If Netflix was now pushing to abolish net neutrality in order to use its size to keep new competitors away, that I would have a moral problem with. This just isn't that objectionable.
Kendall in South Florida? I mean, it's definitely far from the West Coast, but Miami is not exactly the Ozarks! There should be plenty of IT jobs near you.
I shop at Best Buy and I don't fall in that category; for enough for their stuff, the prices are competitive with online retailers, and I can get it now without having to arrange for delivery.
Really? I'm a lifelong geek who had been hearing about Fry's for decades, and thought it sounded overhyped, but when I finally went to one a few months ago I was surprised how good it was. It was the little odds and ends that impressed me the most I think.
Wonder how much of that is based on the fact that suddenly moderately technologically capable people were able to get IT jobs all over the place that paid better.
You know Fry's doesn't exist through much of the United States, right? I mean, a lot of your analysis I kind of agree with but I do think you're overthinking it. Radio Shack was killed by the fact that you could get most of what they sold much cheaper, even at other stores.
By building their own hardware I think Microsoft got a (logical) performance increase. My Surface Pro 4 with an i5 and 4 gigs of RAM seems as fast as my well-cooled desktop with its significantly faster i5 and 16 gigs of RAM (and dedicated graphics card).
Huh? They provided it to whoever has a subscription to the journal, or has some access, or has a friend who showed them a copy, or who glanced at in in a library. They don't own the data. The researchers are perfectly free to release all that into the public domain.
My life is boring enough that Google is welcome to my information. What are they going to find out about me? I like sex, pizza, and laziness? I freely admit those things.
I was in college in the mid-90's and forms of address were part of departmental culture. For one of my majors, we addressed professors by their first name. The other, "Professor." My students now call me either by my first name or Professor, and I don't particularly care which. Academics who need the social validation are not particularly charming (the worst are PhDs who insist on being called "Dr." in their off-campus lives).
I honestly can't figure out where I fall on this. I would say for major security issues, yes, though the cutoff should be when production use of that OS get below a certain point, which should be easily monitored, and I don't think XP went below that.
In any event, that an organization the size of NHS, quite literally one of the largest employers on the planet, did such a poor job on security is disgraceful, especially considering how internetworked all their stuff was.
"You had the chance to promote Esperanto and push us into a Star Trek Federation-like future. But you chose to mock Esperanto. Great job!"
Personally I think the idea of a universal language that is consistent, easy for the majority of people to pronounce, and does not have irregular forms of words is a great idea.
The idea that this universal language should be one created solely by a 19th century Polish opthalmologist, rather than a global team of professional linguistics experts, is a terrible idea.
"Qualcomm market capitalization = $80 billion, give or take a few. Apple cash on hand = $250 billion"
For companies that size money difference doesn't mean much in litigation. Both can afford to buy top-flight lawyers and pay to keep them working for as long as it takes.
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If Netflix was now pushing to abolish net neutrality in order to use its size to keep new competitors away, that I would have a moral problem with. This just isn't that objectionable.
"Sorry but a 6 digit UID is not "low"... with a UID as high as yours I'd expect you to know that :-)"
Also, based on my recollection of the level of discourse in Slashdot's early days, I wouldn't assume a low UID is a sign of wisdom...
Ahhhh you're my doppelganger. Though I'm a year younger, and I've seen a Fry's twice, though it was on the same trip to California.
Kendall in South Florida? I mean, it's definitely far from the West Coast, but Miami is not exactly the Ozarks! There should be plenty of IT jobs near you.
I shop at Best Buy and I don't fall in that category; for enough for their stuff, the prices are competitive with online retailers, and I can get it now without having to arrange for delivery.
Really? I'm a lifelong geek who had been hearing about Fry's for decades, and thought it sounded overhyped, but when I finally went to one a few months ago I was surprised how good it was. It was the little odds and ends that impressed me the most I think.
Wonder how much of that is based on the fact that suddenly moderately technologically capable people were able to get IT jobs all over the place that paid better.
You know Fry's doesn't exist through much of the United States, right? I mean, a lot of your analysis I kind of agree with but I do think you're overthinking it. Radio Shack was killed by the fact that you could get most of what they sold much cheaper, even at other stores.
Also it's hard to maintain totalitarian rule when you have a growing, politically significant middle class.
I doubt very much you were called a "racist" when you criticized an alleged accounting error.
Marketing? Seriously? I have both machines. I literally have both machines next to me right now. It has nothing to do with "marketing."
Interestingly, China used to be a totalitarian state but I think they've moved over into the authoritarian state category.
By building their own hardware I think Microsoft got a (logical) performance increase. My Surface Pro 4 with an i5 and 4 gigs of RAM seems as fast as my well-cooled desktop with its significantly faster i5 and 16 gigs of RAM (and dedicated graphics card).
Huh? They provided it to whoever has a subscription to the journal, or has some access, or has a friend who showed them a copy, or who glanced at in in a library. They don't own the data. The researchers are perfectly free to release all that into the public domain.
You can't copyright data; Elsevier just has the copyright on the papers themselves.
My life is boring enough that Google is welcome to my information. What are they going to find out about me? I like sex, pizza, and laziness? I freely admit those things.
I was in college in the mid-90's and forms of address were part of departmental culture. For one of my majors, we addressed professors by their first name. The other, "Professor." My students now call me either by my first name or Professor, and I don't particularly care which. Academics who need the social validation are not particularly charming (the worst are PhDs who insist on being called "Dr." in their off-campus lives).
I honestly can't figure out where I fall on this. I would say for major security issues, yes, though the cutoff should be when production use of that OS get below a certain point, which should be easily monitored, and I don't think XP went below that.
In any event, that an organization the size of NHS, quite literally one of the largest employers on the planet, did such a poor job on security is disgraceful, especially considering how internetworked all their stuff was.
The man's always trying to keep us down.
"You had the chance to promote Esperanto and push us into a Star Trek Federation-like future. But you chose to mock Esperanto. Great job!"
Personally I think the idea of a universal language that is consistent, easy for the majority of people to pronounce, and does not have irregular forms of words is a great idea.
The idea that this universal language should be one created solely by a 19th century Polish opthalmologist, rather than a global team of professional linguistics experts, is a terrible idea.
Voyage of the Mimi 4 life, gangstaz.
Maybe it was there, but you just did not figure out where exactly.
Just wait until the robots complain about humans taking away the good automation jobs...
"Qualcomm market capitalization = $80 billion, give or take a few. Apple cash on hand = $250 billion"
For companies that size money difference doesn't mean much in litigation. Both can afford to buy top-flight lawyers and pay to keep them working for as long as it takes.
When you replace 100 people with automation, you don't get 100 robot repair jobs out of them. That's the whole point of automation.