And what benefit does your product have for facebook? It's their data you want, they can put whatever price or terms they want. Unless your product adds significant value to facebook, why would they give it to you?
When faced with a seller that doesn't need to sell to you, the price and terms can be dictated by them. If you can't meet them, it's no big deal to the seller. They don't need you to be successful.
Facebook doesn't even need Apple for anything. 160 million iTunes users sounds great, until you realize that facebook probably already has nearly all of those users who would use a social network. They don't absolutely need anything that Apple has to offer, but Apple needs facebook's friend networks to get Ping off the ground. If they don't like the terms, maybe they should have signed a deal with facebook before they invested in and lauched Ping.
"No, thanks. Why don't you try MySpace?" would've been an appropriate response to Apple. Going public with your plan to replace facebook and then asking them for their user data - Who thought that was a good idea? Is anyone the least bit surprised that there were conditions that Apple found unacceptable?
I made no judgments about the state of the world or what is OK versus what is not OK. I am pointing out the state of things now. I did not "miss the point" that jobs can be made safer, I gave an example of one which I've had that, as the world exists right now, involves a similar level of danger. There are plenty of others.
"Some protective clothing, some training, some safety harnesses, a well design workshop/factory, safer tools etc."
Most of that is mandated by OSHA. That doesn't mean that the safety standards are followed. This is reality. It sucks, but it's common for safety procedures to be ignored by companies trying to save money, or by employees who are lazy, too cool for safety equipment, or just plain stupid. Their stupid decisions can kill and injure you through no fault of your own without any intentional malice. A broken condom could kill you, except the condom has a higher percentage rate of safety and HIV infection rate isn't 100% even without any protection. You risk injury either way. Personally, I'd rather contract herpes than have my hand cut off. Many people would rather fuck 10 strangers for a half hour in a week than flip burgers for 40 hours, or work in a cube farm, or audition for a part in a movie. If they earn a living at it and aren't compelled by physical or mental force to do so, that's their choice.
"Steve Jobs complained to me about what he called "onerous terms" that Facebook had demanded for the friends connection "
I mean, here Apple is, just minding it's own business trying to build an application to replace facebook, and facebook won't give them all their user data for nothing? What jerks. How dare they put restrictions on it like that? Who do they think they are, trying to stay in business after Apple told them it's not their turn anymore?
I don't see any compelling reason that facebook would ever give their friends lists to Apple. Is there even a theoretical benefit for facebook in doing so?
There are plenty of jobs that have a similar list of risks. Some are worse.
For example, welding at a shipyard - Do you think they like getting burned everyday? Climbing up a 30 foot ladder to find it's not tied off at the top and one side is a half inch from freefall? Do you think the riggers have actually double checked every single time the crane picks up a huge sheet of steel that passes over your head? Crawling through a disgusting, stinking crawlspace under the floor of a barge while someone might start welding on the same piece of steel that your entire backside is pressed against? Having my safety depending on some dumb ass who couldn't get a job that required knowing how to read or do math? I think your chances are better with the condom.
I'll give you that working at most McDonalds is not nearly as bad, but all McDonalds are not the same.
Crappy McDonalds in crime ridden area- Ever had a gun shoved in your face while getting robbed? Ever been sprayed with mace for just working the drivethrough window? Had a smelly crazy homeless guy cough on you while ordering and try to pee on you when done? Been badly burned by fry grease?
I'm not saying prostitution isn't a crappy way to have to make a living. I'm just saying there are legal jobs that people take that carry a similar level risks and discomforts, and many people have no other choice but to take them.
I'm only talking about those who prostitute themselves for economic reasons. I am not including physically forced prostitution in any of this, that's slavery, and horrible.
This kind of large scale security fuckup has happened twice? Great.
I'm glad we don't have EMV chipcards or offline POS terminals over here. If someone has your card, they have all the information they need to take all the money in your account. Might as well skip the bank & ATMs and just carry all your cash with you.
You probably got one that was built, shipped and sold quickly. If it sat in a hot warehouse for months before being sold, the adhesive would probably be harder to remove.
"Meanwhile on Tuesday the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) rejected the Plusminus' criticism of the new ID card. The agency's personal identification expert Jens Bender said the card was secure"
It's not secure. They just hacked it without special equipment, they used the scanner that you provide. Saying it's secure in response just means you're
Your ATM card doesn't have your pin on it. Neither does your credit card, or your student ID, employee ID, etc. unless someone really stupid designed the system. How does this get missed? Why are the fingerprint scans on there? Did more than one person look at the plan before they went ahead with it?
This is one of the largest mind-blowingly stupid decisions I've heard lately.
iTunes might have 160 million users, but that doesn't mean they are ever going to use Ping. According to this logic, Google kicked facebook's ass with Buzz. There's a facebook app on all the iProducts. Every computer that can run iTunes has a browser that can access facebook. I open iTunes to rip a CD or listen to music, not connect with the rest of the world. I use my web browser for that. There's no compelling reason to switch. They'll get a bunch to sign up for Ping to see the "exclusive photos" and never use any other part of it.
"Jack Johnson had displayed from his latest tour and an exclusive video Lady Gaga made for her fans. This kind of direct access to artists is more powerful than Facebook Fan pages"....unless the artist just posts the pictures and video to facebook. Comparing it to a facebook page run by a fan is just stupid. Bands are free to post whatever they want on facebook under their own page. Apple isn't offering anything new here, "exclusive content" is the AOL path to success.
Many people went to facebook because their friends are on facebook. There is not going to be a mass exodus from facebook to Ping, there isn't any reason to switch.
Long after the last DVD player has broken down, you'll still be able to play a vinyl record.
A physical representation of music that can be played with a paper cup and a needle is much more future proof than an encrypted digital disc that needs a combination of specific hardware and software to play. In 100 years, I doubt much of the population will have even heard of a DVD, and approximately 0% will have the equipment to play them. The effort required to build a functional record player is very small, a crappy one can be done in minutes with household objects, a decent one could be built from scratch in a day. Building a DVD player from scratch after the last one ceases to function and adapting it to whatever display technology they'll have available then would be a massive undertaking.
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This is issue is whether something you write in Java code can be limited in how it is translated. Which it simply can't.
Oracle cannot claim to be the only interpreter of something you wrote, in this case, translating it into machine code. They own the compiler and engines, but not the ability to prevent independent interpretation of your code. There's no legal basis for restricting the interpretation of your own expression. Unless Google stole code or something completely stupid and unnecessary (they have the talent to write an interpreter without needing any help,) it's an idiotic lawsuit.
3BR, 2BA brick house in great neighborhood, large porches and patios, 1 acre fenced yard with pool, conveniently located near schools, bus lines, restaurants, lake that occasionally explodes and kills everyone, city parks. New carpet! $175,000.
Speaking for the people of Kentucky, I'd like to say: Please, please, please work with bourbon. There's about a dozen distilleries within 50 miles of where I live. I'd love to use locally produced fuel.
Plus, drinking bourbon would be considered an environmentally friendly act.
How does this stock still trade? Looking at the steadily declining graphs of subscribers and revenue, how can anyone think this is a good investment? Who is buying?
I guess it's one of the unspoken rules of the free market; If money can move freely, it can move stupidly.
If these work, they'd have found the weapon on the terrorist. They don't need a picture if they have the terrorist and the weapon. Cops don't take pictures of a suspect before they disarm them.
we don't have the image, so we don't have the evidence.
You need to look up what evidence actually is, because that statement shows you do not understand it at all. Evidence is not required to be photographic.
I claim they are smartphones, but the marketing and/or press does not. I had a Helio Ocean first, and a Nokia Nuron (5230) is my current one. Actually, I'm kinda glad T-Mobile doesn't consider the Nuron a smartphone, because they only charge $10/month for unlimited data, vs $20-$30 for the same data package on "smartphones." Exact same 2-phone plan was $60/month more for iPhones/AT&T. I mean, they're better phones, but not $820 better (each, 24 months difference + initial $100.)
Where is the line between smartphone and non-smartphone? My last two phones have not been considered smartphones, despite being multifunctional, supporting multiple web browsers, having downloadable apps, handling email, camera, GPS, etc. My latest one does all that, is a touchscreen and better at multitasking than the iPhone 4, but isn't considered a smartphone. Why not?
I'm thinking they draw an arbitrary line that suits their point and only look at the phones above it, despite the many below the line that do the same things.
Is there any real definition for smartphone? It doesn't seem to be based on function. Is there a minimum technical requirement to be considered one?
When Deloitte Consulting interviewed industry experts and 2,000 potential buyers, it found that from now until 2020, only "young, very high income individuals"--those from households making more than $200,000 a year--would even be interested in plug-in hybrids or all-electric cars.
They're claiming to be able to predict vehicle buying patterns 10 years in advance, not just the technology, but the income level of customers who will buy cars that won't even be on the drawing board for 5 more years.
Then it recommends diverting the flow of money spent trying to improve EV's into improving gasoline powered vehicles. Wow, that solves all our problems!
You want to make a stand? Commit the crime -- then pay the penalty.
How is that making a stand? What difference would it make to anyone if I did that? Do you think they'll be some public outcry if someone gets fined or goes to jail over a single instance of vandalism? I'd have to pay restitution, so this would cost the city/state nothing. This has zero possibility of causing any change in the usage of these cameras.
Civil disobedience does not require that one gets caught. If I smash one camera and wait to get caught, I'm just a nut who smashed a camera. No one will pay any attention or change anything because of that. It would be completely pointless to do so.
The point of civil disobedience is to enact change. My suggestion has a chance to do that, what you suggested has none.
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And what benefit does your product have for facebook? It's their data you want, they can put whatever price or terms they want. Unless your product adds significant value to facebook, why would they give it to you?
When faced with a seller that doesn't need to sell to you, the price and terms can be dictated by them. If you can't meet them, it's no big deal to the seller. They don't need you to be successful.
Facebook doesn't even need Apple for anything. 160 million iTunes users sounds great, until you realize that facebook probably already has nearly all of those users who would use a social network. They don't absolutely need anything that Apple has to offer, but Apple needs facebook's friend networks to get Ping off the ground. If they don't like the terms, maybe they should have signed a deal with facebook before they invested in and lauched Ping.
"No, thanks. Why don't you try MySpace?" would've been an appropriate response to Apple. Going public with your plan to replace facebook and then asking them for their user data - Who thought that was a good idea? Is anyone the least bit surprised that there were conditions that Apple found unacceptable?
I made no judgments about the state of the world or what is OK versus what is not OK. I am pointing out the state of things now. I did not "miss the point" that jobs can be made safer, I gave an example of one which I've had that, as the world exists right now, involves a similar level of danger. There are plenty of others.
"Some protective clothing, some training, some safety harnesses, a well design workshop/factory, safer tools etc."
Most of that is mandated by OSHA. That doesn't mean that the safety standards are followed. This is reality. It sucks, but it's common for safety procedures to be ignored by companies trying to save money, or by employees who are lazy, too cool for safety equipment, or just plain stupid. Their stupid decisions can kill and injure you through no fault of your own without any intentional malice. A broken condom could kill you, except the condom has a higher percentage rate of safety and HIV infection rate isn't 100% even without any protection. You risk injury either way. Personally, I'd rather contract herpes than have my hand cut off. Many people would rather fuck 10 strangers for a half hour in a week than flip burgers for 40 hours, or work in a cube farm, or audition for a part in a movie. If they earn a living at it and aren't compelled by physical or mental force to do so, that's their choice.
"Steve Jobs complained to me about what he called "onerous terms" that Facebook had demanded for the friends connection "
I mean, here Apple is, just minding it's own business trying to build an application to replace facebook, and facebook won't give them all their user data for nothing? What jerks. How dare they put restrictions on it like that? Who do they think they are, trying to stay in business after Apple told them it's not their turn anymore?
I don't see any compelling reason that facebook would ever give their friends lists to Apple. Is there even a theoretical benefit for facebook in doing so?
There are plenty of jobs that have a similar list of risks. Some are worse.
For example, welding at a shipyard - Do you think they like getting burned everyday? Climbing up a 30 foot ladder to find it's not tied off at the top and one side is a half inch from freefall? Do you think the riggers have actually double checked every single time the crane picks up a huge sheet of steel that passes over your head? Crawling through a disgusting, stinking crawlspace under the floor of a barge while someone might start welding on the same piece of steel that your entire backside is pressed against? Having my safety depending on some dumb ass who couldn't get a job that required knowing how to read or do math? I think your chances are better with the condom.
I'll give you that working at most McDonalds is not nearly as bad, but all McDonalds are not the same.
Crappy McDonalds in crime ridden area- Ever had a gun shoved in your face while getting robbed? Ever been sprayed with mace for just working the drivethrough window? Had a smelly crazy homeless guy cough on you while ordering and try to pee on you when done? Been badly burned by fry grease?
I'm not saying prostitution isn't a crappy way to have to make a living. I'm just saying there are legal jobs that people take that carry a similar level risks and discomforts, and many people have no other choice but to take them.
I'm only talking about those who prostitute themselves for economic reasons. I am not including physically forced prostitution in any of this, that's slavery, and horrible.
This kind of large scale security fuckup has happened twice? Great.
I'm glad we don't have EMV chipcards or offline POS terminals over here. If someone has your card, they have all the information they need to take all the money in your account. Might as well skip the bank & ATMs and just carry all your cash with you.
How does this crap even get to the design stage?
You probably got one that was built, shipped and sold quickly. If it sat in a hot warehouse for months before being sold, the adhesive would probably be harder to remove.
"Meanwhile on Tuesday the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) rejected the Plusminus' criticism of the new ID card. The agency's personal identification expert Jens Bender said the card was secure"
It's not secure. They just hacked it without special equipment, they used the scanner that you provide. Saying it's secure in response just means you're
Your ATM card doesn't have your pin on it. Neither does your credit card, or your student ID, employee ID, etc. unless someone really stupid designed the system. How does this get missed? Why are the fingerprint scans on there? Did more than one person look at the plan before they went ahead with it?
This is one of the largest mind-blowingly stupid decisions I've heard lately.
iTunes might have 160 million users, but that doesn't mean they are ever going to use Ping. According to this logic, Google kicked facebook's ass with Buzz. There's a facebook app on all the iProducts. Every computer that can run iTunes has a browser that can access facebook. I open iTunes to rip a CD or listen to music, not connect with the rest of the world. I use my web browser for that. There's no compelling reason to switch. They'll get a bunch to sign up for Ping to see the "exclusive photos" and never use any other part of it.
"Jack Johnson had displayed from his latest tour and an exclusive video Lady Gaga made for her fans. This kind of direct access to artists is more powerful than Facebook Fan pages" ....unless the artist just posts the pictures and video to facebook. Comparing it to a facebook page run by a fan is just stupid. Bands are free to post whatever they want on facebook under their own page. Apple isn't offering anything new here, "exclusive content" is the AOL path to success.
Many people went to facebook because their friends are on facebook. There is not going to be a mass exodus from facebook to Ping, there isn't any reason to switch.
Long after the last DVD player has broken down, you'll still be able to play a vinyl record.
A physical representation of music that can be played with a paper cup and a needle is much more future proof than an encrypted digital disc that needs a combination of specific hardware and software to play. In 100 years, I doubt much of the population will have even heard of a DVD, and approximately 0% will have the equipment to play them. The effort required to build a functional record player is very small, a crappy one can be done in minutes with household objects, a decent one could be built from scratch in a day. Building a DVD player from scratch after the last one ceases to function and adapting it to whatever display technology they'll have available then would be a massive undertaking.
This is issue is whether something you write in Java code can be limited in how it is translated. Which it simply can't.
Oracle cannot claim to be the only interpreter of something you wrote, in this case, translating it into machine code. They own the compiler and engines, but not the ability to prevent independent interpretation of your code. There's no legal basis for restricting the interpretation of your own expression. Unless Google stole code or something completely stupid and unnecessary (they have the talent to write an interpreter without needing any help,) it's an idiotic lawsuit.
3BR, 2BA brick house in great neighborhood, large porches and patios, 1 acre fenced yard with pool, conveniently located near schools, bus lines, restaurants, lake that occasionally explodes and kills everyone, city parks. New carpet! $175,000.
I wouldn't expect free, but locally produced fuel with several competitors has a much better chance of being cheap than the current system.
Speaking for the people of Kentucky, I'd like to say:
Please, please, please work with bourbon.
There's about a dozen distilleries within 50 miles of where I live. I'd love to use locally produced fuel.
Plus, drinking bourbon would be considered an environmentally friendly act.
I think it's more surprising that it took this long to happen.
Personally, I'm shocked that this movie wasn't made long before Avatar. It doesn't make sense.
The engineers at the Max Planck Institute suck at driving.
It would only be an accurate simulation of an F1 car if there were slow, single gear F1 cars.
You think that is bad, wait till they have to pay another 2/5 for BS.
How does this stock still trade? Looking at the steadily declining graphs of subscribers and revenue, how can anyone think this is a good investment? Who is buying?
I guess it's one of the unspoken rules of the free market; If money can move freely, it can move stupidly.
You've misunderstood "Zero Fatality." That just means it comes with the E for everyone rated version of Mortal Kombat
"23% of people support government cyber-spying, an additional 40% support it only in wartime."
That's what the survey actually said. For the headlines to be true, you need to first assume the entire world is at war.
If these work, they'd have found the weapon on the terrorist. They don't need a picture if they have the terrorist and the weapon. Cops don't take pictures of a suspect before they disarm them.
You need to look up what evidence actually is, because that statement shows you do not understand it at all. Evidence is not required to be photographic.
I claim they are smartphones, but the marketing and/or press does not. I had a Helio Ocean first, and a Nokia Nuron (5230) is my current one. Actually, I'm kinda glad T-Mobile doesn't consider the Nuron a smartphone, because they only charge $10/month for unlimited data, vs $20-$30 for the same data package on "smartphones." Exact same 2-phone plan was $60/month more for iPhones/AT&T. I mean, they're better phones, but not $820 better (each, 24 months difference + initial $100.)
Where is the line between smartphone and non-smartphone? My last two phones have not been considered smartphones, despite being multifunctional, supporting multiple web browsers, having downloadable apps, handling email, camera, GPS, etc. My latest one does all that, is a touchscreen and better at multitasking than the iPhone 4, but isn't considered a smartphone. Why not?
I'm thinking they draw an arbitrary line that suits their point and only look at the phones above it, despite the many below the line that do the same things.
Is there any real definition for smartphone? It doesn't seem to be based on function. Is there a minimum technical requirement to be considered one?
They're claiming to be able to predict vehicle buying patterns 10 years in advance, not just the technology, but the income level of customers who will buy cars that won't even be on the drawing board for 5 more years.
Then it recommends diverting the flow of money spent trying to improve EV's into improving gasoline powered vehicles. Wow, that solves all our problems!
How is that making a stand? What difference would it make to anyone if I did that? Do you think they'll be some public outcry if someone gets fined or goes to jail over a single instance of vandalism? I'd have to pay restitution, so this would cost the city/state nothing. This has zero possibility of causing any change in the usage of these cameras.
Civil disobedience does not require that one gets caught. If I smash one camera and wait to get caught, I'm just a nut who smashed a camera. No one will pay any attention or change anything because of that. It would be completely pointless to do so.
The point of civil disobedience is to enact change. My suggestion has a chance to do that, what you suggested has none.