...it depends on what Netflix licenses from the content providers. Netflix is a medium; content is king. Do we know what they are willing to pay, and how much of the TV/movies will be available as a result? My thought is that now that they are on top, they will be forced to cut the number of films they license in order to remain profitable.
Crichton graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College, received his MD from Harvard Medical School, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, researching public policy with Jacob Bronowski. He taught courses in anthropology at Cambridge University and writing at MIT...Crichton’s interest in computer modeling went back forty years. His multiple-discriminant analysis of Egyptian crania, carried out on an IBM 7090 computer at Harvard, was published in the Papers of the Peabody Museum in 1966. His technical publications included a study of host factors in pituitary chromophobe adenoma, in Metabolism, and an essay on medical obfuscation in the New England Journal of Medicine.
1. Invent marketing-changing product (Apple II, Macintosh, iPhone)
2. Be unable to demonstrate wider relevance
3. Watch as competitors zoom by
4. Repeat
Homo sapiens, as a species, may in the near future cease to exist. I'd like our species epitaph NOT to read "Died from their own greed and nearsightedness."
Global warming is stupid hype because we cannot look at the whole of human impact, which is regulated by population and not product choices by people in the 5% of the population that comprises the West. Climate fluctuates naturally. What does not is human use of land, which at this point is nearing epidemic proportions and will result in many extinct species. But you don't hear about that on the news.
Corruption is endemic in Brazil. This is a classic red herring to conceal the fact that every aspect of Brazilian life is permeated by corruption. This case lets the judge posture at being a brave social justice crusader, when really, Facebook probably failed to pay the right bribe. The third world is a terrible place and if you are not there, be thankful for your fortune.
It's bourgeois: computers for people who want to know nothing about computers, but still feel superior to the rest of us. Send them to Brazil, I say.;)
Whenever someone points out real problems with Linux, there are Linux shills calling it flamebait and attacking them. It's telling that you can't answer the question and instead dismiss it as flamebait.
This is even worse in the BSD community, but I also experienced it -- and participated in it -- when I was an Apple user. It is pure defensiveness. It arises from doubt.
And yes, I wish I'd sold my//gs and scored an Amiga instead. The company was crap, and the OS was dodgy, but that machine had room to rage...
This being said, I do not believe in any "system" that claims to "run itself," whether capitalism, democracy or the wisdom of crowds. There must always be enlightened leaders, although I prefer a form distinct from the Canadian government.
There's a reason each Home Depot has a cluster of undocumented people hanging out just beyond the parking lot: their business model is to sell cheap pre-fab stuff so you can hire cheap labor and do your home at half the cost, and almost the quality of having a pro builder do it.
There's a simple reason: you can keep two cars in a nearby state for less than the cost of one in Seattle. The law says you must keep your car mostly in the home state in order to qualify for residency, so drive it for five months a year in Seattle then take it home and bring the other one back.Either way you come out ahead. It's good business, and as always, business is ahead of government.
Designing a computer for the "average person" makes as much sense as designing chainsaws for children. Every "butt wiper" that Microsoft crams into the OS to make it more "user-friendly" ends up being some kind of security hole eventually, at which point the users shrug and keep on clicking CUTE_CAT_VIDEO.EXE shortly before they throw up their hands and proclaim that computers are too hard.
I think it will be quite interesting. Seriously, let's come back to this thread ten years from now. We will then have much more data to work with, I'd think.
Was the woman at the Trump rally giving a Nazi salute in a pro-Nazi context? She says no, you duck the question. That's really all we need to know here.
You can't make government smaller. It is a guaranteed disaster. Whenever you try - you just create a power-vaccuum which is readily filled by somebody else. Initially, this is mostly corporations.
That's a good thing, because corporations have fewer powers than governments, and they'd have even fewer still if they were not protected by an absolute maze of regulations.
Further, almost everyone misses the point of "small government": it means reduce the functions government assumes so that it does not become a self-interested actor. It's not about size as in number of people or budget, but size as in scope of abilities.
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...it depends on what Netflix licenses from the content providers. Netflix is a medium; content is king. Do we know what they are willing to pay, and how much of the TV/movies will be available as a result? My thought is that now that they are on top, they will be forced to cut the number of films they license in order to remain profitable.
More interesting information at his website.
1. Invent marketing-changing product (Apple II, Macintosh, iPhone)
2. Be unable to demonstrate wider relevance
3. Watch as competitors zoom by
4. Repeat
Then find a better method of leadership :)
I'll mention an ice age here :)
Is it a few more, or everything but rats, squirrels, sparrows, feral hogs and cockroaches?
Global warming is stupid hype because we cannot look at the whole of human impact, which is regulated by population and not product choices by people in the 5% of the population that comprises the West. Climate fluctuates naturally. What does not is human use of land, which at this point is nearing epidemic proportions and will result in many extinct species. But you don't hear about that on the news.
Nothing a quick B-52 strike couldn't fix.
The lapdog media tells us that Brazil is a multicultural paradise, but in reality, it's a third world abyss.
Too bad, because they have some great metal bands: Sarcofago, Sepultura, Vulcano...
Corruption is endemic in Brazil. This is a classic red herring to conceal the fact that every aspect of Brazilian life is permeated by corruption. This case lets the judge posture at being a brave social justice crusader, when really, Facebook probably failed to pay the right bribe. The third world is a terrible place and if you are not there, be thankful for your fortune.
http://blog.chron.com//techblo...
I find the most amazing insights on Slashdot. Will you tell us more about this?
It's bourgeois: computers for people who want to know nothing about computers, but still feel superior to the rest of us. Send them to Brazil, I say. ;)
This is even worse in the BSD community, but I also experienced it -- and participated in it -- when I was an Apple user. It is pure defensiveness. It arises from doubt.
And yes, I wish I'd sold my //gs and scored an Amiga instead. The company was crap, and the OS was dodgy, but that machine had room to rage...
We should probably look at the total cost of the vehicle, including purchasing and insurance.
We tend to notice negatives more than positives. Negativity bias explains that.
This being said, I do not believe in any "system" that claims to "run itself," whether capitalism, democracy or the wisdom of crowds. There must always be enlightened leaders, although I prefer a form distinct from the Canadian government.
There's a reason each Home Depot has a cluster of undocumented people hanging out just beyond the parking lot: their business model is to sell cheap pre-fab stuff so you can hire cheap labor and do your home at half the cost, and almost the quality of having a pro builder do it.
There's a simple reason: you can keep two cars in a nearby state for less than the cost of one in Seattle. The law says you must keep your car mostly in the home state in order to qualify for residency, so drive it for five months a year in Seattle then take it home and bring the other one back.Either way you come out ahead. It's good business, and as always, business is ahead of government.
Designing a computer for the "average person" makes as much sense as designing chainsaws for children. Every "butt wiper" that Microsoft crams into the OS to make it more "user-friendly" ends up being some kind of security hole eventually, at which point the users shrug and keep on clicking CUTE_CAT_VIDEO.EXE shortly before they throw up their hands and proclaim that computers are too hard.
http://www.thestar.com/opinion...
A real Nazi would keep it quiet, then seize power.
Like armadillos. Some see them as a pest, and the rest of us just want to hug them and feed them cheeseburgers.
I think it will be quite interesting. Seriously, let's come back to this thread ten years from now. We will then have much more data to work with, I'd think.
Was the woman at the Trump rally giving a Nazi salute in a pro-Nazi context? She says no, you duck the question. That's really all we need to know here.
That's a good thing, because corporations have fewer powers than governments, and they'd have even fewer still if they were not protected by an absolute maze of regulations.
Further, almost everyone misses the point of "small government": it means reduce the functions government assumes so that it does not become a self-interested actor. It's not about size as in number of people or budget, but size as in scope of abilities.