Do I think that's 'right'?? No. In fact, I think it's a WEE bit 'sick' but that's what *love* (for lack of a better expression here, because I do NOT consider being possessive to such an extent, love) does to people @ times.
A poor broken woman at my office thinks that love is actually just another name for possession because her asshole ex-husband was like this. It's pretty sad.
Ugh I interviewed at a company that said a drug test could be requested as part of the interview process - for a sysadmin position mind you - and I decided I'd go through with the interview but I'd just walk out if they demanded a urine sample. Was totally clean but it's too degrading and invasive to ask that of a person.
They didn't call me for a second round of interviews, but I'm glad because the place was full of stodgy old conservative types and 75% of the interview questions were about dealing with BS office politics.
So fine, you go to XP for what's essentially a stable 98 with great memory management, and even later vid card support. Except XP has that 'phone home' install problem to combat piracy. It also gets in the way every time you upgrade the box. XP is dead; it's not an OS you can keep going forever on old hardware, unless you've got basically your first XP computer still, and it's already got awesome specs, and it is immortal. XP was the first "subscription" Windows, and it's over.
Crack + Autopatcher, and ideally you should keep these old computers airgapped.
I'm not gonna lie, with my modest 3rd-world income I'd probably do the same thing for $60k. Giving out these massive prizes at annual competitions could turn out to be a double-edged sword.
That's why they should have decided on a code word beforehand that they could slip into conversation even under surveillance. But they probably didn't see this coming, probably due to lack of skill. I bet Sabu posted to Twitter in a traceable way.
You know? I've been saying that for close to 10 years... that there is something mathematically wrong with using "growth" as a metric of success. But at a company I once worked for, we read "From good to great" and listened to our C-level executives came back from business conventions saying things like "if you're not growing, then you're dying." The logical failure in these ideas were all too plain for me to see.
THIS. If nothing else this is an aspect of the economy that needs to be addressed. Perpetual growth is unsustainable and the only thing driving it is the stock market. Fix this problem to stop the economy from over-revving itself to death and go from there.
Except that curated computing is exactly what game console manufacturers have been doing for the last 30+ years. This "popularization" hasn't had any negative impacts on any of my other computing platforms.
Those were specific-purpose toys, not general-purpose computers. Unless you want to call the iOS devices as such, in which case I'd agree with you and point out that Apple is turning general-purpose computers into toys. Gaming machines and all of their software simply become museum pieces when the manufacturer moves on, the same is not and should not be true of computers.
I'd say that's pretty arguable. Even if it is true -- why get mad at Apple? Get mad at our joke of a patent system. Get mad at the lawyers. Get mad at our legislators. Get mad at yourself. Apple is just playing by the rules that you and I enabled by voting greedy, short-sighted morons into office.
Sounds like "don't hate the player, hate the game," the classic quote the criminal delivers after screwing you over, as if he has no control over his own actions.
Fair enough. Though, personally, I was much more worried about Microsoft litigating Linux out of existence than I am about Apple getting an injunction to bar the sale of some random Samsung tablet with round corners in Lithuania.
Apple is doing worse than attacking Linux. They're attacking the concept of open computing itself, Microsoft's greediest ambitions in the past are better than the world Apple is seeking to create, and to a large extent has succeeded in creating - tablets and phones are just about entirely closed now, and it's creeping into Windows 8 and MacOS.
I can barely bring myself to respond to such a fanboyish post. Apple is more open even though their devices are 100% closed at the hardware level? And its OK because other manufacturers have done the same - after iOS came out? Please. You'd really love the openness of the old Tivos.
I see you've also fallen for Apple's microcosm of the American Dream:
Aw damn I was hoping to go back and play MW3 and i76 on my Win7 gaming PC. I have an old XP computer converted to a VM that I can run OpenGL games on.
If the problem with i76 is similar to the problem with WipeoutXL and Shipwreckers, it's tied to the CPU speed and the only thing that can help is a CPU slowdown utility.
Well apart from the fact that they're fully at the mercy of Apple's whims and are destroying their own career prospects and the future of user choice by producing apps for a walled garden, they aren't making much money.
This is the same mistake made by Google in the Wifi scandal and the US military in the accidental Quaran burnings.
You see something illegal on your own property that has hurt no one so far and no one knows about, and will cease to exist and continue to hurt no one if you destroy the evidence of it and cover it up? DESTROY THE EVIDENCE AND COVER IT UP.
You could have made the same arguments for MS in the 90s, the big difference being that Apple screws developers more than users. The popularization of curated computing is the worst thing ever done in the history of computing (for the industry itself and users, of course worse things have been done using computers). And that's all Apple's fault.
If that isn't bad enough for you, Apple is now abusing patents worse than IBM or MS ever did, among other litigation like suing manufacturers for the use of concentric rectangles with rounded corners, and and is currently the #1 employer of ethically questionable labor.
The way I see it if you hated MS in the 90's you should sure as hell hate Apple now.
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My N900 with only a quarter-gig RAM uses tmpfs and it doesn't cause any trouble.
They were dead the whole time?
Same as ME and Vista, skip it.
Does that include 20-something Slashdotters?
I don't have a Facebook account. Believe me? :-P
Do I think that's 'right'?? No. In fact, I think it's a WEE bit 'sick' but that's what *love* (for lack of a better expression here, because I do NOT consider being possessive to such an extent, love) does to people @ times.
A poor broken woman at my office thinks that love is actually just another name for possession because her asshole ex-husband was like this. It's pretty sad.
No need, they can run credit checks.
Ugh I interviewed at a company that said a drug test could be requested as part of the interview process - for a sysadmin position mind you - and I decided I'd go through with the interview but I'd just walk out if they demanded a urine sample. Was totally clean but it's too degrading and invasive to ask that of a person.
They didn't call me for a second round of interviews, but I'm glad because the place was full of stodgy old conservative types and 75% of the interview questions were about dealing with BS office politics.
It's basically impossible to differentiate the two so I can't see how it's relevant.
So fine, you go to XP for what's essentially a stable 98 with great memory management, and even later vid card support. Except XP has that 'phone home' install problem to combat piracy. It also gets in the way every time you upgrade the box. XP is dead; it's not an OS you can keep going forever on old hardware, unless you've got basically your first XP computer still, and it's already got awesome specs, and it is immortal. XP was the first "subscription" Windows, and it's over.
Crack + Autopatcher, and ideally you should keep these old computers airgapped.
I'm not gonna lie, with my modest 3rd-world income I'd probably do the same thing for $60k. Giving out these massive prizes at annual competitions could turn out to be a double-edged sword.
Like this:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2712713&cid=39280353
Although I'm sure the few that make good money don't realize they're screwing themselves.
That's why they should have decided on a code word beforehand that they could slip into conversation even under surveillance. But they probably didn't see this coming, probably due to lack of skill. I bet Sabu posted to Twitter in a traceable way.
You know? I've been saying that for close to 10 years... that there is something mathematically wrong with using "growth" as a metric of success. But at a company I once worked for, we read "From good to great" and listened to our C-level executives came back from business conventions saying things like "if you're not growing, then you're dying." The logical failure in these ideas were all too plain for me to see.
THIS. If nothing else this is an aspect of the economy that needs to be addressed. Perpetual growth is unsustainable and the only thing driving it is the stock market. Fix this problem to stop the economy from over-revving itself to death and go from there.
With NFC payment now limited to Apple devices, most people won't have their spending history spread far and wide due to their own ignorance.
Except that curated computing is exactly what game console manufacturers have been doing for the last 30+ years. This "popularization" hasn't had any negative impacts on any of my other computing platforms.
Those were specific-purpose toys, not general-purpose computers. Unless you want to call the iOS devices as such, in which case I'd agree with you and point out that Apple is turning general-purpose computers into toys. Gaming machines and all of their software simply become museum pieces when the manufacturer moves on, the same is not and should not be true of computers.
I'd say that's pretty arguable. Even if it is true -- why get mad at Apple? Get mad at our joke of a patent system. Get mad at the lawyers. Get mad at our legislators. Get mad at yourself. Apple is just playing by the rules that you and I enabled by voting greedy, short-sighted morons into office.
Sounds like "don't hate the player, hate the game," the classic quote the criminal delivers after screwing you over, as if he has no control over his own actions.
Fair enough. Though, personally, I was much more worried about Microsoft litigating Linux out of existence than I am about Apple getting an injunction to bar the sale of some random Samsung tablet with round corners in Lithuania.
Apple is doing worse than attacking Linux. They're attacking the concept of open computing itself, Microsoft's greediest ambitions in the past are better than the world Apple is seeking to create, and to a large extent has succeeded in creating - tablets and phones are just about entirely closed now, and it's creeping into Windows 8 and MacOS.
I can barely bring myself to respond to such a fanboyish post. Apple is more open even though their devices are 100% closed at the hardware level? And its OK because other manufacturers have done the same - after iOS came out? Please. You'd really love the openness of the old Tivos.
I see you've also fallen for Apple's microcosm of the American Dream:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2712713&cid=39280353
Keep in mind that's the mean not the median, so a handful of super-successful developers are driving that number up.
Oh please the worst battery price to car price relationship was the 1st-gen Prius, and the battery was less than half the cost of the car.
Or more accurately, "Any half-decent secret communicator doesn't leave a constantly running tape recorder in their pocket."
Aw damn I was hoping to go back and play MW3 and i76 on my Win7 gaming PC. I have an old XP computer converted to a VM that I can run OpenGL games on.
If the problem with i76 is similar to the problem with WipeoutXL and Shipwreckers, it's tied to the CPU speed and the only thing that can help is a CPU slowdown utility.
Well apart from the fact that they're fully at the mercy of Apple's whims and are destroying their own career prospects and the future of user choice by producing apps for a walled garden, they aren't making much money.
GUIs left people free to run whatever apps they want. That has nothing to do with curated computing:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/05/curated-computing-whats-next-for-devices-in-a-post-ipad-world.ars
This is the same mistake made by Google in the Wifi scandal and the US military in the accidental Quaran burnings.
You see something illegal on your own property that has hurt no one so far and no one knows about, and will cease to exist and continue to hurt no one if you destroy the evidence of it and cover it up? DESTROY THE EVIDENCE AND COVER IT UP.
So they can alter the deal after the fact? Or if the term of the plea deal is that you must get results, that's a pretty risky deal to enter...
You could have made the same arguments for MS in the 90s, the big difference being that Apple screws developers more than users. The popularization of curated computing is the worst thing ever done in the history of computing (for the industry itself and users, of course worse things have been done using computers). And that's all Apple's fault.
If that isn't bad enough for you, Apple is now abusing patents worse than IBM or MS ever did, among other litigation like suing manufacturers for the use of concentric rectangles with rounded corners, and and is currently the #1 employer of ethically questionable labor.
The way I see it if you hated MS in the 90's you should sure as hell hate Apple now.
Wait until Apple begins to deprecate the OS on your current iPad, you'll find out ;)