Trust me, it's for nerds too. The incentive for cloud computing / utility computing / buzzword computing is financial then it's about frictionless scalability. Since it's a "utility" way of consuming processing power, yes, it's easily reachable for non-techs, but that's not the thing (especially since the usage of AWS, for example, is much more generated by nerds then by non-techs, for example).
My guess is that if the Chinese could pollute LEO space with satellite debris (or whatever they can come up with), they would do it in a second. They are relentlessly building up military power and the most costly (yet most effective in the long run) is the space-based milint and strike capabilities.
With such endeavors there is the internal opinion issue: in case of a failed take-off (think Challenger or Columbia) what happens with the nuclear reactor? NASA will have to prove even in such situation the reactor is going to be 100% safe.
If the American public will accept the safety assurances of NASA, then the Russians and the Chinese are going to raise HELL about the idea of having nuclear energy in space. No, it's not about atomic bombs - but nuclear reactors can easily be used as energy sources for powerful lasers.
NASA might be able to persuade the American public, but will never persuade the Russians and the Chinese about somethign that indirectly can obliterate their satelites and misiles.
It's a bad, bad sign (for Sony, that is). The next marketing coup could only be a happy-faces-announcement that their book reader went Open Source... and you know what this means about the viability of that product / company...
Sony lost badly the first *war* (not just battles) with Amazon. Now they are trying to retreat, regroup and make alliances. In the meanwhile, Amazon keeps selling their Kindle ebook readers and receiving tons of money.
If I were Sony I would run away from this line of business as fast as I could. Now it's just Amazon, next year it would (might) be also Apple with their tablet.
Families part of the Chinese urban population nowadays most likely have only one child. No, there is no Pygmalion effect, just a very natural effect of having to ensure the genes of *two* people (aka "parents") have the best chances to be perpetuated later.
I can only imagine what the Chinese will do to increase their only offspring 10-15 years from now, when their GDP would be double as a nation (but most likely 3-4 times bigger for the same urban sample).
RockMelt is going to be born dead. There is nothing it can do in terms of Facebook integration that Firefox + Facebook-related theme + Facebook plugin. And RockMelt has no viable business model - there is no place anymore for mainstream browsers.
Why would American rely on a government agency for their space missions? The less public funds in the space business, the more chances for private enterprise to have a chance at profitability. When you compete with the unlimited pockets of Uncle Sam is hard to convince your investors that you have any chance in making money in space.
The Chinese minister took the correct *technical* decision. If China is serious about filtering the internet, the filter can't be at the user level. I has to be at the ISP or peering exchange level.
1.3% of my stock investment is in MSFT yet I cheer Poul-Henning Kamp and wish him to win. I believe Lenovo is screwing their customers with such tactics. As for Microsoft, the sooner they stop being predatory about their customer base (either directly or indirectly through their manufacturers such as Lenovo), the earlier they can concentrate on their software and SaaS. A win-win for everybody, in my opinion.
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I mean, you don't really expect us to have any real experience with that, right?
Is that you, Adam Savage?
Why not RIGHT NOW?
Trust me, it's for nerds too. The incentive for cloud computing / utility computing / buzzword computing is financial then it's about frictionless scalability. Since it's a "utility" way of consuming processing power, yes, it's easily reachable for non-techs, but that's not the thing (especially since the usage of AWS, for example, is much more generated by nerds then by non-techs, for example).
I'm sure they are a Ponzi scheme or something
My guess is that if the Chinese could pollute LEO space with satellite debris (or whatever they can come up with), they would do it in a second. They are relentlessly building up military power and the most costly (yet most effective in the long run) is the space-based milint and strike capabilities.
Nobody said life (or Russia) is fair.
With such endeavors there is the internal opinion issue: in case of a failed take-off (think Challenger or Columbia) what happens with the nuclear reactor? NASA will have to prove even in such situation the reactor is going to be 100% safe.
If the American public will accept the safety assurances of NASA, then the Russians and the Chinese are going to raise HELL about the idea of having nuclear energy in space. No, it's not about atomic bombs - but nuclear reactors can easily be used as energy sources for powerful lasers.
NASA might be able to persuade the American public, but will never persuade the Russians and the Chinese about somethign that indirectly can obliterate their satelites and misiles.
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But I am a financial geek, you insensitive clod!
Trust me, for NSA all our GSM is already Open Source ;-)
I guess nobody learns anything from these crappy "synergy" mergers / acquisitions...
I mean, I wouldn't like my e-mail address being sold to telemarketers after I'm dead
Holy batman, therefore from now on we can expect politicians to become Twitter sock puppets, no longer poll slaves?
It's today's Lotus Notes, with all the quirks and "hard to explain but you have to use it" bruhaha.
It's a bad, bad sign (for Sony, that is). The next marketing coup could only be a happy-faces-announcement that their book reader went Open Source... and you know what this means about the viability of that product / company...
Sony lost badly the first *war* (not just battles) with Amazon. Now they are trying to retreat, regroup and make alliances. In the meanwhile, Amazon keeps selling their Kindle ebook readers and receiving tons of money.
If I were Sony I would run away from this line of business as fast as I could. Now it's just Amazon, next year it would (might) be also Apple with their tablet.
Is it a theory that explains all this or there are proven facts, too?
Families part of the Chinese urban population nowadays most likely have only one child. No, there is no Pygmalion effect, just a very natural effect of having to ensure the genes of *two* people (aka "parents") have the best chances to be perpetuated later.
I can only imagine what the Chinese will do to increase their only offspring 10-15 years from now, when their GDP would be double as a nation (but most likely 3-4 times bigger for the same urban sample).
RockMelt is going to be born dead. There is nothing it can do in terms of Facebook integration that Firefox + Facebook-related theme + Facebook plugin. And RockMelt has no viable business model - there is no place anymore for mainstream browsers.
Note to self: get a tan
Why would American rely on a government agency for their space missions? The less public funds in the space business, the more chances for private enterprise to have a chance at profitability. When you compete with the unlimited pockets of Uncle Sam is hard to convince your investors that you have any chance in making money in space.
The Chinese minister took the correct *technical* decision. If China is serious about filtering the internet, the filter can't be at the user level. I has to be at the ISP or peering exchange level.
Wouldn't that make them ALL managers?
1.3% of my stock investment is in MSFT yet I cheer Poul-Henning Kamp and wish him to win. I believe Lenovo is screwing their customers with such tactics. As for Microsoft, the sooner they stop being predatory about their customer base (either directly or indirectly through their manufacturers such as Lenovo), the earlier they can concentrate on their software and SaaS. A win-win for everybody, in my opinion.
It's Digsby's right to install whatever they want, as long as they do reveal it on their agreement with the end user. Stop whining.
However, it's our right, as users, to forget about Digsby and use another IM client.