There will still be monopolies and that's a fact. The only change that may made is in who is playing the game. This could do wonders however in kicking out the telcos already entrenched and fattened with fiber money which they have done nothing constructive with.
It was a joke so don't make to much out of it. Warrantless wiretapping and extraordinary rendition are pretty nasty and unconstitutional. The ones responsible should be put in prison. There's some pretty messed up stuff, but as far as I can remember you still have the right to free travel, the right to call the government fascist if you so choose, the right to ply whatever trade you choose, vote for whoever you choose etc. Do me a favor and get some perspective! Take a look at South Asia and then you'll understand what real dark times are like. I understand we need to take measures to prevent that. Being an alarmist isn't one of these things.
The withdrawal came after a judge ruled the customers have a First Amendment right to keep their reading habits from the government.
We're talking about America right? That happened in America? You're kidding me! The same America with warrantless wiretaps and everything! I don't believe you!
Wait... what's that... fascism does not rule in America like some people on the internet say. You've lost me now. Crackpot!!
Anyone who has seen an M Night Shamylan movie or been involved in a Usenet discussion about UFO's can readily see that there is one glaringly obvious answer...
That's cool and all, but the essay is four years old and the interview barely brushes the surface of the SCO case. This is hardly a story to be billed as a discussion of SCO's fate. This is trying to hard to create an anti-SCO bash fest (which is cool and all, but it's hardly news).
On the other hand the majority of the interview about Groklaw and Jones' feelings about it was quite interesting, especially the part discussing democracy and the nature of Groklaw.
My guess is it is just a natural reaction that comes with "it just works" ethos. People just expect Apple to provide everything for OSX. Even third-party stuff I guess.
The simple fact that most people don't have a basic understanding of even the most simple IT tasks. Most people look at a computer and see it as just a box that hums and hisses and produces magical pictures. As long as most people have a largely uneducated view of IT it won't "live up to its potential", whatever that may be. Seriously, think about how much more productive an IT worker could be without having to do the constant virus cleanup and such things which can be, for the most part, easily avoided with just a basic understanding of security. Ignorance is the biggest obstacle
I've read the article and the only thing they've put forward as a reduction in hazard is a lower than expected death toll. It offers nothing in depth about possible reasons for this. Just that radiation is somehow less harmful.
I mean yeah... "only" 800 deaths is kind of callous. I'm not sure what the whole aim of that was. "Ten's of thousands died from the blast, but only a measly 800 died directly as an effect of radiation after surviving the attack."
A lot about this study doesn't really add up. If you're using death as the only symptom of something dangerous then your observations are definitely going to be flawed. All in all these studies don't make a whole lot of sense in there conclusions.
So far 301 have died of lung cancer," says Jacob. "But only 100 cases were caused by radiation. The others were attributed to cigarettes."
So heavy doses of radiation still have a decently high probability of causing nasty side effects. The quote I provided illustrates what I have concluded from this summary. You can downgrade radiation from supermegaultra, don't-go-near it danger to megaultra, don't-go-near it status. Radiation is still dangerous. This study was just a refinement of probability.
Answer this in a free society threat is pretty much always extant whenever someone is determined enough. Short of everyone living in castles there is no way to neutralize any threat. Airport screenings and things of that nature are to some degree "theater" or whatever term you prefer. They are feel good measures. Do they have some measure of security provided? Yes. However, when it's all said and done without a completely closed society you're always vulnerable.
Advances such as these should be trumpeted, as much as possible, to indicate that we don't need to have our civil liberties trampled in order to defend ourselves. That is, defending against terrorism is something for grad students to work on with big defense grants, not, a bunch of jackasses that want to play rent-a-cop at the CIA.
Well put, and I agree. However that's not the connection that is going to be made. Due to whatever reason, the general public will only see this as the government hard at work on protecting us. Successes like this lend credibility to the administration across the board. Not that this should be sabotaged or it's a bad thing entirely, it's just I don't think the consequences for civil liberty are going to be positive.
I wish nobody cared, but this will only fuel the masses into thinking "wow... all this money spent on high-tech, super sci-fi counteterorism stuff is making me safer."
Don't get me wrong being able to detect a nuke is a good thing. However, to me this seems to fit right in along with the whole security theater schtick that the government is pulling. Throw out some nifty vaporware. Have some conveniently thwarted plots and you have a carte blanche to do whatever you want with personal liberty.
Without getting into an argument over the actual probability (well over-blown if you ask me) of a terrorist attack occurring, being nuked is the least of my fears. Something that utilizes few resources, like say hijacking a plane, is much more likely to be the plan of attack. The government throws out all these crazy, high-concept plots just to proliferate fear.
I know I'm off-topic for this specific device, but I feel that the whole counterterorism deal is what's behind this. As another post pointed out, it's what is driving research funding, and that makes me just a little uncomfortable.
Any good/.er can see that copyright is reaches way too far, but now what good is that doing us. The only way this can change is to break through the lobbying stranglehold that the content-producing cartels have on our legislatures. Short of that there isn't much that can be done other than just hope you aren't one caught by someone trolling for a lawsuit.
That's how any legal machine operates. As the previous post of this story (pretty noticeable dupe if I do say) pointed out, their practice "smacks" of the RIAA. It's sad but the courts are big business.
...but it's still going to be producing some sort of waste. The article didn't mention at all what the bacteria produced as a byproduct of it's methane consumption. It doesn't do us a whole of good if it pops out radioactive sludge now does it. I don't think it should be written off as "vaporware" but this is obviously still very much in it's infancy. The article was very sparse on specifics other than putting out the sensational headline about curing global warming. Check back in a few years.
Not trolling here, but it's nice propaganda for the Germans. I mean it kind of illustrates a sort of victory over the Germany of the past. I could see an exception made for just such a reason. It looks good that a new German beat the socks off the creation of an old German. I'm tiptoeing and not trying to introduce "them" into the discussion. This definitely has some propaganda value though.
Seriously, IT is tough sometimes get over it. Laptops are good for all the reasons listed above. An IT manager should, as per the technology part of his title make it easier to do work. The position this article takes is akin to "well jet flight is nice and all because of the speed, but all these little constraints and extra controls make it complicated and hard, waahhh!" An IT manager is a facilitator and nothing else. I suppose the author of the article would have it that an IT manager is nothing more than a guy who installs OS's and such. There is a lot more to it. That's just the job.
"There are some new instructions that could be more convenient to use in some special cases (like the new pmin/pmax instructions). But these will have no real performance benefit."
"So we do not plan on adding SSE4 optimizations. We may use SSE4 instructions in the future for convenience once SSE4 has become really widely supported. But I personally don't see that anytime soon..."
I think that puts the hype over penryn into perspective. There are some nice improvements energy leaks and such, but it's nothing revolutionary.
Seriously, it wasn't that long ago that this type of thing was a widespread geek pastime. I remember popping an antenna on the hood of the car and driving through town sniffing packets and laughing at those who were completely unencrypted.
Only recently has the company admitted what was clear from the outset: the first Zune was rushed to market (it was a "sprint cycle," in Microsoft terms), and "compromises" were made in order to make that happen.
Wait a minute are you saying we shouldn't play around with measurements in order to produce cute sounding phrases like "bigger than the sun" or "a whole library of congress a minute?" What an elitist jerk you must be. The average man thinks of celestial bodies in terms of number of times the sun would envelop/fit inside it. The average man also thinks of amounts of data in terms of libraries of congress. Geez... you are so out of touch.
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There will still be monopolies and that's a fact. The only change that may made is in who is playing the game. This could do wonders however in kicking out the telcos already entrenched and fattened with fiber money which they have done nothing constructive with.
It was a joke so don't make to much out of it. Warrantless wiretapping and extraordinary rendition are pretty nasty and unconstitutional. The ones responsible should be put in prison. There's some pretty messed up stuff, but as far as I can remember you still have the right to free travel, the right to call the government fascist if you so choose, the right to ply whatever trade you choose, vote for whoever you choose etc. Do me a favor and get some perspective! Take a look at South Asia and then you'll understand what real dark times are like. I understand we need to take measures to prevent that. Being an alarmist isn't one of these things.
Why does Darl even need a head? I think his business model tells he has clearly forgone its use.
Why would you be wishful about rapping feeds?...
Wait a minute... oh... you're a naughty boy!
The withdrawal came after a judge ruled the customers have a First Amendment right to keep their reading habits from the government.
We're talking about America right? That happened in America? You're kidding me! The same America with warrantless wiretaps and everything! I don't believe you!
Wait... what's that... fascism does not rule in America like some people on the internet say. You've lost me now. Crackpot!!
Anyone who has seen an M Night Shamylan movie or been involved in a Usenet discussion about UFO's can readily see that there is one glaringly obvious answer...
IT'S ALIENS GUYS!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!
That's cool and all, but the essay is four years old and the interview barely brushes the surface of the SCO case. This is hardly a story to be billed as a discussion of SCO's fate. This is trying to hard to create an anti-SCO bash fest (which is cool and all, but it's hardly news).
On the other hand the majority of the interview about Groklaw and Jones' feelings about it was quite interesting, especially the part discussing democracy and the nature of Groklaw.
My guess is it is just a natural reaction that comes with "it just works" ethos. People just expect Apple to provide everything for OSX. Even third-party stuff I guess.
The simple fact that most people don't have a basic understanding of even the most simple IT tasks. Most people look at a computer and see it as just a box that hums and hisses and produces magical pictures. As long as most people have a largely uneducated view of IT it won't "live up to its potential", whatever that may be. Seriously, think about how much more productive an IT worker could be without having to do the constant virus cleanup and such things which can be, for the most part, easily avoided with just a basic understanding of security. Ignorance is the biggest obstacle
All we need is some rural politician to champion it. A Ted Stevens comes to mind. This would be perfect for pork, copious amounts of pork.
I've read the article and the only thing they've put forward as a reduction in hazard is a lower than expected death toll. It offers nothing in depth about possible reasons for this. Just that radiation is somehow less harmful.
I mean yeah... "only" 800 deaths is kind of callous. I'm not sure what the whole aim of that was. "Ten's of thousands died from the blast, but only a measly 800 died directly as an effect of radiation after surviving the attack."
A lot about this study doesn't really add up. If you're using death as the only symptom of something dangerous then your observations are definitely going to be flawed. All in all these studies don't make a whole lot of sense in there conclusions.
So far 301 have died of lung cancer," says Jacob. "But only 100 cases were caused by radiation. The others were attributed to cigarettes."
So heavy doses of radiation still have a decently high probability of causing nasty side effects. The quote I provided illustrates what I have concluded from this summary. You can downgrade radiation from supermegaultra, don't-go-near it danger to megaultra, don't-go-near it status. Radiation is still dangerous. This study was just a refinement of probability.
Answer this in a free society threat is pretty much always extant whenever someone is determined enough. Short of everyone living in castles there is no way to neutralize any threat. Airport screenings and things of that nature are to some degree "theater" or whatever term you prefer. They are feel good measures. Do they have some measure of security provided? Yes. However, when it's all said and done without a completely closed society you're always vulnerable.
Advances such as these should be trumpeted, as much as possible, to indicate that we don't need to have our civil liberties trampled in order to defend ourselves. That is, defending against terrorism is something for grad students to work on with big defense grants, not, a bunch of jackasses that want to play rent-a-cop at the CIA.
Well put, and I agree. However that's not the connection that is going to be made. Due to whatever reason, the general public will only see this as the government hard at work on protecting us. Successes like this lend credibility to the administration across the board. Not that this should be sabotaged or it's a bad thing entirely, it's just I don't think the consequences for civil liberty are going to be positive.
I wish nobody cared, but this will only fuel the masses into thinking "wow... all this money spent on high-tech, super sci-fi counteterorism stuff is making me safer."
Don't get me wrong being able to detect a nuke is a good thing. However, to me this seems to fit right in along with the whole security theater schtick that the government is pulling. Throw out some nifty vaporware. Have some conveniently thwarted plots and you have a carte blanche to do whatever you want with personal liberty.
Without getting into an argument over the actual probability (well over-blown if you ask me) of a terrorist attack occurring, being nuked is the least of my fears. Something that utilizes few resources, like say hijacking a plane, is much more likely to be the plan of attack. The government throws out all these crazy, high-concept plots just to proliferate fear.
I know I'm off-topic for this specific device, but I feel that the whole counterterorism deal is what's behind this. As another post pointed out, it's what is driving research funding, and that makes me just a little uncomfortable.
Any good /.er can see that copyright is reaches way too far, but now what good is that doing us. The only way this can change is to break through the lobbying stranglehold that the content-producing cartels have on our legislatures. Short of that there isn't much that can be done other than just hope you aren't one caught by someone trolling for a lawsuit.
That's how any legal machine operates. As the previous post of this story (pretty noticeable dupe if I do say) pointed out, their practice "smacks" of the RIAA. It's sad but the courts are big business.
...but it's still going to be producing some sort of waste. The article didn't mention at all what the bacteria produced as a byproduct of it's methane consumption. It doesn't do us a whole of good if it pops out radioactive sludge now does it. I don't think it should be written off as "vaporware" but this is obviously still very much in it's infancy. The article was very sparse on specifics other than putting out the sensational headline about curing global warming. Check back in a few years.
Not trolling here, but it's nice propaganda for the Germans. I mean it kind of illustrates a sort of victory over the Germany of the past. I could see an exception made for just such a reason. It looks good that a new German beat the socks off the creation of an old German. I'm tiptoeing and not trying to introduce "them" into the discussion. This definitely has some propaganda value though.
Seriously, IT is tough sometimes get over it. Laptops are good for all the reasons listed above. An IT manager should, as per the technology part of his title make it easier to do work. The position this article takes is akin to "well jet flight is nice and all because of the speed, but all these little constraints and extra controls make it complicated and hard, waahhh!" An IT manager is a facilitator and nothing else. I suppose the author of the article would have it that an IT manager is nothing more than a guy who installs OS's and such. There is a lot more to it. That's just the job.
This is a terrible story!! Period!
"There are some new instructions that could be more convenient to use in some special cases (like the new pmin/pmax instructions). But these will have no real performance benefit."
"So we do not plan on adding SSE4 optimizations. We may use SSE4 instructions in the future for convenience once SSE4 has become really widely supported. But I personally don't see that anytime soon..."
I think that puts the hype over penryn into perspective. There are some nice improvements energy leaks and such, but it's nothing revolutionary.
Seriously, it wasn't that long ago that this type of thing was a widespread geek pastime. I remember popping an antenna on the hood of the car and driving through town sniffing packets and laughing at those who were completely unencrypted.
Only recently has the company admitted what was clear from the outset: the first Zune was rushed to market (it was a "sprint cycle," in Microsoft terms), and "compromises" were made in order to make that happen.
Translation: Release it. Fix it in SP1
Wait a minute are you saying we shouldn't play around with measurements in order to produce cute sounding phrases like "bigger than the sun" or "a whole library of congress a minute?" What an elitist jerk you must be. The average man thinks of celestial bodies in terms of number of times the sun would envelop/fit inside it. The average man also thinks of amounts of data in terms of libraries of congress. Geez... you are so out of touch.