Computers are not like cable boxes or satellite receivers, or even DVD players. They are our most fundamental and important devices of communication. To surrender control over those devices to others is a mistake we should pay for dearly...
I don't know about you, but I have a life and I consider my mouth to be my most fundemental device of communication. My computer is waaaaay down the list!
About that #14... is there a reason behind it, or did U2 really think that it was 4?
For those who don't know, in U2's "Vertigo," Bono chants at the beginning of the song "uno dos tres quatorce (sp?)" which is "1 2 3 14 in spanish... strange.
Actually, you can buy official U2 t-shirts with "1, 2, 3, 14" on them, so it's very much intentional. It's the number of albums they've done and although Vertigo is not the title track of the album, it was the first single to be released from it.
You mean Harrod's right? Harrod's is a piss ant compared to even some of the mid-sized box stores here in the states.
Harrod's is not by any stretch of the imagination the UK's largest retailer. Nor is Dixons (which the article refers to) - they may be the largest consumer electronics retailer though.
Harrod's is probably one of the largest shops in the world. I am sure there are warehouse shops all over which are bigger and Macy's may be too, but Harrods is most certainly the finest. It blows even the best department stores New York has to offer right out of the water.
Motorola flip phones sold in the UK don't have the capibility to take a photo while they are closed. There is a shutter button on the outside to enable this but I believe it is disabled by software in the UK following concerns such as those raised in the article.
Rubbish I say! My Moto V3 RAZR, direct from Orange takes a photo with the flip closed. I just have to hold down one of the side buttons when it's closed and viola - a picture is taken.
Management judges a team on results, not on how the results were achieved.
Really? The ends justtify the means, and all that? I have never seen a management team who judge only on results. They manage, not just judge.
A teams actions must be transparent and accountable for their actions, right up the chain of leadership.
That isn't a team. It's a chain of command. Weakest link and all that.
Really? You've never seen a situation where one team reports to another team? e.g. a Build team reports to a management team, who reports to senior management, who report to the project sponsor etc. etc. ?
That's one good reason for pair programming, but it's far from the only one. Here are reasons I like promiscuous pair programming:
* instant code review
* instant design review
* keeps me from making stupid mistakes
* keeps me from gold-plating
* I spend less time debugging
* I know more about the system
* handing off work is easier
* code is more consistent throughout system
* when we get tired, we notice and take breaks
* improves truck factor massively
And it therefore costs your employer twice as much. Good programming teams will pair up when the going gets tough and two sets of eyes are better than one.
I really don't think pair programming is productive. When you are just churning out code there is no need for two people to look at the screen - one is enough and you can get things done quicker working seperately. Pair programming inhibits the JFDI approach, in my experience.
I don't really code any more (not allowed to, I'm apparently too expensive!), but when I did and I ran into trouble I'd ask for help from a colleague - we would often spend hours pair programming until we it was sorted.
Companies that join working groups should be forced to say "right, these are my patents, i'll share with you and if i pull out, i cant use them against you".
If this were the case, I think companies would stop joining working groups!
Sport seems odd like that: for most events (not the Olympics, but most -all? - others) the UK does not compete: England, Scotland and Wales do instead (and Northern Irish athletes compete with Ireland).
Not quite true... atheletes from Northern Ireland actually have the choice whether to compete for the great Britain or Ireland. The team is specifically not the UK, as this would include Northern Ireland.
Also, the UK rarely competes as a single team - but often as Great Britain (the UK, sans NI) in Rugby League, for example.
It might just that being an aussie he is all you hear about but the thorpedo, the "superfish" or simple thorpie was always expected to win that race (at least according to Australian Media).
And in the UK - what track record does this young American have? Thorpe proved he can do it at Olympic level at Sydney and has the advantage of having built-in flippers!
The Olympics are about skill, and how many medals a country gets would depend on how skilled the athletes are.
Nothing to do with the amount of money their country has to pump into sports, the facilities they have grown up with, who has the best doping doctors who get past detection. Nothing like that, of course. It's all about the individual's skill. Hmm.
A gold medal may require skill, but it needs a whole lot more besides (unfortunately).
There are many words in the English language that have homophones
Absolutely - using Dragon Dictate I once asked my browser to go to hotmail.com... I ended up at hotmale.com and that phrase has now become my test for dictation software!!
Since GSM uses chip technology, number portability will be ultra easy since all your have to do is get another SIM card from your new carrier and stick it in your unlocked phone
I'm not sure if I've understodd you properly... apologies if not... The SIM is network dependant, and is usually the property of the network anyway. The SIM allows you to change handsets by swapping the SIM, but not networks... so this is not number portability in the sense the article speaks about.
However, you can often change networks without changing handsets as long as the GSM handset is compatible with the new network (dual-band, CPHS etc)
When you change networks in the UK, you usually suffer about 4-6 hours of downtime when your number is in transit.
The process of unlocking the phone is completely legal in a lot of cases.
It's 100% legal in all cases. You own the phone, you can unlock the SP lock if you wish - there is absolutely nothing illegal about it, that's why you see it advertised in shop windows etc.
Changing the IMEI number (GSM serial number, basically) is illegal, however because this is what the CEIR blocklist for stolen phones it based upon. You can see your IMEI on a GSM handset by ptying *#06#
how does the fact that the router uses a packet shaper require the end user to have AV software?
I think the more correct term would be stateful packet inspection whereby the contents of packets are checked, rather than shaped. This would allow the router to see if there was "phone home" software on the client attempting to do somethign nasty.
The article doesn't say that client software is required at all... it says that after some checks the user may be prompted to download some software (presumably from an internal source) before it can connec to the internet.
However, if this original check is just done by some network secutiry checking (ie. looking to see if there is a vulnerable version of SSH or a misconfigured IIS etc) then all that would needed to be done would be to fix the potential exploit rather than install a piece of client software.
Potentially, this would just be like running nmap and other similar tools against the machine in question to test it out fot net-worthiness.
It could also check for open mail relays, which could help in the Fight Against Spam (tm).
What about Email, IRC, USENET etc etc... How would that be forwarded to a search engine? HOw do I prompt a user in IRC to choose which is the mistyped addresses they really meant? Do you expect half the software for internet communication to be re-written?
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Actually, you can buy official U2 t-shirts with "1, 2, 3, 14" on them, so it's very much intentional. It's the number of albums they've done and although Vertigo is not the title track of the album, it was the first single to be released from it.
Harrod's is probably one of the largest shops in the world. I am sure there are warehouse shops all over which are bigger and Macy's may be too, but Harrods is most certainly the finest. It blows even the best department stores New York has to offer right out of the water.
Really? The ends justtify the means, and all that? I have never seen a management team who judge only on results. They manage, not just judge.
Really? You've never seen a situation where one team reports to another team? e.g. a Build team reports to a management team, who reports to senior management, who report to the project sponsor etc. etc. ?
Keep the people who are paying the bills out of it? You're joking?
Keep management out of it? You're joking? They're the ones who tell the bill payers how things are going.
A teams actions must be transparent and accountable for their actions, right up the chain of leadership.
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And it therefore costs your employer twice as much. Good programming teams will pair up when the going gets tough and two sets of eyes are better than one.
I really don't think pair programming is productive. When you are just churning out code there is no need for two people to look at the screen - one is enough and you can get things done quicker working seperately. Pair programming inhibits the JFDI approach, in my experience.
I don't really code any more (not allowed to, I'm apparently too expensive!), but when I did and I ran into trouble I'd ask for help from a colleague - we would often spend hours pair programming until we it was sorted.
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If this were the case, I think companies would stop joining working groups!
Also, the UK rarely competes as a single team - but often as Great Britain (the UK, sans NI) in Rugby League, for example.
A gold medal may require skill, but it needs a whole lot more besides (unfortunately).
The phone line between the Kremlin and the White house is enciphered this way.
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Absolutely - using Dragon Dictate I once asked my browser to go to hotmail.com... I ended up at hotmale.com and that phrase has now become my test for dictation software!!
Umm, no, it doesn't. It stands for "Independent".
You will find some people who think it's "inexpensive" but that's just rubbish...
I did say it was just for Nokia's :-)
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Hmm, it shouldn't be - *#06# should only display the IMEI (to the GSM spec).
On Nokia's *#0000# shows firmware versions, not sure about other manufacturers.
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I'm not sure if I've understodd you properly... apologies if not... The SIM is network dependant, and is usually the property of the network anyway. The SIM allows you to change handsets by swapping the SIM, but not networks... so this is not number portability in the sense the article speaks about.
However, you can often change networks without changing handsets as long as the GSM handset is compatible with the new network (dual-band, CPHS etc)
When you change networks in the UK, you usually suffer about 4-6 hours of downtime when your number is in transit.
It's 100% legal in all cases. You own the phone, you can unlock the SP lock if you wish - there is absolutely nothing illegal about it, that's why you see it advertised in shop windows etc.
Changing the IMEI number (GSM serial number, basically) is illegal, however because this is what the CEIR blocklist for stolen phones it based upon. You can see your IMEI on a GSM handset by ptying *#06#
I think the more correct term would be stateful packet inspection whereby the contents of packets are checked, rather than shaped. This would allow the router to see if there was "phone home" software on the client attempting to do somethign nasty.
However, I am likely to be corrected
The article doesn't say that client software is required at all... it says that after some checks the user may be prompted to download some software (presumably from an internal source) before it can connec to the internet.
However, if this original check is just done by some network secutiry checking (ie. looking to see if there is a vulnerable version of SSH or a misconfigured IIS etc) then all that would needed to be done would be to fix the potential exploit rather than install a piece of client software.
Potentially, this would just be like running nmap and other similar tools against the machine in question to test it out fot net-worthiness.
It could also check for open mail relays, which could help in the Fight Against Spam (tm).
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I would agree wholeheartadly - some very smart academics I know smoke rather a lot... and they're pretty smart folk!
:-)
I wonder what would a joint in one hand and a 3G phone to the ear cancel eachother out
It's a joke...
With any luck the radio-activity you speak of will implant a sense of humour into you
Oh, for your benefit, that was a joke too.
With all that weed smoked in Amsterdam, they can do with all the brain sharpening they can get!
:-)
Maybe this will balance them out a bit
What about Email, IRC, USENET etc etc... How would that be forwarded to a search engine? HOw do I prompt a user in IRC to choose which is the mistyped addresses they really meant? Do you expect half the software for internet communication to be re-written?
The Internet is not just the web!
And this is a very stupid, ill-thought out idea!!
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VoIP will be taxed when the telephone companies figure out that politicians are both a service and a product...