good point. Example: William Shirer observed in his "Rise and Fall" that when stationed in pre-WWII Berlin he was somehow influenced by the Nazi propaganda, although he found the Nazi "ideology" repugnant and he read newspapers from Paris and London and New York daily. Probably the best guide is to avoid sources of "information" that try to persuade you in a certain direction. I've watched Jim Lehrer on the News Hour for decades but I am not certain which way he votes or wishes me to vote.
answer is no... not deliberate. inadvertently clueless, if clueless is what it is....
I tried locking my phone (knowing it was recommended) but the hassle of unlocking overcame the slight worry of being (a little) insecure. Think of your wallet - if you lose it, it's a *real* pain, cash, ID, credit cards canceled then renewed, etc etc. Your phone? Much more likely somebody will just wipe it clean, not try to use any data maliciously. I hold onto my phone almost as surely as my wallet.
By that analogy, you are locking and walking away from your phone? No, you are holding onto your phone. You would not lock your door if you were going in and out frequently, say to the porch or the barbecue.
An app performs a function, it does not add "functionality" (which is the most abused non-word in Tech, being longer than the real word it too-often replaces).
A Motorola TV is in my basement. It is big (for the time... 15"?), beautiful (clean lines, proto-Ives), vacuum tubes throughout (of course). Cannot throw it away but cannot figure out what to actually do with it!
A handy, helpful reference and loads of professional experience, is that all you got? No points for you! Try again, this time with more MS sycophancy, hmm?
Well-under-stated, dyerto, I agree from my perspective as a user and Sharepoint site organizer (low-privilege admin). Either there is no unifying approach or else it is extremely obscure. By chance I sat next to an IT guy on a plane and complained about Sharepoint; he was returning from a week-long course on Sharepoint and he pulls out a huge tome.... that is so wrong. All I wanted was a wiki and to share some docs. Also, editing practically requires Windows, which is a problem with academic scientists, many of whom use Macs.
she wanted her MacBook because of its coolness factor, not just what it can do. That, and she hates Windows. With that being said, it does suit her needs nicely.
The "coolness factor" is a societal shorthand for more rational, if verbose, reasons: e.g. "what it can do", "suit[ing] her needs", inadequate alternative (Windows), etc.
Slightly OT but I'm curious, why not install eeebuntu? It runs great on my 8.9" eeePC900 ($199, SSD, amazing!!). Installs easily from a USB stick and with updated settings it flies... no lag on the multitouch trackpad, quick graphics, etc. It might be my main computer if my hands were smaller. Is it just the challenge and the principle of running MacOS on non-mac hardware? Seems like a lot of work to run a closed, proprietary OS.
It's not a backup unless you can prove it will restore. Until then it's just a waste of tape, or disk, and time
True. There's a similar problem in biological research, where people think they have secured frozen samples but they haven't tested whether the samples are valuable after thawing. For example, frozen cells might not be viable, or RNA might be degraded. Too often the samples are just wasting freezer space. Anybody can freeze (or backup), the question is whether what you thaw (restore) is valuable.
The true cost of gasoline is higher than the pump price. Probably half the US defense budget goes to protecting oil supplies. About $400 B/year should be added to the cost of oil as a "fee for service".
Yes, it could be interesting, but it's embarrassing when an adult behaves like an adolescent ("oh, yeah? Well, mine will be bigger!"). Especially when they ain't got nothin' yet.
Either the entire ISP business should be under government control or none of it should be.
Why all or none? Both capitalism and government can be powerful forces for good and evil, depending entirely on how they are managed. A local government or semi-public cooperative might work very well as an ISP.
Those big old machines were reassuring just because they were, well, big and old. I agree with you, it was just faith that they were recording and counting votes reliably.
We use fill-in-the-oval and the voter sticks it into the scanning machine. Straightforward, if you're accustomed to tests (and I for one don't mind if that introduces a slight bias). Being now accustomed to the dour TSA, poll workers were surprisingly light-hearted on Tuesday, one suggested the scanner was actually a shredder.
The Obama campaign had a voter-tracking system where a volunteer (technically, a poll 'challenger') listened for the names of voters then entered those listed on their sheets into a phone- or web-based system. In theory, this could have helped identify irregularities but in practice, the system crashed. Nevertheless, the manual tracking could be reconciled with precinct results.
Maybe read, or even just scan the earlier comments... I quoted "The Prisoner" (TV, circa '68) about an hour before the parent posted. A knowledgeable AC provided the full quote, below. Iron Maiden. Sheesh.
Agreed! Just pause the video and it is obvious. The face looks slightly to 'her' left and up relative to the head (right and down). The color match between the head surrounding the face is also poor, emphasizing the separation, which along with a slight delay in movements make the face seem to float and wobble. Whoa, that's enough analysis for this gimmick...
"Failure in not an option" was Gene Kranz' inspiring response to the Apollo 13 problem, a problem that could easily have led to tragedy without a lot of hard work by smart people and maybe a bit of luck. More people need to say things that don't need *** or euphemisms to print.
If there is life on Mars, then the next question is whether it uses nucleic acids (DNA/RNA) for coding. All life on earth uses nucleic acids to encode genes. [Prions may be an exception to this rule but they are parasites that were originally encoded by nucleic acids and depend on nucleic acid-encoded 'hosts'.]
Core life functions are remarkably conserved on earth, e.g., human and pea (plant) histones, which are proteins that bind DNA, remain ~80% identical after a billion years or so of evolution. If extraterrestrial life has fundamentally different molecules and 'code' (e.g., non-nucleic acid genes, or different codes for amino acids, or the sequences of histone-like proteins, etc.), then life probably originated twice, independently. If instead the core functions are similar, then there was one common origin. These differences and similarities would change our estimates on the odds of life evolving independently elsewhere.
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good point. Example: William Shirer observed in his "Rise and Fall" that when stationed in pre-WWII Berlin he was somehow influenced by the Nazi propaganda, although he found the Nazi "ideology" repugnant and he read newspapers from Paris and London and New York daily. Probably the best guide is to avoid sources of "information" that try to persuade you in a certain direction. I've watched Jim Lehrer on the News Hour for decades but I am not certain which way he votes or wishes me to vote.
answer is no... not deliberate. inadvertently clueless, if clueless is what it is....
I tried locking my phone (knowing it was recommended) but the hassle of unlocking overcame the slight worry of being (a little) insecure. Think of your wallet - if you lose it, it's a *real* pain, cash, ID, credit cards canceled then renewed, etc etc. Your phone? Much more likely somebody will just wipe it clean, not try to use any data maliciously. I hold onto my phone almost as surely as my wallet.
why A/C?
By that analogy, you are locking and walking away from your phone? No, you are holding onto your phone. You would not lock your door if you were going in and out frequently, say to the porch or the barbecue.
This seems contradictory: if physical access trumps security, why bother with the annoying password?
An app performs a function, it does not add "functionality" (which is the most abused non-word in Tech, being longer than the real word it too-often replaces).
So if I limit myself to 8 keywords my code has less defects and is more maintainable?
... fewer defects. Never mind.
A Motorola TV is in my basement. It is big (for the time... 15"?), beautiful (clean lines, proto-Ives), vacuum tubes throughout (of course). Cannot throw it away but cannot figure out what to actually do with it!
A handy, helpful reference and loads of professional experience, is that all you got? No points for you! Try again, this time with more MS sycophancy, hmm?
Well-under-stated, dyerto, I agree from my perspective as a user and Sharepoint site organizer (low-privilege admin). Either there is no unifying approach or else it is extremely obscure. By chance I sat next to an IT guy on a plane and complained about Sharepoint; he was returning from a week-long course on Sharepoint and he pulls out a huge tome.... that is so wrong. All I wanted was a wiki and to share some docs. Also, editing practically requires Windows, which is a problem with academic scientists, many of whom use Macs.
> An appliance such as a [toaster] isn't designed to be hacked into
Toasted raisin bread...hmmm! But what if Apple lets me toast only whole wheat bread?
[we now return you to your regularly-scheduled tech programming]
she wanted her MacBook because of its coolness factor, not just what it can do. That, and she hates Windows. With that being said, it does suit her needs nicely.
The "coolness factor" is a societal shorthand for more rational, if verbose, reasons: e.g. "what it can do", "suit[ing] her needs", inadequate alternative (Windows), etc.
Slightly OT but I'm curious, why not install eeebuntu? It runs great on my 8.9" eeePC900 ($199, SSD, amazing!!). Installs easily from a USB stick and with updated settings it flies... no lag on the multitouch trackpad, quick graphics, etc. It might be my main computer if my hands were smaller. Is it just the challenge and the principle of running MacOS on non-mac hardware? Seems like a lot of work to run a closed, proprietary OS.
It's not a backup unless you can prove it will restore. Until then it's just a waste of tape, or disk, and time
True. There's a similar problem in biological research, where people think they have secured frozen samples but they haven't tested whether the samples are valuable after thawing. For example, frozen cells might not be viable, or RNA might be degraded. Too often the samples are just wasting freezer space. Anybody can freeze (or backup), the question is whether what you thaw (restore) is valuable.
Oh yeah, we spend a bundle defending our bananas....
You're right, $400B is less than half......bringing the total for defense spending to between $859 billion and $1160 billion in 2009.
The true cost of gasoline is higher than the pump price. Probably half the US defense budget goes to protecting oil supplies. About $400 B/year should be added to the cost of oil as a "fee for service".
Yes, it could be interesting, but it's embarrassing when an adult behaves like an adolescent ("oh, yeah? Well, mine will be bigger!"). Especially when they ain't got nothin' yet.
Either the entire ISP business should be under government control or none of it should be.
Why all or none? Both capitalism and government can be powerful forces for good and evil, depending entirely on how they are managed. A local government or semi-public cooperative might work very well as an ISP.
Those big old machines were reassuring just because they were, well, big and old. I agree with you, it was just faith that they were recording and counting votes reliably.
We use fill-in-the-oval and the voter sticks it into the scanning machine. Straightforward, if you're accustomed to tests (and I for one don't mind if that introduces a slight bias). Being now accustomed to the dour TSA, poll workers were surprisingly light-hearted on Tuesday, one suggested the scanner was actually a shredder.
The Obama campaign had a voter-tracking system where a volunteer (technically, a poll 'challenger') listened for the names of voters then entered those listed on their sheets into a phone- or web-based system. In theory, this could have helped identify irregularities but in practice, the system crashed. Nevertheless, the manual tracking could be reconciled with precinct results.
Maybe read, or even just scan the earlier comments... I quoted "The Prisoner" (TV, circa '68) about an hour before the parent posted. A knowledgeable AC provided the full quote, below. Iron Maiden. Sheesh.
"I am not a number - I am a free man!"
The Prisoner of work's modern dilemma
Agreed! Just pause the video and it is obvious. The face looks slightly to 'her' left and up relative to the head (right and down). The color match between the head surrounding the face is also poor, emphasizing the separation, which along with a slight delay in movements make the face seem to float and wobble. Whoa, that's enough analysis for this gimmick...
"Failure in not an option" was Gene Kranz' inspiring response to the Apollo 13 problem, a problem that could easily have led to tragedy without a lot of hard work by smart people and maybe a bit of luck. More people need to say things that don't need *** or euphemisms to print.
If there is life on Mars, then the next question is whether it uses nucleic acids (DNA/RNA) for coding. All life on earth uses nucleic acids to encode genes. [Prions may be an exception to this rule but they are parasites that were originally encoded by nucleic acids and depend on nucleic acid-encoded 'hosts'.]
Core life functions are remarkably conserved on earth, e.g., human and pea (plant) histones, which are proteins that bind DNA, remain ~80% identical after a billion years or so of evolution. If extraterrestrial life has fundamentally different molecules and 'code' (e.g., non-nucleic acid genes, or different codes for amino acids, or the sequences of histone-like proteins, etc.), then life probably originated twice, independently. If instead the core functions are similar, then there was one common origin. These differences and similarities would change our estimates on the odds of life evolving independently elsewhere.
...and if it ever did crash, it'd be a blue sky of death! Yeah, Big, Blue, sky.