I'm wondering if the South Koreans could have a 400 foot tall, illuminated Jesus holding giant baskets of bread and fishes, complete with arena rock concert level sound systems blasting Handel's Messiah 24 hours a day, in place by Christmas day.
Absolutely ownership has significant impact on what gets printed and covered, and how.
Folks like Hirst and Murdoch were and are blatant. But corporations like GE and Disney most certainly have "standards and guidelines" that come from the top. And the folks at the top very much have a vested interest in low tax rates for the top 0.1% (who get half the capital gains these days) and thus tend to push a right wing agenda.
And - I wouldn't call it a conspiracy, exactly. More like a few, extremely powerful entities acting in a like manner to preserve their own self interests. No collusion is necessary.
Funny how given the ownership by the few, so many folks still believe that there's a liberal bias to the media.
That's been a lie by the right for years to try to push the window of perceptions to the right by getting folks to think that right wing views are actually left, it shifts folks to the right without them even thinking about it.
And yet, even knowing that the MSM is dominated by a half dozen corporations, folks are still probably going to persist in claiming that the media is somehow part of a Huge Liberal Conspiracy (tm).
(And, yes, MSNBC is allowed to run free. Even Fox had their token liberal (Colmes) so they could claim "fairness"...)
... when folks don't especially respect intelligence or wisdom, when high schools are used as holding pens and not as institutions of learning, and when we don't value those who teach our young much.
I'm originally self taught, and made pretty good money as a C coder before I figured out I should really go back to school, and get the math, theory and general engineering skills I realized I was missing.
It was one of the best choices I made during my life.
There's a lot more to technical jobs than pressing buttons, knowing things by rote and knowing the incantations to make the magic systems work.
Another advantage of going to school is that one learns to spell, use good grammar and other writing and communication skills.
If you define work representative of effort and display of potential to get a slot in our increasingly limited availability higher education system as a tweet, sure.
To quote: "I don't want to live on this planet any more...."
As a society and nation, we cut funding for education from kindergarten through high school; we slash Pell grants and jack up the interest on student loans.
In a global economy where the one thing that we still do quite well is innovation and technology, we make it progressively harder and harder for the next generation to go to school.
On top of this, we allow science to become political and overly influenced by corporate interests, and all too often treat intelligence and knowledge with mistrust. We flock to watch Snookie, but refuse to take the time to teach our kids how to spell.
So - given this as a backdrop - tweeting for a chance to go to school just seems wrong. Not surprising, but it definitely feeds into the culture of mediocrity that we're building for ourselves.
Perhaps it's the pushback against what you refer to as authoritarianism (and I refer to as lazy, shoddy and not fully thought through attempts at security with a serious profit motive thrown in for good measure) are what prevents some of the "horror scenarios" from coming to pass.
After all, if no one challenged MS on this, they'd go forward with it full steam, and the OEM's would most certainly take the lazy (and cheap) way, and make their motherboards MS only.
Instead, we just might come out of this with something better (though, honestly, I still think it likely that at least at first, a good number of the manufacturers will take the lazy and cheap way anyway, and only have room for one certificate, and that certificate will be from MS....)
Non sequiter argument you present, at best. At worst, raw horseshit. Because never before are pre-loaded signed certificates being considered as part of the manufacturer loaded bios. And there are an awful lot of bios'es out there that have the minimum number of configurable switches in them. Manufacturers go for profit; you can bet that there will be a ton that don't have a switch, or only have room for one or two certificates.
But this has been hashed out before; MS has said screw you, we're doing it anyway. So now it's just up to folks like you to accuse the rest of the world about FUD (a term most often used to describe MS, not for MS to describe the world - very Rovian of you.)
Microsoft unveiled an app store for Windows 8 apps, on Tuesday. The key ingredients of the Windows Store are easy app discovery from within and without the online marketplace, built-in app trials with quick upgrade paths, support for both x86 and ARM-based hardware, and a flexible business model, Microsoft's Antoine Leblond said then.
"In cases where we remove a paid app from your Windows 8 Beta device not at your direction, we may refund to you the amount you paid for the license," Microsoft added. "Some apps may also stop working if you update or change your Windows 8 Beta device, or if you attempt to use those apps on a Windows 8 Beta device with different features or processor type. You are responsible for backing up the data that you store in apps that you acquire via the Windows Store, including content you upload using those apps. If the Windows Store, an app, or any content is changed or discontinued, your data could be deleted or you may not be able to retrieve data you have stored. We have no obligation to return data to you. If sign in information or other data is stored with an expiration date, we may also delete the data as of that date."
The app store isn't just for Windows Mobile. It's for all of Windows 8. Which means that the summary missed the big ramification: as of Windows 8, you will absolutely no longer exclusively have root for your hardware.
And I'm guessing that the majority of folks here have at least one windows box.
This isn't just about the mobile. This is about your desktop. The app store will be for your Windows 8 desktop. You will effectively not exclusively own root on a windows box once Windows 8 launches.
The app will be gone the next time you connect. And if they use a Steam-esque approach, you may not be able to run apps without a connection.
They own your root. You no longer own that at all (though, Dell, Best Buy, etc have been holding on to that for some time anyway).
So - really - I guess that I see them turning your computer into a local mirror of the SaaS model. Just that you are running it on cores and in memory that you are for all intents and purposing leasing.
A company that can control all aspects of their product reduces cost. So, if MS controls your root access, what software you can load, what you can boot, etc - they make more money because their costs are lower. And the OEM's make more money, which also flows back to MS.
It's not about hate and hostility - rather, it's about maximization of profit. And a result of this is, in the end, a less appealing product that people will accept because it's wrapped up nicely (with a bow and sexy dancing girls selling it), and because a lot of people don't [see|have] an alternative.
They're moving towards a complete lease model as opposed to ownership.
You already lease your software anyway.
This version of Windows will pretty much make you lease your hardware what with the "secure" boot for all practical purposes. And you'll be leasing any administrator access MS might grant you as well.
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I'm wondering if the South Koreans could have a 400 foot tall, illuminated Jesus holding giant baskets of bread and fishes, complete with arena rock concert level sound systems blasting Handel's Messiah 24 hours a day, in place by Christmas day.
Absolutely ownership has significant impact on what gets printed and covered, and how.
Folks like Hirst and Murdoch were and are blatant. But corporations like GE and Disney most certainly have "standards and guidelines" that come from the top. And the folks at the top very much have a vested interest in low tax rates for the top 0.1% (who get half the capital gains these days) and thus tend to push a right wing agenda.
And - I wouldn't call it a conspiracy, exactly. More like a few, extremely powerful entities acting in a like manner to preserve their own self interests. No collusion is necessary.
... at which point, they had always existed.
Funny how given the ownership by the few, so many folks still believe that there's a liberal bias to the media.
That's been a lie by the right for years to try to push the window of perceptions to the right by getting folks to think that right wing views are actually left, it shifts folks to the right without them even thinking about it.
And yet, even knowing that the MSM is dominated by a half dozen corporations, folks are still probably going to persist in claiming that the media is somehow part of a Huge Liberal Conspiracy (tm).
(And, yes, MSNBC is allowed to run free. Even Fox had their token liberal (Colmes) so they could claim "fairness"...)
... when folks don't especially respect intelligence or wisdom, when high schools are used as holding pens and not as institutions of learning, and when we don't value those who teach our young much.
I was going to go with hiring a scribe....
riting iz hard
Make that Meritocratic Liberal, thank you.
Wrong again.
I'm originally self taught, and made pretty good money as a C coder before I figured out I should really go back to school, and get the math, theory and general engineering skills I realized I was missing.
It was one of the best choices I made during my life.
There's a lot more to technical jobs than pressing buttons, knowing things by rote and knowing the incantations to make the magic systems work.
Another advantage of going to school is that one learns to spell, use good grammar and other writing and communication skills.
OK, here's another way to put it.
I'd rather see the kid who can write a twitter client go to school than the one who uses it to tweet.
If you define work representative of effort and display of potential to get a slot in our increasingly limited availability higher education system as a tweet, sure.
To quote: "I don't want to live on this planet any more...."
As a society and nation, we cut funding for education from kindergarten through high school; we slash Pell grants and jack up the interest on student loans.
In a global economy where the one thing that we still do quite well is innovation and technology, we make it progressively harder and harder for the next generation to go to school.
On top of this, we allow science to become political and overly influenced by corporate interests, and all too often treat intelligence and knowledge with mistrust. We flock to watch Snookie, but refuse to take the time to teach our kids how to spell.
So - given this as a backdrop - tweeting for a chance to go to school just seems wrong. Not surprising, but it definitely feeds into the culture of mediocrity that we're building for ourselves.
... our education system is failing, I'd say this is it.
Perhaps it's the pushback against what you refer to as authoritarianism (and I refer to as lazy, shoddy and not fully thought through attempts at security with a serious profit motive thrown in for good measure) are what prevents some of the "horror scenarios" from coming to pass.
After all, if no one challenged MS on this, they'd go forward with it full steam, and the OEM's would most certainly take the lazy (and cheap) way, and make their motherboards MS only.
Instead, we just might come out of this with something better (though, honestly, I still think it likely that at least at first, a good number of the manufacturers will take the lazy and cheap way anyway, and only have room for one certificate, and that certificate will be from MS....)
Now you're just being insulting.
To rats, of course.
They all too often do have a feral pack protection instinct, though.
Non sequiter argument you present, at best. At worst, raw horseshit. Because never before are pre-loaded signed certificates being considered as part of the manufacturer loaded bios. And there are an awful lot of bios'es out there that have the minimum number of configurable switches in them. Manufacturers go for profit; you can bet that there will be a ton that don't have a switch, or only have room for one or two certificates.
But this has been hashed out before; MS has said screw you, we're doing it anyway. So now it's just up to folks like you to accuse the rest of the world about FUD (a term most often used to describe MS, not for MS to describe the world - very Rovian of you.)
Of course, Android doesn't run on your desktop.
From TFA:
Microsoft unveiled an app store for Windows 8 apps, on Tuesday. The key ingredients of the Windows Store are easy app discovery from within and without the online marketplace, built-in app trials with quick upgrade paths, support for both x86 and ARM-based hardware, and a flexible business model, Microsoft's Antoine Leblond said then.
"In cases where we remove a paid app from your Windows 8 Beta device not at your direction, we may refund to you the amount you paid for the license," Microsoft added. "Some apps may also stop working if you update or change your Windows 8 Beta device, or if you attempt to use those apps on a Windows 8 Beta device with different features or processor type. You are responsible for backing up the data that you store in apps that you acquire via the Windows Store, including content you upload using those apps. If the Windows Store, an app, or any content is changed or discontinued, your data could be deleted or you may not be able to retrieve data you have stored. We have no obligation to return data to you. If sign in information or other data is stored with an expiration date, we may also delete the data as of that date."
The app store isn't just for Windows Mobile. It's for all of Windows 8. Which means that the summary missed the big ramification: as of Windows 8, you will absolutely no longer exclusively have root for your hardware.
And I'm guessing that the majority of folks here have at least one windows box.
This isn't just about the mobile. This is about your desktop. The app store will be for your Windows 8 desktop. You will effectively not exclusively own root on a windows box once Windows 8 launches.
Except....
The app will be gone the next time you connect. And if they use a Steam-esque approach, you may not be able to run apps without a connection.
They own your root. You no longer own that at all (though, Dell, Best Buy, etc have been holding on to that for some time anyway).
So - really - I guess that I see them turning your computer into a local mirror of the SaaS model. Just that you are running it on cores and in memory that you are for all intents and purposing leasing.
There isn't enough REAL killing going on in the world that they have time to go after gamers?
I'd say that gaming is a lot like pro sports... it provides a non-harmful outlet for aggression.
Idiots.
It's all about money.
A company that can control all aspects of their product reduces cost. So, if MS controls your root access, what software you can load, what you can boot, etc - they make more money because their costs are lower. And the OEM's make more money, which also flows back to MS.
It's not about hate and hostility - rather, it's about maximization of profit. And a result of this is, in the end, a less appealing product that people will accept because it's wrapped up nicely (with a bow and sexy dancing girls selling it), and because a lot of people don't [see|have] an alternative.
They're moving towards a complete lease model as opposed to ownership.
You already lease your software anyway.
This version of Windows will pretty much make you lease your hardware what with the "secure" boot for all practical purposes. And you'll be leasing any administrator access MS might grant you as well.
... of fame as a political force (in Iran).