You can tell he doesn't actually process the words he is speaking. If he did, he'd start foaming at the mouth as he attempted to speak contradictions out both sides of it.
Those "numbers" are about as effective an industry benchmark as rubbing your face on the number pad on your keyboard. Actually, if you happen to move your head over slightly to the left while seeing if that method works, you might come up with the real backers of the report as listed above by Mike.
All they would need to do is redirect all searches to a government take down notice with a delayed redirect to that CNET article for a couple hours (and make sure the wayback machine captures it for punking friends later) and I think the message would sink in. Or they could briefly block all submissions to youtube on copyright grounds (you know, to test out "compliance" issues in a real world situation).
Realistically, they could just list all the current "rogue sites" as a backdrop to the main search page.
I find your ideas intriguing, but your newsletter has been taken down via copyright claims and I heard you're being sued over an Intellectual Ventures patent ("telling other people things using a format"). Fortunately, it looks as though Righthaven forgot to meet the arbitrary deadline of "whenever" to get in on the action, but unfortunately your unique ideals have inadvertently triggered the CCFA and E-PARASITE acts (don't worry, by the time the trial is over, an overzealous DA will make the second one kick in too) concerning some sort of "intellectual-property-cyber-terrorism-WMDs". I don't think this bodes well for my subscription. Then again, now that DNSsec is about to be prison raped, I suppose I should be able to find your thoughts intriguing in blogs such as this, if I can ever connect to the site I try to look up and not some dumbass Nigerian fund porn scam or premium useless cable channel.
Anyway, your thoughts were insightful, and thankfully that hasn't been overtly outlawed yet.
Tell that to a stoner trying to "expand his mind". Laws regulate tools too, unless you want to play semantics and claim that ownership/possession is abstractly an activity, in which case, touche sir.
With the designs around today, shielding should no longer be a problem. Shielding was inadequate in the 60's because the reactors were oversized to compensate for low power consumption efficiency, and shielding is heavy. Nowadays, reactor designs the size of a large trashcan are viable. They may still be heavy, but a competent company would have a tough time arguing against losing a couple passengers in exchange for virtually no refueling time.
To explain a bit further, even if the reactor can not sustain the maximum instantaneous power required during a typical flight (take-off being the big power hog), there are plenty of means to store excess energy during periods of low power consumption (taxiing, cruising, initial landing approach) as electrical/chemical/mechanical energy. In fact, operating the reactor with less variance in power demand by using such an external energy capacitor is often desirable as it introduces fewer overall deviations from nominal design conditions to the system.
Suddenly terrorism may not seem so bad compared to a low temperature superconductor quenching mid flight due to some brief turbulence. If the cooling system on one of those goes off, it'll take the whole wing with it. BLEVE's don't have to be hot to do some severe damage.
With all other factors removed:
crappy games = crappy sales
mediocre games = crappy sales
good games = average sales
great games = above average sales
And including the adjunct qualities:
quality_factor = game_quality * platform_quality * brand_quality
potential_sales = market_share * market_size
actual_sales = quality_factor * potential_sales
If Steven Sargent can't even wrap his mind around these grossly oversimplified integral relationships, he doesn't deserve the sales he claims to be missing out on. It doesn't take a marketing genius to figure out that a shitty game sold by a mediocre company on a purposefully open platform will see little if any sales. Blaming the customers for figuring out they're getting hosed without paying for sub-par content is a stupid position to take and will just make matters worse.
Re: Re: Re: Re: OR maybe they were given a fair shot, and flopped.
Sure, me and some Nigerian princes would like your bank routing number, home address, full name, phone number, date of birth, and social security number. Forward us your information and the money will start pouring in.
I like how you plumb the depths of the issue with detailed observations and rationale replete with cogent examples and a genuine interest in professing your unique perspective while maintaining a controlled tone.
Is there some kind of cream or spray we can use to rid ourselves of pests like Lamar Smith? Since we have little blue pills for erections, maybe a little green pill for elections could work?
10) Join an occupy movement (and be ignored as a hippie or ignorant youngster)
11) Get elected to office (because power is awesome! And you can ignore people!)
12) Jam steak knives under your fingernails (like they did with bamboo in Vietnam. They respect Vietnam veterans, right?)
13) Get pissed off and write on a forum (I like this option, hasn't done much to pass the message though)
14) Find jebus and pray for dog to do something for you (it works, no really it does)
15) Have a nice day, if this list gets any sillier there's likely to be an investigation
"Instead, they had to settle for Howard Bermand, the Representative from Disney. In other words, it appears that many Congressional reps have heard the massive concerns of the public, technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, artists, human rights activists, and many others who are quite afraid of how this bill will break the internet."
While I am an optimist, I'm not usually satisfied by exclusionary evidence when it comes to politicians, and this bill is no exception.
"And that means that it can only help to continue to speak out and reach out to your representatives about how awful this bill is, and how much harm it would do."
I feel that some examples of reaching out as an individual should be given for those who don't know how:
1) Send a letter (which will be promptly scanned for terrorism via shredder)
2) Send an email (which will be promptly scanned for terrorism via delete button)
3) Stop by the office (where you will be promptly cavity searched for terrorism related reasons)
4) Have more than $1,000,000 (so you can be contacted for campaign funds)
5) Send MANY letters (and spend yourself into bankruptcy while some asshat peon laughs and shreds them)
6) Send MANY emails (and be blocked by spam filters, then arrested for terrorism)
7) Call the office (and be passed between minions for eternity or get an automated service message)
8) Feed their pets flatulence gag powder and tie a letter to their collar (THIS will get you some attention!)
9) Submit an FOIA request (and be illegally ignored... because... terrorism/children/education/freedom/DOJ)
So, aside from the possible flatulence related terrorism indictment (which at this point, I think America needs to see happen), you can see the clear and easy path to contact your elected representative today!
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It's Like He's Running for President Already
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Google
Realistically, they could just list all the current "rogue sites" as a backdrop to the main search page.
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Re: "Stakeholder"? What is a stakeholder?
Or forcing politicians to be algebra literate.
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Re: Individual countries were bad enough
Anyway, your thoughts were insightful, and thankfully that hasn't been overtly outlawed yet.
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They would need an unlimited supply of Xena tapes and hotpockets...
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Not the UN please
Tell that to a stoner trying to "expand his mind". Laws regulate tools too, unless you want to play semantics and claim that ownership/possession is abstractly an activity, in which case, touche sir.
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To explain a bit further, even if the reactor can not sustain the maximum instantaneous power required during a typical flight (take-off being the big power hog), there are plenty of means to store excess energy during periods of low power consumption (taxiing, cruising, initial landing approach) as electrical/chemical/mechanical energy. In fact, operating the reactor with less variance in power demand by using such an external energy capacitor is often desirable as it introduces fewer overall deviations from nominal design conditions to the system.
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Ironic Musings
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Common Sense
crappy games = crappy sales
mediocre games = crappy sales
good games = average sales
great games = above average sales
And including the adjunct qualities:
quality_factor = game_quality * platform_quality * brand_quality
potential_sales = market_share * market_size
actual_sales = quality_factor * potential_sales
If Steven Sargent can't even wrap his mind around these grossly oversimplified integral relationships, he doesn't deserve the sales he claims to be missing out on. It doesn't take a marketing genius to figure out that a shitty game sold by a mediocre company on a purposefully open platform will see little if any sales. Blaming the customers for figuring out they're getting hosed without paying for sub-par content is a stupid position to take and will just make matters worse.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: OR maybe they were given a fair shot, and flopped.
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Piracy?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: He saw the light
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Re: Re: Re: He saw the light
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Re: He saw the light
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Speaking of PARASITES
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Re:
10) Join an occupy movement (and be ignored as a hippie or ignorant youngster)
11) Get elected to office (because power is awesome! And you can ignore people!)
12) Jam steak knives under your fingernails (like they did with bamboo in Vietnam. They respect Vietnam veterans, right?)
13) Get pissed off and write on a forum (I like this option, hasn't done much to pass the message though)
14) Find jebus and pray for dog to do something for you (it works, no really it does)
15) Have a nice day, if this list gets any sillier there's likely to be an investigation
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While I am an optimist, I'm not usually satisfied by exclusionary evidence when it comes to politicians, and this bill is no exception.
"And that means that it can only help to continue to speak out and reach out to your representatives about how awful this bill is, and how much harm it would do."
I feel that some examples of reaching out as an individual should be given for those who don't know how:
1) Send a letter (which will be promptly scanned for terrorism via shredder)
2) Send an email (which will be promptly scanned for terrorism via delete button)
3) Stop by the office (where you will be promptly cavity searched for terrorism related reasons)
4) Have more than $1,000,000 (so you can be contacted for campaign funds)
5) Send MANY letters (and spend yourself into bankruptcy while some asshat peon laughs and shreds them)
6) Send MANY emails (and be blocked by spam filters, then arrested for terrorism)
7) Call the office (and be passed between minions for eternity or get an automated service message)
8) Feed their pets flatulence gag powder and tie a letter to their collar (THIS will get you some attention!)
9) Submit an FOIA request (and be illegally ignored... because... terrorism/children/education/freedom/DOJ)
So, aside from the possible flatulence related terrorism indictment (which at this point, I think America needs to see happen), you can see the clear and easy path to contact your elected representative today!
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Re: Re: This is halfway as it should be
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