Wow. I would comment on the fact that a community college dropout seems to be better qualified than this guy, but I've got to forge a diploma and call up his editor real quick.
Then don't buy those products. It's unreasonable to expect 90% of us to avoid using a technology because the remaining 10% can't. (Or, put another way, if I make something for myself, don't get worked up if you're different enough from me that it doesn't work for you as well.)
Non trivial math: how many people can integrate sec^3? How many B&E type criminals can? I can't, but my crowbar got me through math class before and can do it again.
So you're saying I shouldn't build model rockets because I can't carry a payload into orbit with one?
If I use the instructions on a hobby site to add a cool-looking LED board to my bedroom door, I'm not going to be fretting over whether a color-blind man can use it, nor over the security flaws. (Unless the color blind man is myself or my roommate works for the CIA.) Also, if the LED fails, you can unlock the door the old-fashioned way. That's sort of why those electronic strikeplates exist.
...having played less than 12 hours of DnD (or any tabletop game) in my life, this is the first time I've ever seen or heard something that made me want to sit down and play DnD.
When I was a kid we drew out screens from Super Mario Land onto little hand-drawn cardboard Gameboys. Oh, did we ever envy those with the IMB PCs, complete with the gramophone drive attachment. But alas, our meager salaries from working in the Atari pixel mines just wasn't enough back then. (To say nothing of that unlucky soul who was accidentally buried with the unsold copies of ET. Alas, poor Honorable Timothy.)
Fly heavy, delicate mirrors up in space shuttles, try to assemble on-site, make one extra round trip when it becomes apparent that someone forgot to pack instructions, finish assembly, discover several extra pieces, spend the next decade trying to figure out where they were supposed to go.
...cannot wait to see some mad scientist use this technology to turn the moon into one giant magnifying mirror and having a nice game of "ants on the sidewalk." (And of course, the obligatory welcome to our new super-reflective overlords. Sigh.)
You're not considering the possibility that they might not want the same thing from their computer as you do. Just because I don't need anything bigger or better than a used Pontiac doesn't mean other people might not want a brand new Hummer.
Second. I for one would like to know whether the dog died because of the treatment, in spite of it, or because they had to do an autopsy. Probably the latter, but the fact that they didn't specify it is a little worrying.
Actually, I think that the lesson learned here was "when dicking around with the boss's computer, make sure it's not plugged into anything important first."
The two aren't mutually exclusive. Just because YouTube doesn't provide a download link doesn't mean that streaming video can't also be offered for a download. (Hence the popularity of YouTube download sites and Greasemonkey scripts.) And be honest with yourself, you'll probably never watch 80~90% of those videos ever again, regardless of how you saw them.
You don't start a business to benefit the consumer, that's what a charity is for. You start a business to benefit you. And maybe kittens. But mostly you.
The rational part of me wants to know how webapps are inferior to desktop apps, as I see no functional difference between Google Docs and any of the client-side word processors I've used, except that I don't have to go out of my way to keep my documents synced between my desktop and laptop.
But mostly, I'd just like to point out that nobody will ever need more than 640 kilobytes of RAM. Ever.
What we need is a nice young physicist to find some backwards way to use particle physics to "prove" intelligent design. The Republicans wouldn't be able to throw money at that place fast enough.
You make a valid point, but how hard is it to encrypt sensitive data? If Company X can't be bothered to take steps to ensure privacy, regardless of how the information is delivered, then they're below the mom-and-pop level of professionalism anyhow.
Not to mention those of us who would prefer a nice mom and pop company to some corporate monstrosity. (Because clearly a business must be one or the other.)
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Wow. I would comment on the fact that a community college dropout seems to be better qualified than this guy, but I've got to forge a diploma and call up his editor real quick.
Then don't buy those products. It's unreasonable to expect 90% of us to avoid using a technology because the remaining 10% can't. (Or, put another way, if I make something for myself, don't get worked up if you're different enough from me that it doesn't work for you as well.)
So you're saying I shouldn't build model rockets because I can't carry a payload into orbit with one?
If I use the instructions on a hobby site to add a cool-looking LED board to my bedroom door, I'm not going to be fretting over whether a color-blind man can use it, nor over the security flaws. (Unless the color blind man is myself or my roommate works for the CIA.) Also, if the LED fails, you can unlock the door the old-fashioned way. That's sort of why those electronic strikeplates exist.
...having played less than 12 hours of DnD (or any tabletop game) in my life, this is the first time I've ever seen or heard something that made me want to sit down and play DnD.
When I was a kid we drew out screens from Super Mario Land onto little hand-drawn cardboard Gameboys. Oh, did we ever envy those with the IMB PCs, complete with the gramophone drive attachment. But alas, our meager salaries from working in the Atari pixel mines just wasn't enough back then. (To say nothing of that unlucky soul who was accidentally buried with the unsold copies of ET. Alas, poor Honorable Timothy.)
Wait, we were talking about HyperCard?
At least it'll be easier than trying to use a 5.25" floppy. (Or god forbid, one of those old 8" floppies...)
Perhaps two cups of tea would suspend the nanotubes between them...
"Puff Doggy Bling, your latest album, Yet Another CD, has just gone platinum. What are you going to do now?"
"I'ma chrome the mo'fuggin moon."
Fly heavy, delicate mirrors up in space shuttles, try to assemble on-site, make one extra round trip when it becomes apparent that someone forgot to pack instructions, finish assembly, discover several extra pieces, spend the next decade trying to figure out where they were supposed to go.
It takes forever to count out 6857 grains of salt as well. I suspect they'll just write down "one cup of nanotubes" and be done with it.
If Americans were willing to grind mirrors for fifty cents an hour in hard vacuum, we wouldn't need to use lunar immigrants for the jobs.
...cannot wait to see some mad scientist use this technology to turn the moon into one giant magnifying mirror and having a nice game of "ants on the sidewalk." (And of course, the obligatory welcome to our new super-reflective overlords. Sigh.)
You're not considering the possibility that they might not want the same thing from their computer as you do. Just because I don't need anything bigger or better than a used Pontiac doesn't mean other people might not want a brand new Hummer.
Second. I for one would like to know whether the dog died because of the treatment, in spite of it, or because they had to do an autopsy. Probably the latter, but the fact that they didn't specify it is a little worrying.
"Vent radioactive gas? Venting gas prevents explosion. [Yes / No]"
Actually, I think that the lesson learned here was "when dicking around with the boss's computer, make sure it's not plugged into anything important first."
The two aren't mutually exclusive. Just because YouTube doesn't provide a download link doesn't mean that streaming video can't also be offered for a download. (Hence the popularity of YouTube download sites and Greasemonkey scripts.) And be honest with yourself, you'll probably never watch 80~90% of those videos ever again, regardless of how you saw them.
You don't start a business to benefit the consumer, that's what a charity is for. You start a business to benefit you. And maybe kittens. But mostly you.
The rational part of me wants to know how webapps are inferior to desktop apps, as I see no functional difference between Google Docs and any of the client-side word processors I've used, except that I don't have to go out of my way to keep my documents synced between my desktop and laptop.
But mostly, I'd just like to point out that nobody will ever need more than 640 kilobytes of RAM. Ever.
What we need is a nice young physicist to find some backwards way to use particle physics to "prove" intelligent design. The Republicans wouldn't be able to throw money at that place fast enough.
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You make a valid point, but how hard is it to encrypt sensitive data? If Company X can't be bothered to take steps to ensure privacy, regardless of how the information is delivered, then they're below the mom-and-pop level of professionalism anyhow.
Not to mention those of us who would prefer a nice mom and pop company to some corporate monstrosity. (Because clearly a business must be one or the other.)