"Until it is cheaper, it's not going to gain a lot of popularity - paying almost $400 for the ability to read books never made sense to begin with; and as the economy gets worse, it will make even less sense."
Well considering all the money I've spent over the years and subsequently lost because books aren't easily movable. $400 for a reader and I can easily take everything with me from now on. I'd say it's worth it.
"As has been noted, why would foreigners object to the bill? It's not their money being spent, yet they will certainly profit. "
Well as the BBC noted. A lot of foreign banks both national and private invest in the US including buying our debt. Yes they'll profit but then again they're taking the risks too.
"Publishing the code, and saying, "You may do this, only, and no more", is certainly within their rights, but it ain't open."
Licenses by definition aren't open and they most certainly serve an end. All the OSI approved licenses restrict what I can do in one way or the other. Otherwise everything would be public domain which is as free as this world can offer.
"Actually, We got a whole bunch of junk out of our basement a similar strategy. We would put everything on the curb, and then I would put up a free stuff post with the ad with the address and some of the more cool stuff."
Since I just got through replacing a 200G with a 1Tb I'll comment. That old drive has a couple uses. One it can be a backup if the new drive goes south and you need to RMA it. The other is putting it in an external box and using it as backup.
"The theft included everything from PCs and printer toner to hard drives, software and other office equipment amounting to over $120,000 according to court documents and published reports."
Hard drives are now $6.00? What did he grab? The MFM lying around? The drum over in the corner?
For even greater flexibility have/home on an external drive and remote mount that. You have the advantage you mentioned and you have automatic backup* and can take it with you.
the Windows compile and installer is still only at 2.4.7.. A great release but it will take a couple of weeks or months before the windows people can enjoy the UI changes that will confound all the users for weeks on end until they get used to yet again a change in the UI.
At least they didn't put in a ribbon.;0
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"I think that one of the most interesting developments of C# and most mainstream programming languages is that they keep borrowing long-established elements of functional programming."
"According to Kaspersky, stopping ransomware-based malware in the future will require more effective law enforcement, the use of forensic software analysis to tie suspects to their malevolent creations, and possibly building restrictions into the Windows cryptographic software libraries used to create Gpcode itself."
This concerns me more than what the cops do as pointed out in the story there's the difficulty of getting the money back to the ransomware author.
What? Conservation technology hasn't been invented? Seriously it's easier to invent technology to save the power we do have than it is creating new power sources or extending the old ones.
Sounds to me like some are making the argument for thin clients and centralized servers. Throw in virtualization and you have your energy savings right there.
WHY do we need incentives to do the "right" thing?
Why are we beholden to evil, unless someone pays us to not be?
{sarcasm} I guess I'm just too stupid or naive to understand {/sarcasm}
By "we" you're obviously including all the American people. Otherwise why would there be "energy credits" come tax time and "rebates" from energy companies to their customers. We ALL are willing to do what's right without incentives. Right?
"I'm thinking of going back to build another business, or perhaps going for a PhD. I might even move back to my parents so I can work on a long-term project I've had in mind; it'd become profitable long after my savings have run out otherwise."
Move back in with your parents. There's no shame in that and it's best described as "falling back and regrouping". Something a lot of people are doing. Just try to make the most of the opportunity because life will not always provide a second chance.
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"Until it is cheaper, it's not going to gain a lot of popularity - paying almost $400 for the ability to read books never made sense to begin with; and as the economy gets worse, it will make even less sense."
Well considering all the money I've spent over the years and subsequently lost because books aren't easily movable. $400 for a reader and I can easily take everything with me from now on. I'd say it's worth it.
"As has been noted, why would foreigners object to the bill? It's not their money being spent, yet they will certainly profit. "
Well as the BBC noted. A lot of foreign banks both national and private invest in the US including buying our debt. Yes they'll profit but then again they're taking the risks too.
Ummm. If memory serves. Great Britain had to bail out some of their banks. So at least for some it isn't OUR money.
I seem to remember reading the BBC and noting that countries overseas wanted this bill as much as some in the US.
"Publishing the code, and saying, "You may do this, only, and no more", is certainly within their rights, but it ain't open."
Licenses by definition aren't open and they most certainly serve an end. All the OSI approved licenses restrict what I can do in one way or the other. Otherwise everything would be public domain which is as free as this world can offer.
"MMOs require a significant time investment, and most people don't play more than one at a time. "
Take one failing economy and add a dash of living with one's parents and suddenly people have plenty of time.
"So in other words, it's not the the number of cycles you have, but how you use them."
That's what she said.
"P.S. You arrogant fans of Go can frak yourselves. Where do you think the scientists will go once they're done with chess. Enjoy it while it lasts."
Considering Go's harder. I'd say they're welcome to try.
Something that can be gotten around by using an alternative shell like Talisman or others.
"Actually, We got a whole bunch of junk out of our basement a similar strategy. We would put everything on the curb, and then I would put up a free stuff post with the ad with the address and some of the more cool stuff."
Hmmm. I wonder if that would work with the ex?
I think real paranoid people would hand-search the source code of everything. The rest of us would be more practical when it comes to risk management.
"While I agree that gaming may help reflexes I disagree that it has an inherent benefit on driving. "
Especially when dealing with curves.
Since I just got through replacing a 200G with a 1Tb I'll comment. That old drive has a couple uses. One it can be a backup if the new drive goes south and you need to RMA it. The other is putting it in an external box and using it as backup.
"The theft included everything from PCs and printer toner to hard drives, software and other office equipment amounting to over $120,000 according to court documents and published reports."
Hard drives are now $6.00? What did he grab? The MFM lying around? The drum over in the corner?
For even greater flexibility have /home on an external drive and remote mount that. You have the advantage you mentioned and you have automatic backup* and can take it with you.
*Bonus points for a NAS with RAID.
the Windows compile and installer is still only at 2.4.7.. A great release but it will take a couple of weeks or months before the windows people can enjoy the UI changes that will confound all the users for weeks on end until they get used to yet again a change in the UI.
At least they didn't put in a ribbon. ;0
"I think that one of the most interesting developments of C# and most mainstream programming languages is that they keep borrowing long-established elements of functional programming."
Say LISP and stand back and watch the fireworks.
"According to Kaspersky, stopping ransomware-based malware in the future will require more effective law enforcement, the use of forensic software analysis to tie suspects to their malevolent creations, and possibly building restrictions into the Windows cryptographic software libraries used to create Gpcode itself."
This concerns me more than what the cops do as pointed out in the story there's the difficulty of getting the money back to the ransomware author.
"Making a grocery store more energy conscious is a great idea."
Yes it is.
"If I got an E-mail that said that my servers could be owned by such and such exploit by doing this and this, I would immediately take action."
Except another recent E-mail says that your job just has been outsourced and you have five minutes to clean out your desk. Happy fixing.
"Remember if it's not broke don't fix it. $19K a year may be a lot to you or me, but that's chick feed at the corporate level. "
Fortune 500 maybe. But the majority are small companies and $19K would be sorely missed.
What? Conservation technology hasn't been invented? Seriously it's easier to invent technology to save the power we do have than it is creating new power sources or extending the old ones.
Sounds to me like some are making the argument for thin clients and centralized servers. Throw in virtualization and you have your energy savings right there.
WHY do we need incentives to do the "right" thing?
Why are we beholden to evil, unless someone pays us to not be?
{sarcasm} I guess I'm just too stupid or naive to understand {/sarcasm}
By "we" you're obviously including all the American people. Otherwise why would there be "energy credits" come tax time and "rebates" from energy companies to their customers. We ALL are willing to do what's right without incentives. Right?
"I'm thinking of going back to build another business, or perhaps going for a PhD. I might even move back to my parents so I can work on a long-term project I've had in mind; it'd become profitable long after my savings have run out otherwise."
Move back in with your parents. There's no shame in that and it's best described as "falling back and regrouping". Something a lot of people are doing. Just try to make the most of the opportunity because life will not always provide a second chance.