And I was even nice. After I pointed out why the best site is "teh suck" I offered helpful suggestions about the commenting layout, 'cause that's a whole lotta whitespace they've got in there.
If you support the hardware/software, you are on the hook for the safety involved (think security breeches). If you know of a security/safety defect, come up with a repair for that defect, and then withhold that repair, you may be held accountable for not making it available. This is usually applied in the consumer field (think CPSC recalls on cribs, or NTSB recalls for motor vehicles), but would probably apply in a court to commercial sales as well.
Now, you can "end of life" a product and possibly get around it. MS EOLs operating systems, but for their primary line support goes out many years.
More importantly, by not providing repairs for exploits for (defective) software products they shipped and are still shipping/supporting, it may open them up to law suits if those exploits are used in security (national and personal) breeches. They put a product in the market place with a defects which were not only disclosed to/known by them, but which they intentionally withheld from customers so that the systems could not be properly secured.
That's the issue. I'm all for fixing stuff, too, but to make a living off it - or just break even is hard. And $50 is a very low billable number, $80-100 is closer to most tech time in "low paying" professions. Copier repair is $300 for the first 1/2 hour and (iirc) $150/hr in 1/2 hour increments after that.
Maybe a 100% sales tax funneled into local maker houses would spur us away from our disposable society.
Nearly half of all Americans believe that humans were placed on earth in their current form, magically by the hand of God Himself, with no evolutionary changes or modifications every occurring. And the number is rising.
Do you want to know what brings about the biblical apocalypse? Ignorance of the natural world in which we live. Buckle your seatbelts, because the ignorant are starting to drive this bus we call civilization, and the last stop is not utopia.
How many hours (total, including disassembly, research, ordering the chip, repairing, and reassembly) did you spend from pickup to repaired an working?
In America we waste energy like it's free. The problem is that it's easier (and cheaper) to throw electricity at a problem than it is to conserve. Having done several ROIs for buildings, both personally and professionally, the really effective stuff is either so expensive as to not be economical on a useful return period, or people hate it. And, damn, but people love big, open panes of R2 (or lower) glass.
There are a slew of android devices out there that easily best iOS devices in every form factor. User experience and software support mean everything in a mobile platform - unless it's easier to use and more useful than what google is offering, it's DOA.
It needs no more than being a ubiquitous water cooler. What is compelling about FB is that it's a stream of consciousness of your friends and relatives. You can leave it for a while and come back and you haven't really "missed" anything. It's the many-to-many with no programming, scripting, or other aggregator that makes it useful to everyone.
Here's what makes it special: you get to stay in touch with people you wouldn't normally stay in touch with, or even want to necessarily. WTF is that about? I have quite a few friends on FB - old (like HS) and new (just met at a class) - with whom I share enough common ground to get through half a beer in a bar before the uncomfortable silence sets in. With FB, I don't lose those friends to the physical and temporal distance which separates us - instead, I pick up bits and pieces they like to share about how their lives are going. As a result, an old 1/2 beer friend recently visited town, but we polished off an entire pitcher because we knew enough about one another - after 20 years of not seeing each other - that we had several things in common. I might keep up with 15-20 people, tops, but through facebook I actually still feel connected to a couple hundred. Not everybody journals, and of those, I'm not going to go to 200 separate pages, and even if I did, the interactive nature just isn't there.
Actually, I'm not. We, the people, are who the government is organized to protect and serve. We are the beginning and the end. However, you will remember that the constitution was not written for "the people," but rather by and for the "1%" to use a modern term - the white, male, landowners of the time. It was intended to provide basic freedoms and to restrict the rights of those with whom we did not share a common heritage and moral foundation.
The fact that it is a republic is very salient, as the "people" do not vote on the issues, they elect representatives to do so (okay, it's a representative democracy - we can argue semantics I suppose). While "we the people" are in control, each of us only have a voice in less than 1% of the elected officials. They actually *don't* all have to look out for my interest, only 4 of them are charged such (1 HR, 2 Sen, 1 P/VP pair). That's it. One might say I don't even elect the president, as that is the job of the electors, who are not bound to honor my vote *by design*. "Beholden to the people" sounds nice, but with 330 million people, most of which want different things, is essentially meaningless at the person level. Hence my reference to the limitations of human organization due to the reality of monkeyspace size.
No, s/he reported it to the entire world which, in the "corporate boss" analogy would be the equivalent of spilling the corporate secrets not to the boss, but to the boss, the employees, and every competitor's R&D department.
There is a continuum from objection to whistleblowing to traitor, not a stark line. How many whistleblowers have there been in the last decade who have indicated waste, fraud, and abuse that exists in the 2 million people who form the federal government? In terms of dangerous or classified documents leaked to the public, where do these 7 stand wrt quantity, sensitivity, and content related to those who were not prosecuted?
Without this data, the fine article is merely clickbait.
Except that we do not live in a democracy, we live in a republic. A democracy fails to function beyond a certain number, so a republic is formed to increase efficiency. That is not to say that we are discovering the limits of functioning of a republic, too. Humans may simply not be justly organizable above a certain multiplier of their monkeysphere.
For the owner of the company, it is. Go grab a meal replacement bar and a glass of water if you want to skip. The idea behind Soylent is, in fact, to leave regular food behind. Any soft-pedaling you see in their literature is the marketing and legal team trying to make the owner's concept seem less crazy.
Boom, you're out of the pool. You react different to foods, and you have a fairly different set of needs than those of us who aren't. You're also willing to endure weird-ass food regimens to support your training. I've been there (former triathlete); it's okay, but it really doesn't mirror most of the population. When I was training I didn't crave junk food, and even now when I'm on a regular athletic schedule I select "better" food because my body automatically desires the added value. When I take a break, just give me the salt and sugar to pop a quick high and I'll be on my way.
Here's the thing: you might be able to create a perfect meal-replacement shake - lots of people have tried, many have succeeded. But, really, the guy who developed it is a bit obsessive, and immensely over the top in his marketing. 400% boost in brain power? WTF is that? Can't argue with the time savings, of course - but that would be true of every meal replacement. I've got a box of meal replacement bars in the cabinet; they're not perfect, but I pop one a day, not be hungry before the next meal, and it takes 2 minutes to complete.
I've tried liquid diet replacement in the past; it doesn't work for me. The act of chewing and swallowing is "linked" to a meal, and drinking a meal leaves me feeling empty, even if I have the nutrients and calories to get to through the day. It's the reason I switched to bars in the first place. Is Soylent for everybody? No, but just as there are a thousand meal replacements out there that people swear by, this will join the crowd.
It's a cool demo, and a neat idea, but I keep hoping that the era of projection of images is winding down, with direct displays taking over. Even with advanced aspherical optics and laser projection there's limit to how close you can get to your viewing plane and still have a good display image.
BBT is reasonably funny for a sitcom, though it is getting stretched thin. If you don't find it funny, the stereotypes which form the basis of the jokes are probably hitting to close to home, or you aren't comfortable with your own interpersonal shortcomings. You should work on that - laughing at yourself is the first step to being a happy person. And, lets face it, we're all laughing at you anyway; you may as well join in.
Finding true love is really nothing more than matching your personal with either the same or a complimentary crazy in someone else. Wearing your crazy on the first date is risky, but reduces wasted time on those who are incompatible with your personal brand of insanity.
It's right there in the 200 page document you signed to take possession of the car. This is software, which is only licensed - not sold. Sure, it's your car. Good luck getting it to run without using the ECM.
Slashdot Mirror
If you hate Beta, DO NOT VISIT Slashdot on 2/7!!
How you you show them Beta sucks? You drop their ad impressions!
Keep Classic/Fix Beta, or we walk.
And I was even nice. After I pointed out why the best site is "teh suck" I offered helpful suggestions about the commenting layout, 'cause that's a whole lotta whitespace they've got in there.
If you support the hardware/software, you are on the hook for the safety involved (think security breeches). If you know of a security/safety defect, come up with a repair for that defect, and then withhold that repair, you may be held accountable for not making it available. This is usually applied in the consumer field (think CPSC recalls on cribs, or NTSB recalls for motor vehicles), but would probably apply in a court to commercial sales as well.
Now, you can "end of life" a product and possibly get around it. MS EOLs operating systems, but for their primary line support goes out many years.
More importantly, by not providing repairs for exploits for (defective) software products they shipped and are still shipping/supporting, it may open them up to law suits if those exploits are used in security (national and personal) breeches. They put a product in the market place with a defects which were not only disclosed to/known by them, but which they intentionally withheld from customers so that the systems could not be properly secured.
I'm sorry, which product was it that was the basis for being RickRolled?
I can't tell you how disappointed I am that it took this long for the CoS to be posted.
That's the issue. I'm all for fixing stuff, too, but to make a living off it - or just break even is hard. And $50 is a very low billable number, $80-100 is closer to most tech time in "low paying" professions. Copier repair is $300 for the first 1/2 hour and (iirc) $150/hr in 1/2 hour increments after that.
Maybe a 100% sales tax funneled into local maker houses would spur us away from our disposable society.
Busted again!
Nearly half of all Americans believe that humans were placed on earth in their current form, magically by the hand of God Himself, with no evolutionary changes or modifications every occurring. And the number is rising.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/218...
Do you want to know what brings about the biblical apocalypse? Ignorance of the natural world in which we live. Buckle your seatbelts, because the ignorant are starting to drive this bus we call civilization, and the last stop is not utopia.
How many hours (total, including disassembly, research, ordering the chip, repairing, and reassembly) did you spend from pickup to repaired an working?
Virginia Tech. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University if you want to go long form. VT if you're in a hurry.
"Conservation will only take you so far"
In America we waste energy like it's free. The problem is that it's easier (and cheaper) to throw electricity at a problem than it is to conserve. Having done several ROIs for buildings, both personally and professionally, the really effective stuff is either so expensive as to not be economical on a useful return period, or people hate it. And, damn, but people love big, open panes of R2 (or lower) glass.
There are a slew of android devices out there that easily best iOS devices in every form factor. User experience and software support mean everything in a mobile platform - unless it's easier to use and more useful than what google is offering, it's DOA.
Yes, all the time (I am an expert witness). And they coordinate documents, meetings, etc. via email too.
It needs no more than being a ubiquitous water cooler. What is compelling about FB is that it's a stream of consciousness of your friends and relatives. You can leave it for a while and come back and you haven't really "missed" anything. It's the many-to-many with no programming, scripting, or other aggregator that makes it useful to everyone.
Here's what makes it special: you get to stay in touch with people you wouldn't normally stay in touch with, or even want to necessarily. WTF is that about? I have quite a few friends on FB - old (like HS) and new (just met at a class) - with whom I share enough common ground to get through half a beer in a bar before the uncomfortable silence sets in. With FB, I don't lose those friends to the physical and temporal distance which separates us - instead, I pick up bits and pieces they like to share about how their lives are going. As a result, an old 1/2 beer friend recently visited town, but we polished off an entire pitcher because we knew enough about one another - after 20 years of not seeing each other - that we had several things in common. I might keep up with 15-20 people, tops, but through facebook I actually still feel connected to a couple hundred. Not everybody journals, and of those, I'm not going to go to 200 separate pages, and even if I did, the interactive nature just isn't there.
Actually, I'm not. We, the people, are who the government is organized to protect and serve. We are the beginning and the end. However, you will remember that the constitution was not written for "the people," but rather by and for the "1%" to use a modern term - the white, male, landowners of the time. It was intended to provide basic freedoms and to restrict the rights of those with whom we did not share a common heritage and moral foundation.
The fact that it is a republic is very salient, as the "people" do not vote on the issues, they elect representatives to do so (okay, it's a representative democracy - we can argue semantics I suppose). While "we the people" are in control, each of us only have a voice in less than 1% of the elected officials. They actually *don't* all have to look out for my interest, only 4 of them are charged such (1 HR, 2 Sen, 1 P/VP pair). That's it. One might say I don't even elect the president, as that is the job of the electors, who are not bound to honor my vote *by design*. "Beholden to the people" sounds nice, but with 330 million people, most of which want different things, is essentially meaningless at the person level. Hence my reference to the limitations of human organization due to the reality of monkeyspace size.
No, s/he reported it to the entire world which, in the "corporate boss" analogy would be the equivalent of spilling the corporate secrets not to the boss, but to the boss, the employees, and every competitor's R&D department.
There is a continuum from objection to whistleblowing to traitor, not a stark line. How many whistleblowers have there been in the last decade who have indicated waste, fraud, and abuse that exists in the 2 million people who form the federal government? In terms of dangerous or classified documents leaked to the public, where do these 7 stand wrt quantity, sensitivity, and content related to those who were not prosecuted?
Without this data, the fine article is merely clickbait.
Except that we do not live in a democracy, we live in a republic. A democracy fails to function beyond a certain number, so a republic is formed to increase efficiency. That is not to say that we are discovering the limits of functioning of a republic, too. Humans may simply not be justly organizable above a certain multiplier of their monkeysphere.
For the owner of the company, it is. Go grab a meal replacement bar and a glass of water if you want to skip. The idea behind Soylent is, in fact, to leave regular food behind. Any soft-pedaling you see in their literature is the marketing and legal team trying to make the owner's concept seem less crazy.
" I'm also a competitive athlete..."
Boom, you're out of the pool. You react different to foods, and you have a fairly different set of needs than those of us who aren't. You're also willing to endure weird-ass food regimens to support your training. I've been there (former triathlete); it's okay, but it really doesn't mirror most of the population. When I was training I didn't crave junk food, and even now when I'm on a regular athletic schedule I select "better" food because my body automatically desires the added value. When I take a break, just give me the salt and sugar to pop a quick high and I'll be on my way.
Here's the thing: you might be able to create a perfect meal-replacement shake - lots of people have tried, many have succeeded. But, really, the guy who developed it is a bit obsessive, and immensely over the top in his marketing. 400% boost in brain power? WTF is that? Can't argue with the time savings, of course - but that would be true of every meal replacement. I've got a box of meal replacement bars in the cabinet; they're not perfect, but I pop one a day, not be hungry before the next meal, and it takes 2 minutes to complete.
I've tried liquid diet replacement in the past; it doesn't work for me. The act of chewing and swallowing is "linked" to a meal, and drinking a meal leaves me feeling empty, even if I have the nutrients and calories to get to through the day. It's the reason I switched to bars in the first place. Is Soylent for everybody? No, but just as there are a thousand meal replacements out there that people swear by, this will join the crowd.
It's a cool demo, and a neat idea, but I keep hoping that the era of projection of images is winding down, with direct displays taking over. Even with advanced aspherical optics and laser projection there's limit to how close you can get to your viewing plane and still have a good display image.
BBT is reasonably funny for a sitcom, though it is getting stretched thin. If you don't find it funny, the stereotypes which form the basis of the jokes are probably hitting to close to home, or you aren't comfortable with your own interpersonal shortcomings. You should work on that - laughing at yourself is the first step to being a happy person. And, lets face it, we're all laughing at you anyway; you may as well join in.
Finding true love is really nothing more than matching your personal with either the same or a complimentary crazy in someone else. Wearing your crazy on the first date is risky, but reduces wasted time on those who are incompatible with your personal brand of insanity.
E.U.L.A
It's right there in the 200 page document you signed to take possession of the car. This is software, which is only licensed - not sold. Sure, it's your car. Good luck getting it to run without using the ECM.