends, and on of them buys it.
The way this'd be really handy for a driver, is if they head a decent HUD on their windscreen, which could highlight pedestrians *through* a parked van.
Of course, we would need better GPS, a better HUD, some head tracking, and a few other bits and bobs...
They were making profit - 5% of their total was from android.
I'd rather they add a notice saying "this platform is not 100% supported - very sorry if your device is not supported" and keep supporting it, but only as much as they feel like.
If some new/old devices cant play the game... so what? Cant they just hide their app from hard to support devices?
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This - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... is 10 years older than power rangers. The "gritty" film could just rename it after this and avoid the legal hassle from the guys running the old show.
Can we still run it like a regular desktop machine? install KDE, use a keyboard, mouse and external display? I imagine not, but hope so!
We can - just not in the same ballot. Actually, it'd be a great idea to do both. Even in the same booth. If the secret ballot matches the recorded ballot results well - there is probably not much corruption or coercion. if the results are very different, there must have been miscounting, corruption, or some kind of problem going on.
As much as i dislike facebok... they did nothing wrong here.
pondering the effects of their site.
testing it
publishing results
great - hopefully the insane backlash wont stop them showing future tests publicly.
if you dont want FB to find out theeffects of their site on you... don't use it.
Remember, it's not bribery, it's a licensing fee.
I'm sure such a fee should be paid in the other direction...
I started work on such a system: http://www.chozabu.net/blog/?p...
Completly Distributed too (based on Retroshare)
Sure - that is a big problem with "Direct Democracy"
The idea of "Liquid Democracy" is that people can select representatives in various different areas (and they can select sub-representatives, etc)
At least that's my take on it, and what I am implementing in a distributed F2F manner as a plugin for RetroShare dubbed "Mesh Democracy":
http://www.chozabu.net/blog/?p... or straight to a screenshot http://www.chozabu.net/blog/wp...
last time I was in hull, there was only one choice.
As a bonus, if we have too much water - we can chuck it back in the sea and get a few KW back http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O...
Right over here. I made "Wheelz" for android. Put it up on Demonoid (great torrent site now killed by murica) and my sales *doubled*.
some stats:
free (supported by ingames ads) downloads ~4million
pirated: ~400,000
paid: ~20,000
I got a disproportionately high reward. copyright did not help - it's to stop people from copying for free - which people were doing and seeming to increase my sales in the process. To be frank - the system is mad, if copyright terms were closer to ~5 years
A Much better model than copyright is kinda obvious. Collect enough money to do the job in advance - it's getting even easier these days. We could do with a decent "OpenStarter" - Like kickstarter but more democratic - resulting on only FOSS, and without taking such a cut (0% cut with a p2p openstarter).
Problem is - many people make money off copyright think stuff like "yes, this is wrong, but I like money, and it is socially acceptable - so lets keep it this way!" There is also alot of thought along the lines of "Wow, I've earnd loads of money! I must be amazing - look at all the stupid people working hard for less reward" and many more streams of thought along similar lines.
Minimal copyright has some merit - our system today has evolved to increase disparity in wealth and get the majority to work for the gain of a few, thanking them for it at the same time. A much more advanced system to get people to do your bidding than directly threatining them (which happens too).
Well, there is http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/
Sure - when it is new, people will make mistakes. give people a few scandals, a few years - perhaps even a few generations and people will remember to backup their private key. Or we will have private keys in secure distrib storage!
Well, Thats easily enough to be covered by some solar cells in the body of the car.
It's pure anicdote - but I made a somewhat popular little android called "Wheelz" - the day I put it up on demonoid (and TPB) my sales, and ad-supported downloads doubled.
Quoting myself:
"As an aside – more than 20x as many people have downloaded the full version of my game Wheelz (from TPB or other “piracy” websites) rather than bought it. And yet as I see it, it has never been stolen! In fact I would go as far as to say it has never even been infringed! And that’s because I uploaded it, giving my permission for other to download the full version for free, shortly after putting it on the android market for a profit.
Why? Well – why not? Popular games will be pirated anyway (no amount of DRM will stop that – although it is likely to destroy any enjoyment the game previously offered), there’s no stopping that. I thought it may lower my sales, but was a nice ethical thing to do
What happened? My sales doubled! and I received thousands of kind messages!"
I suspect, often someone downloads the free full version from demonoid, shows it to their friends, and on of them buys it.
The way this'd be really handy for a driver, is if they head a decent HUD on their windscreen, which could highlight pedestrians *through* a parked van. Of course, we would need better GPS, a better HUD, some head tracking, and a few other bits and bobs...
Can you give a few examples of patents you think should have been granted?
I can't help but wonder... why am I watching a NASA video where the crater's falling on the moon makes sound in a vacuum?
I know it's artistic license and all, but aren't videos like this reserved for nerds, who actually care about things like accuracy?
Just press the Mute button if it bothers you =P
They were making profit - 5% of their total was from android. I'd rather they add a notice saying "this platform is not 100% supported - very sorry if your device is not supported" and keep supporting it, but only as much as they feel like. If some new/old devices cant play the game... so what? Cant they just hide their app from hard to support devices?
30,000 times smaller - at 100nm that means they were 3mm before, right? why couldnt we have handheld scanners with 3mm antenna in them?
Exactly the same - right down to putting pirate faces on things http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5555899/Physics_Playground_for_android_(awesome_game_)_-_apk