Been telling everyone this was gonna happen for weeks, even though there was not even the tenuous but believable claim of referee bias that there was in '94. Vancouver lost this time because Tim Thomas is a fracking God...
Well, it's not a simple popularity contest because it would become the boon of spammers.
The industry of metrics that preclude those folk is developing, but as someone who's deep in it, it's a complicated beast to tame, and you're going to see 'trends' change a great deal over the next several months as it's all figured out.
was when I was called out to a new client's residence after a certain "Nerd" had installed a WiFi setup for the customer's laptop, to find that not only had they improperly installed the CardBus WiFi card drivers -- but that the laptop already had built-in WiFi (that had been disabled in the BIOS)!
I can understand honest mistakes (I made more than a few in my day) but... yeah. Selling people hardware they don't need because they already have it could easily be added to that list of mortal sins...
Although I understand why Charlene Li might find the notion that search results themselves are IP and not merely the mechanics of the engine unsettling, the truth of the matter is: they are! You can't 'harvest' search queries and subsequent results and use them commercially any more than you can link searches in web411 to the corresponding results in the telephone directories! If Microsoft had been simply 'borrowing' listings _without_ associating them directly to the Google queries that had brought them up that would be one thing, but this is a bridge too far, and all I get from Altimeter Group's comments is a bit of a whine that they think it's unfair to be unable to engage in behaviour they themselves might like to engage in -- which is pretty pathetic.
Build your own damn search algorithms!
If Betelgeuse went supernova and subsequently turned into a black-hole ~600 years ago, would the gravitational effects have already influenced the Earth, at least in the modern era? Would that explain certain inaccuracies in astrophysics that would be corrected if this influence was taken into account?
Hm.
Although yes, someone can technically be holding an illustrated 18-point copy of the Bible with which to (inadvertently) brain their fellow passenger with during a crash-on-takeoff, the point of turning off electronics during takeoff is indeed to keep you alert (but not alarmed!) so that if an issue occurs you have not been distracted from the enormity of the situation and know how to GTFO.
That said, I'm scared to death of take-off's and landings and I always conceal my MP3 player (on full-blast, I might add!;)
I think perhaps the headache for Google is that they may be required under US law to hold all records for 7 years -- since any data collected is a 'record', they simply can't delete it without the authorisation of the US Government, else they could find themselves in trouble, corporately-speaking.
However, it seems this particular politician wants to engage in a little electronic-voyeurism -- which although unsurprising is still a bit unsettling -- and is standing in the way of Google obtaining the necessary exemptions to delete the data.
Well, obviously the public's 'right to know' over some of the most recent revelations is dubious at best. It started out as a good idea that fell victim to the 24 hour news cycle, and now WikiLeaks is just another antagonist. It's sad, but it's as corrupt as the organisations they claim to fight against.
3D is a fad that will always come and go, but it is a fad.
Fact is, a large part of the public has _zero_ depth perception. A larger part of the public has a very rudimentary depth perception. The total customer base for long-term 3D movies isn't any better than the 50's. People will go and see if it makes any difference, and the vast majority will quickly realise that to them it doesn't.
This recent revisiting of 3D will soon be passe.
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Just demonstrates the cynical, borderline sociopathic nature of most /.ters =/
This ^^ deserves the Aspie poor-taste comment of the year award...
Congratulations!
... snoozer.zzz
...you get your own customers to gradually break their phones so they inevitably have to buy new ones. Smart thinking.
Been telling everyone this was gonna happen for weeks, even though there was not even the tenuous but believable claim of referee bias that there was in '94. Vancouver lost this time because Tim Thomas is a fracking God...
Well, it's not a simple popularity contest because it would become the boon of spammers. The industry of metrics that preclude those folk is developing, but as someone who's deep in it, it's a complicated beast to tame, and you're going to see 'trends' change a great deal over the next several months as it's all figured out.
...and it didn't kill OSX. Although I'm not a Windows fan, the haters are purposely missing the obvious comparison.
was when I was called out to a new client's residence after a certain "Nerd" had installed a WiFi setup for the customer's laptop, to find that not only had they improperly installed the CardBus WiFi card drivers -- but that the laptop already had built-in WiFi (that had been disabled in the BIOS)! I can understand honest mistakes (I made more than a few in my day) but... yeah. Selling people hardware they don't need because they already have it could easily be added to that list of mortal sins...
So I've been on here the whole time. God I feel old =/
I want an S2 for Xmas Santa, kthxbai!
I think it'd be even better to at least see humans get free of Earth orbit again. Until then, I view any claims of getting back to the Moon as a joke.
Great career, great achievements... great life. Well done.
Dear /. -- please keep this bullshit off my timeline. Cheers, me.
Seriously... how does this help? Sure, it might give brute-force a harder time, but wouldn't people just brute-force the captcha? Hm.
the old tried-and-true method of 'securing' your data still applies: woodchipper.
Although I understand why Charlene Li might find the notion that search results themselves are IP and not merely the mechanics of the engine unsettling, the truth of the matter is: they are! You can't 'harvest' search queries and subsequent results and use them commercially any more than you can link searches in web411 to the corresponding results in the telephone directories! If Microsoft had been simply 'borrowing' listings _without_ associating them directly to the Google queries that had brought them up that would be one thing, but this is a bridge too far, and all I get from Altimeter Group's comments is a bit of a whine that they think it's unfair to be unable to engage in behaviour they themselves might like to engage in -- which is pretty pathetic. Build your own damn search algorithms!
If Betelgeuse went supernova and subsequently turned into a black-hole ~600 years ago, would the gravitational effects have already influenced the Earth, at least in the modern era? Would that explain certain inaccuracies in astrophysics that would be corrected if this influence was taken into account? Hm.
Although yes, someone can technically be holding an illustrated 18-point copy of the Bible with which to (inadvertently) brain their fellow passenger with during a crash-on-takeoff, the point of turning off electronics during takeoff is indeed to keep you alert (but not alarmed!) so that if an issue occurs you have not been distracted from the enormity of the situation and know how to GTFO. That said, I'm scared to death of take-off's and landings and I always conceal my MP3 player (on full-blast, I might add! ;)
Account --> Account Settings --> Privacy --> Apps and Websites --> Turn off platform apps. Easy done. (I hope... but you never know with FB...)
I think perhaps the headache for Google is that they may be required under US law to hold all records for 7 years -- since any data collected is a 'record', they simply can't delete it without the authorisation of the US Government, else they could find themselves in trouble, corporately-speaking. However, it seems this particular politician wants to engage in a little electronic-voyeurism -- which although unsurprising is still a bit unsettling -- and is standing in the way of Google obtaining the necessary exemptions to delete the data.
...this guy!
Well, obviously the public's 'right to know' over some of the most recent revelations is dubious at best. It started out as a good idea that fell victim to the 24 hour news cycle, and now WikiLeaks is just another antagonist. It's sad, but it's as corrupt as the organisations they claim to fight against.
You get burned. End of.
3D is a fad that will always come and go, but it is a fad. Fact is, a large part of the public has _zero_ depth perception. A larger part of the public has a very rudimentary depth perception. The total customer base for long-term 3D movies isn't any better than the 50's. People will go and see if it makes any difference, and the vast majority will quickly realise that to them it doesn't. This recent revisiting of 3D will soon be passe.
Aren't they all just Nakatushi Industrial Conglomerate anyway? *ducks*