Ah, so from that it would follow that these 'masses' are basically ignorant mob, easy to set against an marginally relevant target. Is that the point you were trying to make? And for these "lessons from French Revolution"... If they were taken seriously by "higher echelons", why would they not be taken seriously by "lower echelons", too?
> a lot of folks don't want to be constantly filmed by Google Glass wearers for privacy issues Well, they are in some luck then. Because they just aren't. In fact, Google Glass is so rare that if someone wearing them gets a traffic ticket, it makes national news. Seems Google Glass wearers are like aliens. Nobody sees them, but they are surely among us. And the government is absolutely behind it all...
Ah, so by suggesting cOlo took it personally, you were under assumption (s)he was of that glittering 1%? Probably not... But then why would activists be conflating a chap working for Facebook making 120K a year with that 1%? Why would YOU be doing so? This is pretty problematic, I am sure you see that.
I tend to do this king of stuff (automated test harnesses) with Python (equipped with necessary platform-specific libraries). Naturally, this is Windows so COM and WMI are your friends. Note that IPython makes for an excellent shell for trying stuff out. I tend to go back and forth between Linux and Windows and Python definitely is a transferable skill.
>> (I would happily pay a few bucks extra a month to get a pirate's licence, by the way)
Once you pay the licence fee, you are not a pirate anymore. You would be called a privateer, in the employ of Her Majesty. However, do remember to carry your letters of marque on you while outside our territorial waters.
No, it is not laughable. Unless, that is, your laughter trigger is so sensitive you burst out at the sight of a little girl dropping her ice cream cone...
Seriously, though. I made an experiment and switched to bing at one of my workstations. I found bing clearly inferior to current google, but only by that much. Its performance (and I mean relevance of results) is adequate. Not great, but adequate. It is clearly the number two, way above anything else but google.
You are sooo full of it! Look, I knew a chap once who, driven by peer pressure, shot another person. Would you absolve him from any personal responsibility, too?
Once you get past your high school morose you will figure out that adults need to stand up to 'peer pressure' from time to time.
I tried it after having read about their supperiority in porn searches. It was quite good, actualy, especially these video snippets searching yields. It very well may be Microsoft has found its niche in search market...
Yup, that explains their pitiful market share and the general dearth of resources, so easy to observe in what goes on over there. They are as good as gone...
Evidently, you don't go out that much. People use interpreted languages in science all the time. At least I do. Where I sit, there is quite a bit of spare capacity waiting. When I try to figure something out it is way more reasonable to write a program in three-four hours and have it run overnight than to write it in two days and have it run in (say) thirty minutes.
Brains capable of producing decent code are actually a scarce resource. Further, authors of such code have a right to do with their creation as they please. Your feeling of entitlement to 'download that off their server' has nothing to do with it.
I am not convinced. I never denied that a dude with a camera can generate a story. Evidently, this happens all the time. But can he pursue the story? Frequently a problem which for the public starts with a news-flash, usually has a beginning and a follow-up, rarely captured live by a member of the public. As for Journalist Union which will 'negotiate access, payment...' - payment of what? For now the stance of aggregators is that 'the stuff should be free and you guys just pay your own way through advertising, which we will kindly handle for you'. Not to mention that the union model, especially when the membership is in practice mandatory, has its own set of problems. Besides, did you notice that the guy who took the photos went with it to a newspaper, which 1) published it 2) dispatched its paid hounds to chase the story. I am afraid that the 'paid hounds' part is indispensable for the chief cop to start explaining himself to the public.
Citizen journalism... OK, try thw following... Show up during a demonstration which is about to turn ugly with a camera, take some pictures. Now, since it is good to get both sides of the story, go interview one of the cops. Introduce yourself as a 'citizen yournalist'. Once in jail, call family / relatives and ask them to post the bond for you. Once you are out, try to get you camera back. File a lawsuit to get your removed photos back...
...and the 'new media' will surely remedy the situation by...
Look, specious reporting, government cheerleaders and shadowy dealings were in newspapers since there were newspapers. But importantly, there was something else too, something we may miss at some point.
I can only support what you wrote. I feel that a certain type of looking at world and world's affairs, best embodied by a persistent, even if sometimes slightly dodgy, newspaper reporter, seems to be going away. A lofty name for that: investigative journalism. Google offers to replace it by, as you put it, a combination of press releases and dog show reports. When it comes to getting to the bottom of things, well meaning bloggers will not even stand a chance against a desk sergeant of Wichita police, let alone against any government. And all that web seems to offer instead is 'alternative news' which usually is a nice moniker for web outfit of fringe groups and conspiracy theorists.
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Ah, so from that it would follow that these 'masses' are basically ignorant mob, easy to set against an marginally relevant target. Is that the point you were trying to make?
And for these "lessons from French Revolution"... If they were taken seriously by "higher echelons", why would they not be taken seriously by "lower echelons", too?
> a lot of folks don't want to be constantly filmed by Google Glass wearers for privacy issues
Well, they are in some luck then. Because they just aren't. In fact, Google Glass is so rare that if someone wearing them gets a traffic ticket, it makes national news. Seems Google Glass wearers are like aliens. Nobody sees them, but they are surely among us. And the government is absolutely behind it all...
Ah, so by suggesting cOlo took it personally, you were under assumption (s)he was of that glittering 1%? Probably not... But then why would activists be conflating a chap working for Facebook making 120K a year with that 1%? Why would YOU be doing so? This is pretty problematic, I am sure you see that.
On, my... So, what was the increase of productivity brought about by TV?
They feel much better when I am the one wearing them. That goes for pretty much all footwear, except perhaps stiletto heels.
Well, do you worry about GE much these days?
I tend to do this king of stuff (automated test harnesses) with Python (equipped with necessary platform-specific libraries). Naturally, this is Windows so COM and WMI are your friends. Note that IPython makes for an excellent shell for trying stuff out. I tend to go back and forth between Linux and Windows and Python definitely is a transferable skill.
That's why all browsers now have the 'porn' mode.
>> (I would happily pay a few bucks extra a month to get a pirate's licence, by the way)
Once you pay the licence fee, you are not a pirate anymore. You would be called a privateer, in the employ of Her Majesty. However, do remember to carry your letters of marque on you while outside our territorial waters.
No, it is not laughable. Unless, that is, your laughter trigger is so sensitive you burst out at the sight of a little girl dropping her ice cream cone...
Seriously, though. I made an experiment and switched to bing at one of my workstations. I found bing clearly inferior to current google, but only by that much. Its performance (and I mean relevance of results) is adequate. Not great, but adequate. It is clearly the number two, way above anything else but google.
Perhaps they meant the vice principal was to seek counseling? Otherwise his fears may simply stop his poor heart one day.
You should have left it at that. The post is hilarious, even though the author might have meant otherwise.
You are sooo full of it! Look, I knew a chap once who, driven by peer pressure, shot another person. Would you absolve him from any personal responsibility, too?
Once you get past your high school morose you will figure out that adults need to stand up to 'peer pressure' from time to time.
They are not necessarily corrupt. The just adjust easily. Perhaps this is why they are called 'servants'.
Don't resist, just go for it. There is a nice discussion on the many meaning of the word 'kleenex' right below...
I tried it after having read about their supperiority in porn searches. It was quite good, actualy, especially these video snippets searching yields. It very well may be Microsoft has found its niche in search market...
Yup, that explains their pitiful market share and the general dearth of resources, so easy to observe in what goes on over there. They are as good as gone...
Evidently, you don't go out that much. People use interpreted languages in science all the time. At least I do. Where I sit, there is quite a bit of spare capacity waiting. When I try to figure something out it is way more reasonable to write a program in three-four hours and have it run overnight than to write it in two days and have it run in (say) thirty minutes.
Brains capable of producing decent code are actually a scarce resource. Further, authors of such code have a right to do with their creation as they please. Your feeling of entitlement to 'download that off their server' has nothing to do with it.
Especially if you factor in the racing aspect.
I am not convinced. I never denied that a dude with a camera can generate a story. Evidently, this happens all the time. But can he pursue the story? Frequently a problem which for the public starts with a news-flash, usually has a beginning and a follow-up, rarely captured live by a member of the public.
As for Journalist Union which will 'negotiate access, payment...' - payment of what? For now the stance of aggregators is that 'the stuff should be free and you guys just pay your own way through advertising, which we will kindly handle for you'. Not to mention that the union model, especially when the membership is in practice mandatory, has its own set of problems.
Besides, did you notice that the guy who took the photos went with it to a newspaper, which 1) published it 2) dispatched its paid hounds to chase the story. I am afraid that the 'paid hounds' part is indispensable for the chief cop to start explaining himself to the public.
Citizen journalism... OK, try thw following... Show up during a demonstration which is about to turn ugly with a camera, take some pictures. Now, since it is good to get both sides of the story, go interview one of the cops. Introduce yourself as a 'citizen yournalist'. Once in jail, call family / relatives and ask them to post the bond for you. Once you are out, try to get you camera back. File a lawsuit to get your removed photos back...
...and the 'new media' will surely remedy the situation by...
Look, specious reporting, government cheerleaders and shadowy dealings were in newspapers since there were newspapers. But importantly, there was something else too, something we may miss at some point.
I can only support what you wrote. I feel that a certain type of looking at world and world's affairs, best embodied by a persistent, even if sometimes slightly dodgy, newspaper reporter, seems to be going away. A lofty name for that: investigative journalism. Google offers to replace it by, as you put it, a combination of press releases and dog show reports. When it comes to getting to the bottom of things, well meaning bloggers will not even stand a chance against a desk sergeant of Wichita police, let alone against any government. And all that web seems to offer instead is 'alternative news' which usually is a nice moniker for web outfit of fringe groups and conspiracy theorists.
Been there, done that. It always sounds clever when you say it the right way.