Way to not read the guy's WHOLE message. His point was even about that. His point was that Cars are more dangerous than guns, and yet we let car drivers operate their equipment with minimal oversight.
This is more akin to having a car that everybody in the neighborhood shares. Therefore it's always open. Some creep takes the car, gets charged with speeding, and the owner gets jailtime for negligence. This law is basically discouraging charity & sharing. It's stupid and typical of a judge who should not be a judge.
Yet another reason (among many) why I only buy physical objects (CDs, DVDs, books) rather than download content. I want the content to be transferable any time I feel like it, not have to go begging or pleading to move it to another platform (new wii, new MP3 player, whatever).
And somebody commented "this is just nintendo" but they are forgetting that when Microsoft or Sony ban users, you lose all your content then too. They have the power to make your life miserable, and I don't want to give that power to anybody. I'll stick with the physical objects that are in MY control.
>>>Maybe because resumes get sent to HR and management, not experienced programmers?
Yes HR people are amazingly stupid. Recent conversation: - "Sorry we're looking for an Altera guy, and you only used Xilinx." - "True but targeting a different device is as simple as changing a menu setting. Xilinx or Altera... there's no real difference. Both use the same VHDL or Verilog code." - "No. Goodbye."
I can just imagine similar conversations for programmers: "Sorry we're looking for a C++ guy, and you only used Java. Goodbye."
I don't agree. On my project it was a lot cheaper to use the existing Windows NT 4 OS than to develop our own from scratch. It was also cheaper to buy mass-produced parts for a few pennies, rather than build our own for around $1000 each. It also saved space - instead of a giant box we used the latest tech to shrink the unit down to a small cube.
I don't think the government buys anything from Sony, other than a few consumer electronics for conference room. Most of the time the government purchases from dedicated contractors like Lockheed, Northrop, Raytheon, et cetera.
BTW:
A number of those contractors have discovered that dicking with the U.S. Military (example: employees mischarging time) leads to serious consequences. Like millions of dollars in fines. I hope the USAF makes an example of Sony and drags them through the court system, for their false advertising scheme.
If the GOAL is to educate children, then the tax dollars should follow the child even if said child doesn't attend a public school and goes to Harvard High School instead.
If the dollars don't follow the child, and are instead permanently tied to the school, then that school holds a monopoly. It's just the same as if you were forced to pay $1000 to Microsoft every year, even if you decide to use a Mac or Linux machine instead. MS would hold a monopoly on the funds.
>>>Obama is just encouraging the graduates to do something with their lives instead of frittering them away.
Or frittering away company time, once these grads get jobs. I see a lot of coworkers letting themselves get distracted by Instant Messaging on their screens, or texts on their cellphones. And I myself get distracted by frequent slashdot updates. The information bombardment is pulling us away from being truly productive (i.e. getting our work done).
Contrary to Obama's claim "talk radio" doesn't bother me too much, because it's just background noise, but the interactive media is definitely a time eater.
>>>Parents have the CHOICE to not send their kids to the local public district schools
Yeah but we don't have a choice to stop sending them our money. Schools hold a monopoly much like Comcast has a monopoly in my home town. The difference is I can choose not to pay Comcast any dollars (and therefore not have internet). I don't have that choice with the schools. Even if I send my kid to Apple Elementary, the public school is still sucking dollars from my wallet.
The money should follow the child just the same way it works in European schools.
I had spyware on my Windows XP-PC which AdAware dutifully removed. But unfortunately the removal of the spyware damaged by RAID configuration, so I could no longer reboot the system.
A Linux Live CD allowed me to look at my 2 hard drives, determine they were undamaged, and reconstruct the RAID. Thanks Linux. Maybe if Microsoft was not so short-sighted, they too would allow Windows Live CDs for emergencies like this one.
This seems dumb. Why shouldn't I be able to include (video) startrek.flv (/video) or (video) startrek.ogv (/video) in my HTML and IE9 play it? Why block that functionality?
>>>you're not going to learn much playing a game other than fine tuning your finger reflexes and how much the pretzel is worth in Ms PacMan. (Hint: 700 points)
So addition.
Also problem solving skills. Which has served me well as an engineer. With PacMan and other "twitch" games I learned to look for patterns. With Raiders of the Lost Ark or Pitfall, I learned to be stubborn and keep looking for the missing pieces even if it took me hours. With later computer games, like simulations and RPGs I learned how to read and expand my vocabulary. I also learned how U.S. Navy operates which proved to be very useful in my first job (designing naval weapons/systems).
I didn't do any of that crap. I joined the art club and then never showed up but once (painted the fall play's background scenes), but still listed it on my college application. Ditto the poetry magazine (published just once a year, and that was the one and only time I attended).
Even though I was a slacker with the afterschool stuff, I still got accepted to all 4 colleges I applied, plus a free $5000 per year grant at one of them. Sometimes I think counselors mislead students, in order to try to get them "involved". You're better off focusing on getting the grades, and only do the extra stuff if you really have a burning desire to do it.
Like Computer Club. Now that was an activity I really enjoyed, even though it had nothing to do with the school.
This reminds me of members of the Liberty community who insist they don't have to pay income taxes. They use all kinds of legal arguments such as "my kids are my employees and I pay them, so I deduct that amount" or "I don't have a social security number so I don't need to pay," and so on.
Of course the judge immediately throws these arguments out. And the judge will likely throw out the "Somebody used my Wifi line to steal - it wasn't me" argument too. His goal is to enforce the law, not to let you escape.
He attacked the Church of Apple! Stone him. No, no, better yet. Let's throw him in the river. If he floats we'll burn him at the stake, but if he sinks than he's innocent (may Job rest his soul).
It seems clear to me that Mr. Jobs has adopted Microsoft tactics. If someone threatens the profitability of your product - exterminate them. Jobs is planning to attack Theora with what amounts to a frivolous lawsuit. Even if he loses, it won't matter, because Theora will be driven into bankruptcy by the attack. It sounds just like 90s-era Microsoft.
And even if Theora survives, the battle will have left them so depleted that they'll longer be a competitor. However you look at it, Jobs accomplishes his goal.
What??? Maybe they meant per week. That wouldn't be too bad - about 1/2 hour per class per day.
I used to get all my homework done before 5 pm (while watching the afternoon cartoons). Sometimes I had a book report that I had to bang-out on my typewriter, which kept me up til bedtime. Anything more than that is just nuts. After all adults typically only work 8 to 5, or 8 to 6. It makes sense for kids to follow the same schedule.
they'd have no problem with it. In fact they'd probably praise it for being innovative. Double standard. - I think a gaming camp is a cool idea, especially if the games are oriented towards RPGs (reading) or simulations (strategies). Plus it's only 3 hours a day.
They get exercise the other ~10 hours in the day.
By gum, you've sold me. (Throws Win7 PC in trash and goes looking for a cheap Mac.) Damn straight Apple is more efficient than Microsoft. Killed off the competition in mere MONTHS rather than years.;-)
I hear people objecting about media consolidation. Like how NBC Universal owns ~10 major cable channels. And now Comcast owns NBC Universal, so they can control what gets shown or not shown on broadcast (say goodbye to BSG or SG1 reruns on free tv). It appears we're witnessing the same thing in the web, with competitors gradually disappearing to leave behind a monopoly or duopoly.
I will leave it up to you to decide if that's bad or good.
"We need to cut back on the quantity of medicine used, in order to improve efficiency." - Barak Obama last week. This vaccine won't be allowed to use except a few rare cases.
Half trace the internet to ARPAnet, while the other half say ARPAnet and the IP-based Internet are not the same thing because they use different protocols. Just like a Mac and PC are not the same thing. Sure they share the same foundation (Intel CPU) but otherwise, not the same.
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Way to not read the guy's WHOLE message. His point was even about that. His point was that Cars are more dangerous than guns, and yet we let car drivers operate their equipment with minimal oversight.
Murder? Wow. Way off.
This is more akin to having a car that everybody in the neighborhood shares. Therefore it's always open. Some creep takes the car, gets charged with speeding, and the owner gets jailtime for negligence. This law is basically discouraging charity & sharing. It's stupid and typical of a judge who should not be a judge.
Yet another reason (among many) why I only buy physical objects (CDs, DVDs, books) rather than download content. I want the content to be transferable any time I feel like it, not have to go begging or pleading to move it to another platform (new wii, new MP3 player, whatever).
And somebody commented "this is just nintendo" but they are forgetting that when Microsoft or Sony ban users, you lose all your content then too. They have the power to make your life miserable, and I don't want to give that power to anybody. I'll stick with the physical objects that are in MY control.
>>>Maybe because resumes get sent to HR and management, not experienced programmers?
Yes HR people are amazingly stupid. Recent conversation:
- "Sorry we're looking for an Altera guy, and you only used Xilinx."
- "True but targeting a different device is as simple as changing a menu setting. Xilinx or Altera... there's no real difference. Both use the same VHDL or Verilog code."
- "No. Goodbye."
I can just imagine similar conversations for programmers:
"Sorry we're looking for a C++ guy, and you only used Java. Goodbye."
I don't agree. On my project it was a lot cheaper to use the existing Windows NT 4 OS than to develop our own from scratch. It was also cheaper to buy mass-produced parts for a few pennies, rather than build our own for around $1000 each. It also saved space - instead of a giant box we used the latest tech to shrink the unit down to a small cube.
I don't think the government buys anything from Sony, other than a few consumer electronics for conference room. Most of the time the government purchases from dedicated contractors like Lockheed, Northrop, Raytheon, et cetera.
BTW:
A number of those contractors have discovered that dicking with the U.S. Military (example: employees mischarging time) leads to serious consequences. Like millions of dollars in fines. I hope the USAF makes an example of Sony and drags them through the court system, for their false advertising scheme.
If the GOAL is to educate children, then the tax dollars should follow the child even if said child doesn't attend a public school and goes to Harvard High School instead.
If the dollars don't follow the child, and are instead permanently tied to the school, then that school holds a monopoly. It's just the same as if you were forced to pay $1000 to Microsoft every year, even if you decide to use a Mac or Linux machine instead. MS would hold a monopoly on the funds.
>>>Obama is just encouraging the graduates to do something with their lives instead of frittering them away.
Or frittering away company time, once these grads get jobs. I see a lot of coworkers letting themselves get distracted by Instant Messaging on their screens, or texts on their cellphones. And I myself get distracted by frequent slashdot updates. The information bombardment is pulling us away from being truly productive (i.e. getting our work done).
Contrary to Obama's claim "talk radio" doesn't bother me too much, because it's just background noise, but the interactive media is definitely a time eater.
>>>Parents have the CHOICE to not send their kids to the local public district schools
Yeah but we don't have a choice to stop sending them our money. Schools hold a monopoly much like Comcast has a monopoly in my home town. The difference is I can choose not to pay Comcast any dollars (and therefore not have internet). I don't have that choice with the schools. Even if I send my kid to Apple Elementary, the public school is still sucking dollars from my wallet.
The money should follow the child just the same way it works in European schools.
I had spyware on my Windows XP-PC which AdAware dutifully removed. But unfortunately the removal of the spyware damaged by RAID configuration, so I could no longer reboot the system.
A Linux Live CD allowed me to look at my 2 hard drives, determine they were undamaged, and reconstruct the RAID. Thanks Linux. Maybe if Microsoft was not so short-sighted, they too would allow Windows Live CDs for emergencies like this one.
>>>only allowing H.264 video with a video tag.
This seems dumb. Why shouldn't I be able to include (video) startrek.flv (/video) or (video) startrek.ogv (/video) in my HTML and IE9 play it? Why block that functionality?
>>>you're not going to learn much playing a game other than fine tuning your finger reflexes and how much the pretzel is worth in Ms PacMan. (Hint: 700 points)
So addition.
Also problem solving skills. Which has served me well as an engineer. With PacMan and other "twitch" games I learned to look for patterns. With Raiders of the Lost Ark or Pitfall, I learned to be stubborn and keep looking for the missing pieces even if it took me hours. With later computer games, like simulations and RPGs I learned how to read and expand my vocabulary. I also learned how U.S. Navy operates which proved to be very useful in my first job (designing naval weapons/systems).
I didn't do any of that crap. I joined the art club and then never showed up but once (painted the fall play's background scenes), but still listed it on my college application. Ditto the poetry magazine (published just once a year, and that was the one and only time I attended).
Even though I was a slacker with the afterschool stuff, I still got accepted to all 4 colleges I applied, plus a free $5000 per year grant at one of them. Sometimes I think counselors mislead students, in order to try to get them "involved". You're better off focusing on getting the grades, and only do the extra stuff if you really have a burning desire to do it.
Like Computer Club. Now that was an activity I really enjoyed, even though it had nothing to do with the school.
This reminds me of members of the Liberty community who insist they don't have to pay income taxes. They use all kinds of legal arguments such as "my kids are my employees and I pay them, so I deduct that amount" or "I don't have a social security number so I don't need to pay," and so on.
Of course the judge immediately throws these arguments out. And the judge will likely throw out the "Somebody used my Wifi line to steal - it wasn't me" argument too. His goal is to enforce the law, not to let you escape.
He attacked the Church of Apple! Stone him. No, no, better yet. Let's throw him in the river. If he floats we'll burn him at the stake, but if he sinks than he's innocent (may Job rest his soul).
>>>Now the Snow Leopard release has about the same bugs as a Windows release.
Really? I was just thinking of getting a Mac with that OS. Supposedly Apple made few changes from 10.5 to 10.6 so how could they mess it up?
It seems clear to me that Mr. Jobs has adopted Microsoft tactics. If someone threatens the profitability of your product - exterminate them. Jobs is planning to attack Theora with what amounts to a frivolous lawsuit. Even if he loses, it won't matter, because Theora will be driven into bankruptcy by the attack. It sounds just like 90s-era Microsoft.
And even if Theora survives, the battle will have left them so depleted that they'll longer be a competitor. However you look at it, Jobs accomplishes his goal.
>>>3 hours* of homework per clas
What??? Maybe they meant per week. That wouldn't be too bad - about 1/2 hour per class per day.
I used to get all my homework done before 5 pm (while watching the afternoon cartoons). Sometimes I had a book report that I had to bang-out on my typewriter, which kept me up til bedtime. Anything more than that is just nuts. After all adults typically only work 8 to 5, or 8 to 6. It makes sense for kids to follow the same schedule.
at video game camp... ....I took my Rez Vibrator and I shoved it in my pussy." - Alyson Hannigan. "What you say???"
they'd have no problem with it. In fact they'd probably praise it for being innovative. Double standard. - I think a gaming camp is a cool idea, especially if the games are oriented towards RPGs (reading) or simulations (strategies). Plus it's only 3 hours a day.
They get exercise the other ~10 hours in the day.
>>>Google had Lala integrated into search results.
I feel like sabotaging Apple. And costing them money. (Goes off to put Google/Lala on infinite loop.)
Lala's the service that also powered billboard.com, so you could listen to the top songs on the chart. I wonder what they'll do now?
By gum, you've sold me. (Throws Win7 PC in trash and goes looking for a cheap Mac.) Damn straight Apple is more efficient than Microsoft. Killed off the competition in mere MONTHS rather than years. ;-)
Well......
I hear people objecting about media consolidation. Like how NBC Universal owns ~10 major cable channels. And now Comcast owns NBC Universal, so they can control what gets shown or not shown on broadcast (say goodbye to BSG or SG1 reruns on free tv). It appears we're witnessing the same thing in the web, with competitors gradually disappearing to leave behind a monopoly or duopoly.
I will leave it up to you to decide if that's bad or good.
"We need to cut back on the quantity of medicine used, in order to improve efficiency." - Barak Obama last week. This vaccine won't be allowed to use except a few rare cases.
Actually I'd say it's half-and-half.
Half trace the internet to ARPAnet, while the other half say ARPAnet and the IP-based Internet are not the same thing because they use different protocols. Just like a Mac and PC are not the same thing. Sure they share the same foundation (Intel CPU) but otherwise, not the same.