tl;dr it seems like it's been different things at different times, officially, and that NeXTSTEP has been used for a long time.

From the Wikipedia page, this 0.9 release doc lists "NextStep" as a registered trademark.

https://vtda.org/docs/computing/NeXT/NeXT%200.9-1.0%20Release%20Description.pdf

Some CD images show all caps:

https://auctions.c.yimg.jp/images.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/image/dr000/auc0403/users/dec444a55bdd461a83b1b7c3f2c8e7fa3a731b8b/i-img1000x901-1678086322oe8huf16.jpg

Some show mixed:

https://wagtail.cds.tohoku.ac.jp/coda/topics/nextstep/index.html

1.0 manual goes with "NEXTSTEP":

https://dn710300.ca.archive.org/0/items/NeXTSTEP_User_Guide_1994/NeXTSTEP_User_Guide_1994.pdf

1993 book uses "NeXTSTEP"

https://simson.net/ref/1993/NeXTSTEP3.0.pdf

This marketing flyer uses "NeXTSTEP"

http://www.kevra.org/TheBestOfNext/NeXTProducts/NeXTSoftware/NS-Release3/files/page625_1.pdf

It shouldn't be just for the wealthy and the government

The level of insight that a good pattern of life analysis can achieve is stunning. The telemetry that is embedded or externally collected is a torrent.

The argument that data collection is protected free speech is a weak argument. First, just because it is collected and available for purchase should not mean the government can use it without a warrant. Second, massive data collection and integration was not even a concept when the Bill of Rights was written.

It's clear the original trilogy was lightning in a bottle for many reasons, and it's clear that Marcia Lucas and other skilled editors had an absolutely huge impact. But can you really say the editor is the "more talented" Lucas? Seems to me that for a time, whatever partnership George and Marcia had personally and working together, worked really well.

After the split, neither one of them ever created something as on target as the originals.

Then again, Star Wars is almost unique for the cultural impact it's had. Hard to do a repeat.

Just shows how sometimes connotations and visceral impacts of words change over time.

I learned about that movie from The Wall..

My kids call me a boomer when that happens to me. And yeah, it happens.

Though to be fair, I actually really like the side button -- the one on the lower right that is touch sensitive. I use it for activating and using the camera. I just ALSO sometimes activate it when reading in landscape mode. Oops.

I need access to slashdot, you insensitive clod!

JPL is a FFRDC and CalTech has been the incumbent contractor since the beginning. According to the rules in the Federal Acquisition Register (FAR) it should have been free and open competition a long time ago. I do not have specific knowledge on the JPL contract, but it is likely the sole-source justification has not had much scrutiny.

I am not saying the contract should go to a for-profit corporation (in California that would make it subject to taxes--an instant cost increase). I do think opening up competition would force a revisit to the cost structure, which is a healthy process.

From the perspective of US law, the spectrograms are a recording. An audio recording captures a sequence of sounds, which can include music, spoken words, or other audio elements. These sounds must be fixed in a tangible medium. Printed spectrograms meet the definition.

But now you're in a position where a work can only be recognized as "quality literature" decades or even centuries after it was created and publicized. I guess that's a plausible definition, but I don't see much value in it.

I would also add that many governments deliberately preserve and publicize certain works not for their inherent literary value, but due to some message that the government wants to promote for many possible reasons.

IMHO, everything you just said boils down to "it's a matter of taste" or "I know it when I see it."

On one level, I don't disagree. Taking two fantasy authors I enjoy, Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss, I would say that Patrick Rothfuss is the better literary writer, but at the same time, I enjoy Sanderon's books more and I enjoy Sanderson as an author far more. Both authors are highly literate and knowledgeable, and their works are clearly highly influenced and referential to many other works, tropes, and so forth. I would say Rothfuss's writing is more artful, but I don't know how to quantify that.

"Lasting value" is, just like, your opinion man, and (IMHO) boils down to spectrum of enjoyment.

I have done the same thing (both with actual LLM text and with my own writing). The detectors seem wildly inaccurate on all samples, and wildly inconsistent between different detectors.

I think of the Star Trek holodeck. There are many episodes that portray how human characters “write” holonovels. They design the characters, the personalities, the plots, etc., but the holodeck generates the dialog, responds to stimuli, and so forth.

I think it’s a pretty interesting possibility for table top especially. GMs could create a character plan that then operates as a Non-Player Non-GM Character. A wildcard in the game. I could see that introducing some interesting elements to play.

You lost me here. What happens in a human mind is not covered by copyright law? Are you talking solely internal thought processes that are never externalized in any way?

Because I can image a cartoon mouse all day long. Yellow gloves. Red shirt. Etc. But if I put that imaginary mouse to paper (no computer involved), Disney might have something say about it.

I wonder if something like this is where we may end up. Computer learning vs human learning may be one of the great legal (and moral and ethical) battles of our time.

I know. I do feel privileged that I got a comment from you.