Actually, the shutter snap sound in digital cameras was optional when they first came out. It was only until enough women complained about men surreptitiously taking upskirt pictures that the sound was made mandatory.
I can see the value in adding some kind of noise to an electric vehicle, particularly for the visually impaired. This pedestrian, however, did not follow the exceedingly simple rule we all learn as children: look both ways. But to err is human, and walking into a street before actually looking is something we've all probably done. Momentarily averting your eyes from the road directly in front of you is something I know we've all done. So semi-autonomous driving saves the day, and no one has to be labeled an inattentive jerk.
Perhaps the noise added to electric cars could be something pleasant or natural sounding. A particular bird song or something. Is that a nuthatch or an electric car? I should look both ways just in case.
Yeah, I agree that was over the top. There were more than a few times I felt Lana Wachowski was trying to make a statement. Still, I liked the show. I felt the cast did a great job, and the location work was really pretty phenomenal. You don't often see a television show being shot in eight different countries.
Different strokes. Personally, I'm loving their original content!
House of Cards Orange is the New Black Daredevil Jessica Jones Sense8 Marco Polo Love Peaky Blinders and now Stranger Things
I've heard Bloodline is good, and Luke Cage is coming. Some of their comedy specials aren't too bad either. Ali Wong's "Baby Cobra"...I haven't laughed that hard in a while.
For me, it's been a long time since I've been this happy with video content. I recently ditched cable and I'm not going back. Netflix is, at the very least, doing it as well as most anybody else is and without the support of commercial sponsors.
How much time do you want to spend in front of a television anyway?
I don't believe EDB Postgres is the the first open source-based database. Better possible headlines might be:
1. First! An open source-based database completes U.S. security review 2. An open source-based database completes U.S. security review for the first time ever 3. First! U.S. security review completed for an open source-based database 4. U.S. security review completed for an open source-based database; a first!
I think #3 would have been a much better choice. Than the current one.
First, yes, local backups should absolutely be done. But also: doesn't Google have millisecond backups on every continent and two oceans? Just wondering if his lost data could be restored from one of those.
This type of tactic has been used countless times by law enforcement to a successful prosecution. However, entrapment is not as clear-cut as you make it out to be. It's really up to the court and jury to decide if the defendant was entrapped. There is an "objective test" which basically asks if anyone in the same circumstances would have done the same thing. Most states however employ a "subjective test" to help determine if entrapment had actually occurred.
Legal or not, it's still very murky water, because the tools were not, in fact, real; and no one was harmed. I can't help but wonder if not for the involvement of the FBI, would this person have ever committed a crime? I can't help but wonder if the person even did commit a crime! Does thinking that you are committing a crime, actually mean that you are committing a crime? Doesn't that make it a...thought crime?
Me: I thought I was doing 75 mph in a 65 mph zone. Officer: No, the radar says you were going 65, I just pulled you over as a friendly warning that your taillight is out and you need to replace it. Me: Yes, but I thought I was going 75. So, am I guilty of speeding?
There's a lengthy article here that outlines the "aggressive policing" used to fill prisons, and much of the history in and out of the courtroom, including SCOTUS, surrounding such actions.
Agreed. I'm not an engineer. but this design does not look like it is more aerodynamically efficient than current commercial aircraft. That in turn means it will likely consume more fuel, which probably makes it a non-starter. It's tempting to envision some efficiency gained by being able to load travelers into multiple pods simultaneously instead of into the aircraft itself...through one door. But then those pods have to be transported and secured to the underbelly which would likely take longer. Terminals maybe wouldn't have to be as large since you wouldn't have to safely accommodate the wingspan of the aircraft, but you'd need to rebuild the entire airport infrastructure to do it. It just doesn't make sense.
You know what also doesn't make sense? This tagline from one of the photos: Seamless transfer - In theory, Clip-Air passengers could board a bus in one country, then travel by road, rail and air without leaving the comfort of the same seat.
Apparently, the person that wrote that doesn't travel much.
And I was cognizant of that risk, which is why I put the "appropriate checks and balances" at the end.
The financial industry is an excellent example of why subject matter experts cannot be the sole determinant in such things. In that case, it's more like self-regulation than perhaps any other. However, as I was typing that, I was thinking about scientists; who for all their empirical work and impartial judgement, are still just human beings as flawed as the rest of us. Motivations must always be a concern.
As parodies go, it's pretty clever. I'm wondering if Yes Men were clever enough to intentionally cause the NRA to issue a takedown and put the video in the public spotlight. Had this been a normal, "Saturday Night Live" type of parody, it's unlikely I would have seen it or that it would make any news at all.
But here we are. I've seen the video, and the satire illustrates some potential holes in the rhetoric of the NRA and pro-gun side of that particular issue.
"lawmakers need to learn more about [insert topic] before trying to regulate it"
I was going to type up a lengthy missive on how unsurprised, yet blind with rage I am about the above phrase. But I just do not care any more. I have no faith left in the U.S. government, and at my age, I will not waste the time on meaningless scorn. Congress can bicker back and forth on whether plants crave electrolytes all they want.
Perhaps some very distant day, hundreds or thousands of years in the future, we (as a species) will have some system of government where experts in their field are the ones who decide how best to regulate that field, with appropriate checks and balances in place of course.
Pessimistically: I work in health care, and the entire industry is (generally) deeply entrenched in the MS ecosystem. With all of the MS tools, protocols, etc. in use, I just don't think Chromebooks could be utilized on a wide scale; although I do a fair amount of browser-based work myself, and I use Chrome for it.
There may exist workarounds for all of the problems, but I doubt we'd want our IT staff managing that environment or dual environments. I also doubt the health care industry is the only segment where that applies. I agree that the "Pro" would imply "professional". While there are all kinds of professions where a Chromebook is a perfectly capable machine, I think it's probably a poor fit for most sectors. There's just too much niche software out there that has to run locally on a Windows machine.
Optimistically: I could see the potential if we're talking about much more than laptops. IT departments need/want the kind of tools and control they currently have in Windows environments. If that was integrated, along with really robust VDI-type of connections to servers running Windows where legacy software can continue to run, and combined with some benefits beyond it being shiny and new (cost, security, ease of use, etc.); that may be compelling, particularly for companies just starting out or starting over.
I do this with audio books as standard practice. I'll typically increase the speed by 10-15%. That's fast enough to create a time savings, but not so fast as to make the book unpleasant. I can see the value in doing this with video, particularly since I'm usually binge-watching a show on Netflix when watching video.
This is why I have the Blu-Ray disc option. A lot of their original content is fantastic, but the back catalog of streaming content is a steaming pile of crap. The first run theater content is generally only available on disc though. It seems antiquated, but it works. Eventually the current distribution model for first-run films will change...hopefully in my lifetime.
Neither of those words would be a good choice to describe the short. I'd choose a loose definition of "interesting". The dialogue is utterly nonsensical. Is that funny? No, not really. It's just jumbling up a bunch of words and choosing them randomly to fill subject/predicate templates based on the type of word they are (noun, verb, etc.) I'm sure it was fun for the actors to try and bring that to life for the viewer. It looks like the type of exercise that might be used in an acting class to illustrate that a narrative can be conveyed through emotion. I thought the actors did a great job with that.
I'd be much more interested to see what a more robust AI could do. The one that Google is feeding romance novels to would be a good one. We'll see if an AI conquer the chick-flick. DISCLAIMER: It is not my intention to imply that only women read romance novels. The term "chick" is also considered derogatory by many women and I am merely using the term in its known context as a label for certain types of films, not as any kind of statement on the gender or to imply association with young avian creatures.
It's a terrifying thought that more countries might follow-suit in an effort to gain control over the internet, thus fracturing it. The reasons are many: control and money of course, restricting speech, restricting anti-national views from within and without the borders, spying and data-mining, etc, etc. The internet has eroded national borders in many ways, and thus eroded some of the power and influence a government has over its people.
That would be an awful, awful state of affairs if the internet grows less global and not more./shudder
Of course, Google should fix this, and quickly. I can see how it would be very frustrating. I agree that captcha image quality and size is often too small.
That said, I feel the statement, "I'm not a robot, I'm an academic professional, and this process is wasting nontrivial amounts of my time. How do I stop it?" is still misplaced ire. Google is trying to make it easier for world's academicians to find the information they seek. This is a FREE service. Do they have a responsibility to not waste any of Mr. Rageface's precious time in that effort? No, they really don't.
Send feedback to Google to notify them of the problem and wait for them to fix it, but save the vitriol for services you pay for. If the process is wasting non-trivial amounts of your time, and that time has value to you, consider paying for a service that won't (or at least claims it won't) waste your valuable time.
For those without ad blocking and wondering what the fuss is about. Wired wants to run all of these scripts from external parties, and many of them are designed to track your movements on the internet (from uMatrix; quotes added to prevent active links).
The overpaid and entitled, with a pulpit to stand on and a microphone in front of them, will always feel the need to speak from a position of equal parts confidence and ignorance.
Slashdot Mirror
Actually, the shutter snap sound in digital cameras was optional when they first came out. It was only until enough women complained about men surreptitiously taking upskirt pictures that the sound was made mandatory.
I can see the value in adding some kind of noise to an electric vehicle, particularly for the visually impaired. This pedestrian, however, did not follow the exceedingly simple rule we all learn as children: look both ways. But to err is human, and walking into a street before actually looking is something we've all probably done. Momentarily averting your eyes from the road directly in front of you is something I know we've all done. So semi-autonomous driving saves the day, and no one has to be labeled an inattentive jerk.
Perhaps the noise added to electric cars could be something pleasant or natural sounding. A particular bird song or something. Is that a nuthatch or an electric car? I should look both ways just in case.
Hallowed are the Ori.
Yeah, I agree that was over the top. There were more than a few times I felt Lana Wachowski was trying to make a statement. Still, I liked the show. I felt the cast did a great job, and the location work was really pretty phenomenal. You don't often see a television show being shot in eight different countries.
and the dull nature of Netflix original content
Different strokes. Personally, I'm loving their original content!
House of Cards
Orange is the New Black
Daredevil
Jessica Jones
Sense8
Marco Polo
Love
Peaky Blinders
and now Stranger Things
I've heard Bloodline is good, and Luke Cage is coming. Some of their comedy specials aren't too bad either. Ali Wong's "Baby Cobra"...I haven't laughed that hard in a while.
For me, it's been a long time since I've been this happy with video content. I recently ditched cable and I'm not going back. Netflix is, at the very least, doing it as well as most anybody else is and without the support of commercial sponsors.
How much time do you want to spend in front of a television anyway?
I don't believe EDB Postgres is the the first open source-based database. Better possible headlines might be:
1. First! An open source-based database completes U.S. security review
2. An open source-based database completes U.S. security review for the first time ever
3. First! U.S. security review completed for an open source-based database
4. U.S. security review completed for an open source-based database; a first!
I think #3 would have been a much better choice. Than the current one.
First, yes, local backups should absolutely be done. But also: doesn't Google have millisecond backups on every continent and two oceans? Just wondering if his lost data could be restored from one of those.
If the telcos don't want it, it must be good for the consumer.
...what matters is you thought they were real
This type of tactic has been used countless times by law enforcement to a successful prosecution. However, entrapment is not as clear-cut as you make it out to be. It's really up to the court and jury to decide if the defendant was entrapped. There is an "objective test" which basically asks if anyone in the same circumstances would have done the same thing. Most states however employ a "subjective test" to help determine if entrapment had actually occurred.
Legal or not, it's still very murky water, because the tools were not, in fact, real; and no one was harmed. I can't help but wonder if not for the involvement of the FBI, would this person have ever committed a crime? I can't help but wonder if the person even did commit a crime! Does thinking that you are committing a crime, actually mean that you are committing a crime? Doesn't that make it a...thought crime?
Me: I thought I was doing 75 mph in a 65 mph zone.
Officer: No, the radar says you were going 65, I just pulled you over as a friendly warning that your taillight is out and you need to replace it.
Me: Yes, but I thought I was going 75. So, am I guilty of speeding?
There's a lengthy article here that outlines the "aggressive policing" used to fill prisons, and much of the history in and out of the courtroom, including SCOTUS, surrounding such actions.
Agreed. I'm not an engineer. but this design does not look like it is more aerodynamically efficient than current commercial aircraft. That in turn means it will likely consume more fuel, which probably makes it a non-starter. It's tempting to envision some efficiency gained by being able to load travelers into multiple pods simultaneously instead of into the aircraft itself...through one door. But then those pods have to be transported and secured to the underbelly which would likely take longer. Terminals maybe wouldn't have to be as large since you wouldn't have to safely accommodate the wingspan of the aircraft, but you'd need to rebuild the entire airport infrastructure to do it. It just doesn't make sense.
You know what also doesn't make sense? This tagline from one of the photos: Seamless transfer - In theory, Clip-Air passengers could board a bus in one country, then travel by road, rail and air without leaving the comfort of the same seat.
Apparently, the person that wrote that doesn't travel much.
And I was cognizant of that risk, which is why I put the "appropriate checks and balances" at the end.
The financial industry is an excellent example of why subject matter experts cannot be the sole determinant in such things. In that case, it's more like self-regulation than perhaps any other. However, as I was typing that, I was thinking about scientists; who for all their empirical work and impartial judgement, are still just human beings as flawed as the rest of us. Motivations must always be a concern.
As parodies go, it's pretty clever. I'm wondering if Yes Men were clever enough to intentionally cause the NRA to issue a takedown and put the video in the public spotlight. Had this been a normal, "Saturday Night Live" type of parody, it's unlikely I would have seen it or that it would make any news at all.
But here we are. I've seen the video, and the satire illustrates some potential holes in the rhetoric of the NRA and pro-gun side of that particular issue.
Golf clap.
"lawmakers need to learn more about [insert topic] before trying to regulate it"
I was going to type up a lengthy missive on how unsurprised, yet blind with rage I am about the above phrase. But I just do not care any more. I have no faith left in the U.S. government, and at my age, I will not waste the time on meaningless scorn. Congress can bicker back and forth on whether plants crave electrolytes all they want.
Perhaps some very distant day, hundreds or thousands of years in the future, we (as a species) will have some system of government where experts in their field are the ones who decide how best to regulate that field, with appropriate checks and balances in place of course.
Pessimistically:
I work in health care, and the entire industry is (generally) deeply entrenched in the MS ecosystem. With all of the MS tools, protocols, etc. in use, I just don't think Chromebooks could be utilized on a wide scale; although I do a fair amount of browser-based work myself, and I use Chrome for it.
There may exist workarounds for all of the problems, but I doubt we'd want our IT staff managing that environment or dual environments. I also doubt the health care industry is the only segment where that applies. I agree that the "Pro" would imply "professional". While there are all kinds of professions where a Chromebook is a perfectly capable machine, I think it's probably a poor fit for most sectors. There's just too much niche software out there that has to run locally on a Windows machine.
Optimistically:
I could see the potential if we're talking about much more than laptops. IT departments need/want the kind of tools and control they currently have in Windows environments. If that was integrated, along with really robust VDI-type of connections to servers running Windows where legacy software can continue to run, and combined with some benefits beyond it being shiny and new (cost, security, ease of use, etc.); that may be compelling, particularly for companies just starting out or starting over.
I do this with audio books as standard practice. I'll typically increase the speed by 10-15%. That's fast enough to create a time savings, but not so fast as to make the book unpleasant. I can see the value in doing this with video, particularly since I'm usually binge-watching a show on Netflix when watching video.
This is why I have the Blu-Ray disc option. A lot of their original content is fantastic, but the back catalog of streaming content is a steaming pile of crap. The first run theater content is generally only available on disc though. It seems antiquated, but it works. Eventually the current distribution model for first-run films will change...hopefully in my lifetime.
Umm...yeah, no.
Neither of those words would be a good choice to describe the short. I'd choose a loose definition of "interesting". The dialogue is utterly nonsensical. Is that funny? No, not really. It's just jumbling up a bunch of words and choosing them randomly to fill subject/predicate templates based on the type of word they are (noun, verb, etc.) I'm sure it was fun for the actors to try and bring that to life for the viewer. It looks like the type of exercise that might be used in an acting class to illustrate that a narrative can be conveyed through emotion. I thought the actors did a great job with that.
I'd be much more interested to see what a more robust AI could do. The one that Google is feeding romance novels to would be a good one. We'll see if an AI conquer the chick-flick.
DISCLAIMER: It is not my intention to imply that only women read romance novels. The term "chick" is also considered derogatory by many women and I am merely using the term in its known context as a label for certain types of films, not as any kind of statement on the gender or to imply association with young avian creatures.
It's a whole-home item aggregation service where the user can organize and prioritize deficit values to leverage on-demand expenditures.
-- grocery list
Add yours below!
It's a terrifying thought that more countries might follow-suit in an effort to gain control over the internet, thus fracturing it. The reasons are many: control and money of course, restricting speech, restricting anti-national views from within and without the borders, spying and data-mining, etc, etc. The internet has eroded national borders in many ways, and thus eroded some of the power and influence a government has over its people.
That would be an awful, awful state of affairs if the internet grows less global and not more. /shudder
Of course, Google should fix this, and quickly. I can see how it would be very frustrating. I agree that captcha image quality and size is often too small.
That said, I feel the statement, "I'm not a robot, I'm an academic professional, and this process is wasting nontrivial amounts of my time. How do I stop it?" is still misplaced ire. Google is trying to make it easier for world's academicians to find the information they seek. This is a FREE service. Do they have a responsibility to not waste any of Mr. Rageface's precious time in that effort? No, they really don't.
Send feedback to Google to notify them of the problem and wait for them to fix it, but save the vitriol for services you pay for. If the process is wasting non-trivial amounts of your time, and that time has value to you, consider paying for a service that won't (or at least claims it won't) waste your valuable time.
For those without ad blocking and wondering what the fuss is about. Wired wants to run all of these scripts from external parties, and many of them are designed to track your movements on the internet (from uMatrix; quotes added to prevent active links).
"http://static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat_pub.js"
"https://api.pinterest.com/v1/urls/count.json?url=https://www.wired.com/2016/05/facebook-microsoft-laying-giant-cable-across-atlantic/&callback=jQuery110206650303718502966_1464288559115&_=1464288559116"
"https://api.pinterest.com/v1/urls/count.json?url=http://www.wired.com/2016/05/facebook-microsoft-laying-giant-cable-across-atlantic&callback=jQuery110206650303718502966_1464288559113&_=1464288559114"
"https://api.pinterest.com/v1/urls/count.json?url=https://www.wired.com/2016/05/facebook-microsoft-laying-giant-cable-across-atlantic&callback=jQuery110206650303718502966_1464288559111&_=1464288559112"
"http://odb.outbrain.com/utils/get?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2F2016%2F05%2Ffacebook-microsoft-laying-giant-cable-across-atlantic%2F&srcUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Ffeed%2F&settings=true&recs=true&widgetJSId=JS_1&key=NANOWDGT01&idx=0&version=01000800&ref=&apv=false&sig=BUWB40TZ&format=japi&rand=89184&winW=1200&winH=1835&adblck=false"
"https://plugin.mediavoice.com/plugin.js"
"http://condenast.demdex.net/event?d_nsid=0&d_ld=_ts%3D1464288559450&c_pageName=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2F2016%2F05%2Ffacebook-microsoft-laying-giant-cable-across-atlantic&c_events=event82%3D52%2Cevent2%2Cevent26%2Cevent27&c_eVar2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2F2016%2F05%2Ffacebook-microsoft-laying-giant-cable-across-atlantic&c_prop3=Facebook%20and%20Microsoft%20Are%20Laying%20a%20Giant%20Cable%20Across%20the%20Atlantic%20%7C%20WIRED&c_eVar3=Facebook%20and%20Microsoft%20Are%20Laying%20a%20Giant%20Cable%20Across%20the%20Atlantic%20%7C%20WIRED&c_prop4=2025402&c_eVar4=2025402&c_prop5=Article%7Cinset&c_eVar5=Article%7Cinset&c_prop6=business&c_eVar6=business&c_prop7=business%2Fenterprise&c_eVar7=business%2Fenterprise&c_prop8=business%2Fenterprise%2Fnull&c_eVar8=business%2Fenterprise%2Fnull&c_prop9=business%2Fenterprise%2Fnull%2Fnull&c_eVar9=business%2Fenterprise%2Fnull%2Fnull&c_prop11=2%3A00PM&c_eVar11=2%3A00PM&c_prop12=Thursday&c_eVar12=Thursday&c_prop13=Weekday&c_eVar13=Weekday&c_prop16=Not%20Logged%20in&c_eVar16=Not%20Logged%20in&c_prop17=2&c_eVar17=2&c_prop23=Repeat&c_eVar23=Repeat&c_prop50=business%7Centerprise%7Cbroadband%7Cdata-centers%7Cfacebook%7Cgoogle%7Cmicrosoft%7Ctelecoms%7Ccade-metz%7Ctype-post%7Cprimary-category-business%7Ccategory-business%7Ccategory-enterprise%7Cinset%7Csingle%7C2016%7C05%7Cfacebook-microsoft-laying-giant-cable-across-atlantic&c_eVar50=business%7Centerprise%7Cbroadband%7Cdata-centers%7Cfacebook%7Cgoogle%7Cmicrosoft%7Ctelecoms%7Ccade-metz%7Ctype-post%7Cprimary-category-business%7Ccategory-business%7Ccategory-enterprise%7Cinset%7Csingle%7C2016%7C05%7Cfacebook-microsoft-laying-giant-cable-across-atlantic&c_prop51=Non-Mobile&c_eVar51=Non-Mobile&c_prop55=Cade%20Metz&c_eVar55=Cade%20Metz&d_rtbd=json&d_jsonv=1&d_dst=1&d_cts=1&d_cb=demdexRequestCallback1464288559450"
"http://static.parsely.com/p.js"
"http://wired.disqus.com/count.js"
"http://wired.disqus.com/embed.js"
"http://dy48bnzanqw0v.cloudfront.net/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2F2016%2F05%2Ffacebook-microsoft-laying-giant-cable-across-atlantic%2F&mapping=4po&jsonp=CN.ad.cnds.tags%3D"
"http://dff7tx5c2qbxc.cloudfront.net/hot/wiredcom.dart/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2F2016%2F05%2Ffacebook-microsoft-laying-giant-cable-across-atlantic%2F"
"https://subscribe.wired.com/ams/page-ads.js?ad_category_prefix=2016&browser_path=%2F2016%2F05%2Ffacebook-microsoft-laying-giant-cable-across-atlantic%2F&cat_prefixes=%2C2016%2C05%2Cfacebook-microsoft-laying-giant-cable-across-atlantic
It reminds of the time Tom Cruise told Matt Lauer that "There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance in the body.", and "You don't know the history of psychiatry, I do.".
The overpaid and entitled, with a pulpit to stand on and a microphone in front of them, will always feel the need to speak from a position of equal parts confidence and ignorance.
Watch season two of Dark Angel to see how it turns out.
Bacon is served at breakfast more so than other meals. Magic.
I can see this project going off the rails.
This shit is getting out of hand. Someone has to stop this, and as I'm typing this rant, I feel YouTube has capability and responsibility to do so.