Actually Medical apps need to be regulated because their accuracy needs to be verified.
If an app takes metrics, the metrics must be authenticated because that metric could mean life or death.
Those are the apps we are talking about here, not the calorie counters or shit where you input the info.
Actually, Medical advice needs to be regulated because your friends and relatives' accuracy needs to be verified.
If a family member takes your temperature, it must be authenticated because that measurement could mean life or death.
Those are the people we are talking about here, not the Weight Watchers or self help books.
It's like the difference between seeing the blood on the ground and a body and seeing the person being shot. One is seeing the act, one is seeing the evidence.
No, its like the difference between just thinking that the gun pointed at your head is loaded and might kill you, and finding evidence that proves you're certainly going to die unless you do something about it.
Anybody who thinks simply being tough-minded (as opposed to being highly twisted) is all that it would take to "man up" and get past this is likely full of crap.
So, 4chan is full of sociopaths. Then, by your logic my assessment of the human race's progress should be much different...
Note to self: update The Guide to read: "Mostly Sociopathic", or "Mostly Full of Crap"
>Windows 8 isn't even released yet and Gabe Newell has spoken out against it.
so just for a laugh, I just asked the CIO of our (fortune 50) company what he thinks of gabe newells statements about windows 8.
"who?"
Ask your CIO, "Hey, do we sell software?"
If yes: Ask him what he thinks of MS's new W8 move to herd software developers into their walled garden and take a slice of the developer's profits.
If no: Ask him what he thinks about having to pay more per software license because software developers will increase their price so they're not losing out when MS takes their cut.
If he still says: "Meh, whatever," then quit your job fast.
That said what I would really like to see out of a Frame Buffer Text Mode is better support for other terminal types. No longer restricted to the BIOS text rules. We can emulate other formats such as the higher number VT that allows for different font sizes on the same screen (well wide, narrow, and normal). Form based Terminal Emulation such at 3270.
So, basically you want GUI features without having a GUI system. Graphical changes: Wide, Narrow, Normal. My video game has a terminal emulator that's fully hardware accelerated -- It can even use 3D "glyphs". What we really need is just OpenGL without X11. Gimme that at boot: standardised API to low level GPU stuff. That's all we really need. Canonical is going in that direction... Textmode is essentially a fallback mode for when shit hits the fan. If you're using a server, connect via SSH or serial on another machine. If you're using it as a desktop machine, then use a damn desktop rendering system. If that's too heavyweight, the answer isn't to make a special purpose low level textmode rendering system, the answer is to make the rendering pipeline lightweight.
I can give you a multi font hardware accelerated terminal emulator with full Unicode support, but what I need is a way to throw textures and polygons on the screen -- NOT YET ANOTHER TEXT API.
Because we do upgrade our computers? I mean, RAM sims? I showed my aunt how to do a RAM & HD upgrade, and she said, "That's all there is to it? I could do that!" yes, yes you can, but now they don't want you to know that.
It doesn't end there. Eventually you wont be able to build your own devices or find any that support minimal upgrading/repair. When the masses want toasters, eventually that is all that will be manufactured.
I don't like it either, but I'm not going to delude myself that we will *always* have 'open' systems. With a bit of luck ill be retired by then and i wont have to care.
It doesn't end there. Eventually you won't be able to build your own vehicles or find any that support minimal upgrading/repair. When the masses want salad spinners, eventually that is all that will be manufactured.
I don't like it either, but I'm not going to delude myself that we will "always" be able to 'open' our hoods. With a bit of luck ill be too blind to drive by then and i wont have to care.
(wtf has a toaster to do with anything? I serviced one last week: Dumped the crumbs and replaced the thermostat.)
Is it too much to ask that you know what the fuck you're talking about before drafting or considering a piece of legislation that affects said fucking whatever?
Fuck this planet. "Mostly Harmless" my ass! Beautiful world, but too much politics for ANYONE.::sigh:: The humans are so primitive, they're still politicking over things like freedom of speech and expression -- Duplicating ideas! Can you believe it!? Copying IS LIFE! Hahaha... Oh well. You can't really blame the stupid sods, I guess; Everyone does this: OOh! Fire! Let's burn EVERYTHING. Oooh! Tools! Let's Tool EVERYTHING! Oooh! Machines! Let's industrialise EVERYTHING! Ooooh Politics! Let's politicise EVERYTHING! Ooooh! Copyright! Let's copyright EVERYTHING! Oooh! Patents! Let's -- yeah, you get the idea.
Like everything else they eventually tone things down to sensible levels after they over do it and return to an acceptable behaviour. That they got this far and are only now starting to tone down the industry / pollution is an oddity. Lucky bastards have a resilient environment.... They'll figure it out, or die trying. Everything in moderation -- Protip:That's the answer to the Drake Equation.
Or have we devolved to the point where we no longer care -- so long as their is food on the table and a roof (however shabby) over our heads?
Yes. This, for the most part. The other common folk have just done away with following any law that seems unjust, as their governments do. You're seeing the intersection of the Meta laws that are made to Meta rule the Meta citizens who are all above the lower laws. Welcome to the Next Level.
In other news it was announced today that I will be producing a web tablet of my own, designed to compete head to head with all the other tablet makers. When reached for comment, I said, "Why not? Everyone else is!"
Oooh I heard of this earlier! Can I get in on the early adopter band wagon for your Big Chief tablets?! I'm a game developer, and tablets need games! I assume you'll be running Apache. You're in luck, mod_rewrite is Turing complete and I've used my.htaccess vodo to create a nifty tic-tac-toe game! Bonus: It uses Cloud Computing!
Home of the brave... It's time to give back your land to the actual Braves you took them from, or change the damn anthem: "Land of the Paranoid, and the Home of the Terrified"
Shouldnt they actually go for the uploader and not hosting company or the ones that link? Ahh going for uploaders would hurts their business, so they would rather have the authorities going for the ones that link.
Shouldn't they actually go for the content creator and not the uploader or the hosting company? Ahh pointing out that content creators licenses are what causes the uploading, hosting and linking to be illegal makes them look stupid, so they would rather have unlimited copyright for "a limited time" that's actually THREE GENERATIONS OF HUMANS in length.
There isn't a PC in existence that can ray-trace a full scene (1920x1080 or better) in anything approaching "realtime" (24fps or better).
I guess it depends on how far you're willing to stretch the personal or computer in PC. I.e. what if you own a super computer? What if OnLive fires up a Beowulf Cluster for Doom4?
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Actually Medical apps need to be regulated because their accuracy needs to be verified. If an app takes metrics, the metrics must be authenticated because that metric could mean life or death. Those are the apps we are talking about here, not the calorie counters or shit where you input the info.
Actually, Medical advice needs to be regulated because your friends and relatives' accuracy needs to be verified.
If a family member takes your temperature, it must be authenticated because that measurement could mean life or death.
Those are the people we are talking about here, not the Weight Watchers or self help books.
"Powered by Windows 8"
Then we have nothing to fear, Hackers will still be in control of everything.
It's like the difference between seeing the blood on the ground and a body and seeing the person being shot. One is seeing the act, one is seeing the evidence.
No, its like the difference between just thinking that the gun pointed at your head is loaded and might kill you, and finding evidence that proves you're certainly going to die unless you do something about it.
Anybody who thinks simply being tough-minded (as opposed to being highly twisted) is all that it would take to "man up" and get past this is likely full of crap.
So, 4chan is full of sociopaths. Then, by your logic my assessment of the human race's progress should be much different...
Note to self: update The Guide to read: "Mostly Sociopathic", or "Mostly Full of Crap"
>Windows 8 isn't even released yet and Gabe Newell has spoken out against it.
so just for a laugh, I just asked the CIO of our (fortune 50) company what he thinks of gabe newells statements about windows 8.
"who?"
Ask your CIO, "Hey, do we sell software?"
If yes: Ask him what he thinks of MS's new W8 move to herd software developers into their walled garden and take a slice of the developer's profits.
If no: Ask him what he thinks about having to pay more per software license because software developers will increase their price so they're not losing out when MS takes their cut.
If he still says: "Meh, whatever," then quit your job fast.
That said what I would really like to see out of a Frame Buffer Text Mode is better support for other terminal types. No longer restricted to the BIOS text rules. We can emulate other formats such as the higher number VT that allows for different font sizes on the same screen (well wide, narrow, and normal). Form based Terminal Emulation such at 3270.
So, basically you want GUI features without having a GUI system. Graphical changes: Wide, Narrow, Normal. My video game has a terminal emulator that's fully hardware accelerated -- It can even use 3D "glyphs". What we really need is just OpenGL without X11. Gimme that at boot: standardised API to low level GPU stuff. That's all we really need. Canonical is going in that direction... Textmode is essentially a fallback mode for when shit hits the fan. If you're using a server, connect via SSH or serial on another machine. If you're using it as a desktop machine, then use a damn desktop rendering system. If that's too heavyweight, the answer isn't to make a special purpose low level textmode rendering system, the answer is to make the rendering pipeline lightweight.
I can give you a multi font hardware accelerated terminal emulator with full Unicode support, but what I need is a way to throw textures and polygons on the screen -- NOT YET ANOTHER TEXT API.
Coat hangers exist.
Because we do upgrade our computers? I mean, RAM sims? I showed my aunt how to do a RAM & HD upgrade, and she said, "That's all there is to it? I could do that!" yes, yes you can, but now they don't want you to know that.
We'd have to ask, "did pocket calculators used to be commonly user-upgradable?"
I upgraded the Nixie tubes in my 70's era pocket calculator... so, yes.
It doesn't end there. Eventually you wont be able to build your own devices or find any that support minimal upgrading/repair. When the masses want toasters, eventually that is all that will be manufactured.
I don't like it either, but I'm not going to delude myself that we will *always* have 'open' systems. With a bit of luck ill be retired by then and i wont have to care.
It doesn't end there. Eventually you won't be able to build your own vehicles or find any that support minimal upgrading/repair. When the masses want salad spinners, eventually that is all that will be manufactured.
I don't like it either, but I'm not going to delude myself that we will "always" be able to 'open' our hoods. With a bit of luck ill be too blind to drive by then and i wont have to care.
(wtf has a toaster to do with anything? I serviced one last week: Dumped the crumbs and replaced the thermostat.)
If my cost of doing business was owing a particular model of hardware, I would be out of business.
Is it too much to ask that you know what the fuck you're talking about before drafting or considering a piece of legislation that affects said fucking whatever?
Fuck this planet. "Mostly Harmless" my ass! Beautiful world, but too much politics for ANYONE. ::sigh:: The humans are so primitive, they're still politicking over things like freedom of speech and expression -- Duplicating ideas! Can you believe it!? Copying IS LIFE! Hahaha... Oh well. You can't really blame the stupid sods, I guess; Everyone does this: OOh! Fire! Let's burn EVERYTHING. Oooh! Tools! Let's Tool EVERYTHING! Oooh! Machines! Let's industrialise EVERYTHING! Ooooh Politics! Let's politicise EVERYTHING! Ooooh! Copyright! Let's copyright EVERYTHING! Oooh! Patents! Let's -- yeah, you get the idea.
Like everything else they eventually tone things down to sensible levels after they over do it and return to an acceptable behaviour. That they got this far and are only now starting to tone down the industry / pollution is an oddity. Lucky bastards have a resilient environment.... They'll figure it out, or die trying. Everything in moderation -- Protip: That's the answer to the Drake Equation.
Or have we devolved to the point where we no longer care -- so long as their is food on the table and a roof (however shabby) over our heads?
Yes. This, for the most part. The other common folk have just done away with following any law that seems unjust, as their governments do. You're seeing the intersection of the Meta laws that are made to Meta rule the Meta citizens who are all above the lower laws. Welcome to the Next Level.
You're correct. Unfortunately the Thunderbids were decommissioned and replaced by the World Police: Team America.
Count me out. I only do computing while stationary.
In other news it was announced today that I will be producing a web tablet of my own, designed to compete head to head with all the other tablet makers. When reached for comment, I said, "Why not? Everyone else is!"
Oooh I heard of this earlier! Can I get in on the early adopter band wagon for your Big Chief tablets?! I'm a game developer, and tablets need games! I assume you'll be running Apache. You're in luck, mod_rewrite is Turing complete and I've used my .htaccess vodo to create a nifty tic-tac-toe game! Bonus: It uses Cloud Computing!
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Home of the brave... It's time to give back your land to the actual Braves you took them from, or change the damn anthem: "Land of the Paranoid, and the Home of the Terrified"
Eliminate copyright. Problem solved.
Shouldnt they actually go for the uploader and not hosting company or the ones that link? Ahh going for uploaders would hurts their business, so they would rather have the authorities going for the ones that link.
Shouldn't they actually go for the content creator and not the uploader or the hosting company? Ahh pointing out that content creators licenses are what causes the uploading, hosting and linking to be illegal makes them look stupid, so they would rather have unlimited copyright for "a limited time" that's actually THREE GENERATIONS OF HUMANS in length.
Or merely friction against concrete...
Why does anyone need nuclear power? Solar salt thermal plants can do baseload electricity already.
I agree. However, pedantically speaking, Solar energy uses a Nuclear power source...
Honestly, when was the last time you got a blue screen of death? Honestly?
Honestly, it's been a while since it's now a Black Screen of Death, Honestly!
Just call it a Quantum Computer that Makes Energy as it produces Truly Random Numbers!
There isn't a PC in existence that can ray-trace a full scene (1920x1080 or better) in anything approaching "realtime" (24fps or better).
I guess it depends on how far you're willing to stretch the personal or computer in PC. I.e. what if you own a super computer? What if OnLive fires up a Beowulf Cluster for Doom4?