I suspect these speed differences are in support of ad supported web sites. Something like/. renderes quickly as long as the google ad servers are responding. Something like the NYT renders quickly in my browser, but I suspect that is because Flash is turned off.
If browsers are fast, and don't consume many resources, the user will let the ads run. If the browsers are slow, then users will begin to figure out how to fix the problem, perhaps by blocking ads. It is any wonder why Chrome and Safari are fast browsers? Google and Apple both depend on users allowing the full web experience, at least on full powered computers.
Right, this is a high school list. Lesbian is on the list. Students should be able to directly write about their lesbian parents. They should be able to write about their suicidal thoughts without resorting to word play. By preventing them writing about these thoughts, we do not make them go away, we merely bury them and prevent the students for expressing a need for help.
This list exists merely to push students to write and think in a way acceptable to conservatives. By censoring language one is censoring thought and culture. That is why it is so important to so many people to make English the only language allowed in school.
There are many ways that one uses these words without making a mistake, and in fact by censoring these words one is encourage imprecise language and promoting irrational thought. Let's look at talking about animals. A dog is male, a bitch is female. Anal is the only way to accurately describe a part of the body. Many students in my school are reading Dante, which would be hard to write about without the word hell. Sexual energy is everywhere in high school, and censoring it will not make it go away. My required journal back in 9th grade was full of it, and there were no errors, Queer is a descriptor for a perception of a person. Yes there are synonyms, but we want kids to maximize their variety of words, not use the same words all the time. A bird's anus does not have a sphincter. It is the truth, and there is no other accurate way to write it.
The fact that this is high school makes the list not only censorship, but an attack on the students basic right to be educated. Vagina and penis and clitoris are proper terms that educated people use. Uneducated people don't care if there is no way to express a reality they care nothing about. They would never know that Pecker is an astroid belt. In high school, students in astronomy do.
In fact there is a reason to have such a list active, to prevent student for overusing words. If this is the intent, then no word list is necessary. Just include a automated sorted word list, and allow the teacher to set a threshold. This, however, is actually good for educated the student to think critically, so is not a priority for any school system.
There are many pre engineering classes in the US at the high school and middle school level. And yes there are many giggles when w screw the male into the female socket.
I think two things about the Hugos. First, the short form awards are more indicativa of the best in curent writing. Thins may be because scifi has it roots, as well as the award, in pulp mag fiction. Second, the novels tend tend to reflect the popular works, not always the best. A corollary is that authors tend to win awards year after year, which again is not good or bad. The result is that I seldom read the winning novel, but I do not always read novel and other works by those who have won the short form..
"...Ringtones, as you’ll recall, let buyers play a few seconds of a song, and sold for a couple bucks, while full songs from Apple’s iTunes went for 99 cents. And for a few years, the music companies and the wireless carriers sold lots and lots of ringtones."
So evil Apple constructing a mechanism that allowed users to legally license songs for a buck, instead of simply using the music for free. Many complained that Apple users were still stealing music even though they were paying instead of just taking.
Then evil Apple created a phone that ultimately allowed users to bypass the phone companies and load music and trivially create and load custom ringtones at no charge and browse the web without telco interference.
RIM is the last major party playing the game in which the Telco is held above the end user. The $5 is to be billed by the telco and serves as a bribe to the telco. Apple does not share revenue for music. Due to certain corporate features, RIM may have some success.
MS ans Android is somewhere in between the user centered Apple and the telco centered RIM. MS does not have the power to give user what they want in spite of the telcos, and therefore even though they provide a more user centered expereince, they do not provide enough value to the cell companies. Android could, but the OEM still play in the world where volume matters, and therefor must keep the cell companies happy, even if the end user does not gain maximum value. So we have RIM, which provides corporate value, and Apple which focuses on the end user. I hope both continue to prosper, while Android and MS fight it up.
I have been playing with Papers to store journal articles across my Mac and iPad. The software is not free, but has been useful. I have not had time to really make it work, but it has proven useful in terms of citations. It is not made for Android, but there may be similar software. I find the ability to work between devices to be a key feature
There was a time when the city out new tangled special vehicles on the road. This new tech, "buses", allowed certain people the privalege of getting to work and back, something that they would otherwise would have been difficult. To do. All that some people had to do was sit in the back of bus. The reality is that customers pay for this service, and expect it to be available equally. Who decides who gets to communicate, and who are the ruffians that deserve to be shut down.
Except that motorola is on record as condemning the type of behavior asserting in the lawsuit. Back in 2005 or so Motorola successfully prevented an Asian company from selling phones that looked vaguely liked the Razr. The phones were only sold in Asia and were not called a razor. They were cheap knockoffs that did not appear to violate any trademarks. So if you want to ditch you iPad, you can't go to motorola.
Furthermore it is unclear if Samsung is not a thief, after all they paid nearly a billion after stealing Rambus technology
I grew up within a few miles of three major law schools. One is the top 100 of the nation, one is a solid tier two school, and the other slightly less so. When I grew up I lived in a high rise that happened to be close to the not so great law school and got to know many students. My impression was this school served people who could not get into the better law schools, but who had the money, or could borrow the money, to pay the tuition which is greater than would be paid at other tier 2 colleges.
So my impression is that the lawsuits serve the purpose of preventing negative publicity with respect to the lesser law schools so that they can continue to attract students who want a law degree but maybe can't get into another school. The profits on first year students alone, even if they do not make it the second year, appear to be significant.
Here is what I do not understand. The passing rate for the bar at the tier two schools around here are about the same as the tier one school, around 90%, but Cooley appears to be less than 50%? While I can see someone going to a school in which they have a good chance to get an education basic enough to pass the bar, why would one go to school where one ends up with a law degree by not a successful sitting of the bar? I know law school is competitive. We have had some lawsuits in which unqualified students sued because they thought they were entitled to the best school simply because of their heritage, but a law degree is not like other academic degrees. It is not simply awarded by the faculty. One has to meet external standards.
I read this article when it came out 8 months ago. My impression was the article investigated change in language over time, and interest in topics over time in formal writing. Academic sources are used because they tend to include a range of texts from the long ago, where more popular sources are going to cull the resources much more drastically. On reflection that only thing I might have included were newspapers and pamphlets to more accurately measure the rise of fall of new terminology.
For those who don't have access to the article, here are some conclusions based on the analysis of the, admittedly possibly skewed, data.
by 1900 burned was in more use than burnt in the US though it was more widely used in the UK
Items invented at the turn of the 20th century were in wide use in the literature within 50 years, but it took 100 years for things invented at the turn of the 19th century to be in equal use
These types of observations are valid. Note that they are comparative within the domain, not global statements of fact.
So Samsung has many patents, but has a temporary retraining order issued against in Australia.
It is also interesting to note that these companies are competing against one another. While it would be a competitive advantage to protect themselves from lawsuits, there is a need to differentiate and sell products. This implies it may not be best for all to put patents into a communal Android pool. Indeed,the fact that many Android OEM seem to fighting and paying MS individually might indicate they wish to sink alone than swim together.
Autodesk Autocad was designed to replace the drafting board. It was released at a time when only a few firms had what would be called personal computers. It was never a mass market application. It was a vertical market application for professionals, those that needed reliability and support. To sell they had to mimic the drafting table and tools so that users could easily transition. This means a 2d interface that is unfamiliar to those that entered school after 1990 or so.
It took about 10 years for the idea of 3d modeling to take root. This makes sense, computer can render 3d, so why draw a 2d object when you can draw a 3d object and then have the computer render the traditional 2d shapes. For precise mechanical drawings, this is not so easy to do, and Solidworks does it well. But that is not to say Autodesk does not do it well. Autodesk is now a legacy company with the most experience of serving the drafting industry, and that give it some legs.
One has to remember how expensive Unix was in the 80s compared to a DOS machine. Autocad was not a toy. One did not buy it to add to an already acquired computer. One acquired a computer to run Autodesk software. One still does. The average PC does not do it. I use my Macbook Pro.
Autodesk has what I would consider one of the most attractive program for students, hobbiest, and schools. The complete line of Autodesk products can be had for not a huge amount of money, and for students no money. The only better value is Google Sketchup, which for some is free. Obviously this is not philanthropy on either part. Companies want the future engineers to come to college knowing a software package, so the college will license the product, and commercial firms will license the product.
The community to be built is more like linkedin rather than facebook. Targeted not to the masses but to future professionals. It is the same think that Solidworks is doing with First. That is community of robot builders that will form a clique well into early professional life and will insure Solidworks sales.
That was my thought. Attrition is a fact of life in any enterprise, A problem on appears if the organization is no messed up that it cannot attract and retain new talent. When I think of editing, I think of the chances that my edits will remain, and if given that slim chance, if it would be an effective use of my time.
OTOH, making it easier to correct error might be helpful. I have heard many people complain that there are blatant errors in wikipedia, yet I seldom here these people correct the errors. They use the errors to discredit wikipedia, but leave those errors to propagate. If it were easier to edit, these complainers might become correctors.
Remote IDs, at least for some wireless, is not an issue. Sniff the network for IDs, spoof those ids, and you're in. That is why on networks I want to remain private, I not only close the network, require MAC, but also have a password.
As far as the 20 unit limit, the security of this is dependent on whether the setting is in hardware or software. If it is in software, there is a possibility that the limits can be overridden and all insulin can be dumped. Even if in hardware, and constraints between dumps is likely software, and can be hacked.
I cannot fathom a reason why someone would want to mess with the instrument, other than to show it can be done which hopefully will result in a more secure device. A more secure device will reduce the possibility of accidental dosage errors.I mean really all that needs to be done is figure out a way to remotely disable the injection mechanism while making everything show normal and that could quickly lead to a fatal condition. if that is accidental, and not malicious, the outcome is the same. It is like those warning to turn off electronic devices on an airplane. It is scary knowing that one gameboy could down a plane, though I know it is not quite that bad.
I don't know if it is never going to happen, but it won't happen in the near term. iOS and OS X will converge, i.e. technologies will be used in both, but it will be a long while before iOS replaces Mac OS. For one thing iOS is essentially at the state the Mac OS was in the beginning. It only works well with certain printers, is relatively closed, has a small screen, and is underpowered. There is no multitasking, and the file system, such as it is, is a joke. No one is going to use this as a primary dedicated professional computer. And the market for macs is still strong as there is really nothing else that does what a Mac does. Disagree with that but only if you spend equal time on mac, pc, and *nix machines.
So what do we know. First, the consumer like of Mac is gone. This might indicate that iOS devices are going to be targeted to consumers, which makes good sense. An iPad can do most of what the average home user needs and costs half as much as Mac. Second, Apple is embracing so-called cloud computing and probably will put the same tech into all devices, OS X or iOS. This will increasingly allow the professional to work on a Mac, but also have access to data on a iOS. This was the mistake with the Newton. It was a good machined, I love mine, and it lived on the LAN, but data was not integrated between my machines. Third iOS is a long ways away from being a world class OS. It took Apple five years to develop Mac OS into a decent OS. It took apple a good three years to get OS X up to speed, and that with the next base. iOS is essentially a 2010 product. Development time is not only dependent on software, but how much power can put into an iPad.
Given past development cycles for Apple, I think 2015 we will see significant change in focus from the Mac to iOS based notebooks or tablets. Given that the Apple ][ was sold for ten years after the mac, we will see mac sales for at least that long, and the OS will be different.
Most of our problems, such as the current debt debate over something that has happened many times before, is because some people, especially those that can't read or think they are gods. Things always change. The powerful aristocracy always falls. The proletariat always finds a way to gain additional power. Of course most of the proletariat don't read history, so are fooled by the naysayers that prognosticate the fall of civilization is the rich and powerful are in any way inconvinenced, so we get lame articles like this.
In this case there was a time when programmers had to smart. Super smart. They programed bare metal, which was inefficient for may purposes, so as computer became more powerful, more abstract languages were created, APIs were developed, and not almost anyone can program. Did businesses die because we had more programmers. No, in fact they prospered as software costs fell.
There was a time when if you wanted something done on the computer you had to go and beg the administrator to so do. Later on you had a terminal so you could complete simple tasks, but to do anything real you still had to beg. Then we started getting Apple and Compaq computer in corporate. OMFG, the user has the ability to do work without the approval of god. The world is going to end. Of course it didn't, and of course the control freaks standardized on MS/Intel machines because otherwise someone might acutally be allowed to get real work done and really innovate, but the overal point remains valid. Firms prospered. At least those that found the right balance between control and innovation.
Mainframes and low level programming still have a place, but the GPC is a stand alone machine coded predominately through APIs, with very little else. Firms that are going to remain profitable without huge subsidies are going to have to leverage the current tech into their overall strategy, and minimize the power of those that are afraid of losing their cushy jobs due to change. That is what change is, and where savings come from. Firing people that were needed under the old tech. It is heartless, but reality. We can't keep an aristocracy just for the sake of nostalgia.
To go beyond this, watch this video. It is best not to say anything under any circumstances to any figure of authority whose job it is place blame. They are human, and, like us, simply want to complete a task as quickly as possible and generate the maximum income. If you go in saying that you are not committing an offense, you immediately give them a offense on which to convict you.
The problem with the BSA and the RIAA and the MPAA is it is highly lucrative for them to harass people and firms because unlike the mafia, there is really no downside to it. They will never have to pay any significant judgements. They will never have any principle put in prison. I've worked for firms that got destroyed by the BSA audit and the resulting fines and cost of commercial software. This is why I teach one simple rule. Just say no. Do not use commerical software unless you have to, and pay for a real license if you do.
We mustvwatchbforvexceptions. Our current standards would not be so bad if not for exceptions and tax breaks for large trucks. As it is we had a entire class of vehicle, the SUV, expanded to bypass rules that reduce toxicity and increase security by reducing dependence on oil from terrorist countries. Some people forget the toxicity thing, but there was a time when it was not recommended that the rear window remain open during operation as the ocuppant could suffocAte due to CO. Then there was the tax code that made large inefficient trucks the best deal for firms, since the taxpayer subsidized up to 49 of the cost.
of course we now gave the magical shale oil to save us so why should be care about efficient cars? Two reasons. First is that shale oil probably not profitable unless crude is upwards of $70 a barrel, which means gas will have to remain in the $3.50-4 range. Second shale oil is dirty and current pipes are not really compatible with it, so there is some concern how to get to the oil to the refineries, mostly on the gulf coast, fromi the canadaian boarder, of course since nothing is in n dakota, maybe there is some funds to build refineries there.
There are Hobbits and then there are Frodo and his friends. The Hobbits pretty much kept to themselves, eating six meals a day, drinking, doing the minimal work, not really advancing the world is what we would call a productive manner. This is pretty much the Tea Party, whining because thier entitlements as white americans are going away.
This is really about entitlement. The US was founded based on the idea that birth did not define one's future. This was basically started in England with the Civil list and the Magna Carter in which the lesser aristocrats said the the King and his family did not deserve all the money and control simply by the fact they were born royal, that god did not in fact endow them with special privileges. This continued to the Americas where wealthy briton living here diid not think there were inferior to the aristocrats in England, and set up a new country to prove it.
And now we have a new aristocracy, people who think by birth they deserve a job, and toys, and a cool place to live, and a big car. They don't want to take the time to educate themselves, or work for it. Look at the Tea Party whining that the government won't give them jobs. This is not the party of Reagan and the welfare queen, where if one didn't have a job that was a personal failing, not a government problem. No, we have Hobbits that are used to six meals a day, and now that times are rough, they do not blame themselves for being uneducated and lazy, they do not leave the shire and take risks to better themselves, no they sit there and cry.
This would be easily solved if the entitlement of birth were taken away. Every child in this country should have equal access to education and housing and food and health care. But maybe adults who don't want work should not receive citizenship. Maybe the US would be better off if those like the tea party who don't want to work, don't want support their children, don't want to part of the political process of the US, would not earn the right to be American. It is a complex issue, this entitlement. Look at Romney. His great grandfather emigrated to mexico. His grandfather basically lived as mexican, his father lived in mexico, but because the family travled back to the US so their kids could be born, they are not considered mexican, and Romney is eligible to be President. Now, these are hard working people so I have no problem with them pretending to have allegiance to the US, but the Tea Party is not based on work, it is based on perceived entitlement of the white race. Obama, whose mother is a US citizen is not qualified for president, but Romney who is for all intents and purposes a Mexican is?
I buy books from Amazon because Amazon Kindle will work on many devices. iBooks is inferior not only technically, but also because it only works on iOS devices. An Android ebook will presumably be readable on Android.
iTunes, OTOH has players for iOS, Mac and PC, so that is a viable option. Not great, but Video tends to be heavily protected, so options there are limited. I presume Android market movies are for android. For renting movies, only being able to watch it on one device is not a big deal. They say there will be an app, but really the only thing that matters is what is here. Amazon probably does a better job, already tv ready, at movie rental than the Android store.
It is sad seeing Google playing catchup creating arguably inferior products whose purpose is to segment the market.
This is what I was thinking. There are websites selling Google likes. If this is a problem, it should be trivial to link the accounts used by the webistes and deactivate them. Google could even deactivate the accounts of those who buy the likes.
If google is not doing this, then it is difficult to assume that the problem exists, at least as far as Google is concerned. It is like link farms. It should be easy to identify the layout of a link farm, so the fact that so many of my search have link farms in the top list means that link farms are not a problem for Google. Certainly it is arguable that link farms benifit Google. Same with selling likes. Anything that will help google+ gain market share is not going to be destroyed.
I don't know what Google+ does, and I don't care. I know what twitter does and I know it has been doing on simple thing for a few years. I know that people have not been randomly kicked off of twitter, and I know that twitter is not integrated with other services that can be put into jeopardy. I also know that Google starts these little projects with much fanfare(Wave, Jaiku, Answers, etc) and then cancels them as they feel like.
It is possible that Google+ will last, historical evidence indicates that people are spending a great deal of time on something that may not even exist next year.
Let's see. Basic belief is that I have a relationship to the creator which is personal and not affected by what anyone else might believe, write, or impose on me. Most everyone I meet from any culture or background are pretty cool, helpful, and honest. The few people who are uncool, from the teacher at a christian school who beat students she didn't like to the people who tell me they carry guns in hopes that might someday have an excuse to kill someone, are from a cross section of society and uncommon. I see people going to work, kids going to school, and everyone making a mistake every once in a while.
The first commandment above all is that there we worship a creator, and not celebrities or the figureheads that might set themselves up as gods. We do not kill, we honor our parents and neighbors, we do not covet. This last one is important and exists in many faiths. If you do not covet the possession of the jew or muslim, you do not go and hate or do violence. I think the thing with mosque in NY, as well as other parts of the US, has to do more with coveting than anything else.
So yes, I would would be quite surprised if am extreme pacifist would pretty much thought everyone was due what they earned and did not believe in killing went off a murdered a bunch of children. OTOH, my experience with some mainstream Christians(looking for excuses to kill that do not violate their faith) makes it totally unsurprising.
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If browsers are fast, and don't consume many resources, the user will let the ads run. If the browsers are slow, then users will begin to figure out how to fix the problem, perhaps by blocking ads. It is any wonder why Chrome and Safari are fast browsers? Google and Apple both depend on users allowing the full web experience, at least on full powered computers.
This list exists merely to push students to write and think in a way acceptable to conservatives. By censoring language one is censoring thought and culture. That is why it is so important to so many people to make English the only language allowed in school.
There are many ways that one uses these words without making a mistake, and in fact by censoring these words one is encourage imprecise language and promoting irrational thought. Let's look at talking about animals. A dog is male, a bitch is female. Anal is the only way to accurately describe a part of the body. Many students in my school are reading Dante, which would be hard to write about without the word hell. Sexual energy is everywhere in high school, and censoring it will not make it go away. My required journal back in 9th grade was full of it, and there were no errors, Queer is a descriptor for a perception of a person. Yes there are synonyms, but we want kids to maximize their variety of words, not use the same words all the time. A bird's anus does not have a sphincter. It is the truth, and there is no other accurate way to write it.
The fact that this is high school makes the list not only censorship, but an attack on the students basic right to be educated. Vagina and penis and clitoris are proper terms that educated people use. Uneducated people don't care if there is no way to express a reality they care nothing about. They would never know that Pecker is an astroid belt. In high school, students in astronomy do.
In fact there is a reason to have such a list active, to prevent student for overusing words. If this is the intent, then no word list is necessary. Just include a automated sorted word list, and allow the teacher to set a threshold. This, however, is actually good for educated the student to think critically, so is not a priority for any school system.
There are many pre engineering classes in the US at the high school and middle school level. And yes there are many giggles when w screw the male into the female socket.
I think two things about the Hugos. First, the short form awards are more indicativa of the best in curent writing. Thins may be because scifi has it roots, as well as the award, in pulp mag fiction. Second, the novels tend tend to reflect the popular works, not always the best. A corollary is that authors tend to win awards year after year, which again is not good or bad. The result is that I seldom read the winning novel, but I do not always read novel and other works by those who have won the short form..
So evil Apple constructing a mechanism that allowed users to legally license songs for a buck, instead of simply using the music for free. Many complained that Apple users were still stealing music even though they were paying instead of just taking.
Then evil Apple created a phone that ultimately allowed users to bypass the phone companies and load music and trivially create and load custom ringtones at no charge and browse the web without telco interference.
RIM is the last major party playing the game in which the Telco is held above the end user. The $5 is to be billed by the telco and serves as a bribe to the telco. Apple does not share revenue for music. Due to certain corporate features, RIM may have some success.
MS ans Android is somewhere in between the user centered Apple and the telco centered RIM. MS does not have the power to give user what they want in spite of the telcos, and therefore even though they provide a more user centered expereince, they do not provide enough value to the cell companies. Android could, but the OEM still play in the world where volume matters, and therefor must keep the cell companies happy, even if the end user does not gain maximum value. So we have RIM, which provides corporate value, and Apple which focuses on the end user. I hope both continue to prosper, while Android and MS fight it up.
I have been playing with Papers to store journal articles across my Mac and iPad. The software is not free, but has been useful. I have not had time to really make it work, but it has proven useful in terms of citations. It is not made for Android, but there may be similar software. I find the ability to work between devices to be a key feature
Manfrotto had a numer of very good bags. They not only carry a laptop and DSLR, but also can carry the short Manfrotto tripod.
There was a time when the city out new tangled special vehicles on the road. This new tech, "buses", allowed certain people the privalege of getting to work and back, something that they would otherwise would have been difficult. To do. All that some people had to do was sit in the back of bus. The reality is that customers pay for this service, and expect it to be available equally. Who decides who gets to communicate, and who are the ruffians that deserve to be shut down.
Furthermore it is unclear if Samsung is not a thief, after all they paid nearly a billion after stealing Rambus technology
So my impression is that the lawsuits serve the purpose of preventing negative publicity with respect to the lesser law schools so that they can continue to attract students who want a law degree but maybe can't get into another school. The profits on first year students alone, even if they do not make it the second year, appear to be significant.
Here is what I do not understand. The passing rate for the bar at the tier two schools around here are about the same as the tier one school, around 90%, but Cooley appears to be less than 50%? While I can see someone going to a school in which they have a good chance to get an education basic enough to pass the bar, why would one go to school where one ends up with a law degree by not a successful sitting of the bar? I know law school is competitive. We have had some lawsuits in which unqualified students sued because they thought they were entitled to the best school simply because of their heritage, but a law degree is not like other academic degrees. It is not simply awarded by the faculty. One has to meet external standards.
For those who don't have access to the article, here are some conclusions based on the analysis of the, admittedly possibly skewed, data.
These types of observations are valid. Note that they are comparative within the domain, not global statements of fact.
It is also interesting to note that these companies are competing against one another. While it would be a competitive advantage to protect themselves from lawsuits, there is a need to differentiate and sell products. This implies it may not be best for all to put patents into a communal Android pool. Indeed,the fact that many Android OEM seem to fighting and paying MS individually might indicate they wish to sink alone than swim together.
It took about 10 years for the idea of 3d modeling to take root. This makes sense, computer can render 3d, so why draw a 2d object when you can draw a 3d object and then have the computer render the traditional 2d shapes. For precise mechanical drawings, this is not so easy to do, and Solidworks does it well. But that is not to say Autodesk does not do it well. Autodesk is now a legacy company with the most experience of serving the drafting industry, and that give it some legs.
One has to remember how expensive Unix was in the 80s compared to a DOS machine. Autocad was not a toy. One did not buy it to add to an already acquired computer. One acquired a computer to run Autodesk software. One still does. The average PC does not do it. I use my Macbook Pro.
Autodesk has what I would consider one of the most attractive program for students, hobbiest, and schools. The complete line of Autodesk products can be had for not a huge amount of money, and for students no money. The only better value is Google Sketchup, which for some is free. Obviously this is not philanthropy on either part. Companies want the future engineers to come to college knowing a software package, so the college will license the product, and commercial firms will license the product.
The community to be built is more like linkedin rather than facebook. Targeted not to the masses but to future professionals. It is the same think that Solidworks is doing with First. That is community of robot builders that will form a clique well into early professional life and will insure Solidworks sales.
OTOH, making it easier to correct error might be helpful. I have heard many people complain that there are blatant errors in wikipedia, yet I seldom here these people correct the errors. They use the errors to discredit wikipedia, but leave those errors to propagate. If it were easier to edit, these complainers might become correctors.
As far as the 20 unit limit, the security of this is dependent on whether the setting is in hardware or software. If it is in software, there is a possibility that the limits can be overridden and all insulin can be dumped. Even if in hardware, and constraints between dumps is likely software, and can be hacked.
I cannot fathom a reason why someone would want to mess with the instrument, other than to show it can be done which hopefully will result in a more secure device. A more secure device will reduce the possibility of accidental dosage errors.I mean really all that needs to be done is figure out a way to remotely disable the injection mechanism while making everything show normal and that could quickly lead to a fatal condition. if that is accidental, and not malicious, the outcome is the same. It is like those warning to turn off electronic devices on an airplane. It is scary knowing that one gameboy could down a plane, though I know it is not quite that bad.
So what do we know. First, the consumer like of Mac is gone. This might indicate that iOS devices are going to be targeted to consumers, which makes good sense. An iPad can do most of what the average home user needs and costs half as much as Mac. Second, Apple is embracing so-called cloud computing and probably will put the same tech into all devices, OS X or iOS. This will increasingly allow the professional to work on a Mac, but also have access to data on a iOS. This was the mistake with the Newton. It was a good machined, I love mine, and it lived on the LAN, but data was not integrated between my machines. Third iOS is a long ways away from being a world class OS. It took Apple five years to develop Mac OS into a decent OS. It took apple a good three years to get OS X up to speed, and that with the next base. iOS is essentially a 2010 product. Development time is not only dependent on software, but how much power can put into an iPad.
Given past development cycles for Apple, I think 2015 we will see significant change in focus from the Mac to iOS based notebooks or tablets. Given that the Apple ][ was sold for ten years after the mac, we will see mac sales for at least that long, and the OS will be different.
Which begs the question how many of these users are fake accounts created by Newt Gingrich's PR team.
In this case there was a time when programmers had to smart. Super smart. They programed bare metal, which was inefficient for may purposes, so as computer became more powerful, more abstract languages were created, APIs were developed, and not almost anyone can program. Did businesses die because we had more programmers. No, in fact they prospered as software costs fell.
There was a time when if you wanted something done on the computer you had to go and beg the administrator to so do. Later on you had a terminal so you could complete simple tasks, but to do anything real you still had to beg. Then we started getting Apple and Compaq computer in corporate. OMFG, the user has the ability to do work without the approval of god. The world is going to end. Of course it didn't, and of course the control freaks standardized on MS/Intel machines because otherwise someone might acutally be allowed to get real work done and really innovate, but the overal point remains valid. Firms prospered. At least those that found the right balance between control and innovation.
Mainframes and low level programming still have a place, but the GPC is a stand alone machine coded predominately through APIs, with very little else. Firms that are going to remain profitable without huge subsidies are going to have to leverage the current tech into their overall strategy, and minimize the power of those that are afraid of losing their cushy jobs due to change. That is what change is, and where savings come from. Firing people that were needed under the old tech. It is heartless, but reality. We can't keep an aristocracy just for the sake of nostalgia.
The problem with the BSA and the RIAA and the MPAA is it is highly lucrative for them to harass people and firms because unlike the mafia, there is really no downside to it. They will never have to pay any significant judgements. They will never have any principle put in prison. I've worked for firms that got destroyed by the BSA audit and the resulting fines and cost of commercial software. This is why I teach one simple rule. Just say no. Do not use commerical software unless you have to, and pay for a real license if you do.
of course we now gave the magical shale oil to save us so why should be care about efficient cars? Two reasons. First is that shale oil probably not profitable unless crude is upwards of $70 a barrel, which means gas will have to remain in the $3.50-4 range. Second shale oil is dirty and current pipes are not really compatible with it, so there is some concern how to get to the oil to the refineries, mostly on the gulf coast, fromi the canadaian boarder, of course since nothing is in n dakota, maybe there is some funds to build refineries there.
This is really about entitlement. The US was founded based on the idea that birth did not define one's future. This was basically started in England with the Civil list and the Magna Carter in which the lesser aristocrats said the the King and his family did not deserve all the money and control simply by the fact they were born royal, that god did not in fact endow them with special privileges. This continued to the Americas where wealthy briton living here diid not think there were inferior to the aristocrats in England, and set up a new country to prove it.
And now we have a new aristocracy, people who think by birth they deserve a job, and toys, and a cool place to live, and a big car. They don't want to take the time to educate themselves, or work for it. Look at the Tea Party whining that the government won't give them jobs. This is not the party of Reagan and the welfare queen, where if one didn't have a job that was a personal failing, not a government problem. No, we have Hobbits that are used to six meals a day, and now that times are rough, they do not blame themselves for being uneducated and lazy, they do not leave the shire and take risks to better themselves, no they sit there and cry.
This would be easily solved if the entitlement of birth were taken away. Every child in this country should have equal access to education and housing and food and health care. But maybe adults who don't want work should not receive citizenship. Maybe the US would be better off if those like the tea party who don't want to work, don't want support their children, don't want to part of the political process of the US, would not earn the right to be American. It is a complex issue, this entitlement. Look at Romney. His great grandfather emigrated to mexico. His grandfather basically lived as mexican, his father lived in mexico, but because the family travled back to the US so their kids could be born, they are not considered mexican, and Romney is eligible to be President. Now, these are hard working people so I have no problem with them pretending to have allegiance to the US, but the Tea Party is not based on work, it is based on perceived entitlement of the white race. Obama, whose mother is a US citizen is not qualified for president, but Romney who is for all intents and purposes a Mexican is?
iTunes, OTOH has players for iOS, Mac and PC, so that is a viable option. Not great, but Video tends to be heavily protected, so options there are limited. I presume Android market movies are for android. For renting movies, only being able to watch it on one device is not a big deal. They say there will be an app, but really the only thing that matters is what is here. Amazon probably does a better job, already tv ready, at movie rental than the Android store.
It is sad seeing Google playing catchup creating arguably inferior products whose purpose is to segment the market.
If google is not doing this, then it is difficult to assume that the problem exists, at least as far as Google is concerned. It is like link farms. It should be easy to identify the layout of a link farm, so the fact that so many of my search have link farms in the top list means that link farms are not a problem for Google. Certainly it is arguable that link farms benifit Google. Same with selling likes. Anything that will help google+ gain market share is not going to be destroyed.
It is possible that Google+ will last, historical evidence indicates that people are spending a great deal of time on something that may not even exist next year.
The first commandment above all is that there we worship a creator, and not celebrities or the figureheads that might set themselves up as gods. We do not kill, we honor our parents and neighbors, we do not covet. This last one is important and exists in many faiths. If you do not covet the possession of the jew or muslim, you do not go and hate or do violence. I think the thing with mosque in NY, as well as other parts of the US, has to do more with coveting than anything else.
So yes, I would would be quite surprised if am extreme pacifist would pretty much thought everyone was due what they earned and did not believe in killing went off a murdered a bunch of children. OTOH, my experience with some mainstream Christians(looking for excuses to kill that do not violate their faith) makes it totally unsurprising.