... is that, either literally or metaphorically, it's vulnerable to someone holding a gun to your head and demanding the key. We're seeing this (the literal version) in the USA already. I agree with the thesis of the original article: The farther you can keep your data from USA-entangled entity, the better.
I have never watched more than a few seconds of a video ad, just long enough to close the window. If I'm browsing news, and that news content is in the form of a video, I don't go there - because I assume it will have a 15-to-60 lead-in ad. The only possible result is to drive me away from your web page. Now in the case of Facebook, I have an account; but I only log in when they change their privacy options. So it really doesn't matter.
So, I crossed out those parts and corrected the language until it was something I was satisfied with. I called it to the attention of the receptionist and said "I don't agree to these terms as is. I have modified it in the following way, as noted on the form." Signed and handed it back.
I do the same, all the time. I was once asked to take a lie detector test (for, of all things, a job at Radio Shack). When I read the forms, they reserved the right to re-sell the results of the test to anyone, in perpetuity. They also denied me any right to challenge those results. I crossed out the offensive sections and handed it in. To their credit, they (the testing company) DID read my revisions, and said it wasn't worth their while to continue under those conditions. They didn't test me, and I got the job anyway.
Really, what are the promises of the US worth nowadays?
Oh, I guarantee the promises will be upheld to the letter of the law. They'll just change the law or the definition of the words to MAKE whatever they want to do legal. We see this with the NSA "We're not breaking any laws!" refrain now, we saw it back in the "I did not have sexual relations with that woman!" days. Reality is often wrong, but the lawyers always make it right.
...who, by the way, has been convicted of no crime - is so dangerous and so important, that the USA feels it necessary to threaten revenge against the entire planet if they let him stay there while things run their course? Wow. I mean, it's a little awkward for him now, but I don't recall threats like this even regarding known killers and terrorists. Think of the ego boost!
According to the article, the valets themselves. Mot TSA agents, minimum wage, no-background-check valets. They're the last people to be in the car, and they decide where to park them. Anyone else see the two glaring problems here?
In all seriousness, I haven't paid active attention to advertising in any form for years - I tune it right out. I fast forward past TV ads, I block most internet ads and don't click the ones that get past. When I want to buy something, I'll go look at products in stores. When an ad DOES come to my attention, it's almost always because its loud, visually jarring, or just obnoxiously stupid. In that case, I put that brand on the "never buy" list. Overall effectiveness of the ads is therefore in the negative numbers, and I'm sure I'm not the only person with this perception.
To me, advertising is like the cold war: Everyone is afraid to stop building H-bombs (or running ads) for fear the other side will get ahead. Stop it all, and a parasitic drain on society ends.
You guys talk like Boston University is in the business of developing technologies to license, and that they keep track of what's happening in the computer industry. I'm quite sure they weren't quietly biding their time, waiting for "their" technology to become entrenched; more likely, they had no clue. I suspect they stumbled upon this patent in their files, either serendipitously or in a search for new revenue streams. Which is basically what every business or organization in the country is doing now, since it's been well proven there's big money in previously ignored patents.
We must continue to disagree, although my evidence is admittedly, anecdotal. The experience was fantastic. Throttle twists literally had me doing wheelies with a full load (bags and two passengers on a 500cc bike) and if we were going with less power, then I've found the secret to antigravity! Truly, it went faster and felt as if it had more torque.
Then, after another fill up, it returned to the same somewhat mushy throttle response. I wouldn't cite it if I hadn't gotten another gallon on the way back with the same whooopeeee result.
Real or not, if you enjoy it that much it's cheap pleasure. (Hint: It's not real)
...is what keeps me on or off Windows. I keep a couple of Windows computers around, but I mostly turn them on monthly so I don't get too far behind on updates. They have Vista and Windows 7 on them; no need for Win 8 as I don't have a tablet computer aside from my iPad. My Macs are on 10.6 and 10.7. and that's where I spend most of my time. No Mac OSX 10.8 as that's becoming too touch oriented.
In my opinion (gotta be safe here) the purpose of most organizations eventually shifts from their original goals to simply ensuring their own existence. Using the legal system to silence their detractors is an excellent touchstone of when this has happened.
The BBC should boycott Nepal and stay out for, say, 10 years - that'll teach 'em!
I can see coming to the US, doing something without official permission, then saying our rules "fail to keep up with the recent changes in technology." That'll fly...
They get all the care and attention, and healthy people are left out in the cold. Equal treatment for all!
No, seriously, I don't see a bias against obese patients as a problem. And I say that as someone who's pretty heavy, and by my own hand - the hand putting pizza in my mouth. Despite the laughable number of people who say "they have a glandular condition" or some such, 99.9% of the time obesity is a self inflicted injury. The doctors with this bias are, in fact, ahead of the curve. At the end of our slow march towards socialized medicine, there's a world where, if you smoked, ate too much, or didn't wear a motorcycle helmet, you government medical card isn't going to work.
(GRIN) At one time, ComputerLand was a big company. The Macintosh IIfx on my desk was the one and only token-ring equipped Mac in the entire outfit. Of course, the card WAS $1500.00...
...Otherwise, I'd be spending all my time talking to the cops. I'd probably set off every single alarm that's on their "suspicious activity" list. I'm active in hobby rocketry, and sometimes transport my engines in surplus bazooka shell cases. Plus, the girlfriend is a dive instructor.
Hey, anyone remember the 50's and 60's? One the AWFUL things were were told about the Soviet system was the constant suspicion - people encouraged to turn in their neighbors, children encouraged to turn in their parents... (SIGH)
That was my first thought on reading the headline. If and when they experience the horrors supposedly brought on by IE6, they'll consider it - but you're going to have very little success getting any organization to spend IT money proactively, rather than reflexively. It just doesn't happen, even in my field, education.
Not directly related, but fun. Not as long ago as you'd think, I was called to a good-sized theme park for "emergency repairs" on a computer. What I found was an 8-bit Apple II, running a custom written program from a 5.25" floppy. This ran their water-park wave machine; the program stayed in memory and only had to be reloaded if the power went off. The floppy containing the last known copy of the program had simply worn out. The original programmer was dead, and there was no documentation. There was no part of the system that wasn't completely obsolete and unsupportable; any change would have to re-create the entire system - including interfacing to the wave machine - from scratch. What I did was simply use a recovery program to keep trying the disk read in different ways until I got the program into memory, then wrote it out to a box of floppies. Far as I know, the system is still running.
Just depends on who their target users are, and if they've evaluated them correctly. The subscription model, with the constant drain on your bank account, serves the professional user - i.e, one who earns their living using Photoshop. I have customers, like the graphics arts departments of corporations, who this is tailor made for. Who it does NOT serve is the single proprietor or casual user. A lot of those have used Photoshop - usually not the latest version - simply because it was the industry standard and they could exchange files with larger organizations. There's no way on earth they'll continue to do so with a subscription model, so Adobe will lose those customers. They'll probably lose many education customers, too.
Question is whether the increased revenue from larger customers will compensate. Adobe is guessing yes. My guess is, it 'll be successful for a year, maybe two - but the reign of Photoshop, and the rest of the Creative Suite as "the standard" begins to wind down now.
...where they write about what the Chinese government is doing to the people who stole the copyrighted materials, presented them as their own, and reaped the other 70% of the proceeds. Same thing as the Amazon/1984 debacle. Apple's only error is (perhaps) in not doing "enough" to keep OTHER people from breaking Chinese copyright laws.
Much more serious-looking than the over-styled fiberglass fantasies the super rich seem to typically buy. Probably a better ocean-going vessel, as well. If I had, say, $30M, I'd spend $10M of it on that.
I had a boss with that exact mentality a while ago. It was pretty bad.
(GRIN) That's actually were my original post came from. Way back when, my boss' boss at Computerland told me, on a Friday, to travel 500 miles to work a trade show over the weekend. When I told him I had plans with my wife and kids for the weekend, he looked at me like a confused puppy. After I gave several minutes of detailed explanation, he said it hadn't occurred to him "people like me" might have plans. No malice, and he retracted the request - he just didn't know.
See, I've always expected people like this don't ignore our concerns, they just can't comprehend we HAVE concerns. "I don't understand why you're all 'Argh, I'm starving!' Why don't you just get some food?"
Seriously, though, threats are not the way to accomplish anything here. Rather than online vigilantism, people who have strong feelings about this should be talking to newspapers, senators, congressmen, etc. That way they might actually get something changed, and incidentally make these peoples lives difficult as a happy bonus. Remember, these are the people who (for this purpose) define right and wrong. If you want to go after them, short of full revolution, you have to play by their rules. Otherwise you're just another criminal they can use to justify their tactics.
...then hang onto them like grim death when challenged. My wife was not a stupid woman, and in fact had a better education than mine - on MOST topics (I assume). I recall walking through a park with her, and she was chasing some ducks. I told her to "leave the poor birds alone", which confused her, because according to her, ducks weren't birds. She went on, saying people thought a lot of things were birds that weren't, like penguins.
I asked her what she though they were, and she said "ducks". Like mammal, reptile, bird, amphibian, duck? "Exactly!" Books didn't help, and for a while I suspected she was kidding me (though it wasn't April). When it got to the sleeping on the couch stage, I dropped it...
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... is that, either literally or metaphorically, it's vulnerable to someone holding a gun to your head and demanding the key. We're seeing this (the literal version) in the USA already. I agree with the thesis of the original article: The farther you can keep your data from USA-entangled entity, the better.
I have never watched more than a few seconds of a video ad, just long enough to close the window. If I'm browsing news, and that news content is in the form of a video, I don't go there - because I assume it will have a 15-to-60 lead-in ad. The only possible result is to drive me away from your web page. Now in the case of Facebook, I have an account; but I only log in when they change their privacy options. So it really doesn't matter.
So, I crossed out those parts and corrected the language until it was something I was satisfied with. I called it to the attention of the receptionist and said "I don't agree to these terms as is. I have modified it in the following way, as noted on the form." Signed and handed it back.
I do the same, all the time. I was once asked to take a lie detector test (for, of all things, a job at Radio Shack). When I read the forms, they reserved the right to re-sell the results of the test to anyone, in perpetuity. They also denied me any right to challenge those results. I crossed out the offensive sections and handed it in. To their credit, they (the testing company) DID read my revisions, and said it wasn't worth their while to continue under those conditions. They didn't test me, and I got the job anyway.
Really, what are the promises of the US worth nowadays?
Oh, I guarantee the promises will be upheld to the letter of the law. They'll just change the law or the definition of the words to MAKE whatever they want to do legal. We see this with the NSA "We're not breaking any laws!" refrain now, we saw it back in the "I did not have sexual relations with that woman!" days. Reality is often wrong, but the lawyers always make it right.
...who, by the way, has been convicted of no crime - is so dangerous and so important, that the USA feels it necessary to threaten revenge against the entire planet if they let him stay there while things run their course? Wow. I mean, it's a little awkward for him now, but I don't recall threats like this even regarding known killers and terrorists. Think of the ego boost!
According to the article, the valets themselves. Mot TSA agents, minimum wage, no-background-check valets. They're the last people to be in the car, and they decide where to park them. Anyone else see the two glaring problems here?
The pictures will contain links, which means it's ON A COMPUTER - which as we all know makes it inherently patentable.
In all seriousness, I haven't paid active attention to advertising in any form for years - I tune it right out. I fast forward past TV ads, I block most internet ads and don't click the ones that get past. When I want to buy something, I'll go look at products in stores. When an ad DOES come to my attention, it's almost always because its loud, visually jarring, or just obnoxiously stupid. In that case, I put that brand on the "never buy" list. Overall effectiveness of the ads is therefore in the negative numbers, and I'm sure I'm not the only person with this perception.
To me, advertising is like the cold war: Everyone is afraid to stop building H-bombs (or running ads) for fear the other side will get ahead. Stop it all, and a parasitic drain on society ends.
You guys talk like Boston University is in the business of developing technologies to license, and that they keep track of what's happening in the computer industry. I'm quite sure they weren't quietly biding their time, waiting for "their" technology to become entrenched; more likely, they had no clue. I suspect they stumbled upon this patent in their files, either serendipitously or in a search for new revenue streams. Which is basically what every business or organization in the country is doing now, since it's been well proven there's big money in previously ignored patents.
We must continue to disagree, although my evidence is admittedly, anecdotal. The experience was fantastic. Throttle twists literally had me doing wheelies with a full load (bags and two passengers on a 500cc bike) and if we were going with less power, then I've found the secret to antigravity! Truly, it went faster and felt as if it had more torque.
Then, after another fill up, it returned to the same somewhat mushy throttle response. I wouldn't cite it if I hadn't gotten another gallon on the way back with the same whooopeeee result.
Real or not, if you enjoy it that much it's cheap pleasure. (Hint: It's not real)
...is what keeps me on or off Windows. I keep a couple of Windows computers around, but I mostly turn them on monthly so I don't get too far behind on updates. They have Vista and Windows 7 on them; no need for Win 8 as I don't have a tablet computer aside from my iPad. My Macs are on 10.6 and 10.7. and that's where I spend most of my time. No Mac OSX 10.8 as that's becoming too touch oriented.
In my opinion (gotta be safe here) the purpose of most organizations eventually shifts from their original goals to simply ensuring their own existence. Using the legal system to silence their detractors is an excellent touchstone of when this has happened.
The BBC should boycott Nepal and stay out for, say, 10 years - that'll teach 'em!
I can see coming to the US, doing something without official permission, then saying our rules "fail to keep up with the recent changes in technology." That'll fly...
They get all the care and attention, and healthy people are left out in the cold. Equal treatment for all!
No, seriously, I don't see a bias against obese patients as a problem. And I say that as someone who's pretty heavy, and by my own hand - the hand putting pizza in my mouth. Despite the laughable number of people who say "they have a glandular condition" or some such, 99.9% of the time obesity is a self inflicted injury. The doctors with this bias are, in fact, ahead of the curve. At the end of our slow march towards socialized medicine, there's a world where, if you smoked, ate too much, or didn't wear a motorcycle helmet, you government medical card isn't going to work.
... turns over in its grave.
(GRIN) At one time, ComputerLand was a big company. The Macintosh IIfx on my desk was the one and only token-ring equipped Mac in the entire outfit. Of course, the card WAS $1500.00...
...Otherwise, I'd be spending all my time talking to the cops. I'd probably set off every single alarm that's on their "suspicious activity" list. I'm active in hobby rocketry, and sometimes transport my engines in surplus bazooka shell cases. Plus, the girlfriend is a dive instructor.
Hey, anyone remember the 50's and 60's? One the AWFUL things were were told about the Soviet system was the constant suspicion - people encouraged to turn in their neighbors, children encouraged to turn in their parents... (SIGH)
That was my first thought on reading the headline. If and when they experience the horrors supposedly brought on by IE6, they'll consider it - but you're going to have very little success getting any organization to spend IT money proactively, rather than reflexively. It just doesn't happen, even in my field, education.
Not directly related, but fun. Not as long ago as you'd think, I was called to a good-sized theme park for "emergency repairs" on a computer. What I found was an 8-bit Apple II, running a custom written program from a 5.25" floppy. This ran their water-park wave machine; the program stayed in memory and only had to be reloaded if the power went off. The floppy containing the last known copy of the program had simply worn out. The original programmer was dead, and there was no documentation. There was no part of the system that wasn't completely obsolete and unsupportable; any change would have to re-create the entire system - including interfacing to the wave machine - from scratch. What I did was simply use a recovery program to keep trying the disk read in different ways until I got the program into memory, then wrote it out to a box of floppies. Far as I know, the system is still running.
Just depends on who their target users are, and if they've evaluated them correctly. The subscription model, with the constant drain on your bank account, serves the professional user - i.e, one who earns their living using Photoshop. I have customers, like the graphics arts departments of corporations, who this is tailor made for. Who it does NOT serve is the single proprietor or casual user. A lot of those have used Photoshop - usually not the latest version - simply because it was the industry standard and they could exchange files with larger organizations. There's no way on earth they'll continue to do so with a subscription model, so Adobe will lose those customers. They'll probably lose many education customers, too.
Question is whether the increased revenue from larger customers will compensate. Adobe is guessing yes. My guess is, it 'll be successful for a year, maybe two - but the reign of Photoshop, and the rest of the Creative Suite as "the standard" begins to wind down now.
As in, unable to sate. they built 100, and have 150 customers.
...where they write about what the Chinese government is doing to the people who stole the copyrighted materials, presented them as their own, and reaped the other 70% of the proceeds. Same thing as the Amazon/1984 debacle. Apple's only error is (perhaps) in not doing "enough" to keep OTHER people from breaking Chinese copyright laws.
Much more serious-looking than the over-styled fiberglass fantasies the super rich seem to typically buy. Probably a better ocean-going vessel, as well. If I had, say, $30M, I'd spend $10M of it on that.
I had a boss with that exact mentality a while ago. It was pretty bad.
(GRIN) That's actually were my original post came from. Way back when, my boss' boss at Computerland told me, on a Friday, to travel 500 miles to work a trade show over the weekend. When I told him I had plans with my wife and kids for the weekend, he looked at me like a confused puppy. After I gave several minutes of detailed explanation, he said it hadn't occurred to him "people like me" might have plans. No malice, and he retracted the request - he just didn't know.
See, I've always expected people like this don't ignore our concerns, they just can't comprehend we HAVE concerns. "I don't understand why you're all 'Argh, I'm starving!' Why don't you just get some food?"
"Sucks to be you"... Aw, shoot, I already did.
Seriously, though, threats are not the way to accomplish anything here. Rather than online vigilantism, people who have strong feelings about this should be talking to newspapers, senators, congressmen, etc. That way they might actually get something changed, and incidentally make these peoples lives difficult as a happy bonus. Remember, these are the people who (for this purpose) define right and wrong. If you want to go after them, short of full revolution, you have to play by their rules. Otherwise you're just another criminal they can use to justify their tactics.
...then hang onto them like grim death when challenged. My wife was not a stupid woman, and in fact had a better education than mine - on MOST topics (I assume). I recall walking through a park with her, and she was chasing some ducks. I told her to "leave the poor birds alone", which confused her, because according to her, ducks weren't birds. She went on, saying people thought a lot of things were birds that weren't, like penguins.
I asked her what she though they were, and she said "ducks". Like mammal, reptile, bird, amphibian, duck? "Exactly!" Books didn't help, and for a while I suspected she was kidding me (though it wasn't April). When it got to the sleeping on the couch stage, I dropped it...