DailyDirt: Toys Are Too Cool For Kids
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
Technology has come a long way in the last few decades. Just about every computer (or smartphone) we use now is vastly more powerful than the primitive electronics that helped put astronauts on the surface of the moon. Gadgets are getting so cheap that toys are becoming impressively advanced. Here are just a few examples.- Imagine a remote-controlled robot spider that shoots projectiles and wears explosive plastic armor. Help name this toy here. [url]
- Kids used to play with everyday objects and use their "imagination" to interact with simple toys. Now there are "augmented reality platforms" -- so kids don't need to use their imaginations anymore. [url]
- The Kackel Dackel is a crappy German toy. What kid wouldn't want to clean up the plastic pooh that came out of a toy dog? [url]
- Satoshi Furukawa took 2 hours out of his busy day on the International Space Station (ISS) to build a Lego replica of the ISS. They just completely ignored the second rule of making scale models. Do not nest. [url]
- To find some more bizarre/cool stuff, check out some things that other StumbleUpon users have found. [url]
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Filed Under: augmented reality, imagination, iss, kackel dackel, robots, scale models, sesame street, toys
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XCKD Non-Free
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Munroe even says: "You can post xkcd in your blog (whether ad-supported or not) with no need to get my permission."
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Now, this site is run as a commercial business, is it not? After all, you have a big “Reasons To Buy” header at the top, and you regularly mention the paid work you do for clients.
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That's ridiculous on two different points.
1. It absolutely DOES matter what Munroe says because he'd be the one to enforce any license.
2. Linking to a website is not infringement -- especially when it's the authorized work.
Honestly, why even bring this up?
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Make that pooh into candy and all of the kids will want some.
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You feed him sugar, water and some flavors and it starts pooping.
I think I will go play some game now.
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>he'd be the one to enforce any license.
Does it really? If he was going to spell out the terms of use himself, why does he bother using a canned CC licence at all? How many places are we supposed to look to find out the terms of use?
>Linking to a website is not infringement
That’s not what the judge said in issuing the injunction against linking to the DeCSS code.
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So it absolutely does matter what Munroe says -- because (under the US justice system), only Munroe can take legal actions for violations of his CC work.
(Munroe has not sold the ownership of his work to any other entities in this particular case, so there's no "label" or publisher that could take action for him.)
There's really no point to discussing this further... XKCD has a long history of not caring about piracy or copying.
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Name: The US Military
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