If it wasn't for software types your hardware would sit there like a lump of metal and do nothing. We're all in the same boat here.
And, my statement stands. Dragging and dropping components together is no where near as complex as learning programming concepts (logic, algorithms, OO, etc.) as well as language syntax in order to get the hardware to spit out the correct answer.
Came to say basically the same thing. If the student's think 'drag and drop' programming is what they will be doing they are going to piss their pants when they have to program in a real language with real code.
I don't live in Austin, or Texas, or even the US for that matter. But this story alone has made me want to visit Austin specifically to take in a movie at the Alamo Drafthouse and by damn I'm going to do it within the next year.
I absolutely HATE going to movie theaters these days because of the ignorant, stupid, unwashed masses of people that can't stop playing with their farking phones or stop talking during the movie.
Imagine if the roles were reversed. If this student had made an app with the same name, very similar logo, and same functionality as one produced by a company after having seen the company's app and its code. Do you honestly believe that the company would not sue this kid into oblivion for doing such a thing?
Simply delete it. Or if there is enough of it set up Gmail to mark it as spam and trash it that way.
I was dealing with the same issue. I've had my Gmail account since Gmail first started handing out accounts. Then a couple of years ago someone over in England registered their own Gmail account and I'm guessing it is different from mine by one or two characters at the most. I wound up getting emails from this person's family, friends, etc. as well as e-mail confirmations for online purchases. I have responded to the friend's and family (including this person's own daughter) telling them they have the wrong person and would they please let that other person know that they are giving out the wrong e-mail address. It never stopped. So now, I don't give a FARK. I delete it. If they can't be bothered to get something as simple as an e-mail address correct, I can't be bothered to care enough to do something other than delete their mail.
Companies are in the business of making money. If they can't make money from it, no one else can have it.
Case in point MAME. MAME lets you play old arcade games (along with old console games). Some of the games haven't been available for decades and still companies like ATARI go after websites providing MAME downloads. Why? Because they have a HUGE stick up their @ss about someone else using their property.
The entire article is kind of funny when you take into account that the author, Mark Taylor, has a PhD in Religion.
I'm sure in the Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics that there are plenty of viable areas of study for PhD candidates. Exactly how many areas of PhD study are there in Religion? Probably few.
In that case I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark here and figure if they have access to my computer or iPhone they already know where I am.
And before anyone gets their panties in a twist that was slightly tongue-in-cheek. I don't like the idea of my phone recording my GPS coordinates at all.
He's as out of touch and greedy as he ever was only this time instead of storming out in a blaze of publicity he's signed up to getting an authorised biography done.
Lol, wut? Out of touch? Really? Did you happen to notice the iPod? Apple cornered the marked on portable, digital music players and everyone else had to play catch up. Which none of them ever managed to do.
Have you seen the iPad? Again, Apple has cornered the market and yet again the competitors are racing to catch up with Apple having already launched its 2nd gen iPad.
From the other side he'll be madly laughing to himself as the seeds of his own arrogance caused Apple to miss the boat on getting an affordable OS X out to the masses and someone carries the blame again.
Affordable OS X? Go to any computer store that sells Apple products. The disk for OS X costs about $30. 30 DOLLARS. How farking much does cheapest hobbled version of Windows 7 cost?
I'm assuming here that for this to be effective you'd have to hit the other person in the eyes with the beam of light. So you have to at least get it pointed at their face. That's a much smaller target than what a taser has to hit. I can't see police forces finding this new device practical.
Given the way a lot of Facebook users post anything and everything about themselves, it is not necessary to install this software to digitally stalk someone.
She's the one that is going to be using it. She should decide on what model she wants. Is it light enough for her to carry around? Does the battery last long enough? Does she want a 13", 15", or 17" screen? Things only she can really answer.
All I could gather from the article is they are more "secure" in that if there is a power outage they basically have a home grown UPS to keep the systems up and running. So it is "secure" as in students won't lose their work if there is a power outage. Of course as others have pointed out you don't need to convert to DC like they did to have a UPS in place.
To me it is a stretch of the idea of security (especially when you think computer security) but that was all that I could gather from the article.
I've been paying a levy on blank media for years whether I used the media for holding music or for other reasons. Now they are proposing that I should pay more money for my internet access because I *might* download some crappy song? They can blow it out of their @sses.
I don't understand why they wouldn't get rid of the X (close) button as well. Every windowed application I have ever come across in Linux, Mac, Windows, and Solaris has always had a way to close the application (usually through File-->Close or File-->Exit). So why put thought into getting rid of minimize and maximize (and changing the way people deal with windows) but keep the entirely redundant button?
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Oh noes! A typo. The farking world is going to end!!!!
If it wasn't for software types your hardware would sit there like a lump of metal and do nothing. We're all in the same boat here.
And, my statement stands. Dragging and dropping components together is no where near as complex as learning programming concepts (logic, algorithms, OO, etc.) as well as language syntax in order to get the hardware to spit out the correct answer.
Came to say basically the same thing. If the student's think 'drag and drop' programming is what they will be doing they are going to piss their pants when they have to program in a real language with real code.
I don't live in Austin, or Texas, or even the US for that matter. But this story alone has made me want to visit Austin specifically to take in a movie at the Alamo Drafthouse and by damn I'm going to do it within the next year.
I absolutely HATE going to movie theaters these days because of the ignorant, stupid, unwashed masses of people that can't stop playing with their farking phones or stop talking during the movie.
Imagine if the roles were reversed. If this student had made an app with the same name, very similar logo, and same functionality as one produced by a company after having seen the company's app and its code. Do you honestly believe that the company would not sue this kid into oblivion for doing such a thing?
Simply delete it. Or if there is enough of it set up Gmail to mark it as spam and trash it that way.
I was dealing with the same issue. I've had my Gmail account since Gmail first started handing out accounts. Then a couple of years ago someone over in England registered their own Gmail account and I'm guessing it is different from mine by one or two characters at the most. I wound up getting emails from this person's family, friends, etc. as well as e-mail confirmations for online purchases. I have responded to the friend's and family (including this person's own daughter) telling them they have the wrong person and would they please let that other person know that they are giving out the wrong e-mail address. It never stopped. So now, I don't give a FARK. I delete it. If they can't be bothered to get something as simple as an e-mail address correct, I can't be bothered to care enough to do something other than delete their mail.
Companies are in the business of making money. If they can't make money from it, no one else can have it.
Case in point MAME. MAME lets you play old arcade games (along with old console games). Some of the games haven't been available for decades and still companies like ATARI go after websites providing MAME downloads. Why? Because they have a HUGE stick up their @ss about someone else using their property.
The entire article is kind of funny when you take into account that the author, Mark Taylor, has a PhD in Religion.
I'm sure in the Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics that there are plenty of viable areas of study for PhD candidates. Exactly how many areas of PhD study are there in Religion? Probably few.
I'm not interested. 3D films are as crappy looking today as they were in the 50s.
In that case I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark here and figure if they have access to my computer or iPhone they already know where I am.
And before anyone gets their panties in a twist that was slightly tongue-in-cheek. I don't like the idea of my phone recording my GPS coordinates at all.
Ok, so you don't have to buy a PC to run Windows 7 on?
Also, are you claiming that the Windows experience is smooth across the board? Seriously?
He's as out of touch and greedy as he ever was only this time instead of storming out in a blaze of publicity he's signed up to getting an authorised biography done.
Lol, wut? Out of touch? Really? Did you happen to notice the iPod? Apple cornered the marked on portable, digital music players and everyone else had to play catch up. Which none of them ever managed to do.
Have you seen the iPad? Again, Apple has cornered the market and yet again the competitors are racing to catch up with Apple having already launched its 2nd gen iPad.
From the other side he'll be madly laughing to himself as the seeds of his own arrogance caused Apple to miss the boat on getting an affordable OS X out to the masses and someone carries the blame again.
Affordable OS X? Go to any computer store that sells Apple products. The disk for OS X costs about $30. 30 DOLLARS. How farking much does cheapest hobbled version of Windows 7 cost?
Ok, so he is using ping. Who in their right mind still allows their computer to respond to ICMP requests?
And that's why I will always buy new from an actual store rather than buy someone's used crap off of ebay.
One out of every 13 Earthlings is on Facebook
Woot!!
1 of 12!!! 1 of 12!!! 1 of 12!!!!
I'm assuming here that for this to be effective you'd have to hit the other person in the eyes with the beam of light. So you have to at least get it pointed at their face. That's a much smaller target than what a taser has to hit. I can't see police forces finding this new device practical.
Given the way a lot of Facebook users post anything and everything about themselves, it is not necessary to install this software to digitally stalk someone.
She's the one that is going to be using it. She should decide on what model she wants. Is it light enough for her to carry around? Does the battery last long enough? Does she want a 13", 15", or 17" screen? Things only she can really answer.
It never goes to the intended need anyways. If it is not lining someone's pocket it gets slapped with administrative costs, etc.
Charity has to be the next biggest scam to organized religion.
All I could gather from the article is they are more "secure" in that if there is a power outage they basically have a home grown UPS to keep the systems up and running. So it is "secure" as in students won't lose their work if there is a power outage. Of course as others have pointed out you don't need to convert to DC like they did to have a UPS in place.
To me it is a stretch of the idea of security (especially when you think computer security) but that was all that I could gather from the article.
Since I don't have an iPhone, I doubt they are laughing at me.
And they are not the first to this feature, hence my post.
The contactless payment system was introduced in Japan in 2004 by DoCoMo and Sony.
I've been paying a levy on blank media for years whether I used the media for holding music or for other reasons. Now they are proposing that I should pay more money for my internet access because I *might* download some crappy song? They can blow it out of their @sses.
I don't understand why they wouldn't get rid of the X (close) button as well. Every windowed application I have ever come across in Linux, Mac, Windows, and Solaris has always had a way to close the application (usually through File-->Close or File-->Exit). So why put thought into getting rid of minimize and maximize (and changing the way people deal with windows) but keep the entirely redundant button?
I think Slackware is just slightly older than Debian and this graph seems to indicate that as well.