That's right, no action should be judged in the light of its circumstances and moral context; all actions should be strictly interpreted to the letter of any applicable law. Thanks for clearing that up for everyone.
True, however I think there is some moral distinction between a corporation hacking into the private communications of a large number of people, including victims of crime and a missing [later found to be murdered] girl, in order to scoop headlines for papers that they sell for profit; and a non-profit organisation hacking into the same corporation and exposing their work-related emails - particularly given that said corporation has been vehemently denying such actions for a number of years, and possibly paying off senior law enforcement officers in order to cover up the crimes. Both may be illegal, but I think it's entirely rational to condemn the actions of the corporation whilst tacitly condoning the actions of Anon/Lulzsec.
In fact, you can buy an Airport Extreme base station, plug in any external USB drive, and use that as a Time Machine backup. It's not as pretty as a Time Capsule, but who cares when it's hidden under the desk? The advantage is that Airport Extremes have excellent wireless range, and can be used with the point-and-drool Airport configuration utility. And you get to feel good for giving even more money to Apple whilst sort-of screwing them by finding a cheaper option.
He was describing a professional. These days, if you're a designer and you don't take your laptop to site with you, you deserve to lose the job. Having said that, I have downloaded Gimp to friends' PCs to do quick (non-professional) things in the past when I would have used Photoshop at home.
If someone can't manage the 3 seconds of Google searching to find out how to make a bootable CD image, then they really aren't going to be in a position to replace their faulty drive and reinstall the OS. They should be taking it to a geek friend or a computer store.
It's easy. You look at the connector and have a play with it and see if it's robust. That's the same test as for the expensive cables - just because it's expensive doesn't mean it's more robust. Ultimately you take a risk with anything that it might expire after the warranty period has finished. Personally I'd rather be buying a new $4 than a $50 cable. Most people use their common sense and buy something midway through the cheap end of the market ($5-$15). If you're paying more than $15 mail order or $20 in a shop for a short domestic HDMI cable, you're being conned.
Those noise bars are clearly obvious, and picture drop-outs would noticed by a two year-old. If that happens, the cable you bought is faulty and should be taken back for a refund. That is not an excuse to sell people $50 cables. Any cable sold as an HDMI cable should work perfectly for normal domestic use, otherwise it is defective and should be returned. That is no justification for moonshine magic cables, which is what this story is about.
The difference here is between faulty and not faulty. Faulty products at any price from £/$0.01 upwards should be returned for a refund or replacement. A non-faulty HDMI cable of any price should produce pristine digital pictures and sound. There is no advantage to buying more expensive cables for standard domestic use.
For longer cable runs, thicker cables might have an advantage for a few reasons: if the thickness translates to strands of copper, then less resistance and hence less attenuation of the signal; if the thickness is in the shielding then less interference will be picked up; if the thickness is in the jacket then may be less likely to get damaged by doors, feet etc.. For digital cables if it works, it works - so long as the data can be recovered then it's fine. For analogue you can get an "OK" picture with inadequate cables, but might get something better by upgrading.
Really? So if a company refused to do business with the "black gay bikers' association of Great Britain" but were happy to do business with the "white straight bikers' association of Great Britain" that wouldn't be considered discrimination? I think you need to think that one through a bit more.
Actually it is [collectively] our right to say this. Banking is a semi-regulated sector, where it's not possible for many businesses of different shapes and sizes to compete. Many of the larger financial institutions got to be large by agreeing to certain terms and conditions when they were permitted to buyout or merge with other companies. There are laws in every country which regulate how companies may do business. Your suggested approach won't work in sectors where only a few large companies govern the market, which is why regulations are in place.
It was done at the "Mileage Marathon Challenge", a 'race', the purpose of which is to get the most MPG from the car. They didn't use a light driver "to make the numbers higher", they did it to win the event, just like using a light jockey for horse racing, or a small Cox in a row boat. Everyone commenting on this story seems to have totally missed the point - it was a competition and they won it. Just like Formula One, it's done for sport, but overcoming the technical challenges will presumably produce technology that will feedback into mainstream motoring. If they had used a 150 pound male, they'd have lost the race.
Well, lots of websites do this already, at least in the UK. Sadly it's usually limited to sales rather than support and customer service lines. What I can't understand is why so many companies require customers to wait on hold rather than offering a callback option. The few that do offer that option, in my experience call back some hours later, rather than just a few minutes.
No, the whole point of the program is to be able to 'upload' your legally owned music without having to upload it. So if I want to have a copy of all of my legally owned CDs that I have legally ripped onto iTunes - and in some cases at a slightly higher bitrate - I can pay Apple a fee to have them scan my music collection and match it with high-bitrate songs on their database. Others have speculated that it could be a way for people to 'launder' the pirated music in their collection, but this is not and never has been "the whole point of the program".
I had a try with Rapidweaver. The problem is, it's a totally template-based tool, terrible for actually editing web pages. I think it's a reasonable tool for a web developer to give to clients along with custom templates to edit static pages for themselves. I was really hoping for something that would be suitable for basic WYSIWYG editing with a code view, but lighter than Dreamweaver. Sadly, Rapidweaver isn't it.
Actually, they don't have to pay, because they're a British company and don't recognise the jurisdiction of the course to enforce these fees. That's why they withdrew in the first place, and only changed their mind when offered Pro Bono representation. In the UK, the sending of spam is illegal, so a British company cannot be sued for providing protection against something that would be illegal in the first place.
I'm not sure if you're just trolling, but if not - you have a faulty iPhone, or more likely a faulty Mac/PC that you're using to update it. I have 2400 songs on my iPhone, about 3000 photos and 30 or so apps, and it takes a couple of hours to do a full backup / update / restore. I think the main limiting factor is the speed of USB2.
That's right, Apple lies about features to save itself the bother of implementing them, that's how they ended up with the least popular Smartphone. Good job you've called it out so they can change their business strategies and finally start turning a profit.
Thanks, I think my medical degree entitles me to claim some prior knowledge. If the basic premise of a 'theory' is flawed, it isn't necessary to study the detail.
A lot of what you say is right, but I have to disagree about the CD players. The DAC makes a huge difference, as does the quality of the analogue preamplifiers that sit between the DAC and the outputs at the back of the CD player. There are ways of designing a DAC and different ways of shaping and filtering the signal post-DAC. I've had cheap CD players with terrible amounts of noise both analogue and digital.
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That's right, no action should be judged in the light of its circumstances and moral context; all actions should be strictly interpreted to the letter of any applicable law. Thanks for clearing that up for everyone.
Wow, you're pretty keen on defending NoW, what's in it for you?
True, however I think there is some moral distinction between a corporation hacking into the private communications of a large number of people, including victims of crime and a missing [later found to be murdered] girl, in order to scoop headlines for papers that they sell for profit; and a non-profit organisation hacking into the same corporation and exposing their work-related emails - particularly given that said corporation has been vehemently denying such actions for a number of years, and possibly paying off senior law enforcement officers in order to cover up the crimes. Both may be illegal, but I think it's entirely rational to condemn the actions of the corporation whilst tacitly condoning the actions of Anon/Lulzsec.
Congratulations for twisting a positive into a negative whilst implying prejudice that really doesn't seem to be there.
I think USB2 is faster than WiFi, which would be the rate-limiting factor.
In fact, you can buy an Airport Extreme base station, plug in any external USB drive, and use that as a Time Machine backup. It's not as pretty as a Time Capsule, but who cares when it's hidden under the desk? The advantage is that Airport Extremes have excellent wireless range, and can be used with the point-and-drool Airport configuration utility. And you get to feel good for giving even more money to Apple whilst sort-of screwing them by finding a cheaper option.
He was describing a professional. These days, if you're a designer and you don't take your laptop to site with you, you deserve to lose the job. Having said that, I have downloaded Gimp to friends' PCs to do quick (non-professional) things in the past when I would have used Photoshop at home.
If someone can't manage the 3 seconds of Google searching to find out how to make a bootable CD image, then they really aren't going to be in a position to replace their faulty drive and reinstall the OS. They should be taking it to a geek friend or a computer store.
Because the thousands of geeks with an iPhone or iPad would like to know this?
It's easy. You look at the connector and have a play with it and see if it's robust. That's the same test as for the expensive cables - just because it's expensive doesn't mean it's more robust. Ultimately you take a risk with anything that it might expire after the warranty period has finished. Personally I'd rather be buying a new $4 than a $50 cable. Most people use their common sense and buy something midway through the cheap end of the market ($5-$15). If you're paying more than $15 mail order or $20 in a shop for a short domestic HDMI cable, you're being conned.
Those noise bars are clearly obvious, and picture drop-outs would noticed by a two year-old. If that happens, the cable you bought is faulty and should be taken back for a refund. That is not an excuse to sell people $50 cables. Any cable sold as an HDMI cable should work perfectly for normal domestic use, otherwise it is defective and should be returned. That is no justification for moonshine magic cables, which is what this story is about.
Sounds like your Belkin cable was faulty.
The difference here is between faulty and not faulty. Faulty products at any price from £/$0.01 upwards should be returned for a refund or replacement. A non-faulty HDMI cable of any price should produce pristine digital pictures and sound. There is no advantage to buying more expensive cables for standard domestic use.
For longer cable runs, thicker cables might have an advantage for a few reasons: if the thickness translates to strands of copper, then less resistance and hence less attenuation of the signal; if the thickness is in the shielding then less interference will be picked up; if the thickness is in the jacket then may be less likely to get damaged by doors, feet etc.. For digital cables if it works, it works - so long as the data can be recovered then it's fine. For analogue you can get an "OK" picture with inadequate cables, but might get something better by upgrading.
Really? So if a company refused to do business with the "black gay bikers' association of Great Britain" but were happy to do business with the "white straight bikers' association of Great Britain" that wouldn't be considered discrimination? I think you need to think that one through a bit more.
Actually it is [collectively] our right to say this. Banking is a semi-regulated sector, where it's not possible for many businesses of different shapes and sizes to compete. Many of the larger financial institutions got to be large by agreeing to certain terms and conditions when they were permitted to buyout or merge with other companies. There are laws in every country which regulate how companies may do business. Your suggested approach won't work in sectors where only a few large companies govern the market, which is why regulations are in place.
I always pick Avagadro's number, unless I'm told they want a number less than 10^23.
It was done at the "Mileage Marathon Challenge", a 'race', the purpose of which is to get the most MPG from the car. They didn't use a light driver "to make the numbers higher", they did it to win the event, just like using a light jockey for horse racing, or a small Cox in a row boat. Everyone commenting on this story seems to have totally missed the point - it was a competition and they won it. Just like Formula One, it's done for sport, but overcoming the technical challenges will presumably produce technology that will feedback into mainstream motoring. If they had used a 150 pound male, they'd have lost the race.
Well, lots of websites do this already, at least in the UK. Sadly it's usually limited to sales rather than support and customer service lines. What I can't understand is why so many companies require customers to wait on hold rather than offering a callback option. The few that do offer that option, in my experience call back some hours later, rather than just a few minutes.
No, the whole point of the program is to be able to 'upload' your legally owned music without having to upload it. So if I want to have a copy of all of my legally owned CDs that I have legally ripped onto iTunes - and in some cases at a slightly higher bitrate - I can pay Apple a fee to have them scan my music collection and match it with high-bitrate songs on their database. Others have speculated that it could be a way for people to 'launder' the pirated music in their collection, but this is not and never has been "the whole point of the program".
I had a try with Rapidweaver. The problem is, it's a totally template-based tool, terrible for actually editing web pages. I think it's a reasonable tool for a web developer to give to clients along with custom templates to edit static pages for themselves. I was really hoping for something that would be suitable for basic WYSIWYG editing with a code view, but lighter than Dreamweaver. Sadly, Rapidweaver isn't it.
Actually, they don't have to pay, because they're a British company and don't recognise the jurisdiction of the course to enforce these fees. That's why they withdrew in the first place, and only changed their mind when offered Pro Bono representation. In the UK, the sending of spam is illegal, so a British company cannot be sued for providing protection against something that would be illegal in the first place.
I'm not sure if you're just trolling, but if not - you have a faulty iPhone, or more likely a faulty Mac/PC that you're using to update it. I have 2400 songs on my iPhone, about 3000 photos and 30 or so apps, and it takes a couple of hours to do a full backup / update / restore. I think the main limiting factor is the speed of USB2.
That's right, Apple lies about features to save itself the bother of implementing them, that's how they ended up with the least popular Smartphone. Good job you've called it out so they can change their business strategies and finally start turning a profit.
Thanks, I think my medical degree entitles me to claim some prior knowledge. If the basic premise of a 'theory' is flawed, it isn't necessary to study the detail.
A lot of what you say is right, but I have to disagree about the CD players. The DAC makes a huge difference, as does the quality of the analogue preamplifiers that sit between the DAC and the outputs at the back of the CD player. There are ways of designing a DAC and different ways of shaping and filtering the signal post-DAC. I've had cheap CD players with terrible amounts of noise both analogue and digital.