Other OS is dead since 3.21, and anybody who releases using the "just gave everyone their private signing keys" route to market will likely meet the same fate as George Hotz.
Free high-end sports car and education? Well, OK, not free persay...
There are ads that load in when you connect to PSN. However, most of those ads are for games/videos you can download from PSN.
Same thing goes for Xbox Live. I'm an XBL user and I didn't really notice the change that much, because it's no different than what Google is doing with Android Market and what Apple does with its iOS and Mac App Stores.
It's completely different.
Apple and Google relegate their advertising to their app stores - you know, a special place specifically designed for you to go and buy stuff? It would be the same thing, if every time you turned on your Android or iDevice, you were smacked upside the head with ad after ad, but that's not the case.
Also worth noting, Apple and Google don't charge you for the privilege.
Face it, Americans (a number of us, anyway) love to drive, and we'll be damned if we're going to let some pencil-neck bureaucrats take that away from us.
You will get over it.
People who have this problem just need to struggle through it, it eventually goes away.
Not everyone.
I used to work for a guy, years ago, who had some kind of weird inner ear deformity that would cause him to vomit uncontrollably if the car he was in changed trajectory by more than about 1/2 a degree.
Needless to say, the poor bastard was essentially homebound.
actually with auto start stop tech and electric vehicles, that DOES play into efficiency these days. It may not have to (GP stated that slower is more efficient, I brought the constant into play) you are correct, start stop has nothing to do with a constant speed, however that was no a part of the equation. "slower = more efficient) was the equation and i disagree
You're right.
Slower != more efficient. However, driving at or close to idle speed is.
Here's the funny thing about cars, or more specifically, drivetrains: some parts are designed to be used, some are not. Your (internal combustion) engine is happiest (and thus, most efficient) when doing nothing more than idling. Your transmission, however, wants to be taken through it's gears. The differential would be happiest never moving an inch.
The ideal drivetrain, from a wear and efficiency standpoint, would be one with no throttle and more gears than one can count (or a CVT).
So? That does nothing to change the fact that my fathers patents protect his inventions from being stolen by the very corporations you mention.
I do not doubt that; however, that is not even close to being the norm. Most patents are used as legal weapons by big corporations, often against people like your father (individual inventors who try to market their invention).
It used to be, and therein lies the problem - we need to get back to the patent system of days gone by, where patents actually had to be for new, novel inventions. By inventions, I of course mean tangible goods.
Yes, there are too many patents, and yes, there are too many fields which should not be allowed patents, but do anyway. However, that is not a blanket condemnation of the patent system, nor a reasonable rationale for this scorched-earth attitude so many people (who, I would wager, hold no patents themselves) seem to have.
Keep in mind that most people only really encounter patents in what field they work in. I do research in cryptography, and so I almost all patents that I encounter are software patents, and most of those are patents on cryptographic constructions (a fancy way of saying "algebra, number theory, and the theory of computation, or in other words, patents on abstract math)... I want an end to software patents (we can discuss the reasons if you want, but that is a very long discussion). People in other fields can judge the validity of patents in their fields better than I can.
I agree wholeheartedly - math, by nature, cannot be patented, because it is natural. Trying to patent math is akin to trying to patent a silver-leafed maple: the universe beat the submitter to the punch by a couple billion years.
I try to prevent myself from making "scorched earth" remarks about patents by being specific:
So you know, that wasn't directed at you, but rather the admitted plethora of individuals who take just that attitude, presumably as a result of general ignorance when it comes to the patent process.
Instead, I would have pointed out individual inventors, like my own father. Without the patents he holds on his inventions, a large, well-funded corporation could easily steal his idea, mass manufacture his product, and essentially use his own invention to drive him out of business without so much as breaking a sweat.
A noble picture of patents, but an unrealistic one. The world's major patent holders are not individual inventors, they are wealthy, powerful corporations, and their patents are keeping "the little guy" out of the game.
So? That does nothing to change the fact that my fathers patents protect his inventions from being stolen by the very corporations you mention.
For the record, his patents are for actual, tangible goods, not math.
The problem is that we have too many patents in too many fields, and we have basically forgotten the original restrictions on what was patentable. When algebra, biology, and ways of doing business can be patented, you know something has gone terribly wrong. The bar is too low, the patent examiners are too overworked, and the system is starting to discourage useful innovations that could benefit society.
Yes, there are too many patents, and yes, there are too many fields which should not be allowed patents, but do anyway. However, that is not a blanket condemnation of the patent system, nor a reasonable rationale for this scorched-earth attitude so many people (who, I would wager, hold no patents themselves) seem to have. I wonder if this sort of mentality is some kind of unexpected side effect to living in the age of Planned Obsolescence...
If something breaks, you don't just pitch it in the trash, you try and fix it.
I definitely wouldn't have used Big Pharma as my example, since a large portion of the research they benefit from is publicly funded.
Instead, I would have pointed out individual inventors, like my own father. Without the patents he holds on his inventions, a large, well-funded corporation could easily steal his idea, mass manufacture his product, and essentially use his own invention to drive him out of business without so much as breaking a sweat.
What is going to stop people and business from using the public Wi-Fi vs getting their own? Do you really want everyone in 100 meters to be using the same Wi-Fi?
Ah, I love it when people answer their own questions!
You must be a native Icelandic speaker; I tried sticking the page into Google Translate and it's damn near un-readable:
Representative Olafur Sigurdsson, owner of Data Cell, argues, however, that links the payment gateway has been submitted with the application so it could open it. Otherwise would not be possible to open it. Valitor would in turn mean that the company had simply hidden their partnership, but a little before closing the Danish credit card company Teller on all trade with Data Cell for their cooperation with Wikileaks. The reason they said at the time a fear of damaging their business with business cards.
No shit. Being properly trained and highly skilled in their use, however, is mighty effective.
Mostly correct - equally important to training is maintaining proper situational awareness. You can spend all the time you like practicing at the range, but unless you remain aware of your surroundings and the potential threats they may contain, all that training will be for naught.
The Wikipedia entry for John Cooper is quite informative to this end, as well as providing excellent information regarding proper handling and safety measures in regards to firearms.
When your choice of marks is A) a mean looking guy with a large pistol strapped to his side, or B) a scrawny dork with a cell-phone where his pistol should be, the path to take is obvious.
This is where concealed carry / strong castle laws come in handy - though the "scrawny dork" isn't openly carrying, that doesn't mean he's not carrying. The choice of marks is less obvious, and the smart criminal (i.e., the one who lives to crime another day) would cut his potential losses and walk away.
Why should I get a Dell or HP to run Mac OS X on it???
I once built a hackintosh, for 2 reasons - 1) I wanted to give OSX a try, but didn't want to have to drop a grand on hardware for the privilege, and 2) because I like a challenge, and the sheer joy of getting something like that to actually work.
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This kind of practice is what a modern, intelligent, proactive administration needs to do to make sure the government works.
So, the only way for a government of the People, by the People, and for the People to work... is to keep the People from knowing what's going on?
You, sir or madam, are the ultimate jackass.
I guarantee you violated some kind of TOS doing that, which means they can decide to kick you off their network.
Perhaps, but wouldn't they have to hack your router to find out, thus violating several federal statutes?
Other OS is dead since 3.21, and anybody who releases using the "just gave everyone their private signing keys" route to market will likely meet the same fate as George Hotz.
Free high-end sports car and education? Well, OK, not free persay...
There are ads that load in when you connect to PSN. However, most of those ads are for games/videos you can download from PSN.
Same thing goes for Xbox Live. I'm an XBL user and I didn't really notice the change that much, because it's no different than what Google is doing with Android Market and what Apple does with its iOS and Mac App Stores.
It's completely different.
Apple and Google relegate their advertising to their app stores - you know, a special place specifically designed for you to go and buy stuff? It would be the same thing, if every time you turned on your Android or iDevice, you were smacked upside the head with ad after ad, but that's not the case.
Also worth noting, Apple and Google don't charge you for the privilege.
...
[citation needed]
*ducks*
You will probably live to see human-driven cars banned from public roads.
In America?
Not
Bloody
Likely
Face it, Americans (a number of us, anyway) love to drive, and we'll be damned if we're going to let some pencil-neck bureaucrats take that away from us.
...there will be serious pushes to eliminate human-driven cars in the future...
The irony of this statement, juxtaposed against your sig, is palpable.
You will get over it. People who have this problem just need to struggle through it, it eventually goes away.
Not everyone.
I used to work for a guy, years ago, who had some kind of weird inner ear deformity that would cause him to vomit uncontrollably if the car he was in changed trajectory by more than about 1/2 a degree.
Needless to say, the poor bastard was essentially homebound.
actually with auto start stop tech and electric vehicles, that DOES play into efficiency these days. It may not have to (GP stated that slower is more efficient, I brought the constant into play) you are correct, start stop has nothing to do with a constant speed, however that was no a part of the equation. "slower = more efficient) was the equation and i disagree
You're right.
Slower != more efficient. However, driving at or close to idle speed is.
Here's the funny thing about cars, or more specifically, drivetrains: some parts are designed to be used, some are not. Your (internal combustion) engine is happiest (and thus, most efficient) when doing nothing more than idling. Your transmission, however, wants to be taken through it's gears. The differential would be happiest never moving an inch.
The ideal drivetrain, from a wear and efficiency standpoint, would be one with no throttle and more gears than one can count (or a CVT).
Google's cars work just fine around pedestrians. They see them and respond appropriately.
So they built them with middle fingers and speakers that blast obscenities?
Now I'm interested...
Groups who can afford lobbyists always change the laws for themselves
Here, fixed for you.
... and the favor, returned.
Oh come now. We all know that wealth doesn't trickle down. Just because I'm rich doesn't mean I can't also be cheap.
Perhaps, but then how would you get your inflated sense of self-importance without a pet human to psychologically torture?
Bullying a robot is just... boring.
Get a provider that supports SSL. Then you can claim you downloaded 350GB of Linux distros last month!
What, you mean you didn't?
Luddite.
So? That does nothing to change the fact that my fathers patents protect his inventions from being stolen by the very corporations you mention.
I do not doubt that; however, that is not even close to being the norm. Most patents are used as legal weapons by big corporations, often against people like your father (individual inventors who try to market their invention).
It used to be, and therein lies the problem - we need to get back to the patent system of days gone by, where patents actually had to be for new, novel inventions. By inventions, I of course mean tangible goods.
Yes, there are too many patents, and yes, there are too many fields which should not be allowed patents, but do anyway. However, that is not a blanket condemnation of the patent system, nor a reasonable rationale for this scorched-earth attitude so many people (who, I would wager, hold no patents themselves) seem to have.
Keep in mind that most people only really encounter patents in what field they work in. I do research in cryptography, and so I almost all patents that I encounter are software patents, and most of those are patents on cryptographic constructions (a fancy way of saying "algebra, number theory, and the theory of computation, or in other words, patents on abstract math)... I want an end to software patents (we can discuss the reasons if you want, but that is a very long discussion). People in other fields can judge the validity of patents in their fields better than I can.
I agree wholeheartedly - math, by nature, cannot be patented, because it is natural. Trying to patent math is akin to trying to patent a silver-leafed maple: the universe beat the submitter to the punch by a couple billion years.
I try to prevent myself from making "scorched earth" remarks about patents by being specific:
So you know, that wasn't directed at you, but rather the admitted plethora of individuals who take just that attitude, presumably as a result of general ignorance when it comes to the patent process.
Instead, I would have pointed out individual inventors, like my own father. Without the patents he holds on his inventions, a large, well-funded corporation could easily steal his idea, mass manufacture his product, and essentially use his own invention to drive him out of business without so much as breaking a sweat.
A noble picture of patents, but an unrealistic one. The world's major patent holders are not individual inventors, they are wealthy, powerful corporations, and their patents are keeping "the little guy" out of the game.
So? That does nothing to change the fact that my fathers patents protect his inventions from being stolen by the very corporations you mention.
For the record, his patents are for actual, tangible goods, not math.
The problem is that we have too many patents in too many fields, and we have basically forgotten the original restrictions on what was patentable. When algebra, biology, and ways of doing business can be patented, you know something has gone terribly wrong. The bar is too low, the patent examiners are too overworked, and the system is starting to discourage useful innovations that could benefit society.
Yes, there are too many patents, and yes, there are too many fields which should not be allowed patents, but do anyway. However, that is not a blanket condemnation of the patent system, nor a reasonable rationale for this scorched-earth attitude so many people (who, I would wager, hold no patents themselves) seem to have. I wonder if this sort of mentality is some kind of unexpected side effect to living in the age of Planned Obsolescence...
If something breaks, you don't just pitch it in the trash, you try and fix it.
All fanboi-ism is douchebaggery. Period.
You must hate it around here then, what with Apple on one side, Google on the other, and Microsoft on the third. However do you cope?
Namely, by egging it on.
:)
Just because I think arguing about which OS is better is a douchbag thing to do, doesn't mean I can't enjoy watching it
All fanboi-ism is douchebaggery. Period.
I definitely wouldn't have used Big Pharma as my example, since a large portion of the research they benefit from is publicly funded.
Instead, I would have pointed out individual inventors, like my own father. Without the patents he holds on his inventions, a large, well-funded corporation could easily steal his idea, mass manufacture his product, and essentially use his own invention to drive him out of business without so much as breaking a sweat.
Mind if we borrow your Justices? Ours seem to be malfunctioning...
Signed,
Americans
I hear in London, they are planning to do the same thing with Blue Police Boxes
That's no wi-fi hotspot...
It's a damn MISSILE BATTERY!!!
Those British ISPs don't fuck around, do they?
dude, this is 2012
the drugs of choice are prescribed by a doctor and paid for by insurance. oxycotin, vicodin and others are just cleaned up heroin.
... and when you get hooked and subsequently busted for abusing them, you can say, "it's not a drug addiction, it's a medical condition!"
Thanks, Rush!
What is going to stop people and business from using the public Wi-Fi vs getting their own? Do you really want everyone in 100 meters to be using the same Wi-Fi?
Ah, I love it when people answer their own questions!
That's not what Valitor says.
You must be a native Icelandic speaker; I tried sticking the page into Google Translate and it's damn near un-readable:
Representative Olafur Sigurdsson, owner of Data Cell, argues, however, that links the payment gateway has been submitted with the application so it could open it. Otherwise would not be possible to open it. Valitor would in turn mean that the company had simply hidden their partnership, but a little before closing the Danish credit card company Teller on all trade with Data Cell for their cooperation with Wikileaks. The reason they said at the time a fear of damaging their business with business cards.
Translate - Fail.
having a gun on you doesn't keep your money safe.
No shit. Being properly trained and highly skilled in their use, however, is mighty effective.
Mostly correct - equally important to training is maintaining proper situational awareness. You can spend all the time you like practicing at the range, but unless you remain aware of your surroundings and the potential threats they may contain, all that training will be for naught.
The Wikipedia entry for John Cooper is quite informative to this end, as well as providing excellent information regarding proper handling and safety measures in regards to firearms.
When your choice of marks is A) a mean looking guy with a large pistol strapped to his side, or B) a scrawny dork with a cell-phone where his pistol should be, the path to take is obvious.
This is where concealed carry / strong castle laws come in handy - though the "scrawny dork" isn't openly carrying, that doesn't mean he's not carrying. The choice of marks is less obvious, and the smart criminal (i.e., the one who lives to crime another day) would cut his potential losses and walk away.
Why should I get a Dell or HP to run Mac OS X on it???
I once built a hackintosh, for 2 reasons - 1) I wanted to give OSX a try, but didn't want to have to drop a grand on hardware for the privilege, and 2) because I like a challenge, and the sheer joy of getting something like that to actually work.