The problem is, what if he owned a 50 cal. rifle? Does that constitute a threat, even if he had no actual intention of shooting him? I'm leaning towards that being enough to investigate, but then again, you'd have to be pretty stupid to actually want to go through with something like this and post about it on yahoo.
I agree that the idea is good! However, no oversight + a company with a bad track record: What could go wrong?
This will turn into another "guilty until proven innocent" scenario for everyone who has funds seized. I'm sure they'll manage to nab some of the "bad guys", but given their track record, I foresee more than one legitimate business having to produce tons of receipts and deal with bad PR because of this.
Heh, I noticed this as well. Kinda poor choice of words when you're trying to sell primarily to business.
Time to join and do nothing productive til the 14th.
This actually happened to me pretty recently. Maybe I was lucky, but almost nothing bad happened. X was partly broken, and the CUPS config file was zero'd out (No idea how this happened
People who torrent lots of media tend to enjoy being consumers of media. Many want to support artists but love the convenience P2P gives them, so they utilize it to try products and then support the artists they think deserve funds by purchasing DVDs/CDs/Games, or they simply want a physical copy as a result of wanting to collect things.
I'm not discounting that some pirates are purely leeches however. There's no reason to believe that all pirates are so generous, just that it makes pretty good sense that a majority are willing to pay for quality entertainment. Hell, I've purchased each volume of MegaTokyo religiously since picking up the first one randomly in a bookstore, regardless of the fact that the comics are all available for free online (And not illegally either).
There's a good deal of sandbox style games, but I think I know what you're getting at. The problem most people have with games like the old Final Fantasy's is that there is sometimes too much choice, since you can often wander around without finding the character you're supposed to. These days, games tend to follow a constant reward system, where the player is constantly making progress, or is given a proverbial carrot to follow. There's really no more of the "wander the F* around until you find something useful", because it doesn't play on human psychology in the same way. The short, easy reward
games are more addicting and more immediately rewarding (Though certainly not necessarily better).
There's games like Oblivion and Morrowind(Though thats probably considered a classic by now), which kinda have the free-roaminess of certain classic RPGs, but in Oblivion especially, you're always given an easy, surefire way to track someone down.
However, for the most part, I think game designers have noticed the psychological reward system sells games because its so addictive. You're constantly getting positive feedback for completing challenges that are just hard enough to not be boring.
I'm not an expert in Astronomy, but in general, I don't think you can collect too much data, as long as its stored in an at least somewhat intelligible format. This way, even if professional astronomers miss something today, amateurs and/or future astronomers will have tons of data to pick apart and scavenge tomorrow.
Plus, more data should make it easier to test hypotheses with more certainty. Hopefully, the data will be made publicly available after the gatherers have had a shot or two at it.
Personally, I think a physical key would work best. For example, taking a USB-key and filling the first 512 bytes with a totally randomly generated string which you use to login. You plug it in, click on authenticate, the computer reads the information, checks it against a database, and if it matches, allows you entry.
This could be expanded upon so that a simple byte for byte copy wouldn't work. It also reduces the chances of someone guessing the password to essentially zero.
What about nethack? You gotta love nethack...
I agree with what you say, but the Protect IP act is especially stupid, because it doesn't even build a marginally better lock. Once people heard "free apps", everyone I know was jailbreaking their iPhone, a process most people would describe as at least somewhat technically inclined (This was back before the "Click to Jailbreak" GUI releases).
Anyway, Tor defeats any protection PROTECT IP could give. This act is like leaving a broken lock on a door, and then posting a sticky note on top of it telling people not to pick it.
I too, however, am very happy that this Finnish company is standing up for freedom. Once you start filtering, you open a huge can of liability worms. Not to mention, I guarentee someone would register thepiratebay.fi (or whatever Finland's domain is), which downloaded
Cool themes and emulators. At least, that's why most people I know bothered jailbreaking. Especially the cool themes bit.
We're not gonna stop doing it, but we'll now allow you to bitch about it.
Exactly. Otherwise, its like Best-Buy demanding you pay for a TV without giving you a TV.
Make sure to do it at your own pace. As in, you should be tired but not exhausted and painfully gasping for breath(rather, keeping it rhythmic); try aiming for distance rather than speed (which comes by itself with practice). Having an MP3 player with you also helps a lot.
Seriously, I'd recommend you give it another shot (without starting with a negative mindset). I hated running until I was pressured into it, embarrassed, and started to run on my own to improve myself. You'll be amazed that after two weeks or so, you're able to run the same distance while expending much less energy.
Maybe it won't work for you, I'm not trying to suggest cross-country running is a panacea and everyone will love it, but most people get turned off and disappointed when they feel the pain and difficulty and don't stick around to reap the rewards.
At the very least, it's great for your health
Happiness is twin floppies.
