"Over the years, Lanier has become a skeptic of that amorphous thing called Web 2.0. He directs most of his ire toward the "anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks, and lightweight mashups" that flit through our browsers and Twitter feeds. But he's also critical of bigger Internet landmarks, such as Wikipedia, the open-source software Linux, and the "hive mind" in general.
It would be fitting to rue Lanier's fate as mere sausage for search algorithms if he had organized his opinions into a coherent thesis. The reality is that Lanier's stimulating, half-cocked ideas are precisely the kind of thinking that gets refined and enlarged on vibrant Web places like Marginal Revolution, Boing Boing, and MetaFilter."article link
Just another cranky failed ex-hip guy who flamed out cuz he couldn't keep up.
Yes indeed. The same sort of thing happened to Volvo and VW too. They were mid-level basic transportation for the average person in Europe. Nothing fancy. Then American yuppies found out about them and they became another commodity of SWPL and that was the end of them as comfortable, sturdy and economical automobiles for middle income earners. Their prices ballooned and they became just another toy for the yuppsters and their ilk.
this stuff too? Who pays the piper calls the tune. I have to sign away exclusive publishing rights to any work I do with gov funding (no matter how peripheral or limited) if I accept it. AIG should get no waiver on that score either imho.
Maybe not. They've got a huge population bulge of elderly that are going to need lots of resources and while automation can do some of the production they don't pay any taxes. And so there's the rub.
...or allow any immigration (even of overseas ethnic Japanese) this about the only way that they can survive the population loss. Funny and sad at the same time.
As Lincoln said: "In times of war some people get killed and others make a killing." Some ex-brass hat with a chest full of medals cashing in on his Pentagon connections isn't doing Specialist Evans any honor by lobbying congress for some weapons system on behalf a well heeled client. And don't wave the flag at me, I served in uniform for four years.
So if Mr. Astronaut became a lobbyist instead that'd be okay too? Or a Medal of Honor winner who pimps his heroism out to lobby for munitions makers seeking gov contracts? Guns and bombs is what he knows right? For a self described cynic (as in always asking "who benefits?") you sure do have a idealistic outlook which goes against the weight of the evidence about who lobbys and for what.
A cynical view I know. But the US Gov pays through the nose to train these guys who then just retire and try to cash in on the Washington gravy train. Just like the rest of the high level military, political and bureaucratic employees that leave gov employment in order to cash in. Typical and sad.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. All the back stories and histories are likely going to fall down the memory hole via retcons until the Marvel characters have the same blandness that you see in the Archie comic series.
If only...our credit union "got a memo" from DHS stating that to open or renew a Jumbo CD (more than 10k$) you had to show a passport! Apparently the page of the eMail or fax that said this new regulation only applied to non-citizens got lost somewhere but they dutifully followed this instruction for two months! I wonder how much business that cost them?
...are just begging for this kind of attack. More stupid stuff gets done because of a "memo from HQ" than for any other reason. Nobody questions or authenticates anything. The drones just do watch their told to and move on. Makes me wanna keep my life savings in deposit soda bottles in the basement instead my credit union.
With TV so fragmented and diverse now it's very hard for all but few shows to break out of the scrum and gain an audience. Just as with film studios the networks don't want niche viewers for quality programs (well maybe PBS does) they want blockbusters with high viewer ratings and long term rebroadcast royalties and DVD sales. Nobody wants a good but low rated Firefly; they all want a mega-hits like Seinfeld. As for reality shows they're cheap to produce.
With sites like Hulu you can now watch episodes of most shows whenever you want and then buy or otherwise acquire them latter if you like them enough. I'm sure the view anytime aspect of things cut into TiVo's business. Sad to see them turn into patent trolls instead trying to innovate though.
...pay a few real live human beings to stay on those rigs to provide some degree of security. In the end I trust people way more than tech or code no matter how advanced it is. Automation is fine and more efficient but if things go balls up it's nice to have a guy on site that can pull the plug or push a button and shut it all down before millions of gallons of crude go pouring into the ocean.
He might be feeling guilt about what he did and is trying to absolve himself. And I agree releasing open source mal ware code isn't especially helpful either.
"Means" as in launch infrastructure, tracking stations, facilities and trained and experienced personnel and etc. It would be waaaay cheaper to write NASA a check than take decades developing their own. Or so it seems to me.
I get your point but this guy didn't research the law well enough and that's why he got creamed in court. As for "doing the right thing + getting paid" well it's like a guy who decides to be a bounty hunter for at-large crooks who have prices on their head but who busts the wrong person and gets arrested themselves. Laudable intentions but flawed execution; And at some point you've just gotta admit the error and move on. That was my point.
The partnership thing that is. Emerging powers like the BRIC countries plus Japan have the $$$ and we have the technical know-how and experience. And there is no doubt the prestige factor at work here too.
Okay maybe he does. But at some point you have to be pragmatic about things and just admit you lost. It doesn't mean you have to give up the effort it just means you have to admit that this particular approach didn't work. To allow your self to be pauperized like that just "make a point" about spam really is cutting off your nose to spite your face. How far should a rational person be willing to take this?
but you can't make him piss. The jackass had numerous chances to settle and he just wouldn't do it. Whether out of spite or principal I dunno but he's without his stuff. Bottom line: Wadda maroon.
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"Over the years, Lanier has become a skeptic of that amorphous thing called Web 2.0. He directs most of his ire toward the "anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks, and lightweight mashups" that flit through our browsers and Twitter feeds. But he's also critical of bigger Internet landmarks, such as Wikipedia, the open-source software Linux, and the "hive mind" in general. It would be fitting to rue Lanier's fate as mere sausage for search algorithms if he had organized his opinions into a coherent thesis. The reality is that Lanier's stimulating, half-cocked ideas are precisely the kind of thinking that gets refined and enlarged on vibrant Web places like Marginal Revolution, Boing Boing, and MetaFilter." article link
Just another cranky failed ex-hip guy who flamed out cuz he couldn't keep up.
Yes indeed. The same sort of thing happened to Volvo and VW too. They were mid-level basic transportation for the average person in Europe. Nothing fancy. Then American yuppies found out about them and they became another commodity of SWPL and that was the end of them as comfortable, sturdy and economical automobiles for middle income earners. Their prices ballooned and they became just another toy for the yuppsters and their ilk.
this stuff too? Who pays the piper calls the tune. I have to sign away exclusive publishing rights to any work I do with gov funding (no matter how peripheral or limited) if I accept it. AIG should get no waiver on that score either imho.
Kind of begs the question "who is farming and for what?"
I hear you.
Maybe not. They've got a huge population bulge of elderly that are going to need lots of resources and while automation can do some of the production they don't pay any taxes. And so there's the rub.
Well yes they could, but the point is that they haven't.
...or allow any immigration (even of overseas ethnic Japanese) this about the only way that they can survive the population loss. Funny and sad at the same time.
Yeah spending his own money in order to sell to the gov to make even more money. How noble.
As Lincoln said: "In times of war some people get killed and others make a killing." Some ex-brass hat with a chest full of medals cashing in on his Pentagon connections isn't doing Specialist Evans any honor by lobbying congress for some weapons system on behalf a well heeled client. And don't wave the flag at me, I served in uniform for four years.
So if Mr. Astronaut became a lobbyist instead that'd be okay too? Or a Medal of Honor winner who pimps his heroism out to lobby for munitions makers seeking gov contracts? Guns and bombs is what he knows right? For a self described cynic (as in always asking "who benefits?") you sure do have a idealistic outlook which goes against the weight of the evidence about who lobbys and for what.
A cynical view I know. But the US Gov pays through the nose to train these guys who then just retire and try to cash in on the Washington gravy train. Just like the rest of the high level military, political and bureaucratic employees that leave gov employment in order to cash in. Typical and sad.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. All the back stories and histories are likely going to fall down the memory hole via retcons until the Marvel characters have the same blandness that you see in the Archie comic series.
If only...our credit union "got a memo" from DHS stating that to open or renew a Jumbo CD (more than 10k$) you had to show a passport! Apparently the page of the eMail or fax that said this new regulation only applied to non-citizens got lost somewhere but they dutifully followed this instruction for two months! I wonder how much business that cost them?
...are just begging for this kind of attack. More stupid stuff gets done because of a "memo from HQ" than for any other reason. Nobody questions or authenticates anything. The drones just do watch their told to and move on. Makes me wanna keep my life savings in deposit soda bottles in the basement instead my credit union.
With TV so fragmented and diverse now it's very hard for all but few shows to break out of the scrum and gain an audience. Just as with film studios the networks don't want niche viewers for quality programs (well maybe PBS does) they want blockbusters with high viewer ratings and long term rebroadcast royalties and DVD sales. Nobody wants a good but low rated Firefly; they all want a mega-hits like Seinfeld. As for reality shows they're cheap to produce.
With sites like Hulu you can now watch episodes of most shows whenever you want and then buy or otherwise acquire them latter if you like them enough. I'm sure the view anytime aspect of things cut into TiVo's business. Sad to see them turn into patent trolls instead trying to innovate though.
...pay a few real live human beings to stay on those rigs to provide some degree of security. In the end I trust people way more than tech or code no matter how advanced it is. Automation is fine and more efficient but if things go balls up it's nice to have a guy on site that can pull the plug or push a button and shut it all down before millions of gallons of crude go pouring into the ocean.
He might be feeling guilt about what he did and is trying to absolve himself. And I agree releasing open source mal ware code isn't especially helpful either.
Indeed they do. But there must be something in it for the Russians or else why would they enter into a partnership if they didn't benefit from it?
"Means" as in launch infrastructure, tracking stations, facilities and trained and experienced personnel and etc. It would be waaaay cheaper to write NASA a check than take decades developing their own. Or so it seems to me.
I get your point but this guy didn't research the law well enough and that's why he got creamed in court. As for "doing the right thing + getting paid" well it's like a guy who decides to be a bounty hunter for at-large crooks who have prices on their head but who busts the wrong person and gets arrested themselves. Laudable intentions but flawed execution; And at some point you've just gotta admit the error and move on. That was my point.
The partnership thing that is. Emerging powers like the BRIC countries plus Japan have the $$$ and we have the technical know-how and experience. And there is no doubt the prestige factor at work here too.
Okay maybe he does. But at some point you have to be pragmatic about things and just admit you lost. It doesn't mean you have to give up the effort it just means you have to admit that this particular approach didn't work. To allow your self to be pauperized like that just "make a point" about spam really is cutting off your nose to spite your face. How far should a rational person be willing to take this?
but you can't make him piss. The jackass had numerous chances to settle and he just wouldn't do it. Whether out of spite or principal I dunno but he's without his stuff. Bottom line: Wadda maroon.