I didn't know I really, really wanted an iPod until I saw one. Same with a cell phone, GPS, digital cameras, and palm pilots. It wasn't a stretch to imagine a device that integrated them all, but that took about another 7 years.
What it will take to break the duopoly is someone bringing me a new capability on the order of the iPod, cell phone, GPS, digital camera, or Palm Pilot. And , of course, it needs to be integrated with the phone. Just giving me a new user interface, or a way to stir facebook, twitter, and the rest of that crap together won't do it. NFC payment systems are trying to be this, but don't make it. Whatever it is will be a whole new class of feature.
It may be bioweapons, or it may just be a natrual event, but I believe we'll have a pandemic that kills billions within my lifetime. I see SARS, avian flu, AIDS, etc popping up, and they all seem like nature's dress rehersals for something bigger. It seems like only a matter of time until we get something that is both highly communicable (air) and highly fatal.
Maybe 1000 movies for a penny? That would let them sell 2 trillion downloads.
In other news, Market Analysts made note of a number of very large stock buys today by the Antiguan National Retirement Fund (ANRF). The buys seemed largely to target hard drive and blank media manufacturers.
All that just because of $21 million yearly revenue loss of the US media industry (which is what the WTO allowed Antigua)?
Can the Antiguans set their own prices? Maybe 1000 movies for a penny? That would let them sell 2 trillion downloads. Not a good way to make money, but kind of a funny way to make the Yankee media companies take it in the shorts...
Using the TIOBE methodology, I deduce that the following activities are more popular that C Programming:
- Abduction by alien
- Going to prison
- Dying
Yeah, I program in C a lot, and that sounds about right.
This may be a leading edge indicator. C is sufficently simple that after your first few months you seldom need to consult documentation. I've got nearly 20 years experience, and I seldom or never have to google how to achieve something in C. Algorithms, maybe, but not C syntax. As opposed to very heavy library based languages, such as C#.Net, where I'm constantly googling, because I typically assume there's already a library that does "that" for me, whatever "that" happens to be.
Exactly. When you are working in a resource constrained environment, and you want to be able to accurately predict what machine instructions will be generated from your source code, you use C. It's faster to code, and more portable than assembly language, with almost all of the control. Typically maybe 5% or less of your application needs to be really, really fast (interrupt handlers, DSP code, special communications or math or encryption libraries). You might code these in assembly, and the rest in C.
But if you're starting new big applications for the PC in C, you're probably insane.
Why have a heavy door with a Medico lock in a shitty wall?...Why have a pick proof padlock when a cordless 4" angle grinder with a carbide cut off wheel can go through a boron shackle in seconds?
Because it makes them feel safer, which in turn makes them happier. If your point is that they're equally likely to be compromised regardless, but they feel happier for the X number of months or years before it actually happens, then it still may be money well spent...
The lock on my front door has a 100% record of keeping bad guys out.
You don't know that, unless you've caught someone trying to get in. It's possible that the denominator of that percentage is zero. Maybe nobody ever tried to get in. In that case, we don't know that your locked door is any more effective than an unlocked door, a door with a fake lock painted on the front, a door with no lock at all...
Along with this is the question of whether you think of society in terms of wolves or sheep. Ask someone if it's a good idea to put your name and address on your keys. People who see society as sheep will say yes, so that your keys can be returned if you lose them. People who see wolves will understand that now the bad guys have not only your key, but the address of the house it goes to.
I had a discussion with someone at my office about this with regard to their car. He had no problem leaving his keys in the ignition because it was a piece of shit car, and our small town is relatively sparcely populated with criminals. He didn't care if his car got stolen. I told him if i were a criminal, I'd leave his piece of shit car, and take his keys and the address from the registration in the glove compartment. Then i'd watch his house till he left for work the next day, and go in and help myself to whatever I wanted. He stopped leaving his keys in the car...
North Korea found a Unicorn Lair. Iran isn't too far removed from N Korea in the "truth in journalism" arena. I'm not saying it couldn't happen, but pics or it didn't.
A vison of the future is coming to me... I see... Angry old people...Muttering in the aisles at wal-mart...calling their congressman...bitching at dennys...about... what?...I can almost hear it... yes! They're complaining about the phasing out of of the CFL lightbulbs in favor of these new ones...
They could go the way that Ubuntu does... say that they'll release patches for every 3rd version as long term support. The other two are consumer grade, but have shiny new features...
The joke just seemed like a good fit given her previous job, and the fact that we're using math based on shit that didn't happen. If all my jokes were funny, I'd go be a writer...
The Autonomy thing wouldn't be such a big deal, except it's starting to look like a pattern. First the Palm thing, then this. Both were very public debacles. Granted, HP has been on a buying spree for a decade, most of which gets little press, and the Palm aquisition was almost pocket changes, but it generated a lot of bad press. At some point it starts to affect your stock price if you look like a bunch of chimps. That hurts your company valuation, which hurts your whole business in a lot of little ways.
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I didn't know I really, really wanted an iPod until I saw one. Same with a cell phone, GPS, digital cameras, and palm pilots. It wasn't a stretch to imagine a device that integrated them all, but that took about another 7 years.
What it will take to break the duopoly is someone bringing me a new capability on the order of the iPod, cell phone, GPS, digital camera, or Palm Pilot. And , of course, it needs to be integrated with the phone. Just giving me a new user interface, or a way to stir facebook, twitter, and the rest of that crap together won't do it. NFC payment systems are trying to be this, but don't make it. Whatever it is will be a whole new class of feature.
I heard that in celebration of actually shipping the product, they're preloading them with a port of Duke Nukem Forever. Is this true?
It may be bioweapons, or it may just be a natrual event, but I believe we'll have a pandemic that kills billions within my lifetime. I see SARS, avian flu, AIDS, etc popping up, and they all seem like nature's dress rehersals for something bigger. It seems like only a matter of time until we get something that is both highly communicable (air) and highly fatal.
Maybe 1000 movies for a penny? That would let them sell 2 trillion downloads.
In other news, Market Analysts made note of a number of very large stock buys today by the Antiguan National Retirement Fund (ANRF). The buys seemed largely to target hard drive and blank media manufacturers.
All that just because of $21 million yearly revenue loss of the US media industry (which is what the WTO allowed Antigua)?
Can the Antiguans set their own prices? Maybe 1000 movies for a penny? That would let them sell 2 trillion downloads. Not a good way to make money, but kind of a funny way to make the Yankee media companies take it in the shorts...
Only if he violates probation and has to serve his sentence. BTW, over there they call it National-Pound-Me-In-Me-Bum-Jail.
Peter Gibson was given a six-month suspended sentence.
He has lived a trite and meaningless life. Oh, wait. No. That's Gibbons, not Gibson.
Using the TIOBE methodology, I deduce that the following activities are more popular that C Programming: - Abduction by alien - Going to prison - Dying
Yeah, I program in C a lot, and that sounds about right.
This may be a leading edge indicator. C is sufficently simple that after your first few months you seldom need to consult documentation. I've got nearly 20 years experience, and I seldom or never have to google how to achieve something in C. Algorithms, maybe, but not C syntax. As opposed to very heavy library based languages, such as C# .Net, where I'm constantly googling, because I typically assume there's already a library that does "that" for me, whatever "that" happens to be.
Exactly. When you are working in a resource constrained environment, and you want to be able to accurately predict what machine instructions will be generated from your source code, you use C. It's faster to code, and more portable than assembly language, with almost all of the control. Typically maybe 5% or less of your application needs to be really, really fast (interrupt handlers, DSP code, special communications or math or encryption libraries). You might code these in assembly, and the rest in C.
But if you're starting new big applications for the PC in C, you're probably insane.
Yes. Because they'll always be able to set the prices so that regardless of how many items you buy, the final total mod .05 will always be .01 or .02.
Oh, wait. No. That's impossible.
Jackass.
There's nothing to stop them from doing that now... If the market will support it, they'll raise prices. Just like now...
At this moment, novice programmers think the network is down. Experienced programmers know the site from TFA has been slashdotted.
Can you cite this? I didn't realize that Google was (apparently) literally tracking my movements every time I used Navigation.
Mark Zuckerberg just called. He said he'd really, really like it if you personally would sign up for a Facebook account.
How is this material any better than wearing a fiberglass t-shirt all day? Sounds pretty itchy - and unhealthy.
That's what I was thinking when I read the summary. When you tell me something is:
-These fibers are thinner than human hair, flexible
, -optical fibers made from glass
That sounds an awful lot like asbestos...another, long, thin fiberous crystal...
From the card:
Dear John, Enjoy the cake, and get well soon. Your friends, Alice, Bob, Eve, and Mallory
Why have a heavy door with a Medico lock in a shitty wall? ...Why have a pick proof padlock when a cordless 4" angle grinder with a carbide cut off wheel can go through a boron shackle in seconds?
Because it makes them feel safer, which in turn makes them happier. If your point is that they're equally likely to be compromised regardless, but they feel happier for the X number of months or years before it actually happens, then it still may be money well spent...
The lock on my front door has a 100% record of keeping bad guys out.
You don't know that, unless you've caught someone trying to get in. It's possible that the denominator of that percentage is zero. Maybe nobody ever tried to get in. In that case, we don't know that your locked door is any more effective than an unlocked door, a door with a fake lock painted on the front, a door with no lock at all...
This.
Along with this is the question of whether you think of society in terms of wolves or sheep. Ask someone if it's a good idea to put your name and address on your keys. People who see society as sheep will say yes, so that your keys can be returned if you lose them. People who see wolves will understand that now the bad guys have not only your key, but the address of the house it goes to.
I had a discussion with someone at my office about this with regard to their car. He had no problem leaving his keys in the ignition because it was a piece of shit car, and our small town is relatively sparcely populated with criminals. He didn't care if his car got stolen. I told him if i were a criminal, I'd leave his piece of shit car, and take his keys and the address from the registration in the glove compartment. Then i'd watch his house till he left for work the next day, and go in and help myself to whatever I wanted. He stopped leaving his keys in the car...
Lisa, I'd like to buy your rock.
North Korea found a Unicorn Lair. Iran isn't too far removed from N Korea in the "truth in journalism" arena. I'm not saying it couldn't happen, but pics or it didn't.
Gawker has a picture.
Personally, I think it looks photoshopped, but opinions may vary.
A vison of the future is coming to me... I see... Angry old people...Muttering in the aisles at wal-mart...calling their congressman...bitching at dennys...about... what?...I can almost hear it... yes! They're complaining about the phasing out of of the CFL lightbulbs in favor of these new ones...
Everything is cyclical, I guess...
They could go the way that Ubuntu does... say that they'll release patches for every 3rd version as long term support. The other two are consumer grade, but have shiny new features...
The joke just seemed like a good fit given her previous job, and the fact that we're using math based on shit that didn't happen. If all my jokes were funny, I'd go be a writer...
The Autonomy thing wouldn't be such a big deal, except it's starting to look like a pattern. First the Palm thing, then this. Both were very public debacles. Granted, HP has been on a buying spree for a decade, most of which gets little press, and the Palm aquisition was almost pocket changes, but it generated a lot of bad press. At some point it starts to affect your stock price if you look like a bunch of chimps. That hurts your company valuation, which hurts your whole business in a lot of little ways.
Actually, you have that back-to-front. The loss was $6.9B while the writedown was $8.8B, so without the writedown, HP would have reported a profit!
Ah, yes. I've heard of this before. Math that Republicans do to make themselves feel better, Right?