"Simon Denham, founder of Capital Spreads, said; "It (trading) went down at 8.44 am. This happens on the LSE two or three times a year, but I can't remember it ever having been down this long.
"I don't know what excuse they will give - for the second biggest stock exchange in the world it's pretty poor.""
By the time any of these open source projects push out anything worthwhile the world will have moved on and nobody will be looking for their clones. And even then they'll have none of the simplicity and ease of use of the originals, let alone the integration into other software. Seriously, when is the FOSS world going to take the lead on creating something cool for a change instead of rushing after the trend du jour ?
Well, not everyone can be a George Washington, some people have to be the Tom Paine's if you know what I mean. The geeks who can actually appreciate their contribution know of them which is all that matters really.
FWIW I live in country that has euthanasia laws and we also have great palliative treatment so the two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. We also have socialized healthcare though, so there's little monetary pressure associated with prolonged care.
You have a right to life, and you are stuck with it.
Very well, I promise to keep on living until I'm dead. See how pointless that is ? It's like asking what came before the big bang (or what was there before god, if you're so inclined.) The question is pointless because it is situated outside the defined domain.
Thankfully, Apple has never pulled the trigger and removed apps like that which users have purchased, so I've actually been able to use it on a few occasions since then, though I try not to abuse it (especially since AT&T is apparently cracking down on illicit tethering of this sort, forcing the people doing it to either buy a tethering data plan or else cease doing it), and haven't used it in a few months.
Hah, I remember that app. I don't remember where I read this (probably somewhere linked from Daringfireball) but developers that have the iCloud pre-release that allows you to download already purchased apps directly to your device reported the option to download apps even if they have been removed from the appstore since they have been paid for. So that's good news if it extends to the final version.
Sounds about right. My girlfriend has the ability to instantly memorize anyone's pincode for years (people don't believe it and so they're dumb enough to tell her), she doesn't actually remember the numbers but seems to remember the pattern on a grid. She could have a great career as a shoulder-surfer.
The passcode to his app, which is a gimmick app to imitate the real lockscreen and take a picture when the wrong code is entered. Doesn't actually expose any data or anything.
The whole thing is flawed. His is a gimmicky free app. Clearly most users downloaded it, tested it with a stupid passcode, like the 2 most common "1234" and the app default "0000" and then quickly forgot about it. Got to give him props for PR though, who knows how many downloads is he going to get out of this story.
App in question in action. Description from the video :
"This is not a prank application! It really works, and takes pictures of anyone trying to access your iPhone. Big Brother is the only iPhone app which sets off an alarm AND takes a photo if the user presses the home button!
Want to know if someone has been sneaking a peak at your iPhone 4? Turn on Big Brother, LOCK it, turn off your iPhone, and you're set! Whenever a person enters an incorrect password, the device will take two photos!"
Not duplicating functionality in the iPhone, not actually stealing your passcode (just its own user settable one is sent back).
There's a reason that "expert" is anonymous: it's a PR flunky that has to feed ass-covering statements to the press. Something for the masses who don't know any better to swallow.
I'm pretty sure that's a contradiction. You can't both have an inalienable right, and have the right to alienate it. A bit like the GPL. You have the freedom to do anything you want with the code except give up your freedoms.
No, inalienable just means it is intrinsic to the person, the responsibility cannot be given to or appropriated by another person or organization. When the government or church or whomever decides to stop you from ending your own life they are doing just that : taking control of your "right to life." That's my interpretation anyway; a right is not an obligation.
This is important because if you allow people to give up their freedoms, even if they claim they want to, then you can get a "race to the bottom" where competitive pressure to sell your rights leaves nobody with any rights at all.
We already did this once, it was called "feudalism".
Tue and very important. You could easily image a dystopia where people get benefits for their children in return for a let's say "premature exit" to save on pensions and healthcare costs (I think this was a plot on Sliders once if anyone remembers that show.) That's no longer euthanasia though.
If you read about Apple there's a common thread to interactions with Jobs. Nearly everyone says that while the guy can be a monumental asshole (often people phrase it nicer), he also pushed them to do the best work they ever did. If he hadn't come along what are the odds the Apple I would have just stayed a project in a closet of Woz's office at HP ?
The guy clearly had issues naming a computer after her (the Apple Lisa) while at the same time ignoring her. They're reconciled though and she went to live with him for a couple of years afterwards. There seems to be something a little "off" about all these guys who become CEO's and the like, if you ask me there's more than a hint of psychopathology in all of them.
Wait, wait, a book that's a collection of of oral histories recorded more than a generation after the facts allegedly occurred contradicts itself ? Now I've heard everything.
Slashdot Mirror
London stock exchange, that's the one whose computers keep crashing, right ?
"Simon Denham, founder of Capital Spreads, said; "It (trading) went down at 8.44 am. This happens on the LSE two or three times a year, but I can't remember it ever having been down this long.
"I don't know what excuse they will give - for the second biggest stock exchange in the world it's pretty poor.""
By the time any of these open source projects push out anything worthwhile the world will have moved on and nobody will be looking for their clones. And even then they'll have none of the simplicity and ease of use of the originals, let alone the integration into other software. Seriously, when is the FOSS world going to take the lead on creating something cool for a change instead of rushing after the trend du jour ?
Flash is the new RealPlayer. The sooner everyone uninstalls it the sooner it sinks into obscurity where it belongs.
The world's full of assholes, some lead companies and some troll discussion boards, best to just deal with it.
With convincing arguments like that who am I to argue ?
Well, not everyone can be a George Washington, some people have to be the Tom Paine's if you know what I mean. The geeks who can actually appreciate their contribution know of them which is all that matters really.
FWIW I live in country that has euthanasia laws and we also have great palliative treatment so the two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. We also have socialized healthcare though, so there's little monetary pressure associated with prolonged care.
You have a right to life, and you are stuck with it.
Very well, I promise to keep on living until I'm dead. See how pointless that is ? It's like asking what came before the big bang (or what was there before god, if you're so inclined.) The question is pointless because it is situated outside the defined domain.
Thankfully, Apple has never pulled the trigger and removed apps like that which users have purchased, so I've actually been able to use it on a few occasions since then, though I try not to abuse it (especially since AT&T is apparently cracking down on illicit tethering of this sort, forcing the people doing it to either buy a tethering data plan or else cease doing it), and haven't used it in a few months.
Hah, I remember that app. I don't remember where I read this (probably somewhere linked from Daringfireball) but developers that have the iCloud pre-release that allows you to download already purchased apps directly to your device reported the option to download apps even if they have been removed from the appstore since they have been paid for. So that's good news if it extends to the final version.
It may be against the Terms of Service, but really, so what?
Related (and not a goatse, I swear.)
Yeah because the iPhone was never locked in the first place, just running the app. That's why it sounds an alarm when you quit the app.
Sounds about right. My girlfriend has the ability to instantly memorize anyone's pincode for years (people don't believe it and so they're dumb enough to tell her), she doesn't actually remember the numbers but seems to remember the pattern on a grid. She could have a great career as a shoulder-surfer.
The passcode to his app, which is a gimmick app to imitate the real lockscreen and take a picture when the wrong code is entered. Doesn't actually expose any data or anything.
The whole thing is flawed. His is a gimmicky free app. Clearly most users downloaded it, tested it with a stupid passcode, like the 2 most common "1234" and the app default "0000" and then quickly forgot about it. Got to give him props for PR though, who knows how many downloads is he going to get out of this story.
App in question in action. Description from the video :
"This is not a prank application! It really works, and takes pictures of anyone trying to access your iPhone. Big Brother is the only iPhone app which sets off an alarm AND takes a photo if the user presses the home button!
Want to know if someone has been sneaking a peak at your iPhone 4?
Turn on Big Brother, LOCK it, turn off your iPhone, and you're set!
Whenever a person enters an incorrect password, the device will take two photos!"
Not duplicating functionality in the iPhone, not actually stealing your passcode (just its own user settable one is sent back).
There's a reason that "expert" is anonymous: it's a PR flunky that has to feed ass-covering statements to the press. Something for the masses who don't know any better to swallow.
He's one of the founding fathers of the modern computing industry. Love him or loathe him computers wouldn't be the same without him.
I think you mean : "*waves hand* These are not the contradictions you are looking for."
I'm pretty sure that's a contradiction. You can't both have an inalienable right, and have the right to alienate it. A bit like the GPL. You have the freedom to do anything you want with the code except give up your freedoms.
No, inalienable just means it is intrinsic to the person, the responsibility cannot be given to or appropriated by another person or organization. When the government or church or whomever decides to stop you from ending your own life they are doing just that : taking control of your "right to life." That's my interpretation anyway; a right is not an obligation.
This is important because if you allow people to give up their freedoms, even if they claim they want to, then you can get a "race to the bottom" where competitive pressure to sell your rights leaves nobody with any rights at all.
We already did this once, it was called "feudalism".
Tue and very important. You could easily image a dystopia where people get benefits for their children in return for a let's say "premature exit" to save on pensions and healthcare costs (I think this was a plot on Sliders once if anyone remembers that show.) That's no longer euthanasia though.
Also there's already a "graphic novel" called "Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and the Personal Computer"
If you read about Apple there's a common thread to interactions with Jobs. Nearly everyone says that while the guy can be a monumental asshole (often people phrase it nicer), he also pushed them to do the best work they ever did. If he hadn't come along what are the odds the Apple I would have just stayed a project in a closet of Woz's office at HP ?
The guy clearly had issues naming a computer after her (the Apple Lisa) while at the same time ignoring her. They're reconciled though and she went to live with him for a couple of years afterwards. There seems to be something a little "off" about all these guys who become CEO's and the like, if you ask me there's more than a hint of psychopathology in all of them.
"You're STEALING from US ??!!" :-)
If ever there was a movie in need of a sequel it's that one, with Apple's remarkable comeback and Microsoft's slide into complacency.
The same goes for for Gates. It doesn't matter anyway, they've ALL been villains as well as heroes. Human nature and all that.
Wait, wait, a book that's a collection of of oral histories recorded more than a generation after the facts allegedly occurred contradicts itself ? Now I've heard everything.