I've been tempted to ask a doctor whether he's washed his hands but that seems a little like criticizing the chef who is going to cook your meal. Maybe he'll spit in your food.
Just an anecdote, but I've found that Civilization Revolutions crashes much more often on PS3 than on XBox. Porting between systems takes effort and a lot of testing, even if you can target their CPU and compile the code. There could be different race conditions triggered, a bug in a piece of hardware uncovered, etc..
This year I've heard 3 people I know say in passing "so much for global warming" because of the abnormally cold weather we're getting this season. Can someone offer a short and simple explanation for why abnormally cold weather doesn't mean "global warming is a myth"?
Some people can turn a lemon into lemonade. Some can leave the lemon alone. Others turn a lemon into a rotting, worm-infested lemon, like it seems this guy has.
There are tons of inequities in the justice system. People who steal money without hurting anyone get 20 years and people who murder get 5. It's always been stupid.
That's not true: Some protocols are very "chatty" and may require, say, 1 round trip acknowledgement per file transferred. This is where rsync's streaming protocol shines.
Even at home I noticed that copying large files over wireless via SMB is much slower than copying them over an SSHFS mount (getting previously unseen transfer rates, actually). However, the SMB mount is more responsive when exploring files.
If you're just using Amazon for compute power then perhaps, but then you've got no geographic redundancy with that single data center. Whether it's worth rolling your own solution really depends on your needs (lead time, uptime requirements, budget, IT skill/availability, etc).
One good thing about the US is it's big enough to stand firm against opposing interests. Good as long as the interests they are protecting are in the Internet's best interests.
People are using bitcoin because of the unique properties it has versus a regular currency. If the anti-bitcoin side can eliminate those special properties (eg. by making it illegal to do X with bitcoins) that will make it less attractive. I expect there are people who will try and do just that.
Right now I think it's a big speculation game. There's a big risk in investing lots of money into bitcoin but with a potentially huge payoff.
With all the public firings that have gone on, remind me, what's the benefit of having a twitter account again?
Pros: being able to tell millions of people what you're doing.
Cons: saying something stupid to millions of people and suffering the consequences.
Provocative comments should elicit provocative debates, and people should be allowed to change how they feel about a subject. It's not as if he godwin'd his twitter feed. As tweet-related firings ripple through the media, I can see people gravitating towards more watered-down statements and PR-speak, which is kind of unfortunate.
Mountaineer Joe Simpson famously reported being bothered by a song he hated – Brown Girl in the Ring by Boney M – as he lay injured on a glacier in Peru. Fearing he might die, the tune played endlessly in his head, he later recalled.
I would have thought being injured and fearing for your life would be enough to drive a song out of your mind, but apparently not! Though I wonder if shock might bring on this sort of "looping" in your mind, focusing on something else as a form of escapism.
P2P cluster of humans solving simple, but related, problems, and upload the results. Humans are more forgiving of ambiguities so it should be easier to jump start. Automate these tasks over time.
I recall a business meeting I was in wrapping up with one of the guys from another company joking about a recent French air disaster. I was shocked that someone would make such an off-colour remark in a business setting, and for me it pretty much soured the visit. IMO that outranks a juvenile "dongle" joke by an order of magnitude.
It is amazing how many different opinions judges have among/within the various levels of courts. When even judges can't agree, it certainly muddies the definition of "right" and "wrong".
'If pervasive, ubiquitous networked cameras ultimately make public privacy impossible, which seems likely, then at least we can balance the scales by ensuring that we have two-way transparency between the powerful and the powerless.'
This logic sounds familiar...
"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,"
The former, even if raised amongst humans as a pup, would most likely end up in the stew pot as it grew older and tried to assert dominance of human members of its "pack".
I personally know someone who raised a wolf pup. It did no such thing. Consider that the ancients probably had a higher tolerance for violence than we do, too, even if something did go wrong the odd time.
(the onion theme plays)
Breaking news on the Sony Playstation 4. A Sony Rep says it will actually be used to play games. While the main focus of the next generation of consoles has been on selling people more and more content and locking out features, an expert on the new platform says there is still room for gamers. "We're listening to our customers and hearing that they mainly just want to play games. We're seriously considering it for the Playstation 4."
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I've been tempted to ask a doctor whether he's washed his hands but that seems a little like criticizing the chef who is going to cook your meal. Maybe he'll spit in your food.
Just an anecdote, but I've found that Civilization Revolutions crashes much more often on PS3 than on XBox. Porting between systems takes effort and a lot of testing, even if you can target their CPU and compile the code. There could be different race conditions triggered, a bug in a piece of hardware uncovered, etc..
This year I've heard 3 people I know say in passing "so much for global warming" because of the abnormally cold weather we're getting this season. Can someone offer a short and simple explanation for why abnormally cold weather doesn't mean "global warming is a myth"?
Some people can turn a lemon into lemonade. Some can leave the lemon alone. Others turn a lemon into a rotting, worm-infested lemon, like it seems this guy has.
There are tons of inequities in the justice system. People who steal money without hurting anyone get 20 years and people who murder get 5. It's always been stupid.
I wonder how many homes are on one 'collector': bchydro
With all the activity around compiling C++ code to JavaScript, isn't a plugin-free implementation of DRM inevitable?
Even at home I noticed that copying large files over wireless via SMB is much slower than copying them over an SSHFS mount (getting previously unseen transfer rates, actually). However, the SMB mount is more responsive when exploring files.
In my experience, protocol can matter a lot.
If you're just using Amazon for compute power then perhaps, but then you've got no geographic redundancy with that single data center. Whether it's worth rolling your own solution really depends on your needs (lead time, uptime requirements, budget, IT skill/availability, etc).
One good thing about the US is it's big enough to stand firm against opposing interests. Good as long as the interests they are protecting are in the Internet's best interests.
Right now I think it's a big speculation game. There's a big risk in investing lots of money into bitcoin but with a potentially huge payoff.
I'm interested in knowing more about the long term health effects of wearing Google Glass. Apparently binocular rivalry may be of concern.
With all the public firings that have gone on, remind me, what's the benefit of having a twitter account again?
Pros: being able to tell millions of people what you're doing.
Cons: saying something stupid to millions of people and suffering the consequences.
Provocative comments should elicit provocative debates, and people should be allowed to change how they feel about a subject. It's not as if he godwin'd his twitter feed. As tweet-related firings ripple through the media, I can see people gravitating towards more watered-down statements and PR-speak, which is kind of unfortunate.
Over time, have you seen the effects of the world's dwindling shark population?
So if I get my DNA sequenced and it matches their so-called patent, I can sue for damages. I'll just bide my time until it's worthwhile to do so.
Very touching documentary. Thanks for sharing.
I would have thought being injured and fearing for your life would be enough to drive a song out of your mind, but apparently not! Though I wonder if shock might bring on this sort of "looping" in your mind, focusing on something else as a form of escapism.
P2P cluster of humans solving simple, but related, problems, and upload the results. Humans are more forgiving of ambiguities so it should be easier to jump start. Automate these tasks over time.
I recall a business meeting I was in wrapping up with one of the guys from another company joking about a recent French air disaster. I was shocked that someone would make such an off-colour remark in a business setting, and for me it pretty much soured the visit. IMO that outranks a juvenile "dongle" joke by an order of magnitude.
I would expect encryption with such a service as well. "trust me" doesn't cut it when ideas are patentable or otherwise require security.
It is amazing how many different opinions judges have among/within the various levels of courts. When even judges can't agree, it certainly muddies the definition of "right" and "wrong".
This logic sounds familiar...
I personally know someone who raised a wolf pup. It did no such thing. Consider that the ancients probably had a higher tolerance for violence than we do, too, even if something did go wrong the odd time.
It's not the same, that's why it's important to have face-to-face meetups every X months.
(the onion theme plays)
Breaking news on the Sony Playstation 4. A Sony Rep says it will actually be used to play games. While the main focus of the next generation of consoles has been on selling people more and more content and locking out features, an expert on the new platform says there is still room for gamers. "We're listening to our customers and hearing that they mainly just want to play games. We're seriously considering it for the Playstation 4."