I think he means a hardware-based solution. I've seen them sold as usb keys or sortof innocuous passthrough connectors for an external keyboard. I've never heard of them being covertly installed inside a laptop like his post seems to be implying but that doesn't mean it doesn't ever happen.
You know, really depressing thing I've found is that there appears to be no proof of this allegation. The accusation enough seems to have been sufficient to stop anyone from even trying to prove it.
Not the technology part; that works. I just mean I knew they'd somehow keep it from ever reaching the consumer. It would simply have given high-speed network access to too many people way too cheaply.
This is hardly the first time this has happened. Its been pretty much common practice since day one in the web advertising industry to pretty much assualt every single client-level security barrier as far as trackability and domain encapsulation in any browser with the full force of their research budgets. What is surprising to me is that in all these years this is the first time anyone else has figured it out apparently.
I'm not sure but I think, not necessarily. They add dimples to golf balls to increase their flight distance and straighten their flight trajectories specifically to disrupt laminar flow, because over a sphere, turbulent flow actually can work better, if the dimples are just the right size and have just the right irregularity. I don't know for sure if it can be applied to aircraft though; maybe it only works on golf balls. Reference here.
Really? How come the open source drivers for the ATI radeon cards from that era are all very completed and its the new ones that are supported for shit except by the binary drivers?
The fact of the matter is a lot of stupid certification acronyms were specifically designed to allow spenders to make decisions without being actually informed in any way about what they're spending their money on. That's actually the *point* here. The problem isn't the certifications, the problem is that to make an informed decision about which ISP should host your servers you shouldn't be the type of CTO who insists on using outlook express and ie6 still and can't even configure their own email client. You need to know bandwidth from ass-width.
I've worked with plenty of people who had 5+ years of "experience" who perform at the competency level of a 1st year coder. Especially in very large companies I've found that the day-to-day tasks are usually designed to shield the employees from any apparent consequences of their own incompetence or any risk of becoming competent. Typically, 90% of the job is just being attractive and good-smelling enough that your co-workers can be nice to you without trying hard.
They sound like ungrateful wretches, the lot of them. Don't even mention you've created this software for them. Sell it to their nearest competitors instead. You might even get a job at a pay rate more suiting your skill level from them as part of the deal.
You made this statement sarcastically, right? Or are you going to split hairs and call this some other type of accident other than nuclear... public relations perhaps?
Don't get me wrong, I think nuclear power *can be* and *usually is* used safely but 100% might be a bit overstated. We have a ways to go yet to call it anywhere close to 100% safe. Nothing is 100% safe, not even safety scissors, and a nuclear reactor is hardly as easy to operate safely as say, for example, safety scissors.
Because lots of people with more influence and money than you have spent decades convincing the government that allowing you freedom of mixing&matching your coffee and mug brands could potentially cause a direct reduction on their maximum possible profits. You see, they've furthermore convinced said government that this potential reduction constitutes you harming them. Since you just inferred you agree that people shouldn't be allowed to harm others while using their consumer goods in an unintended fashion they've invalidated your argument in favor of allowing this type of behavior using an extension of your very own reasoning. Sucks huh?
I've seen employers use it as the employee ID too. One place I worked at you had to type your SSN in to a physical console twice a shift (to punch in and out.)
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I think he means a hardware-based solution. I've seen them sold as usb keys or sortof innocuous passthrough connectors for an external keyboard. I've never heard of them being covertly installed inside a laptop like his post seems to be implying but that doesn't mean it doesn't ever happen.
Actually that's *exactly* what XML3D is. You can think of it as the XHTML to VRML's "HTML4.0"
Why isn't the MPAA up in arms about this? They clearly subverted DRM to steal these bitcoins.
Did you check it? It gives me a full-screen businessweek ad followed by a 404. Now which one of us is a shill?
You know, really depressing thing I've found is that there appears to be no proof of this allegation. The accusation enough seems to have been sufficient to stop anyone from even trying to prove it.
Not the technology part; that works. I just mean I knew they'd somehow keep it from ever reaching the consumer. It would simply have given high-speed network access to too many people way too cheaply.
Seriously, I want to know.
... please Uncle Bill, hear our desperate plea. Save us from the brown streaks.
This is hardly the first time this has happened. Its been pretty much common practice since day one in the web advertising industry to pretty much assualt every single client-level security barrier as far as trackability and domain encapsulation in any browser with the full force of their research budgets. What is surprising to me is that in all these years this is the first time anyone else has figured it out apparently.
What on earth... why are all these trolls so angry?
Golf balls have dimples...
I'm not sure but I think, not necessarily. They add dimples to golf balls to increase their flight distance and straighten their flight trajectories specifically to disrupt laminar flow, because over a sphere, turbulent flow actually can work better, if the dimples are just the right size and have just the right irregularity. I don't know for sure if it can be applied to aircraft though; maybe it only works on golf balls. Reference here.
Really? How come the open source drivers for the ATI radeon cards from that era are all very completed and its the new ones that are supported for shit except by the binary drivers?
<sarcasm><irony>Cause there's no way that analogy couldn't be so appropriate it actually defeats your argument.</irony></sarcasm>
The fact of the matter is a lot of stupid certification acronyms were specifically designed to allow spenders to make decisions without being actually informed in any way about what they're spending their money on. That's actually the *point* here. The problem isn't the certifications, the problem is that to make an informed decision about which ISP should host your servers you shouldn't be the type of CTO who insists on using outlook express and ie6 still and can't even configure their own email client. You need to know bandwidth from ass-width.
I've worked with plenty of people who had 5+ years of "experience" who perform at the competency level of a 1st year coder. Especially in very large companies I've found that the day-to-day tasks are usually designed to shield the employees from any apparent consequences of their own incompetence or any risk of becoming competent. Typically, 90% of the job is just being attractive and good-smelling enough that your co-workers can be nice to you without trying hard.
If I had my own country, I would make reality TV illegal too.
They sound like ungrateful wretches, the lot of them. Don't even mention you've created this software for them. Sell it to their nearest competitors instead. You might even get a job at a pay rate more suiting your skill level from them as part of the deal.
You made this statement sarcastically, right? Or are you going to split hairs and call this some other type of accident other than nuclear... public relations perhaps?
Don't get me wrong, I think nuclear power *can be* and *usually is* used safely but 100% might be a bit overstated. We have a ways to go yet to call it anywhere close to 100% safe. Nothing is 100% safe, not even safety scissors, and a nuclear reactor is hardly as easy to operate safely as say, for example, safety scissors.
Oh really?
Because lots of people with more influence and money than you have spent decades convincing the government that allowing you freedom of mixing&matching your coffee and mug brands could potentially cause a direct reduction on their maximum possible profits. You see, they've furthermore convinced said government that this potential reduction constitutes you harming them. Since you just inferred you agree that people shouldn't be allowed to harm others while using their consumer goods in an unintended fashion they've invalidated your argument in favor of allowing this type of behavior using an extension of your very own reasoning. Sucks huh?
This is not the first time it has been proposed either.
The sound of tires on the road is *FAR* louder than the engine, in general... unless the car's muffler is bad, or unless the car is simply very old.
WTF type of giant knobby off-road truck tires do you put on your effing honda civic anyway? This statement is hyperbolic to say the least.
Actually its likely that for safety reasons the car manufacturers will all start adding sound effects to the vehicles.
I've seen employers use it as the employee ID too. One place I worked at you had to type your SSN in to a physical console twice a shift (to punch in and out.)
Guys, I think he's being serious.