but to FORCE me to buy expensive adapters and/or all new peripherals everytime Steve Job's gets a hard on for a new port. Fuck him.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
If you don't like it, don't upgrade. When USB dropped, new port technology wasn't new. We went from what, Bus mice, to serial, to PS2 and not even in that order.
Necessity is the mother of pushing new products. No one cared about USB hubs back when USB devices first started shipping in what, 1994? 1995? Now every machine has a crapload of ports. it was a necessary sacrifice. It's not like ADB, PS2 and serial stopped working the day that the all-usb iMac dropped.
From what I understand, the C2D/i$number issue in lower end products and the 13" MBPro has to do with the fact nVidia and Intel got into a huge spat about chipsets.
Now that nVidia's not making i3/i5/i7 chipsets, getting good 3D in a tiny(well, for MBAir, MacBook and 13" MBPro) integrated logic board is kind of a frustrating challenge. Previously, they could've just used an nVidia chipset part that handled north/south bridge AND GPU.
Well, it's practical applications of physics. I mean, if you want science made fun, you could go horribly wrong and end up with a show like Brainiac: Science Abuse.
I didn't know leaking trade secrets, like say, a crypto key, was a free speech issue.
Good to know that all of my lawyer friends are completely wrong on this one and that Geohot has set me straight. Now I'm going to exercise my free speech rights and leak some trade secrets.
Sony's dicked around a lot of people, but Paypal's done so much worse than Sony. Denial of numerous non-profits own money such as Wikileaks, obscene service charges, shady privacy policy...
What the hell do you have to do to be more hated than Sony around here?
I've gone to bat for content providers before, and stood up for DRM as a best effort by content providers.
Knowing that though, given that HTML5 needs to be an open standard, attempting to implement DRM would be even more pointless. DRM video would be nearly impossible to implement in a meaningful way. Given that the content keys would have to be transmitted via http, a greasemonkey script, a proxy, firefox/chrome/safari/IE addon, etc. would all make implementing this incredibly difficult. Even if they used websockets or some other malarky, I think similar techniques would be able to easily defeat DRM systems implemented for HTML5.
After hearing about the rash of news stories about GLBT teen suicides and bullied teen suicides, I don't know if there is a good solution anymore.
These news stories aren't new and the statistics haven't changed, but my total awareness of the problem has been refocused. I mean obviously the first step is to make sure the kid knows you're not a fuckhead who's going to judge them for being different, but what about the next steps? When the kid goes off to college, that's a different story, but, while there's the chance that something could go horribly wrong in terms of social pressure, you really should have your ear to the ground. Particularly when the stakes are so damn high these days.
tl;dr - snooping on your kids isn't so bad if you're responsible and loving and only step in when it looks like shit could get really bad.
I've seen lives ruined because of mistakes made in youth online away from the prying eyes of parents.
Parents can't supervise *everything* but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be in the loop. Nor does it mean that they should be completely intrusive.
Most likely, what a parent should know is if your kid's being bullied, if they're being pressured to do drugs, if they're being ostracized, if they're depressed or otherwise that shit is going to go down. Just asking your kids if that's what's going on
Ultimately, I think it's over the line, mostly because when these sessions are taught, they're not taught with any sort of real perspective or context in mind. What's being lost is the potential of a really powerful tool that could be used to help guide kids away from mistakes and pain they should never go through in favor of scare tactics and sensationalism. Sigh.
Except they don't. Try figuring out which red goes into which socket sometime. it sucks. Or try figuring out why there's color bleedover. Is it interference? Is it a problem with the DVD player?
Digital IO DRM is so harmless and so pointless it's not even worth batting an eye at.
They can harden the Windows codebase and require that software be built with address randomization, non-executable pages, and other stack-smashing protections before it is allowed to use the little Windows certified logo.
Shouldn't this be done via the kernel and OS support libraries?
MeeGo isn't a solution, it's a symptom of the problem.
The problem isn't the backend OS technology(Well, it is, but...), it's the lack of product vision. Nokia sells a crapload of phones many of which overlap each other.
Elop isn't completely wrong. Their platform is burning.
In 2008, they reported a 30% drop in profits. In 2009, they reported a 90% drop in profits. And then they reported another 40% drop in profits in 2010.
Elop is wrong for embracing WP7, but completely right when he threw his predecessor under the bus. Nokia is dying.
Nokia doesn't need to sell a shitload of phones to the 3rd world and developing markets. they need to start making money.
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What's worse for your SLA, slogging through piles of /var/log dumps or rebooting an already unresponsive machine?
but to FORCE me to buy expensive adapters and/or all new peripherals everytime Steve Job's gets a hard on for a new port. Fuck him.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
If you don't like it, don't upgrade. When USB dropped, new port technology wasn't new. We went from what, Bus mice, to serial, to PS2 and not even in that order.
Necessity is the mother of pushing new products. No one cared about USB hubs back when USB devices first started shipping in what, 1994? 1995? Now every machine has a crapload of ports. it was a necessary sacrifice. It's not like ADB, PS2 and serial stopped working the day that the all-usb iMac dropped.
You're kind of wrong.
From what I understand, the C2D/i$number issue in lower end products and the 13" MBPro has to do with the fact nVidia and Intel got into a huge spat about chipsets.
Now that nVidia's not making i3/i5/i7 chipsets, getting good 3D in a tiny(well, for MBAir, MacBook and 13" MBPro) integrated logic board is kind of a frustrating challenge. Previously, they could've just used an nVidia chipset part that handled north/south bridge AND GPU.
Well, it's practical applications of physics. I mean, if you want science made fun, you could go horribly wrong and end up with a show like Brainiac: Science Abuse.
Let's be fair though, you can get USB bridges for most of those legacy ports. It's not like the tech is abandoned entirely.
Other than RS232, who's using IEEE1284? Who's using PS/2 Mouse/keyboard connectors?
or soldier on with out them.
I mean, death and loss are a part of story telling. Particularly when it's supposed to be a Western but in Space.
I didn't know leaking trade secrets, like say, a crypto key, was a free speech issue.
Good to know that all of my lawyer friends are completely wrong on this one and that Geohot has set me straight. Now I'm going to exercise my free speech rights and leak some trade secrets.
Sony's dicked around a lot of people, but Paypal's done so much worse than Sony. Denial of numerous non-profits own money such as Wikileaks, obscene service charges, shady privacy policy...
What the hell do you have to do to be more hated than Sony around here?
I've gone to bat for content providers before, and stood up for DRM as a best effort by content providers.
Knowing that though, given that HTML5 needs to be an open standard, attempting to implement DRM would be even more pointless. DRM video would be nearly impossible to implement in a meaningful way. Given that the content keys would have to be transmitted via http, a greasemonkey script, a proxy, firefox/chrome/safari/IE addon, etc. would all make implementing this incredibly difficult. Even if they used websockets or some other malarky, I think similar techniques would be able to easily defeat DRM systems implemented for HTML5.
After hearing about the rash of news stories about GLBT teen suicides and bullied teen suicides, I don't know if there is a good solution anymore.
These news stories aren't new and the statistics haven't changed, but my total awareness of the problem has been refocused. I mean obviously the first step is to make sure the kid knows you're not a fuckhead who's going to judge them for being different, but what about the next steps? When the kid goes off to college, that's a different story, but, while there's the chance that something could go horribly wrong in terms of social pressure, you really should have your ear to the ground. Particularly when the stakes are so damn high these days.
tl;dr - snooping on your kids isn't so bad if you're responsible and loving and only step in when it looks like shit could get really bad.
what if your kid's gay? Transgender? What if your kid's being bullied to the extent that they just do not want to talk about it?
Even if you create a perfectly safe space for your child, they may not open up.
I've seen lives ruined because of mistakes made in youth online away from the prying eyes of parents.
Parents can't supervise *everything* but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be in the loop. Nor does it mean that they should be completely intrusive.
Most likely, what a parent should know is if your kid's being bullied, if they're being pressured to do drugs, if they're being ostracized, if they're depressed or otherwise that shit is going to go down. Just asking your kids if that's what's going on
Ultimately, I think it's over the line, mostly because when these sessions are taught, they're not taught with any sort of real perspective or context in mind. What's being lost is the potential of a really powerful tool that could be used to help guide kids away from mistakes and pain they should never go through in favor of scare tactics and sensationalism. Sigh.
Except they don't. Try figuring out which red goes into which socket sometime. it sucks. Or try figuring out why there's color bleedover. Is it interference? Is it a problem with the DVD player?
Digital IO DRM is so harmless and so pointless it's not even worth batting an eye at.
and...?
Analog inputs still suck.
Early adopters are schmucks.
Component video sucked.
We're living in the 21st century. Why are we still fretting about analog inputs and outputs?
Why not a traditional VPN with an Android or iOS device? Symbian should also be able to support VPN connections as well.
There were the weird numerical amounts of bets made for final jeopardy and daily doubles involving the number 7.
Watson runs on the POWER7 platform.
Unless there's statistical math here I'm not aware of at play, it's probably some marketing gimmick.
Fuck your conspiracy bullshit.
seriously.
Fuck you.
What the hell do these wall plugs attempt to achieve?
gasp, the National Review is a giant scam con job?
where's my fainting couch?
That doesn't mean that the normally risk adverse studios would suddenly stop being risk adverse.
Video game movie? Must be for kids, so, PG-13.
Never mind Resident Evil was a pretty decent horror flick with an R rating that did very well at the box office...
They can harden the Windows codebase and require that software be built with address randomization, non-executable pages, and other stack-smashing protections before it is allowed to use the little Windows certified logo.
Shouldn't this be done via the kernel and OS support libraries?
you mean a quarter of a billion.
MeeGo isn't a solution, it's a symptom of the problem.
The problem isn't the backend OS technology(Well, it is, but...), it's the lack of product vision. Nokia sells a crapload of phones many of which overlap each other.
Nobody ever does.
Oblig. Apple fanboy here.
Apple.
1997, MacWorld? The scary, haunting visage of Bill Gates on the projector will always haunt my memories.
(I remember laughing at it at the time because I was pretty anti-Mac in those days).
Elop isn't completely wrong. Their platform is burning.
In 2008, they reported a 30% drop in profits.
In 2009, they reported a 90% drop in profits.
And then they reported another 40% drop in profits in 2010.
Elop is wrong for embracing WP7, but completely right when he threw his predecessor under the bus. Nokia is dying.
Nokia doesn't need to sell a shitload of phones to the 3rd world and developing markets. they need to start making money.