In choosing Don't Be Evil as it's famous motto (history will judge if they failed that test), Google neglected other, less obvious aspects. One that comes to mind right now is Don't Be Creepy; while less fraught with meaning, it's much easier to judge... and they're failing.
The MakerBot is like the Altair 8800... It's works, most of the time, but it's complicated and slow, and it's produce is not that useful. and... what am I really supposed to do with it??
The Altair 8800 came out in 1974, but it took another ~10 years for home computers to really take off... I'm sure that in less then 10 years we'll all have some kind of 3D printer at home.
Let me foresee what will happen... Putin will replace Microsoft programs with ripped off open-source software with minor UI and major back-doors updates; Then, with great patriotic pride, will pronounce the motherland's major step towards cleansing itself from western spying and corruption.
I'm not supporting his long-dead file-sharing business, although that's just a symptom of a deprecated business model that should die (U.S music industry in its current form). I am supporting the fight against corporate tailor-made-laws overreaching across international borders where they should have no mandate, and blowing a minor case beyond all proportions.
Even though the man himself, by all accounts, is a loud-mouthed, megalomaniac, international jerk... I do believe his fight against U.S laws and its publicity is doing the world a service. So... Go Kim, I'm for you.
Excel's auto-formatting causes me no-end of grief.
I receive technical sheets of tools from clients, and if you don't know how to process them, Excel will trim leading zeros from manufacturer part numbers and abbreviate long numbers to scientific notation and will convert sizes marked in fractions into dates . . . and in general turn data into meaningless mess.
And before you jump and yell at me that Excel isn't the right tool for data management - I know . . . There's no avoiding it, everyone out there uses excel.
I know all the moves and switches and tricks to avoid that, but for the life of me, I don't understand why isn't there a simple switch in the settings that will disable all that auto-formatting crap once and for all.
Driving is all about having absolute control over your vehicle. From the minute we get behind the wheel, we're taught that a moment's loss of control is fatal (with good reason).
For an experienced driver, surrendering that control is nightmare-inducing... For myself, the first time I used cruise control was unsettling - it felt like the car was getting out of hand - it took a while getting used to.
Surrendering control of the brake will be harder.. let alone the wheel itself.
Makes perfect sense to me.
My doctor is always nagging me about heart care -- less carbs, less sugar, less fatty food, exercise more... nag, nag, nag.
A few months ago I stopped visiting my doctor. I'm much more relaxed now. So far, so good.
That's because Netanyahu is also a world class politician (AKA=bulshiter) who can turn on a dime.... so enough people are still buying his fear/hate/racism spiel.
Just donate some new scripts the Hollywood industries, they're plagued with sequels, reboots and lame, reworked, versions of anything that came out before 1986.
There are a couple of attributes which the article "somehow" forgets to mention: Strength and Rigidity! You know, those attributes that define a generic construct as a chassis . . . the thing that holds everything together under stress and protects the squishy humans inside.
I'll hold my enthusiasm for now.
I never said indie music is necessarily of higher quality, when anyone can sing to their comp and upload it to YouTube in a sec, the heaps pile up pretty high... but at least it's more diverse crap.
I wholly agree with Albini, the corporate music industry as a whole just stagnates music. The industry cherry-picks a tiny few young presenters, suit them with what is believed to be the most likely to succeed set of styles and hype their image beyond all proportion.
And in the background everything that is deemed "not popular/unlikely to succeed" is simply ignored. This how you get crap-loads of songs and music videos that are practically indistinguishable from one another.
Not too long ago music artists earns their living from live performances only, recordings changed that and allowed top performers to become very rich. Nowadays we might see things go full circle... A good artist should be able to make a living off her art, there's no law that says she's supposed to become a millionaire (and certainly not her manager).
Music has been around since humanoids could bang two sticks together and hum along, its not going to disappear -- hurting the industry is not "Destroying Music" like some would want us to believe -- Doing anything to damage the music industry in its current form will only do good for music in the long run.
Those are NOT the people to rant about!
When you see a movie you thought was boring do you rant about the camera manufacturer?
These guys are developing a very cool technology, it’s awesome. What game designers are doing with their games’ story-telling and plot lines is a very different discussion.
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In choosing Don't Be Evil as it's famous motto (history will judge if they failed that test), Google neglected other, less obvious aspects. One that comes to mind right now is Don't Be Creepy; while less fraught with meaning, it's much easier to judge... and they're failing.
This kind of surveillance is why I only enable location services when I need them. It's good for battery time too.
Just let it die already and end his (our) misery.
The MakerBot is like the Altair 8800... It's works, most of the time, but it's complicated and slow, and it's produce is not that useful. and... what am I really supposed to do with it??
The Altair 8800 came out in 1974, but it took another ~10 years for home computers to really take off... I'm sure that in less then 10 years we'll all have some kind of 3D printer at home.
Let me foresee what will happen... Putin will replace Microsoft programs with ripped off open-source software with minor UI and major back-doors updates;
Then, with great patriotic pride, will pronounce the motherland's major step towards cleansing itself from western spying and corruption.
I'm not supporting his long-dead file-sharing business, although that's just a symptom of a deprecated business model that should die (U.S music industry in its current form).
I am supporting the fight against corporate tailor-made-laws overreaching across international borders where they should have no mandate, and blowing a minor case beyond all proportions.
Even though the man himself, by all accounts, is a loud-mouthed, megalomaniac, international jerk ... I do believe his fight against U.S laws and its publicity is doing the world a service. ... Go Kim, I'm for you.
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Excel's auto-formatting causes me no-end of grief.
I receive technical sheets of tools from clients, and if you don't know how to process them, Excel will trim leading zeros from manufacturer part numbers and abbreviate long numbers to scientific notation and will convert sizes marked in fractions into dates . . . and in general turn data into meaningless mess.
And before you jump and yell at me that Excel isn't the right tool for data management - I know . . . There's no avoiding it, everyone out there uses excel.
I know all the moves and switches and tricks to avoid that, but for the life of me, I don't understand why isn't there a simple switch in the settings that will disable all that auto-formatting crap once and for all.
I'm still waiting for the sea to rise in retaliation (any day now).
If as first you don't succeed, sue and sue again
The dormant cyber pathogen is loose!! Run for your lives!!
Driving is all about having absolute control over your vehicle. From the minute we get behind the wheel, we're taught that a moment's loss of control is fatal (with good reason).
For an experienced driver, surrendering that control is nightmare-inducing... For myself, the first time I used cruise control was unsettling - it felt like the car was getting out of hand - it took a while getting used to.
Surrendering control of the brake will be harder.. let alone the wheel itself.
I say remove head lights and darken those windshields. People will be sure to drive real slow.
There always was a workaround... break the encryptor not the encryption. Governments world-round are old hands at that.
Makes perfect sense to me.
My doctor is always nagging me about heart care -- less carbs, less sugar, less fatty food, exercise more... nag, nag, nag.
A few months ago I stopped visiting my doctor. I'm much more relaxed now. So far, so good.
That's because Netanyahu is also a world class politician (AKA=bulshiter) who can turn on a dime .... so enough people are still buying his fear/hate/racism spiel.
Just donate some new scripts the Hollywood industries, they're plagued with sequels, reboots and lame, reworked, versions of anything that came out before 1986.
That's spam or phishing in my book -- stuff I delete within after a 0.1 sec scan.
My Solution: Cry Wolf
There are a couple of attributes which the article "somehow" forgets to mention: Strength and Rigidity! You know, those attributes that define a generic construct as a chassis . . . the thing that holds everything together under stress and protects the squishy humans inside.
I'll hold my enthusiasm for now.
An unusual and surprising spike in video game piracy has been noticed in Australia.
I never said indie music is necessarily of higher quality, when anyone can sing to their comp and upload it to YouTube in a sec, the heaps pile up pretty high... but at least it's more diverse crap.
I wholly agree with Albini, the corporate music industry as a whole just stagnates music. The industry cherry-picks a tiny few young presenters, suit them with what is believed to be the most likely to succeed set of styles and hype their image beyond all proportion.
And in the background everything that is deemed "not popular/unlikely to succeed" is simply ignored. This how you get crap-loads of songs and music videos that are practically indistinguishable from one another.
Not too long ago music artists earns their living from live performances only, recordings changed that and allowed top performers to become very rich. Nowadays we might see things go full circle... A good artist should be able to make a living off her art, there's no law that says she's supposed to become a millionaire (and certainly not her manager).
Music has been around since humanoids could bang two sticks together and hum along, its not going to disappear -- hurting the industry is not "Destroying Music" like some would want us to believe -- Doing anything to damage the music industry in its current form will only do good for music in the long run.
What will it take to get reform?
Blood on the streets. Lots of it.
Those are NOT the people to rant about!
When you see a movie you thought was boring do you rant about the camera manufacturer?
These guys are developing a very cool technology, it’s awesome. What game designers are doing with their games’ story-telling and plot lines is a very different discussion.