OK, is see. So these updated don't change the BIOS? When they're talking about microcode updates, that's code loaded into the CPU when the OS is loading, not something more permanent?
So my father-in-law has his Windows 8 box set for automatic updates. Last week he hit a web site that was telling him to call Microsoft Customer Support at (800)ITS-SCAM (not the real number, and he called me first and didn't go through with it).
He checked the updates and made sure they were applied, now his computer does nothing but reboot. Is this the symptom they are talking about? Does it require a re-install of the OS to fix, or is it bricked?
Now, I can finally write that killer app for my quantum transportation entanglement FTL! I've literally had this thing for ages, but the app store is empty, and before this there was no way to side load anything better than cat pictures.
Ya, I totally agree with the notion that Google is on its way to a monopoly, but in my mind it's a different type of monopoly. Where I live there is a single broadband provider available to me, Cox. And I can choose from two wireless provider (AT&T, Verizon). Neither provides the same level of bandwidth or latency and both would cost four times as much as Cox for the same monthly capacity. If Cox were to suddenly tell me that I can't use YouTube, because they couldn't come to an agreement with Google like they have multiple times with local TV stations, that would put me as a consume in a situation where I have no feasible control.
NN is supposed to keep the Local ISPs from blocking content to consumers. NN ensures that every content provider is on an equal field with the consumer. I'm not sure that something that ensures I have choice and treats content providers equally is a problem, even if it doesn't negatively affect a global monopoly.
I don't know why, but no-one else is making this argument, even though it is the crux of Net Neutrality. Which is to say, Net Neutrality provides a regulatory guideline to ensure the content that consumers wish to receive is delivered to them regardless of the source. If content providers are "clogging" networks with their content, it is because consumers are demanding it.
Here's the deal Local ISPs are akin to local monopolies as many if not most US internet users are limited to one to two fixed line providers (wireless is another beast all together). Without Net Neutrality Local ISPs would be able to charge content endpoints what ever the wished to guarantee a "fast lane." Thus they would be able to prioritize content from which ever stream paid them the most, which could be content delivered by its own organization, even to the point where content from other sources were completely denied.
Look what is happening in the wireless world. Cell traffic is still not considered a Utility Service, and as such Wireless providers are skirting current Internet Net Neutrality regulation by providing their own or contracted content: T-Mobile + Netflix + Hulu, AT&T + DirectTV + HBO, Verizon + NFL Mobile + FiOS Mobile
So to get "free" Netflix video streaming on your cellular device, you have to go with T-Mobile; HBO, then it's AT&T, etc. Is this monopolistic behavior? (Probably)
Question: How does rolling back Net Neutrality make us less "at the mercy of ever stronger Google?" Wouldn't repealing Net Neutrality (which ensures that all parties pay for their on-ramp/off ramp, with no special charges for prioritization) allow Google could then establish contractual agreements with network providers to guarantee that their traffic receive priority over all else, guaranteeing that Google would have the most established "fast lane" available. Wouldn't it also allow Google to contract with the network providers to disallow traffic from other providers?
The Net Neutrality argument goes:
1) Many LISPs want to become content providers at best, and content redistributors at least, adding this service as a revenue stream.
2) Because LISPs have control over 100% of the data flowing through their network, it is possible for the LISPs to prioritize content, for which they receive additional revenue, over content from other services.
3) Local Internet Service Providers (LISPs) are equivalent to local monopolies, as most consumers may pick from 1 (maybe 2) providers for non-wireless service.
Because LISPs are equivalent to a local monopoly, they should be regulated like other local monopolies, i.e. Utilities. The closest Utility match is the telephone carrier (and in fact many LISPs are legacy telephone carriers). Thus they should be regulated like Telephone Carriers to eliminate monopoly power.
Ajit Pai's primary argument is that Net Neutrality is like “1930s-style regulation" (See: TechCrunch). That same regulation busted Banking and Rail Road monopolies and the US economy is arguably healthier for it.
Without Net Neutrality we are at best replacing strong Google/Facebook/Netflix/Amazon/Apple with strong Comcast/Verizon/AT&T/Charter/Cox.
Why is it that most of these data breaches seems to come fromthird parties that are contracted to serve their clients good, and then fall on their faces.
Is it because of that Willie Sutton "That's where the money is," or is it because these third parties have indemnified themselves legally, and really don't care?
Second question, would it even be a problem if the credit reporting agencies didn't make the Banks think your personal information was what really identified you, and your business value?
There's a lot of truth in this, the cost of building data warehouse solution for this type of solution would be on the order of 400 hours. Excel is radically cheep, and the maintaince cost is spread out over every instance the reports are created. For many cost centers like finance, it's very difficult to justify spending 2.5 person-months of effort on a single problem that seems operationally costless, until it's cost at least twice more in failure, than the solution would.
OK, so ya, I didn't give many qualifications. But implications that ML is improving coding (or at least "in a different way") needs some qualifications and examples. I'll even except that ML can optimize algorithms and "improve page rankings." BUT, it needs some pretty good examples and boundaries. Warden is trying to push us away from thinking his post is a "deep learning hype" piece, but that's exactly what it is.
I mean he says "What I’m seeing is that the problem is increasingly solved by replacing the whole stack with a deep learning model!" But where's the evidence, and what is the "whole stack." Your whole stack may not be my whole stack.
Ya, I'm calling BS. Give us some concrete examples of how ML/AI/DL is doing anything other than burning CPU cycles on public clouds that drive up revenue for the cloud vendor.
Male gametes are continuously produced, while female gametes are 100% present at birth. Transcription errors occurs during replication which may be as much of a factor as male vs. female gonad tissue depth.
Even for those web sites that don't have the feature it's the top three browsers (Chrome, Firefox, and IE) will all let you see any saved passwords by just inspecting the fields DOM properties...
Probably the actual reason 9 volt batteries are demonized is because they haven't been on regular use on consumer electronics since the 80's. Partly because we don't use discrete 2N2222s any more, and because they ate just really big compared to their mAH ratings.
Here the TSA's training rationale, and it comes from the the way military was trained 50 years ago. 1 assume most trainees can barely read and that basic arithmetic is difficult. 2 train said employees to identify edge cases by building straw man arguments that include concrete examples. Be sure these concrete examples are things that "normal" people don't do. In this case, use laptops, wear shoes, or use electronics with square 9 volt batteries.
There's also a secret code. My wife packed a Play Doh kit wrapped in Christmas paper for me to deliver to my nephews when on a business trip. The screener rightly asked to hand check the contents, removing the paper and viewing the contents of each container. As the best retiree was telling me that I would have to leave the Play Doh behind, the supervisor came over and said there was a new regulation and Play Doh was ok (it wasn't explicitly listed on the i.e. banned items list).
Now that I've shared this, I'm sure I will receive the "enhanced" (finger tips in your pants) screening. At least that's what happened last time...
As I've been reading comments, I fully suspect the STA is being trolled just like the leftivist SJWs that think the OK Hans sign is a secret white supremacy gang sign.
We are in a state of affairs where beaurocrats in will take any sliver of evidence to establish and extend their political power.
Also, much of the the code from Windows XP is still in operation in one form or another in Windows 10. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Windows NT operating system has gone under revisional version updates since it's creation, it's not a complete and total re-write. Opensourcing XP would mean open sourcing Windows 10 and Server 2016.
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OK, is see. So these updated don't change the BIOS? When they're talking about microcode updates, that's code loaded into the CPU when the OS is loading, not something more permanent?
So my father-in-law has his Windows 8 box set for automatic updates. Last week he hit a web site that was telling him to call Microsoft Customer Support at (800)ITS-SCAM (not the real number, and he called me first and didn't go through with it).
He checked the updates and made sure they were applied, now his computer does nothing but reboot. Is this the symptom they are talking about? Does it require a re-install of the OS to fix, or is it bricked?
Now, I can finally write that killer app for my quantum transportation entanglement FTL! I've literally had this thing for ages, but the app store is empty, and before this there was no way to side load anything better than cat pictures.
Ya, I totally agree with the notion that Google is on its way to a monopoly, but in my mind it's a different type of monopoly. Where I live there is a single broadband provider available to me, Cox. And I can choose from two wireless provider (AT&T, Verizon). Neither provides the same level of bandwidth or latency and both would cost four times as much as Cox for the same monthly capacity. If Cox were to suddenly tell me that I can't use YouTube, because they couldn't come to an agreement with Google like they have multiple times with local TV stations, that would put me as a consume in a situation where I have no feasible control.
NN is supposed to keep the Local ISPs from blocking content to consumers. NN ensures that every content provider is on an equal field with the consumer. I'm not sure that something that ensures I have choice and treats content providers equally is a problem, even if it doesn't negatively affect a global monopoly.
I don't know why, but no-one else is making this argument, even though it is the crux of Net Neutrality. Which is to say, Net Neutrality provides a regulatory guideline to ensure the content that consumers wish to receive is delivered to them regardless of the source. If content providers are "clogging" networks with their content, it is because consumers are demanding it.
Here's the deal Local ISPs are akin to local monopolies as many if not most US internet users are limited to one to two fixed line providers (wireless is another beast all together). Without Net Neutrality Local ISPs would be able to charge content endpoints what ever the wished to guarantee a "fast lane." Thus they would be able to prioritize content from which ever stream paid them the most, which could be content delivered by its own organization, even to the point where content from other sources were completely denied.
Look what is happening in the wireless world. Cell traffic is still not considered a Utility Service, and as such Wireless providers are skirting current Internet Net Neutrality regulation by providing their own or contracted content: T-Mobile + Netflix + Hulu, AT&T + DirectTV + HBO, Verizon + NFL Mobile + FiOS Mobile
So to get "free" Netflix video streaming on your cellular device, you have to go with T-Mobile; HBO, then it's AT&T, etc. Is this monopolistic behavior? (Probably)
Question: How does rolling back Net Neutrality make us less "at the mercy of ever stronger Google?" Wouldn't repealing Net Neutrality (which ensures that all parties pay for their on-ramp/off ramp, with no special charges for prioritization) allow Google could then establish contractual agreements with network providers to guarantee that their traffic receive priority over all else, guaranteeing that Google would have the most established "fast lane" available. Wouldn't it also allow Google to contract with the network providers to disallow traffic from other providers?
The Net Neutrality argument goes:
1) Many LISPs want to become content providers at best, and content redistributors at least, adding this service as a revenue stream.
2) Because LISPs have control over 100% of the data flowing through their network, it is possible for the LISPs to prioritize content, for which they receive additional revenue, over content from other services.
3) Local Internet Service Providers (LISPs) are equivalent to local monopolies, as most consumers may pick from 1 (maybe 2) providers for non-wireless service.
Because LISPs are equivalent to a local monopoly, they should be regulated like other local monopolies, i.e. Utilities. The closest Utility match is the telephone carrier (and in fact many LISPs are legacy telephone carriers). Thus they should be regulated like Telephone Carriers to eliminate monopoly power.
Ajit Pai's primary argument is that Net Neutrality is like “1930s-style regulation" (See: TechCrunch). That same regulation busted Banking and Rail Road monopolies and the US economy is arguably healthier for it.
Without Net Neutrality we are at best replacing strong Google/Facebook/Netflix/Amazon/Apple with strong Comcast/Verizon/AT&T/Charter/Cox.
Jeff is pretty sweet, right guys? I mean like a butterscotch tab, am I right?
And the Reds, don't forget about the Reds.
Why is it that most of these data breaches seems to come fromthird parties that are contracted to serve their clients good, and then fall on their faces.
Is it because of that Willie Sutton "That's where the money is," or is it because these third parties have indemnified themselves legally, and really don't care?
Second question, would it even be a problem if the credit reporting agencies didn't make the Banks think your personal information was what really identified you, and your business value?
There's a lot of truth in this, the cost of building data warehouse solution for this type of solution would be on the order of 400 hours. Excel is radically cheep, and the maintaince cost is spread out over every instance the reports are created. For many cost centers like finance, it's very difficult to justify spending 2.5 person-months of effort on a single problem that seems operationally costless, until it's cost at least twice more in failure, than the solution would.
OK, so ya, I didn't give many qualifications. But implications that ML is improving coding (or at least "in a different way") needs some qualifications and examples. I'll even except that ML can optimize algorithms and "improve page rankings." BUT, it needs some pretty good examples and boundaries. Warden is trying to push us away from thinking his post is a "deep learning hype" piece, but that's exactly what it is.
I mean he says "What I’m seeing is that the problem is increasingly solved by replacing the whole stack with a deep learning model!" But where's the evidence, and what is the "whole stack." Your whole stack may not be my whole stack.
Ya, I'm calling BS. Give us some concrete examples of how ML/AI/DL is doing anything other than burning CPU cycles on public clouds that drive up revenue for the cloud vendor.
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Male gametes are continuously produced, while female gametes are 100% present at birth. Transcription errors occurs during replication which may be as much of a factor as male vs. female gonad tissue depth.
Priceless! I'd totally click. (No I wouldn't)
They could be worse. They could just give no discernable response like a tty shell login...
Even for those web sites that don't have the feature it's the top three browsers (Chrome, Firefox, and IE) will all let you see any saved passwords by just inspecting the fields DOM properties...
It's that whole right to left thing. Messes with a right hand view of the world.
Probably the actual reason 9 volt batteries are demonized is because they haven't been on regular use on consumer electronics since the 80's. Partly because we don't use discrete 2N2222s any more, and because they ate just really big compared to their mAH ratings.
Here the TSA's training rationale, and it comes from the the way military was trained 50 years ago. 1 assume most trainees can barely read and that basic arithmetic is difficult. 2 train said employees to identify edge cases by building straw man arguments that include concrete examples. Be sure these concrete examples are things that "normal" people don't do. In this case, use laptops, wear shoes, or use electronics with square 9 volt batteries.
There's also a secret code. My wife packed a Play Doh kit wrapped in Christmas paper for me to deliver to my nephews when on a business trip. The screener rightly asked to hand check the contents, removing the paper and viewing the contents of each container. As the best retiree was telling me that I would have to leave the Play Doh behind, the supervisor came over and said there was a new regulation and Play Doh was ok (it wasn't explicitly listed on the i.e. banned items list).
Now that I've shared this, I'm sure I will receive the "enhanced" (finger tips in your pants) screening. At least that's what happened last time...
I prefer the 18th century terrorist, who covered collaborators in hot tar and feathers, and disposed of taxes products by making salty tea.
Nope, just a higher rad x-ray beam. Which means it penetrates further, but any rad-tech will tell you, more photons does not make a prettier picture.
As I've been reading comments, I fully suspect the STA is being trolled just like the leftivist SJWs that think the OK Hans sign is a secret white supremacy gang sign.
We are in a state of affairs where beaurocrats in will take any sliver of evidence to establish and extend their political power.
And this is why I submitted this story...
Exploding Trousers is a real thing, apparently.
Also, much of the the code from Windows XP is still in operation in one form or another in Windows 10. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Windows NT operating system has gone under revisional version updates since it's creation, it's not a complete and total re-write. Opensourcing XP would mean open sourcing Windows 10 and Server 2016.