Shove the average person into a world of "closedness" and they'll start caring about it quick smart.
MS Windows hasn't exactly been hurting, has it?
There are several aspects to the control that Apple extends over its platform. You get some benefits from it -
You (as a developer) only need to target one OS. If you stick to APIs, then you don't have to worry too much about what machine can run something and what can't.
You (as a developer) know the baseline performance for products you're targeting.
You can be fairly certain that your new Mac today will be able to run software written 8 years from now without too much of a problem. You might not have the optimization, but it's not a bad investment.
You know that your iPhone is going to work seamlessly with your Mac.
Closed vs Open is a philosophical argument, not a technical one. We really shouldn't confuse the two.
Currently, via electricity produced by hydroelectric dams. Yes, flooding large swatches of land is a bad thing, but it's cleaner energy than coal, shale gas or oil. My province (Quebec) is also currently working on adding cleaner sources such as wind and tides. Fracking was also proposed, but the outcry from the population put a break on that endeavor and the government decided to invest in cleaner forms of energy (energy companies here are owned by the government).
Hydroelectric power is the reason that the NWP region is losing salmon populations. There is no "clean" power. It either screws up the ecosystem by way of pollution, screws up the ecosystem by displacement, or screws up the ecosystem by removing energy from the atmosphere and messing up weather patterns.
I think it would also philosophically undermine the "40 percent of Americans pay no taxes" line which is used to refute increasing taxes on the wealthy who can frankly afford to pay them.
Until they move to a country that is more "rich people friendly," or move their money into places where they can say it doesn't exist. Money can get you lots of things, including flexibility with respect to what country you choose to dwell in, or what people are willing to do for you.
Liberal bastions, eh? And how is this any different from those 'conservative' bastions that try to - for example - outlaw abortion?
Idiot. Liberal or 'conservative' bastions are all pretty much the same thing. Don't get stuck on the descriptor. It's typical for both sides to toss the same shit back at the other, instead of addressing the valid point that was made.
Fortunately, for the rest of the world, this is untrue. IT does not have the business sense, nor intelligence, to handle such decisions. Their job is to be in the background, to ensure that everything runs smoothly, and to assist in implementing ways of achieving goals... goals which are created by the needs of business for other departments.
I think it's a real problem when IT people get a big head about what it is they are supposed to do. It's a pity that the powers that be don't clear house at the first "NO" they hear. Everyone is replaceable, and if IT can't do its job, then it really ought to be replaced.
In other words, the 10-15% ethanol mixes damage your car. They also really screw up older cars, which were not designed for ethanol. It also forces you to handle your yard / boating equipment differently.
So now they are following the latest trend and trying to go after domains and equipment. They're following in the footsteps of what the government is doing in the name of safety and anti-terrorism, methods they no doubt admire. That's the latest escalation, then? Copyright cases need a "loser pays" system, where the loser of a case has to pay all of the opposition's legal expenses (perhaps times 1.5). Remove the profit from being a copyright troll and embolden the recipients of these threats to insist that the cases go to court. That's the best long-term solution to this kind of company. It also addresses the apparent rarity of such reasonable judges as this one.
This is probably the best way to handle it. Dictate some sort of soft cap on lawsuits, by exponentially increasing the cost to file, and having that cost decay over time. This would handle the one time in the future that someone actually suffers injustice, but also eliminates the lawsuit-income business model.
I'd rather have the entire sector in control of an entity run by experts with the full resources of the nation at their disposal and no board of directors or shareholders to answer to but only the people, and the nation that they too are part of and wish to see prosper.
This is a nice sentiment, but highly idealistic and very improbable.
The driving force of capitalistic development is competition and future market ownership. This is present in the pharmaceutical industry - private companies pump loads of money into research so that they can dominate the extremely specific markets created by new drugs.
When government becomes involved, the inclination for investment dries up, because there is no sense in competing with a government-chosen company. It doesn't matter whether that company succeeds or not, they've essentially been hand-picked to dominate whatever market it is that the government is trying to push.
At the same time, there is next to no incentive right now for the market to develop new energy sources. Energy is still cheap, and as a result, the dollar points at fossil fuels. It is for this reason that it's necessary for government to step in and dictate a new direction. This is similar to NASA, and the incredible number of products created by our efforts to reach the moon. It also is evident in the old government-sanctioned monopoly named AT&T, and all that Bell Labs gave to us.
The market currently revolves around the biggest bang for the buck. It rarely follows the idealistic path of long-term growth, which is what would be necessary for market-driven research. The short list of examples are where a company sees the writing on the wall, and realizes that it must shift gears to stay afloat - a good example of which is Microsoft.
You mean Kelvin. The increments are the same, but Kelvin is the only one with a true starting point. The freezing point of water has many variables, whereas absolute zero has none.
I disagree with this, though this is the internet... and so therefore, all statements of opinion are meant to be 100% fact that apply to all.
The vast majority of my learning has been through participation in discussion. I found books too dry for learning, nor did I retain much from them. I also didn't handle lecture well, because things go in one ear and out the other. When allowed to interact, however, or witness interactions, there wasn't anyone who could score higher than me on anything. It didn't really matter what subject it was.
I won't make a blanket statement to say that this is the best way of learning. Over the years, I've found this to be a foolish ambition. Behavioral psychology also promotes the belief that there are many methods of learning, just as there are many methods of thinking. Some learn orally, some through reading, others through participation and activity. Also, some think kinetically, others object-oriented. Still others think in many other ways.
Then again, I wonder if this is just a well-played troll. Everyone knows that anecdotal evidence is laughable, and that is almost the sole contribution you're making to the discussion.
Whether the library gets it or not is irrelevant. The ethics purely apply to the individual who somehow permanently obtains something under the pretext of borrowing. It is dishonest behavior.
Having worked both sides of the fence, this is one of those issues where things need to be run up the ladder. In the end, IT wins, though, and if the tech-savvy user actually put a server on the network without permission... that user ends up losing their job.
IT might have seemingly draconian policies, but they are there for a reason. This is one of those places where you really do need to just go through proper channels to get what you want.
Discrete math and algorithms are subsets of Computer Science, but doesn't cover everything. Automata theory, for instance, makes use of some portions of discrete math, but is an entity all its own. The study of languages, how grammars defined them, and compiler design are very much a part of computer science.
CS is largely a math degree, but it's a whole lot more varied than what you've described. If you didn't even approach languages in your undergrad, then you weren't getting a full dose.
One of the required classes for me was "Consumer Economics," which dealt with all of those things. I also was one of those who did all the various AP calc classes and stuff.
I also had baking and sewing, but I took those in junior high.
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MS Windows hasn't exactly been hurting, has it?
There are several aspects to the control that Apple extends over its platform. You get some benefits from it -
Closed vs Open is a philosophical argument, not a technical one. We really shouldn't confuse the two.
Currently, via electricity produced by hydroelectric dams. Yes, flooding large swatches of land is a bad thing, but it's cleaner energy than coal, shale gas or oil. My province (Quebec) is also currently working on adding cleaner sources such as wind and tides. Fracking was also proposed, but the outcry from the population put a break on that endeavor and the government decided to invest in cleaner forms of energy (energy companies here are owned by the government).
Hydroelectric power is the reason that the NWP region is losing salmon populations. There is no "clean" power. It either screws up the ecosystem by way of pollution, screws up the ecosystem by displacement, or screws up the ecosystem by removing energy from the atmosphere and messing up weather patterns.
Stop lying to make yourself feel special. Thanks.
I think it would also philosophically undermine the "40 percent of Americans pay no taxes" line which is used to refute increasing taxes on the wealthy who can frankly afford to pay them.
Until they move to a country that is more "rich people friendly," or move their money into places where they can say it doesn't exist. Money can get you lots of things, including flexibility with respect to what country you choose to dwell in, or what people are willing to do for you.
Actually, it's John Draper.
Liberal bastions, eh? And how is this any different from those 'conservative' bastions that try to - for example - outlaw abortion?
Idiot. Liberal or 'conservative' bastions are all pretty much the same thing. Don't get stuck on the descriptor. It's typical for both sides to toss the same shit back at the other, instead of addressing the valid point that was made.
Just as often, though, it goes:
Manager: I need a basic CRM setup so our regional sales people can get up-to-the-minute information on orders, as well as basic customer info.
IT: We're pricing this at $500,000 and a year to implement.
Manager: Nevermind, calling the cloud.
The good IT employee would say: We're calling the cloud to explore our options.
Fortunately, for the rest of the world, this is untrue. IT does not have the business sense, nor intelligence, to handle such decisions. Their job is to be in the background, to ensure that everything runs smoothly, and to assist in implementing ways of achieving goals... goals which are created by the needs of business for other departments.
I think it's a real problem when IT people get a big head about what it is they are supposed to do. It's a pity that the powers that be don't clear house at the first "NO" they hear. Everyone is replaceable, and if IT can't do its job, then it really ought to be replaced.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/alternative-fuel/biofuels/e15-gasoline-damage-engine
In other words, the 10-15% ethanol mixes damage your car. They also really screw up older cars, which were not designed for ethanol. It also forces you to handle your yard / boating equipment differently.
It's about right, yes.
So now they are following the latest trend and trying to go after domains and equipment. They're following in the footsteps of what the government is doing in the name of safety and anti-terrorism, methods they no doubt admire. That's the latest escalation, then? Copyright cases need a "loser pays" system, where the loser of a case has to pay all of the opposition's legal expenses (perhaps times 1.5). Remove the profit from being a copyright troll and embolden the recipients of these threats to insist that the cases go to court. That's the best long-term solution to this kind of company. It also addresses the apparent rarity of such reasonable judges as this one.
This is probably the best way to handle it. Dictate some sort of soft cap on lawsuits, by exponentially increasing the cost to file, and having that cost decay over time. This would handle the one time in the future that someone actually suffers injustice, but also eliminates the lawsuit-income business model.
I'd rather have the entire sector in control of an entity run by experts with the full resources of the nation at their disposal and no board of directors or shareholders to answer to but only the people, and the nation that they too are part of and wish to see prosper.
This is a nice sentiment, but highly idealistic and very improbable.
The driving force of capitalistic development is competition and future market ownership. This is present in the pharmaceutical industry - private companies pump loads of money into research so that they can dominate the extremely specific markets created by new drugs.
When government becomes involved, the inclination for investment dries up, because there is no sense in competing with a government-chosen company. It doesn't matter whether that company succeeds or not, they've essentially been hand-picked to dominate whatever market it is that the government is trying to push.
At the same time, there is next to no incentive right now for the market to develop new energy sources. Energy is still cheap, and as a result, the dollar points at fossil fuels. It is for this reason that it's necessary for government to step in and dictate a new direction. This is similar to NASA, and the incredible number of products created by our efforts to reach the moon. It also is evident in the old government-sanctioned monopoly named AT&T, and all that Bell Labs gave to us.
The market currently revolves around the biggest bang for the buck. It rarely follows the idealistic path of long-term growth, which is what would be necessary for market-driven research. The short list of examples are where a company sees the writing on the wall, and realizes that it must shift gears to stay afloat - a good example of which is Microsoft.
Celsius comes to mind.
You mean Kelvin. The increments are the same, but Kelvin is the only one with a true starting point. The freezing point of water has many variables, whereas absolute zero has none.
I disagree with this, though this is the internet... and so therefore, all statements of opinion are meant to be 100% fact that apply to all.
The vast majority of my learning has been through participation in discussion. I found books too dry for learning, nor did I retain much from them. I also didn't handle lecture well, because things go in one ear and out the other. When allowed to interact, however, or witness interactions, there wasn't anyone who could score higher than me on anything. It didn't really matter what subject it was.
I won't make a blanket statement to say that this is the best way of learning. Over the years, I've found this to be a foolish ambition. Behavioral psychology also promotes the belief that there are many methods of learning, just as there are many methods of thinking. Some learn orally, some through reading, others through participation and activity. Also, some think kinetically, others object-oriented. Still others think in many other ways.
Then again, I wonder if this is just a well-played troll. Everyone knows that anecdotal evidence is laughable, and that is almost the sole contribution you're making to the discussion.
Whether the library gets it or not is irrelevant. The ethics purely apply to the individual who somehow permanently obtains something under the pretext of borrowing. It is dishonest behavior.
Heh.
Having worked both sides of the fence, this is one of those issues where things need to be run up the ladder. In the end, IT wins, though, and if the tech-savvy user actually put a server on the network without permission... that user ends up losing their job.
IT might have seemingly draconian policies, but they are there for a reason. This is one of those places where you really do need to just go through proper channels to get what you want.
WOOOOOOOSH
Discrete math and algorithms are subsets of Computer Science, but doesn't cover everything. Automata theory, for instance, makes use of some portions of discrete math, but is an entity all its own. The study of languages, how grammars defined them, and compiler design are very much a part of computer science.
CS is largely a math degree, but it's a whole lot more varied than what you've described. If you didn't even approach languages in your undergrad, then you weren't getting a full dose.
One of the required classes for me was "Consumer Economics," which dealt with all of those things. I also was one of those who did all the various AP calc classes and stuff.
I also had baking and sewing, but I took those in junior high.
I would recommend going with a third party ORM as well. NetTiers entity providers, for instance, support custom stored procedure calls.
I wonder about those people who willingly marry others that are taking Lithium as a treatment. Yes, you are marrying someone who is certifiably crazy.
If your marriage lasts longer than your courtship you're doing it wrong.
There is something deeply flawed about this statement.
I think the only ones complaining are the book retailers.
Verizon isn't strictly an ISP, and is a common carrier.
The odd thing is that iOS is based off of MacOS X, which is based off an open source implementation of UNIX.