"Also, I hate Samsung, so have the government enact a million-dollar tariff on every Samsung phone and then let the free market decide. Power to the people!"
False. Intelligent people enjoy Pink Floyd and the Backstreet Boys, drive a 1982 white Honda Prelude, have two cats and one dog and live in a small but tidy flat in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Your new filter works better than today's filter...against today's spam
But today's spam is designed to circumvent today's filter, and spammers will change their techniques as soon as you switch to the new filter.
This is the classic Antivirus problem, where new and unusual AV programs get great ratings until they become popular and virus developers start coding with them in mind.
And now you've also published how your new filter works, to make it even easier for spammers to circumvent your new filter. Great.
"The initial release of DROPOUTJEEP will focus on installing the implant via close access methods. A remote installation ability will be pursued for a future release."
This is exactly why I don't let my NSA friends borrow my iPhone.
Seriously, though, the private sector has been doing this for years. Do you really think the NSA can't pwn a phone, or any other type of computer, given physical access or a remote root exploit?
Almost every other component (except maybe the GPU) has dropped tremendously in price over the past couple decades, but CPUs have stayed almost flat. Hopefully the newly competitive ARM processors will finally drive prices down (iSuppli estimates a measly $18 for Apple's new A7 CPU+GPU) but I'm not holding my breath.
There's no reason monarchy and democracy can't coexist so long as we grant everyone crown status; I'd encourage everyone to make up their own title and royal style as well.
"All hail Her Imperial Majesty the Grand Empress Irene!"
"Morning, God-Lord Fred. Have you seen Matt yet? I'm his herald today."
"Yeah, he was right behind me...ah, there you go."
"All hail High Executor Matt, Master of the Twelve Worlds!"
A unicorn isn't so tough. Oh sure, it can call on all the deep magics of the land, storms, curses, the whole bit, but the solution is obvious: Take away its magic*—pop!—and now your vaunted unicorn is only a large, strong, intelligent animal that impales people.
* this has not been conclusively proven impossible.
True, but that's only part of the equation. If privacy is valuable to their customers, Apple will gain customers (and money) by not harvesting their data.
Besides, Google is far more experienced at data mining than Apple is likely to ever be, so rather than try to beat Google at their own game, it's probably wiser for Apple to play counterpoint here.
Then it would be as if you recorded a song and I decided to use it, without your consent, for my company's new ad campaign. That's the closest analogue I can think of to this situation.
If you're buying the latest and greatest gaming cards, you're probably going to want DirectX 10 or 11, good multicore support, and an OS that can handle more than 3-ish GB of RAM.
It's important to keep in mind that Slashdot, and most of the sites Slashdotters visit, tend to be echo chambers for technology geeks. Outside this bubble, however, most people (and even most kids) don't consider "self-taught computer genius" to be their goal in life.
In other news: Farming message board posters outraged at cost of school lunches, think students should be given bag of seeds, hoe.
Read TFA. Of that $1000, $678 covers the iPad, the educational software, a case, a three year warranty, and free replacements from Apple for lost, stolen or broken units. The rest seems to be for setup, training and support. TCO is always going to be higher than the initial hardware cost, and this seems like a pretty good deal for what they're getting.
Of course, in your infinite wisdom, I'm sure you'd just buy a shipping container full of $100 Chinese tablets, drop it on the school district's doorstep and say "You're all set!"
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They don't call it Death Metal for nothing, you know.
1. Can it play Van Halen?
2. How can I have one installed in my living room?
This?
Obligatory.
Are you thinking of Apple of the 70s? Woz was basically out by 1981.
Apple today is very much like Apple of the early Mac years: building computers that are small, easy, and appliance-like.
"Also, I hate Samsung, so have the government enact a million-dollar tariff on every Samsung phone and then let the free market decide. Power to the people!"
—Stal- uh, Joe the Libertarian.
False. Intelligent people enjoy Pink Floyd and the Backstreet Boys, drive a 1982 white Honda Prelude, have two cats and one dog and live in a small but tidy flat in Newcastle upon Tyne.
hordes of tiny naked women bathing in a system of interconnected tubs (which bear an uneasy resemblance to the human digestive system)
Are there little wooly mammoths as well?
Good idea. I'll call anti-Hitler; he's always eager to help.
So let me get this straight...
Your new filter works better than today's filter...against today's spam
But today's spam is designed to circumvent today's filter, and spammers will change their techniques as soon as you switch to the new filter.
This is the classic Antivirus problem, where new and unusual AV programs get great ratings until they become popular and virus developers start coding with them in mind.
And now you've also published how your new filter works, to make it even easier for spammers to circumvent your new filter. Great.
We might even stop writing everything in Javascript?
"The initial release of DROPOUTJEEP will focus on installing the implant via close access methods. A remote installation ability will be pursued for a future release."
This is exactly why I don't let my NSA friends borrow my iPhone.
Seriously, though, the private sector has been doing this for years. Do you really think the NSA can't pwn a phone, or any other type of computer, given physical access or a remote root exploit?
I propose a charge for excess electrons.
Without adjusting for inflation Intel's processors cost about as much as they did 20+ years ago.
http://www.krsaborio.net/intel/research/1991/0422.htm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/09/business/company-news-intel-moves-to-cut-price-of-386-chip.html
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116775
Almost every other component (except maybe the GPU) has dropped tremendously in price over the past couple decades, but CPUs have stayed almost flat. Hopefully the newly competitive ARM processors will finally drive prices down (iSuppli estimates a measly $18 for Apple's new A7 CPU+GPU) but I'm not holding my breath.
There's no reason monarchy and democracy can't coexist so long as we grant everyone crown status; I'd encourage everyone to make up their own title and royal style as well.
"All hail Her Imperial Majesty the Grand Empress Irene!"
"Morning, God-Lord Fred. Have you seen Matt yet? I'm his herald today."
"Yeah, he was right behind me...ah, there you go."
"All hail High Executor Matt, Master of the Twelve Worlds!"
And, of course, big brass balls.
To be fair, you should have seen the mess after the alpacas had their turn.
A unicorn isn't so tough. Oh sure, it can call on all the deep magics of the land, storms, curses, the whole bit, but the solution is obvious: Take away its magic*—pop!—and now your vaunted unicorn is only a large, strong, intelligent animal that impales people.
* this has not been conclusively proven impossible.
True, but that's only part of the equation. If privacy is valuable to their customers, Apple will gain customers (and money) by not harvesting their data.
Besides, Google is far more experienced at data mining than Apple is likely to ever be, so rather than try to beat Google at their own game, it's probably wiser for Apple to play counterpoint here.
How do you access all of your data at the NSA? do they offer a subscription service or something?
Yes, they do!
Then it would be as if you recorded a song and I decided to use it, without your consent, for my company's new ad campaign. That's the closest analogue I can think of to this situation.
If you're buying the latest and greatest gaming cards, you're probably going to want DirectX 10 or 11, good multicore support, and an OS that can handle more than 3-ish GB of RAM.
It's important to keep in mind that Slashdot, and most of the sites Slashdotters visit, tend to be echo chambers for technology geeks. Outside this bubble, however, most people (and even most kids) don't consider "self-taught computer genius" to be their goal in life.
In other news: Farming message board posters outraged at cost of school lunches, think students should be given bag of seeds, hoe.
Read TFA. Of that $1000, $678 covers the iPad, the educational software, a case, a three year warranty, and free replacements from Apple for lost, stolen or broken units. The rest seems to be for setup, training and support. TCO is always going to be higher than the initial hardware cost, and this seems like a pretty good deal for what they're getting.
Of course, in your infinite wisdom, I'm sure you'd just buy a shipping container full of $100 Chinese tablets, drop it on the school district's doorstep and say "You're all set!"
Well, the good thing about camera sticks is they have a natural predator to keep their numbers in check.