He wasn't just *whining* randomly to a reporter one day. He was *explaining* why the numbers were what they were during the company's quarterly earnings call. The people on those calls kinda wanna know that shit.
"Companies headquartered in the United States with securities traded on a U.S. based stock market or other exchange are required to file audited annual reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form 10-K following the end of a fiscal year and unaudited reports on Form 10-Q following the end of a fiscal quarter. These companies announce earnings and generally hold an earnings call quarterly."
I'm all for copyright, but set it back to 14 years, and no extensions. As far as I can tell, the current system allows for just two things: 1) People can take from the public domain but never contribute 2) People can profit off their dead ancestors' work. Neither is particularly good for the public at large.
In early 1997, Netscape Navigator 3 had been out for a while and Netscape 4 was released shortly after 56 modems came out. Lynx on a 56k line is not much different from Lynx on a 14.4. The Web was just fine in Netscape 3 with images off and a 28.8 or 33.6.
Really? You can't see the difference between "the boat sank" and "Jack died at the end"?
> people still watch shows about WW II and we all > know how that turned out... but it doesn't seem > to make it any less of a good story...
Movies are rarely about the war itself. Movies are about little things that happen to individual people DURING the war. Each individual story has a hundred different possible endings.
It's not ADD, you fucking moron, it's about time. You can read about twice as fast as people talk -- roughly 300wpm vs 150wpm. If there's no element of performance involved -- if it's just information -- why would I want to spend 10 minutes watching something that I could read in 5, or skim in one?
"Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) will seek legislation requiring the ability to "pierce" through encryption to allow American law enforcement to read protected communications with a court order." [emphasis mine]
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHA.
How 'bout we pass some legislation that things that should only happen with a court order, only happen with a court order?!?!?
"Each new connection forged by the HTTP/2.0 protocol..."
So is that... * forge (verb) 2. To form or create with concerted effort. or * forge (verb) 4. To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully. ?
It might surprise you to know I've wanted to do the EXACT SAME THING -- start a company to make dead-simple appliances. I can't tell you how many 20-30 year old appliances from the 80s I've replaced in the last 2 decades, and the replacements are good for 5-10 years. I'd pay $1,000 for a washing machine TOMORROW if it had quality components (switches, motors, hinges, etc.), user-serviceable parts, and if it would last 50-100 years. No reason it couldn't. I don't care if it's a bit heavier and has thicker parts and is a bit less efficient, as long as it lasts. You know what's inefficient? BUYING NEW DAMN APPLIANCES EVERY 8 YEARS.
"What are you doing to make selling electric cars as profitable and painless for your dealers as selling gasoline or diesel vehicles?"
What am I doing? That's easy: I'm NOT GIVING A SHIT HOW THEY FEEL. If I want to buy one, I'll walk into a dealer, and they can take my money, or not. Salesman's not making enough money? Wah wah wah, go get a real fucking job and do something USEFUL for a living.
No can do -- Android and MS suck even more. They take the worst of what Apple does and copy it badly and make it even more sucky. You wanna see sheep? Look at the design groups at Google and MS. "Fuzzy, indistinct crap? We're on it!"
Also, make Apple not do about half of what they've done, design-wise, in the last 5 years, to both hardware and software. Thin gray letters on white? Buttons that look like text? Colors from the background creeping into every UI surface? A phone that's so thin, there's a bump for the camera lens to fit, and so thin that its battery doesn't survive one day of moderate use? Fuck all that.
You don't have to go work for the competition, but they can be used as a good reason to make the change. Remember in 2007, when Microsoft was making smartphones, and Apple wasn't? Then Apple came out with the iPhone and stole the market from MS, despite MS having a multi-year headstart. 5 years later, MS's share of mobile devices is literally a rounding error compared to the iPhone, and Apple's iPhone business is bigger than the entirety of Microsoft. http://money.cnn.com/gallery/t... Three years later, things aren't looking any better for MS.
No matter how niche your area is, there is money to be made there, right? Therefore, you're not invulnerable. All it'll take is a couple ex-Tumblr or ex-Square or ex-Stripe or ex-Uber people to see the market and decide they want it, and they'll release a sexy product and take it overnight.
Alternately: quit, and start your own company with some ex-Tumblr or ex-Square or ex-Stripe or ex-Uber people.:-)
> I don't recall what country this happened in, but > non-lethal weapons were handed out to a > particular peace force with the intent that they > would be used instead of guns, thus resulting in > fewer instances of violence.
The country was the U.S. and the weapon was the Taser.
Slashdot Mirror
http://science.slashdot.org/st...
He wasn't just *whining* randomly to a reporter one day. He was *explaining* why the numbers were what they were during the company's quarterly earnings call. The people on those calls kinda wanna know that shit.
"Companies headquartered in the United States with securities traded on a U.S. based stock market or other exchange are required to file audited annual reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form 10-K following the end of a fiscal year and unaudited reports on Form 10-Q following the end of a fiscal quarter. These companies announce earnings and generally hold an earnings call quarterly."
Dang it. I *knew* my computer was running slow the other day. They must've hacked in to my computer and downloaded my bookmarks file.
Teach logic, critical thinking, nutrition, health, personal finance, and civics. THEN code.
"Microsoft Teams With Automakers To Put Windows In Cars"
Wow, that's some innovation. What's next, doors? A roof? Tires? Pedals?
Call me when I can embed a VM* in a tweet.
* virtual machine, not voicemail.
I'm all for copyright, but set it back to 14 years, and no extensions. As far as I can tell, the current system allows for just two things:
1) People can take from the public domain but never contribute
2) People can profit off their dead ancestors' work.
Neither is particularly good for the public at large.
"Imagine how nerve-racking -- terrifying, even -- being a politician would be if they were held accountable for what they said?"
FTFY.
Remember when copyrights used to expire, and the public domain existed? Good times.
In early 1997, Netscape Navigator 3 had been out for a while and Netscape 4 was released shortly after 56 modems came out. Lynx on a 56k line is not much different from Lynx on a 14.4. The Web was just fine in Netscape 3 with images off and a 28.8 or 33.6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Really? You can't see the difference between "the boat sank" and "Jack died at the end"?
> people still watch shows about WW II and we all
> know how that turned out... but it doesn't seem
> to make it any less of a good story...
Movies are rarely about the war itself. Movies are about little things that happen to individual people DURING the war. Each individual story has a hundred different possible endings.
Anyway, this guy has some other good points. http://entertainment.slashdot.... As do other replies to your comment.
No surprise here. Battery-powered flying craft + populated areas = regulation.
https://www.youtube.com/result...
> I just hope she didn't want to work as a CEO ever
> again of a company not bankrolled by herself.
Eh, she could always run for president.
It's not ADD, you fucking moron, it's about time. You can read about twice as fast as people talk -- roughly 300wpm vs 150wpm. If there's no element of performance involved -- if it's just information -- why would I want to spend 10 minutes watching something that I could read in 5, or skim in one?
"Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) will seek legislation requiring the ability to "pierce" through encryption to allow American law enforcement to read protected communications with a court order." [emphasis mine]
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHA.
How 'bout we pass some legislation that things that should only happen with a court order, only happen with a court order?!?!?
Now that it's becoming so well known, the next thing you'll see is a job listing asking for candidates with "5+ years of Swift experience"
"Each new connection forged by the HTTP/2.0 protocol..."
So is that...
* forge (verb) 2. To form or create with concerted effort.
or
* forge (verb) 4. To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
?
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forge
It might surprise you to know I've wanted to do the EXACT SAME THING -- start a company to make dead-simple appliances. I can't tell you how many 20-30 year old appliances from the 80s I've replaced in the last 2 decades, and the replacements are good for 5-10 years. I'd pay $1,000 for a washing machine TOMORROW if it had quality components (switches, motors, hinges, etc.), user-serviceable parts, and if it would last 50-100 years. No reason it couldn't. I don't care if it's a bit heavier and has thicker parts and is a bit less efficient, as long as it lasts. You know what's inefficient? BUYING NEW DAMN APPLIANCES EVERY 8 YEARS.
"What are you doing to make selling electric cars as profitable and painless for your dealers as selling gasoline or diesel vehicles?"
What am I doing? That's easy: I'm NOT GIVING A SHIT HOW THEY FEEL. If I want to buy one, I'll walk into a dealer, and they can take my money, or not. Salesman's not making enough money? Wah wah wah, go get a real fucking job and do something USEFUL for a living.
No can do -- Android and MS suck even more. They take the worst of what Apple does and copy it badly and make it even more sucky. You wanna see sheep? Look at the design groups at Google and MS. "Fuzzy, indistinct crap? We're on it!"
If so, revert it to how it was about 8 years ago.
Also, make Apple not do about half of what they've done, design-wise, in the last 5 years, to both hardware and software. Thin gray letters on white? Buttons that look like text? Colors from the background creeping into every UI surface? A phone that's so thin, there's a bump for the camera lens to fit, and so thin that its battery doesn't survive one day of moderate use? Fuck all that.
You don't have to go work for the competition, but they can be used as a good reason to make the change. Remember in 2007, when Microsoft was making smartphones, and Apple wasn't? Then Apple came out with the iPhone and stole the market from MS, despite MS having a multi-year headstart. 5 years later, MS's share of mobile devices is literally a rounding error compared to the iPhone, and Apple's iPhone business is bigger than the entirety of Microsoft. http://money.cnn.com/gallery/t... Three years later, things aren't looking any better for MS.
No matter how niche your area is, there is money to be made there, right? Therefore, you're not invulnerable. All it'll take is a couple ex-Tumblr or ex-Square or ex-Stripe or ex-Uber people to see the market and decide they want it, and they'll release a sexy product and take it overnight.
Alternately: quit, and start your own company with some ex-Tumblr or ex-Square or ex-Stripe or ex-Uber people. :-)
"Don't expect blazing performance from the quad-core Rockchip SoC that powers the device, but it's perfectly usable."
The device in question is the size of a pack of gum. It's nice to be living in the future.
... he's hoping he can please all the people, all the time? Yeah, there shouldn't be a problem accomplishing that. It's not like people have been famously saying that that's impossible for the last 150 years or anything. Proceed.
> I don't recall what country this happened in, but
> non-lethal weapons were handed out to a
> particular peace force with the intent that they
> would be used instead of guns, thus resulting in
> fewer instances of violence.
The country was the U.S. and the weapon was the Taser.