I see them all the time - In Orlando, they seem to try to blend in to the local community by hanging out at hotels, and dressing as housekeeping staff - one knocked on my door at a most inopportune time when I was there three weeks ago. Their English could be better, but their Spanish is flawless.
Actually I assume that this ruling will be litigated.
Yeah, that's a "well, Duh!" comment - there is too much money involved here for it not to be litigated.
If this interpretation is upheld in litigation, you can bet that congress will get involved and fix it so that software patents are retroactively reinstated.
I'd like to see big money lose over the interests of the people, but I doubt our system could ever allow that.
Funny how on slashdot people are almost universally opposed to outsourcing, presumably on the grounds that it puts their jobs at risk, while they are almost universally not opposed to software piracy even though it also puts their jobs at risk (but they get some "free" software yey)
And your use of universally makes your commentary universally silly. "Slashdot People" (of which you are presumably one, since you post here) may, as a group, object to outsourcing jobs.
That is, presuming you specifically mean outsourcing jobs to India, Pakistan or some country not represented here in large numbers. I suspect that jobs outsourced to the UK from the US, for example, or vice-versa would not meet your assertion.
Universal or nearly Universal acceptance of software piracy is going to be difficult to prove, and I believe it to be categorically inaccurate.
I'd say that a substantial proportion of the slashdot community opposes piracy, but opposes the methods being employed to combat even more and you seem to be failing to distinguish between the two.
How did the author come up with this name? Did he smashed the keyboard with an enraged basement cat or what? Or is it "Cthulhu" reversed and triple-ROT13'd?...
Not exactly from the project website - Qtpfsgui at sourceforge Why this name? Qt: the program uses Qt4 to show its graphical widgets.pfs: the main backend library and original sourcecode base. gui: this stands simply for graphical user interface.
The idea that a group guessing is more accurate than an individual guess, and if you make more than one guess the mean or average of the guesses is more accurate than a single guess?
So, in real world terms, 1000 rednecks are going to be more accurate than one Harvard graduate? (assuming the graduate in question isn't our current President) (if we were guessing the number of pickled eggs in a pickle jar, I'd have to agree... Otherwise, I'm somewhat skeptical of how well this translates beyond the estimation of things.
Agreed. Watching his specials and NOVA were a large part of what inspired me to become a scientist. I predict that the current generation is going to grow up watching things like Mythbusters and Brainiac and lead to an massive increase in the number of people entering fields science that involve "blowing shit up". I don't know so much about Mythbusters, only a few of the explosions were really, really good (the cement truck is in a class by itself, of course). But there is no doubt that Braniac has rekindled my love of Thermite!
These are not the same at all. The "Black holes are the ultimate destructive force" is a strange public misunderstanding. Really, supernovae are the ultimate destructive force -- and create black holes. But we won't be creating supernovae in the lab. In fact there's an interesting theory that nearby supernovae have been responsible for major extinction events on Earth. Astrophysical black holes are cold, very cold. In fact they're colder than the Cosmic Microwave Background. As black holes get smaller, they get hotter, down to the threshold at which they can be created, at which point their temperature equals their mass (in natural units) which is 10^17 Kelvin for these theories. Hot things radiate particles lighter than their temperature. Everything stable is lighter than 10^17 Kelvin.
We're remotely surprised because it's a ridiculous set of assumptions that leads one to the conclusion that creating black holes in the lab are dangerous. Read TFA or the non-technical summary for the guts, but briefly, If you can create a black hole by p+p->BH, then the p-p-BH interaction exists, and the BH can also decay into p+p, since they are lighter. Violation of this requires violation of Quantum Mechanics and/or the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Thank you, you understood the question and gave a very well thought out and articulate answer to the question actually asked - a rarity on slashdot these days that should be encouraged whenever possible.
In my opinion, all the sensationalism surrounding the Black holes to start with was a ploy for funding. There are two things wrong with this opinion. the first is factual: when the LHC was being funded the main funding argument was discovering the Higgs (or else figuring out how else the probability of two types of particles scattering did not exceed 100% around 1TeV in energy). The other main argument, which came along slightly later with the WMAP data, was figuring out where at least 23% of the energy of the universe is hiding i.e. dark matter. I was not referring not to the current hype of the LHC but to several decades of Black hole sensationalism.
The second problem is that it requires that physicists created the sensationalism. How exactly do we do that? It is the press that creates sensationalism, not physicists. Are you suggesting that scientists should not consider theories that the press may consider sensational? or, if we do, should we not tell anyone what we are doing in case the press find out and goes sensational on us?
While most of us, myself included, think that these black hole production theories are very unlikely, they cannot be ruled out and would explain some issues with current theories. As such they are legitimate avenues of research and not a 'ploy' to get research funding.
You interpreted my commentary to mean ploy for funding and sensationalism surrounding the LHC - My commentary was concerning funding ploys and the presentation of Black Holes to the public over decades past. THAT sensationalist approach over the years has resulted in the hype that the media is fostering now.
So, I asked "Why is it that physicists on and in favor of this project (and those that are following this story) are even remotely surprised by the "Create a black hole, and destroy the world" rhetoric?"
In other words, with the impression the public has of Black Holes. Why is it that any scientist is surprised by the current media coverage, particularly the negative media coverage?
Was that a little more clear? 'cause you went off on an interesting rant, but you never did answer the question....
Why is it that physicists on and in favor of this project (and those that are following this story) are even remotely surprised by the "Create a black hole, and destroy the world" rhetoric?
We've heard all the sensational "Black holes are the ultimate destructive force" commentary from Astronomers for decades seen all the cool Black hole animations, etceteras, ad nausium.
In my opinion, all the sensationalism surrounding the Black holes to start with was a ploy for funding. Now that same story line shows it's dark side, and people seemed surprised at the outcry and at overly dramatic fear of the LHC.
I'm not saying that sensationalizing science is a bad thing per se, just that people shouldn't be surprised when it bites them on the ass.
What a pathetic joke. Why should anyone take the reviews of a site that is obviously willing to break the law to do what it wants. I can't believe there are actually people defending the review site. "Oh, this is only cause they said it sucked".
God I love Slashdot's fluid moral code.
Break the LAW how, pray tell?
The same article that reported the take down request / suit, reported the copy reviewed as a legal distribution copy designed for reviews. I don't see any indication where the site was obviously willing to break the law.
Is it conceivable to think that there are mozilla fanatics out there downloading just to run up the numbers? it's "inconceivable!" (but the word may not mean what i think it means...... heh
By my calculations, they won't be able to hit the 10 million mark in time. I don't remember seeing a 10 million Dl target stated anywhere, but the BBC report mentioned a 5 million Download number as being "awesome" [smile].
There apparently is no current record, so this may actually set the bar, and my estimates at the current rate and count will mean FF3 finishes the day around 8 million or so.
The marketing and publicity have been pretty awesome, that's for sure.
Website operators are not liable for content posted by their users.
So the DMCA notice is invalid. Wishful thinking.
There is a difference between whether or not the ISP or Website operator is to be held Liable and whether or not they will be required to honor a take down notice.
I just assume that there is a paralell universe out there somewhere where I have all the same data but my hard drive didn't crash. This would be a RAID-13 solution...... But finding the right string to plug into your optical port is a little difficult....
First - that'll be confusing since there already is a leopard, second, there are still a number of charismatic feline megafauna that are much better known - Lion, Cheetah, Puma, Cougar, (Yes, I know the las two are the same beastie as a Panther, but it's just a code name...)
Y'all need to use the 2nd person plural when addressing more than one person. It ain't proper English no how otherwise. Bless your heart, You're right.
Or will it settle (or unsettle) the anti-matter? I hate people asking questions with no answer so much that I think I'm going to throw up my hand and start practicing Zen.
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I see them all the time - In Orlando, they seem to try to blend in to the local community by hanging out at hotels, and dressing as housekeeping staff - one knocked on my door at a most inopportune time when I was there three weeks ago. Their English could be better, but their Spanish is flawless.
as surely as "y = ax^2 + bx + c" is math.
Well, there is the flaw in your logic.....
That is not math, it is Algebra - I like math, I do not like Algebra. Therefore, ipso facto, that equation is not math.
Actually I assume that this ruling will be litigated.
Yeah, that's a "well, Duh!" comment - there is too much money involved here for it not to be litigated.
If this interpretation is upheld in litigation, you can bet that congress will get involved and fix it so that software patents are retroactively reinstated.
I'd like to see big money lose over the interests of the people, but I doubt our system could ever allow that.
We all know that the search for him isn't serious until they put Tommy Lee Jones in charge.
Funny how on slashdot people are almost universally opposed to outsourcing, presumably on the grounds that it puts their jobs at risk, while they are almost universally not opposed to software piracy even though it also puts their jobs at risk (but they get some "free" software yey)
And your use of universally makes your commentary universally silly. "Slashdot People" (of which you are presumably one, since you post here) may, as a group, object to outsourcing jobs.
That is, presuming you specifically mean outsourcing jobs to India, Pakistan or some country not represented here in large numbers. I suspect that jobs outsourced to the UK from the US, for example, or vice-versa would not meet your assertion.
Universal or nearly Universal acceptance of software piracy is going to be difficult to prove, and I believe it to be categorically inaccurate.
I'd say that a substantial proportion of the slashdot community opposes piracy, but opposes the methods being employed to combat even more and you seem to be failing to distinguish between the two.
trying to justify it's own existence? ..... I knew you could.
if everyone was computer savvy like most of us here then there would be hardly any need for The Geek Squad, and others.
Are you sure there is a need for geek squad? People can steal porn off of computers without professional help....
I want 1:1 motion with a "Used Panty Machine Simulator Ultimate Hyper Turbo Edition"
Ewwwww, just ewwww.....
> Qtpfsgui
Holy crap, how does one spell that? o_0
How did the author come up with this name? Did he smashed the keyboard with an enraged basement cat or what? Or is it "Cthulhu" reversed and triple-ROT13'd?...
Not exactly from the project website -
Qtpfsgui at sourceforge
Why this name?
Qt: the program uses Qt4 to show its graphical widgets.pfs: the main backend library and original sourcecode base.
gui: this stands simply for graphical user interface.
The idea that a group guessing is more accurate than an individual guess, and if you make more than one guess the mean or average of the guesses is more accurate than a single guess?
So, in real world terms, 1000 rednecks are going to be more accurate than one Harvard graduate? (assuming the graduate in question isn't our current President) (if we were guessing the number of pickled eggs in a pickle jar, I'd have to agree... Otherwise, I'm somewhat skeptical of how well this translates beyond the estimation of things.
What happens instead of AI-CCTV, they actually hire police with REAL intelligence? Or is the notion of police officer with intelligence clearly nuts?
I it just me, or has the term "AI" been watered down over the years?It seems to me that the HAL-9000 wouldn't have had any of the problems that have been suggested here.
And Deep Thought would have pointed out all 42 of the criminals before they even decided to do the deed.
These are not the same at all. The "Black holes are the ultimate destructive force" is a strange public misunderstanding. Really, supernovae are the ultimate destructive force -- and create black holes. But we won't be creating supernovae in the lab. In fact there's an interesting theory that nearby supernovae have been responsible for major extinction events on Earth. Astrophysical black holes are cold, very cold. In fact they're colder than the Cosmic Microwave Background. As black holes get smaller, they get hotter, down to the threshold at which they can be created, at which point their temperature equals their mass (in natural units) which is 10^17 Kelvin for these theories. Hot things radiate particles lighter than their temperature. Everything stable is lighter than 10^17 Kelvin.
We're remotely surprised because it's a ridiculous set of assumptions that leads one to the conclusion that creating black holes in the lab are dangerous. Read TFA or the non-technical summary for the guts, but briefly,
Thank you, you understood the question and gave a very well thought out and articulate answer to the question actually asked - a rarity on slashdot these days that should be encouraged whenever possible.If you can create a black hole by p+p->BH, then the p-p-BH interaction exists, and the BH can also decay into p+p, since they are lighter. Violation of this requires violation of Quantum Mechanics and/or the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
While most of us, myself included, think that these black hole production theories are very unlikely, they cannot be ruled out and would explain some issues with current theories. As such they are legitimate avenues of research and not a 'ploy' to get research funding.
You interpreted my commentary to mean ploy for funding and sensationalism surrounding the LHC - My commentary was concerning funding ploys and the presentation of Black Holes to the public over decades past. THAT sensationalist approach over the years has resulted in the hype that the media is fostering now.So, I asked "Why is it that physicists on and in favor of this project (and those that are following this story) are even remotely surprised by the "Create a black hole, and destroy the world" rhetoric?"
In other words, with the impression the public has of Black Holes. Why is it that any scientist is surprised by the current media coverage, particularly the negative media coverage?
Was that a little more clear? 'cause you went off on an interesting rant, but you never did answer the question....
Why is it that physicists on and in favor of this project (and those that are following this story) are even remotely surprised by the "Create a black hole, and destroy the world" rhetoric?
We've heard all the sensational "Black holes are the ultimate destructive force" commentary from Astronomers for decades seen all the cool Black hole animations, etceteras, ad nausium.
In my opinion, all the sensationalism surrounding the Black holes to start with was a ploy for funding. Now that same story line shows it's dark side, and people seemed surprised at the outcry and at overly dramatic fear of the LHC.
I'm not saying that sensationalizing science is a bad thing per se, just that people shouldn't be surprised when it bites them on the ass.
I'm guessing no-mod or redundant. The latter being more accurate.I bet I am going to get modded flamebait.
I'm still working on a "Stuff" reference, though, so I guess I can't talk....
Break the LAW how, pray tell?God I love Slashdot's fluid moral code.
The same article that reported the take down request / suit, reported the copy reviewed as a legal distribution copy designed for reviews. I don't see any indication where the site was obviously willing to break the law.
just to run up the numbers? it's "inconceivable!" (but the word may not mean what i think it means...... heh
There apparently is no current record, so this may actually set the bar, and my estimates at the current rate and count will mean FF3 finishes the day around 8 million or so.
The marketing and publicity have been pretty awesome, that's for sure.
So the DMCA notice is invalid. Wishful thinking.
There is a difference between whether or not the ISP or Website operator is to be held Liable and whether or not they will be required to honor a take down notice.
Some idiot thinks it'll be called Snow leopard? And now we know that some idiot was right, and I was not.
"Snow Leopard"?????
Some idiot thinks it'll be called Snow leopard?
First - that'll be confusing since there already is a leopard, second, there are still a number of charismatic feline megafauna that are much better known - Lion, Cheetah, Puma, Cougar, (Yes, I know the las two are the same beastie as a Panther, but it's just a code name...)
Y'all need to use the 2nd person plural when addressing more than one person. It ain't proper English no how otherwise. Bless your heart, You're right.