They do lots of testing. However, "astronaut" is still a very dangerous profession.
Oh please. Your odds of a nice long healthy gray hair retirement are orders of magnitude better for an astronaut than for a logger or a farm hand.
31% of all astronauts have died in the process (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut#Deaths ). I haven't looked up statistics for logging and farming, but I'd be really surprised to find it was so high.
They risk their lives just to get out into space in the first place.
You do realise that manned spacecraft tend to be rigorously tested first? The first moon landing was done by the 11th Apollo craft for a reason, you know.
They do lots of testing. However, "astronaut" is still a very dangerous profession.
Definitely
II mean, where would we end up if unix commands actually give a hint what they are doing;-)
As a unix novice, if I wanted to search for something, my first choice of course would be grep
Also if I wanted help on something, the first word that jumps to my mind would be man
heh.
It's a reasonable assumption that unix was designed specifically to be counter intuitive.
and would be less shitty than ICE vehicles given a decade or two of development.
Electric cars have had more than a century of development and they're still hopelessly inadequate compared to ICE cars. That's why our great-grandparents dumped electric cars as soon as the ICE came along.
Electric cars are shit only if you mean they are "the shit". http://www.teslamotors.com/
Just because some companies make less than stellar electrics, doesn't mean all do. News flash, many (most) companies make gas cars that are shit as well.
Imagine if you could only put Campbell's Soup in your soup bowl, or only put Folgers coffee in your Folgers-branded coffee mug.
If there's no reason for a restriction on what I can do with the hardware I buy, other than restricting consumer choice, there's no reason for the restriction. If I can make something do what it wasn't intended to do, and it's not negatively harming others, why should I be deprived of my right to make it do that thing it wasn't meant to do?
There is a reason and it is a simple one. Apple (and their co conspirators) would make less money.
A thing does not have to be "broken" in order for change/progress to be made. Telephones weren't "broken" when cellular phones were invented, and the horse drawn carriage wasn't "broken" when the automobile was invented. It isn't broken, companies are just trying to make money by making progress in a technology that people are interested in.
Since no one else reads the article, I'll have to explain: it has many incorrect/missing words. It's as if it was written on a phone keyboard, with word completion, or something. "unless I have specific reason to think I’ll never a full-blown computer" "most iPads cost only a few dollars" "Or at least I was at firs–at this point"
It sounds like what the author appreciates is decent battery life and an efficient small-screen-friendly window manager.
It really was kind of surprising for an author who claims to be writing for Time magazine.
Aren't most of those Facebook games flash based? I think Adobe abandoning flash on mobiles could be a big roadblock here. Without flash they'd have to code a version for "full featured" computers and a completely separate version for mobile users.
Wait, what now? So when it's about Android vulnerabilities it's "Faceplam. This just in: complex software has security vulnerabilities." and when it's about Windows vulnerabilities, Gates should get a death sentence and we should bomb half the planet to kill every human being has ever even touched Windows?
noun 2. ( sometimes lowercase ) a copy made on a xerographic copying machine. verb (used with object), verb (used without object) 3. ( sometimes lowercase ) to print or reproduce by xerography.
See also: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/photoshop
— vb , -shops , -shopping , -shopped
( tr ) to alter (a digital photograph or other image), using an image editing application, especially Adobe Photoshop Notice it says especially, not exclusively.
My point is that you most certainly do photoshop something in G.I.M.P..
Maybe with the right list it will work, if so would you please tell us what list? The iframes to facebook php got past my browsers adblock plus and NoScript so dns seems the sanest way to cut them off at the knees,
I usually use both EasyList and Fanboy's List. Inevitably, I end up adding a few rules of my own, usually using the "element hiding helper" to block things like the "share on facebook, share on stumbleupon" etc links that sites usually have as they tend to make pages slower to load.
Adblock+ works perfectly well for facebook just like it does for most other sites. I suppose an opt-in system is better, but adblock covers pretty much all websites while this half measure covers only facebook.
and most importantly, the penalties for failing to provide it. It should hurt, by than a quarter or two worth of profits, when TJ Max or Blue Cross decides to cut corners on the guarding my personal information which they have insisted they must store in their systems. It should be a crime to be so negligent with so much treasure.
Agreed, although I think financial penalties are not nearly enough. Executives working for a company that breaks the law should be held personally responsible. The world needs chain gangs made up of former executives imo.
In the absence of formal schooling to get you the interview, get a few certifications. A quick google search tells me there are certs specifically for Drupal. You could also pick up some generic certs like A+. Since you're a Linux guy you could also get something similar to a RCSE from redhat. They'll cost you a few bucks and might require a week or so of study (assuming you already know most of the info). But they'll spice up that blank resume a bit and are a heck of a lot quicker than going back to college. Once you get the interview, then you can sell yourself based on your self taught experience.
I don't think the strength of the encryption matters much. Gang bangers breaking into cars probably aren't hacking even the most simplistic systems. Criminals with enough knowledge to hack a system like this are probably way out of scope.
Given the widespread availability of the Internet, the telephone is really quite a useless device now, especially for business purposes.
When dealing with any business or institution, it is often much easier and much more effective to use a web app of some sort. These kind of apps work perfectly fine for most people, and they avoid a lot of the confusion and annoyance that can happen when having to use a telephone-based system. In the remote chance that the user needs to deal with a live person in realtime, there are many chat systems available that work just fine.
Spoken communication is a relic of the past. It is usually no faster than using a web app or other written communication, and most of the time is much slower and much more prone to inaccuracies creeping in. In the vast majority of cases, the phone shouldn't even be an option. If it is, it should merely be the last resort.
If that were accurate, those giant call centers that companies employ in addition to their websites would go largely unused. Turns out, lots of folks prefer to talk to someone. Just because you don't does not mean that it's a "relic of the past". While I like to do business on the web, I will most definitely avoid shopping with a company if I can't find telephone contact information easily. Web stuff works great when things are going smoothly, but typically the moment you have a hiccup in the standard process, you need to get someone on the phone to fix it. IVRU's are just a way to waste your time while waiting to be helped, so I see this effort as a mostly empty gesture. As GP said, why not start out with the less stressful option in the first place.
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They do lots of testing. However, "astronaut" is still a very dangerous profession.
Oh please. Your odds of a nice long healthy gray hair retirement are orders of magnitude better for an astronaut than for a logger or a farm hand.
31% of all astronauts have died in the process (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut#Deaths ). I haven't looked up statistics for logging and farming, but I'd be really surprised to find it was so high.
They risk their lives just to get out into space in the first place.
You do realise that manned spacecraft tend to be rigorously tested first? The first moon landing was done by the 11th Apollo craft for a reason, you know.
They do lots of testing. However, "astronaut" is still a very dangerous profession.
Definitely II mean, where would we end up if unix commands actually give a hint what they are doing ;-)
As a unix novice, if I wanted to search for something, my first choice of course would be grep
Also if I wanted help on something, the first word that jumps to my mind would be man
heh.
It's a reasonable assumption that unix was designed specifically to be counter intuitive.
Electric cars are NOT shit now
Yes they are.
and would be less shitty than ICE vehicles given a decade or two of development.
Electric cars have had more than a century of development and they're still hopelessly inadequate compared to ICE cars. That's why our great-grandparents dumped electric cars as soon as the ICE came along.
Electric cars are shit only if you mean they are "the shit". http://www.teslamotors.com/ Just because some companies make less than stellar electrics, doesn't mean all do. News flash, many (most) companies make gas cars that are shit as well.
It could be fun to sail an RPG into a virtual red cross shelter in COD.
when I stop feeling ashamed about discussing my country with citizens from its allies.
Man, that is exactly how I feel lately...
Anonymous Coward had a Twitter account? Huh, never knew that.
https://twitter.com/#!/AnoCow404
Imagine if you could only put Campbell's Soup in your soup bowl, or only put Folgers coffee in your Folgers-branded coffee mug.
If there's no reason for a restriction on what I can do with the hardware I buy, other than restricting consumer choice, there's no reason for the restriction. If I can make something do what it wasn't intended to do, and it's not negatively harming others, why should I be deprived of my right to make it do that thing it wasn't meant to do?
There is a reason and it is a simple one. Apple (and their co conspirators) would make less money.
I only wager it BitCoin
I only do it with monopoly money. Perhaps we can come to some sort of agreement.
A thing does not have to be "broken" in order for change/progress to be made. Telephones weren't "broken" when cellular phones were invented, and the horse drawn carriage wasn't "broken" when the automobile was invented. It isn't broken, companies are just trying to make money by making progress in a technology that people are interested in.
It really was kind of surprising for an author who claims to be writing for Time magazine.
What part of this in any way "kind of surprising"?
The large number of spelling and grammar mistakes in TFA which xaxa pointed out.
Conglomeration.
FTFY.
Since no one else reads the article, I'll have to explain: it has many incorrect/missing words. It's as if it was written on a phone keyboard, with word completion, or something. "unless I have specific reason to think I’ll never a full-blown computer" "most iPads cost only a few dollars" "Or at least I was at firs–at this point"
It sounds like what the author appreciates is decent battery life and an efficient small-screen-friendly window manager.
It really was kind of surprising for an author who claims to be writing for Time magazine.
Aren't most of those Facebook games flash based? I think Adobe abandoning flash on mobiles could be a big roadblock here. Without flash they'd have to code a version for "full featured" computers and a completely separate version for mobile users.
Wait, what now? So when it's about Android vulnerabilities it's "Faceplam. This just in: complex software has security vulnerabilities." and when it's about Windows vulnerabilities, Gates should get a death sentence and we should bomb half the planet to kill every human being has ever even touched Windows?
Welcome to slashdot.
The difference between a politician and an honest politician is that an honest politician doesn't exist.
FTFY
The whole term is dumb. You don't photoshop something in GIMP, for instance... just like you don't xerox on a Cannon.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/xerox
noun 2. ( sometimes lowercase ) a copy made on a xerographic copying machine.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object) 3. ( sometimes lowercase ) to print or reproduce by xerography.
See also: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/photoshop — vb , -shops , -shopping , -shopped ( tr ) to alter (a digital photograph or other image), using an image editing application, especially Adobe Photoshop
Notice it says especially, not exclusively.
My point is that you most certainly do photoshop something in G.I.M.P..
Oh yeah baby... back with my VLB Diamond Viper 4MB of VRAM... and a 486DX-2 66 with 16MB I was styling'. The chicks just couldn't stay away.
You must have been rolling in the dough back then to have 16MB ram. 8MB about broke my bank.
Maybe with the right list it will work, if so would you please tell us what list? The iframes to facebook php got past my browsers adblock plus and NoScript so dns seems the sanest way to cut them off at the knees,
I usually use both EasyList and Fanboy's List. Inevitably, I end up adding a few rules of my own, usually using the "element hiding helper" to block things like the "share on facebook, share on stumbleupon" etc links that sites usually have as they tend to make pages slower to load.
No it doesn't....
http://hackademix.net/2010/05/26/google-analytics-opt-out-snake-oil/
Noscript does. And I guess they have to emulate google features to do it cause of the state of the web.
I said that Adblock+ works perfectly well, I did not mention "Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on" which you linked.
Adblock+ works perfectly well for facebook just like it does for most other sites. I suppose an opt-in system is better, but adblock covers pretty much all websites while this half measure covers only facebook.
and most importantly, the penalties for failing to provide it. It should hurt, by than a quarter or two worth of profits, when TJ Max or Blue Cross decides to cut corners on the guarding my personal information which they have insisted they must store in their systems. It should be a crime to be so negligent with so much treasure.
Agreed, although I think financial penalties are not nearly enough. Executives working for a company that breaks the law should be held personally responsible. The world needs chain gangs made up of former executives imo.
In the absence of formal schooling to get you the interview, get a few certifications. A quick google search tells me there are certs specifically for Drupal. You could also pick up some generic certs like A+. Since you're a Linux guy you could also get something similar to a RCSE from redhat. They'll cost you a few bucks and might require a week or so of study (assuming you already know most of the info). But they'll spice up that blank resume a bit and are a heck of a lot quicker than going back to college.
Once you get the interview, then you can sell yourself based on your self taught experience.
Most of the police departments are moving to APCO P25 which just so happens to be extremely vulnerable to a simple hack...
http://hackaday.com/2011/08/18/project-25-digital-radios-law-enforcemnet-grade-vulnerable-to-the-im-me/
I don't think the strength of the encryption matters much. Gang bangers breaking into cars probably aren't hacking even the most simplistic systems. Criminals with enough knowledge to hack a system like this are probably way out of scope.
Given the widespread availability of the Internet, the telephone is really quite a useless device now, especially for business purposes.
When dealing with any business or institution, it is often much easier and much more effective to use a web app of some sort. These kind of apps work perfectly fine for most people, and they avoid a lot of the confusion and annoyance that can happen when having to use a telephone-based system. In the remote chance that the user needs to deal with a live person in realtime, there are many chat systems available that work just fine.
Spoken communication is a relic of the past. It is usually no faster than using a web app or other written communication, and most of the time is much slower and much more prone to inaccuracies creeping in. In the vast majority of cases, the phone shouldn't even be an option. If it is, it should merely be the last resort.
If that were accurate, those giant call centers that companies employ in addition to their websites would go largely unused. Turns out, lots of folks prefer to talk to someone. Just because you don't does not mean that it's a "relic of the past". While I like to do business on the web, I will most definitely avoid shopping with a company if I can't find telephone contact information easily. Web stuff works great when things are going smoothly, but typically the moment you have a hiccup in the standard process, you need to get someone on the phone to fix it. IVRU's are just a way to waste your time while waiting to be helped, so I see this effort as a mostly empty gesture. As GP said, why not start out with the less stressful option in the first place.
This article is just a rewording of the original article: http://www.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/optical-computing-diode-1123.html
Fortunately, the kids at ExtremeTech were good enough to at least link the original which isn't nearly as confusing.