Why not just insert something at the compiler level. Perhaps they have compromised GCC itself or something at a different, less obvious point in the process of development?
Having played a lot of Scorched Earth and ATanks in my time, I can assure you that MIRV nukes are REALLY bad and can easily end up killing your own tank if launched in haste.
Yes. This isn't just a spy camera, this has a cellular device that lets it upload or stream on the fly, this is big brother-esque secret monitoring of the public. I'm sure it was there to watch a particular suspect or event, but in capturing images from a public area, it is also monitoring innocent people and can be used to target people not suspected of a crime for any seemingly anti-social behavior. It is what it is, don't dilute the reality of modern technology. We're fucked in terms of monitoring, just work with/against the system as best you can to survive. I've got a magic machine in my pocket that can tell me just about anything on any subject that I can ask it about 24/7, and broadcast and receive video and audio on the fly. In 1984 it was 'telescreens' along the line of TVs that watched people, in the real world it turns out to be a more subtle, smaller device, your cell phone. (Not to dismiss webcams on laptops, etc.)
I'm don't ascribe to conspiracy nuttery, but I do try view it as matter of factly as possible, this is just simple, easy observation with a hint of logical deduction and inference.
We're in the future now, it's awesome and scary and has the potential for grand leaps of knowledge and human progress or horrendous destruction of civilization.
The music was set free by the mp3 file size combined with dcc fserves on IRC, Napster just jumped on that bandwagon and leeched off the existing system.
Some of us were around before Napster showed up and pretended to be doing something new. You could've implemented Napster as a set of polished mIRC scripts, which is what it essentially was (and wasn't nearly as capable as existing options).
The one thing Napster did was make it quicker for 'anybody' to get music without having to learn anything about the underlying tech or infrastructure. The music had already been set free by the time they showed up, and the number of people in that sharing scene was growing exponentially regardless of Napster. They did such a good job of believing their own bullshit, they managed to get others to believe it, and hit a critical mass and finding music simply became most convenient by using their app. That's why they are remembered. Marketing, PR, and wasting a LOT of investment money, all for the sake of being lazy about downloading music for free.
Gnutella and to a limited extend WASTE did a better job of furthering the spread of music once Napster began to fizzle, as they weren't subject to a single point of control that could be dismantled. These days, even I use Spotify, but it sometimes feels like a step back, as does all this 'cloud' stuff. Storage is so insanely cheap that we don't actually 'need' cloud storage, but like Napster, it all plays to the laziest common denominator.
I've had several Apple connectors fail over the years, never had a mini-USB connector break and only had 1 micro-USB connector bend but not break. I do feel like the house of micro-USB is weaker compared to mini-USB but have not had much in the way of real world issues with either of the connector types.
Well it's sure heartening to know arrogance doesn't just apply to signed Artists that deal with the MAFIAA.
You have no idea where the road you are going down will lead, do you? You really think putting people in jail for copying files where there is no loss of physical product, only duplication, will lead to some sort of success for yourself and those like you? You want to benefit from the suppression/repression of others? Think bigger picture.
We'll power the world with whatever we can use that offers the best transfer of energy. Probably a hybrid of various technologies, even including a windmill. Why so dismissive right out of the gate?
What, no mention of being tied to the App Store and a specific apple ID? No mention of only being able to use apple 'approved' apps on the ipad?
There are seriously deficient IT integration considerations from the get-go with an iPad, the only reason to even consider implementation in the first place is if Apple shows up at your door with a dumptruck full of free iPads.
What "more flexibility" is allowed on a third party DNS vs. Godaddy's domain manager? (Honest question, I've used both and until today never had a DNS outage with GD and there is no missing functionality from GD's domain manager that I have discerned)
Why would we just use one bomb? If its necessary, start hitting it with everything we have in an orderly fashion, hell we can probably change trajectory enough to prevent catastrophe with multiple detonations at a particular area, think Project Orion with the asteroid as the space craft (and we don't care if the craft disintegrates in the process).
$40-60/mo is your average broadband bill. $75/mo for goddamn Gigabit ethernet? I'll be renting an apartment and storing servers there as my own personal data center and it will still be cheaper than dedicated or even shared gigabit ethernet + a rack at a local datacenter... !!!!!
they are overturning MS in the "home turf" of corporate business customers. They do so without creating a separate business line of devices, "Enterprise" software or the RFQ-response configuration choices, beloved by hardware vendors selling to corporations.
I strongly disagree, Apple abandoned its corporate business customers when they abandoned XServe, which was in fact a fantastic 'enterprise' ecosystem. Being an Agency, we still use Apple products for our creative teams, but no longer consider their technology for any infrastructure (eg Thunderbolt storage options). Soon I will be proposing a move from their equipment entirely for even the Creative team, but the upgrade period expected for them is still 1+ years out, we'll see if they do anything remotely innovative business wise for companies that aren't just 2-5 people using shared storage.
I grew to love OS X as I used it more, but Apple's decisions in terms of business support (and the apparent move to an iOS/app store ecosystem) just isn't something that improves the state of computing in business.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court keeps giving corporations similar rights as people, especially when it comes to financial matters, I'll be setting up a corporation located in Delaware to gamble professionally online. Who wants it?
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Why not just insert something at the compiler level. Perhaps they have compromised GCC itself or something at a different, less obvious point in the process of development?
Having played a lot of Scorched Earth and ATanks in my time, I can assure you that MIRV nukes are REALLY bad and can easily end up killing your own tank if launched in haste.
Yes. This isn't just a spy camera, this has a cellular device that lets it upload or stream on the fly, this is big brother-esque secret monitoring of the public. I'm sure it was there to watch a particular suspect or event, but in capturing images from a public area, it is also monitoring innocent people and can be used to target people not suspected of a crime for any seemingly anti-social behavior. It is what it is, don't dilute the reality of modern technology. We're fucked in terms of monitoring, just work with/against the system as best you can to survive. I've got a magic machine in my pocket that can tell me just about anything on any subject that I can ask it about 24/7, and broadcast and receive video and audio on the fly. In 1984 it was 'telescreens' along the line of TVs that watched people, in the real world it turns out to be a more subtle, smaller device, your cell phone. (Not to dismiss webcams on laptops, etc.)
I'm don't ascribe to conspiracy nuttery, but I do try view it as matter of factly as possible, this is just simple, easy observation with a hint of logical deduction and inference.
We're in the future now, it's awesome and scary and has the potential for grand leaps of knowledge and human progress or horrendous destruction of civilization.
Cheers.
Name a work that's not based on the work done by others. Name a single one.
Warcraft/Starcraft MMO Cross Over, WoW + Eve Online.
I jest.
Maybe a new Blackthorne? ;)
The music was set free by the mp3 file size combined with dcc fserves on IRC, Napster just jumped on that bandwagon and leeched off the existing system.
Some of us were around before Napster showed up and pretended to be doing something new. You could've implemented Napster as a set of polished mIRC scripts, which is what it essentially was (and wasn't nearly as capable as existing options).
The one thing Napster did was make it quicker for 'anybody' to get music without having to learn anything about the underlying tech or infrastructure. The music had already been set free by the time they showed up, and the number of people in that sharing scene was growing exponentially regardless of Napster. They did such a good job of believing their own bullshit, they managed to get others to believe it, and hit a critical mass and finding music simply became most convenient by using their app. That's why they are remembered. Marketing, PR, and wasting a LOT of investment money, all for the sake of being lazy about downloading music for free.
Gnutella and to a limited extend WASTE did a better job of furthering the spread of music once Napster began to fizzle, as they weren't subject to a single point of control that could be dismantled. These days, even I use Spotify, but it sometimes feels like a step back, as does all this 'cloud' stuff. Storage is so insanely cheap that we don't actually 'need' cloud storage, but like Napster, it all plays to the laziest common denominator.
These days I just go to pfSense and get reliability with feature filled functionality.
I've had several Apple connectors fail over the years, never had a mini-USB connector break and only had 1 micro-USB connector bend but not break. I do feel like the house of micro-USB is weaker compared to mini-USB but have not had much in the way of real world issues with either of the connector types.
Because fuck you, that's why.
And yes this is a probably a repost of the same line, so fuck you again.
Software Patents.
Well it's sure heartening to know arrogance doesn't just apply to signed Artists that deal with the MAFIAA.
You have no idea where the road you are going down will lead, do you? You really think putting people in jail for copying files where there is no loss of physical product, only duplication, will lead to some sort of success for yourself and those like you? You want to benefit from the suppression/repression of others? Think bigger picture.
We'll power the world with whatever we can use that offers the best transfer of energy. Probably a hybrid of various technologies, even including a windmill. Why so dismissive right out of the gate?
See all those Software and Business 'Process' patents? Throw them all in the trash. All of them.
What about us 5k'ers that lost our original login for our 4 digit accounts! ;)
Get off my lawn, you young whipper snappers, with your over 20k IDs.
*shakes cane in the air until legs being to wobble*
What, no mention of being tied to the App Store and a specific apple ID? No mention of only being able to use apple 'approved' apps on the ipad?
There are seriously deficient IT integration considerations from the get-go with an iPad, the only reason to even consider implementation in the first place is if Apple shows up at your door with a dumptruck full of free iPads.
What "more flexibility" is allowed on a third party DNS vs. Godaddy's domain manager? (Honest question, I've used both and until today never had a DNS outage with GD and there is no missing functionality from GD's domain manager that I have discerned)
Hey look, someone else was listening to NPR.
The moment we try that it will be like you're already IN Canada.
Why would we just use one bomb? If its necessary, start hitting it with everything we have in an orderly fashion, hell we can probably change trajectory enough to prevent catastrophe with multiple detonations at a particular area, think Project Orion with the asteroid as the space craft (and we don't care if the craft disintegrates in the process).
Cheers.
$40-60/mo is your average broadband bill. $75/mo for goddamn Gigabit ethernet? I'll be renting an apartment and storing servers there as my own personal data center and it will still be cheaper than dedicated or even shared gigabit ethernet + a rack at a local datacenter... !!!!!
Do you have examples for evidence or just conjecture?
they are overturning MS in the "home turf" of corporate business customers. They do so without creating a separate business line of devices, "Enterprise" software or the RFQ-response configuration choices, beloved by hardware vendors selling to corporations.
I strongly disagree, Apple abandoned its corporate business customers when they abandoned XServe, which was in fact a fantastic 'enterprise' ecosystem. Being an Agency, we still use Apple products for our creative teams, but no longer consider their technology for any infrastructure (eg Thunderbolt storage options). Soon I will be proposing a move from their equipment entirely for even the Creative team, but the upgrade period expected for them is still 1+ years out, we'll see if they do anything remotely innovative business wise for companies that aren't just 2-5 people using shared storage.
I grew to love OS X as I used it more, but Apple's decisions in terms of business support (and the apparent move to an iOS/app store ecosystem) just isn't something that improves the state of computing in business.
Republicans.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court keeps giving corporations similar rights as people, especially when it comes to financial matters, I'll be setting up a corporation located in Delaware to gamble professionally online. Who wants it?
Cheers.