From my perspective in north-eastern Europe, I think the situation's better described as an MS trojan horse stabbing Nokia in the face such that they fell over and headbutted Intel.
But the Nokia/Intel thing was never going to last anyway. That was Nokia giving their new boyfriend, Intel, a blowjob, and sending the camphone photos to their ex, TI.
> The "pendulum" will not even begin to swing back until the people: [do stuff]
How are you going to spread the information to the people that they ought to [do stuff]? You need press coverage. And how do you get press coverage? Clue:
Do you know of a good reference for how to keep as close to the intersection of MySQL and PostgreSQL? I currently use MySQL (using the perl DBI wrappers) for everything but have no loyalty to it, it just does the job. The idea of being able to just switch out the back end with minimum coding effort is appealing.
ITYM:... the Mac users that *infect themselves* with this malware.
Of course, this is only one step away from being "live", but it's an important step, and until then it really doesn't pose much of a threat to anyone with a brain.
Looking at our "never release the source" repository, I do see several packages with names libqt-* and qt*, so it seems like some stuff it proprietory. Some might be R&D packages only, not for distribution. But, by the looks of it, several seem to be plugins for well-known services. If you're desperately intereseted, you can find plenty more details on *.maemo.org. (In particular complaints about the closed nature of these kinds of libraries, one of which makes *no sense* to me, but what do I know, I'm not a legal bod, I'm just a code monkey.)
Of course, these things might not be "significant", I am also unable to judge that.
If he's have (snail-)mailed the families messages like "your daughter was too fucking stupid to [do whatever activity she was involved in] and deserved to die", then that would be clear harassment, and if done more than once, close to stalking too, perhaps. Mapping it to the internet domain doesn't decrease the seriousness of the offence, surely? So I think there is a precedent for criminal punishment for such asocial behaviour. Additionally, once in the internet domain there's the public nature of the outburst to consider and it's presumably libelous too (yes, that's a civil twist rather than a criminal one, but again doesn't diminish the seriousness of the action).
But congratulations on proving that you're clever enough to have worked out what he was saying, and thanks for explaining the joke to all those who aren't as clever as you. Your mum must be so proud of you and how clever you are. But she probably doesn't understand irony either.
You're not the only one to have voiced such views. Alas I think what you and others are suggesting is almost impossible to police. In part due to the systematic and systemic deregulation that's taken place over the last 30 years. That and the fact that the U.S. government's top advisers all make a profit from the industry.
The problem is that nobody's interested in value, all they care about is change in value. It appears that trading in "derivatives" has never been more aptly named.
Weird, you must live in a different modern IT-rich world than me, as pretty much everything I see around me was developed for one of three things - getting sustainance (food and water), and getting sex (albeit pixellated and requiring manual application) (the third thing is protection from enemy hordes, but I live in a walled medieval town, so clearly I see more of that than the average person, it might not apply to you).
If you think financial instiututions were behind the internet you are now using, please unplug all your cables and pack up your computer right now, as you could hardly be further from the truth (unless you said it was portuguese yak farmers who were behind it).
What's the point of a moderation system where people who use browsers like lynx and w3m (without javascript) cannot take part (no submit button), despite being tempted and even cajoled to (an invitation to moderate with 5-15 moderation points)?
Closer to topic: how quickly would we end up with billion-dollar paperbacks if we had faster communication? http://articles.cnn.com/2011-04-25/tech/amazon.price.algorithm_1_first-book-algorithms-amazon-com?_s=PM:TECH That would make Zimbabwe's inflation look truly pitiful.
Don't forget northern europe - some of us over here have been multi-megabit for over a decade (for less than the average American pays for a land line or dial-up).
The DNSSEC question will run and run. I know that DJB (who has an alternative) and Dan Kaminsky (who probably also has an alternative, they all seem to!) won't stop fighting over that bone, for example. I guess that argument dates back at 10 years now.
But I'd rather progress was slow and towards something that everyone (academia, big business, browser writers,...) subscribes to, than the "something must be done, this is something, therefore this must be done" principle be applied to something inadequate.
That might a a little bit of damage limitation in modern broswers, but such settings tell you nothing about how much Comodo trusts Honest Akhmed or vice versa. (Not structly true, it's 100% apparently)
The CA setup using SSL has never relied on the/web of trust/ model (where you can say how much you trust our neighbours), it's always relied on the/chain of trust/ model (where all trust is inherited).
However, I agree that our CA setup should be clearly moribund now.
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From my perspective in north-eastern Europe, I think the situation's better described as an MS trojan horse stabbing Nokia in the face such that they fell over and headbutted Intel.
But the Nokia/Intel thing was never going to last anyway. That was Nokia giving their new boyfriend, Intel, a blowjob, and sending the camphone photos to their ex, TI.
> The "pendulum" will not even begin to swing back until the people:
[do stuff]
How are you going to spread the information to the people that they ought to [do stuff]? You need press coverage. And how do you get press coverage? Clue:
> Street protests are stupid and futile.
You're underestimating them.
Do you know of a good reference for how to keep as close to the intersection of MySQL and PostgreSQL? I currently use MySQL (using the perl DBI wrappers) for everything but have no loyalty to it, it just does the job. The idea of being able to just switch out the back end with minimum coding effort is appealing.
It is alleged that a friend of a friend has often said that Macintoshes are computers for people with one-button brains.
Certainly you're right, and the "we're safe because we're Jobbs' chosen people, Aaaaaamen" attitude harms security.
ITYM: ... the Mac users that *infect themselves* with this malware.
Of course, this is only one step away from being "live", but it's an important step, and until then it really doesn't pose much of a threat to anyone with a brain.
Your argument is remarkably similar to the "evolution violates the laws of entropy (2nd law of thermodynamics)" one.
You're not looking wide enough.
Cotton French maids' outfits?
Polyester Japanese schoolgirls' uniforms?
Silk negligees?
Looking at our "never release the source" repository, I do see several packages with names libqt-* and qt*, so it seems like some stuff it proprietory. Some might be R&D packages only, not for distribution. But, by the looks of it, several seem to be plugins for well-known services. If you're desperately intereseted, you can find plenty more details on *.maemo.org. (In particular complaints about the closed nature of these kinds of libraries, one of which makes *no sense* to me, but what do I know, I'm not a legal bod, I'm just a code monkey.)
Of course, these things might not be "significant", I am also unable to judge that.
Try to map this to the pen and ink domain.
If he's have (snail-)mailed the families messages like "your daughter was too fucking stupid to [do whatever activity she was involved in] and deserved to die", then that would be clear harassment, and if done more than once, close to stalking too, perhaps. Mapping it to the internet domain doesn't decrease the seriousness of the offence, surely? So I think there is a precedent for criminal punishment for such asocial behaviour. Additionally, once in the internet domain there's the public nature of the outburst to consider and it's presumably libelous too (yes, that's a civil twist rather than a criminal one, but again doesn't diminish the seriousness of the action).
"If you're growing wheat"..."If you're making flour"
What proportion of the trades involve either producers or consumers of tangible goods? I'd be amazed if it was more than an insignificant proportion.
Pretending that the financial system behind options trading is there for the benefit of such ends of the chain seems like gross sophistry.
No. You do not "fix" irony.
But congratulations on proving that you're clever enough to have worked out what he was saying, and thanks for explaining the joke to all those who aren't as clever as you. Your mum must be so proud of you and how clever you are. But she probably doesn't understand irony either.
> > Yep, it creates money and debases it in the process
> Only if you assume the underlying economy doesn't grow.
I.e. only if you pull out of, or never join, the ponzi scheme. Keep that ponzi scheme going, and everything will be fine.
You're not the only one to have voiced such views. Alas I think what you and others are suggesting is almost impossible to police. In part due to the systematic and systemic deregulation that's taken place over the last 30 years. That and the fact that the U.S. government's top advisers all make a profit from the industry.
The problem is that nobody's interested in value, all they care about is change in value. It appears that trading in "derivatives" has never been more aptly named.
Thank you for some levity in otherwise a rather contentious topic!
How many zeroes do you need to aggregate before the total of them is non-zero?
Damn, that's why you're aiming for infinitely fast trades, so you can have an infinite number of them in finite time!
Weird, you must live in a different modern IT-rich world than me, as pretty much everything I see around me was developed for one of three things - getting sustainance (food and water), and getting sex (albeit pixellated and requiring manual application) (the third thing is protection from enemy hordes, but I live in a walled medieval town, so clearly I see more of that than the average person, it might not apply to you).
If you think financial instiututions were behind the internet you are now using, please unplug all your cables and pack up your computer right now, as you could hardly be further from the truth (unless you said it was portuguese yak farmers who were behind it).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_demon
You're trying to extract energy from statistical noise, nothing more.
What's the point of a moderation system where people who use browsers like lynx and w3m (without javascript) cannot take part (no submit button), despite being tempted and even cajoled to (an invitation to moderate with 5-15 moderation points)?
Closer to topic: how quickly would we end up with billion-dollar paperbacks if we had faster communication?
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-04-25/tech/amazon.price.algorithm_1_first-book-algorithms-amazon-com?_s=PM:TECH
That would make Zimbabwe's inflation look truly pitiful.
Don't forget northern europe - some of us over here have been multi-megabit for over a decade (for less than the average American pays for a land line or dial-up).
"Because each of these contributors is continually dumping more money into the market "
Oh, dear, you've apparently not yet worked out *whose* money these "contributors" are dumping into the market.
So they'd pay a few dollars to the neighbours up north and move proceedings to Newfoundland ... and that would make things another 6ms quicker!
It there are that many people having to troubleshoot Time Machine, that's not a very good recommendation at all.
The DNSSEC question will run and run. I know that DJB (who has an alternative) and Dan Kaminsky (who probably also has an alternative, they all seem to!) won't stop fighting over that bone, for example. I guess that argument dates back at 10 years now.
...) subscribes to, than the "something must be done, this is something, therefore this must be done" principle be applied to something inadequate.
But I'd rather progress was slow and towards something that everyone (academia, big business, browser writers,
That might a a little bit of damage limitation in modern broswers, but such settings tell you nothing about how much Comodo trusts Honest Akhmed or vice versa. (Not structly true, it's 100% apparently)
The CA setup using SSL has never relied on the /web of trust/ model (where you can say how much you trust our neighbours), it's always relied on the /chain of trust/ model (where all trust is inherited).
However, I agree that our CA setup should be clearly moribund now.