Be nice--it's somewhat on-topic and I wanted to stamp my predictions. Post McGraw (dang it). I got the iPhone OS 4.0 already by the way. Here we go.
The tablet will have.n wireless, 1280x720 resolution, OLED deluxe model, front facing camera, 32/64 GB. Runs a variant of iPhone OS 4.0--thus 4.0 will be described as well. $799/$999 (OLED)--no subsidies yet.
A poll recently indicated 95%+ coders here. Something about computer science makes comments skew strangely. Look at an article on encryption, and you'll get quite a few accurate, thoughtful comments. Look at one on CPUs, or applied physics, and you got a lot of jokes and misunderstandings. Is there something peculiar about the field of computer science that makes a worldview tilted so much?
I've always wondered if a geek or anti-IP person won a substantial lottery. Wouldn't we hear about it? Are there any open source coders happily contributing away, having won the lottery? You'd have some example of a free game, music, or movie by such a person.
Fresh out of college, bright-eyed young students almost always assume that the real world is all about who you know. Older, more experienced engineers know better--what you know is also important. It's age-old, the young nerds dream of politics while the old ones dream of interesting problems.
I got my job myself at a megacorp without knowing anyone (cold application to website).
After it has learned how to predict our movements, couldn't this be used to kill us with guns? There was a 60 minutes piece on the virtual fence--most interesting part for nerds was the AI system to recognize what to show to people. Apparently rolling sagebrush and various fauna were triggering too many false positives.
"That 'downturn' hurt, bad. Being out of work for 6 months would have been nice, but there were weeks at a time when there were no tech related positions, and nobody was interested in hiring someone with "professional" work experience for even tasks such as menial labor or food service."
Tech workers are comparable well payed and in a good position. Haiti had a sudden downturn--that's real problems. Perspective and all until we all hit Singularity.
Intellectual property, with its artificial scarcity, seems like an indicator of an immature civilization. Perhaps the singularity will happen before it gets sorted out.
True, but there's something qualitatively different about the iPhone market. In my mind, this is about "free as in beer", and whether it is moral to do such a thing.
I thought most of slashdot is computer-science only. What is the big-Oh notation of PCM? Most of slashdot are not engineers--they are computer scientists. Thus, they essentially are wannabee mathematicians.
I've been thinking about a moral thought game. What if someone made a free iPhone game that was rather good, and set it out for free? Technically, you'll be taking the jobs of a lot of people--often independent developers--who won't get a sale. As far as I know, nobody has done this--ever, in the entire world.
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The iPad is going to be chained by "intellectual property"--there's no doubt. Will it take the Singularity to blow everything away to get beyond IP?
Maybe Apple will make enough to fund the Singularity--iSingularity.
Be nice--it's somewhat on-topic and I wanted to stamp my predictions. Post McGraw (dang it). I got the iPhone OS 4.0 already by the way. Here we go.
The tablet will have .n wireless, 1280x720 resolution, OLED deluxe model, front facing camera, 32/64 GB. Runs a variant of iPhone OS 4.0--thus 4.0 will be described as well. $799/$999 (OLED)--no subsidies yet.
A poll recently indicated 95%+ coders here. Something about computer science makes comments skew strangely. Look at an article on encryption, and you'll get quite a few accurate, thoughtful comments. Look at one on CPUs, or applied physics, and you got a lot of jokes and misunderstandings. Is there something peculiar about the field of computer science that makes a worldview tilted so much?
I put my few dollars in, and feel much the same way.
For me, this makes Roulette unplayable mostly. The lottery, however, is a life changing event.
I've always wondered if a geek or anti-IP person won a substantial lottery. Wouldn't we hear about it? Are there any open source coders happily contributing away, having won the lottery? You'd have some example of a free game, music, or movie by such a person.
I'd go further into the sources if I could remove certain ones. Fox News is almost a troll, and the Wall Street Journal seems to be not much better.
DRM is fine with me as long as I can sell it.
Legalize terror?
Fresh out of college, bright-eyed young students almost always assume that the real world is all about who you know. Older, more experienced engineers know better--what you know is also important. It's age-old, the young nerds dream of politics while the old ones dream of interesting problems.
I got my job myself at a megacorp without knowing anyone (cold application to website).
I hope (not pray--I'm atheist) your family is well. It's clear they were in bad shape before the earthquake.
I think you are lying.
Well, there's a billion and one random internet people who would rather deliver some sarcasm than help people out. Some people are at least trying.
"what-the-world-needs-now" is better than the "twist-and-shout" attached to the Chinese earthquake. "Funny-not-appropriate" can be used as well.
After it has learned how to predict our movements, couldn't this be used to kill us with guns? There was a 60 minutes piece on the virtual fence--most interesting part for nerds was the AI system to recognize what to show to people. Apparently rolling sagebrush and various fauna were triggering too many false positives.
Good stuff.
"That 'downturn' hurt, bad. Being out of work for 6 months would have been nice, but there were weeks at a time when there were no tech related positions, and nobody was interested in hiring someone with "professional" work experience for even tasks such as menial labor or food service."
Uh, what?
Tech workers are comparable well payed and in a good position. Haiti had a sudden downturn--that's real problems. Perspective and all until we all hit Singularity.
Faith is incompatible with being a nerd.
I live in this civilization. I'm speculating on how we'll view others if we find them.
Intellectual property, with its artificial scarcity, seems like an indicator of an immature civilization. Perhaps the singularity will happen before it gets sorted out.
What's with the negativity? We love new technology, plus you get to wear glasses! Cool!
There, that's both accurate and not blasphemy.
True, but there's something qualitatively different about the iPhone market. In my mind, this is about "free as in beer", and whether it is moral to do such a thing.
I thought most of slashdot is computer-science only. What is the big-Oh notation of PCM? Most of slashdot are not engineers--they are computer scientists. Thus, they essentially are wannabee mathematicians.
I've been thinking about a moral thought game. What if someone made a free iPhone game that was rather good, and set it out for free? Technically, you'll be taking the jobs of a lot of people--often independent developers--who won't get a sale. As far as I know, nobody has done this--ever, in the entire world.