Unfortunately, too many. I know a number of people who would apologise for violations of our constitutional rights in the name of safety, so long as the politicians taking those rights away belong to the right party. The good news is that our system of checks and balances does a reasonable job of curtailing a lot of it.
It's like sports, where people don't care what's right and wrong, only the "whodunnit". It's really aggravating. The good part is we do still get to speak pretty openly about it and we are still holding elections.
Well put. They're dominant on the desktop and they own office productivity. They're strong in the server market and they're strong in the gaming market. I'd guess they're not doing too shabby with set-top devices (all uverse devices is quite big in itself). And let's be realistic, you can't count them out of the 10,000 other markets they have their fingers in. They have a certain history of throwing money at some things until they win (xbox, anyone?).
Honestly it's not the feature sets that put me off. I bought Photoshop, knowing full-well that Gimp and Elements probably do 99% of what I need, and that I'd have to dual-boot or VM a windows install to use it. It didn't matter though. While I know they're technically good, they're both just so painful to use. Yes, I'm sure a lot of it has to do with what I'm used to... but with numerous attempts, I can't get used to gimp. It's like knowing I can build a house with a hammer and chainsaw. The functionality is all there, it just isn't worth the aggravation.
Inkscape, otoh, works very comfortably. I think there's been a lot more thought there from the ground up.
I am, why is that ironic? If you're suggesting that the US doesn't actually have a representative government anymore, I understand your frustration but have to disagree. Though either way I don't think our governance situation worse than China's with respect to accountability to the people.
But that's off topic. The question is whether or not Italy is worse than China with respect to government being accountable to its people. I don't think that's the case. But certainly call me out if I'm wrong on that.
True, and a model-to-model popularity study would have a very different lineup, but this is useful information on its own. I'd think particularly for anyone determining what platform to develop for. Though granted, it's not the only thing to consider.
Yeah obviously I don't know much about their business either, but I'd guess you're right, it's probably pretty cheap to put a few people on the boat that you don't care about, and can just threaten to kill their families if anything goes wrong.
I figure, in this completely hypothetical scenario, maybe you'd make a smaller, more sturdy submersible and tow it out to open water like the article talked about with those towable torpedos, and have a specific set of coordinates for destination at the other end. No doubt you'd have to have feet on the ground at the other end to confirm retrieval. Use a similar "emergency beacon" like they did with those towables, just in case something goes wrong... but normally you wouldn't want the device to broadcast anything.
This way, one would think, you can avoid the real hairy (shallow) areas that you need serious navigation intelligence for by only letting the gps nav operate in open water, you can dedicate more space to cargo, ditch the potable water and air handling equipment, and could send more of these less-expensive devices more frequently.
Seems like a no-brainer to me, but like you said, we're hardly experts on the subject of successful drug smuggling.
Yeah the article said this one only had a maximum depth of 60ft, though it seems they'd be able to do better if they didn't have to make so much space for people, potable water, breathable air and handling, etc.
The guy in the article describes it a little differently. He ended up losing his family, becoming addicted to various substances and had a price on his head when he finally left.
That said, I wonder why they don't use smaller, simpler, unmanned subs. Making a submersible liveable for a crew of 6 seems like a whole lot of resource and engineering overhead when they can probably get a few people to bang out gps-only navigation. It's not like they don't have access to clever people to get the job done.
My guess is he was talking about sonar, and that it also has gps navigation. The article said this particular sub had a maximum depth of 60ft, meaning it operates pretty close to the surface, so maybe they can read at very shallow depths? Or at the very least, surface briefly and occasionally to get their bearings.
This seems like just one more way to extract more work out of people that are increasingly disappointed with their station and ambitions (or lack thereof). It seems like both companies and individuals would do better to address the root issues. I don't want to have to put a game layer on top of my work to feel like I'm doing something important, and for good reasons.
I'm sure you're right, but I have to wonder why he much cares if his book sells well. He's worth $13 billion. Perhaps it's vanity or legacy-building, but then there wouldn't be much incentive to get nasty or even hyperbolic, would there?
I guess the other conclusion is that he really did just feel like he was robbed... which I'd have a little trouble feeling bad about given his enormous wealth and, let's be honest, Gates' leading role in the acquisition of said bankroll.
As is typical of Microsoft, their research and engineering folks do some really cool stuff. Their real weakness is in every single person between those departments and what gets sold as a product.
Surface, the Courier, Kinect (the full list is quite long)... they really do make some cool stuff, and often well ahead of the competition. It just seems like the suits there are actively doing everything they can to stop MS from actually bringing anything cool to market. Boggles the mind, really.
The difference here is that Google cares about its users... or at least maintains that it does. AT&T doesn't much give a damn and makes this pretty obvious.
Of course these things probably have more to do with user apathy and fleeting internet buzz (can I still use that word?) than actual corporate attitudes.
In defence of Ars, they almost always add quite a lot to the conversation in the way of context and intelligent explanation. It's not like a PC World write-up just ripping off the source.
I'd think that for the purposes of a file sharing case, ISP logs would be sufficient if they can compel them to turn over the relevant bits. No doubt they keep traffic details of some kind from the session layer on down, which would rule out a 4th party spoofing scenario. I could be overlooking something there.
Seems to me the problem with tracking traffic back to a user is if you're required to do it blind from an IP in a server log. But if you can take that hint and get the information from the ISP-on-out, that seems pretty concrete (aside from cases of a compromised machine or AP).
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I can't believe nobody on /. mentioned, Linus "Microchip" Lieberman, of Punisher fame! Though I guess he wasn't THE hero of those series.
Unfortunately, too many. I know a number of people who would apologise for violations of our constitutional rights in the name of safety, so long as the politicians taking those rights away belong to the right party. The good news is that our system of checks and balances does a reasonable job of curtailing a lot of it.
It's like sports, where people don't care what's right and wrong, only the "whodunnit". It's really aggravating. The good part is we do still get to speak pretty openly about it and we are still holding elections.
In the office kitchen, where you'd keep any other towel. Where else?
Well put. They're dominant on the desktop and they own office productivity. They're strong in the server market and they're strong in the gaming market. I'd guess they're not doing too shabby with set-top devices (all uverse devices is quite big in itself). And let's be realistic, you can't count them out of the 10,000 other markets they have their fingers in. They have a certain history of throwing money at some things until they win (xbox, anyone?).
That's hardly a sad-little-puppy situation.
Honestly it's not the feature sets that put me off. I bought Photoshop, knowing full-well that Gimp and Elements probably do 99% of what I need, and that I'd have to dual-boot or VM a windows install to use it. It didn't matter though. While I know they're technically good, they're both just so painful to use. Yes, I'm sure a lot of it has to do with what I'm used to... but with numerous attempts, I can't get used to gimp. It's like knowing I can build a house with a hammer and chainsaw. The functionality is all there, it just isn't worth the aggravation.
Inkscape, otoh, works very comfortably. I think there's been a lot more thought there from the ground up.
I am, why is that ironic? If you're suggesting that the US doesn't actually have a representative government anymore, I understand your frustration but have to disagree. Though either way I don't think our governance situation worse than China's with respect to accountability to the people.
But that's off topic. The question is whether or not Italy is worse than China with respect to government being accountable to its people. I don't think that's the case. But certainly call me out if I'm wrong on that.
Don't you worry, I'm sure they'll still manage to spend somewhere north of $10 million on it.
I don't live in Italy, but I think the people there have a little more say in what their government does on their behalf.
I'd guess this is like Walgreens and CVS, they're after the same market... so they compete directly and in close proximity.
Both Meijer and Target are looking to snag the, "we're much better than Walmart" market.
True, and a model-to-model popularity study would have a very different lineup, but this is useful information on its own. I'd think particularly for anyone determining what platform to develop for. Though granted, it's not the only thing to consider.
Yeah obviously I don't know much about their business either, but I'd guess you're right, it's probably pretty cheap to put a few people on the boat that you don't care about, and can just threaten to kill their families if anything goes wrong.
I figure, in this completely hypothetical scenario, maybe you'd make a smaller, more sturdy submersible and tow it out to open water like the article talked about with those towable torpedos, and have a specific set of coordinates for destination at the other end. No doubt you'd have to have feet on the ground at the other end to confirm retrieval. Use a similar "emergency beacon" like they did with those towables, just in case something goes wrong... but normally you wouldn't want the device to broadcast anything.
This way, one would think, you can avoid the real hairy (shallow) areas that you need serious navigation intelligence for by only letting the gps nav operate in open water, you can dedicate more space to cargo, ditch the potable water and air handling equipment, and could send more of these less-expensive devices more frequently.
Seems like a no-brainer to me, but like you said, we're hardly experts on the subject of successful drug smuggling.
Yeah the article said this one only had a maximum depth of 60ft, though it seems they'd be able to do better if they didn't have to make so much space for people, potable water, breathable air and handling, etc.
The guy in the article describes it a little differently. He ended up losing his family, becoming addicted to various substances and had a price on his head when he finally left.
That said, I wonder why they don't use smaller, simpler, unmanned subs. Making a submersible liveable for a crew of 6 seems like a whole lot of resource and engineering overhead when they can probably get a few people to bang out gps-only navigation. It's not like they don't have access to clever people to get the job done.
My guess is he was talking about sonar, and that it also has gps navigation. The article said this particular sub had a maximum depth of 60ft, meaning it operates pretty close to the surface, so maybe they can read at very shallow depths? Or at the very least, surface briefly and occasionally to get their bearings.
This seems like just one more way to extract more work out of people that are increasingly disappointed with their station and ambitions (or lack thereof). It seems like both companies and individuals would do better to address the root issues. I don't want to have to put a game layer on top of my work to feel like I'm doing something important, and for good reasons.
Or maybe I'm just too cynical.
I'm sure you're right, but I have to wonder why he much cares if his book sells well. He's worth $13 billion. Perhaps it's vanity or legacy-building, but then there wouldn't be much incentive to get nasty or even hyperbolic, would there?
I guess the other conclusion is that he really did just feel like he was robbed... which I'd have a little trouble feeling bad about given his enormous wealth and, let's be honest, Gates' leading role in the acquisition of said bankroll.
As is typical of Microsoft, their research and engineering folks do some really cool stuff. Their real weakness is in every single person between those departments and what gets sold as a product.
Surface, the Courier, Kinect (the full list is quite long)... they really do make some cool stuff, and often well ahead of the competition. It just seems like the suits there are actively doing everything they can to stop MS from actually bringing anything cool to market. Boggles the mind, really.
The difference here is that Google cares about its users... or at least maintains that it does. AT&T doesn't much give a damn and makes this pretty obvious. Of course these things probably have more to do with user apathy and fleeting internet buzz (can I still use that word?) than actual corporate attitudes.
DOH! Good catch.
Some of it looks like windows license keys. I guess between the two, we've solved it. Ballmer, in a field with the candlestick.
In defence of Ars, they almost always add quite a lot to the conversation in the way of context and intelligent explanation. It's not like a PC World write-up just ripping off the source.
I now feel like a barely functioning, non-contributing member of society. Thanks slashdot.
I'd think that for the purposes of a file sharing case, ISP logs would be sufficient if they can compel them to turn over the relevant bits. No doubt they keep traffic details of some kind from the session layer on down, which would rule out a 4th party spoofing scenario. I could be overlooking something there. Seems to me the problem with tracking traffic back to a user is if you're required to do it blind from an IP in a server log. But if you can take that hint and get the information from the ISP-on-out, that seems pretty concrete (aside from cases of a compromised machine or AP).
Is that really the lines a business should be thinking on to advance and expand business??
What it is, is desperation. And that makes me giggle a bit.