I have a friend who's a software engineer and was gleefully using Google's location feature that sends pings everywhere you go. Now, this is someone who *should* know better. Everyone else is much worse. From celebrities and athletes tweeting information they shouldn't to Google's Total Information Awareness, I think this is the new norm.
Anyone who reads Ayn Rand and cites it as anything more than an upper-class rant is a fool. Ask Mexico how well their libertarian build-gated-communities-and-let-everyone-else-fend-for-themselves approach to governance is working.
An obviously meant-to-be-discovered "bomb" was discovered in a flight heading for the US that was uncovered by US intelligence. I know this because the reporters have been making sure to mention over and over again that it was US intelligence that discovered this "bomb" and not a sharp-eyed baggage handler. They also reported that this "bomb" had all sorts of wires hanging out of the packaging suggesting it was meant to be discovered.
Microsoft is turning into a really big fish in a really big pond; the problem is that pond is in Minnesota. You can't throw your weight around when you don't have a strong presence in every aspect of your market anymore.
It's *what* you're killing that troubles me. Can the President shut down all the IRS routers or can he shut down my network because there's "reasonable belief" that turrists are routing Google queries through my anoymous search proxy?
Buying elections, I don't know about. But, buying votes looks to be pretty damned cheap. There was a story from about 5 years ago where a Representative flat out reversed his stance on an issue after a ~$20K campaign contribution from the affected company. Microsoft turned a monopoly conviction into a handslap with about $6 millino in contributions as I recall. That tells me that the elections aren't really the issue.
The problem isn't that the hypothetical "Citizens for More Freedom" is actually funded by corporation X (and viewers don't know it) to criticize candidate Y. The problem is that corporation X now has unrestricted power to spend as much money as they want attacking candidate Y. The debate is now overwhelmed by big-dollar interests that me and my neighbors simply cannot match by getting together 2 times a week to knock on doors.
As a older post stated, Microsoft didn't give a crap about Windows Mobile 6 and prior. It would have taken a skeleton crew of developers and support guys to keep that platform on the forefront, but they didn't even want to do that. Probably because they thought their only competition was Palm 4-5, so once that "demon" was vanquished, they went about ignoring it. But, this time they've got competition on a whole lot of fronts. The days of simply making a press release saying you're doing the same thing as a competitor and killing off a competitor's project are over.
Seriously, Jeep needs to be worried more about their crappy quality and less about gimmicks. Every single person I know who bought a Wrangler ended up ditching it because of mechanical problems (about 5 people or so).
They only teach you the cool jargon in the doctorate program. I can't wait to see the fizzlepop numbers on the splugorthian sets after the booboowhistles reach critical mass.
That's a bad analogy because your book is a static product that by itself doesn't interact with the outside world. Starcraft (never played it) is communicating your skill level to others in the community. Using a cars analogy, imagine if your Corvette communicated it's top speed to the Chevy website for bragging rights among other drivers. But, it's only for *stock* Vettes. You "cheat" the website by installing illegal upgrades like nitrous in your engine, or drill holes in your muffler (I'm not a mechanic, whatever you gearheads do!), then still get your top speed reported.
There's a better term for it; the non sequitur. The last haven for politicians and snake oil salesmen. When honed to perfection, the listener never even realizes he's no longer listening to an answer.
"I believe we should remove all references to Christianity from our government." "Well, you must hate Jesus!"
"I disagree with this war." "You're either a coward or a traitor!"
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Damn, I don't think I've ever seen an n1 Godwin before!
...as densely and SAFELY as liquid hydrocarbons.
I have a friend who's a software engineer and was gleefully using Google's location feature that sends pings everywhere you go. Now, this is someone who *should* know better. Everyone else is much worse. From celebrities and athletes tweeting information they shouldn't to Google's Total Information Awareness, I think this is the new norm.
Anyone who reads Ayn Rand and cites it as anything more than an upper-class rant is a fool. Ask Mexico how well their libertarian build-gated-communities-and-let-everyone-else-fend-for-themselves approach to governance is working.
An obviously meant-to-be-discovered "bomb" was discovered in a flight heading for the US that was uncovered by US intelligence. I know this because the reporters have been making sure to mention over and over again that it was US intelligence that discovered this "bomb" and not a sharp-eyed baggage handler. They also reported that this "bomb" had all sorts of wires hanging out of the packaging suggesting it was meant to be discovered.
I already told you, you can't telecommute!
Pointed-Haired Boss
Microsoft is turning into a really big fish in a really big pond; the problem is that pond is in Minnesota. You can't throw your weight around when you don't have a strong presence in every aspect of your market anymore.
But, that would be annoying as hell to have someone blowing bubbles in your face from 2 feet away.
It's *what* you're killing that troubles me. Can the President shut down all the IRS routers or can he shut down my network because there's "reasonable belief" that turrists are routing Google queries through my anoymous search proxy?
Buying elections, I don't know about. But, buying votes looks to be pretty damned cheap. There was a story from about 5 years ago where a Representative flat out reversed his stance on an issue after a ~$20K campaign contribution from the affected company. Microsoft turned a monopoly conviction into a handslap with about $6 millino in contributions as I recall. That tells me that the elections aren't really the issue.
The problem isn't that the hypothetical "Citizens for More Freedom" is actually funded by corporation X (and viewers don't know it) to criticize candidate Y. The problem is that corporation X now has unrestricted power to spend as much money as they want attacking candidate Y. The debate is now overwhelmed by big-dollar interests that me and my neighbors simply cannot match by getting together 2 times a week to knock on doors.
People equally complaining that games are too easy and too hard.
As a older post stated, Microsoft didn't give a crap about Windows Mobile 6 and prior. It would have taken a skeleton crew of developers and support guys to keep that platform on the forefront, but they didn't even want to do that. Probably because they thought their only competition was Palm 4-5, so once that "demon" was vanquished, they went about ignoring it. But, this time they've got competition on a whole lot of fronts. The days of simply making a press release saying you're doing the same thing as a competitor and killing off a competitor's project are over.
I'm sure a bunch of hater scientists will discover there was a Fern Gully planet found 2 decades before.
I've got a lot of 10-100 GB hard drives well within their life expectancy stacked in a cabinet right now.
We're on to you...
They already exist, but it requires some manual input to make it happen.
Seriously, Jeep needs to be worried more about their crappy quality and less about gimmicks. Every single person I know who bought a Wrangler ended up ditching it because of mechanical problems (about 5 people or so).
More correctly, her basement did. In which her lowly geek spawn resides.
You mean, the Feds will.
They only teach you the cool jargon in the doctorate program. I can't wait to see the fizzlepop numbers on the splugorthian sets after the booboowhistles reach critical mass.
Dr. McSmartipants
I don't know about you, but I don't want to eat any adolescent animals that have been running around licking people's privates.
That's a bad analogy because your book is a static product that by itself doesn't interact with the outside world. Starcraft (never played it) is communicating your skill level to others in the community. Using a cars analogy, imagine if your Corvette communicated it's top speed to the Chevy website for bragging rights among other drivers. But, it's only for *stock* Vettes. You "cheat" the website by installing illegal upgrades like nitrous in your engine, or drill holes in your muffler (I'm not a mechanic, whatever you gearheads do!), then still get your top speed reported.
There's a better term for it; the non sequitur. The last haven for politicians and snake oil salesmen. When honed to perfection, the listener never even realizes he's no longer listening to an answer.
"I believe we should remove all references to Christianity from our government."
"Well, you must hate Jesus!"
"I disagree with this war."
"You're either a coward or a traitor!"
Haven't seen this flick, but watching the ginned up hacking "action scene" with Hugh Jackmann in Swordfish comes to mind.