Apple and Microsoft will tell you taking their ideas is illegal. And I'm not just talking about their code. They have patents on everything from the dock to voicemail.
I have to wonder if there isn't something curious afoot. I for one haven't had mod points in a week, and now I see blatant lies being modded insightful, and a reasonable response to the kind of idiocy exhibited by the mods modded funny. It's like Slashdot has inverted the mod system or something.
- I would never compute the position of every particle in the universe at every quantized point of time. Instead, I'd use an event-driven simulation, and only compute interactions between particles. Kind of like we see in quantum mechanics.
Now that's just silly. The difference between a hypothetical computer capable of simulating the entire universe and the computers you and I program on is so vast that second-guessing design decisions is just absurd. How do you know that an event-driven simulation would be more efficient? Because your paltry little Von Neumann machine can't handle large numbers of particles? You're an insect trying to understand the workings of human global politics.
Computers are designed to do this sort of thing on their own, and it's trivial. You could trivially write a Greasemonkey script to browse Facebook for a half-an-hour, including several wall posts.
But, it appears there were also witnesses that he was at his apartment, which is much more reasonable.
He's clearly acting in good faith, since the company should not be using the software in the first place. As an employee in charge of software he also has implicit permission to log in and make changes.
Put yourself in the IT admin's shoes. The city asks you to provide free, unencumbered wireless to everyone downtown.
If you're smart, you implement a registration system, etc. but of course nobody wants to deal with registration, so you just leave it open. Then you get slapped by the MPAA. You can magically secure funding / time to deal with this and make sure that you have a means to identify and disconnect infringers (which is what you need to get the MPAA off your back.)
Or you can turn the thing off. Odds are, the admin doesn't have resources for option A. And it makes sense: no one wants to be operating a network when they don't know who is using it.
The last time I tried to introduce a 9 year old to computer games, he got bored and went back to playing Flash games on cartoonnetwork.com.
I know when you and I were 9 we were playing computer games, but I don't think it's too much of an exaggeration to say that kids that age today don't know that there are games on the computer outside of the browser, especially those whose main access to a computer is at school.
Ubuntu still has a little ways to go, but it's good enough that if you're having regular problems, it will solve them. Just do it. You won't regret it.
try asking for something useful like the population density of an arbitrary city. And by arbitrary I mean New York City
How can they claim to have a significant store of data if it can't even answer basic statistical questions like that? Using Eiffel Towers as a unit of measurement is a parlor trick, not a useful tool.
See my reply to flymysticaldj above yours. There are other storytellers involved, notably the exploit writer. Why not call him out? The OP was making the tacit assertion that exploit writers aren't responsible for anything that happens when they publish their findings. I don't necessarily disagree, but his emphasis on Slashdot and Microsoft was not neutral.
No, but let's take a car analogy, as this is Slashdot:
Say you leave your keys in your car, in plain view, and someone notices this, and goes into the conference center that you're at and informs several people that someone has left their keys in plain view out in the parking lot, and should deal with the situation. Soon everyone knows, and the conference management (Slashdot, we'll say) makes an official announcement.
Now, to make it a little more interesting, it isn't your car, but you were driving, and you tell the owner of the car (also at the conference) not to worry about it, it will be fine. The owner does not agree, but cannot leave, and you refuse to remedy the situation.
Now, there are three responsible parties here, should the car get stolen. 1) The moron who left the keys in the car (Microsoft) 2) The guy who went around describing the make, model, and location of the car (exploit publisher) 3) Everyone at the conference. (The Internet)
Now, Slashdot falls under #3, but why call out Slashdot to the exclusion of #2, or the internet at large? Slashdot is likely the first place many will hear of it, but if they hadn't published it that wouldn't have stopped anyone from reading and talking about the exploit writer's publicly available explanation.
In short, citing two causes of something as primary causes when there are clearly other actors with notable roles is the very definition of placing blame.
No, you get more neutral in tone by not blaming/. as you did in the title. If you had simply said "And now it will be all over the net." That would be neutral. However, you specifically chose to call out Slashdot and Microsoft as responsible for the Streisand Effect.
In the diagram, the lead driver is a truck, so it seems natural that the cost of the driver would be partially subsidized by shipping. 1:8 isn't that bad a figure for trucks to cars already on the road. So there's already a ready supply of professional drivers, who probably could handle a few cars in tow without too much effort.
Naturally, for this to work, the cost would have to work out to be about half the fuel savings, so you would still profit. You also don't have to do as much driving.
Slashdot Mirror
Apple and Microsoft will tell you taking their ideas is illegal. And I'm not just talking about their code. They have patents on everything from the dock to voicemail.
I have to wonder if there isn't something curious afoot. I for one haven't had mod points in a week, and now I see blatant lies being modded insightful, and a reasonable response to the kind of idiocy exhibited by the mods modded funny. It's like Slashdot has inverted the mod system or something.
Blizzard is the exception rather than the rule.
Now that's just silly. The difference between a hypothetical computer capable of simulating the entire universe and the computers you and I program on is so vast that second-guessing design decisions is just absurd. How do you know that an event-driven simulation would be more efficient? Because your paltry little Von Neumann machine can't handle large numbers of particles? You're an insect trying to understand the workings of human global politics.
It's mildly disturbing because it's a step away from being a non-sentient, but still genetically human creature.
Couldn't you just write a script to login to your facebook profile and post a update while you're out committing crimes?
Computers are designed to do this sort of thing on their own, and it's trivial. You could trivially write a Greasemonkey script to browse Facebook for a half-an-hour, including several wall posts.
But, it appears there were also witnesses that he was at his apartment, which is much more reasonable.
Courtesy is a cultural construction.
He's clearly acting in good faith, since the company should not be using the software in the first place. As an employee in charge of software he also has implicit permission to log in and make changes.
Please, this is just standard deficit spending. During a recession the government pays people to dig holes and fill them back in again.
You misunderstand, that's not a player, it just writes the media.
Slashdot really needs an appallingly ignorant mod. Or maybe just an RTFA.
Put yourself in the IT admin's shoes. The city asks you to provide free, unencumbered wireless to everyone downtown.
If you're smart, you implement a registration system, etc. but of course nobody wants to deal with registration, so you just leave it open. Then you get slapped by the MPAA. You can magically secure funding / time to deal with this and make sure that you have a means to identify and disconnect infringers (which is what you need to get the MPAA off your back.)
Or you can turn the thing off. Odds are, the admin doesn't have resources for option A. And it makes sense: no one wants to be operating a network when they don't know who is using it.
The last time I tried to introduce a 9 year old to computer games, he got bored and went back to playing Flash games on cartoonnetwork.com.
I know when you and I were 9 we were playing computer games, but I don't think it's too much of an exaggeration to say that kids that age today don't know that there are games on the computer outside of the browser, especially those whose main access to a computer is at school.
Taking that statement at face value, the people in question literally only want to send email and surf the Internet.
But of course, no one can be bothered to read the summary anymore.
Ubuntu still has a little ways to go, but it's good enough that if you're having regular problems, it will solve them. Just do it. You won't regret it.
try asking for something useful like the population density of an arbitrary city. And by arbitrary I mean New York City
How can they claim to have a significant store of data if it can't even answer basic statistical questions like that? Using Eiffel Towers as a unit of measurement is a parlor trick, not a useful tool.
Proprietary != Closed source
See my reply to flymysticaldj above yours. There are other storytellers involved, notably the exploit writer. Why not call him out? The OP was making the tacit assertion that exploit writers aren't responsible for anything that happens when they publish their findings. I don't necessarily disagree, but his emphasis on Slashdot and Microsoft was not neutral.
No, but let's take a car analogy, as this is Slashdot:
Say you leave your keys in your car, in plain view, and someone notices this, and goes into the conference center that you're at and informs several people that someone has left their keys in plain view out in the parking lot, and should deal with the situation. Soon everyone knows, and the conference management (Slashdot, we'll say) makes an official announcement.
Now, to make it a little more interesting, it isn't your car, but you were driving, and you tell the owner of the car (also at the conference) not to worry about it, it will be fine. The owner does not agree, but cannot leave, and you refuse to remedy the situation.
Now, there are three responsible parties here, should the car get stolen.
1) The moron who left the keys in the car (Microsoft)
2) The guy who went around describing the make, model, and location of the car (exploit publisher)
3) Everyone at the conference. (The Internet)
Now, Slashdot falls under #3, but why call out Slashdot to the exclusion of #2, or the internet at large? Slashdot is likely the first place many will hear of it, but if they hadn't published it that wouldn't have stopped anyone from reading and talking about the exploit writer's publicly available explanation.
In short, citing two causes of something as primary causes when there are clearly other actors with notable roles is the very definition of placing blame.
No, you get more neutral in tone by not blaming /. as you did in the title. If you had simply said "And now it will be all over the net." That would be neutral. However, you specifically chose to call out Slashdot and Microsoft as responsible for the Streisand Effect.
I'm not sure how useful an Earth test would be. Mars STP ain't Earth STP, so the materials required would likely be different.
That's under current usage. AT&T already shows quite clearly that you can't maintain those speeds with a large smartphone user base.
Yes, well, we're in hostile territory. Most days if my comments stay visible I'm satisfied.