I don't see why people are very concerned about the patents. Yeah, I want cheaper medicine, but expensive medicine is still better than no medicine at all. My CPU is wasting many cycles, and I suspect the electricity won't cost much (although I have to look into that). Then again, maybe our CPU time is valuable enough that the pharma companies would rather give up the patent than give up the time. I doubt it. The alternative might be Universities.
I always thought SETI@home was kind of silly. If I'm going to donate CPU time, do I really want to look for ET gazallions of light-years away, or do I want to cure cancer?
I absolutely wouldn't want DRM on anything I "buy" (or is it "license" with shitty terms?). I am however excited at the prospect of more content being available over the Internet. I don't really mind watching commercials much, but I would much rather use my monitor than TV and I hate planning around schedules. Piracy, besides price, simply offers a better product.
This wouldn't be a problem if desktop designers used preference-profiles. So, if you wanted to use a friend's highly configured desktop you would just load the default preferences. Alternately, you can already just have him create you an account. If I were to let someone use my desktop then I'd be a good host and help them avoid accidently closing applications. Or, if I were using someone's desktop then I'd be a smart user and ask them what to watch out for.
My speculation is that Aspergers is way overblown in the computer community. People may see themselves in a list of symptoms, but those can be explained by other things too, and those lists aren't necessarily very accurate or rather provide much context. The DSM IV is detailed and yet incomplete enough that maybe it would discourage people from diagnosing themselves. See a psychiatrist! (My impression in part is from discussions with a biased sample. YMMV.)
Lastly, what makes someone a good programmer, or rather good at anything, is dedication. Mozart could compose at four, but supposedly he wasn't really recognized until fourteen. There is a hypothesis that it really takes ten years to become an expert at anything. See Peter Norvig's "Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years", for example. An Aspergers individual may have the dedication down, but that isn't some Godly power unavailable to us mere mortals.
The problem is that they are Windows power users. How are they supposed to know they should try KDE? They are not familiar with the idea of choosing from multiple desktop environments.
This isn't necessarily exactly the case. When someone logs into their Windows (tm) desktop, after the GUI system starts then explorer.exe is started. Although it's normally a file manager, in this case it handles the taskbar, and as such includes the start menu. You can quite easily have another program start instead of explorer. I think when somebody boots into Windows safe mode with console, cmd.exe starts instead.
However, unlike the way things work in GNU/Linux, Explorer doesn't have to draw the window decorations. Those are ingrained into the API, but you can probably enumerate through all the windows and change their class or something.
There is a port of Blackbox for Windows, for example. There is also Stardock's Object Desktop ($).
Of course, people aren't exposed to this part of Windows like they probably would be with GNU/Linux. However, I suspect most power users would do enough research that they'd learn of KDE/Gnome/Xfce/etc.
I've been learning Scheme for a few days so here's another version, in "functional-style" (as I understand it so far, ie. no side-effects): (define code
(string->list "01000010 01")) ; Truncated. Results in '(#\0 #\1... #\space #\0...), Ugh. (define decode
(lambda (lst)
(list->string (map integer->char (map list->integer (split code)))))) (decode code)
But I also had to code the procedures list->integer, split, and word in 503 characters exlcluding prefixed whitespace. I can't imagine the (in)efficiency. Time is 34 msec.
He is right in part. When I'm interested in seriously playing a game, I only go online because bots suck compared to humans, especially in teams. But often-times I'm looking to relax a little and make idle conversation between rounds.
Either you missed where it does indeed confirm my statement, or I don't understand what the problem is.
Making a copy of a musical tape for private use is not infringement because a royalty payment to the owners of the song rights has been paid when the blank audio tape was purchased.
Not infringement:
borrowing a musical tape from a friend to copy onto a blank tape for private use (a royalty payment to the owner of the song rights has been paid when the blank tape was purchased.
I linked to the wrong part of the document, because I just used what was in my buffer at the time.
The Copyright Act sort of confirms this, although it isn't unambiguous. It looks as if you don't even have to be concerned about the levy.
Copying for Private Use
Where no infringement of copyright
80. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the act of reproducing all or any substantial part of
(a) a musical work embodied in a sound recording, (etc)
onto an audio recording medium for the private use of the person who makes the copy does not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the musical work, the performers performance or the sound recording.
The levy looks to be in part a clumsy way to subsidize the music industry to make up for piracy. A computer's hard-drive has many more uses than just for audio recordings, but an "audio" (by name only) CD-R or iPod is generally only for music. I imagine they would like to get a levy put onto hard-drives.
Businesses are responsible for their actions. If you read the EULA you'll probably find that their snooping isn't something you agreed to. Besides, if Apple is going to snoop on you they could put it into any module in the system: you're screwed.
I don't think it is actually a tax, despite what the article paraphrases. It's a "levy" because the government doesn't get a dime; it goes to the collective or whomever.
You can copy music from a friend if you put it on a medium which has the levy, because then you have paid royalties. It may be the case that you can download, given the same condition. See A Guide to Copyrights: Copyright Protection.
Indeed they do, although it isn't very relevant. Everyone has to consider their audience. The current Scientific American (2007-02) has an article on the IQ of blacks. Here's a summary: the gap has narrowed a little in America, and high-IQ black women have very low birth rates; who knows what will happen?
Maybe the issue is more complicated than just non-specific summaries of gun control laws and crime rates? Those might work if we trusted you as an expert, but trust is in short supply in these debates.
Would these challenge/response and head-tracking ideas be obvious to anyone trying to guarantee attention is being paid to ads? And how obvious would it be to think of ensuring attention to ads in the first place? That seems like the problem with patents. Things might seem non-obvious at first, but maybe each step in the path to a new idea is obvious.
the policy may extend to a group of computers and correspondingly to a common owner, for example, a business or school.
It seems like this renting would generally only be attractive to people who won't have a computer otherwise: poor people, poor libraries and schools, and small businesses. It doesn't sound like the sort of thing people would take to help their budget. I would guess that ad-supported computers are better than no computers at all, despite being a hinderance ot learning.
14c doesn't really seem like such a difference from the grocery store that the kids will change their drinking habits. I doubt pop is a good idea in schools, but it's not the corporations introducing them to it; it's their parents.
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I don't see why people are very concerned about the patents. Yeah, I want cheaper medicine, but expensive medicine is still better than no medicine at all. My CPU is wasting many cycles, and I suspect the electricity won't cost much (although I have to look into that). Then again, maybe our CPU time is valuable enough that the pharma companies would rather give up the patent than give up the time. I doubt it. The alternative might be Universities.
I always thought SETI@home was kind of silly. If I'm going to donate CPU time, do I really want to look for ET gazallions of light-years away, or do I want to cure cancer?
I absolutely wouldn't want DRM on anything I "buy" (or is it "license" with shitty terms?). I am however excited at the prospect of more content being available over the Internet. I don't really mind watching commercials much, but I would much rather use my monitor than TV and I hate planning around schedules. Piracy, besides price, simply offers a better product.
This wouldn't be a problem if desktop designers used preference-profiles. So, if you wanted to use a friend's highly configured desktop you would just load the default preferences. Alternately, you can already just have him create you an account. If I were to let someone use my desktop then I'd be a good host and help them avoid accidently closing applications. Or, if I were using someone's desktop then I'd be a smart user and ask them what to watch out for.
My speculation is that Aspergers is way overblown in the computer community. People may see themselves in a list of symptoms, but those can be explained by other things too, and those lists aren't necessarily very accurate or rather provide much context. The DSM IV is detailed and yet incomplete enough that maybe it would discourage people from diagnosing themselves. See a psychiatrist! (My impression in part is from discussions with a biased sample. YMMV.)
Lastly, what makes someone a good programmer, or rather good at anything, is dedication. Mozart could compose at four, but supposedly he wasn't really recognized until fourteen. There is a hypothesis that it really takes ten years to become an expert at anything. See Peter Norvig's "Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years", for example. An Aspergers individual may have the dedication down, but that isn't some Godly power unavailable to us mere mortals.
However, unlike the way things work in GNU/Linux, Explorer doesn't have to draw the window decorations. Those are ingrained into the API, but you can probably enumerate through all the windows and change their class or something.
There is a port of Blackbox for Windows, for example. There is also Stardock's Object Desktop ($).
Of course, people aren't exposed to this part of Windows like they probably would be with GNU/Linux. However, I suspect most power users would do enough research that they'd learn of KDE/Gnome/Xfce/etc.
Cool, foldl cleaned mine up a bit. My thinking of it is muddled though.
Four hours of minimum wage work will pay for a year's supply of Vitamin D3; who needs the "outside"? (As I understand it there is no ceiling).
Retirees have more time and money to travel than anyone else, and your mind is at its peak when you're young.
I've been learning Scheme for a few days so here's another version, in "functional-style" (as I understand it so far, ie. no side-effects):
... #\space #\0 ...), Ugh.
(define code
(string->list "01000010 01")) ; Truncated. Results in '(#\0 #\1
(define decode
(lambda (lst)
(list->string (map integer->char (map list->integer (split code))))))
(decode code)
But I also had to code the procedures list->integer, split, and word in 503 characters exlcluding prefixed whitespace. I can't imagine the (in)efficiency. Time is 34 msec.
He is right in part. When I'm interested in seriously playing a game, I only go online because bots suck compared to humans, especially in teams. But often-times I'm looking to relax a little and make idle conversation between rounds.
The Copyright Act sort of confirms this, although it isn't unambiguous. It looks as if you don't even have to be concerned about the levy. The levy looks to be in part a clumsy way to subsidize the music industry to make up for piracy. A computer's hard-drive has many more uses than just for audio recordings, but an "audio" (by name only) CD-R or iPod is generally only for music. I imagine they would like to get a levy put onto hard-drives.
Businesses are responsible for their actions. If you read the EULA you'll probably find that their snooping isn't something you agreed to. Besides, if Apple is going to snoop on you they could put it into any module in the system: you're screwed.
I don't think it is actually a tax, despite what the article paraphrases. It's a "levy" because the government doesn't get a dime; it goes to the collective or whomever.
Actually, I don't think any DVD mediums have levies. The levy is meant to be for music recordings, after all.
You can copy music from a friend if you put it on a medium which has the levy, because then you have paid royalties. It may be the case that you can download, given the same condition. See A Guide to Copyrights: Copyright Protection.
The shunt doesn't save limbs lost in war; it saves limbs from amputation. Limbs lost in war are going to remain lost, peace or no.
(Sorry, I'm bored.)
Indeed they do, although it isn't very relevant. Everyone has to consider their audience. The current Scientific American (2007-02) has an article on the IQ of blacks. Here's a summary: the gap has narrowed a little in America, and high-IQ black women have very low birth rates; who knows what will happen?
Indeed, liberty is a nice way to sidestep the argument completely. But then, people don't agree on how much liberty others should have.
Sources didn't really seem appropriate given that I didn't make an argument.
To what degree can we plant more corn?
Maybe the issue is more complicated than just non-specific summaries of gun control laws and crime rates? Those might work if we trusted you as an expert, but trust is in short supply in these debates.
Would these challenge/response and head-tracking ideas be obvious to anyone trying to guarantee attention is being paid to ads? And how obvious would it be to think of ensuring attention to ads in the first place? That seems like the problem with patents. Things might seem non-obvious at first, but maybe each step in the path to a new idea is obvious.
14c doesn't really seem like such a difference from the grocery store that the kids will change their drinking habits. I doubt pop is a good idea in schools, but it's not the corporations introducing them to it; it's their parents.