Capitalism is about making the most money. Doing good has no value.
If you want social institutions and organizations to "do good" then you should find another economic system and mode of production...
Actually, I'm just holding them to the set of rules THEY created for themselves. Note rules 6, 7, and 8. Sure, you can have all the wonderful info you want from Google, as long as you live within the US. Everyone else gets about half that.
Yes, and my point was that Baidu engages in such censorship too, only without the compunction and without the helpful notices.
Picture three supermarkets: One shoots its customers at random, at the drop of a hat. No signs, no notice; *BANG* THUD.
The second supermarket has clearly marked signs at the entrances: "Customers will be shot at random whilst shopping." You've given the customers notice of this, so all is well. Once again, every so often we'll hear *BANG* THUD.
The third supermarket doesn't shoot its customers.
Which would YOU shop at?
JUST because a Canadian company does something many consider unethical doesn't mean it's right for an American corporation to do so, or that it's suddenly the RIGHT thing to do.
So I repeat: if not for Google, what better alternative would Chinese citizens have?
How about freedom of speech?;) You're missing *my* point here... I'm not asking which engine censors the least, nor am I suggesting any as such. I'm asking why censorship in corporate guise is any more acceptable or any different than when done directly by the Chinese government.
Then you'll be glad to know Google provides many of the most helpful tools for Chinese political activists to collaborate and spread their message.
Sure, guy. Limiting access to those blogs sure does help spread that message, doesn't it? Well, unless of course "human rights" or "democracy" are involved. Pesky human rights; they evidently have no value to Google. Democracy? What, you believe in controlling your own fate? Perish the thought. Groupthink is all the rage! Death to the unbelievers!;)
This is another reason I've also been moving from Yahoo recently; turning over people who don't toe the "official" line is just plain wrong....and as for whether the Chinese are using Google vs. Baidu? According to these numbers, yes. It looks like they ARE using Baidu, and that Google [publicly] wants to avoid taking them on. Whether those're just more Weasel Words or not remains to be seen.
Sometimes we make mistakes but have to stick with them.
Sure, like segregation.:P An extreme example, to be sure, but one I find as noxious as censorship. Considering what China does to dissidents, I personally feel any company assisting in keeping the oppressed from disseminating their beliefs is not one I choose to do business with.
Better believe it! "Label! You're it!" just doesn't have the same ring.
As for Google's choices, I'll just make a tin-foil hat observation:
As for how some of the world's biggest PC and software companies got so big? They start out by giving us what we want. They get popular. At that point, they start telling US what we want, and can't understand why we disagree...
So Linux users are more likely to ditch their families when they need help? With a lame excuse like THAT? Damn. I could care less which swing I'm on, as long as I'm still in the playground.
/me shakes his head and wanders off to help his brother with Debian and his dad with XP.
{and of course, the obvious answer is "No" for most of us; I just find it odd that this is the third Linux fan I've heard crow about NOT working on computers.}
As if if there weren't enough opinion pieces here, here's a reply to the blog.
[I'm an idiot.]
Good start.
[I'm stupid, clueless, dumb - hell, I'm a complete moron. I'm so inept, in fact, that a
new word has been created to capture my incompetence: "luser." I feel terrible about
it, I really do; it was never my intention to upset my IT department - heck, the whole
IT industry - by not being bright enough to use the wonderful tools they give me. But I
just can't seem to get it right.]
Gee, being bright has less to do with it than you think. My FAVORITE customers are the
folks that upfront say, "I am CLUELESS when it comes to computers." They know what they
know and don't about PCs, and are WELL AWARE of that boundary; they don't attempt to
cross it for good reason. These aren't "lusers", they're users; the easiest of ALL
client types [IMHO] to work with. Show them what you need them to do and NOT do, and
they'll follow it religiously. The reason you're an idiot follows here.
[I mean, I know I'm not supposed to click on attachments. Clicking on attachments is
bad. My IT department sent me an email explaining this. They were even kind enough to
attach a Word document explaining how to set my computer up to prevent the spread of
viruses through attachments like...well, like Word documents. I have to admit, that
little irony had me scratching my head for a few minutes. Was this some sort of test
for us lusers to see if we pay attention? Then I realized the message came from my IT
department. And you can't fake an email address. No way.]
...and of course, you clicked the link. Sheesh. I'll agree your IT department royally
screwed up that policy by send the info in an attachment, but the final fault is yours.
The fact that you CAN fake an email address is one of many reasons you were asked NOT
to click it. Sure enough, contrary to advice, you did something you weren't supposed
to. THAT is the sort of thing that earns people the ire of ANY professional; ignoring
sound advice because it doesn't jibe with your world-view IS ignorant. People with
emphysema {on oxygen tanks, no less} that smoke, folks who check gas tanks with
lighters, doofs that climb down their chimneys just to get stuck... ALL these morons
were doing something they were told NOT to. Just why should I feel sympathetic?
[I think I passed their test.]
What IT department has the time to TEST their users?!? Unless it's directly tied to
training or downsizing, I've never seen any reputable department waste time like this.
You want to look at it as a test, fine. You clicked the attachment. You failed the
test.
[And yet they still think very little of me. I read their blogs: "Users are stupid and
that needs to be the starting point for software developers." I read their trade
magazines: "No matter how hard we pray...every network is at one time or other exposed to
the ultimate technology risk: users." I know, I know, I probably shouldn't be reading
these blogs and magazines; it's all highly technical stuff they're talking about, and
I'm probably missing the crucial subtext when they refer to me as "this most dangerous
species of wildlife." My problem is that I just don't get it.]
Right. You don't get it, yet you're willing to spit out 4 pages explaining why it's OUR
fault you don't get it. You've ignored one of our most basic mantra: RTFM. If you had
read the plethora of articles available online, in magazines and books, you'd see why
social engineering remains one of the most successful vectors for any network attack.
There lies part of the problem: you want to learn about a topic without reading or
studying it. Good luck.
[Or, not.
The IT profession - and it's debatable whether IT qualifies as a profession - needs to
get its act together and start acting like one. Today, IT behaves more like a
high-school clique, knotted together in the cubicle maze, snickering and slandering
everyone who's n
I don't care f'r Google for personal reasons undisclosed, so I don't use their products.
They're not MY de facto site, nor do I consider TFA any more than fanboy buzz. Just like other search engines we've used over the years of 'net usage, they're just the one on top right NOW. Give it 10 years. They might be the next big monopoly, or the next Webcrawler.
Personally, I prefer the meta-search engines; more baskets means more eggs.
My objection to DRM is basic; it's an assumption of guilt. Were anyone to seriously accuse me of doing something that I didn't do, wouldn't do, and have a general distaste toward [example: my friend is mad at me because he thought I was humping his pet beagle's right nostril,] then I'm going to react with more than a brush-off. I don't care for being called a thief when I'm not taking a fraggin' thing I don't already own. I don't object to compensating the artists for their work; I just feel it's not fair to slap handcuffs on everyone for something someone MIGHT/will do. It's bad enough from our government; I'll be damned if I'll take that crap from ANY corporation.
Executive Summary: Methinks they're getting too big for their britches...
The shop I work at used to recruit techs from the local vocational "school". You've seen the sort advertising on your local commercials. It was a disaster. The best {and worst} case was some poor shlub who not only graduated their "Computer Repair Specialist" training, but had somehow managed to score a CompTia A+ certification the school also offered. I'd considered getting A+'d in the past until he came in to work his first day. As service manager, I need to find out what they know pretty quick, and so I started with the basics. "Could ya point out the motherboard?" I asked him, pointing at a PC on the bench. He looked back at me, blinked, and pointed at the case. I blinked back, and thinking I'd misspoken said, "No, not the case, the motherboard. Y'know, the part where the CPU plugs in..." He looked back at me, blinked again, and pointed at the case. Yeech. He also couldn't identify ONE port successfully on a standard ATX backplate, nor could he perform any task at a command prompt. When the new owner bought the company, he wisely ended the practice of getting interns from that "educational facility".
Lesson: Certifications are almost useless as long as "Pay-To-Pass" schools and classes exist.
"...to homeless people who you know will spend it on drugs..."
That's funny, Spanky... when *I* was homeless I was FAR more interested in staying fed, getting a job, and getting back to where I was now. So were most of the guys at the shelter.
My question: Did you have a big helping of WhiteBreadNess this morning, or do you watch too much cable?
...and to stay ontopic, I have to ask: While everyone here is usin' RFID tags as a reference, the article states that
As a result, the type of transmitter in play -- and its ultimate purpose -- remain a mystery. However, tiny tracking tags, known as RFIDs, are commonly placed in everything from clothing to key chains to help retailers track inventory.
Assuming you're not limited to RFID limits, in theory how much power could one of these spit out? What distance could they be tracked from?
Visual Basic and Visual Basic.NET did not make use of the dollar sign, at least in any regular fashion. Visual Basic? -chuckle-
No, oh geekish one, you're not thinking far back enough. Look up the TRS-80 Model I Level II BASIC upgrade... Notice who was responsible. You FINALLY got 16K and more than just A$ and B$ to work with.
{And yes, prior to that you learned to be creative in string processing with only two to work with}
As for the USA...
It's usually legally REQUIRED here to carry your ID card with you, and can earn you a ticket or jail if you don't. Realistically, if the cops can pull up your info in the local state database with verbal info, you're ok, but if you dig in and refuse to tell them anything about yourself you can be held for "failure to identify."
Slashdot Mirror
One of five things could happen: You could get super stretchy, turn invisible, "flame on!", get rocky, or turn to living metal.
Picture three supermarkets: One shoots its customers at random, at the drop of a hat. No signs, no notice; *BANG* THUD.
The second supermarket has clearly marked signs at the entrances: "Customers will be shot at random whilst shopping." You've given the customers notice of this, so all is well. Once again, every so often we'll hear *BANG* THUD.
The third supermarket doesn't shoot its customers.
Which would YOU shop at?
JUST because a Canadian company does something many consider unethical doesn't mean it's right for an American corporation to do so, or that it's suddenly the RIGHT thing to do. So I repeat: if not for Google, what better alternative would Chinese citizens have?
How about freedom of speech?
Sure, guy. Limiting access to those blogs sure does help spread that message, doesn't it? Well, unless of course "human rights" or "democracy" are involved. Pesky human rights; they evidently have no value to Google. Democracy? What, you believe in controlling your own fate? Perish the thought. Groupthink is all the rage! Death to the unbelievers!
This is another reason I've also been moving from Yahoo recently; turning over people who don't toe the "official" line is just plain wrong....and as for whether the Chinese are using Google vs. Baidu? According to these numbers, yes. It looks like they ARE using Baidu, and that Google [publicly] wants to avoid taking them on. Whether those're just more Weasel Words or not remains to be seen.
Sure, like segregation.
So, the only safe place to use it is somewhere other than work or home? Lovely.
Just a "been-awake-five-minutes-today" observation:
If someone had said "MacIntel" 4 years ago, they'd have been labeled "FlameBait", "Troll", or "Redundant".....
Better believe it! "Label! You're it!" just doesn't have the same ring.
As for Google's choices, I'll just make a tin-foil hat observation:
As for how some of the world's biggest PC and software companies got so big? They start out by giving us what we want. They get popular. At that point, they start telling US what we want, and can't understand why we disagree...
So Linux users are more likely to ditch their families when they need help? With a lame excuse like THAT? Damn. I could care less which swing I'm on, as long as I'm still in the playground.
/me shakes his head and wanders off to help his brother with Debian and his dad with XP.
{and of course, the obvious answer is "No" for most of us; I just find it odd that this is the third Linux fan I've heard crow about NOT working on computers.}
Any convert unable to find info, workarounds, and friends without using Flash should probably go back to Windows to begin with....
I can believe it. Saw this site on how the shuttle's design was partially dependant on a horse's tailside...
As if if there weren't enough opinion pieces here, here's a reply to the blog.
...and of course, you clicked the link. Sheesh. I'll agree your IT department royally
screwed up that policy by send the info in an attachment, but the final fault is yours.
The fact that you CAN fake an email address is one of many reasons you were asked NOT
to click it. Sure enough, contrary to advice, you did something you weren't supposed
to. THAT is the sort of thing that earns people the ire of ANY professional; ignoring
sound advice because it doesn't jibe with your world-view IS ignorant. People with
emphysema {on oxygen tanks, no less} that smoke, folks who check gas tanks with
lighters, doofs that climb down their chimneys just to get stuck... ALL these morons
were doing something they were told NOT to. Just why should I feel sympathetic?
[I'm an idiot.]
Good start.
[I'm stupid, clueless, dumb - hell, I'm a complete moron. I'm so inept, in fact, that a new word has been created to capture my incompetence: "luser." I feel terrible about it, I really do; it was never my intention to upset my IT department - heck, the whole IT industry - by not being bright enough to use the wonderful tools they give me. But I just can't seem to get it right.]
Gee, being bright has less to do with it than you think. My FAVORITE customers are the folks that upfront say, "I am CLUELESS when it comes to computers." They know what they know and don't about PCs, and are WELL AWARE of that boundary; they don't attempt to cross it for good reason. These aren't "lusers", they're users; the easiest of ALL client types [IMHO] to work with. Show them what you need them to do and NOT do, and they'll follow it religiously. The reason you're an idiot follows here.
[I mean, I know I'm not supposed to click on attachments. Clicking on attachments is bad. My IT department sent me an email explaining this. They were even kind enough to attach a Word document explaining how to set my computer up to prevent the spread of viruses through attachments like...well, like Word documents. I have to admit, that little irony had me scratching my head for a few minutes. Was this some sort of test for us lusers to see if we pay attention? Then I realized the message came from my IT department. And you can't fake an email address. No way.]
[I think I passed their test.]
What IT department has the time to TEST their users?!? Unless it's directly tied to training or downsizing, I've never seen any reputable department waste time like this. You want to look at it as a test, fine. You clicked the attachment. You failed the test.
[And yet they still think very little of me. I read their blogs: "Users are stupid and that needs to be the starting point for software developers." I read their trade magazines: "No matter how hard we pray...every network is at one time or other exposed to the ultimate technology risk: users." I know, I know, I probably shouldn't be reading these blogs and magazines; it's all highly technical stuff they're talking about, and I'm probably missing the crucial subtext when they refer to me as "this most dangerous species of wildlife." My problem is that I just don't get it.]
Right. You don't get it, yet you're willing to spit out 4 pages explaining why it's OUR fault you don't get it. You've ignored one of our most basic mantra: RTFM. If you had read the plethora of articles available online, in magazines and books, you'd see why social engineering remains one of the most successful vectors for any network attack. There lies part of the problem: you want to learn about a topic without reading or studying it. Good luck.
[Or, not.
The IT profession - and it's debatable whether IT qualifies as a profession - needs to get its act together and start acting like one. Today, IT behaves more like a high-school clique, knotted together in the cubicle maze, snickering and slandering everyone who's n
Silly racist... Who's Eminem, then? :P
I don't care f'r Google for personal reasons undisclosed, so I don't use their products.
They're not MY de facto site, nor do I consider TFA any more than fanboy buzz. Just like other search engines we've used over the years of 'net usage, they're just the one on top right NOW. Give it 10 years. They might be the next big monopoly, or the next Webcrawler.
Personally, I prefer the meta-search engines; more baskets means more eggs.
My objection to DRM is basic; it's an assumption of guilt. Were anyone to seriously accuse me of doing something that I didn't do, wouldn't do, and have a general distaste toward [example: my friend is mad at me because he thought I was humping his pet beagle's right nostril,] then I'm going to react with more than a brush-off. I don't care for being called a thief when I'm not taking a fraggin' thing I don't already own. I don't object to compensating the artists for their work; I just feel it's not fair to slap handcuffs on everyone for something someone MIGHT/will do. It's bad enough from our government; I'll be damned if I'll take that crap from ANY corporation.
Executive Summary: Methinks they're getting too big for their britches...
The shop I work at used to recruit techs from the local vocational "school". You've seen the sort advertising on your local commercials. It was a disaster. The best {and worst} case was some poor shlub who not only graduated their "Computer Repair Specialist" training, but had somehow managed to score a CompTia A+ certification the school also offered. I'd considered getting A+'d in the past until he came in to work his first day. As service manager, I need to find out what they know pretty quick, and so I started with the basics. "Could ya point out the motherboard?" I asked him, pointing at a PC on the bench. He looked back at me, blinked, and pointed at the case. I blinked back, and thinking I'd misspoken said, "No, not the case, the motherboard. Y'know, the part where the CPU plugs in..." He looked back at me, blinked again, and pointed at the case. Yeech. He also couldn't identify ONE port successfully on a standard ATX backplate, nor could he perform any task at a command prompt. When the new owner bought the company, he wisely ended the practice of getting interns from that "educational facility".
Lesson: Certifications are almost useless as long as "Pay-To-Pass" schools and classes exist.
That's funny, Spanky... when *I* was homeless I was FAR more interested in staying fed, getting a job, and getting back to where I was now. So were most of the guys at the shelter.
My question: Did you have a big helping of WhiteBreadNess this morning, or do you watch too much cable?
Assuming you're not limited to RFID limits, in theory how much power could one of these spit out? What distance could they be tracked from?
"Point? I have no point. I often have no point. It's part of my charm..."
-- Chris Knight, Real Genius
Ask the guys with talented girlfrends. ;)
If you don't know WHERE the problem is, blaming it on Microslop until you figure out what you missed is sloppy. Nothing personal.
Visual Basic? -chuckle-
No, oh geekish one, you're not thinking far back enough. Look up the TRS-80 Model I Level II BASIC upgrade... Notice who was responsible. You FINALLY got 16K and more than just A$ and B$ to work with.
{And yes, prior to that you learned to be creative in string processing with only two to work with}
Nope! It's here!
Seem to be having trouble with your lifestyle? ;)
As for the USA... It's usually legally REQUIRED here to carry your ID card with you, and can earn you a ticket or jail if you don't. Realistically, if the cops can pull up your info in the local state database with verbal info, you're ok, but if you dig in and refuse to tell them anything about yourself you can be held for "failure to identify."
Executive Summary: "I'm lazy and want to gripe about Microslop some more."
...and following your logic, you can't be THAT sophisticated if you expect to view videos on the web without installing a COMMON codec type...