Actually, there IS a Bond villain-looking stronghold in there, it even has a very large missile-looking thing. The detail is so amazing you can even see people around it (presumably henchmen henching). I wish the display app had coordinates so I could point you there.
DDoS attacks are only possible because of the ready availability of huge networks of compromised computers. Fix that, and the world becomes a better place.
Also, this peace on earth thing has been a while coming, you might want to take a look at that. too.
"Should Self-Driving Cars Chauffeur Shopping 'Whales' For Free?"
It's a just PATENT APPLICATION, for criminy's sake. They're not asking for anybody's permission. It's not going to come up for a vote on Slashdot. Nothing like a rabble-rousing headline to get those hits up.
Why SHOULDN'T merchants be allowed to underwrite the use of a self-driving car? Why shouldn't a high-end merchant offer to pay for the taxi of (or send their own car for) a big-spending customer today (would that be prior art)? Some do. It's their call.
It's not like there are no other taxis for the rest of us, and it's not like if there are SOME self-driving cars out there, underwritten by merchants, there won't be others out there for the rest of us, if we're willing to pay.
We have a "Dislike" button. It does NOTHING. Because when I choose to share my opinion, IT WON'T FIT ON A FREAKIN' BUTTON. I have a wall. It's very tall and very thick, and made of stone. Post on it all you like, if you can get across the moat. Watch out for the archers. They will poke you. I'd invite you to join, but IT'S AN ANTISOCIAL NETWORK. DUH.
Management is inherently interrupt-driven: phone calls, meetings, other interactions with the organization
Development is generally NOT interrupt-driven; in fact each interruption has a productivity cost. You want your developers 'in the zone' as much as possible. A phone call, a question, a meeting, not only take time in and of themselves, but in the time it takes for the developer to get back in the zone, which could be much longer than the "quick" question you just interrupted them with.
A good manager (technical or otherwise) keeps interruptions away from their developers as much as possible, A non-technical manager MAY be at a disadvantage, if they cannot do their job without a technical 'guide dog'; but if the organization is structured in such a way that technical proficiency is not required (i.e. not expected to estimate tasks or understand or explain the internal workings of a particular subsystem), then they might be able to manage just fine.
Bruce Schnier may be the front-line spokesperson for the security community, but that should be completely separate from his body of work in cryptography. At the bottom line, he's doing mathematics, and mathematical proofs can be reproduced and confirmed -- or debated and disproven -- by anyone else in any country with sufficient background to understand them.
He is not some guru spouting unprovable wisdom from a mountaintop, he is a member of a scientific community, and if he is able to earn and keep the respect of that community, then that's a pretty good indication that he knows what he's talking about.
If this same question came from a group in, say, Afghanistan or Iraq, would you be for or against some government taking a supervisory interest in their missle-building activities?
Why should the law care about whether or not there has been a romantic relationship, or even if there's nudity?
How about, if you have pictures of another person, given with reasonable expectations that it was for your private use (i.e. you do not have any signed permission to the contrary), why not just make it illegal to make these public with intent to bully, defame, humiliate, or shame?
Celebrities and other people in the public eye excepted, as always, or half the entertainment industry would crash overnight.
...how do you replicate this to an offsite hot standby, so that you don't look stupid when the power goes out? Or whatever other disaster occurs, because you just KNOW a single basket full of this many eggs is going to attract tornadoes, Cat 5 hurricanes, earthquakes, and meteors. Also coffee spills, hungry rodents, and burst pipes.
Also I believe OTLP == Oracle Typical Ludicrous Pricing
Slapping a 'mass hysteria' label on a phenomenon you cannot explain might make you feel more comfortable in your little corner of the universe, but it should not be confused with actually determining a provable cause. Mass hysteria isn't any more provable than demonic possession or alien mind control. It's a catchall for 'I give up'.
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I'd give a nominal egg for a TV like that...
don't slow down.
... to drive to Alaska.
Actually, there IS a Bond villain-looking stronghold in there, it even has a very large missile-looking thing. The detail is so amazing you can even see people around it (presumably henchmen henching). I wish the display app had coordinates so I could point you there.
DDoS attacks are only possible because of the ready availability of huge networks of compromised computers. Fix that, and the world becomes a better place.
Also, this peace on earth thing has been a while coming, you might want to take a look at that. too.
And flying cars.
I always preferred, "There must be a ninja, playin' with my heart"
But how do you actually tell a driverless vehicle to pull over so you can give it a speeding ticket?
Photons travel slower than neutrinos because they dawdle.
"more or less exactly" == "approximately", more or less exactly.
If I was in Starbucks and had ordered that double skinny latte... I would drink it, sir.
"Should Self-Driving Cars Chauffeur Shopping 'Whales' For Free?"
It's a just PATENT APPLICATION, for criminy's sake. They're not asking for anybody's permission. It's not going to come up for a vote on Slashdot. Nothing like a rabble-rousing headline to get those hits up.
Why SHOULDN'T merchants be allowed to underwrite the use of a self-driving car? Why shouldn't a high-end merchant offer to pay for the taxi of (or send their own car for) a big-spending customer today (would that be prior art)? Some do. It's their call.
It's not like there are no other taxis for the rest of us, and it's not like if there are SOME self-driving cars out there, underwritten by merchants, there won't be others out there for the rest of us, if we're willing to pay.
We have a "Dislike" button. It does NOTHING. Because when I choose to share my opinion, IT WON'T FIT ON A FREAKIN' BUTTON.
I have a wall. It's very tall and very thick, and made of stone. Post on it all you like, if you can get across the moat. Watch out for the archers. They will poke you.
I'd invite you to join, but IT'S AN ANTISOCIAL NETWORK. DUH.
Management is inherently interrupt-driven: phone calls, meetings, other interactions with the organization
Development is generally NOT interrupt-driven; in fact each interruption has a productivity cost. You want your developers 'in the zone' as much as possible. A phone call, a question, a meeting, not only take time in and of themselves, but in the time it takes for the developer to get back in the zone, which could be much longer than the "quick" question you just interrupted them with.
A good manager (technical or otherwise) keeps interruptions away from their developers as much as possible, A non-technical manager MAY be at a disadvantage, if they cannot do their job without a technical 'guide dog'; but if the organization is structured in such a way that technical proficiency is not required (i.e. not expected to estimate tasks or understand or explain the internal workings of a particular subsystem), then they might be able to manage just fine.
So... depends. Duh.
"able to travel one and a half times around the world without refueling"
Even their SUBMARINES get great mileage!
but scientists are now hard at work to develop larger tin atoms.
Nicecast is awesome for streaming right from iTunes. Also allows voiceover.
okay, I caved and read the article. But the summary sucks, really.
... how is this a strike against Android?
Bruce Schnier may be the front-line spokesperson for the security community, but that should be completely separate from his body of work in cryptography. At the bottom line, he's doing mathematics, and mathematical proofs can be reproduced and confirmed -- or debated and disproven -- by anyone else in any country with sufficient background to understand them.
He is not some guru spouting unprovable wisdom from a mountaintop, he is a member of a scientific community, and if he is able to earn and keep the respect of that community, then that's a pretty good indication that he knows what he's talking about.
If this same question came from a group in, say, Afghanistan or Iraq, would you be for or against some government taking a supervisory interest in their missle-building activities?
Have the Ubuntu releases wrapped around, then? I thought we were at "Teething Tapir" or some such thing.
FTFA: "Crucial to that is getting to the point, scheduled for 2027, when the first nuclear fuel would be injected into the reactor. "
So... the first *actual attempt at fusion* is some FOURTEEN YEARS AWAY, but the scientists are confident they're on track...
Yeah, I don't think I'll get excited quite yet., Check back in fourteen years and we'll see.
Why should the law care about whether or not there has been a romantic relationship, or even if there's nudity?
How about, if you have pictures of another person, given with reasonable expectations that it was for your private use (i.e. you do not have any signed permission to the contrary), why not just make it illegal to make these public with intent to bully, defame, humiliate, or shame?
Celebrities and other people in the public eye excepted, as always, or half the entertainment industry would crash overnight.
...how do you replicate this to an offsite hot standby, so that you don't look stupid when the power goes out? Or whatever other disaster occurs, because you just KNOW a single basket full of this many eggs is going to attract tornadoes, Cat 5 hurricanes, earthquakes, and meteors. Also coffee spills, hungry rodents, and burst pipes.
Also I believe OTLP == Oracle Typical Ludicrous Pricing
Slapping a 'mass hysteria' label on a phenomenon you cannot explain might make you feel more comfortable in your little corner of the universe, but it should not be confused with actually determining a provable cause. Mass hysteria isn't any more provable than demonic possession or alien mind control. It's a catchall for 'I give up'.