" He knew what he was doing, and the consequences. "
I highly doubt that. He was a fucking moron for talking to a known Government informant weazle. if he "knew what he was doing" he would have kept his mouth shut, Instead of bragging.
Not, "he knew what he was doing" as in, "He was a pro spy." More like, "he knew he was breaking the law."
There is no guilt. The "enemy" is no longer people, but pixels rendered in false colour. No need to justify or otherwise rationalize murder. Neat. Welcome to the Ender's game.
I am not anti-drone when they are used responsibly. But I did find this quote from the article a bit provocative:
Cummings says the secret could be to make drone missions work more like a video game. That’s the opposite of the trend in the automotive industry, where distracted driving can lead to more frequent accidents and higher fatalities.
Emphasis mine. Are they worried more about the fatalities (bad guys dying) or the accidents (good guys dying)?
I don't expect any OS to require me to use a shell to operate it. However, "Desktop" Linux forces me to use terminal way, WAY too often. But hey, difficult to read what I wrote, huh? Fascinating...
Just because a phone is better without a terminal does not mean a desktop OS is better without a terminal.
Real mature there guy... With an attitude like that. You'd better have alot of backup plans in place. It sounds like you are a shit place to work for.
Do us ALL a favor. Name your company. So we can avoid it.
Someone's sympathy for the people cleaning up the "mess" or his sympathy for the "abused" former employee is going to depend a lot on his employment history.
Sure, I'd prefer a device with cheap expandability, but the iPad has sacrificed in a lot of areas to be as simple as possible, and for a vast many people that is a good thing.
The reason there is no expandable storage is so that you will buy the next model up. Do you really think it costs Apple anything close to another $100 to go from 16GB to 32GB?
Somebody please provide a direct dial for this outfit. I keep getting hung up so I can't even properly waste their time.
As a humorous aside, I received a robocall while I was reading through the comments in this thread. No kidding, I did.
There's that one guy that looks anywhere but you when he's talking to you, to the point of making you think he's deliberately ignoring you because he keeps working while discussing things with you. And when mentioned he will simply and bluntly inform you that "merely" telling you something bores him to death, so he has to keep busy with something meaningful while doing it. And behold, he's actually honest, he IS that good that he can flawlessly continue to do whatever task he has at hand while explaining something completely unrelated to you, and that's what I care about
Step 1: Use smaller, more popular words when speaking. Be happy that you can communicate with the largest number of people that way instead of just an elite group. I'm just too lazy to look up "cognizant".:P
A good start is to replace "I have become cognizant" with "I am learning." Prefer the Anglo Saxon to the Latin.
Exactly. I can do mouse operations 10x faster than a 3 year old so since the UI is about 10x slower and less efficient, that brings us back down to the same level. I keep telling everyone their UI is designed like a tablet for 8 year olds but I may have to drop it to 3.
They have had to. They have a 4ish ipod touch and a 10ish ipad, its preposterous, they didn't invent everything in between. Sheesh, yous peoples...
There are several reasons for Apple hate in this case.
1) Apple often does claim to invent features that have been around forever, but that they had previously said were unnecessary. Example: multi-button mice, or scroll wheels.
2) The company has already said nobody wants a 7" tablet.
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" He knew what he was doing, and the consequences. "
I highly doubt that. He was a fucking moron for talking to a known Government informant weazle. if he "knew what he was doing" he would have kept his mouth shut, Instead of bragging.
Not, "he knew what he was doing" as in, "He was a pro spy." More like, "he knew he was breaking the law."
Perhaps their performance as a company is not always accurately reflected by Slashdot headlines, or the comments therein.
Now we just need something that dumbasses can use.
Also, a touch more PR finesse might help.
Civilians and combatants that do not hide behind civilians or intentionally target them.
There is no guilt. The "enemy" is no longer people, but pixels rendered in false colour. No need to justify or otherwise rationalize murder. Neat. Welcome to the Ender's game.
I am not anti-drone when they are used responsibly. But I did find this quote from the article a bit provocative:
Cummings says the secret could be to make drone missions work more like a video game. That’s the opposite of the trend in the automotive industry, where distracted driving can lead to more frequent accidents and higher fatalities.
Emphasis mine. Are they worried more about the fatalities (bad guys dying) or the accidents (good guys dying)?
I don't expect any OS to require me to use a shell to operate it. However, "Desktop" Linux forces me to use terminal way, WAY too often. But hey, difficult to read what I wrote, huh? Fascinating...
Just because a phone is better without a terminal does not mean a desktop OS is better without a terminal.
I wonder how big the sample size would need to be to get two 100% matches.
As few as two people, I should think.
- No Command line shit required to do stuff.
You were expecting a touchscreen phone OS to require you to use a shell to operate it?
this will be the first time Valve creates a game or engine that doesn't result in massive headaches and nausea for a segment of the population....
What segment? The developers?
Real mature there guy... With an attitude like that. You'd better have alot of backup plans in place. It sounds like you are a shit place to work for.
Do us ALL a favor. Name your company. So we can avoid it.
Someone's sympathy for the people cleaning up the "mess" or his sympathy for the "abused" former employee is going to depend a lot on his employment history.
Modem lines are so yesterday - an access point put away somewhere configured to not advertise it's name would be a great hole.
What, you're saying there is no such thing as a nefarious hipster sysop?
Sure, I'd prefer a device with cheap expandability, but the iPad has sacrificed in a lot of areas to be as simple as possible, and for a vast many people that is a good thing.
The reason there is no expandable storage is so that you will buy the next model up. Do you really think it costs Apple anything close to another $100 to go from 16GB to 32GB?
It's not like you can use that card to install applications on, so what does it really matter?
Media collection?
Somebody please provide a direct dial for this outfit. I keep getting hung up so I can't even properly waste their time. As a humorous aside, I received a robocall while I was reading through the comments in this thread. No kidding, I did.
You're blaming "scientists" when politics is at fault. That makes you are part of the problem.
Can I blame the scientists for trusting in bureaucrats?
There's that one guy that looks anywhere but you when he's talking to you, to the point of making you think he's deliberately ignoring you because he keeps working while discussing things with you. And when mentioned he will simply and bluntly inform you that "merely" telling you something bores him to death, so he has to keep busy with something meaningful while doing it. And behold, he's actually honest, he IS that good that he can flawlessly continue to do whatever task he has at hand while explaining something completely unrelated to you, and that's what I care about
You know, just to put this out there, your coworker may have Asperger Syndrome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergers
Step 1: Use smaller, more popular words when speaking. Be happy that you can communicate with the largest number of people that way instead of just an elite group. I'm just too lazy to look up "cognizant". :P
A good start is to replace "I have become cognizant" with "I am learning." Prefer the Anglo Saxon to the Latin.
Exactly. I can do mouse operations 10x faster than a 3 year old so since the UI is about 10x slower and less efficient, that brings us back down to the same level. I keep telling everyone their UI is designed like a tablet for 8 year olds but I may have to drop it to 3.
Shut up and use the CLI like a man.
What made parts of 2001 boring was the model shots, which lasted way too long. It wasn't the story, but how the story was told.
It's not an action movie. It is science fiction. Slow, ponderous science fiction.
The devices have 4GB capacity, and RockBox allows WAV capture.
I've no idea how "crowdsourced" fits into this though, nor how this is anything more than an advert even though the solution is a little interesting.
RockBox is an open source firmware replacement for the Sansas. Also, he's (sort of) getting his audio from crowd members, instead of a room mic.
Are you trying to say President Palin was a better choice?
John McCain was the Republican Presidential candidate. I'm not sure what you're getting at.
This is a distinction between a brand name and a kernel version number. Why is this more absurd compared to "Precise Pangolin" for instance?
Because otherwise the author would have to commend Microsoft for being sensible.
Privacy for all! Unless of course its someone we dont like.
Right now, suspected terrorists don't get any privacy. That's why we have people getting molested at airports.
What the hell does that have to do with Romney's tax returns?
They have had to. They have a 4ish ipod touch and a 10ish ipad, its preposterous, they didn't invent everything in between. Sheesh, yous peoples...
There are several reasons for Apple hate in this case.
1) Apple often does claim to invent features that have been around forever, but that they had previously said were unnecessary. Example: multi-button mice, or scroll wheels.
2) The company has already said nobody wants a 7" tablet.