It appears that any Mac purchased within the last 3.5 years is ok, judging by the list on that site. I'd say that it's not too horrifying that a computer 4 years old may not run the latest upcoming system. It's a tough balancing act deciding between supporting older equipment, but nobody should be surprised that Apple only looks forward in that regard. That's how they've always been.
Let me say this again, they just made $2 million in DONATIONS with 0 requirements to actually bring this device to market.
But the summary says the wisdom of crowds is never wrong!
Seriously though, people need to stop and think: if a random person came up to you in the street, pitched this, and asked you for money, would you still do it? That's basically what's happened. Kickstarter is like Vegas. You put money in, and hope you get something back out. (though one difference is that if the Kickstarter project really does hit it big and earns billions, you don't get anything more, so you don't have a jackpot)
The lights in Vegas aren't paid for by winners, and there's a lot of lights in Vegas.
... what do you expect? America is infested with "business" and "management" degree-holders who don't contribute anything, don't produce anything, don't create anything, and yet have managed to worm their way into control of a substantial portion of the economy; and with schools that cater to those hoping to join their ranks.
I went to one of those private for-profit schools for my degree. I transferred in rougly 1/3 of the degree (64 credits out of the 182 required) and I completed the remaining 120 credits in 15 months. They couldn't tell me to go slower because I had a 4.0. I figure this saved me about $15k from the price of that piece of paper. Yes I know that's all I really got from it, but that's all I expected to get. It got me a promotion at work that required a degree. Stupid requirement, but I approached it as an investment and know that it will pay off.
Oh and no, I haven't been sued for going through so fast.
Is it time to urge retailers to stop selling a router that spys on you?
Retailers don't need urging, they follow the dollars. If enough people truly do stop buying these, instead of just righteously proclaiming that on the internet, then they will disappear from shelves. As long as people keep buying them, though, retailers will keep selling them.
Oh I certainly love tinkering, I even did a fair bit this last weekend replacing the battery in my car (and in a '99 Monte Carlo, that's an ordeal). However, like I said, there's a difference between being interested in something or liking it as a hobby vs. desiring it as a career. Gaming is, in general, a hobby.
It's also based on the assumption that people who install and run these apps is a representitive distribution of the population. Cue debate on intelligence of people who let apps have full network communication permissions.
If you go by work/pay ratio, it pays more than most high paying jobs at $65/hr. (Going by the $130 for 2 hr quote)
The problem with picking a stat like pay/work ratio is that it doesn't take in to consideration things like time preparing for work, traveling to work, traveling back and winding down. You're not going to get that pay rate for 8 hours straight. The $130/2hrs is the highest single point, saying that most are in the area of $100/8hrs (still high paid for unskilled labor) and some go as low as $60/8hrs (getting comparable to McDonald's US wages).
Of course, in return for a well paid unskilled labor job, you do have the requirements of keeping your body in a certain physical condition, as well as a job that is physically demanding (standing for 8 hours) and mentally draining (interacting with thousands of people). That's why it pays well.
To clarify, I have studied formal networking at a local college. Alot of my article was truncated, apparently because it was too wordy, but at least the core of the article is there. My comment in regards to my education was to help everyone understand that i'm not a redneck hilbilly that's never set up a subnet before.
With all due respect, as someone else who's had a formal networking education, there's a massive difference between setting up a subnet and performing full blown packet capture/analysis.
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As long as Blizzard exists and you have a relatively low latency internet connection active you'll probably be able to play Diablo 3. It's not perfect, but at least it's not as bad as some companies (EA, Ubi).
As much as I hate memes, FTFY. Want to play some single player while waiting for a flight, or in a hotel, or if Comcrap goes down again? Sorry, sucks to be you. On a satellite connection? bwa ha ha I hope you're not playing hardcore mode. The real reason for this is because by keeping as tough a stance on cheating/duping, they can keep prices higher in the RMAH, and earn more money. They're betting that the income from that (15% and up) will offset the lost sales from people who are angry about the online-required aspect. Sadly I think they're right.
The interest, and paying back the loan, does not even kick-in until you stop attending college.
It depends on the loan type. Some loans have government-paid interest while in school. Other loans have the normal interest rate while in school and it just accumulates. The worst type of loans (the ones I had to end up getting) actually had a higher interest rate while you were in school than they do during the repayment period. This was actually a good motivator, though, and was part of the reason I attended summer quarter as well as taking an overload of courses. Faster graduation -> less interest -> slightly easier to repay.
12.7 billion years ago it might have been 12.7 billion light years away, but where is it now?
Exactly where we see it. The 12.7 billion years haven't passed, because there is no common point of reference between us and them for that time to have passed in.... If this makes your head hurt, good.
It doesn't make my head hurt, I just have a simple question that causes me to believe differently.
If you left our current location 12.7 billion years ago, and were travelling at the speed of light in the exact direction that these photos came from, and then stopped so you could be easily observed, would you currently be where the protocluster is, or will it have moved?
I once looked in to a rail trip from Minnesota to Colorado.
Minneapolis to Denver is much farther than 400 miles (it's closer to 700 as the crow flies, or over 900 miles if you go through Des Moines), and it isn't high speed rail. If it were, it would take almost 6 hours. I would choose closer city pairs for HSR, such as Minneapolis to Des Moines.
While rail works in Europe, it doesn't in the USA (and since the TSA isn't in Europe, that's a key thing to note).
If a 700-900 mile trip proves that HSR doesn't work in the USA, then wouldn't the 800 miles from Madrid to Paris also prove that HSR doesn't work in Europe?
My (missed) point was that there are insufficient connections to make a trip worthwhile. 900 miles by car is currently over 3,000 by rail due to the fact that you have to go literally almost halfway around the circumference of the contiguous USA before it actually turns towards your destination. High speed rail? Hell I'd settle for slow speed rail if it meant that I could get there at a reasonable time. I'd be happy with even a 15 hour travel time, but over 100 hours? You'd spend over 80% of a 10 day vacation just on the train. That might be fun if your fun is in the travel, but if you actually care about the destination, it sucks.
I once looked in to a rail trip from Minnesota to Colorado. As a reference, this trip by car takes 24 hours of driving, and about 40 gallons of fuel (so even if it were $10/gallon, it would cost $400). The rail option would first go to Oregon, then to California, then to Colorado. Entire trip time would be 103 hours, and the cost is $450. While rail works in Europe, it doesn't in the USA (and since the TSA isn't in Europe, that's a key thing to note).
getting rid of Windows isn't going to do jack. Idiots using computers will be vulnerable to malware, no matter what kind of OS they use. Unless the OS is secured away from its user, there is no safety if the user himself is the biggest security hole.
Linux/Unix have a well established culture and plenty of infrastructure to support the concept of strong password protection. Unlike Windows.
Does that mean members of the Linux/Unix community use stupid and easy to guess passwords on websites? We've seen that most people do, so I'm just trying to determine if the strong password protection is due to the operating system or due to the actual user.
Also, no sensible person ever said "Macs don't get [infected/hacked/whatever]." It just a lot less likely, and has historically been, even accounting for differences in marketshare.
If we're talking historically, most people who get involved with the OS arguments aren't sensible to begin with.
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And 7 inch tablets at that! Because it's so similar to the 7" iPad
Of course! How can Apple get a design patent on a 7" iPad if they let other 7" tablets get on the market first?
Apple isn't a monopoly and it has not abused a monopoly position
Design patent lawsuits, anyone?
(That's how you really get modded Troll)
It appears that any Mac purchased within the last 3.5 years is ok, judging by the list on that site. I'd say that it's not too horrifying that a computer 4 years old may not run the latest upcoming system. It's a tough balancing act deciding between supporting older equipment, but nobody should be surprised that Apple only looks forward in that regard. That's how they've always been.
Let me say this again, they just made $2 million in DONATIONS with 0 requirements to actually bring this device to market.
But the summary says the wisdom of crowds is never wrong!
Seriously though, people need to stop and think: if a random person came up to you in the street, pitched this, and asked you for money, would you still do it? That's basically what's happened. Kickstarter is like Vegas. You put money in, and hope you get something back out. (though one difference is that if the Kickstarter project really does hit it big and earns billions, you don't get anything more, so you don't have a jackpot)
The lights in Vegas aren't paid for by winners, and there's a lot of lights in Vegas.
The auction ended Jul 08, 201213:59:58 PDT, so even if you dreamed of getting this collection, it's too late.
... what do you expect? America is infested with "business" and "management" degree-holders who don't contribute anything, don't produce anything, don't create anything, and yet have managed to worm their way into control of a substantial portion of the economy; and with schools that cater to those hoping to join their ranks.
I went to one of those private for-profit schools for my degree. I transferred in rougly 1/3 of the degree (64 credits out of the 182 required) and I completed the remaining 120 credits in 15 months. They couldn't tell me to go slower because I had a 4.0. I figure this saved me about $15k from the price of that piece of paper. Yes I know that's all I really got from it, but that's all I expected to get. It got me a promotion at work that required a degree. Stupid requirement, but I approached it as an investment and know that it will pay off.
Oh and no, I haven't been sued for going through so fast.
You really have no idea what it takes to run a company, even a small one.
Which takes us back to why Zuckerberg is a bad role model. Neither does he.
Is it time to urge retailers to stop selling a router that spys on you?
Retailers don't need urging, they follow the dollars. If enough people truly do stop buying these, instead of just righteously proclaiming that on the internet, then they will disappear from shelves. As long as people keep buying them, though, retailers will keep selling them.
Oh I certainly love tinkering, I even did a fair bit this last weekend replacing the battery in my car (and in a '99 Monte Carlo, that's an ordeal). However, like I said, there's a difference between being interested in something or liking it as a hobby vs. desiring it as a career. Gaming is, in general, a hobby.
I love having a car to drive around, but I don't want to be an auto mechanic. (race car driver though... hmm....)
It's also based on the assumption that people who install and run these apps is a representitive distribution of the population. Cue debate on intelligence of people who let apps have full network communication permissions.
If you go by work/pay ratio, it pays more than most high paying jobs at $65/hr. (Going by the $130 for 2 hr quote)
The problem with picking a stat like pay/work ratio is that it doesn't take in to consideration things like time preparing for work, traveling to work, traveling back and winding down. You're not going to get that pay rate for 8 hours straight. The $130/2hrs is the highest single point, saying that most are in the area of $100/8hrs (still high paid for unskilled labor) and some go as low as $60/8hrs (getting comparable to McDonald's US wages).
Of course, in return for a well paid unskilled labor job, you do have the requirements of keeping your body in a certain physical condition, as well as a job that is physically demanding (standing for 8 hours) and mentally draining (interacting with thousands of people). That's why it pays well.
... and Dish agrees to quit showing those stupid "Tha hoppa!" commercials.
I personally believe that ad is a great self-example. "If you buy our stuff you'll never have to see this ad again!"
To clarify, I have studied formal networking at a local college. Alot of my article was truncated, apparently because it was too wordy, but at least the core of the article is there. My comment in regards to my education was to help everyone understand that i'm not a redneck hilbilly that's never set up a subnet before.
With all due respect, as someone else who's had a formal networking education, there's a massive difference between setting up a subnet and performing full blown packet capture/analysis.
As long as Blizzard exists and you have a relatively low latency internet connection active you'll probably be able to play Diablo 3. It's not perfect, but at least it's not as bad as some companies (EA, Ubi).
As much as I hate memes, FTFY. Want to play some single player while waiting for a flight, or in a hotel, or if Comcrap goes down again? Sorry, sucks to be you. On a satellite connection? bwa ha ha I hope you're not playing hardcore mode. The real reason for this is because by keeping as tough a stance on cheating/duping, they can keep prices higher in the RMAH, and earn more money. They're betting that the income from that (15% and up) will offset the lost sales from people who are angry about the online-required aspect. Sadly I think they're right.
The interest, and paying back the loan, does not even kick-in until you stop attending college.
It depends on the loan type. Some loans have government-paid interest while in school. Other loans have the normal interest rate while in school and it just accumulates. The worst type of loans (the ones I had to end up getting) actually had a higher interest rate while you were in school than they do during the repayment period. This was actually a good motivator, though, and was part of the reason I attended summer quarter as well as taking an overload of courses. Faster graduation -> less interest -> slightly easier to repay.
12.7 billion years ago it might have been 12.7 billion light years away, but where is it now?
Exactly where we see it. The 12.7 billion years haven't passed, because there is no common point of reference between us and them for that time to have passed in. ... If this makes your head hurt, good.
It doesn't make my head hurt, I just have a simple question that causes me to believe differently.
If you left our current location 12.7 billion years ago, and were travelling at the speed of light in the exact direction that these photos came from, and then stopped so you could be easily observed, would you currently be where the protocluster is, or will it have moved?
Minneapolis to Denver is much farther than 400 miles (it's closer to 700 as the crow flies, or over 900 miles if you go through Des Moines), and it isn't high speed rail. If it were, it would take almost 6 hours. I would choose closer city pairs for HSR, such as Minneapolis to Des Moines.
If a 700-900 mile trip proves that HSR doesn't work in the USA, then wouldn't the 800 miles from Madrid to Paris also prove that HSR doesn't work in Europe?
My (missed) point was that there are insufficient connections to make a trip worthwhile. 900 miles by car is currently over 3,000 by rail due to the fact that you have to go literally almost halfway around the circumference of the contiguous USA before it actually turns towards your destination. High speed rail? Hell I'd settle for slow speed rail if it meant that I could get there at a reasonable time. I'd be happy with even a 15 hour travel time, but over 100 hours? You'd spend over 80% of a 10 day vacation just on the train. That might be fun if your fun is in the travel, but if you actually care about the destination, it sucks.
I once looked in to a rail trip from Minnesota to Colorado. As a reference, this trip by car takes 24 hours of driving, and about 40 gallons of fuel (so even if it were $10/gallon, it would cost $400). The rail option would first go to Oregon, then to California, then to Colorado. Entire trip time would be 103 hours, and the cost is $450. While rail works in Europe, it doesn't in the USA (and since the TSA isn't in Europe, that's a key thing to note).
The question is, does anyone have a paid copy of it? Maybe if you removed your DRM, you'd have more paying customers!
This is not the first time I've seen beheadings suggested as a way to respond to DRM.
getting rid of Windows isn't going to do jack. Idiots using computers will be vulnerable to malware, no matter what kind of OS they use. Unless the OS is secured away from its user, there is no safety if the user himself is the biggest security hole.
Linux/Unix have a well established culture and plenty of infrastructure to support the concept of strong password protection. Unlike Windows.
Does that mean members of the Linux/Unix community use stupid and easy to guess passwords on websites? We've seen that most people do, so I'm just trying to determine if the strong password protection is due to the operating system or due to the actual user.
And then your friends/family post "Happy Birthday!" on your wall on your real birthday and the corporations find out your real birthday anyways.
Before long, Spain will have its Gigabyte Tax
Italy will chime in with its own Megabyte Tax
And Greece? They'll have the honor of having the world's first Kilobyte Tax
I guess that leaves the byte tax for Ireland.
It's more like "Tax Bites" for the Irish :)
A Tax Bites strategy could help combat obesity in America.
He should have known... IT'S A TRAP!
Also, no sensible person ever said "Macs don't get [infected/hacked/whatever]." It just a lot less likely, and has historically been, even accounting for differences in marketshare.
If we're talking historically, most people who get involved with the OS arguments aren't sensible to begin with.