I'd love to see a Starcraft-2, but they've said they're aiming to push out annual WoW expansions. If they're even pretending to stick to that, they'd have to announce the next one pretty soon, right?
I'm in Korea. I get off of work on Tuesdays at 10:00 PM. WoW is down from the moment I get off work until about the moment I go to bed-- the service is basically unavailable to me one night every week. This is *extremely* annoying.
It's not the significance of this case per se, but the potential ruling that the state has the right to take punitive action against students for their words when they speak outside the supervision or care of the state. I really don't care about the Bong Hits guy too much, but the precedent of ruling against him would have significant negative ramifications.
"and yes what you do outside of class must be weighed also according to how it affects things in the class,"
I think that's not really appropriate, particularly when dealing with areas of political or religious dissent. "Bong Hits for Jesus" may not be a serious (let alone sensible) political statement, but its content is not random and does appear to be saying SOMETHING about disaffection with society and its policies in general. I'm not comfortable with the suggestion that students have no right to support unpopular causes or protest perceived injustices if it would prove disruptive.
Which is, itself, a free speech issue.
Needing to ask for approval to say something, or print something, or, in this case, release a UI-- for whatever grounds-- represents a free speech issue. Now, there are times in which the law does not view free speech as an absolute (fire in a crowded theater, libel, copyright), but it is always an issue, and a value that needs to be weighed against competing claims and values.
In this case, the argument is pretty morally baseless, though I couldn't speak as to its status under Chilean law. It is as ridiculous as if they attempted to legally enforce a code that only tribe-members could speak a language.
Unless you're contending that software shouldn't enjoy free speech protections?
Yes, yes, yes, what Clinton did was contemptible. Yes, he should have come clean in public, yes, he committed perjury, a felony. His behavior should be considered unacceptable for any president.
That said, he did nothing even close to shredding the Constitution like the current guy has. Clintons sins were personal venility, Bush's sins have done lasting damage to the institutional fabric of our society.
It's not highly carriable, although I'd love to see a carrying handle and display attached to the base with pylons on a 17" or 19" model, it seems to greatly enhance the portability, mitigating some of the size/weight issue.
It's not the same product, precisely as a 15" laptop, much less a 13" or 11" notebook, or some of the new Origami PCs. I think you nailed it right on the head: this is a luggable desktop. You don't bring it with you because you want mobile productivity, you bring it with you because you want the biggest, most powerful machine you can get, and you just can't bring your desktop with you. It's your LAN party in a box.
What are the implications for PC-based Linux as a gaming platform?
The reason I usually see people explaining games not being published to run on Linux is that there just aren't enough of them to make it economically viable, creating a chicken-and-the-egg problem. Does this slice through that particular Gordian knot?
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I was really wondering that myself. Have we ever done this completely for a single individual, matched the entire genotype to the phenotype? Surely that can't be what they're proposing?
I won't let the government listen to calls to Tora Bora WITHOUT A WARRANT, including one granted retroactively.
There's a difference. Don't pretend that wiretapping per se is the issue-- it's the authority to wiretap without authorization or oversight, of the kind specifically forbidden in the fourth ammendment's protection against unreasonable search and seizure.
"The legitimate owner is the copyright holder."
You can own a CD or an MP3. You PURCHASE the item. You do not lease it.
"The "proper functioning of the media" is defined by the terms you accepted when you paid. DRM ensures it."
If I purchase a product labeled 'PlaysForSure' then the terms I accepted when I paid are that it PLAYS FOR SURE. If it doesn't do that, it's not functioning properly.
"It is in no way an infection other than the fact that I don't want it."
I don't want it AND it is detrimental. Seems pretty clear.
It locks out the legitimate owner. It is software that the user never desired that interferes with the proper functioning of the media. I don't think you can blame people for considering it an infection.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the capacity to go boom almost innate in any form of chemical fuel storage? Gasoline is always a spark away from exploding-- would hydrogen be any worse?
They seemed to indicate that the touch sensing device was in the pen, not a specially treated screen. If that thing is pressure sensitive, are we looking at a WACOM killer?
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I'd love to see a Starcraft-2, but they've said they're aiming to push out annual WoW expansions. If they're even pretending to stick to that, they'd have to announce the next one pretty soon, right?
I'm in Korea. I get off of work on Tuesdays at 10:00 PM. WoW is down from the moment I get off work until about the moment I go to bed-- the service is basically unavailable to me one night every week. This is *extremely* annoying.
It's not the significance of this case per se, but the potential ruling that the state has the right to take punitive action against students for their words when they speak outside the supervision or care of the state. I really don't care about the Bong Hits guy too much, but the precedent of ruling against him would have significant negative ramifications.
"and yes what you do outside of class must be weighed also according to how it affects things in the class," I think that's not really appropriate, particularly when dealing with areas of political or religious dissent. "Bong Hits for Jesus" may not be a serious (let alone sensible) political statement, but its content is not random and does appear to be saying SOMETHING about disaffection with society and its policies in general. I'm not comfortable with the suggestion that students have no right to support unpopular causes or protest perceived injustices if it would prove disruptive.
Which is, itself, a free speech issue. Needing to ask for approval to say something, or print something, or, in this case, release a UI-- for whatever grounds-- represents a free speech issue. Now, there are times in which the law does not view free speech as an absolute (fire in a crowded theater, libel, copyright), but it is always an issue, and a value that needs to be weighed against competing claims and values. In this case, the argument is pretty morally baseless, though I couldn't speak as to its status under Chilean law. It is as ridiculous as if they attempted to legally enforce a code that only tribe-members could speak a language. Unless you're contending that software shouldn't enjoy free speech protections?
Actually, I think there's already an pen-and-paper RPG about that, called "Diana, Warrior Princess"....
Yes, yes, yes, what Clinton did was contemptible. Yes, he should have come clean in public, yes, he committed perjury, a felony. His behavior should be considered unacceptable for any president. That said, he did nothing even close to shredding the Constitution like the current guy has. Clintons sins were personal venility, Bush's sins have done lasting damage to the institutional fabric of our society.
So, are you saying it's less like a big wagon, and more like a series of tubes?
It's not highly carriable, although I'd love to see a carrying handle and display attached to the base with pylons on a 17" or 19" model, it seems to greatly enhance the portability, mitigating some of the size/weight issue. It's not the same product, precisely as a 15" laptop, much less a 13" or 11" notebook, or some of the new Origami PCs. I think you nailed it right on the head: this is a luggable desktop. You don't bring it with you because you want mobile productivity, you bring it with you because you want the biggest, most powerful machine you can get, and you just can't bring your desktop with you. It's your LAN party in a box.
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What are the implications for PC-based Linux as a gaming platform? The reason I usually see people explaining games not being published to run on Linux is that there just aren't enough of them to make it economically viable, creating a chicken-and-the-egg problem. Does this slice through that particular Gordian knot?
I was really wondering that myself. Have we ever done this completely for a single individual, matched the entire genotype to the phenotype? Surely that can't be what they're proposing?
I won't let the government listen to calls to Tora Bora WITHOUT A WARRANT, including one granted retroactively. There's a difference. Don't pretend that wiretapping per se is the issue-- it's the authority to wiretap without authorization or oversight, of the kind specifically forbidden in the fourth ammendment's protection against unreasonable search and seizure.
You don't think that the absence of freedom is a terrible thing? We should be moving towards societies with more freedom, not less.
"The legitimate owner is the copyright holder." You can own a CD or an MP3. You PURCHASE the item. You do not lease it. "The "proper functioning of the media" is defined by the terms you accepted when you paid. DRM ensures it." If I purchase a product labeled 'PlaysForSure' then the terms I accepted when I paid are that it PLAYS FOR SURE. If it doesn't do that, it's not functioning properly. "It is in no way an infection other than the fact that I don't want it." I don't want it AND it is detrimental. Seems pretty clear.
It locks out the legitimate owner. It is software that the user never desired that interferes with the proper functioning of the media. I don't think you can blame people for considering it an infection.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the capacity to go boom almost innate in any form of chemical fuel storage? Gasoline is always a spark away from exploding-- would hydrogen be any worse?
They're NOT looking for legal trouble?
Damned funny way of showing it.
They seemed to indicate that the touch sensing device was in the pen, not a specially treated screen. If that thing is pressure sensitive, are we looking at a WACOM killer?