And you also know that you would need to monitor both incoming and outgoing network traffic (at the router, not the client) to make sure nothing is calling home to a command server? Because you know that there is yucky stuff out there that is NOT obvious in any way other than network traffic monitoring?
That may be your hardware replacement schedule, but I doubt that is true for the masses. With ATT, you are eligible for a phone upgrade after 2 years. I think many people keep them longer once they find one they like, if for no other reason than to avoid having to "learn" a new phone.
On the PC side, it has been my experience that most people have computers older than 3 years. The Slashdot demographic is probably not indicative of the general population in this case. I would put the average age of a home PC at closer to the 5-7 year range. Same with corporate. Where I work, the main DB servers are on a 3 year refresh, as are the customer facing computers. Everything else is 5-7 years.
So while I agree with you that people will probably buy more smartphones than computers in their lifetime, I would not put the ratio at 3:1 nor would I expect a 3 year refresh cycle. Although I am sure the manufacturers would love it if the consumers did follow your schedule.
Debunked may be a bit harsh, as they are mostly saying that the studies they reviewed lacked credible findings due to the methodology used. This leaves us with several possible explanations:
1) the idea of different types of learners is not valid
2) the idea is valid but we haven't figured out how to measure it scientifically
3) the idea is close to, but not the actual explanation
Being that our memories are combinations of our senses and that some people do seem to recall certain aspects easier than others I wouldn't say the idea is completely without merit. But as the article you referenced says, there isn't enough proof to justify using scant resources on something that may not help.
From TFA:
The biggest savings would come from ending funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and holding steady spending across the entire Department of Defense.
I wonder why people can't be bothered to even read the SUMMARY of his plan contained in the article. While not a Ron Paul supporter, even I know that he generally supports ending foreign involvement that requires defense expenditures
As a purchaser of the the PS3, and having the things I paid for stripped away and my info released due to poor security, I don't care what the performance is because I wouldn't own one if Sony GAVE it to me.
One was sanctioned by the Federal Reserve, the other was not.
And much like the mafia, the Federal Reserve does not take it lightly if you invade their territory.
The sad thing is that you were modded troll...apparently by someone that isn't interested in contemplating why a country that has a printing press and a sovereign right to print money ends up trillions in debt.
This new "identity ecosystem" protects your privacy...tee hee
Credentials share only the amount of personal information necessary for the transaction...hahaha
You control what personal information is released...lolololol
and can ensure that your data is not centralized among service providers...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The identity ecosystem is voluntary (FOR NOW)...lolhahalolhahalol!!1!
From the article:
People and institutions could have more trust online because all participating service providers will have agreed to consistent standards for identification, authentication, security, and privacy.
I think I just passed out. I mean seriously, when does this stuff ever stop where it is supposed to? How long will it be before there are websites (govt, banking) that will REQUIRE this for you to participate...all for your "protection" I'm sure. I guess I am just getting jaded in my old age.
Well both statements are somewhat true. Apparently SQL injection IS stupidly easy as it keeps happening and as others have said, preventing it is not exactly rocket science
You may not have to do anything if you are on Windows 7. I had to do this manually for firefox. But after getting an OS update yesterday now when I go into IE I don't see Comodo listed as trusted, and I do see several listings under "untrusted publishers" for login.yahoo.com, mail.google.com, and a couple that were issued to MS and another for www.google.com all listed as "untrusted".
and for the mortals out there I checked this by going to Tools-->Internet Options-->Content-->Certificates-->Untrusted Publishers
Which you will probably find easier than using the mmc to do the same thing.
Well this sounds good until you realize how many govt workers used to be in the private sector working for the companies they are supposed to "regulate."
Well, I don't know if you read the article or not, but I did. I assume you are basing your response partly on this:
The boy wonder, who taught himself calculus, algebra, geometry and trigonometry in a week, is now tutoring fellow college classmates after hours.
I would take that with a grain of salt. He obviously has something akin to a photographic memory. FTA:
By the age of three he was solving 5,000-piece puzzles and he even studied a state road map, reciting every highway and license plate prefix from memory.
So a more likely explanation is that he ran through the books very fast because he only needs to read it once to memorize it. I would agree with your point that memorizing facts does not automatically mean you know when to apply them.
But I think they are holding him accountable as evidenced by him attending lectures and providing tutoring services. If he is given the information about the mistakes and discoveries so far there is no reason to believe he can't assimilate it and push it further. He will need to learn scientific rigor, sure, but he is already on his way if the article is accurate when it reports that he seeks out the professors after class to ask questions...what else can he do at this point?
I guess what I am trying to say is your response reeks of "sour grapes":) I too wish I had a photographic memory. Although my hypnotherapist has helped me greatly in remembering names
Agreed. I have a Naga, and while I have no idea if it is faster/more accurate than other mice I can say having the extra buttons on the side makes a difference. I can hit them with my thumb and they correspond to the number keys. I play WOW and my dps went up about 10-12% by utilizing these buttons. I never have to look at my keyboard now and can dedicate my left hand for continuous movement and my right for aiming/attacking/special moves.
I haven't really found any other games that it is useful, but I would think it would be good in shooters as well.
While investment banks and the like do make important contributions, their industry just recently had a negative effect on the WORLD economy due to their shady practices. Then when it hit the fan, they used their influence to socialize the risk/losses while still keeping the profits. So the taxpayers lose, and they still win, even when it was their poor decisions that caused the mess.
Some would say that because of the above, any benefit they provide comes at too steep a cost. I certainly understand that not all participants in the finance industry should be painted with this same brush. But none of this has to do with "communistic ideals". And you don't have to find money distasteful to find it distasteful when taxpayers are footing the bill for the mistakes of others.
I'm not saying that I agree with the article (I haven't read it yet). But I would hope that it is not that hard to understand why the finance industry is not very popular...when you put everyone on the planet at risk, that is the kind of blowback you can expect.
So Apple is a monopoly based on the actions of another (the artist) party? That doesn't make sense to me. At that point your beef is with the artist, not Apple. It is not Apple's responsibility to make the music available.
Or it will be eventually filed under "unintended consequences" if it does pass and as a result ALL belief systems (even those the creationist/christians don't like) get to expound on their theories on how the universe came to be. I'm just noting that sometimes these things are not thought all the way through, if you can imagine such a thing. People that get all hot and bothered about this sort of thing don't always stop and ponder, how could this be used against me?
The erosion of rights rarely happens all at once, so it is difficult to pinpoint a "tipping point". The slow erosion allows it to happen virtually unnoticed. It's like when you get your brake pads replaced in your car and the next time you use the brakes you almost leave your seat because they work so much better...it is only at that moment that you realize just how bad the old ones were...but if you don't replace them you may not realize how bad it is until you wreck, and then you have much more immediate concerns.
Whether you view it as progress or not, our "rights" in the US bear little resemblance to what they once were.
People have already used codes to buy games, according to some of the posts on the forum the story links to.
I don't know the law, but I think there may be something in this that would put you afoul of the law. There is probably a limit to the number of codes you can redeem within the context of the giveaway or whatever. Some forum posts claim as high as several thousand points redeemed.
And MS is losing money if someone uses an improper means to get the codes and then spends the points on games. Those are sales lost as the person would normally use real money to buy the points to get the game. The codes were for only 160 points. But if you redeem a thousand of them...
I would agree that this is not relevant for the hard core gaming market. But most of the growth (percentage wise at least) is going to be in the casual gaming market, and there the browser can, and probably should rule.
As games like CoD move away from hard core at least towards casual, it will be interesting to see if it ever does make it to the browser. I suspect by the time it does the hard core crowd will have moved on to something else.
Well I don't know about that, but I wonder how many people will realize this is broadband only, and that doesn't include providers like Time Warner/Road Runner. It shows AT&T in my area (may God help you if you use them in this area) and Verizon (lower speeds that ATT according to the website) as the only choices. I switched to RR from ATT months back and hope to NEVER have to use ATT broadband ever again.
So you no longer wonder why it is that a country that has a sovereign right to print money and has a printing press is over 12 TRILLION dollars in debt? And why that same country just created TRILLIONS for the banks to cover their stupidity?
Maybe there was a better way to handle the crises you speak of.
Check this out: http://www.slate.com/id/2271828/
A quote:The Fed makes money ex nihilo, pulling it out of thin air rather than taking it from its coffers. Then, it pushes the money into the economy by buying up assets from banks.
If you want to know why there is such income disparity in this country look no further than the fed.
And check out: http://www.amazon.com/Web-Debt-Ellen-Hodgson-Brown/dp/0979560888/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298568279&sr=8-1
Conspiracy theory? Hardly.
No kidding...went 6 days with no power (from the city) in US-KY in the ice storm that hit a few years back.
At no point did it occur to me to dial 911...and we had from ages 2 to 70 in the house. I saw an article that said most people only have 3 days of food in their house...I have more than that in just soup.
By planning ahead, we had enough kerosene and food to get us through. I would add that if your plan doesn't include having some supplies on hand before the first flake falls, it really isn't a plan.
I always wondered of those homes that don't have over 3 day's food, how many have a big screen TV? Misallocation of resources is no accident
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And you also know that you would need to monitor both incoming and outgoing network traffic (at the router, not the client) to make sure nothing is calling home to a command server? Because you know that there is yucky stuff out there that is NOT obvious in any way other than network traffic monitoring?
That may be your hardware replacement schedule, but I doubt that is true for the masses. With ATT, you are eligible for a phone upgrade after 2 years. I think many people keep them longer once they find one they like, if for no other reason than to avoid having to "learn" a new phone.
On the PC side, it has been my experience that most people have computers older than 3 years. The Slashdot demographic is probably not indicative of the general population in this case. I would put the average age of a home PC at closer to the 5-7 year range. Same with corporate. Where I work, the main DB servers are on a 3 year refresh, as are the customer facing computers. Everything else is 5-7 years.
So while I agree with you that people will probably buy more smartphones than computers in their lifetime, I would not put the ratio at 3:1 nor would I expect a 3 year refresh cycle. Although I am sure the manufacturers would love it if the consumers did follow your schedule.
Debunked may be a bit harsh, as they are mostly saying that the studies they reviewed lacked credible findings due to the methodology used. This leaves us with several possible explanations:
1) the idea of different types of learners is not valid
2) the idea is valid but we haven't figured out how to measure it scientifically
3) the idea is close to, but not the actual explanation
Being that our memories are combinations of our senses and that some people do seem to recall certain aspects easier than others I wouldn't say the idea is completely without merit. But as the article you referenced says, there isn't enough proof to justify using scant resources on something that may not help.
From TFA: The biggest savings would come from ending funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and holding steady spending across the entire Department of Defense.
I wonder why people can't be bothered to even read the SUMMARY of his plan contained in the article. While not a Ron Paul supporter, even I know that he generally supports ending foreign involvement that requires defense expenditures
to me.
As a purchaser of the the PS3, and having the things I paid for stripped away and my info released due to poor security, I don't care what the performance is because I wouldn't own one if Sony GAVE it to me.
Well don't keep us in suspense, elaborate.
One was sanctioned by the Federal Reserve, the other was not.
And much like the mafia, the Federal Reserve does not take it lightly if you invade their territory.
The sad thing is that you were modded troll...apparently by someone that isn't interested in contemplating why a country that has a printing press and a sovereign right to print money ends up trillions in debt.
Credentials share only the amount of personal information necessary for the transaction...hahaha
You control what personal information is released...lolololol
and can ensure that your data is not centralized among service providers...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The identity ecosystem is voluntary (FOR NOW)...lolhahalolhahalol!!1!
From the article:
People and institutions could have more trust online because all participating service providers will have agreed to consistent standards for identification, authentication, security, and privacy.
I think I just passed out. I mean seriously, when does this stuff ever stop where it is supposed to? How long will it be before there are websites (govt, banking) that will REQUIRE this for you to participate...all for your "protection" I'm sure. I guess I am just getting jaded in my old age.
Well both statements are somewhat true. Apparently SQL injection IS stupidly easy as it keeps happening and as others have said, preventing it is not exactly rocket science
You may not have to do anything if you are on Windows 7. I had to do this manually for firefox. But after getting an OS update yesterday now when I go into IE I don't see Comodo listed as trusted, and I do see several listings under "untrusted publishers" for login.yahoo.com, mail.google.com, and a couple that were issued to MS and another for www.google.com all listed as "untrusted".
and for the mortals out there I checked this by going to Tools-->Internet Options-->Content-->Certificates-->Untrusted Publishers
Which you will probably find easier than using the mmc to do the same thing.
Can anyone else on W7 confirm/deny this?
Well this sounds good until you realize how many govt workers used to be in the private sector working for the companies they are supposed to "regulate."
Yes, you can change the settings:
Downloader settings:
Enable peer-to-peer Transfer
Don't throttle background download
If you enable p2p and don't throttle, I would say you are likely to encounter issues if your ISP is attempting to control P2P traffic.
The boy wonder, who taught himself calculus, algebra, geometry and trigonometry in a week, is now tutoring fellow college classmates after hours.
I would take that with a grain of salt. He obviously has something akin to a photographic memory. FTA:
By the age of three he was solving 5,000-piece puzzles and he even studied a state road map, reciting every highway and license plate prefix from memory.
So a more likely explanation is that he ran through the books very fast because he only needs to read it once to memorize it. I would agree with your point that memorizing facts does not automatically mean you know when to apply them.
:) I too wish I had a photographic memory. Although my hypnotherapist has helped me greatly in remembering names
But I think they are holding him accountable as evidenced by him attending lectures and providing tutoring services. If he is given the information about the mistakes and discoveries so far there is no reason to believe he can't assimilate it and push it further. He will need to learn scientific rigor, sure, but he is already on his way if the article is accurate when it reports that he seeks out the professors after class to ask questions...what else can he do at this point?
I guess what I am trying to say is your response reeks of "sour grapes"
Agreed. I have a Naga, and while I have no idea if it is faster/more accurate than other mice I can say having the extra buttons on the side makes a difference. I can hit them with my thumb and they correspond to the number keys. I play WOW and my dps went up about 10-12% by utilizing these buttons. I never have to look at my keyboard now and can dedicate my left hand for continuous movement and my right for aiming/attacking/special moves.
I haven't really found any other games that it is useful, but I would think it would be good in shooters as well.
It is not completely ridiculous.
While investment banks and the like do make important contributions, their industry just recently had a negative effect on the WORLD economy due to their shady practices. Then when it hit the fan, they used their influence to socialize the risk/losses while still keeping the profits. So the taxpayers lose, and they still win, even when it was their poor decisions that caused the mess.
Some would say that because of the above, any benefit they provide comes at too steep a cost. I certainly understand that not all participants in the finance industry should be painted with this same brush. But none of this has to do with "communistic ideals". And you don't have to find money distasteful to find it distasteful when taxpayers are footing the bill for the mistakes of others.
I'm not saying that I agree with the article (I haven't read it yet). But I would hope that it is not that hard to understand why the finance industry is not very popular...when you put everyone on the planet at risk, that is the kind of blowback you can expect.
So Apple is a monopoly based on the actions of another (the artist) party? That doesn't make sense to me. At that point your beef is with the artist, not Apple. It is not Apple's responsibility to make the music available.
I agree with the assumption part. It reminds me of a quote I read: I don't know who came up with the concept of water, but it wasn't the fish.
Or it will be eventually filed under "unintended consequences" if it does pass and as a result ALL belief systems (even those the creationist/christians don't like) get to expound on their theories on how the universe came to be. I'm just noting that sometimes these things are not thought all the way through, if you can imagine such a thing. People that get all hot and bothered about this sort of thing don't always stop and ponder, how could this be used against me?
The erosion of rights rarely happens all at once, so it is difficult to pinpoint a "tipping point". The slow erosion allows it to happen virtually unnoticed. It's like when you get your brake pads replaced in your car and the next time you use the brakes you almost leave your seat because they work so much better...it is only at that moment that you realize just how bad the old ones were...but if you don't replace them you may not realize how bad it is until you wreck, and then you have much more immediate concerns.
Whether you view it as progress or not, our "rights" in the US bear little resemblance to what they once were.
People have already used codes to buy games, according to some of the posts on the forum the story links to.
I don't know the law, but I think there may be something in this that would put you afoul of the law. There is probably a limit to the number of codes you can redeem within the context of the giveaway or whatever. Some forum posts claim as high as several thousand points redeemed.
And MS is losing money if someone uses an improper means to get the codes and then spends the points on games. Those are sales lost as the person would normally use real money to buy the points to get the game. The codes were for only 160 points. But if you redeem a thousand of them...
I would agree that this is not relevant for the hard core gaming market. But most of the growth (percentage wise at least) is going to be in the casual gaming market, and there the browser can, and probably should rule.
As games like CoD move away from hard core at least towards casual, it will be interesting to see if it ever does make it to the browser. I suspect by the time it does the hard core crowd will have moved on to something else.
I don't know that they are working for good as much as they are working for self preservation that in this instance gives them a common enemy.
Well I don't know about that, but I wonder how many people will realize this is broadband only, and that doesn't include providers like Time Warner/Road Runner. It shows AT&T in my area (may God help you if you use them in this area) and Verizon (lower speeds that ATT according to the website) as the only choices. I switched to RR from ATT months back and hope to NEVER have to use ATT broadband ever again.
So you no longer wonder why it is that a country that has a sovereign right to print money and has a printing press is over 12 TRILLION dollars in debt? And why that same country just created TRILLIONS for the banks to cover their stupidity? Maybe there was a better way to handle the crises you speak of. Check this out: http://www.slate.com/id/2271828/ A quote:The Fed makes money ex nihilo, pulling it out of thin air rather than taking it from its coffers. Then, it pushes the money into the economy by buying up assets from banks. If you want to know why there is such income disparity in this country look no further than the fed. And check out: http://www.amazon.com/Web-Debt-Ellen-Hodgson-Brown/dp/0979560888/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298568279&sr=8-1 Conspiracy theory? Hardly.
No kidding...went 6 days with no power (from the city) in US-KY in the ice storm that hit a few years back.
At no point did it occur to me to dial 911...and we had from ages 2 to 70 in the house. I saw an article that said most people only have 3 days of food in their house...I have more than that in just soup.
By planning ahead, we had enough kerosene and food to get us through. I would add that if your plan doesn't include having some supplies on hand before the first flake falls, it really isn't a plan.
I always wondered of those homes that don't have over 3 day's food, how many have a big screen TV? Misallocation of resources is no accident