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Mon, 28 Jul 2003 P2P Meets the Factory I've often wondered how a "Star Trek" universe, complete with "transporter" technology that allows replication of physical objects would work in a world dominated by lawyers, copyrights and patents. This article addresses that very issue ....
Peer To Peer Meets Manufacturing [Slashdot]
Mon, 28 Jul 2003 00:00 /Technology | 0 writebacks | permanent link Political Dynamics Ya know, I try to avoid political commentary here like the plague - I'm no "pundit", and have no intention of trying to imitate one. Nonetheless, I do pay attention to matters political, and feel that there are some trends so startling that I have to say something.
And this piece from Moore's Lore really illustrates it.
Left and Right are both beginning to be driven by a dynamic that we've not seen in the United States for a hundred years: it's a people dynamic, a real grassroots movement. There is a great deal of promise here, but a good deal of danger as well. As the rhetoric generating engine gets more diffused, it becomes more likely to exhibit "loose cannon syndrome" - and consequently more likely to merely inflame passions rather than attempt to solve problems or contribute to rational discourse.
To some extent, obviously, public participation in a republic is vital. But one should, in my no so humble opinion, always bear in mind the wrods of Winston Churchill - "Democracy is a terrible form of government. It's just that the other's are so much worse."
Mon, 28 Jul 2003 00:00 /Politics | 0 writebacks | permanent link It's a Boy It's a boy! The first registered Scots Highland calf born at Hammerstead Farms! I guess this means we're in the cattle business for real now. Kris has been fussing all day, as has Kevyn - he's having nearly as much fun with this as we are.
Mon, 28 Jul 2003 00:00 /Home | 0 writebacks | permanent link Romancing The Rosetta Stone A fascinating approach to translation systems - and a profitable one, I think. With the falling prices of bandwidth and storage, it's simply become more cost effective to deal with the vast amounts of data required for such a system, rather than trying to putz the results with advanced AI "guessing" procedures...
Romancing The Rosetta Stone [Slashdot]
Mon, 28 Jul 2003 00:00 /Technology | 0 writebacks | permanent link Unfair Use A very good summation of some of the legal issues involved in copyright.
Copying is Theft - and other legal myths. Fair and unfair use [The Register]
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