No, it's like the FBI showing up with the CEO's of walmart in tow, prying the lock off a couple of the storage units and the CO's pointing at random objects and yelling "They stole that, and that, and that..." meanwhile the renters of the storage locker are in China, and the owner of the storage company says "Well they could have gotten that at Target you know... also, how do you know they stole this and didn't actually pay for it? Have you even asked them?" The FBI then arrests the Owner of the storage unit, who now can't pay its utility bills... water, sewer and power are cut off... the buildings catch fire and the FBI tells the fire department "no need to put that out... we have the truth, let the lies burn."
When they come to take your rights away, they start with the people that clearly don't deserve them. When they come for yours, well... it's a little too late then isn't it?
Is it just me or doesn't the majority of the spam I get come from: AOL, Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail, and major email senders such as Facebook, Bank of America.
To me, this just seems like an attempt by big spammers to eliminate little spammers.
Several ex-SOE execs/developers on staff and you're surprised it turned out this way? Not only that but the game is just shit. Don't give them your money, then you have nothing to complain about.
I work for an ISP and was involved in a project in which we were just trying to monitor DHCP requests from users for a study... The size of the log files were upwards of 6gigabytes per DAY. If we actually tried to track and time stamp every IP they hit? It wouldn't even be remotely possible. The amount of data and the numbers of people and software required to pull it off would dwarf our entire operation. And that's BEFORE everyone starts messing with the system. People could just set up scripts to randomly ping IPs all day long and it would devastate any logging system in short order. There's no way the ISPs would put up with this.
An all concrete house? Lol, they've tried that every decade since the 1800's and it's never caught on. Why? Because nobody wants to live in an above ground basement. The fact of the matter is that houses can be built very quickly with the meathods we already use. Back in 1981 the house my parents live in was built in 3 days as a tech demonstration. It's a large ranch style home filled with all sorts of custom trim work, wood beams, etc...
They're still wrong. Everything you mentioned were wildly popular long before Apple got involved. Apple is very very good at advertising and controlling the media. If anything, their legacy is in teaching the corporate world just how important image is. In apples case, it's their only real product.
In 10years I'm fairly sure I'll have rabid apple fans telling me all about how apple invented the ebook... along with the Smart phone, the MP3 player, the internet, the personal computer, etc... and how lame it is that everyone just keeps copying them. "Go ahead and use your lame non-apple ebooks, I heard their full of viruses anyway"
I've said this before, and this is a good example. Intellectual property should be solely the property of the author. Period. It should be non-transferable and upon the authors death become public domain. Only PEOPLE could own IP and a company that hired someone to write something like a song for them would be well advised to keep those people employed. When several people work together to create a work, they would have to agree ahead of time the percentage of the IP each own. There should be a bare minimum of ownership a contributor can have based on the number of people involve. (no making the bassist take only 0.1% just because he's the bassist) All owners would have to contribute actual content, not just fund the recording. If no prior agreement was made the work is considered public domain by default. In fact, work for hire by a buisness might require that the IP be made public domain so they could ensure their use wouldn't be cut off. Viewing IP created by someone else without their permission would not be illegal. Selling or otherwise profiting off of that IP would however, be illegal.
No, not getting the Flushot for yourself is also irresponsible. The Vaccine only works on "some" people. If you fail to get the flu shot yourself, catch the flu and then pass it to some vulnerable child or elderly person that the flu shot did not have an affect on and they die, you're directly responsible for their death.
I don't suggest we make it a law. You're body is your body. But you should know exactly what you're doing when you decided to spout this anti-vaccine nonsense fad. You're risking lives. Not just your own, but your entire family and everyone you meet. You should be shamed, shunned, and generally hated. I wont let un-vaccinate kids anywhere near my kid. I may very well start doing the same with adults.
I know a LOT of people that totally oppose the use of anti-biotics. Some appose the use of all drugs. Some think Tea tree oil will cure everything and anything made by a pharma company is inherently evil. Some think God doesn't want people using drugs. And then you've got your Darwinists that think drugs have stopped the progress of evolution and think the fit should survive and if you can't develop immunity you just suck it up and die. Their all nut-balls, but they exist in vast quantities.
There are literally Millions of people in this country who want antibiotics totally banned. You need to get out more.
Well, I dont know anything about it being used to damage satellites but... My father used to be a Radar tech for the airforce in the 60s/70s and worked on bases all over the world. For a while he worked up in Alaska and said the radar installations there were orders of magnitude more powerful than anything he'd ever seen. According to him the old wives tales about cooking a chicken in front of a radar dish are generally BS, but certainly true in Alaska. I guess radar arrays have giant magnets in them (for what purpose I do not know) but the magnets they used in Alaska were so large/powerful that he brought a damaged one home and set it by the door to keep the dog from getting outside. If the dog came anywhere near it the thing would yank on its collar and scare the crap out of it. That's a strong magnet...
Again, I don't know about using them as weapons, but the radar we have in Alaska is certainly powerful.
Yes, I'm ashamed to say MSE works really well. I'd argue its because Microsoft has access to their own source-code and knows where they screwed up... but whatever... it's the best AV I've used, and I've used them all.
They already do this on all the non-smart phones. They all have "apps" and "Games" but you can only buy them from the carrier. This, in fact, is exactly the sort of thing they want to do. You can only get video from them. You can only get apps from them. It's all for your own security of course. Those nasty viruses and hackers oh my!
I like Google, and have stuck with google+ for that sole reason. I even still use iGoogle, I like all the widgets and such. But this sort of thing makes me want to drop it all. It's bad enough that Google's tracking everything I do, but to have them tailoring my friends and families searches based on my own online activities? That's just asking for some very embarrassing screw ups on both my part and googles.
They may be making an awful product, but it sure isn't hurting their sales... and eBooks are one of the easiest formats to pirate. If anything, they should be a lesson to the rest of the media industry. I think if they actually started pricing them competitively (i.e. at least a little bit less than the real book, instead of more than the real book) they'd make even more money and maybe be able to hire an artist to keep this joker happy.
He's right that tablets don't threaten the PC market. I'm sure they'll steal a small part of the market, but the market as a whole is safe. Where he's wrong is in that he thinks they'll have no affect. I suspect that very soon we'll start seeing low powered PCs that are basically just a monitor with a keyboard and mouse. The monitor will have a built in processor and be able to stream video. It'll replace your PC, and TV although not be able to play games and sell for under $200... maybe even under $100. Systems like that will murder Dell in its sleep. They'll just wake up one day and have no customers left. It's the sort of thing that should and could be done right now, but just hasn't. All that needs to happen is a big player like Wall-mart steps in, sets it up, gets a deal with something like google TV and you've got $200 PC/steaming TV's everywhere over night with free video content.
Tablets aren't going anywhere until the battery problems are solved. Either they need a LOT better batteries, or their screens need to be totally redesigned to not suck so much power. When a tablet has the same battery life as a kindle, then they'll be a contender. Until then, they're nothing more than a PC with fingerprints all over the screen that you can unplug for short periods of time during the day.
Despite what many people here and abroad think, we don't really have a choice in who we vote for. Our political leaders work with our media to hype an issue that will get certain special interest groups making a fuss... like abortion, or welfare, or sexed. None of these issues are even remotely important but it gives our "two parties" something to argue about. On all of the real issues, that actually matter like tax reform, military spending, forign policy, trade, etc... Both parties almost agree entirely. Yes, they may sometimes pretend like they'd do things different. But in truth, the democrats start just as many wars as republicans and usually over the same issues like oil and "Freedom" We have a 1 party system, that parties sole interest is in staying in power. Anything that gets in the way of them staying in power, like angry copyright owners, gets their attention.
I believe the idea is that with the already existing services you're talking about, every time you get hooked up with a client via that service, the service takes a cut. With this "new" service, they hook you up free of charge. The client has to buy the currency with the 15% surcharge. Once you get your virtual money you can either save it, or pay it to someone else without having to pay the surcharge. So imagine you're really good at project management and finding clients. They pay you in virtual dollars, you get other people to do the different bits of the project for you from the same service and pay them in the virtual dollars without having to pay the 15% on what you pay them... then you take whats left over as you're pay. The better you are at working deals with people the more of the money you get to keep. None of the transactions are subject to any regulatory authority or taxes until you cash out. You could even wait to cash out until the tax climate is more favorable.
Don't get me wrong, it's a stupid idea. It's something that would work great if it was large scale, but getting people to buy in will be nearly impossible and by the time it gets anywhere near big enough to make a difference, the government is going to come down on them like a ton of bricks. Not to mention they are starting it in California, the worst state as far as taxes go and the only state to actually start squeezing sales taxes out of online retailers. That's before we even get to the likelihood that the administrators of this service decide to invest the money they're holding onto for you in the market, lose their pants, try to cover it up and this entire affair turns into a giant ponzy scheme. Which I think is fairly likely.
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No, it's like the FBI showing up with the CEO's of walmart in tow, prying the lock off a couple of the storage units and the CO's pointing at random objects and yelling "They stole that, and that, and that..." meanwhile the renters of the storage locker are in China, and the owner of the storage company says "Well they could have gotten that at Target you know... also, how do you know they stole this and didn't actually pay for it? Have you even asked them?" The FBI then arrests the Owner of the storage unit, who now can't pay its utility bills... water, sewer and power are cut off... the buildings catch fire and the FBI tells the fire department "no need to put that out... we have the truth, let the lies burn."
When they come to take your rights away, they start with the people that clearly don't deserve them. When they come for yours, well... it's a little too late then isn't it?
You just watch how easy it is for them to ignore it.
Is it just me or doesn't the majority of the spam I get come from: AOL, Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail, and major email senders such as Facebook, Bank of America.
To me, this just seems like an attempt by big spammers to eliminate little spammers.
Several ex-SOE execs/developers on staff and you're surprised it turned out this way? Not only that but the game is just shit. Don't give them your money, then you have nothing to complain about.
Sure it is, just ask Apple.
I work for an ISP and was involved in a project in which we were just trying to monitor DHCP requests from users for a study... The size of the log files were upwards of 6gigabytes per DAY. If we actually tried to track and time stamp every IP they hit? It wouldn't even be remotely possible. The amount of data and the numbers of people and software required to pull it off would dwarf our entire operation. And that's BEFORE everyone starts messing with the system. People could just set up scripts to randomly ping IPs all day long and it would devastate any logging system in short order. There's no way the ISPs would put up with this.
An all concrete house? Lol, they've tried that every decade since the 1800's and it's never caught on. Why? Because nobody wants to live in an above ground basement. The fact of the matter is that houses can be built very quickly with the meathods we already use. Back in 1981 the house my parents live in was built in 3 days as a tech demonstration. It's a large ranch style home filled with all sorts of custom trim work, wood beams, etc...
They're still wrong. Everything you mentioned were wildly popular long before Apple got involved. Apple is very very good at advertising and controlling the media. If anything, their legacy is in teaching the corporate world just how important image is. In apples case, it's their only real product.
In 10years I'm fairly sure I'll have rabid apple fans telling me all about how apple invented the ebook... along with the Smart phone, the MP3 player, the internet, the personal computer, etc... and how lame it is that everyone just keeps copying them. "Go ahead and use your lame non-apple ebooks, I heard their full of viruses anyway"
I've said this before, and this is a good example. Intellectual property should be solely the property of the author. Period. It should be non-transferable and upon the authors death become public domain. Only PEOPLE could own IP and a company that hired someone to write something like a song for them would be well advised to keep those people employed. When several people work together to create a work, they would have to agree ahead of time the percentage of the IP each own. There should be a bare minimum of ownership a contributor can have based on the number of people involve. (no making the bassist take only 0.1% just because he's the bassist) All owners would have to contribute actual content, not just fund the recording. If no prior agreement was made the work is considered public domain by default. In fact, work for hire by a buisness might require that the IP be made public domain so they could ensure their use wouldn't be cut off. Viewing IP created by someone else without their permission would not be illegal. Selling or otherwise profiting off of that IP would however, be illegal.
It'll never happen, but I think it would work.
No, not getting the Flushot for yourself is also irresponsible. The Vaccine only works on "some" people. If you fail to get the flu shot yourself, catch the flu and then pass it to some vulnerable child or elderly person that the flu shot did not have an affect on and they die, you're directly responsible for their death.
I don't suggest we make it a law. You're body is your body. But you should know exactly what you're doing when you decided to spout this anti-vaccine nonsense fad. You're risking lives. Not just your own, but your entire family and everyone you meet. You should be shamed, shunned, and generally hated. I wont let un-vaccinate kids anywhere near my kid. I may very well start doing the same with adults.
You can melt copper in a campfire. Get a little creative and you can actually cast it into ingots in your backyard.
http://www.radomes.org/museum/documents/NAS%20Oceana%20%20AN-FPS20%20Description.pdf
2.5 MEGAwatts peak transmit power. I think that'd cook a chicken.
I know a LOT of people that totally oppose the use of anti-biotics. Some appose the use of all drugs. Some think Tea tree oil will cure everything and anything made by a pharma company is inherently evil. Some think God doesn't want people using drugs. And then you've got your Darwinists that think drugs have stopped the progress of evolution and think the fit should survive and if you can't develop immunity you just suck it up and die. Their all nut-balls, but they exist in vast quantities.
There are literally Millions of people in this country who want antibiotics totally banned. You need to get out more.
"increased wariness around the walled gardens of Apple and to some extent Google and even Amazon"
Apple, google and amazon are who gets decide which OS is on their device. Not the customer.
Well, I dont know anything about it being used to damage satellites but... My father used to be a Radar tech for the airforce in the 60s/70s and worked on bases all over the world. For a while he worked up in Alaska and said the radar installations there were orders of magnitude more powerful than anything he'd ever seen. According to him the old wives tales about cooking a chicken in front of a radar dish are generally BS, but certainly true in Alaska. I guess radar arrays have giant magnets in them (for what purpose I do not know) but the magnets they used in Alaska were so large/powerful that he brought a damaged one home and set it by the door to keep the dog from getting outside. If the dog came anywhere near it the thing would yank on its collar and scare the crap out of it. That's a strong magnet...
Again, I don't know about using them as weapons, but the radar we have in Alaska is certainly powerful.
Yes, I'm ashamed to say MSE works really well. I'd argue its because Microsoft has access to their own source-code and knows where they screwed up... but whatever... it's the best AV I've used, and I've used them all.
They already do this on all the non-smart phones. They all have "apps" and "Games" but you can only buy them from the carrier. This, in fact, is exactly the sort of thing they want to do. You can only get video from them. You can only get apps from them. It's all for your own security of course. Those nasty viruses and hackers oh my!
I like Google, and have stuck with google+ for that sole reason. I even still use iGoogle, I like all the widgets and such. But this sort of thing makes me want to drop it all. It's bad enough that Google's tracking everything I do, but to have them tailoring my friends and families searches based on my own online activities? That's just asking for some very embarrassing screw ups on both my part and googles.
They may be making an awful product, but it sure isn't hurting their sales... and eBooks are one of the easiest formats to pirate. If anything, they should be a lesson to the rest of the media industry. I think if they actually started pricing them competitively (i.e. at least a little bit less than the real book, instead of more than the real book) they'd make even more money and maybe be able to hire an artist to keep this joker happy.
He's right that tablets don't threaten the PC market. I'm sure they'll steal a small part of the market, but the market as a whole is safe. Where he's wrong is in that he thinks they'll have no affect. I suspect that very soon we'll start seeing low powered PCs that are basically just a monitor with a keyboard and mouse. The monitor will have a built in processor and be able to stream video. It'll replace your PC, and TV although not be able to play games and sell for under $200... maybe even under $100. Systems like that will murder Dell in its sleep. They'll just wake up one day and have no customers left. It's the sort of thing that should and could be done right now, but just hasn't. All that needs to happen is a big player like Wall-mart steps in, sets it up, gets a deal with something like google TV and you've got $200 PC/steaming TV's everywhere over night with free video content.
Tablets aren't going anywhere until the battery problems are solved. Either they need a LOT better batteries, or their screens need to be totally redesigned to not suck so much power. When a tablet has the same battery life as a kindle, then they'll be a contender. Until then, they're nothing more than a PC with fingerprints all over the screen that you can unplug for short periods of time during the day.
It would be several orders of magnitude safer if they just created a regulation banning cars altogether.
Despite what many people here and abroad think, we don't really have a choice in who we vote for. Our political leaders work with our media to hype an issue that will get certain special interest groups making a fuss... like abortion, or welfare, or sexed. None of these issues are even remotely important but it gives our "two parties" something to argue about. On all of the real issues, that actually matter like tax reform, military spending, forign policy, trade, etc... Both parties almost agree entirely. Yes, they may sometimes pretend like they'd do things different. But in truth, the democrats start just as many wars as republicans and usually over the same issues like oil and "Freedom" We have a 1 party system, that parties sole interest is in staying in power. Anything that gets in the way of them staying in power, like angry copyright owners, gets their attention.
and why on earth would you bother with netflix?
I believe the idea is that with the already existing services you're talking about, every time you get hooked up with a client via that service, the service takes a cut. With this "new" service, they hook you up free of charge. The client has to buy the currency with the 15% surcharge. Once you get your virtual money you can either save it, or pay it to someone else without having to pay the surcharge. So imagine you're really good at project management and finding clients. They pay you in virtual dollars, you get other people to do the different bits of the project for you from the same service and pay them in the virtual dollars without having to pay the 15% on what you pay them... then you take whats left over as you're pay. The better you are at working deals with people the more of the money you get to keep. None of the transactions are subject to any regulatory authority or taxes until you cash out. You could even wait to cash out until the tax climate is more favorable.
Don't get me wrong, it's a stupid idea. It's something that would work great if it was large scale, but getting people to buy in will be nearly impossible and by the time it gets anywhere near big enough to make a difference, the government is going to come down on them like a ton of bricks. Not to mention they are starting it in California, the worst state as far as taxes go and the only state to actually start squeezing sales taxes out of online retailers. That's before we even get to the likelihood that the administrators of this service decide to invest the money they're holding onto for you in the market, lose their pants, try to cover it up and this entire affair turns into a giant ponzy scheme. Which I think is fairly likely.