It's constantly being valued against the USD (which is convenient but not useful in terms of what a Bitcoin can actually do for you)...
This. This, this, this. It seems that Bitcoin still needs another currency to determine its (speculation!) value. It will never "grow up" until this mindset stops.
I've come to this discussion rather late (one of the problems of only getting the daily digest emails), but there's also another interesting aspect of this: the fate of those Humanities/Social Science Ph.D. graduates who do deicide to look for another job outside of academia.
I know a few of them and it's always the same: saying you have a Ph.D. (in particular, depending of the type of job, a Humanities/Social Science Ph.D.) scares the living crap out of most bosses and/or H.R. personal who will assume that such a graduate is a) likey to get bored with the job very quickly; and/or b) going to get better job/position very soon anyway ("because Ph.D. holders are in huge demand and can name their price, right?" thinks the H.R. drone, et. al.); and, most often of all, c) assume that Ph.D. graduates are really smart and therefore won't be "yes men" and will challenge and boss and the status quo. Yeah, so when it comes down to it, mostly it's "C": pick a drone with a Bachelor's degree, rather than a Ph.D. graduate who might—gasp—lead a mutiny, or something, something. "Pass."
So that's one more humiliation for Humanities/Social Science Ph.D. graduates: the fact that many of them will probably have to delete their Ph.D. off their résumé in order to find a "real" job outside academia. That's really twisting the knife. I suggested to one of my colleagues that filling the chronological gap of their Ph.D. degree in their résumé with "I was in jail for armed robbery" would have, overall, more vocational appeal.
I now suggest to young people in the field to get a Master's degree then get some real world job experience. A Master's degree isn't as toxic on a resume as a Ph.D.—yet. Independently publish research, if that's your wish. YMMV.
It's a "qílín" ("qinlin", if Slashdot eats the markup): a mythical Chinese creature that is "said to appear with the imminent arrival or passing of a wise sage or an illustrious ruler." Make of that, what you will.
Oh... I've just thought of something interesting: I wonder if the name (as a "creature") was also choosen as a counter-force to the Chinese Grass Mud Horse meme of a little while ago??
Oh, well done Chinese leaders, well done./slowgolfclap
Gold Star had such a bad reputation that they changed their name to LG which stands for Lucky Gold Star.
Nice try, but fail: the name "LG" was simply chosen as the final result of a merger between two companies, "Lucky" (now LG Chem) and "GoldStar" (now LG Electronics).
There are legitimate reasons to want to change IMEI to boot. For example, if you move to South Korea with your current phone that isn't "made in Korea", you will not be able to use it with a local SIM card. It's the law there.
So you either change IMEI to indicate that it's a locally made phone, or you buy another.
Just FYI, this has now changed: now you can use your overseas phone (as long as it compatible, i.e. 3G GSM 2100) if you register your IMEI with the Korean cell phone company when you first apply for an account—I recently registered a 'foreign' Nexus S to SKT this way.
Open the above URL on your Samsung Android phone. If your vulnerable, the site will automagically open the dialer, enter and 'execute' (dial) "*#06#", and then display your IMEI number.
On my Nexus S (made by Samsung) running CyanogenMod 10 (Android v4.1.1) it opened up the dialer and displayed "*#06#" but didn't 'execute' it. Interesting.
(Of course, entering a URL into your phone give in in a Slashdot post concerning a phone vulnerability.... is it safe?? Of course not, use your common sense. Open the URL up in your computer browser first and check.)
Slashdot Mirror
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
The all still taste the same.
Wait, is Slashdot masking out the word "cunt" now??
Original submitter here.
The game is now available in the Steam Store, here, with achievements and what-not.
However, so far, there's no Linux version as previously promised. Hmm.
Same as the old boss.
English common law represents a thousand tears of experience administering justice...
Never has a Freudian typing slip ever been so apt.
It's constantly being valued against the USD (which is convenient but not useful in terms of what a Bitcoin can actually do for you)...
This. This, this, this. It seems that Bitcoin still needs another currency to determine its (speculation!) value. It will never "grow up" until this mindset stops.
I've come to this discussion rather late (one of the problems of only getting the daily digest emails), but there's also another interesting aspect of this: the fate of those Humanities/Social Science Ph.D. graduates who do deicide to look for another job outside of academia.
I know a few of them and it's always the same: saying you have a Ph.D. (in particular, depending of the type of job, a Humanities/Social Science Ph.D.) scares the living crap out of most bosses and/or H.R. personal who will assume that such a graduate is a) likey to get bored with the job very quickly; and/or b) going to get better job/position very soon anyway ("because Ph.D. holders are in huge demand and can name their price, right?" thinks the H.R. drone, et. al.); and, most often of all, c) assume that Ph.D. graduates are really smart and therefore won't be "yes men" and will challenge and boss and the status quo. Yeah, so when it comes down to it, mostly it's "C": pick a drone with a Bachelor's degree, rather than a Ph.D. graduate who might—gasp—lead a mutiny, or something, something. "Pass."
So that's one more humiliation for Humanities/Social Science Ph.D. graduates: the fact that many of them will probably have to delete their Ph.D. off their résumé in order to find a "real" job outside academia. That's really twisting the knife. I suggested to one of my colleagues that filling the chronological gap of their Ph.D. degree in their résumé with "I was in jail for armed robbery" would have, overall, more vocational appeal.
I now suggest to young people in the field to get a Master's degree then get some real world job experience. A Master's degree isn't as toxic on a resume as a Ph.D.—yet. Independently publish research, if that's your wish. YMMV.
And women are from Venus.
It's a "qílín" ("qinlin", if Slashdot eats the markup): a mythical Chinese creature that is "said to appear with the imminent arrival or passing of a wise sage or an illustrious ruler." Make of that, what you will.
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin
Oh... I've just thought of something interesting: I wonder if the name (as a "creature") was also choosen as a counter-force to the Chinese Grass Mud Horse meme of a little while ago??
Oh, well done Chinese leaders, well done. /slowgolfclap
Kylin it with fire!!
Gold Star had such a bad reputation that they changed their name to LG which stands for Lucky Gold Star.
Nice try, but fail: the name "LG" was simply chosen as the final result of a merger between two companies, "Lucky" (now LG Chem) and "GoldStar" (now LG Electronics).
Those names roll off the tongue easily enough though. Except for Hyundai, the other brands have pretty obvious pronunciations.
Not really. Most native English speakers mangle "Hyundai" into three syllables ("Hi-yoon-die"), but in Korean it's actually only two ("H'yoon-deh").
But, I think the question here is that some "foreign" names are taken by English speakers who make them into something all together different.
Is there a Godwin's Law type rule for the use of the word "kids"?
True. Compared to Microsoft's method of putting the frog straight in the microwave and hitting "Start".
[Microsoft] We've delete "Start".
There are legitimate reasons to want to change IMEI to boot. For example, if you move to South Korea with your current phone that isn't "made in Korea", you will not be able to use it with a local SIM card. It's the law there.
So you either change IMEI to indicate that it's a locally made phone, or you buy another.
Just FYI, this has now changed: now you can use your overseas phone (as long as it compatible, i.e. 3G GSM 2100) if you register your IMEI with the Korean cell phone company when you first apply for an account—I recently registered a 'foreign' Nexus S to SKT this way.
Sources: http://news.mk.co.kr/english/newsRead.php?sc=30800011&year=2012&no=262271 and http://expatblog.kt.com/209
Here's a live demo of the actual exploit:
http://dylanreeve.com/phone.php
Open the above URL on your Samsung Android phone. If your vulnerable, the site will automagically open the dialer, enter and 'execute' (dial) "*#06#", and then display your IMEI number.
On my Nexus S (made by Samsung) running CyanogenMod 10 (Android v4.1.1) it opened up the dialer and displayed "*#06#" but didn't 'execute' it. Interesting.
(Of course, entering a URL into your phone give in in a Slashdot post concerning a phone vulnerability.... is it safe?? Of course not, use your common sense. Open the URL up in your computer browser first and check.)
*You* are the product.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
You have now "bought" an iPhone 5 and in most cases you now "own" it.
I've never seen more appropriate scare quotes.
Whoa, slow down. if we get the bears to pick oranges, what are the illegals going to do?
Well, that's the best part, y'see. When winter comes, they'll simply freeze to death.
I don't have mod point now so I'll just say: "this".
Wait... that's not a pipe.
There are 99 other problems, but that is not one of them...
By Japanese, of course, you mean Korean(s) .
Don't worry, like most western people you automatically think "Asian people who use modern technology and don't wear conical hats" = Japanese.
"naked_secretary.exe"
Hey, that's the combination on my luggage!