Sure, tree hugging developers might get upset, but they can play with the mess that is becoming the android app space, you can publish any crap/greatness (including malicious) you like. When lazy & evil people abound, freedom to publish does not create utopia.
You say that like the AppStore is a utopia, or that it contains no crap, economically malicious or otherwise.
Android is like your existing model of computing: you're a grown-up, be careful about what you install and you'll be fine. The iPhone treats you like a kid with a console - here's a list of things you can install, and nothing else. Sure, HTML5 apps blah blah blah, but there's a difference between a native app and a website that can live offline, and those differences are apparent to the non-tech-heads.
I own an iPhone, and the App Store with its "250,000+" apps is a usability mess when shown 25 or 50 apps at a time. Keyword spamming makes searches near totally useless for finding relevant apps, and popularity charts enforce a herd mentality. I rely almost entirely on third-party review sites and word of mouth to obtain new apps - it might as well be the same as a general purpose computer, except the sandboxing makes any cross-app interaction an exercise in frustration or at the mercy of the developers working together.
(and don't talk to me about Cydia. It's even more of a mess, with a listing for every theme mixed in with anything resembling a useful app, and a godawful search that just makes it painful.)
This isn't about tree-hugging developers, it's about being treated like an adult with a modicum of intelligence, as a substitute for not existing in a utopia. Android might not be perfect, but there's some hope out there that it offers a degree of freedom the iOS world doesn't.
It'd be interesting to imagine that scenario in a what-if-google-turned-off-tomorrow instead of a google-declines-and-is-replaced-by-others scenario that is more likely.
Google switches off tomorrow: what would the result be?
No more GMail, no more Google Maps, no more Google Ads, no more YouTube, no more Google Apps, no more Google DNS.
Anyone want to pitch in with the likely impact of these things?
Eh? Over on the original NASA page, they've got "Canadian researchers Aaron van Donkelaar and Randall Martin at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, created the map..." which certainly sounds Canadian to me.
In some states, the power infrastructure is still a government-owned asset, so they'll be the ones being attacked in the first instance.
I think you'll find most governments have been building "cyber" defence teams, which would be filled with people whose job it is to stay on top of security issues, attack techniques etc, and so you'd presume has as much if not more expertise than your average IT department.
This isn't the government saying it won't pursue prosecution if there is accusation of a crime within its jurisdiction, just that it is not the government's duty to provide protection against the specific instance of a crime possible occurring. On your twisted extension, that means they won't provide every citizen with a kevlar vest, though they do so for the military.
Yes, and also no. If you'd read the actual fine article over at NASA, you'll see Australia's white patches in the desert are more likely to be a lack of data rather than "off the scale". However, it does go on to state the following:
Wind, for example, lifts large amounts of mineral dust aloft in the Arabian and Saharan deserts
... which explains why Northern Africa has such a high concentration totally out of proportion to its industrial output.
Their military is, ah, not very large by any standard,
Uh... if Wikipedia is anything to go by, France has almost as many active armed forces per capita as the US (7.3 vs 7.9), and is the largest of the "allied" forces. So no, by many standards they're actually quite a large military.
This is Australia we're talking about. The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) is part of the Attorney-General's department, and enforces laws, it does not create them.
The filter has been pushed to the ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority), but that has no legal ability to censor communications at present. Therefore, in order to enable this, Australian law requires that it be the result of a specific act of parliament.
Censorship is a government responsibility, and to enable it in new media requires government legislation. So they can't censor it unless they're trying to claim it as an existing media, at which point it can be challenged in court.
I have no business commenting on your politics, but I thought it was so unpopular with Australian citizens it should have been thrown out already.
You really don't - it's not so unpopular with citizens as it is with the special interests in the mining sector, and they managed to sell it well for a sector of the economy that barely makes up some 7% of our GDP. I noted you were bemoaning the special interest groups ruling the roost in the US by funnelling the money from the wider economy (this tax was counter-balanced with a broad cut in company tax), and yet here you are tut-tutting a tax proposed by a party which stands against these groups?
Incredibly dangerous tax in a declining market? Say what?
The tax is structured as follows: for earnings above government bond rate + 7% return on investments in iron ore and coal, a tax rate of 30% will apply. There's a 25% extraction allowance, so the effective rate will be 22.5%. State royalties are deductible.
Say whatever you want for coal in the context of climate change efforts, it isn't going away soon. And iron ore is always going to be needed as a basic resource for building practically anything durable. Steel is the combination of iron ore and coal.
If these are declining markets, I've got some brilliant investments for you, mate.
This means that once NBN is available in your area you will be forced to use it or use nothing, because all alternatives will be removed by law.
Not only by law, by physical effort too - the copper is going to be ripped up, since this is a fiber to the home solution. That's what makes the NBN a revolution in communication, not just an upgrade of infrastructure.
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So you didn't even read the summary, let alone the fine article?
Two uneven halves make it up, they're generally wrinkly and balding, and tend to hang around not doing anything much useful most of the time.
Not too far off the mark?
... so one might say human acceleration is accelerating?
*ducks*
And I'd like reception on my phone in case of emergencies, so it's a case of picking your compromise!
Bro, more than 140 characters? Gimmie a minute, I need to check like three other services.
Sure, tree hugging developers might get upset, but they can play with the mess that is becoming the android app space, you can publish any crap/greatness (including malicious) you like. When lazy & evil people abound, freedom to publish does not create utopia.
You say that like the AppStore is a utopia, or that it contains no crap, economically malicious or otherwise.
Android is like your existing model of computing: you're a grown-up, be careful about what you install and you'll be fine. The iPhone treats you like a kid with a console - here's a list of things you can install, and nothing else. Sure, HTML5 apps blah blah blah, but there's a difference between a native app and a website that can live offline, and those differences are apparent to the non-tech-heads.
I own an iPhone, and the App Store with its "250,000+" apps is a usability mess when shown 25 or 50 apps at a time. Keyword spamming makes searches near totally useless for finding relevant apps, and popularity charts enforce a herd mentality. I rely almost entirely on third-party review sites and word of mouth to obtain new apps - it might as well be the same as a general purpose computer, except the sandboxing makes any cross-app interaction an exercise in frustration or at the mercy of the developers working together.
(and don't talk to me about Cydia. It's even more of a mess, with a listing for every theme mixed in with anything resembling a useful app, and a godawful search that just makes it painful.)
This isn't about tree-hugging developers, it's about being treated like an adult with a modicum of intelligence, as a substitute for not existing in a utopia. Android might not be perfect, but there's some hope out there that it offers a degree of freedom the iOS world doesn't.
It'd be interesting to imagine that scenario in a what-if-google-turned-off-tomorrow instead of a google-declines-and-is-replaced-by-others scenario that is more likely.
Google switches off tomorrow: what would the result be?
No more GMail, no more Google Maps, no more Google Ads, no more YouTube, no more Google Apps, no more Google DNS.
Anyone want to pitch in with the likely impact of these things?
You forgot the profit!
Eh? Over on the original NASA page, they've got "Canadian researchers Aaron van Donkelaar and Randall Martin at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, created the map..." which certainly sounds Canadian to me.
In some states, the power infrastructure is still a government-owned asset, so they'll be the ones being attacked in the first instance.
I think you'll find most governments have been building "cyber" defence teams, which would be filled with people whose job it is to stay on top of security issues, attack techniques etc, and so you'd presume has as much if not more expertise than your average IT department.
This isn't the government saying it won't pursue prosecution if there is accusation of a crime within its jurisdiction, just that it is not the government's duty to provide protection against the specific instance of a crime possible occurring. On your twisted extension, that means they won't provide every citizen with a kevlar vest, though they do so for the military.
Yes Dr Conroy, I said "erect", you insecure tosser.
As amusing as that is, Senator The Hon. Stephen Conroy isn't a Doctor. No need to accord him an unnecessary honorific.
Tosser (or wanker, or variations on the same) on the other hand is a perfectly valid qualification to identifying the man.
Yes, and also no. If you'd read the actual fine article over at NASA, you'll see Australia's white patches in the desert are more likely to be a lack of data rather than "off the scale". However, it does go on to state the following:
Wind, for example, lifts large amounts of mineral dust aloft in the Arabian and Saharan deserts
... which explains why Northern Africa has such a high concentration totally out of proportion to its industrial output.
Their military is, ah, not very large by any standard,
Uh... if Wikipedia is anything to go by, France has almost as many active armed forces per capita as the US (7.3 vs 7.9), and is the largest of the "allied" forces. So no, by many standards they're actually quite a large military.
Or doubleplusgood sugar?
FF 3.6.9 on MacBook Pro '08: 24930.0ms +/- 0.4%
(not testing under ideal conditions - other tabs open, other programs running, etc, in an attempt to reflect "real conditions")
Maybe it'll be Core ii X ? The i is roman numeral lower case?
Core ii9 here we come!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_design_power
Just google for TDP to begin with.
This is Australia we're talking about. The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) is part of the Attorney-General's department, and enforces laws, it does not create them.
The filter has been pushed to the ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority), but that has no legal ability to censor communications at present. Therefore, in order to enable this, Australian law requires that it be the result of a specific act of parliament.
There's going to have to be take-up given the NBN involves ripping out all the existing copper, so there's no ADSL for it to compete against.
So if we crank that up to 100% it drops to $60. Or, y'know, have a look at the current plans: http://www.internode.on.net/residential/broadband/fibre_to_the_home/nbn_plans/
Censorship is a government responsibility, and to enable it in new media requires government legislation. So they can't censor it unless they're trying to claim it as an existing media, at which point it can be challenged in court.
a huge budget deficit?
A huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge budget deficit of 6% of GDP. Oh how it is to laugh.
I have no business commenting on your politics, but I thought it was so unpopular with Australian citizens it should have been thrown out already.
You really don't - it's not so unpopular with citizens as it is with the special interests in the mining sector, and they managed to sell it well for a sector of the economy that barely makes up some 7% of our GDP. I noted you were bemoaning the special interest groups ruling the roost in the US by funnelling the money from the wider economy (this tax was counter-balanced with a broad cut in company tax), and yet here you are tut-tutting a tax proposed by a party which stands against these groups?
Incredibly dangerous tax in a declining market? Say what?
The tax is structured as follows: for earnings above government bond rate + 7% return on investments in iron ore and coal, a tax rate of 30% will apply. There's a 25% extraction allowance, so the effective rate will be 22.5%. State royalties are deductible.
Say whatever you want for coal in the context of climate change efforts, it isn't going away soon. And iron ore is always going to be needed as a basic resource for building practically anything durable. Steel is the combination of iron ore and coal.
If these are declining markets, I've got some brilliant investments for you, mate.
This means that once NBN is available in your area you will be forced to use it or use nothing, because all alternatives will be removed by law.
Not only by law, by physical effort too - the copper is going to be ripped up, since this is a fiber to the home solution. That's what makes the NBN a revolution in communication, not just an upgrade of infrastructure.