I wouldn't call a business being able to bypass the law simply because it allows them to do the business they've chosen to do "cheating". I'd call it illegal. You are actually arguing (it seems to me) that if a business needs to break the law because it allows them to engage in an activity they've chosen to do, then they should be exempted from that law, at least if it's for a good cause.
You say it's easy to opt out, but what if I don't know I've been opted in? Because that's the whole point of opt-out is that the company that wants to do something I don't want them to do doesn't want to have to be bothered with informing me of it. Google wants me to do the work they should have to do, but it's annoying for them and they'd rather have me be the one annoyed. And yes, I know about Google, they are huge. But what happens when 1000 organizations are doing this; I should be responsible for keeping track of all of them?
I find this password list very interesting. There's some interesting human psychology in there that I'd really like to understand. I get the kid's names. I get the series of numbers. I get Password and Qwerty. But why iloveyou and rockyou? There has to be a story with those. And why are all the girl names capitalized, but michael is lower case? And is this list statistically significant enough to make a password cracking dictionary more effective than any already are?
What is the current generation FOSS alternative that does the same?
That would be Ogg Theora. Read this Wikipedia article on "Use of Ogg Formats in HTML5" on why it didn't remain a recommnedation in the HTML5 spec. Read this article on Theora on the debate over whether Theora has the same quality as H.264.
You can form your own theory on why a patent-free open-source product that exists hasn't gained prominence over propriety formats, but here's one AppleInsider writer's opinion.
Then why would Microsoft state that IE8 is vulnerable to this flaw? They don't seem to be known for exaggerating the vulnerability of their software. I'm sure I'm missing something here, I'm just sincerely not seeing why Microsoft would claim it would affect IE8 if they could make the opposite claim with any accuracy.
You were just born ten years too late. If you had been a twenty-something ten years ago like I was, you would have bought every new smartphone that came out bragging about all the cool features it had that you would never use. We called them pocket PCs back in the day and they didn't even have the ability to make calls!
It's just now that the cool people are all doing it it's no longer the nerdy thing to do.
You think that's the conspiracy? The real government conspiracy is that the whole idea of using your tin-foil hat to boost your signal is in fact a clever ploy to get you to stop wearing the tin-foil hat!
I realize your argument is meant as a joke, but I do have to wonder if you have part of it: Microsoft's desire to stay on the good side of India's government and populace.
Sometimes I enjoy watching an imaginative fantasy movie. Sometimes I enjoy watching a light-hearted comedy. Sometimes I enjoy watching a serious documentary. Sometimes I enjoy watching a thought-provoking indie movie. And apparently, some people enjoy watching NASA TV. There's a wide range of choices in movies. Why not allow for a wide range of style and quantity of violence in games and for the personal preferences of other people without labeling them as good or bad or right or wrong?
The goal of programming is to solve problems that are harder to solve than without a program. Every successful experience I've had learning something has been in trying to solve a problem that meant something to me.
Are you trying to spark an interested in the subject of programming or are you trying to teach the kid a skill? Or is this piano lessons for the next generation?
I almost didn't read the article, but I'm glad I did. If this is how financial/investment decisions are made, I now understand the financial crisis. Roger's white paper starts with actual data--GDP, annual budget for IT--so far, so good. It then proceeds to make a calculation based on (failure rate of "at risk" projects)... a fact? No. An estimate? No. An assumption? That's right. Actually, a range of an assumption (50%-80%), from which an average (65%) is calculated. I'm sorry, but the average of an assumption with an assumption is not data. In three-valued logic, if you multiply a truth with an unknown you get an unknown.
The author then proceeds to combine this calculation with a new wild guess--direct to indirect costs of between 5:1 and 10:1 to get an average of 7.5:1.
The article ends with "The numbers are estimates, of course. The precise numbers are not the point." These numbers aren't even estimates. This might meet the dictionary definition of estimate, but I don't believe it would meet the common knowledge understanding of most people's definition of estimate. An estimate comes from some kind of familiarity with a source that leads you to use your judgment to come up with the estimate. The author claims none of that here.
One might as well come up with a total so enormous as to draw attention and then determine what inputs would come up with that total. That seems to be what was done here.
Well, Microsoft Word does give the post a Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level of 15 (average is 7-8). Given the average/. reading level of 6th grade, you really can't blame the guy. Multi-syllabic words, long sentences, passive voice... I give it a B+.
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Ergo, there is no god.
There are lots of things that a iPod Touch with a larger screen would be useful for, like browsing porn, reading porn and watching porn.
There. Fixed that for you.
It actually has a robust power source; it is powered almost entirely by the user's sense of self-importance.
Then mine's gonna go to 11.
3. Trains that are actually on time.
You know, Mussolini kept the trains on time.
I wouldn't call a business being able to bypass the law simply because it allows them to do the business they've chosen to do "cheating". I'd call it illegal. You are actually arguing (it seems to me) that if a business needs to break the law because it allows them to engage in an activity they've chosen to do, then they should be exempted from that law, at least if it's for a good cause.
You say it's easy to opt out, but what if I don't know I've been opted in? Because that's the whole point of opt-out is that the company that wants to do something I don't want them to do doesn't want to have to be bothered with informing me of it. Google wants me to do the work they should have to do, but it's annoying for them and they'd rather have me be the one annoyed. And yes, I know about Google, they are huge. But what happens when 1000 organizations are doing this; I should be responsible for keeping track of all of them?
Look you guys are making this harder than it needs to be. Just set your tabs to be the width of one space then use two tabs!
I find this password list very interesting. There's some interesting human psychology in there that I'd really like to understand. I get the kid's names. I get the series of numbers. I get Password and Qwerty. But why iloveyou and rockyou? There has to be a story with those. And why are all the girl names capitalized, but michael is lower case? And is this list statistically significant enough to make a password cracking dictionary more effective than any already are?
What is the current generation FOSS alternative that does the same?
That would be Ogg Theora. Read this Wikipedia article on "Use of Ogg Formats in HTML5" on why it didn't remain a recommnedation in the HTML5 spec. Read this article on Theora on the debate over whether Theora has the same quality as H.264.
You can form your own theory on why a patent-free open-source product that exists hasn't gained prominence over propriety formats, but here's one AppleInsider writer's opinion.
...if he had just ended with "j/k" or a smiley.
Then why would Microsoft state that IE8 is vulnerable to this flaw? They don't seem to be known for exaggerating the vulnerability of their software. I'm sure I'm missing something here, I'm just sincerely not seeing why Microsoft would claim it would affect IE8 if they could make the opposite claim with any accuracy.
You were just born ten years too late. If you had been a twenty-something ten years ago like I was, you would have bought every new smartphone that came out bragging about all the cool features it had that you would never use. We called them pocket PCs back in the day and they didn't even have the ability to make calls!
It's just now that the cool people are all doing it it's no longer the nerdy thing to do.
You guys are being im-pot-able. Not to pan your fine work so far, but is this really the best you could cook up?
You think that's the conspiracy? The real government conspiracy is that the whole idea of using your tin-foil hat to boost your signal is in fact a clever ploy to get you to stop wearing the tin-foil hat!
The article says nothing about scientists keeping bad data simply to support a hypothesis. This is what separates it from religion.
Video on YouTube of High-Speed Robot Hand.
I usually have at least 15 tabs open at any given time. This can swell to 30 or 40 at times.
Dang, that's a lot of porn!
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.~ C.S. Lewis
Did anyone else read that as "trannies" the first time they read it?
I realize your argument is meant as a joke, but I do have to wonder if you have part of it: Microsoft's desire to stay on the good side of India's government and populace.
I thought driver support magically happened by virtue of a product being open-source.
Sometimes I enjoy watching an imaginative fantasy movie. Sometimes I enjoy watching a light-hearted comedy. Sometimes I enjoy watching a serious documentary. Sometimes I enjoy watching a thought-provoking indie movie. And apparently, some people enjoy watching NASA TV. There's a wide range of choices in movies. Why not allow for a wide range of style and quantity of violence in games and for the personal preferences of other people without labeling them as good or bad or right or wrong?
The goal of programming is to solve problems that are harder to solve than without a program. Every successful experience I've had learning something has been in trying to solve a problem that meant something to me.
Are you trying to spark an interested in the subject of programming or are you trying to teach the kid a skill? Or is this piano lessons for the next generation?
I almost didn't read the article, but I'm glad I did. If this is how financial/investment decisions are made, I now understand the financial crisis. Roger's white paper starts with actual data--GDP, annual budget for IT--so far, so good. It then proceeds to make a calculation based on (failure rate of "at risk" projects)... a fact? No. An estimate? No. An assumption? That's right. Actually, a range of an assumption (50%-80%), from which an average (65%) is calculated. I'm sorry, but the average of an assumption with an assumption is not data. In three-valued logic, if you multiply a truth with an unknown you get an unknown.
The author then proceeds to combine this calculation with a new wild guess--direct to indirect costs of between 5:1 and 10:1 to get an average of 7.5:1.
The article ends with "The numbers are estimates, of course. The precise numbers are not the point." These numbers aren't even estimates. This might meet the dictionary definition of estimate, but I don't believe it would meet the common knowledge understanding of most people's definition of estimate. An estimate comes from some kind of familiarity with a source that leads you to use your judgment to come up with the estimate. The author claims none of that here.
One might as well come up with a total so enormous as to draw attention and then determine what inputs would come up with that total. That seems to be what was done here.
Unfortunately, with the way IT fails, it's not even worth trying.
This would be interesting to compare with, say, the yearly cost of management failure.
Well, Microsoft Word does give the post a Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level of 15 (average is 7-8). Given the average /. reading level of 6th grade, you really can't blame the guy. Multi-syllabic words, long sentences, passive voice... I give it a B+.