Why the urgency on protecting people's right to privacy on their book searches vs their right to privacy on their web searches. Honestly, web searches seem to be "more worthy" of privacy. I'm sure the EFF is also an advocate for web privacy, but why the special focus?
But comparing the terribleness of Vista to the "terribleness" of 2000 (which wasn't really that bad) just doesn't seem to be sufficient. Only ME ranks up there for comparison with Vista; but from a technical perspective, you do make a valid point.
I agree with you, but the thing I find interesting in looking at the Japanese economy, and technical prowess leads me to believe this is more than just silly fun - or even more than academics.
Japanese society is aging rapidly, and their robotic prowess has been projected to be able to provide for the poor and disabled while their society ages. I've heard at least one person hypothesize that this will lead to the first robot/human society on earth, and given their prowess with robotics, I wouldn't be surprised. This should be interesting...
IINAL, but I believe he went to jail for 14 years, not prison, and I believe there's a distinction between the two, regarding powers of judges. I think it would be pretty difficult for a judge to send someone to prison for 14 years w/o trial, but jail is another matter. But like I said, IINAL.
My dog is well fed and cared for - that allows socialization which leads to peace. You ever visited or lived in a bad part of town? I can tell you folks there are not well cared for.
Your dog's an atheist
For the record, he's not. I am God to my dog, as you are God to yours.
Um, why would you say that? Irrespective of your view on the matter, I believe the topic TFS is pretty clear evidence that religion is not going anywhere...
Additionally, I always find it quite interesting when folks get worked up to the point that they actually believe religion is holding humanity back. I am of the opposite opinion. Religion is holding society up. Personal theological beliefs have nothing to do with this conclusion. Do you, as a presumably well educated, relatively financially secure person actually believe that certain elements in the "lower classes" wouldn't slice your throat if they weren't afraid of God? How about those that would steal or break your shit?
In my estimation, religion was created 1) because it is an innate component of human existence and 2) To keep society functioning (and in certain instances to create or resurrect a society).
You know how stupid, weak minded and contemptible you believe those religious fanatics are? Well, just imagine if the doctrine they followed didn't restrict them from killing you. THAT is the world without religion.
Damn, I just used my last mod point on an ok post on a different thread - who knew I'd be bored enough to actually check out some idle stuff. Good point, sir!
You know, when a new voice appears on an old show playing an existing character (memory escapes me at this moment for an example, but I know this has happened), I always wonder why folks generally don't just make the new voice sound like the old voice. This happened to at least a couple childhood cartoons of mine - the voice suddenly changed and... WTF?
Let's hope they decide to bring in folks that sound the same (or very similar) if they do recast. Having different voices would be pretty lame.
My first question after reading TFS is where these little buggers go after the salt water is pumped in. Presumably, the salt water is pumped out at some point in time.... Oh, don't worry, I'm sure they filter them out after returning them to the ocean - yeah somehow I highly doubt it.
I agree this type of stuff is the least worst choice, but something about genetically modified bacteria designed to produce fuel, in the ocean gives me the creeps.
Unless I'm missing something, it seems the OP is missing something... game publishers don't care if a certain new game is paid for with a certain old game. They still get paid full price for the new game.
Sure, the publishers theoretically miss out on selling these old games to new people (b/c of the trade in), but it's been like that for some time - I would hope they'd be over it by now. This quick aging of titles is what contributes to such a fast development cycle on games, and is what pushes progress forward. Yeah, it's hard work for the publishers, but it doesn't push down their sales, or profit, on the new titles they create.
I don't disagree with any of your points (and your points are good ones). My point is that PHBs are looking for folks they like to call engineers - they pay these "engineers" more than they pay mere "consultants" or "analysts" and probably in some cases, even mere "programmers". In that case, I'll take engineer and not argue the point.
Hell, you could call me a grilled cheese sandwich if you paid me enough.
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Uh, that called E&O (Errors and Omissions) around these parts. And I do have that, though it has nothing to do with my software activities.
And you're not the boss of me. I'm an engineer - if you prefer to call yourself something else, good for you.
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I agree. I don't think engineer should be the vaunted title - scientist should be.
* A scientist has likely has a PhD and does original research.
* Being an engineer requires a good, working knowledge for whatever you're doing, and a four year degree doesn't hurt.
* A technician is someone who can look at a documented problem and implement a documented solution (and probably took that 6 month course)
I'm better than a tech, but not as good as a scientist, so odds are, I'm an engineer. At least, that's the way I see it.
Who really gives a shit? Seriously. So what do I care; I'll install it, then after I'm done watching the lectures I'll keep it or I won't. Someone has a great sig - nerd rage truly is the funniest of rages. And Bill Gates rage is at the top of the mountain.
AFAIK, Chrome and Android are running on vastly different kernels. I've always been under the impression that Win Mobile was a stripped down version of Windows (albeit with modifications), but the core kernel was the same. I would imagine Gates is thinking back to WinNT, Win9x days when things were royally hosed. But hey, what do I know, maybe I'm giving the guy too much credit.
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I was discussing with a friend how software projects are probably the most difficult to run and predict, especially with very large projects. He disagreed and said that all large projects are difficult - when you're building a bridge a multitude of things can and do go wrong.
That's obviously true, but how many bridges never get finished compared to the number of software projects that never get finished? It seems project management is very difficult for IT related stuff. So am I just being IT centric in thinking our projects are more difficult than most?
I didn't say it was perfect, I just said it was better. The best solution, IMHO is a kind of micro-royalty system where there are no middlemen. Who the hell needs distributors when the Internet does that for free?!
I'm not so worried about that as I am about the very real dangers of the pollution solar voltaic energy causes. We're all rushing headlong into this without considering what we're going to do with the waste.
And I'll say, if they can get this right, they deserve to be the biggest. Music could be dealt with so much better than it is, in terms of business and technology. If I could listen to a measly 1 minute of commercials for 30 minutes of music that I choose, and didn't have to pay for, and not break the law, I'd do it.
Yeah, I could just download whatever I want off of TPB or whatever, but I don't do it - not only because I don't want to break the law and get sued, but because I still don't personally feel comfortable consuming something which I did not pay the artist for. (Don't jump down my throat, I'm not judging those who choose to do it, but I'm just saying for myself no matter how I justify it, I'd be getting something for free which I shouldn't).
Get some good, targeted ads, make arrangements with the labels, and get this going in a good direction once and for all. Oh, and making the Zune not be an ugly piece of shit would help too.
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Why the urgency on protecting people's right to privacy on their book searches vs their right to privacy on their web searches. Honestly, web searches seem to be "more worthy" of privacy. I'm sure the EFF is also an advocate for web privacy, but why the special focus?
Normal people
No, more like I can't mod shit on this thread for some unknown, cosmic reason (I was going to fix what you cite)...
/. why is this still an issue after these many years? :P
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Well, that IS true...
But comparing the terribleness of Vista to the "terribleness" of 2000 (which wasn't really that bad) just doesn't seem to be sufficient. Only ME ranks up there for comparison with Vista; but from a technical perspective, you do make a valid point.
I'd say it's probably closer to WinME and Win2k. Win2k was a decent OS, WinME was a disaster (perhaps even worse than Vista).
I agree with you, but the thing I find interesting in looking at the Japanese economy, and technical prowess leads me to believe this is more than just silly fun - or even more than academics.
Japanese society is aging rapidly, and their robotic prowess has been projected to be able to provide for the poor and disabled while their society ages. I've heard at least one person hypothesize that this will lead to the first robot/human society on earth, and given their prowess with robotics, I wouldn't be surprised. This should be interesting...
IINAL, but I believe he went to jail for 14 years, not prison, and I believe there's a distinction between the two, regarding powers of judges. I think it would be pretty difficult for a judge to send someone to prison for 14 years w/o trial, but jail is another matter. But like I said, IINAL.
Your dog's an atheist
For the record, he's not. I am God to my dog, as you are God to yours.
We're so close to killing it
Um, why would you say that? Irrespective of your view on the matter, I believe the topic TFS is pretty clear evidence that religion is not going anywhere...
Additionally, I always find it quite interesting when folks get worked up to the point that they actually believe religion is holding humanity back. I am of the opposite opinion. Religion is holding society up. Personal theological beliefs have nothing to do with this conclusion. Do you, as a presumably well educated, relatively financially secure person actually believe that certain elements in the "lower classes" wouldn't slice your throat if they weren't afraid of God? How about those that would steal or break your shit?
In my estimation, religion was created 1) because it is an innate component of human existence and 2) To keep society functioning (and in certain instances to create or resurrect a society).
You know how stupid, weak minded and contemptible you believe those religious fanatics are? Well, just imagine if the doctrine they followed didn't restrict them from killing you. THAT is the world without religion.
Just my humble two cents...
Damn, I just used my last mod point on an ok post on a different thread - who knew I'd be bored enough to actually check out some idle stuff. Good point, sir!
Interesting, but ... [citation needed]
You know, when a new voice appears on an old show playing an existing character (memory escapes me at this moment for an example, but I know this has happened), I always wonder why folks generally don't just make the new voice sound like the old voice. This happened to at least a couple childhood cartoons of mine - the voice suddenly changed and ... WTF?
Let's hope they decide to bring in folks that sound the same (or very similar) if they do recast. Having different voices would be pretty lame.
My first question after reading TFS is where these little buggers go after the salt water is pumped in. Presumably, the salt water is pumped out at some point in time. ... Oh, don't worry, I'm sure they filter them out after returning them to the ocean - yeah somehow I highly doubt it.
I agree this type of stuff is the least worst choice, but something about genetically modified bacteria designed to produce fuel, in the ocean gives me the creeps.
Unless I'm missing something, it seems the OP is missing something... game publishers don't care if a certain new game is paid for with a certain old game. They still get paid full price for the new game.
Sure, the publishers theoretically miss out on selling these old games to new people (b/c of the trade in), but it's been like that for some time - I would hope they'd be over it by now. This quick aging of titles is what contributes to such a fast development cycle on games, and is what pushes progress forward. Yeah, it's hard work for the publishers, but it doesn't push down their sales, or profit, on the new titles they create.
I don't disagree with any of your points (and your points are good ones). My point is that PHBs are looking for folks they like to call engineers - they pay these "engineers" more than they pay mere "consultants" or "analysts" and probably in some cases, even mere "programmers". In that case, I'll take engineer and not argue the point.
Hell, you could call me a grilled cheese sandwich if you paid me enough.
Uh, that called E&O (Errors and Omissions) around these parts. And I do have that, though it has nothing to do with my software activities.
And you're not the boss of me. I'm an engineer - if you prefer to call yourself something else, good for you.
I agree. I don't think engineer should be the vaunted title - scientist should be.
* A scientist has likely has a PhD and does original research.
* Being an engineer requires a good, working knowledge for whatever you're doing, and a four year degree doesn't hurt.
* A technician is someone who can look at a documented problem and implement a documented solution (and probably took that 6 month course)
I'm better than a tech, but not as good as a scientist, so odds are, I'm an engineer. At least, that's the way I see it.
Who really gives a shit? Seriously. So what do I care; I'll install it, then after I'm done watching the lectures I'll keep it or I won't. Someone has a great sig - nerd rage truly is the funniest of rages. And Bill Gates rage is at the top of the mountain.
AFAIK, Chrome and Android are running on vastly different kernels. I've always been under the impression that Win Mobile was a stripped down version of Windows (albeit with modifications), but the core kernel was the same. I would imagine Gates is thinking back to WinNT, Win9x days when things were royally hosed. But hey, what do I know, maybe I'm giving the guy too much credit.
I was discussing with a friend how software projects are probably the most difficult to run and predict, especially with very large projects. He disagreed and said that all large projects are difficult - when you're building a bridge a multitude of things can and do go wrong.
That's obviously true, but how many bridges never get finished compared to the number of software projects that never get finished? It seems project management is very difficult for IT related stuff. So am I just being IT centric in thinking our projects are more difficult than most?
Copying? Being in the USA, I've never seen or heard of this Spotify thing (terrible name, by the way).
Sounds like a good product. I don't know why they didn't bring it to the US earlier - so as far as I'm concerned the delivery method is fair game.
I didn't say it was perfect, I just said it was better. The best solution, IMHO is a kind of micro-royalty system where there are no middlemen. Who the hell needs distributors when the Internet does that for free?!
I'm not so worried about that as I am about the very real dangers of the pollution solar voltaic energy causes. We're all rushing headlong into this without considering what we're going to do with the waste.
And I'll say, if they can get this right, they deserve to be the biggest. Music could be dealt with so much better than it is, in terms of business and technology. If I could listen to a measly 1 minute of commercials for 30 minutes of music that I choose, and didn't have to pay for, and not break the law, I'd do it.
Yeah, I could just download whatever I want off of TPB or whatever, but I don't do it - not only because I don't want to break the law and get sued, but because I still don't personally feel comfortable consuming something which I did not pay the artist for. (Don't jump down my throat, I'm not judging those who choose to do it, but I'm just saying for myself no matter how I justify it, I'd be getting something for free which I shouldn't).
Get some good, targeted ads, make arrangements with the labels, and get this going in a good direction once and for all. Oh, and making the Zune not be an ugly piece of shit would help too.
sumofabitch - that was funny! I can't stop laughing!!